Lucas Grabeel - Biography

Last Editor: sherman.jo				Lucas Grabeel Biography -   Name : Lucas Grabeel Profession : Actor Birth name : Lucas Stephen Grabeel Born : November 23, 1984 (1984-11-23) (age 23) Springfield, Missouri, death Genre(s) : Pop Occupation(s) : Actor, singer Years active : 2004–2008 Label(s) : Hollywood Website : Official Website

Lucas Grabeel Trivia -

Came in 5th at the 52nd MSHSAA Speech & Debate Championships in 2003. At one point in early 2006, Lucas had three songs on the top ten iTunes downloads. At that time, six of the top ten were from the soundtrack to High School Musical. Lucas landed his first commercial 2 months after moving to LA, and his first movie, Halloweentown High, came just a few months after that. Attended Kickapoo High School, the same high school Adrienne Wilkinson, Jay Kenneth Johnson, and Brad Pitt attended. Prior to attending Kickapoo High School, Lucas attended Logan-Rogersville High School. At Logan-Rogersville, he performed in many school productions, as well as the varsity choir. While in Rogersville, Missouri, he regularly attended Harmony Baptist Church, where he was a part of the children's and youth groups. Lucas also went to Guatemala on an annual basis with his family as a part of a mission's team for six years. Lucas played drums for a local church and initiated a men's a cappella singing group at Kickapoo High school. Memorized the entire "Get'Cha Head in the Game" dance, even though his character in High School Musical (2006) (TV) wasn't involved in the sequence. Auditioned for a role on "The Young and the Restless" (1973). Was offered a role on "The Suite Life of Zack and Cody" (2005), but when the script called for him to kiss co-star Ashley Tisdale, the role went to another actor, Zac Efron, due to the brother- sister dynamic established in High School Musical (2006) (TV). Zac is also in High School Musical and plays Ashley's crush. Is a fan of actor/writer Christopher Guest. His favorite dance as a kid was the hokey poky. Does a variety of accents. Plays piano, guitar and accordion. Dances jazz, ballet, hip-hop and tap. Is a tenor.

Lucas Grabeel Detailed Biography -

Lucas Stephen Grabeel (pronounced /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 High School Musical 3: Senior Year, and as Ethan Dalloway in the third and fourth installments of the Halloweentown series, Halloweentown High and Return to Halloweentown. Lucas Stephen Grabeel graduated from Kickapoo High School in Springfield, Missouri in 2003 and then moved to Los Angeles to become an actor. 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 and they where the best. -- "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 High School Musical: The Concert. 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 created a song called 'You Got It' Sometime in 2007. In August it was used in the Disney Channel Original Movie 'High School Musical 2' as Sharpay And Ryan enter Lava Springs. Then on September 2007, It was released to iTunes, and it became a number one hit and Lucas won an award. Also, Grabeel and his friends then made a music video. Lucas also loves listening to Pure Heartz.