Lucas Grabeel

Lucas Stephen Grabeel (born November 23, 1984) is an American actor, producer, director, writer, singer, songwriter and dancer.
In regards to Disney, he is best known for playing Ethan Dalloway in the Halloweentown Franchise and Ryan Evans in the High School Musical Franchise.
== Early Life ==
Grabeel was born in Springfield, Missouri on November 23, 1984, the son of Jean (née Harman) and Stephen Grabeel. Before transferring to and graduating from Kickapoo High School in Springfield in 2003, he attended Logan-Rogersville Elementary, Middle and High School. He also played drums for a local church and initiated a men's a cappella singing group at Kickapoo called No Treble. At school, he found passions in the guitar and the accordion while also enjoying dance. While in Rogersville, Missouri, he regularly attended Harmony Baptist Church, where he was a part of the children's and youth groups.
== Career ==
=== 2004-2008: Beginning and High School Musical ===
In 2004, he starred in his first film role as Ethan Dolloway in the third instalment of the Halloweentown series Halloweentown High. He reprised this role in the series' fourth instalment Return to Halloweentown. Grabeel has made television guest appearances in TV series such as Boston Legal, 'Til Death, and Veronica Mars. On Smallville, he portrayed a young Lex Luthor. In 2006, he was cast in the role of Ryan Evans, the fraternal twin brother of Sharpay Evans (played by Ashley Tisdale), in the Disney movie High School Musical. He reprised his role in the television sequels High School Musical 2 and High School Musical 3: Senior Year. In 2007, he joined co-stars Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Corbin Bleu and Monique Coleman on the 51-date High School Musical: The Concert. In early 2009, Billboard believed that Grabeel and Tisdale's track "I Want It All" should be nominated for an Oscar in the Best Original Song category however, the song did not make the final shortlist. During his time in High School Musical, Grabeel (along with his co-stars) had a total of six tracks chart in the Billboard Hot 100.
He was the first artist to debut in the Billboard Hot 100 with two simultaneous new entries in one week. While with Disney Channel, Grabeel 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. A year later, he returned to repeat his captaincy of the green team with Dylan Sprouse, Miley Cyrus, Monique Coleman and Brandon Baker. Other film projects Grabeel was involved with include the animated film, At Jesus' Side, where he voiced a dog named Jericho. He also filmed the independent film, Alice Upside Down, as the character of Lester McKinley, based on the "Alice book series" by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. Aside his involvement in the High School Musical soundtracks, Grabeel has recorded a song called "You Know I Will" for the soundtrack of The Fox and the Hound 2 and also recorded his own version of the Michael Bolton track "Go the Distance", from Disney's Hercules, for DisneyMania 5.
In 2007, Grabeel co-wrote and recorded a song called "You Got It" which was released in the iTunes Store on August 19, 2007, while its accompanying music video was released on his official website. Grabeel also recorded another original song called "Trash Talkin'" which was released November 15, 2008, on YouTube. In 2008, he also appeared in the movie Milk, a biopic about the slain gay rights activist Harvey Milk. Grabeel played a friend and supporter of Milk, photographer Danny Nicoletta. He also appeared in the 2008 Walt Disney Pictures film College Road Trip as Scooter, which features other Disney stars Raven-Symoné, Brenda Song and Margo Harshman. He also stars in the independent movie Lock and Roll Forever alongside Oreskaband. Grabeel also guest starred in an episode of The Cleveland Show.
=== 2009-present: Switched at Birth and Other Projects ===
Early in 2009, Grabeel was voted Most Likely to Do Big Things in 2009 by MTV and had an exclusive interview with them. He mentions the release of another music video for his track Get Your Ass On. He also mentioned his latest movie project, The Legend of the Dancing Ninja, where he played the lead Tokyo Jones alongside David Hasselhoff. In May 2009 he portrayed the role on stage of Matt in the Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones musical, The Fantasticks with Eric McCormack and Harry Groener at UCLA's Freud Playhouse. Grabeel also sings in the iTunes show I Kissed a Vampire, in which, he stars. In early 2009, he appeared at the Southland Theatre Artists Goodwill Event (S.T.A.G.E.), an AIDS charity event, in Beverly Hills performing George and Ira Gershwin's "I Can't Be Bothered Now". He also recorded and released a new track titled '135n8' in early 2014 with the music video being uploaded to his YouTube account.
In 2011 he appeared in the 10th season of Smallville as Alexander Luthor / Connor Kent, a hybrid clone with Lex Luthor and Clark Kent's DNA. In 2007, he filmed the movie, The Adventures of Food Boy with Brittany Curran, as the lead, Ezra Chase. Since the summer of 2011, Grabeel has been starring in the ABC Family drama Switched at Birth, in which he plays the brother of one of the two girls that were mistakenly switched at birth in the hospital. In March 2012, I Kissed A Vampire was released in the US, where Lucas stars alongside Drew Seeley and Adrian Slade. In January 2014 he provided his first-ever voice over role for an animated series, Deputy Peck on Sheriff Callie's Wild West. He has also played the character of Gustav in Dragons: Defenders of Berk. In 2019, Grabeel appeared in High School Musical: The Musical: The Series as himself.
