BORN: APRIL 4,1976
SIGN: TAURUS
PLACE OF BIRTH: MONTGOMERY, PA
HEIGHT: 5'10
STATUS: MARRIED
SPOUSE:CHANDIE YAWN-NELSON
MARRIED:JULY 3,2005 CURRENT
MICHELLE VILLA- AUG 24,2002-2004[DIVORCED]
SIBLINGS: ANDREW BORN 1988
MATHEW BORN 1980
GRADUATED FROM ABINGTON FRIENDS SCHOOL IN 1994
ATTENDED UNIVERSITY OF CALI
MAY 1994: NAMED "PEOPLE MAG" NAMED 1 OF THE 50ST MOST BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE IN THE WORLD
JAN 2005: RANKED # 25 IN TV GUIDES LIST OF "TVS 25 GREATEST TEEN IDOLS"
RANKED #21 ON VHI "100 GREATEST TV KID STARS"
JOEY STARED IN COMMERCIALS AT AGE 3 AND QUICKLY LEAD TO NATIONAL COMMERCIALS AND A SPOT ON THE LATE SHOW WHERE HE PERFORMED "GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROADWAY".THIS EXPOSURE LEAD TO HIS ROLE AS JOEY ON "GIMME A BREAK".
1981-1987: GIMME A BREAK [TV SERIES]
1985: SUMMER RENTAL
1985: DONT TOUCH [TV]
1988: PULSE
1988: OLIVER AND COMP [VOICE OF OLIVER]
1989: ADVENTURES IN BABYSITTING
1990-1991: BLOSSOM [TV SERIES]
1991: CHAINS OF GOLD [TV]
1993: COUNTDOWN TO KIDS DAY [TV]
1994: RADIOLAND MURDERS
1995: A GOOFY MOVIE [VOICE OF CHAD]
1995: BROTHERLY LOVE [TV SERIES]
1995: PRINCE FOR A DAY [TV]
1996: BROTHERS OF THE FRONTEIR [TV]
1999: TEQUILLA BODY SHOTS
1999: HORSE SENSE [TV]
1999: DESPERATE BUT NOT SERIOUS
2000: URBAN LEGANDS THE FINAL CUT
2001: DO YOU WANT TO KNOW A SECRET
2001: JUMPING SHIP [TV]
2001: CHRISTMAS ADVENTURE FROM A BOOK CALLED WISELYS TALES[VOICE- WOLF PACK LEADER]
2001: ROMANTIC COMEDY 101
2002: PANDORAS BOX
2002: AMERICAN DREAM [TV SERIES]