We couldn’t have a Franklin & Bash reunion without Franklin! Please welcome the lead singer of Lovebürger, Breckin Meyer to Puyallup and the Washington State Summer Con lineup from June 21st through the 23rd. Breckin is an actor, comedian, writer, and producer known for many favorite roles over the years.
Meyer’s breakthrough screen role was in the teen hit Clueless as the skateboarding stoner. Meyer offered similar characterizations in The Craft and John Carpenter’s Escape from L.A. He played the best friend of an Olympic hopeful in the biopic Prefontaine.
Meyer was cast in the film 54 and would subsequently appear in films including Go and The Insider before graduating to a full-fledged leading role in the DreamWorks hit Road Trip. Meyer also took on the role of Jon Arbuckle, the hapless owner of the famed comic strip cat in the film adaptation of Garfield. Other film roles include Rat Race, Kate & Leopold, Blue State, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, and The Enormity of Life.
Meyer regularly does writing and voice work on Robot Chicken, and was nominated for an Emmy for his writing on the Robot Chicken: Star Wars specials. He also voiced the adolescent Joseph Gribble on the animated series King of the Hill and starred in the Adult Swim series Titan Maximum.
Breckin is also a musician, playing drums in the punk band The Street Walkin’ Cheetahs as well as with artists including The Nightwatchman, Ben Harper, Cypress Hill, Slash and Perry Farrell at L.A.’s Hotel Café.
Meyer is the former drummer for Tom Morello’s side project The Nightwatchman’s backup band The Freedom Fighter Orchestra. He toured with Morello on The Nightwatchman’s 2008 Justice Tour.