Jaleel White
Awards & Honours
14
Awards Won
3
Rankings
4
Covers
2
Records
White's portrayal of Steve Urkel earned him six NAACP Image Awards and five Kids' Choice Awards, making him one of the most awarded child actors of the 1990s. VH1 ranked him #1 on its 2010 list of the "100 Greatest Kid Stars," and TV Guide included Urkel among the "50 Greatest TV Characters of All Time" in 2016. White's voice work as Sonic the Hedgehog also stands as a historic first, cementing his place in animation history.
Awards
Rankings & Lists
100 Greatest Kid Stars
100 Greatest Child Stars
50 Greatest TV Characters of All Time
Magazine Covers
People
1991
The Kid Who Made TV Sitcoms Funny Again
TV Guide
1992
The Urkel Phenomenon
Ebony
1993
Jaleel White: The Man Behind Urkel
Rolling Stone
1994
The New Teen Idol
Records & Feats
First American actor to voice Sonic the Hedgehog
White voiced Sonic in three animated series starting in 1993, before the character had a widespread American voice actor.
Most NAACP Image Awards for a comedy actor in the 1990s
White won six NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series for Family Matters.