Jaleel White

About Jaleel White

Jaleel Ahmad White (born November 27, 1976) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Steve Urkel/Stefan Urquelle on the TV series Family Matters from 1989 to 1998 and Sonic the Hedghog on Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic Underground.

White was born in Pasadena, California, the son of Gail, a manager, and Michael White, a dentist. White attended Huntington Middle School in San Marino, California and part of high school at John Marshall Fundamental Secondary School in Pasadena, California. As a high school senior, White attended South Pasadena High School, but then transferred to Middlesex School in Massachusetts in 1994, where he would graduate. He received his bachelors degree in film from UCLA Film School in 2001.

During White's years at South Pasadena High School while filming Family Matters, White did a physics experiment on tape for his physics teacher, Mike Kemp. This video became well known with students at South Pasadena High School because Kemp showed it to every physics student at SPHS until he retired in 2004. When not filming, White played basketball at South Pasadena High School.