Teo Halm was recently voted Best Actor at the 9th Annual Fanlala PICK Awards by teens and tweens for his performance in the scifi release Earth to Echo 2014 He also caught the eye of filmmaker James Franco who cast him as best friend to a young Charles Bukowski in his highly anticipated biopic Bukowski 2013 which comes out in 2015 Teo has also been cast in the supporting lead role of a rebellious skater kid in the James Franco produced Memoria 2015 a film adaption of stories from Francos book Palo Alto Stories Born in Los Angeles Teo standing in at 6 183 m got his start acting at age nine playing Rolf in a production of The Sound of Music singing Sixteen Going on Seventeen His father posted a photo of Teo on the talent website newfacescom which attracted the interest of a producer for the PBS series Nova 1974 He was told that his long hair and bone structure would work well for him to perform as the Neanderthal boy in Becoming Human Last Human Standing The same photo also helped get him cast as Will Campbell spokesperson for UCLA in a fundraising web commercial Not long after his future manager discovered him on the soccer field when she saw his acting potential feigning an injury And so began his exciting career in film and TV At age 12 he played lead in the coming of age short film Waltham Vanguard 2012 which won a CINE Golden Eagle In 2013 Teo landed the coveted role of Cory and Topangas son in the Boy Meets World followup Disney Channels Girl Meets World Teo is a talented soccer player and plays junior varsity at his high school When he isnt acting studying or on the field hes surfing up and down the California and Mexican coast and hitting the pavement on his skateboard He is also making quite a presence on the internet shooting directing and starring in short videos