‘It Allowed Black Women to See Me’: Jaleel White Speaks on Steve Urkel’s Alter-Ego Stephan and Why He Initially Didn’t Want to Play Him
Actor Jaleel White will forever be synonymous with his iconic “Family Matters” character, Steve Urkel. But the actor also portrayed three other characters — Myrtle Mae, Cornelius Eugene and the hard-to-forget teen eye candy known as Stephan Urquelle. For nine seasons, White played the nerdy character who was persistent in his attempts at wooing the…