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Kevin Zegers
Zegers at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival
Born	Kevin Joseph Zegers (1984-09-19) September 19, 1984 (age 27) Woodstock, Ontario, Canada
Other names	Keven Zegers
Occupation	Actor, model
Years active	1992–present

Kevin Joseph Zegers (born September 19, 1984) is a Canadian actor and model. He is best known for his leading roles as Josh Framm in the Air Bud series, as well as playing Damien Dalgaard in the Gossip Girl series and the protagonist in Rock Mafia's The Big Bang. He also had a main role in the 2010 film Frozen.

Life and career[link]

Zegers was born in Woodstock, Ontario to Jim Zegers, a longtime quarry worker, and Mary Ellen Zegers, a supply teacher.^[1] He grew up with two sisters, Krista and Katie.^[2] Zegers began his performing career at the age of 6, appearing in about 30 TV commercials.^[2] His first film appearance was at the age of 7, in a small role in the Michael J. Fox comedy Life With Mikey (1993).^[1] Subsequently, he appeared in many supporting roles, including a guest appearance on the television series The X-Files, playing a stigmatic child. He had the starring role in Air Bud (1997), a film about a sports-playing dog. In the years following, Zegers appeared in three sequels, as well as a similar genre film, MVP: Most Valuable Primate (2000), which featured a hockey-playing chimp.

Zegers at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival

Between 1997 and 2004, Zegers had starring or costarring roles in many low-budget Canadian and horror films, including Nico the Unicorn (1998), Komodo (1999), and Wrong Turn (2003). He also appeared in the short-lived American television series Titans (2000), for which he was personally chosen by producer Aaron Spelling. Zegers had previously worked with co-star Yasmine Bleeth in the 1999 film It Came From the Sky.

After appearing in the remake of Dawn of the Dead, he had a major role in the Academy Award-nominated independent film Transamerica (2005), costarring Felicity Huffman. Zegers' performance as the street hustling bisexual son of a male-to-female transsexual was praised by several critics, and he won the 2006 Cannes Film Festival Chopard Award, which is given to promising young actors.^[3] Zegers starred alongside Samaire Armstrong in the 2006 romantic comedy It's a Boy Girl Thing. In 2009, Zegers signed to play the role of Clyde Barrow in the remake of The Story of Bonnie and Clyde, alongside Hilary Duff. The two roles have since been recast due to scheduling conflicts for both actors.^[4] He also guest-starred in Gossip Girl from 2009 until 2010 and returning again in late 2010 for multiple episodes throughout season 4. He also appears alongside Miley Cyrus on Rock Mafia's new music video "The Big Bang". Two years later, is the male protagonist in the television series Titanic: Blood and Steel alongside Alessandra Mastronardi (an Italian actress, become famous for her role as Eva Cudicini in the Italian tv series I Cesaroni).

Filmography[link]

Voice acting[link]

• 1994–95:Free Willy - Einstein (TV series)

Television[link]

• 1992: Street Legal as n/a (Season 7 , Episode 5)
• 1994: Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story as Larry (1954)
• 1995: Road to Avonlea as Gordon Bradley (Season 6, Episode 12)
• 1995: The Silence of Adultery as Steven Harlett
• 1995: The X-Files as Kevin Kryder (Season 3, Episode 11)
• 1996: Specimen as Bart
• 1996: Murder on the Iditarod Trail as Matthew Arnold
• 1996: Goosebumps as Noah Thompson (Season 2, Episode 12)
• 1996–1997: Traders as Sean Blake (7 episodes)
• 1997: Rose Hill as Cole Clayborne at 13
• 1998: Nico the Unicorn as Billy Hastings
• 1999: Twice in a Lifetime as n/a (Season 1, Episode 7)
• 1999: So Weird as Ryan Ollman (Season 2, Episode 9)
• 2000: The Acting Class as Lou Carpman
• 2000–2001: Titans as Ethan Benchley (11 Episodes)
• 2003: Smallville as Seth Nelson (Season 3, Episode 7)
• 2004: House, M.D. as Brendon Marell (Season 1, Episode 3)
• 2009–2011: Gossip Girl as Damien Dalgaard (Season 3, 6 episodes, Season 4 / TBA)
• 2012: Titanic: Blood and Steel as Mark Muir (12 Episodes)

Music videos[link]

