I was wondering who is the boy in Checkmate

Meeno Peluce - Punky Brewster's (Soleil Moon Frye) real-life broher

what is he doing now

According to his bio on IMDb (The Internet Movie Database) he attended U.C. Santa Cruz and was teaching high school history in L.A back in the late 90's. Meeno was also married and had a daughter. I don't know what he's doing nowadays but he's probably not still eating Oreos with Missy Gold.:lol: