Andrew Michael Edgar Seeley
(born April 30, 1982 in Ottawa, Ontario),
better known as Drew Seeley,
is a Canadian actor, songwriter,
and singer and has recorded many songs for The Walt Disney Company
Nickname:Drew Andy
Height
5' 11" (1.80 m)
Trivia
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).
Career
Drew Seeley is best known as the singing voice of Troy in High School Musical. While most people believed it was Zac Efron singing his songs, it was later revealed that it was Seeley's voice. It was also revealed that Efron would sing for High School Musical 2 and High School Musical 3: Senior Year.
Seeley has sung on the following albums: DisneyMania 4, The Cheetah Girls 2, Jump In!, High School Musical, DisneyMania 5, 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 the role of Troy in the High School Musical: The Concert (instead of Zac Efron who was shooting Hairspray at that time). In 2008, Drew was a guest star in "The Suite Life Of Zack and Cody" as a guy who lost his phone and was found by Maddie.
At the moment Seeley is working on his debut album. According to Seeley, several titles have been tossed around, but nothing has been decided on. He also, once appeared in the MTV fanatic dating show My Own where he was chosen as a suitor to a fan of Adam Levine (the lead singer of Maroon 5). Seeley was seen performing the track "She Will Be Loved".
Drew has just completed Another Cinderella Story for Warner Bros. in which he acts, sings, and dances in. It also stars Selena Gomez and will be released in September
Filmography
2008 - The Suite Life Of Zack and Cody... Jeffery(Guest Star)
2008 - Soulmates
2008 - Another Cinderella Story.... Joey Parker
2007 - Claire.... Bobby
2006 - Complete Guide to Guys.... Agent Leopold
2006 - Christopher Brennan Saves the World.... Tom Hartwell
2006 - High School Musical....Troy Bolton (Uncredited / Voice Singer)
2005 - Campus Confidential (2005) (TV) .... Logan
2005 - Locusts.... Willy
2004 - Stuck in the Suburbs.... Front Desk Clerk
2003/04 - One Tree Hill.... Johnny 'Vegas' Norris (2 episodes)
2002 - Dawson's Creek .... Male (1 episode)
2000 - The Guiding Light.... Andrew (3 episodes)
1999 - Camp Tanglefoot: It All Adds Up.... Tommy
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
2005: BYou (Join the Party song)
2006: High School Musical: The Soundtrack (All song that were sung by Zac Efron)
2006: The Cheetah Girls 2: The Soundtrack #5 US (Platinum) (Dance with Me song)
2007: Jump In! (I’m Ready song)
2007: High School Musical: The Concert (All song that were sung by Zac Efron)
2007: DisneyMania 5 (Find Yourself song)
2007: Disney Channel Holiday (I'll Be Home for Christmas song)
2008: DisneyMania 6 (You'll Be in My Heart song)
2008: Utopía Internacional (Dance with Me song)
[edit] Other songs
2005: "Some Day My Prince Will Come" (song sung by Ashley Tisdale; Seeley provided the voice of the prince)
2006: "Start of Something New" with Vanessa Hudgens and Zac Efron — from High School Musical
2006: "Get'cha Head in the Game" with Corbin Bleu — from High School Musical
2006: "Breaking Free" with Vanessa Hudgens and Zac Efron — from High School Musical
2006: "We're All in This Together" with the High School Musical Cast - from High School Musical
2006: "What I've Been Looking For (Reprise)" with Vanessa Hudgens - from High School Musical
2006: "I Can't Take My Eyes Off of You" with Vanessa Hudgens, Lucas Grabeel, and Ashley Tisdale
2006: "Dance with Me" featuring Belinda Peregrin — from The Cheetah Girls 2
2007: "I'm Ready" from Jump In! Soundtrack
2007: "Find Yourself" — from DisneyMania 5
2007: "I’ll Be Home for Christmas" - from A Disney Channel Holiday
2007: "This Is Our Year" with Kari Kimmel - From Kim Possible season 4 finale "Graduation Part 2"
2008: "You'll Be In My Heart" - from DisneyMania 6
[edit] Videography
2006: "Dance With Me" featuring Belinda Peregrin — from The Cheetah Girls 2
2006: "Ni Freud Ni Tu Mamá" Belinda Peregrin's Music Video (also with Raven-Symoné)
