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Drew Seeley Profile |
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Birth Date: April 30, 1982
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Birth Place: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Birth Name: Andrew Michael Edgar Seeley
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Height: 5'11"
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Biography |
Drew Seeley is a Canadian singer and actor. He has recorded
many songs for The Walt Disney Company.
Drew Seeley is best known as the singing voice of Troy for
the first High School Musical. While most people believed it
was Zac Efron singing the songs, it was later revealed that
it was Seeley's voice blended with Zac's. This was due to
casting Zac at such a late time, that the key for the songs
were more for a tenor (whereas Efron is a high baritone), so
playback was used for Troy's part during the film.
Seeley has sung on the following albums: DisneyMania 4, The
Cheetah Girls 2, Jump In!, High School Musical, DisneyMania
5, and 6, Radio Disney Jams 9, and High School Musical: The
Concert. "Get'cha Head in the Game", a song he co-wrote with
Ray and Greg Cham for High School Musical, helped propel the
soundtrack to 4 million copies sold stateside alone and was
nominated for Emmy Award. He also took over for Efron for
the HSM concert (Efron was shooting Hairspray at the time).
In 2008, Drew was a guest star in The Suite Life Of Zack and
Cody as the grandson of a guy who lost his phone and was
later found by Maddie. He also made an appearance in Stuck
In The Suburbs in 2004 as the hotel clerk. He was later cast
in Another Cinderella Story for Warner Bros. with Selena
Gomez. It was released on September 16th. There has been
controversy over Drew and Selena's kiss in the movie due to
the fact that he is 26 and she is 16. But despite all the
controversy, it has been made very clear that Selena and
Drew's relationship is nothing more than friendship and
respect for one another. The 13 track CD for the movie with
hit song "Tell Me Something I Don't Know" was made available
in August.
Drew has just finished filming the lead role of Derek in The
Shortcut, a thriller/horror by Adam Sandler's "Scary Madison
Productions" which will be out early in 2009. |
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Other Information |
Fronted the national R&B act, "Nu Ground" from 1999-2002.
Released a CD and toured, opening for Mya, K-ci & Jojo,
Tyrese, The Baha Men, among others. Andrew is also an
accomplished writer, having most recently worked with Raven
Symone.
Has a younger sister, Katie (20).
In 1999, was awarded "best of show" for duet acting at
Florida's State Thespian competition. The scene was from
"The Judas Kiss", with Ben Pelteson.
Original cast-member of Harold Prince's 1993 revival of
"Showboat." With the show for a year during it's run at the
Ford Center in North York, Ontario, Canada.
Graduated from Lake Brantley High School (Orlando, FL) in
2000. While there, had leads in mainstage productions of
"Into the Woods", "Gypsy", "Once Upon A Matress", The
Miracle Worker", and "The Merchant of Venice."
Is the singing voice for Troy in High School Musical (2006)
(TV).
Has contributed music to all three of the highest rated
Disney Channel Original Movies: High School Musical (2006)
(TV), The Cheetah Girls 2 (2006) (TV), and Jump In! (2007)
(TV).
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since October 17, 2008