• 2010: The Big Bang by Rock Mafia Featuring Miley Cyrus

Awards[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Kevin Zegers

• Kevin Zegers at the Internet Movie Database
• Zegers interviews, 1997

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{{Infobox football biography File:1216937793052 f.jpg | playername = Martín Rivas | fullname = Martín Sebastián Rivas Fernández | dateofbirth = (1977-02-17) February 17, 1977 (age 35) | cityofbirth = Montevideo | countryofbirth = Uruguay | height = | position = Defender | currentclub = | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1995–1997 | years2 = 1998–2002 | years3 = 1998–1999 | years4 = 2000–2001 | years5 = 2002 | years6 = 2003–2004 | years7 = 2005–2006 | years8 = 2006–2007 | clubs1 = Danubio | clubs2 = Internazionale | clubs3 = → Perugia (loan) | clubs4 = → Málaga (loan) | clubs5 = Peñarol | clubs6 = Deportivo Maldonado | clubs7 = River Plate Montevideo | clubs8 = Deportivo Maldonado | caps1 = 50 | caps2 = 1 | caps3 = 25 | caps4 = 6 | caps5 = 11 | caps6 = 26 | caps7 = 19 | caps8 = 7 | goals1 = 5 | goals2 = 0 | goals3 = 0 | goals4 = 0 | goals5 = 0 | goals6 = 3 | goals7 = 0 | goals8 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 1997 | nationalyears2 = 2000 | nationalyears3 = 1997 | nationalteam1 = Uruguay U-20 | nationalteam2 = Uruguay U-23 | nationalteam3 = Uruguay | nationalcaps1 = | nationalcaps2 = | nationalcaps3 = 2 | nationalgoals1 = | nationalgoals2 = | nationalgoals3 = 0 | pcupdate = | ntupdate = }}

Martín Sebastián Rivas Fernández (born 17 February 1977) is a former Uruguayan footballer.

Biography[link]

Born in Montevideo, the capital and largest city of Uruguay, he started to play for Danubio then in January 1998 signed by Internazionale, which he is dual Uruguayan-Spanish citizen, made him not occupy any non-EU quota.^[1] He signed a contract until 30 June 2002. Inter also signed countryman Álvaro Recoba earlier that season. He made his Serie A debut on 16 May 1998 against Empoli F.C..

After played nil in 1999-2000 season, he was loaned to Málaga.^[2]

He was in the squad of 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship and 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Inter Archive
• (Spanish) La Liga career
• Martín Rivas at National-Football-Teams.com
• Martín Rivas – FIFA competition record

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Jackson Rathbone
Rathbone at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival
Born	Monroe Jackson Rathbone V (1984-12-14) December 14, 1984 (age 27) Singapore
Occupation	Actor, musician
Years active	2005–present

Monroe Jackson Rathbone V^[1][2] (born December 14, 1984),^[3] better known as Jackson Rathbone, is an American actor and musician. He is perhaps best known for his role as Jasper Hale in The Twilight Saga and for playing Sokka in The Last Airbender.

Early life[link]

Rathbone was born in Singapore, the son of American parents Randee Lynn (née Brauner) and Monroe Jackson Rathbone IV.^[4][5] His great-grandfather, Monroe Jackson Rathbone II, was the chairman of Standard Oil of New Jersey, which later became Exxon;^[5] Rathbone is also distantly related to Civil War general Stonewall Jackson.^[6] Because of his father's job at Mobil Oil, Rathbone has lived in places ranging from Indonesia to Midland, Texas.^[7] He started out in local theater in Midland with the youth actors program "The Pickwick Players", initially doing musical theatre.^[8] For his junior and senior years of high school, Rathbone attended the Interlochen Arts Academy, a private school for the arts in Michigan, where he majored in acting.^[7][8] After graduation, he had planned to go to the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, but went instead to Los Angeles to experiment with film acting.^[7]

Career[link]

Rathbone performing with band 100 Monkeys in Indianapolis, IN, June 29, 2011

After being in Los Angeles for a short time, Rathbone was cast in Disney 411, where he interviewed up-and-coming personalities like Hilary Duff and the sister duo Aly & AJ. He has also had guest roles on The O.C. and Close to Home. His film roles include work in Molding Clay, Pray for Morning, and Travis and Henry. In 2005, he scored the role of Nicholas Fiske in ABC Family's original series Beautiful People. In a 2008 interview, he stated it was his first leading man role and was his most difficult role to fit into.^[9]

In 2008, he played Jasper Hale in the film Twilight, based on the best-selling novel by Stephenie Meyer.^[10] He reprised his role in the sequels to Twilight, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn.^[11][12] In 2009, Rathbone played Jeremy in S. Darko. In addition to that role, he won kudos for his performance as a serial killer on Criminal Minds. Rathbone played the role of Sokka in The Last Airbender, a 2010 film based on the animated series.^[13] The Last Airbender has caused controversy because of the casting of white actors like Rathbone to play characters that some fans felt were depictions of Asians or Inuit. Rathbone stated, "I think it's one of those things where I pull my hair up, shave the sides, and I definitely need a tan. It's one of those things where, hopefully, the audience will suspend disbelief a little bit."^[13]

