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Talented young actor Cody Linley was born on November 20, 1989, in Denton, Texas, but grew up in Lewisville, a town just outside of Dallas. Cody made his acting debut in 1998, in the made-for-TV movie "Still Holding On The Legend of Cadillac Jack," and had major roles in the movies "Hoot," "Rebound," "My Dog Skip" and in "Cheaper By The Dozen." He also had small parts on the TV shows "Walker, Texas Ranger" starring Chuck Norris and "That's So Raven," but he is most famous for his role as Jack Ryan on Disney channel's "Hannah Montana." Cody is a born-again Christian, and his favorite sport is basketball.
A teenage heartthrob extraordinaire on movie screens during the mid- to late 2000s, fair-haired Cody Linley actually undertook one of his first forays into cinema as a preadolescent. He played the aptly named Spit McGee, a bully who harasses the protagonist, in Jay W. Russell's nostalgic coming-of-age drama My Dog Skip (2000). A lead followed in John Schultz's offbeat comedy When Zachary Beaver Came to Town (2003), as did prominent billing in Hoot (2006), a family-oriented adventure about a group of teens who attempt to save some rare owls. Linley achieved broadest recognition, however, for his portrayal of Jake Ryan, opposite Miley Cyrus, in the second season of the blockbuster sitcom Hannah Montana. Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide

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