Don Jeffcoat
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Donnie Jeffcoat (b. February 16, 1975, Gulfport, Mississippi) is an American actor.
Jeffcoat, who got his big break playing Eric Antonio on The Wonder Years, has starred and appeared on a number of films and television shows, including the children's game show Wild and Crazy Kids broadcast on Nickelodeon, which he hosted from 1990 to 1992.
He is perhaps most recognized for his role as the Reverend Joseph "Joey" Riley Buchanan, Jr. on the ABC soap opera, One Life to Live. He portrayed this role from 1997 until 2001.
Jeffcoat also received a great deal of publicity for a national anti-dandruff campaign he participated in with the hair care superpower Head & Shoulders. In an interview with John Mcenroe, on his now defunct late night talk show, Jeffcoat revealed that he began his campaign against the scourge of dry scalps due to childhood taunting in which he was often called names such as "snow shoulders". Jeffcoat has been performing since age 10. His childhood was marked with many family moves including Alabama, Oklahoma and California. Later on, Jeffcoat attended college at the University of California, Irvine and became a member of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity there. Jeffcoat remains in a relationship with fellow Wild & Crazy kid Omar Gooding, and served as a character witness in Gooding's 1995 gun possession trial. The two currently share a home near Las Vegas where they host an annual Wild & Crazy Kids reunion party, complete with Dizzy Bat Home Run Derby.
