Breckin Meyer Net Worth and Successful Career

Breckin Meyer is an American actor, writer, producer, and drummer who has a net worth of $4 million. Breckin Meyer made his film debut in 1991’s Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare, and his breakthrough role was the 1995 hit Clueless, in which he played skateboarding stoner Travis Birkenstock. Breckin has more than 80 acting credits to his name, including the films The Craft (1996), 54 (1998), Go (1999), Road Trip (2000), Josie and the Pussycats (2001), and Garfield: The Movie (2004) and the television series The Home Court (1995–1996), Inside Schwartz (2001–2002), Married to the Kellys (2003–2004), Franklin & Bash (2011–2014), and The Fix (2019).

He has lent his voice to the TV shows Potato Head Kids (1986), King of the Hill (2000–2010), Robot Chicken (2005–present), Titan Maximum (2009), and SuperMansion (2015–2017), and he has served as a writer on Robot Chicken and its Star Wars and DC Comics specials. Meyer created, wrote, and produced the TBS sitcom Men at Work (2012–2014), and he produced the 2019 film Changeland and wrote the Franklin & Bash episodes “Jango and Rossi” (2012) and Honor Thy Mother (2014). Breckin has also played drums for the bands The Street Walkin’ Cheetahs and The Nightwatchman and with Slash, Cypress Hill, and Ben Harper.

Early Life

Breckin Meyer was born Breckin Erin Meyer on May 7, 1974, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Breckin grew up in California, West Virginia, Texas, and New Jersey with mother Dorothy Ann (a travel agent/former microbiologist), father Christopher (a management consultant), and brothers Frank and Adam.

Drew Barrymore was one of Meyer’s elementary school classmates, and she has said that Breckin was her first kiss. He was signed by Barrymore’s agent while attending elementary school, and he began appearing in television commercials as a child. In 1983, Meyer was a contestant on the CBS game show Child’s Play. He attended Beverly Hills High School, and though he was accepted to California State University, Northridge, he decided to pursue acting instead of attending college.

Career

In 1986, Breckin voiced Spud on the CBN Family Channel series Potato Head Kids, then he guest-starred on The Wonder Years (1988), Chicken Soup (1989), and L.A. Law (1990) and appeared in the 1990 TV movies …Where’s Rodney? and Camp Cucamonga. In 1991, he starred as Spencer Lewis in Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare, the sixth movie in Wes Craven’s A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise. From 1992 to 1993, Meyer played Chas Walker on ABC’s The Jackie Thomas Show, and from 1995 to 1996, he starred as Mike Solomon on the NBC sitcom The Home Court. In 1995, he got his big break when he co-starred with Alicia Silver Stone. In 1996, he guest-starred on the Clueless TV series as a different character. He appeared in The Craft and Escape from L.A. Breckin portrayed Pat Tyson in the 1997 biographical film Prefontaine. In 1998, he had an uncredited role in Can’t Hardly Wait and co-starred with Salma Hayek, Neve Campbell, Mike Mayers, and Ryan Phillippe in 54.