Lucas Grabeel

Infobox Musician
Name = Lucas Grabeel


Img_capt = Lucas Grabeel singing "Bop to the Top" in "".
Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Lucas Stephen Grabeel
Born = birth date and age|1984|11|23
Springfield, Missouri

agh| Genre = Pop
Occupation = Actor, singer
Years_active = 2004–Present
Label = Hollywood
Associated_acts =
URL = [http://www.lucasgrabeel.org/ Official Website] Lucas Stephen Grabeel (pronEng|ˈgreɪbiːl "GRAY-beel"; born November 23, 1984) is an American actor and singer songwriter. He is perhaps best known for his role as Ryan Evans (Sharpay's fraternal twin brother) in the Disney Channel Original Movie "High School Musical" and its sequels, "High School Musical 2" and "", and as Ethan Dalloway in the third and fourth installments of the Halloweentown series, "Halloweentown High" and "Return to Halloweentown".

Biography

Lucas Stephen Grabeel graduated from Kickapoo High School in Springfield, Missouri in 2003 and then moved to Los Angeles to become an actor.

Acting

Several months after the move, he landed his first Disney Channel Original Movie, "Halloweentown High". His debut performance was in the blockbuster made- for television Disney movie, "High School Musical" as Ryan Evans, in which he sang two duet songs with Ashley Tisdale, "What I've Been Looking For" and "Bop to the Top". He also sang with Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, and Ashley Tisdale in "I Can't Take My Eyes Off of You" which was not in the movie, but was an extra track on the soundtrack. Grabeel is a tenor. He made a guest appearance on The Suite Life Of Zack and Cody, a show starring High School Musical co-star Ashley Tisdale. Ashley Tisdale and he were the first two High School Musical stars to guest in a Disney Channel Original Series.

Grabeel has made TV guest appearances on TV series such as "Boston Legal", "Smallville", "Til Death","The Suite Life of Zack and Cody" and "Veronica Mars". He also participated in the first ever Disney Channel Games and co-captained the green team along with Ashley Tisdale, Mitchel Musso, Miley Cyrus, Emily Osment and Kyle Massey. Grabeel also reprised his role as Ethan Dalloway in the fourth Halloweentown movie, "Return to Halloweentown". On Thanksgiving Day 2006, he was featured on a High School Musical float alongside co-stars and Ashley Tisdale, Corbin Bleu, and Monique Coleman singing the number "We're All in This Together", both Grabeel and Bleu splitting half of Zac Efron's (Troy) lines from the song. Grabeel also sang the same song, at the 2006 Miss Teen USA pageant, singing the chorus by himself while the contestants introduced themselves. In June 2007, he returned on the green team from the Disney Channel Games for capitan with Dylan Sprouse, Miley Cyrus, Monique Coleman and Brandon Baker versus the team of "Ashley Tisdale" red (the team red lose for team green), and later starred in the 2008 Walt Disney Pictures film "College Road Trip" as Scooter, which features other Disney stars Raven-Symone, Brenda Song and Margo Harshman.

Grabeel recently filmed the movie "Alice Upside Down", as the character of Lester McKinley, which is an independent film based on the "Alice" book series by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. It is expected to release in selected theaters in spring 2008. He also recorded the voice of a dog in the upcoming animated film, "At Jesus' Side". In January 2007, he finished touring on the . Grabeel also recorded "You Know I Will" for "The Fox and the Hound 2." On April 13, 2007, Grabeel finished production on "High School Musical 2", in which he returned as Ryan Evans. This premiered on the Disney Channel on August 17, 2007. He had duets with Tisdale as in the original movie, but also had a "show stopper" song with Corbin Bleu (as Chad) in "I Don't Dance." Grabeel also recorded "Go The Distance" for the CD Disneymania 5. He will also be starring as Ezra in "The Adventures of Food Boy". He will appear in the movie "Milk", a biopic about the slain gay rights activist Harvey Milk. Grabeel is playing a friend and supporter of Milk, Danny Nicoletta, who worked at a camera store Milk owned. Grabeel's latest movie project is "Beverly Hills Ninja 2", the sequel to the 1997 "Beverly Hills Ninja".

Filmography

References

External links

* [http://www.lucasgrabeel.org/ Official Lucas Grabeel Website]
*imdb name|id=1727317|name=Lucas Grabeel
* [http://www.appmedia.org/eng07/content1107/ed007.htm Lucas Grabeel Interview with Ally magazine] Retrieved November 25,2007.