Scherrer was born in
Rochester, New York to Gay and Paul Scherrer and raised in
Indianapolis. He began acting as a child and played Peter Cratchit in a musical production of
A Christmas Carol. At 13, he earned an Encore Award for best performance by a child actor for his role in the musical,
Camelot. Scherrer attended
North Central High School for two years where he played varsity baseball and graduated in 1987. Upon graduation, he enrolled at
Loyola University Chicago. He dropped out after his freshman year to play Eric, the 16-year-old aspiring actor and janitor on the 1988 sitcom,
The Van Dyke Show. The series was canceled later that same year. The series struggled in the ratings and was canceled by ABC in January 1990. The following year, he was cast in yet another short-lived series,
Sons and Daughters, starring
Lucie Arnaz. In 1992, Scherrer co-starred in the
horror film Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice. That same year, he appeared in the ABC sitcom pilot
Camp Bicknell. The project was subsequently retooled and it premiered on ABC that fall as
Camp Wilder, but without Scherrer and other cast members from the original pilot. During this period, Scherrer had guest starring roles on
Silk Stalkings,
Quantum Leap, and
Murder, She Wrote. In 1996, Scherrer had a supporting role in the
NBC television movie
Fall into Darkness starring
Tatyana Ali and
Jonathan Brandis. In 2000, he guest starred on
Star Trek: Voyager in the seventh-season episode "
Critical Care". His last acting role to date was in a 2001 episode of
JAG. Scherrer now owns United Real Estate, a real estate brokerage in Indianapolis, with his brother, Chris and is a member of Scherrer Bros, owned by his wife, Nicole and sister-in-law Valerie. Paul and Nicole have two children. ==Filmography==