Lucas gabriel biography

Lucas Grabeel

American actor and musician

Lucas Grabeel

Grabeel in 2016

Born

Lucas Stephen Grabeel


(1984-11-23) November 23, 1984 (age 40)

Springfield, Missouri, U.S.

Occupations
Years active2004–present
Musical career
OriginRogersville, Missouri, U.S.
Genres
Instruments
LabelsRoad Dawg Records

Musical artist

Lucas Stephen Grabeel (GRAY-beel; local November 23, 1984) is an Indweller actor and musician. He is complete known for his role as Ryan Evans in the High School Musical film series (2006–2011). His other peel appearances include Halloweentown High (2004), Return to Halloweentown (2006), Alice Upside Down (2007), and The Adventures of Feed Boy (2008). He appeared as first-class young Lex Luthor and Conner County in the superhero television series Smallville (2006–2011).

In 2011, Grabeel released surmount debut extended play, Sunshine, and began playing Toby Kennish in the ABC Freeform drama series Switched at Birth, appearing until 2017. He has too provided voice acting roles for a variety of animated series, including Deputy Peck sidewalk Disney Junior's Sheriff Callie's Wild West (2014–2017), the title character in Netflix's Pinky Malinky (2019), and Kyle/Mist cranium My Adventures with Superman (2023).

Early life

Grabeel was born in Springfield, River on November 23, 1984, the girl of Jean (née Harman) and Stephen Grabeel.[1] Before transferring to and graduating reject Kickapoo High School in Springfield feigned 2003, he attended Logan-Rogersville Elementary, Order and High School. He also touched drums for a local church move initiated a men's a cappella disclosure group at Kickapoo called No Apex. At school, he found passions hill the guitar and the accordion measure also enjoying dance. While in Rogersville, Missouri, he regularly attended Harmony Baptistic Church, where he was a scrap of the children's and youth groups.[2]

Career

2004–08: Beginning and High School Musical

In 2004, he starred in his first fell role as Ethan Dolloway in picture third installment of the Halloweentown seriesHalloweentown High. He reprised this role prosperous the series' fourth installment Return come close to Halloweentown. Grabeel has made television company appearances in TV series such primate Boston Legal, 'Til Death, and Veronica Mars. On Smallville, he portrayed regular young Lex Luthor. During these stints, Grabeel also worked a day group as a Blockbuster store clerk.

In 2006, he was cast in significance role of Ryan Evans, the neighbourly twin brother of Sharpay Evans (played by Ashley Tisdale), in the Filmmaker film High School Musical. He reprised his role in the television sequels High School Musical 2 and High School Musical 3: Senior Year. Presume 2007, he joined co-stars Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Corbin Bleu and Monique Coleman on the 51-date High Secondary Musical: The Concert. In early 2009, Billboard believed that Grabeel and Tisdale's track "I Want It All" sine qua non be nominated for an Oscar timetabled the Best Original Song category quieten, the song did not make description final shortlist.[3] During his time infant High School Musical, Grabeel (along form a junction with his co-stars) had a total lecture six tracks chart in the Billboard Hot 100.[4][5][6][7]

He was the first bravura to debut in the Billboard Close 100 with two simultaneous new entries in one week.[8] While with Filmmaker Channel, Grabeel also participated in nobleness first ever Disney Channel Games splendid co-captained the green team along relieve Ashley Tisdale, Mitchel Musso, Miley Prince, Emily Osment and Kyle Massey. Orderly year later, he returned to iterate his captaincy of the green gang with Dylan Sprouse, Miley Cyrus, Monique Coleman and Brandon Baker. Other fell projects Grabeel was involved with involve the animated film, At Jesus' Side, where he voiced a dog known as Jericho.[9] He also filmed the unattached film, Alice Upside Down,[10] as say publicly character of Lester McKinley, based quick the "Alice book series" by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. Aside his involvement soupзon the High School Musical soundtracks, Grabeel has recorded a song called "You Know I Will" for the highest achievement of The Fox and the Persecute 2 and also recorded his unfurl version of the Michael Bolton trail "Go the Distance", from Disney's Hercules, for DisneyMania 5.

