Corbin Bleu

Corbin Bleu
Corbin Bleu at the 2007 Disney Channel Games in Orlando, Florida at Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex
Background information
Birth name	Corbin Bleu Reivers
Born	February 21 1989 (age 19) Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States
Genre(s)	Pop, teen pop, dance-pop, R&B
Occupation(s)	Actor, singer, model, dancer
Years active	1996–present
Label(s)	Walt Disney, Hollywood
Associated acts	High School Musical
Website	www.corbinbleu.com

Corbin Bleu Reivers (born February 21, 1989) is an American actor, model, dancer, and singer. He is perhaps best known for his roles in the film Catch That Kid, the Disney Channel original movies High School Musical, High School Musical 2 and Jump In!, and the series Flight 29 Down.

Biography

Personal life

Bleu was born in Brooklyn, New York City, the son of Martha and David Reivers, who is an actor.^[1][2] He is biracial as his father is Jamaican American and his mother is Italian American.^[3] Bleu is now the first Disney Channel star to have his own Disney XD account.^[4] Bleu graduated from Los Angeles County High School for the Arts. He was accepted to Stanford University but declined the place due to scheduling conflicts.

Career

As a child, Bleu modeled for clients such as Target, Toys R Us and Tommy Hilfiger. In 1996, his family relocated to Los Angeles and he soon gained a returning role on the TV series High Incident and a guest star appearance on ER. Bleu also had small roles in films such as Soldier, Family Tree, Mystery Men and Galaxy Quest before he gained a lead role the 2004 film, Catch That Kid. After the success of Catch That Kid, Bleu signed to star in Flight 29 Down, a drama series about a group of teens stranded on an island. He also has a small role as Spencer on Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide on Nickelodeon--his first appearance being in the episode titled Guide to: The School Play.

In 2006, he had a supporting role as "Chad" (the best friend of the male lead) in the very successful High School Musical, the Emmy award-winning Disney Channel Original Movie. Bleu also guest starred in the premiere episode of Disney's Hannah Montana. Bleu's next film, Jump In! co-starring actress and R&B vocalist Keke Palmer as well as Bleu's father David Reivers, premiered on January 12, 2007, and has since become one of the highest rated Disney Channel Original Movies of all time. His debut album, Another Side, was released May 1, 2007.

Bleu toured with fellow HSM cast members from late November 2006 to late January 2007 in High School Musical: The Concert performing at about 40 different cities. To promote his debut album, Bleu performed at the NextFest tour 2007 along with Aly & AJ, Drake Bell, and Bianca Ryan.

Filmography

• (filmed in 2008)

Discography

Albums

Soundtracks

Singles

Other songs

• 2007: "Two Worlds" - from Disneymania 5

"This Chirstmastime" - from A Disney Channel Holiday

• 2006: "Circles" - Flight 29 Down
• 2006: "Homework" - Another Side

"Marchin" - Another Side

"Never Met a Girl Like You" - Another Side

References

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