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Cory Monteith 
Monteith at the 2011 Toronto International Film FestivalBorn Cory Allan Monteith
May 11, 1982
Calgary, Alberta, CanadaOccupation Actor, Musician Years active 2004–present Cory Allan Monteith (born May 11, 1982)[1] is a Canadian actor and musician, best known for his role of Finn Hudson on the Fox television series Glee.
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Early life
Monteith was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and raised in Victoria, British Columbia.[2] He has one older brother. His parents divorced when he was seven, and he was raised by his mother.[3][4] By 13, Monteith, once a promising student, who, at age 5, could read at a fourth-grade level, dropped out of school. Monteith estimates that by the age of 16, when he quit for good, he had attended 12 different schools, including alternative programs for troubled teens. He went drinking with his friends and had a drug addiction. Monteith went to rehab at the age of 19 and was finally given an ultimatum by his family to get clean or get turned over to the police for stealing a significant amount of money to fuel his addiction. "I finally said, ‘I’m gonna start looking at my life and figure out why I'm doing this.'"[5]
He has worked various jobs, such as a Wal-Mart people greeter, taxi driver, school bus driver, and roofer.[6]
He received his high school diploma in 2011 from an alternative school he attended in Victoria, British Columbia.[5]
Career
Acting
Cory Monteith in Santa Monica, California on May 11, 2009
Monteith began his acting career in Vancouver, British Columbia. He played minor roles in Final Destination 3, Whisper and Deck the Halls. He had a recurring role in Kyle XY. He also made guest appearances in such Canadian-filmed television serials as Smallville, Supernatural, Flash Gordon, Stargate Atlantis and Stargate SG-1.[6]
In 2005 he appeared in Killer Bash about a tormented geek's soul that was taking revenge on his murderer's children by taking over a girl's twin body. The following year he made a brief appearance in Urban Legend: a Bloody Mary. In 2007, he starred in the MTV series Kaya.[7]
In 2009, Monteith was cast in the Fox series Glee, playing Finn Hudson, the male lead of the glee club and the quarterback of McKinley High School. For his audition tape, he drummed on Tupperware using pencils. The first time he sang in front of an audience was at his in-person audition, at which he sang "Honesty" by Billy Joel.
In April 2010, Monteith was cast in the romantic comedy movie Monte Carlo.[8] In May 2010, the cast of Glee went on a two week live tour with stops in Los Angeles, Phoenix, Chicago and New York City.[9] The cast performed hits from the show and several skits between songs. The following May, the cast went on a second, longer tour with mostly new songs and all-new skits, performing for four weeks in the US and Canada, and eleven days in England and Ireland.[10][11]
On August 8, 2010, he co-hosted the Teen Choice Awards.[12] Monteith hosted the Gemini Awards in Toronto on November 13, 2010.[13]
In December 2010, it was announced that Monteith will be starring in and co-producing a new untitled workplace-caper comedy for Fox 2000.[14] In January 2011, he shot the film Sisters&Brothers with Dustin Milligan which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 11, 2011.[15][16]
Music
Monteith plays drums for the Indie rock band "Bonnie Dune" based in Los Angeles. Members include lead singer Justin Wilczynski (who co-starred with Monteith on the short-lived MTV series, Kaya), guitarist Seth Roberts (who is the singer of the band Lakes), and bassist Joshua Kerr.
Filmography
Monteith at the GLAAD Awards on April 17, 2010Films Year Film Role Notes 2005 Killer Bash Douglas Waylan Hart TV film 2006 Bloody Mary Paul Zuckerman 2006 Kraken: Tentacles of the Deep Michael TV film 2006 Deck the Halls Madison's date 2006 Final Destination 3 Kahill 2007 Hybrid Aaron Scates TV film 2007 White Noise: The Light Scooter guy 2007 Gone Davis Calder Short film 2007 The Invisible Jimmy 2007 Whisper Teenage boy 2007 Wannabe Macks Stu 2008 The Boy Next Door Jason TV film 2011 Breaking the Girl[17] 2011 Monte Carlo Owen 2011 Sisters&Brothers Justin 2011 Glee: The 3D Concert Movie Finn Hudson Television Year Title Role Notes and awards 2004 Stargate Atlantis Genii Private Episode "The Storm" 2005 Young Blades Marcel Le Rue Episode "To Heir Is Human" 2005 Supernatural Gary Episode "Wendigo" 2005 Smallville Frat Cowboy Episode "Thirst" 2005 Killer Instinct Windsurfer Bob Episode "Forget Me Not" 2006 Whistler Lip Ring Episode "The Burden of Truth" 2006 Stargate SG-1 Young Mitchell Episode "200" 2006 Kyle XY Charlie Tanner Recurring role (7 episodes, 2006—2007) 2007 Flash Gordon Ian Finley Episode "Life Source" 2007 Kaya Gunnar Lead role (10 episodes) 2008 Fear Itself James Episode "New Year's Day" 2009 Mistresses Jason 2009 The Assistants Shane Baker 2 episodes 2009-present Glee Finn Hudson Lead role