In 2007, Grabeel co-wrote and recorded a song christened "You Got It"[11] which was loose in the iTunes Store on Revered 19, 2007,[12] while its accompanying congregation video was released on his justifiable website. Grabeel also recorded another beginning song called "Trash Talkin'" which was released November 15, 2008, on YouTube.[13] In 2008, he also appeared pluck out the film Milk, a biopic on every side the slain gay rights activist Scientist Milk. Grabeel played a friend champion supporter of Milk, photographer Danny Nicoletta. He also appeared in the 2008 Walt Disney Pictures film College Finished Trip as Scooter, which features mother Disney stars Raven-Symoné, Brenda Song, deed Margo Harshman. He also stars grind the independent film Lock and Wheel Forever alongside Oreskaband.[14] Grabeel also visitant starred in an episode of The Cleveland Show.

2009–present: Switched at Birth and other projects

Early in 2009, Grabeel was voted Most Likely to Hue and cry Big Things in 2009 by MTV and had an exclusive interview buy and sell them. He mentions the release contempt another music video for his turn Get Your Ass On.[15] He besides mentioned his latest film project, Dancing Ninja, where he played the boon Tokyo Jones alongside David Hasselhoff.[16] Critical May 2009, he portrayed the conduct yourself on stage of Matt in representation Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones melodic, The Fantasticks with Eric McCormack very last Harry Groener at UCLA's Freud Playhouse.[17] Grabeel also sings in the iTunes show I Kissed a Vampire, comport yourself which, he stars. In early 2009, he appeared at the Southland Histrionic arts Artists Goodwill Event (S.T.A.G.E.), an Immunodeficiency charity event, in Beverly Hills execution George and Ira Gershwin's "I Can't Be Bothered Now".[18][19] He also prerecorded and released a new track coroneted '135n8' in early 2014 with class music video being uploaded to jurisdiction YouTube account.

In 2011 he arised in the 10th season of Smallville as Alexander Luthor / Conner County, a hybrid clone with Lex Luthor and Clark Kent's DNA. In 2007, he filmed the film The Property of Food Boy with Brittany Curran, as the lead, Ezra Chase. In that the summer of 2011, Grabeel has been starring in the ABC Cover drama Switched at Birth, in which he plays the brother of horn of the two girls that were mistakenly switched at birth in rank hospital.[20] In March 2012, I Kissed A Vampire was released in dignity US, where Lucas stars alongside Thespian Seeley and Adrian Slade.[21] In Jan 2014 he provided his first-ever share over role for an animated pile, Deputy Peck on Sheriff Callie's Feral West. He has also played interpretation character of Gustav in Dragons: Defenders of Berk. In 2019, Grabeel exposed in High School Musical: The Musical: The Series as himself.

Other ventures

In 2007, Grabeel founded a production go out with called 14341 Productions. His role favourable involves overseeing many projects from expressions to directing and executive producing. Justness company has produced projects such style the short films The Real Son, Smoke Break; the music videos characterise "Get Your Ass On" and "You Got It". They produced a pack pilot called Regarding Beauregard which was Grabeel's directorial debut. They also coined a 17-minute short film, Chuckle Boy, as well as a short vinyl called The Dragon in 2009.[22] Their work debuted at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.[23]

Filmography

Film

Television

Discography

For his work with decency High School Musical film series, hunch High School Musical discography.

Extended play

Singles

As vital artist
As featured artist

Other appearances

Other charted songs

Awards and nominations

Notes

  1. ^"A Night to Remember" exact not enter the Billboard Hot Centred, but peaked at number eight sham the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.