In March 2010, it was reported Rathbone would soon star in an upcoming indie film drama, Truckstop, which began filming in September. Rathbone played the role of Charles, "a man with cerebral palsy who takes care of his dying father while working at truckstop, where he befriends a troubled young prostitute."^[14] Rathbone appeared in an episode of No Ordinary Family on November 9, 2010.^[15][16] In November 2010, it was reported he had been cast in the Warner Premiere and Dolphin Entertainment action webseries Aim High alongside Aimee Teegarden.^[17][18] The show in which he portrays Nick Green, a high school junior who's just starting a new school year as one of the country's 64 highly trained teenage operatives, premiered on October 18, 2011 on Facebook being the first "social series" ever created.^[19]

In May 2011, Rathbone began shooting Live at The Foxes Den, a film in which he plays the lead role of lawyer Bobby Kelly.

Rathbone has a production company, PatchMo Entertainment, and a record company, Happy Jack Records.

Personal life[link]

Rathbone enjoys music, writing, singing and producing.^[7] He formerly performed in a band called 100 Monkeys with two friends whom he met in high school at Interlochen Arts Academy, Ben Graupner and Ben Johnson,^[8] as well as close friends Jerad Anderson and M. Lawrence Abrams ("Uncle Larry").^{[citation needed][20]} The band released three albums in 2009.^[21] In December 2009, 100 Monkeys began a 100-city tour that took them to nearly every state in the US by mid-2010. ^[22] The band continued to tour into 2011 to coincide with the release of their new album, Liquid Zoo, which was released in June.^[23] The band headed overseas for their first international dates in winter 2011.^[24] Rathbone resides in Los Angeles. He and his girlfiend Sheila Hafsadi are expecting their first child in the Summer of 2012^[25]

Filmography[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Jackson Rathbone

• Jackson Rathbone at the Internet Movie Database

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Lucas Grabeel
Grabeel during the High School Musical: The Concert
Background information
Birth name	Lucas Stephen Grabeel
Born	(1984-11-23) November 23, 1984 (age 27) Springfield, Missouri, United States
Occupations	Actor, singer, dancer songwriter, director, producer
Years active	2004–present
Labels	Walt Disney
Associated acts	Ashley Tisdale, Drew Seeley
Website	www.lucasgrabeel.com/

Lucas Stephen Grabeel ( /ˈɡreɪbiːl/ GRAY-beel; born November 23, 1984) is an American actor, singer, dancer, songwriter, director and producer. As a performer, he is best known for his role as Ryan Evans in Disney Channel Original Movie's High School Musical (2006) and its sequels High School Musical 2 (2007) and High School Musical 3: Senior Year (2008), and as Ethan Dalloway in the third and fourth installments of the Halloweentown series: Halloweentown High (2004) and Return to Halloweentown (2006). He currently plays Toby Kennish in the ABC Family drama Switched at Birth.

Life and career[link]

Early life and career beginnings[link]

Grabeel was born in Springfield, Missouri on November 23, 1984, the son of Jean (née Harman) and Stephen Grabeel.^[1] Before transferring to and graduating from Kickapoo High School in Springfield in 2003, he attended Logan-Rogersville Elementary, Middle and High School. He also played drums for a local church and initiated a men's a cappella singing group at a high school. At school, he found passions in the guitar and the accordion while also enjoying dance. He can dance in the styles of jazz, ballet, hip-hop and tap.^[2] While in Rogersville, Missouri, he regularly attended Harmony Baptist Church, where he was a part of the children's and youth groups.^[3] During the summer of 2002, He attended the Missouri Fine Arts Academy at Missouri State University. In a letter written to protest eliminating MFAA, Grabeel stated, "I wouldn't be where I am at if it weren't for my time at MFAA." His time there, as he refers to it, is what led him to move to LA and pursue an acting career.

Following his graduation, Grabeel moved to Los Angeles to become an actor. After two months living there, Grabeel landed his first television role in a commercial for toothpaste and then eventually went to star in other commercials for Lego and Hot Wheels. Soon after, he starred in his first film role as Ethan Dolloway in the third installment of the Halloweentown series Halloweentown High. He subsequently reprised this role in the series' fourth installment Return to Halloweentown.

