Scooby-Doo star Freddie Prinze Jr. looks unrecognisable after his huge career shift which saw him follow in his mother’s footsteps.
The 47-year-old was a household name in Hollywood in the 90s and 2000s, starring in hits such as Scooby-Doo and its sequel, as well as She’s All That, I Know What You Did Last Summer, and even had a guest appearance in Friends.
In recent years however he was taken a step back from acting and instead focused his energy on cooking.
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In 2016, he released his cookbook, ‘Back to the Kitchen: 75 Delicious, Real Recipes (& True Stories) From a Food-Obsessed Actor’, which proved to be a success.
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A year later he told CBS News that cooking was in his blood through his mother.
He said: “My mother worked in restaurants her whole life.
“That’s where she met my father, at a comedy club in Reno, Nevada. She was the chef there.”
Two years later, in 2019, he told The Kitchn: “When I graduated high school my mom encouraged, okay, ‘forced’ me to attend cooking school as a backup plan to my acting ambitions.
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“I was all set to go to Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in Pasadena when I got my first real acting gig — and the rest is history.
“But I never stopped loving good food or cooking.”
Away from the kitchen he is also an avid wrestling fan, having been a writer for the WWE and hosts a podcast called Wrestling With Freddie where he discusses the industry.
His knowledge of wrestling doesn’t end there however, as he also holds a purple belt in Brazillian Jiu Jitsu.
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