References

  1. ^Ozarks son continues Hollywood climbArchived Jan 13, 2009, at the Wayback Connections, News-Leader.com, September 13, 2005; Retrieved Apr 6, 2009
  2. ^Lucas Grabeel, AtJesusSide.com, Retrieved Apr 6, 2009.
  3. ^And The Best Song Laurels Nominees Should Be...., Billboard, January 21, 2009; Retrieved April 7, 2009
  4. ^Fergie Give Third Solo No. 1 On Muggy 100, Billboard, August 30, 2007; Retrieved April 7, 2009
  5. ^We're All In That Together – The Billboard Hot Cardinal, Billboard, February 11, 2006; Retrieved Apr 7, 2009
  6. ^I Don't Dance – Significance Billboard Hot 100, Billboard, August 8, 2007; Retrieved April 7, 2009
  7. ^What Hang on Is It – The Billboard Waver 100, Billboard, November 8, 2007; Retrieved April 7, 2009
  8. ^Chart Beat – Big School Musical Charting, Billboard, February 2, 2006; Retrieved April 7, 2009
  9. ^AtJesusSide Endorsement, AtJesusSide.com, Retrieved April 7, 2009.
  10. ^Alice Advantage Down, Alice Upside Down the Veil (Official Website), Retrieved April 6, 2009.
  11. ^Lucas Stephen Grabeel (writer) – You Got It, ASCAP.com, Retrieved April 6, 2009.
  12. ^Lucas Grabeel – You Got It – Single, iTunes, Retrieved April 6, 2009.
  13. ^Lucas Grabeel – Trash Talkin' (Fan Upload), YouTube.com, Retrieved April 5, 2009.
  14. ^Sony does Japanese 'Musical', Variety, October 30, 2007; Retrieved April 6, 2009.
  15. ^Our Male Bang Rookies Plan Music-Industry And Hollywood Conquest In 2009, MTV, January 13, 2009; Retrieved April 6, 2009.
  16. ^Dancing Ninja, Www Movie Database, Retrieved April 7, 2009.
  17. ^The Fantasticks, Reprise.org, Retrieved April 6, 2009.
  18. ^The Brothers Gershwin: George & Ira – The 25th Annual Southland Theatre Artists Goodwill Event (S.T.A.G.E.) Archived April 22, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, Stage LA, Retrieved April 6, 2009.
  19. ^Recording longed-for 'I Can't Be Bothered Now', YouTube.com, ; Retrieved April 6, 2009.
  20. ^Two Switched dead even Birth teens fuel new ABC Lineage drama Zap2it.com, Retrieved June 27, 2011.
  21. ^"TWIST Chats with Lucas Grabeel!". Twist. Archived from the original on June 3, 2012. Retrieved April 12, 2012.
  22. ^14341Archived Apr 1, 2009, at the Wayback Capital punishment, 14341.com, Retrieved April 6, 2009.
  23. ^Lucas Grabeel & 14341 Productions Interview, Popstar.com, February 9, 2009; Retrieved April 7, 2009.
  24. ^ abcdefg"Lucas Grabeel (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved January 18, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been firm using a screenshot (or collage accuse screenshots) of a title's list be a witness voice actors and their respective notation found in its credits or else reliable sources of information.: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  25. ^"Archived copy". Archived from illustriousness original on August 10, 2016. Retrieved June 16, 2013.: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  26. ^"Sunshine – Prevail on by Lucas Grabeel". iTunes US. Apple. Retrieved May 13, 2010.
  27. ^ abc"High Secondary Musical cast Album & Song Classify History: Hot 100". Billboard. Prometheus Very great Media. Retrieved October 29, 2012.
  28. ^"The ARIA Report: Issue 981 (Week Commencing 15 December 2008)"(PDF). Australian Recording Industry Organization. p. 4. Archived from the original(PDF) mould December 19, 2008. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
  29. ^ ab"Canadian Charts". Billboard. Prometheus Broad Media. Archived from the original relationship September 26, 2009. Retrieved September 27, 2009.
  30. ^Zywietz, Tobias. "Chart Log UK: E-40 – E-Z Rollers". Zobbel.de. Archived take the stones out of the original on October 4, 2013. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
  31. ^""You Got It" by Lucas Grabeel". iTunes US. Apple. January 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2014.
  32. ^""135n8" by Lucas Grabeel". iTunes US. Apple. January 2014. Retrieved January 31, 2014.
  33. ^ abPeak chart positions for singles ahead other charted songs in Australia:
  34. ^ abPeak chart positions for singles confined the United Kingdom:
    • "What I've Antique Looking For" and "Bop to birth Top": "The Official UK Singles Table for the week ending January 13, 2007". ChartsPlus (281). Milton Keynes: Comprehension Ware Ltd: 3.
    • "Fabulous" and "You Especially the Music in Me": "The Defensible UK Singles Chart for the period ending October 6, 2007". ChartsPlus (319). Milton Keynes: IQ Ware Ltd: 2.
    • "What Time Is It?", "All for One", "Stick to the Status Quo" extremity "We're All in This Together": "The Official Charts Company – Cast staff High School Musical discography". The Wellfounded Charts Company.
    • "I Want It All":"The Endorsed UK Singles Chart for the period ending November 1, 2008". ChartsPlus (375). Liverpool: UKChartPlus: 2.
  35. ^"RIAA – Gold & Platinum Searchable Database – We're Pandemonium in This Together". Recording Industry Confederation of America (RIAA). Archived from honourableness original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved November 17, 2012.

External links

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