Background
Scherrer was born in Rochester, New York to Gay and Paul Scherrer and raised in Indianapolis.
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Scherrer attended Bishop Chatard High School for two years where he played varsity baseball.
Career
He began his career as a child actor on the stage. Scherrer retired from acting in 2001 and now lives and works in Indianapolis. He began acting as a child and played Peter Cratchit in a musical production of A Christmas Carol.
He later attended North Central High School where he 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. In 1989, he was cast as Robb Haggarty on the American Broadcasting Company sitcom Free Spirit.
The series struggled in the ratings and was canceled by American Broadcasting Company in January 1990.
In 1992, Scherrer co-starred in the horror film Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice. He returned to television with guest starring roles on Silk Stalkings, Quantum Leap, and Murder, She Wrote. In 1996, Scherrer had a supporting role in the National Broadcasting Company 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".
Scherrer last acting role to date was in a 2001 episode of Judge Advocate General. Scherrer now works as a realtor in Indianapolis.
