1. Corbin Bleu Reivers is an American actor and singer.
61 Facts About Corbin Bleu
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Corbin Bleu began acting professionally in the late 1990s before rising to prominence in the late 2000s for his leading role as Chad Danforth in the High School Musical trilogy.
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Corbin Bleu competed in the 17th season of Dancing with the Stars.
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Corbin Bleu has appeared in the films The Little Engine That Could, Scary or Die, Nurse 3D, Sugar, The Monkey's Paw, Walk.
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In 2010, Corbin Bleu played Usnavi in the Broadway company of In the Heights.
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In 2016, Corbin Bleu played Ted Hanover in the Broadway company of Holiday Inn, the New Irving Berlin Musical.
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Corbin Bleu subsequently signed a recording contract with Ghostlight Records, to distribute his Holiday Inn soundtrack music, released in 2017.
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Corbin Bleu subsequently signed a recording contract with Ghostlight Records, to distribute his Kiss Me, Kate soundtrack music, released on June 7,2019.
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Corbin Bleu's mother is Italian-American and his father is Jamaican-American.
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Corbin Bleu appeared in television commercials starting at age two, for products such as Life cereal, Bounty, Hasbro and Nabisco.
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Corbin Bleu began taking jazz and ballet classes, usually as the only boy in the class.
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Corbin Bleu appeared in print ads for stores such as Macy's, Gap, Target and Toys R Us and in fashion spreads in Child, Parents, and American Baby magazines, as well as having his image on toys and game packaging.
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At age six, Corbin Bleu appeared in his first professional theater production, at The Town Hall.
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Corbin Bleu played an abandoned homeless mute in the play Tiny Tim is Dead.
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Corbin Bleu graduated from Los Angeles County High School for the Arts.
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Corbin Bleu graduated from high school in 2007 and was admitted to Stanford University, but declined to matriculate.
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Corbin Bleu moved with his family from New York to Los Angeles in 1996.
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Corbin Bleu worked steadily in episodic television and feature film roles, including a recurring role on the short-lived ABC police drama High Incident and a guest star appearance on ER.
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Corbin Bleu appeared in some films, like Beach Movie and the sci-fi thriller Soldier.
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Additionally, Corbin Bleu was developing his dance skills and in 2001 began intensive training at the Debbie Allen Dance Academy.
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Corbin Bleu played Nathan McHugh, a Boy Scout whose leadership skills do not quite measure up to his self-confidence.
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Corbin Bleu joined co-stars on the 51-date High School Musical: The Concert tour to promote the film, work on the second film in the series began, and Bleu was confirmed to be returning for the sequel.
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Corbin Bleu played Izzy and Keke Palmer portrayed Mary Thomas, his friend who has a crush on him.
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Corbin Bleu appeared in the Atlanta group Small Change's music video "Don't Be Shy", featuring Chani and Lil' JJ.
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Corbin Bleu guest starred as Johnny Collins in the premiere two episodes of Disney's Hannah Montana.
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Corbin Bleu appeared at the Mother Goose Parade as Grand Marshal in 2006 and 2007.
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Corbin Bleu went on to reprise his role of Chad Danforth in High School Musical 3: Senior Year, the first film in the High School Musical franchise to receive a theatrical release.
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Corbin Bleu lent his voice for the role of Chad Danforth in various High School Musical video games.
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Corbin Bleu made his Broadway stage debut in 2010 as the lead character, bodega-owner Usnavi de la Vega, in the critically acclaimed musical In the Heights.
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In 2012, Corbin Bleu had a role in and co-produced the indie horror anthology Scary or Die, a collection of five short horror films.
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Corbin Bleu joined co-stars on the 66th Annual Tony Awards, to performing "Day by Day" and "Light of the World" at Beacon Theatre, with Neil Patrick Harris as the host.
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Corbin Bleu guest starred in one episode of Blue Bloods as Officer Blake in 2012.
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In 2012, he performed the voice of Drew in Twinkle Toes, Corbin Bleu starred in the drama film To Write Love on Her Arms in 2012, with Kat Dennings, Chad Michael Murray and Rupert Friend.