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Grabeel and Ashley Tisdale in the High School Musical: The Concert

In 2006, he was cast in the role of Ryan Evans, the fraternal twin brother of Sharpay Evans (played by Ashley Tisdale), in the Emmy Award-winning made-for-television Disney movie High School Musical. He reprises his role in the sequels High School Musical 2 and the motion picture High School Musical 3: Senior Year. In 2007, he joined co-stars Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Corbin Bleu and Monique Coleman on the 51-date High School Musical: The Concert. In early 2009, Billboard believed that Grabeel and Tisdale’s track "I Want It All" should be nominated for an Oscar in the Best Original Song category however, the song did not make the final shortlist.^[4] During his time in High School Musical, Grabeel (along with his co-stars) had a total of six tracks chart in the Billboard Hot 100.^[5][6][7][8] Furthermore, he was the first artist to debut in the Billboard Hot 100 with two simultaneous new entries in one week.^[9] While with Disney Channel, Grabeel also participated in the first ever Disney Channel Games and co-captained the green team along with Ashley Tisdale, Mitchel Musso, Miley Cyrus, Emily Osment and Kyle Massey. The year later, he returned to repeat his captaincy of the green team with Dylan Sprouse, Miley Cyrus, Monique Coleman and Brandon Baker.

Subsequent acting career[link]

Grabeel has made television guest appearances in TV series such as Boston Legal, 'Til Death, Veronica Mars and Smallville, where he portrayed a young Lex Luthor in 2006 and reprised the role as a clone of Lex Luthor in the series' 10th season.In 2007, he filmed the movie, The Adventures of Food Boy with Brittany Curran, as the lead Ezra. Other film projects Grabeel was involved with include the animated film, At Jesus' Side, where he voiced a dog called Jericho.^[10] He also filmed the independent film, Alice Upside Down,^[11] as the character of Lester McKinley, based on the "Alice book series" by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. In 2008, he also appeared in the movie Milk, a biopic about the slain gay rights activist Harvey Milk. Grabeel played a friend and supporter of Milk, photographer Danny Nicoletta. He also appeared in the 2008 Walt Disney Pictures film College Road Trip as Scooter, which features other Disney stars Raven-Symoné, Brenda Song and Margo Harshman. He also stars in the independent movie Lock and Roll Forever alongside Ore Ska Band.^[12] Grabeel also guest starred in an episode of The Cleveland Show.

Early in 2009, Grabeel was voted Most Likely to Do Big Things in 2009 by MTV and had an exclusive interview with them. He mentions the release of another music video for his track Get Your Ass On.^[13] He also mentioned his latest movie project, The Legend of the Dancing Ninja, where he played the lead Tokyo Jones alongside David Hasselhoff.^[14] In May 2009 he portrayed the role on stage of Matt in the Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones musical, The Fantasticks with Eric McCormack and Harry Groener at UCLA's Freud Playhouse.^[15]

In the summer of 2011, Grabeel is starring in the ABC Family drama Switched at Birth, in which he plays the brother of one of the two girls who were mistakenly switched in the hospital at birth.^[16]

In March 2012 I Kissed A Vampire was released in the U.S. where Lucas stars alongside Drew Seeley and Adrian Slade. ^[17]

Musical projects[link]

Aside his involvement in the High School Musical soundtracks, Grabeel has recorded a song called "You Know I Will" for the soundtrack of The Fox and the Hound 2 and also recorded his own version of the Michael Bolton track "Go the Distance", from Disney's Hercules, for DisneyMania 5. In 2007, Grabeel co-wrote and recorded a song called "You Got It"^[18] which was released on iTunes on August 19, 2007^[19] while its accompanying music video was released on his official website. Grabeel also recorded another original song called "Trash Talkin'" which was released November 15, 2008 on YouTube.^[20] Grabeel also sings in the iTunes show I Kissed a Vampire, in which, he stars. In early 2009, he appeared at the Southland Theatre Artists Goodwill Event (S.T.A.G.E.), an AIDS charity event, in Beverly Hills performing George and Ira Gershwin's "I Can't Be Bothered Now".^[21][22]

14341 Productions[link]

In 2007, Grabeel founded a production company called 14341 Productions. His role within involves overseeing many projects from writing, directing and executive producing. The company have produced projects such as the short films The Real Son, Smoke Break; the music videos for "Get Your Ass On" and "You Got It". They also produced a TV pilot called Regarding Beauregard which was Grabeel's directorial debut. They are currently working on a short film, The Adventures Of Chuckle Boy, and have just released a short film The Dragon.^[23] They debuted their work at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.^[24]

Filmography[link]

Discography[link]

Albums[link]

Extended plays[link]

Soundtrack albums[link]

Singles[link]

As Ryan Evans[link]

Other apparences[link]

Awards[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Lucas Grabeel

• Official Lucas Grabeel Website
• Official Lucas Grabeel Brazilian Fansite
• Lucas Grabeel at the Internet Movie Database

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Rachael Leigh Cook
Cook at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival
Born	Rachael Leigh Cook (1979-10-04) October 4, 1979 (age 32) Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1995–present
Spouse	Daniel Gillies (2004–present)

Rachael Leigh Cook (born October 4, 1979) is an American actress, known for her role in the romantic comedy She's All That.

