Early life

Bleu was born in Brooklyn, New York City, the son of Martha (née Callari) and David Reivers, an actor. His mother is Italian American and his father is Jamaican American. He has three sisters: Jag, Phoenix, and Hunter. As a child, Bleu studied dance for several years, focusing on ballet and jazz.

Bleu appeared in television commercials starting at the age of two, for products such as Life cereal, Bounty, Hasbro, and Nabisco. He began taking jazz and ballet classes, usually being the only boy in the class. By the age of four he was a model with the Ford Modeling Agency in New York. He appeared in print ads for stores such as Macy's, Gap, Target, and Toys R Us, and appeared in fashion spreads in Child, Parents, and American Baby magazines, as well as having his image on toys and game packaging. At age six Corbin appeared in his first professional theater production off Broadway, at The Town Hall. This three-concert series, created, written, and hosted by Scott Siegel, took place over one weekend and included a tribute to David Merrick. Corbin Bleu played an abandoned homeless mute in the play Tiny Tim is Dead.

Bleu graduated from Los Angeles County High School for the Arts. He trained in dancing at the Debbie Allen Dance Academy. He attended the High School of Performing Arts in New York as a theater major, following in his mother's footsteps.

Acting career

In 1996 Bleu's family relocated to Los Angeles, and he soon gained a recurring role on the TV series High Incident and a guest star appearance on ER. Bleu also had roles in Malcolm & Eddie (1998), as Matthew, and Cover Me: Based on the True Life of an FBI Family (2000), as Nick Elderby. He also had small roles in films like Soldier, Family Tree, Mystery Men, Galaxy Quest, and The Amanda Show.

Corbin continued dancing, becoming one of the first students at the Debbie Allen Dance Academy. While in his first year Corbin was cast in his first lead role in the feature film 2004 film, Catch That Kid, alongside Kristen Stewart and Max Thieriot. In his second year, he played the lead role of Ren in the musical "Footloose" and the role of Sonny in the musical "Grease". That same year Corbin won Theatre Student of the Year.

In the summer of 2004 Corbin became a part of the ensemble cast for the new Discovery Kids television series Flight 29 Down as Nathan McHugh, alongside Allen Alvarado and Hallee Hirsh and Lauren Storm, a drama series about a group of teens stranded on a deserted island after a plane crash. He also had a small role as Spencer on Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide, appearing in the episodes entitled Guide to: The School Play and Guide to: Revenge & School Records. and Mother Goose Parade as Grand Marshal in 2006 and 2007.

Bleu played "Chad Danforth" in the Emmy award-winning Disney Channel original movie High School Musical (2006), and reprised the role in the sequels High School Musical 2 (2007) and High School Musical 3: Senior Year (2008). He guest starred as Johnny Collins in the premiere episode of Disney's Hannah Montana. Bleu's next film, Jump In!, premiered on January 12, 2007, and has since become one of the highest-rated Disney Channel original movies. He appeared on The Tyra Banks Show in 2008, and in the 2007 Disney Channel Games as captain of the Blue Team.

In fall 2009, he had a lead role in the film Free Style as Cale Bryant, and appeared in The CW Television Network's new show The Beautiful Life: TBL. Also in 2009, he is Voice in Beyond All Boundaries, and appeared on Entertainment Tonight and The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet. He landed the lead role in the Broadway Musical In the Heights, and guest starred in one episode of The Good Wife as DJ Javier Berlin in October 2010.

Corbin starred in the short comedy film I Owe My Life to Corbin Bleu in 2010. In 2011, he performed the voice Lou in The Little Engine That Could, starred in the horror film Scary or Die, and started filming Renee, which was released in 2012.

In 2012, he returned to Broadway in the revival of Godspell. In March 2013, Bleu was cast in the role of Jeffrey King on the Prospect Park web relaunch of the daytime soap opera, One Life to Live. Bleu also has a role in the upcoming horror film The Monkey's Paw.

Music career

2006-07: Another Side

Bleu's first professionally recorded song was titled "Circles" or "Circles in My Mind" for his then TV show, Flight 29 Down. Bleu signed a contract with Hollywood Records, a Disney-owned label. His debut album,Another Side, was released in May 2007. The album debuted at No. 36 on the Billboard 200 album charts, selling 18,000 in its first week. Blue worked with Ne-Yo on "I Get Lonely," and with other performers such as Matthew Gerrard and Eric Hudson. A music video for his first single, "Push It to the Limit", premiered on the Disney Channel, and was used to promote the movie Jump In! "Push It to the Limit" reached the Top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at No. 15.

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

On Another Side, he wrote or co-wrote five of the album's twelve songs. He wrote two songs that appear as bonus tracks on the European version. One of those tracks was titled "Shake It Off", an ode to the musician Prince.

2008-09: Speed of Light

In an interview with Billboard, Bleu stated that he had begun working on his follow-up album. "There will be a lot of differences with the second album. First of all, it's just more personal. I'm involved in every aspect of the writing. As far as the direction of the music, it's very different. I wanted this album to have something that was a little bit of rock, a little bit of R&B and a little bit of pop."

Producer Eric Hudson was attached to the project, along with songwriter/lyricist Claude Kelly. Bleu performed the planned tracks "Close", "Whatever It Takes", and "Champion" on a summer concert tour with singer/actor Justin Stein. Speed of Light was released on March 10, 2009, via Hollywood Records. The album's first single, "Moments That Matter", was performed by Bleu at Kids' Inaugural: "We Are the Future".

