Which teen actor does this look like?

July 20, 2011 8:25 PM

Which 80s or 90s teen-oriented TV show character does this guy look eerily like? I remember the character as being a bit of a schemer and he was either the lead or a major character. [http://oi54.tinypic.com/25tzv3b.jpg]
posted by sixswitch to media & arts (17 answers total)

Zach from Saved by the Bell.
posted by These Birds of a Feather at 8:26 PM on July 20, 2011 [1 favorite]

Parker Lewis
posted by bolognius maximus at 8:28 PM on July 20, 2011 [2 favorites]

It's really just the hair that makes him Zach, sadly he's missing the giant cell phone!
posted by saradarlin at 8:29 PM on July 20, 2011

The love child of Parker Lewis and Ed Grimley.
posted by iconomy at 8:30 PM on July 20, 2011

I'm going to go with Ryan Gosling on Breaker High and/or Young Hercules.
posted by yellowbinder at 8:41 PM on July 20, 2011 [1 favorite]

If you go a bit older, I thought it looked like Eddie Haskell from Leave it to Beaver.
posted by CathyG at 8:53 PM on July 20, 2011

To me, he resembles Charlie Schlatter from Ferris Bueller - the TV show.
posted by ladygypsy at 8:55 PM on July 20, 2011 [1 favorite]

Tom Felton's younger brother?
posted by Telpethoron at 9:05 PM on July 20, 2011

I think he looks like Rhys Ifans. So, not a teen star, but an actor nonetheless.
posted by LyndsayMW at 9:13 PM on July 20, 2011

Dobie Gillis was the first one that came to my mind.
posted by Protocols of the Elders of Sockpuppetry at 9:17 PM on July 20, 2011

Seconding Zack Morris most commonly known from Saved By the Bell.
posted by carsonb at 9:31 PM on July 20, 2011

It's the villain from the cartoon DOUG.
posted by AMWKE1984 at 10:13 PM on July 20, 2011 [3 favorites]

He looks like Vincent "Bionic Boy" Van Patten and Jim Nabors' love child.
posted by Oriole Adams at 10:31 PM on July 20, 2011

ditto Ryan Gosling.
posted by juv3nal at 11:25 PM on July 20, 2011

With darker hair, Jim Nabors-a.k.a. Gomer Pyle
posted by cliffster99 at 11:55 PM on July 20, 2011

Yep, 100% Ryan Gosling on Breaker High -- confirmed by the fact that you're Canadian. :-)
posted by cider at 4:24 AM on July 21, 2011

Thanks everyone — so now the only question is how did a teenaged Ryan Gosling get a cameo in Triumph of the Will?
posted by sixswitch at 7:16 AM on July 21, 2011