Jaleel Ahmad White (born November 27, 1976)[1] is an American actor. He began his career as a child actor while making guest appearances on dozen of television sitcoms before portraying Robert Richmond on the short-lived sitcom Charlie & Co (1985-1986) and also gained a lot of prominence for portraying Steve Urkel, his cousin Myrtle Urkel, and then even his alter ego role as Stefan Urquelle on the sitcom Family Matters (1989–1998),[2] where he was originally intended to make one appearance. White eventually became the main protagonist of the show. White was the first American actor to voice the Sega video game character Sonic the Hedgehog, doing so in the animated series Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic the Hedgehog (also known as Sonic SatAM) and Sonic Underground. After Family Matters ended, White starred in the short-lived UPN comedy series Grown Ups (1999–2000) and appeared in supporting roles in the films such as Who Made the Potato Salad? (2006), and also an additional supporting role as Detective Hamer in the two films including The Wrong Woman (2013) and Mommy, I Didn't Do It (2016); and even as James Black in the film The Preacher's Son (2017) and its 2018 sequel The Choir Director, and even reprising his role as Steve Urkel in the film Urkel Saves Santa: The Movie (2023).