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (shared with Glee cast)
Teen Choice Award for Choice TV: Actor Comedy (2011)
Nominated — Teen Choice Award for Choice TV: Breakout Star Male (2009)
Nominated — People's Choice Award for Favorite TV Comedy Actor (2012)2010 The Simpsons Flynn Voice role, Episode "Elementary School Musical" 2011 The Cleveland Show Finn Hudson Voice role, Episode "How Do You Solve a Problem Like Roberta?" Awards
Awards won
- Hollywood Style Awards 2010
- Male Future Style Icon Award
- SAG Awards 2010
- Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
- 2011 Teen Choice Awards
- Choice TV: Actor Comedy
Nominations
- SAG Awards 2011
- Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
- Teen Choice Awards 2009
- Choice TV: Actor Breakout Star Male
- Teen Choice Awards 2010
- Choice TV: Comedy Actor
- Choice Smile[2]
- 2011 Teen Choice Awards
- Summer: Movie Star - Male
- 2012 People's Choice Awards
- Favorite TV Comedy Actor
Discography
Main article: Glee Cast discographyReferences
- ^ Monteith, Cory (May 11, 2011). "Twitter / @CoryMonteith: really feeling the love today :) Thanks all you guys for your birthday wishes! best one yet! :)". http://twitter.com/#!/CoryMonteith/status/68422629438140416. Retrieved October 29, 2011.
- ^ a b Derek Jory (May 16, 2011). "Cory Monteith – The Canadian Charger". Canucks.nhl.com. http://canucks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=562916&fb_ref=at_xt%3D4dd2d36352d58c96_0&fb_source=home_oneline. Retrieved May 17, 2011.
- ^ http://www.people.com/people/cory_monteith
- ^ http://www.parade.com/celebrity/2011/06/cory-monteith.html
- ^ a b Shawna Malcolm (June 24, 2011). "Cory Monteith's Turning Point". parade.com. http://www.parade.com/celebrity/2011/06/cory-monteith-glee.html. Retrieved August 9, 2011.
- ^ a b Strachan, Alex (August 28, 2009). "Cory Monteith is gleeful about Glee". The Vancouver Sun. Canada: Canwest Publishing Inc.. Archived from the original on January 14, 2010. http://www.webcitation.org/5mmY1JPSg. Retrieved May 3, 2010.
- ^ "Cory Monteith as Finn Hudson". Fox. http://www.fox.com/glee/bios/finn-hudson.htm#type:actor. Retrieved May 3, 2010.[dead link]
- ^ Stransky, Tanner (April 9, 2010). "'Glee' star Cory Monteith, 'Melrose' actress Katie Cassidy join the 'Monte Carlo' teen dream team". Entertainment Weekly. Time Warner. http://popwatch.ew.com/2010/04/09/glee-cory-monteith-katie-cassidy-monte-carlo. Retrieved May 6, 2010.
- ^ "Past Performance Dates". Glee Live Official Website. http://www.gleetour.com/events/past. Retrieved December 17, 2010.
- ^ "Upcoming Performance". www.gleetour.com. http://www.gleetour.com/events. Retrieved February 11, 2011.
- ^ Kaufman, Gil (8 February 2011). "'Glee' Tour Coming Back This Spring". MTV News. MTV Networks. http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1657490/glee-tour.jhtml. Retrieved 8 February 2011.
- ^ "‘Glee’ Guys To Co-Host 2010 Teen Choice Awards With Katy Perry!". Hollywoodcrush.mtv.com. July 27, 2010. http://hollywoodcrush.mtv.com/2010/07/27/teen-choice-awards-2010-glee-katy-perry. Retrieved May 12, 2011.
- ^ "'Glee' star Cory Monteith to host Gemini Awards". CTV News. October 18, 2010. http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Entertainment/20101018/ent-monteith-gemini-awards-101018. Retrieved November 15, 2010.
- ^ Fleming, Mike (December 3, 2010). "Fox 2000 Buys Pitch For 'Glee' Guy Cory Monteith". Deadline.com. http://www.deadline.com/2010/12/fox-2000-buys-pitch-for-glee-guy-cory-monteith/. Retrieved August 8, 2011.
- ^ "Monteith and Milligan go from cake shop to red carpet". CTV News. September 11, 2011. http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20110911/cory-monteith-and-dustin-milligan-at-tiff-110911/20110911?s_name=tiff2011. Retrieved September 12, 2011.
- ^ "Sisters&Brothers". Toronto International Film Festival. http://tiff.net/filmsandschedules/tiff/2011/sistersbrothers. Retrieved September 12, 2011.
- ^ Kroll, Justin (November 3, 2009). "Cory Monteith". Variety. Reed Elsevier. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118010805.html?categoryid=28&cs=1. Retrieved March 24, 2010.
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- Hollywood Style Awards 2010
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