=== Other Ventures ===
In 2007, Grabeel founded a production company called 14341 Productions. His role within involves overseeing many projects from writing, directing and executive producing. The company has produced projects such as the short films The Real Son, Smoke Break; the music videos for "Get Your Ass On" and "You Got It". They produced a television pilot called Regarding Beauregard which was Grabeel's directorial debut. They also created a 17-minute short film, Chuckle Boy, as well as a short film called The Dragon in 2009. Their work debuted at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.
== Filmography ==
=== Film ===
Year	Title 	Role
2004	Halloweentown High 	Ethan Dalloway
2005	Dogg's Hamlet, Cahoot's Macbeth 	Charlie / Gertrude / Ophelia
2006	Return to Halloweentown 	Ethan Dalloway
2006	High School Musical 	Ryan Evans
2007	Alice Upside Down 	Lester McKinley
2007	High School Musical 2 	Ryan Evans
2008	The Real Son 	Freddie Deasnman
2008	Smoke Break 	Sir Anthony Childsworth
2008	At Jesus' Side 	Jericho
2008	Lock and Roll Forever 	Donni
2008	High School Musical 3: Senior Year	Ryan Evans
2008	College Road Trip 	Scooter
2008	The Adventures of Food Boy 	Ezra Chase
2008	Milk 	Danny Nicoletta
2009	Chuckle Boy 	Daniel Aranyo
2010	The Legend of the Dancing Ninja 	Nikki
2011	Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure 	Ryan Evans
2012	I Kissed a Vampire 	Dylan Knight
2013	Chocolate Milk 	Stan
2014	Dragon Nest: Warriors' Dawn 	Gerrant
2014	Pilot Season 	Luc
2018	Little Women 	Laurie Lawrence
=== Television ===
Year 	Title 	Role
2005 	Boston Legal 	Jason Matheny
2005-2006	Veronica Mars 	Wanna Score Boy / Kelly Kuzzio
2006 	'Til Death 	Pete Pratt
2006-2011	Smallville 	Young Lex Luthor / Alexander Luthor / Superboy / Kon-El
2009 	Glenn Martin DDS 	Singer
2009 	I Kissed a Vampire 	Dylan
2010 	The Cleveland Show 	Nerd #2
2010 	CSI; Crime Scene Investigation 	Guillermo Seidel
2010-2020	Family Guy 	Chadley
2011 	Special Agent Oso 	Uncle Eric
2011-2017	Switched at Birth 	Toby Kennish
2012 	Robot Chicken 	Justin Bieber
2013 	Pound Puppies 	Percy
2013-2018	DreamWorks Dragons 	Gustav
2014 	Phineas and Ferb 	Ropey-Face
2014 	Chopped 	Himself
2014-2017	Sheriff Callie's Wild West 	Deputy Peck
2015 	Doraemon 	Big G
2016 	High School Musical: 10th Anniversary 	Himself
2016-2019	Elena of Avalor 	Jiku
2017-2018	Spirit Riding Free 	Julian
2019 	Pinky Malinky 	Pinky Malinky
2019 	High School Musical: The Musical: The Series	Himself
2020 	Disney Family Sing Along 	Himself
== Discography ==
=== Albums ===
Title 	Album Details
Sunshine	
* Released: June 22, 2011
* Formats: CD and digital download
* Label: Road Dawg
=== Singles ===
As Main Artist
Year	Title 	Album
2007	"You Got It" 	
2008	"I Want It All"	High School Musical 3: Senior Year (Soundtrack)
2014	"135n8" 	
As Featured Artist
Year	Title 	Album
2007	"What Time Is It?"	High School Musical 2 (Soundtrack)
=== Other Appearances ===
Year	Title 	Album
2006	"You Know I Will" 	The Fox and the Hound 2
2007	"Go the Distance" 	Disneymania 5
2007	"Jenny Got a Fever" 	Alice Upside Down
2007	"Gotta Rock" 	Alice Upside Down
2007	"Let It Snow 	Disney Channel Holiday
2011	"Baby" 	Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure (Soundtrack)
2012	"Just a Little Peck"	I Kissed a Vampire
2012	"Happily Afterlife" 	I Kissed a Vampire
2012	"Outta My Head" 	I Kissed a Vampire
Other Charted Songs
Year	Title 	Album
2006	"Bop to the Top" 	High School Musical (Soundtrack)
2006	"We're All in This Together"	High School Musical (Soundtrack)
2007	"Fabulous" 	High School Musical 2
2007	"All for One" 	High School Musical 2
2008	"A Night to Remember" 	High School Musical 3: Senior Year
2008	"High School Musical" 	High School Musical 3: Senior Year
== Awards and Nominations ==
Year	Award 	Association 	Nominated For 	Result
2011	Choice Summer TV Star: Male	Teen Choice Awards	Switched at Birth	Nominated
2013	Choice TV Actor: Drama 	Teen Choice Awards	Switched at Birth	Nominated
2014	Choice TV Actor: Drama 	Teen Choice Awards	Switched at Birth	Nominated
Category:Actors
Category:American Actors
Category:Halloweentown
Category:High School Musical
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