Corbin Bleu

This article is about the American actor and singer. Not to be confused with Cordon Bleu.

Corbin Bleu
Bleu in 2012
Born
Corbin Bleu Reivers

(1989-02-21) February 21, 1989 (age 35)
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Alma mater
Occupations
  • Actor
  • singer
  • songwriter
  • dancer
Years active1996–present
Spouse
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(m. 2016)​
FatherDavid Reivers
Musical career
OriginLos Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • piano
Discography
Years active2006–present
Labels
Websitewww.corbinbleu.com

Corbin Bleu Reivers (/bluː/ BLOO; born February 21, 1989)[2] is an American actor and singer. He 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 (2006–2008). Songs from the films also charted worldwide, with the song "I Don't Dance" peaking inside the Top 70 of the Billboard Hot 100. During this time, he also starred in the Disney Channel Original Movie Jump In! (2007) and the film To Write Love on Her Arms (2015). He competed in the 17th season of Dancing with the Stars.[3]

Bleu has also pursued a music career and his debut album Another Side was released in 2007, which included the hit "Push It to the Limit". The album debuted and peaked at number 36 on the U.S. Billboard 200 album chart, selling 18,000 copies in its first week.[4] His second album, Speed of Light, was released in 2009. He returned to television, starring in the short-lived Ashton Kutcher–produced CW series The Beautiful Life: TBL (2009) and the movie Free Style (2009). He has appeared in the films The Little Engine That Could (2011), Scary or Die (2012), Nurse 3D (2013), Sugar (2013), The Monkey's Paw (2013), Walk. Ride. Rodeo. (2019), Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story (2022), and Camp Hideout (2023).

In 2010, Bleu played Usnavi in the Broadway company of In the Heights.[5] In 2012, he returned to Broadway in the revival of Godspell.[6] In 2013, he was cast as Jeffrey King in the short-lived online revival of the daytime soap One Life to Live. In 2016, Bleu played Ted Hanover in the Broadway company of Holiday Inn, the New Irving Berlin Musical.[7][8] He subsequently signed a recording contract with Ghostlight Records,[A] to distribute his Holiday Inn soundtrack music, released in 2017.[9] In 2019, he returned to play Bill Calhoun/Lucentio in the Broadway company of Kiss Me, Kate.[10] He subsequently signed a recording contract with Ghostlight Records, to distribute his Kiss Me, Kate soundtrack music, released on June 7, 2019.[11]

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  2. ^ Rose, Mike (February 21, 2022). "Today's famous birthdays list for February 21, 2022 includes celebrities Sophie Turner, Jennifer Love Hewitt". Cleveland.com. Retrieved January 12, 2023.
  3. ^ "Meet the New 'DWTS' Season 17 Cast!". Broadway. June 5, 2012. Retrieved June 5, 2012.
  4. ^ "Pop Songs". Corbin Bleu album. Billboard.com.
  5. ^ "Corbin Bleu Extends Again at in the Heights; Seth Stewart Returning for Four Weeks". Broadway. May 25, 2010. Retrieved May 25, 2010.
  6. ^ "Broadway's Godspell, Starring Corbin Bleu, Eyes Closing Date". Broadway. Retrieved September 4, 2013.
  7. ^ "Let's Say It With Ink! Holiday Inn, Starring Corbin Bleu, Bryce Pinkham & Lora Lee Gayer, Opens on Broadway". Broadway. Retrieved October 6, 2016.
  8. ^ Clement, Olivia (May 27, 2016). "See Who's Heading to the Holiday Inn on Broadway". Playbill. Retrieved June 2, 2016.
  9. ^ Clement, Olivia (December 22, 2016). "Holiday Inn Announces Cast Album". Playbill. Retrieved December 22, 2016.
  10. ^ "Corbin Bleu and more join the cast of Kiss Me, Kate! on Broadway". newyorktheatreguide.com. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
  11. ^ Lefkowitz, Andy. "Kiss Me, Kate Revival to Receive Original Cast Album". Broadway. Retrieved April 19, 2019.


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