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In March 2013, Corbin Bleu had a role in the horror film The Monkey's Paw.
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In 2013, Corbin Bleu starred in the film Sugar, alongside Shenae Grimes and Marshall Allman.
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Also in 2013, Corbin Bleu appeared in the horror films Nurse 3D, alongside Paz de la Huerta and Katrina Bowden.
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In September 2013, Corbin Bleu took part in the seventeenth-season of ABC's dancing competition Dancing with the Stars.
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Corbin Bleu and fellow guest-star Ashley Argota co-starred in a production of Romeo and Juliet: Love Is a Battlefield at Rockwell Table and Stage, produced by The Fosters co-creator Bradley Bredeweg.
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Corbin Bleu had a small role as Hunter on Castle in 2016.
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Corbin Bleu, who played Ted Hanover in the new Irving Berlin musical, gave a glimpse of backstage life at Studio 54, where he and his co-stars celebrated an entire year's worth of special occasions eight times a week.
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Corbin Bleu's career included voice over work with Breathe Bible.
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In December 2017, Corbin Bleu hosted the 2017 Looking Ahead Awards, presented by The Actors Fund.
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In November 2017, Corbin Bleu returned to 25th season of Dancing with the Stars and in Week 8, he performed in a trio salsa with Jordan Fisher and his professional partner Lindsay Arnold.
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Corbin Bleu was nominated for a 2019 Chita Rivera Awards for Dance and Choreography, for Outstanding Male Dancer in a Broadway Show and for an Audience Choice Awards for Favorite Featured Actor in a Musical.
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Corbin Bleu was cast in a co-starring role in the Jordan Barker film Witches in the Woods, The project stars Hannah Kasulka and Sasha Clements.
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Corbin Bleu filmed an independent movie titled Ovid and the Art of Love.
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On June 30,2020, Corbin Bleu joined in a live reading adaptation of Jason Reitman's Up in the Air to help raise funds for Acting for a Cause.
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Corbin Bleu returned to the High School Musical franchise, guest starring as himself in the third and fourth seasons of High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, Bleu contributes to two numbers a duet with star Sofia Wylie on the original song "Different Way to Dance" and with the entire cast on "Everyday".
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On September 26,2023, Corbin Bleu performed in the horror comedy rock musical Little Shop of Horrors as Seymour Krelborn, replacing Jeremy Jordan at the Westside Theatre, directed by Tony Award winner Michael Mayer, choreographed by Ellenore Scott, with music direction by Will Van Dyke.
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Corbin Bleu signed a contract with Hollywood Records, a Disney-owned label.
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Corbin Bleu worked with Ne-Yo on "I Get Lonely", and with other performers such as Matthew Gerrard and Eric Hudson.
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Corbin Bleu later gave it to Bleu, whose version of the song features background vocals by Sean.
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Corbin Bleu sang the duet "Still There for Me" with Vanessa Hudgens for his debut album Another Side.
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Corbin Bleu performed at the Crawford County Fair Grandstand with Vanessa Hudgens, on August 18,2008.
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In 2017, Corbin Bleu signed a one-album recording contract with Ghostlight Records to distribute his Holiday Inn, The New Irving Berlin Musical soundtrack music, was released digitally on June 2,2017.
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Corbin Bleu later signed a two-album recording contract with Ghostlight Records to distribute his Kiss Me, Kate soundtrack music, the 24th cast album recording for Roundabout Theatre Company, since launching the musical theatre program with She Loves Me in 1993.
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Corbin Bleu added that he is a fan of Brian d'Arcy James and gets vocal influences from him.
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Corbin Bleu's portrait was unveiled at Tony's Di Napoli Restaurant in New York City.
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In 2013, an MIT study discovered that Corbin Bleu was the third most-common biography article subject among all the different language versions of Wikipedia; pages on him were available in 194 languages, placing below only Jesus and Barack Obama, and above Confucius and Isaac Newton.
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Corbin Bleu has supported various charitable organizations and causes during his career.
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In 2011, Corbin Bleu worked for charities such as Starlight Children's Foundation, the Make-A-Wish Foundation, and St Jude Children's Research Hospital.