Lucas Stephen Grabeel

Lucas Stephen Grabeel is an American actor, singer, dancer, songwriter, director and producer. He is also famous for his role as Ryan Evans in Disney Channel Original Movie's 2006 High School Musical 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). In 2006, Lucas played a young Lex Luthor in a flashback episode of Smallville, and he has recently returned to the show, currently in its 10th and final season in the role of Connor Kent, the hybrid clone of Lex Luthor and Clark Kent and the future Superboy.

Grabeel was born in Springfield, Missouri on November 23, 1984, the son of Jean (née Harman) and Stephen Grabeel. He attended Logan-Rogersville elementary, middle and high school before transferring to and graduating from a high School in Springfield in 2003. He also played drums for a local church and initiated a mens a cappella singing group at a high school. He can also play the guitar and accordion; and can dance in the styles of jazz, ballet, hip-hop and tap.While in Rogersville, Missouri, he regularly attended Harmony Baptist Church, where he was a part of the children’s and youth groups. 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."

Following graduation, he moved to Los Angeles to become an actor. Two months after moving from home to L.A., Grabeel landed his first TV role in a commercial for toothpaste, and then eventually went to star in other commercials for Lego and Hot Wheels, and soon after, he landed his first film role in the third installment of the Halloweentown series; the Disney Channel Original Movie: Halloweentown High as the character Ethan Dalloway (he reprised his role in the fourth installment, Return to Halloweentown).

His biggest, and his best known, role was playing the part 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.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.Furthermore, he is the first artist to debut in the Billboard Hot 100 with two simultaneous new entries in one week.

In 2007 Grabeel founded a production company called 14341 ProductionsHis role within involves overseeing many projects from writing, directing and executive producing. They have produced projects such as the short films The Real Son, Smoke Break; the music videos, 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.They debuted their work at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.