Columbus Keith Short Jr. (born September 19, 1982 in Kansas City, Missouri) is an American dance choreographer and actor. He has choreographed Britney Spears' In the Zone tour and worked with Brian Friedman (of So You Think You Can Dance fame).
As an actor, choreographer and dancer, Columbus Short is quickly making a name for himself. Born in Kansas City Missouri, Short relocated to Los Angeles when he was five years old and immediately began working in a youth theater. He attended the Orange County High School of the Arts before leaving to join the Broadway tour of Stomp.
Short lives now in Los Angeles.
Short's acting debut came as a dancer in You Got Served and appears in Accepted, starring Justin Long. Recently, he has a lead role in the direct-to-DVD movie Save The Last Dance 2 alongside Izabella Miko, and another lead role in Stomp the Yard.
He has also appeared twice in the Disney Channel Original Series That's So Raven as Tre, a member of the fictional Boy band "Boyz n' Motion". Other TV appearances include ER and Judging Amy.
As of 2006, he is appearing in NBC's Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip as novice show writer Darius Hawthorne. He was among the presenters at the 2007 NAACP Image Awards.
