Biography for
Joseph Lawrence (II) More at IMDbPro »

Date of Birth

20 April 1976, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Birth Name

Joseph Lawrence Mignogna Jr.

Height

5' 8" (1.73 m)

Spouse

Chandie Yawn-Nelson	(3 July 2005 - present) 2 children
Michelle Vella	(24 August 2002 - 10 April 2005) (divorced)

Trivia

Attended the University of Southern California.

Shortly before he began working on "Gimme a Break!" (1981), he and Bob Denver ("Gilligan's Island" (1964)) shot a pilot for an unsold television show called "Scamps." Lawrence played the ringleader of a group of pesky children.

Named one of "People" magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in the World. [May 1994]

In 1994 graduated from Abington Friends School.

Older brother of Matthew Lawrence and Andrew Lawrence.

Filed for divorce from his wife, Michelle Vella, of two years. The divorce should be final by the end of 2005. [November 2004]

Ranked #25 in TV Guide's list of "TV's 25 Greatest Teen Idols" (23 January 2005 issue).

Ranked #21 in VH1's list of the "100 Greatest Kid Stars"

Shares a birthday with his "Gimme a Break!" (1981) co-star Lara Jill Miller.

Met wife Chandie Yawn-Nelson while on vacation in Disney world when the two were teenagers, 13 years later they married there.

Daughter, Charleston "Charli" Lawrence (born May 10, 2006), weighing 7 pounds, 7 ounces.

Daughter, Liberty Grace Lawrence (born March 4, 2010), weighing 6 lbs., 8 oz.