The album failed to debut on Billboard Top 200 album charts. According to sources, the album sold less than 4,000 in its first week, despite promotion from MySpace.com. The album spawned the singles "Celebrate You" and "Moments That Matter," which was released with a music video.

Voice and musical ability

According to his interview with Paul Wontorek, Bleu discusses that he is naturally a Lyric Baritone. His trained voice has been described as being "decent and pleasant which fits well into both pop and R&B". As a musical theatre performer, Bleu has claimed that he is a huge fan of Brian d'Arcy James and says that he gets vocal influences from him. Due to his dancing, songwriting, and dance-influenced sound, Corbin Bleu has earned comparisons to Justin Timberlake.

Personal life

Bleu is a frequent volunteer worker, working for charities such as Starlight Children's Foundation, the Make-A-Wish Foundation, and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, and served Thanksgiving's dinner and Christmas Eve lunch at a Los Angeles homeless shelter with Debby Ryan in 2008.

Bleu has been a supporter of Do Something. In 2009, he hosted the sixth annual Do Something Awards in New York. In May 2011, Bleu also attended the 2011 Do Something Awards kick-off event. He teamed up with Aimee Teegarden, Kevin Jonas and JoJo during the event to honor the thirteen nominees who were up for the Do Something Award and $100,000 in recognition of their outstanding activism.

In 2011, Bleu began dating actress Sasha Clements. On October 15, 2014, Bleu and Clements became engaged at Disney World.

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Soldier	Johnny
1998	Beach Movie	Kid
1999	Family Tree	Ricky
1999	Mystery Men	Butch
1999	Galaxy Quest	Young Tommy
2004	Catch That Kid	Austin
2007	The Secret of the Magic Gourd	Magic Gourd (voice)
2008	High School Musical 3: Senior Year	Chad Danforth
2009	Free Style	Cale Bryant
2009	Beyond All Boundaries	Voice: Eddie W. Robinson Voice: Sgt. Dan Levin	Short film
2010	I Owe My Life to Corbin Bleu	Himself	Short film
2011	The Little Engine That Could	Voice: Lou
2011	Scary or Die	Emmett
2012	Nurse 3D	Bleu
2013	Sugar	Sketch	post-production
2013	The Monkey's Paw	Catfish	post-production
2015	To Write Love on Her Arms	Mackey	Filmed in 2011, released in 2015

TV movies

Year	Title	Role	Channel
2006	High School Musical	Chad Danforth	Disney Channel
2007	Jump In!	Isadore "Izzy" Daniels	Disney Channel
	High School Musical 2	Chad Danforth	Disney Channel
	Mother Goose Parade	Grand Marshal	Disney Channel
	Flight 29 Down: The Hotel Tango	Nathan McHugh	Discovery Kids

TV

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	High Incident	N/A	Recurring role
1996	ER	Little boy	1 episode
1998	Malcolm & Eddie	Matthew	1 episode
2000	Cover Me: Based on the True Life of an FBI Family	Nick Elderby	1 episode
2001-2002	The Amanda Show	Russel Carter	2 episodes
2005-2007	Flight 29 Down	Nathan McHugh	Main cast member
2006-2007	Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide	Spencer	2 episodes
2006-2008	Hannah Montana	Johnny Collins	2 episodes
2009-2014	Phineas and Ferb	Voice: Coltrane	3 episodes
2009	The Beautiful Life: TBL	Isaac	Main cast member
2010	The Good Wife	Jay Hawke/ DJ Javier Berlin	1 episode
2012	Blue Bloods	Officer Blake	1 episode
2013	Franklin and Bash	Jordan Allen French	1 episode
2013	One Life to Live	Jeffrey King	Contract role
2013	Dancing with the Stars	Himself	Runner-Up (season 17)
2014	Psych	Luther	1 episode
2016	Castle	Hunter	1 episode
2016	The Fosters		1 episode

As a producer

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	Free Style	Producer	film
2011	Scary or Die		film

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	In the Heights	Usnavi	Broadway theatre
2012	Godspell	Jesus	Broadway theatre, Circle in the Square Theatre
2015	Family Shots	Aaron	The Human Race Theatre

Discography

Main article: Corbin Bleu discography

• Another Side (2007)
• Speed of Light (2009)

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result	Link
2005	LA High School for the Arts	"Theatre Student of the Year"	N/A	Won
2006	Disney Channel New Years Bowl-A-Thon	"Best Best Hair While Bowling"	N/A	Won
2007	NAACP Image Awards	"Outstanding Performance in a Youth/Children's Program"	High School Musical	Nominated
	Young Artist Award	"Best Performance in a TV Movie, Miniseries or Special (Comedy or Drama) - Supporting Young Actor"	High School Musical	Nominated
	Poptastic! Awards	"Male Singer"	N/A	Won
	Poptastic! Awards	"Favorite Music Video"	"Push It to the Limit"	Nominated
	Poptastic! Awards	"Favorite Song"	“Push It to the Limit"	Nominated
	Poptastic! Awards	"Favorite TV Actor"	N/A	Nominated
	Poptastic! Awards	"Favorite Album"	Another Side	Nominated
	Poptastic! Awards	"Male Style Idol"	N/A	Nominated
	Poptastic! Awards	"Most Wanted To Meet"	N/A	Nominated
2009	Teen Choice Award	"Choice Movie Actor: Music/Dance"	High School Musical 3: Senior Year	Nominated

[ Source: Wikipedia ]