David Lascher

{{short description|American actor}}

{{Infobox person

| name = David Lascher

| image =

| birth_name = David Scott Lascher

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1972|4|27}}

| birth_place = Scarsdale, New York, U.S.

| death_date =

| death_place =

| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 1989–present

| spouse = {{marriage|Jill London|1999}}

| children = 3

}}

David Scott Lascher (born April 27, 1972) is an American actor best known for his roles as Vinnie on Blossom, Josh on Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, Kyle Conners on Beverly Hills, 90210, and Ted McGriff on the Nickelodeon show Hey Dude.

Life and career

Lascher was born in Scarsdale, New York, to a psychotherapist mother and a lawyer father.{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/37/David-Lascher.html|title=David Lascher Biography (1972-)|website=www.filmreference.com}} He attended Scarsdale High School and has three sisters: Alexandra, Carly, and Lauren.

Lascher is best known for playing the lovable troublemaker Ted McGriff on Nickelodeon's comedy Hey Dude in the early 1990s. He went on to play Kyle Conners on the FOX drama series Beverly Hills, 90210 from 1991 to 1992, and Vinnie Bonitardi, the boyfriend of Blossom Russo, on the NBC sitcom Blossom from 1992 to 1993. On Sabrina the Teenage Witch, he played Sabrina's love interest Josh, a coffee shop manager and later a photographer. On May 23, 2006, Lascher appeared on the NBC chat program Last Call with Carson Daly as a Ryan Seacrest clone in a parody of that evening's American Idol finale.

In 2014, Lascher co-wrote and produced the film Sister with Todd Camhe,{{cite web|url=http://www.ourkidsfirstfoundation.org/sister/|title="SISTER" (About The Film) - Our Kids First Foundation|website=www.ourkidsfirstfoundation.org}}{{cite web|url=http://www.parents.com/blogs/parents-perspective/2014/05/02/news/powerful-new-movie-sister-raises-awareness-for-kids-with-adhd-and-questions-about-dealing-with-the-disorder/|title=Powerful New Movie "Sister" Raises Awareness for Kids With ADHD and Questions About Dealing with the Disorder|date=2 May 2014|publisher=}} which Lascher also directed. Sister premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2014.{{cite web|url=https://tribecafilm.com/filmguide/archive/532089ebc07f5df7d20002b5-sister|title=Sister - Tribeca Film Festival|website=Tribeca|access-date=2017-06-16|archive-date=2018-01-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180109121817/https://tribecafilm.com/filmguide/archive/532089ebc07f5df7d20002b5-sister|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.indiewire.com/2014/04/meet-the-2014-tribeca-filmmakers-9-david-lascher-gets-inside-the-mind-of-a-mentally-troubled-teen-in-sister-27987/|title=Meet the 2014 Tribeca Filmmakers #9: David Lascher Gets Inside the Mind of a Mentally Troubled Teen in 'Sister' - IndieWire|first=Ziyad|last=Saadi|website=www.indiewire.com|date=9 April 2014 }}

Filmography

=Film=

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! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Role

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1996

| White Squall

| Robert March

|

2008

| Starlet

| Todd

| rowspan=2|Short film

2011

| South

| The Man

=Television=

class="wikitable"
style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Year

! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Title

! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Role

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1989–1991

| Hey Dude

| Ted McGriff

1990

| A Family for Joe

| Nick Bankston

rowspan=4|1991

| Full House

| Rick

| Episode: "Take My Sister, Please"

Life Goes On

| Mitch Tanner

Roseanne

| Eric

| Episode: "Vegas Interruptus"

She Says She’s Innocent

| Ryan

| TV movie

1992

| Step by Step

| Greg Patterson

1991–1992

| Beverly Hills, 90210

| Kyle Conners

1992–1994

| Blossom

| Vinnie Bonitardi

1993

| The Flood: Who Will Save Our Children?

| Brad Jamison

rowspan=2|1994

| Cries Unheard: The Donna Yaklich Story

| Denny Yaklich - age 18

The All-New Mickey Mouse Club (MMC)

| Himself

rowspan=2|1996

| Twisted Desire

| Brad

| rowspan=2|TV movie

Kidz in the Wood

| Sloan

1996–1997

| Clueless

| Josh

1998

| Veronica's Closet

| Jeremy Byrne

1999

| Two of a Kind

| Matt Burke

1999–2002

| Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

| Josh

2006

| Mystery Woman: Redemption

| Tyler Dell

| rowspan=2|TV movie

2009

| Always and Forever

| Gabe Sanchez

2014

| Melissa & Joey

| Charlie

| 3 episodes

2017

| The Boat Builder

| Charles

2018

| Hollywood Darlings

| David

| Episode: "Dry Spell"

2023

| The Other Two

| Travis

| Episode: "Brooke & Cary & Curtis & Lance"

References

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