Corbin Bleu Biography
Born: February 21, 1989
As the son of ever-present television star David_Reivers (Charmed, Buffy the Vampire Slayer), African-American actor Corbin Bleu (born Corbin Bleu Reivers) was ushered into the spotlight by his parents at a remarkably early age. Before his third birthday, Bleu's face had adorned television commercials for such consumer brands as Nabisco, Life Cereal, and Bounty paper towels; by the age of four, he had secured representation with the prestigious Ford Modeling Agency in Manhattan, and promoted American chains such as Toys 'R' Us and Macy's, via inclusion in their print ads. As a youngster, Bleu also happened upon a deep-seated love of dancing -- a passion that carried him through his adolescent years.
Bleu moved with his family to the City of Angels in 1996, and thus transposed his acting ambitions to Hollywood. After bit parts in such movies as Mystery_Men and Galaxy_Quest (both 1999) and such series as Malcolm & Eddie and ER, Bleu landed his first starring role in a feature: that of Austin, the Afroed accomplice of pint-sized bank robber Maddy (Kristen_Stewart), in Bart_Freundlich's family-oriented action comedy Catch_That_Kid (2003). Bleu gained his broadest exposure, however (and truly found his niche), via the Disney Channel pay-cable service, with several original telemovie musicals that enabled the rising young star to exhibit his singing and dancing skills onscreen -- and then some. These included High_School_Musical (2006) and Jump_In! (2007). The former attained such popularity among young people that it spawned two successful sequels: the 2007 High_School_Musical_2 and the 2008 Haunted_High_School_Musical. In each of those successive installments, Bleu reprises his role as basketball player Chad -- a teammate of lead character Troy Bolton (Zac_Efron). Nathan Southern, Rovi
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