Joey Lawrence

About

Joseph Lawrence Mignogna III (born April 20, 1976) is an American actor, musician, singer-songwriter, record producer, podcaster, and game show host. He was a child actor in the early 1980s and portrayed Joey Russo in Blossom (1991–95) and Joe Longo in Melissa & Joey (2010–15). Lawrence also starred in Gimme a Break! (1983–87) and the series Brotherly Love with his real-life brothers Matthew and Andrew. His film appearances include Summer Rental (1985) and Oliver & Company (1988).

Lawrence was born on April 20, 1976, and raised in Abington Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia. He is the eldest son of Donna Lynn (née Shaw), a personnel manager and former elementary school teacher, and Joseph Lawrence Mignogna Jr., an insurance broker. He is of Italian and British descent. His family’s surname was changed to “Lawrence” during his childhood when he started acting. He has two younger brothers, actors Matthew and Andrew.
Lawrence graduated from Abington Friends School in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, in 1994 and later attended the University of Southern California.

In 1981, when he was five years old, Lawrence landed his…