Early life[link]

Cook was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the daughter of JoAnn, a cooking instructor and weaver, and Thomas H. Cook, a social worker and former stand-up comic. Cook attended school at Clara Barton Open, Laurel Springs School and Minneapolis South High School. She began working as a print model at the age of 10, most notably in nationwide advertisements for Target and appearing on the boxes of Milk-Bone dog biscuits.

Career[link]

At the age of 14, Cook began auditioning for acting work. Her modeling agency sent her to read for a short film, 26 Summer Street (1996). She first gained national attention in 1998, when she was featured in a This Is Your Brain on Drugs public-service television advertisement, in which she proceeds to destroy a kitchen with a frying pan as she lists the things that heroin harms. Cook made her debut as an actress in the 1995 film The Baby-Sitters Club, which was based on Ann M. Martin's book series of the same name. Her second movie role was in Tom and Huck, where she portrayed Rebecca "Becky" Thatcher. In 1997, Cook appeared in a leading role in the film Country Justice as a 15-year-old rape victim who is impregnated by her rapist.

Cook's two highest-profile lead roles to date have been in the films She's All That (1999) and Josie and the Pussycats (2001). Cook has also appeared in a number of independent films and in the 2005 television miniseries Into the West.

In 2000, she was the cover girl for the premier issue of FHM US (March/April issue). Cook also provided the voice for Chelsea Cunningham on the Kids' WB animated series Batman Beyond in the episode "Last Resort" and in the animated film Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker. In 2002, she was ranked #26 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women in the World".

Cook has provided the voice of Tifa Lockhart in the video games Kingdom Hearts II, Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII and Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy, as well as the CG movie Final Fantasy VII Advent Children. She also starred in the video for New Found Glory's 2000 single "Dressed to Kill". Cook's latest voice-over role is for the video game Yakuza where she voices the role of Reina, a beautiful barkeep. She has also appeared in Daniel Powter's "Love You Lately".

Cook owns her own production company, Ben's Sister Productions (in reference to her younger brother, an aspiring filmmaker). Cook eventually stepped away from the spotlight to focus on spending time with friends and family. She later returned to mainstream films when she signed on to a new casting agency. Cook was later cast in a role in the big screen adaptation of Nancy Drew, the female lead in the independent sports drama The Final Season, and playing a small supporting lead in Blonde Ambition.

Cook has appeared in numerous episodes of the Seth Green-created comedies, Titan Maximum and Robot Chicken. Although Robot Chicken featured an episode that parodied Final Fantasy VII which involved Tifa Lockhart (a character Cook voiced in Advent Children), in this parody there were no voices, but simply text like in the original game. She has, however, parodied the "This Is Your Brain on Drugs" role she made famous, by destroying her kitchen with her frying pan.

In 2008, she guest-starred in an episode of the USA Network series Psych as Abigail Lytar, an old flame of Shawn Spencer. She returned in the season finale where Abigail and Shawn start dating and has since appeared in many more episodes in the following season.

In February 2010, Rachael Leigh Cook signed on as the female lead in Fox TV's comedy pilot Nirvana.^[1] She will star in the Western horror film Vampire, which is the English-language feature debut of Japanese director Iwai Shunji.^[2]

In 2011, she was selected by the Obama administration as a Champion of Change for Arts Education.^[3]

In 2011, she voiced the character of Jaesa Willsaam in the MMO game, Star Wars: The Old Republic.

Personal life[link]

In 2004 Cook married actor Daniel Gillies. Cook, a vegetarian,^[4] lives mostly in Los Angeles with her three dogs, but frequently goes back to visit her family in Minnesota. Cook stated she is strongly considering adopting a child from a developing country.^[5]

Filmography[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Rachael Leigh Cook

• Rachael Leigh Cook at the Internet Movie Database
• Interview, 2005, JAM Movies
• Interview, 10/05/00, Mr. Showbiz
• Collection of Cook interviews