Early life

Wormald was born in Boston, to Melanie and Edgar K. Wormald, and grew up in Stoughton, Massachusetts, where he graduated from Stoughton High School in 2002. He has two brothers, Lee and Dylan. He moved to Los Angeles right after his high school graduation.

Acting Career

In January 2004, Wormald starred as a dancer in the movie You Got Served. In April 2008 Wormald was confirmed to make his Acting debut in the Oxygen cable network Made-For-Television film Center Stage: Turn It Up as the male lead. The film, a sequel to Center Stage, premiered in November that same year to generally negative reviews from critics.

In June 2010, Paramount Pictures announced Wormald was cast as the protagonist in the planned remake of the 1984 dance drama film Footloose. Both Zac Efron and Chace Crawford were attached to play the role of Ren McCormack but both dropped out. Filming took place in September that same year on a $24 million budget with Julianne Hough and Dennis Quaid confirmed to star. The film Footloose was released on October 14, 2011 to generally positive reviews from critics with Wormald's performance receiving mixed reviews. The film went on to gross over $62 million worldwide.

In 2012, Wormald starred in mock reality webseries Massholes. In 2013, Wormald had main role as Topher in the movie Kid Cannabis. He also played the role of Pete in the movie Cavemen. In 2014, Wormald starred as Gordan in the movie The Living. Wormald had a role as Vito Tortano in the film By The Gun, directed by James Mottern. He also played the role of Ray in the movie Lap Dance.

In 2015, Wormald starred in the short film Instagram: A Caption Story, which was released on YouTube on February 3, 2015. Also that year, Wormald played the role of Dennis Wilson in the indie movie Love & Mercy. He also starred as Chris in the horror film The Girl in the Photographs. He appeared in the music video for Mike Stud's song After Hours, which Wormald also directed.

Dance Career

He began dancing at the age of six, after his mother saw him dancing to a New Kids on the Block video. At age 13, he won the Master Dance of New England and was named the Junior Mr. Dance of New England. A year later, at age 14, he was named Teen Dancer of Boston. At age 15, he was named Teen Mr. Dance of New England. In 1996, Wormald was selected to dance for President Bill Clinton at the White House as part of the annual Easter celebration. In 2002, he won the gold medal at the World Dance Championships in Riesa, Germany for a tap dance routine he performed. Wormald has appeared in music videos for Madonna, Mariah Carey, Chris Brown, Christina Aguilera, Nelly Furtado, BoA and JoJo. Wormald has been a back-up dancer for both Justin Timberlake and The Pussycat Dolls tours.

In December 2006, Wormald was announced to have joined the MTV Jennifer Lopez-produced dance-oriented reality television series Dancelife which follows a group of aspiring dancers trying to make it in Hollywood. Notably the series also starred So You Think You Can Dance Canada choreographer Blake McGrath. The series was not renewed for a second season due to low ratings.

Tours

• Justin Timberlake - FutureSex/LoveShow 2007
• The Pussycat Dolls - Doll Domination Tour 2009

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2004	You Got Served	Dancer	Uncredited
2006	Clerks II	Dancer	Uncredited
	Jackass Number Two	Dancer	Uncredited
2007	Dancelife	Himself	MTV Reality Television Series
2008	Center Stage: Turn It Up	Tommy Anderson
2011	Footloose	Ren McCormack
2012	Massholes	Kenny	Mock reality webseries
2014	Kid Cannabis	Topher
2013	Cavemen	Pete
2014	The Living	Gordan
2014	Lap Dance	Ray
2014	By the Gun	Vito Tortano
2015	Instagram: A Caption Story	Stuart	Short Film
2015	Love & Mercy	Dennis Wilson
2015	The Girl in the Photographs	Chris
2015	Hey Brother	Travis	Post-Production
2016	Honey 3	Erik Wildwood	Protagonist

[ Source: Wikipedia ]