Corbin Bleu

I followed in my fathers footsteps and began appearing in television commercials at the age two, for products such as Life cereal, Bounty, Hasbro, and Nabisco. It was at that time I also discovered my love for dance when I began taking jazz and ballet classes, usually the only boy in the class. By the age of four I was a model with the Ford Modeling Agency in New York. I appeared in print ads for stores such as Macy’s, Gap, Target, and Toys R Us, and fashion spreads in Child, Parent, and American Baby magazines, as well as having my image on toys and game packaging. At age six I appeared in my first professional theatre production off Broadway playing an abandon homeless mute in the play “Tiny Tim is Dead”.

Me and my family moved to Los Angeles in 1996 and I quickly landed a recurring role on the television series “High Incident”. I continued to land small roles in such feature films as “Soldier” with Kurt Russell, “Mystery Men” with Ben Stiller, William H. Macy, and Greg Kinnear, and “Galaxy Quest” with Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, and Alan Rickman. I also guest starred on such television shows as “E.R.”, “Malcolm & Eddie”, “Cover Me”, and “The Amanda Show”. I also continued dancing, eventually becoming one of the first students at the prestigious Debbie Allen Dance Academy. I then attended the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts as a theatre major, this time following in my mother’s footsteps who attended New York City’s famed High School of Performing Arts. While in my freshman year I was cast in my first lead role in the feature film “Catch That Kid”. Back in school in my sophomore year I played the lead role of Ren in the musical “Footloose” and the role of Sonny in the musical “Grease”. That same year I was honored with the award of Theatre Student of the Year. In the summer of 2004 I became a part of the ensemble cast for the new Discovery Kids/ NBC television series “Flight 29 Down”, filmed on location in Hawaii on the island of Oahu. During the summer of 2005 I was cast as Chad in the Disney Channel Original Movie “High School Musical” which was directed by Kenny Ortega. Being a big fan of musical theatre, I was thrilled to be a part of this musical movie project in which I get to showcase my dance skills.