Drew Seeley

Drew Seeley
Seeley during the High School Musical tour
Background information
Birth name	Andrew Michael Edgar Seeley
Also known as	Drew Michaels[1]
Born	April 30, 1982 (1982-04-30) (age 27) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Origin	United States
Genres	Pop, dance-pop, R&B
Occupations	Singer-songwriter, actor
Years active	since 1999
Labels	TweenPower Entertainment
Associated acts	Belinda, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Selena Gomez, Monique Coleman
Website	drewseeley.net/

Andrew Michael Edgar "Drew" Seeley (born April 30, 1982) is a Canadian actor, singer, dancer, and songwriter. He has recorded many songs for The Walt Disney Company. He danced as a child in Whitby, Ontario until he was about pre-teen age. He then moved to Florida.

Career

Drew Seeley grew up in Toronto where he was cast in Hal Prince’s revival of Showboat and stayed with the production for a year. A prolific performer in the Disney Channel stable of young talent, Drew Seeley appeared on a number of spin-off albums from Disney's films and television shows, as well as being the "singing voice" for Zac Efron's character, Troy, in the hit television movie High School Musical. He has guest starred on shows such as One Tree Hill, Dawson’s Creek, and Guiding Light. Drew also has a career as a musician and has toured the country as one of the lead singers of the R&B group called Nu Ground, a band created by artist development consultant Jamaica Johnson.

In 2005 Drew began working with established producer Ray Cham and together they wrote “Getcha Head in the Game” for Disney’s quadruple platinum High School Musical soundtrack. His voice had been blended with Zac Efron's voice for the character of Troy Bolton in High School Musical.^[2] This garnered them an Emmy nomination in the “Best Original Song and Lyrics” category. In addition, Drew filled in for Efron (who was shooting Hairspray) in the North America and Latin America tours of High School Musical: The Concert playing in 60,000 seat arenas and he can be heard on both soundtracks.

Drew's association with Disney continued and he can be heard as a featured artist on several Disney soundtracks/compilation cds including: Disneymania 5, Disneymania 6, Disney Channel Holiday, Radio Disney Jams, Vol. 9, and B'You. Drew’s duet with Spanish-born Mexican singer Belinda “Dance with Me”, from the platinum Cheetah Girls 2 soundtrack, can be seen on the Disney Channel and on Radio Disney. Seeley appeared in Belinda's video of "Ni Freud Ni Tu Mama". Drew also made a guest appearance on the current Chipmunks CD 'Undeniable', singing an updated take on Shake Your Groove Thing with Alvin and the gang.

Drew has been seen in the Hallmark Channel Movie, Claire, opposite Valerie Bertinelli, and in the film Fly Kidz for which he co-wrote and produced the soundtrack. He also wrote and performed music for the Disney Channel Original Movie “Jump In!” starring Corbin Bleu and Keke Palmer. Drew starred opposite Selena Gomez and Jane Lynch in Another Cinderella Story, playing the popstar Joey Parker.^[3] Drew wrote and performed 4 songs in the film, and shot music videos for both versions of his hit song, 'New Classic.'

Recently he starred as Prince Eric in the Disney Broadway Musical The Little Mermaid for a limited sold out engagement from June 9, 2009 and ended his run on August 30, 2009 when the show closed.^[4]

Drew wrapped filming on the Adam Sandler produced movie The Shortcut and is now on a national tour performing his own original music while recording his forthcoming debut album.

Discography

The discography of Drew Seeley consists of one future studio album along with various soundtracks, singles, and music videos mostly produced by Disney. The most notable Disney album is High School Musical.

He is signed to TweenPower Entertainment,^[5] a division of Brand Engine Media^[6] which is co-directed by Emily J. and Greg Cham (who co-wrote "Get'cha Head in the Game" with Seeley).^[7] He is represented by the William Morris Agency and TalentWorks.^[8]

He also recorded "Shake Your Groove Thing" with Alvin and the Chipmunks on their 2008 album, Undeniable.^[9]

Filmography

Theatre credits

References

External links

• Official website
• Drew Seeley at MySpace
• Drew Seeley channel at YouTube (requires Adobe Flash)
• Andrew Seeley at the Internet Movie Database