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 Seeley during the High School Musical: The Concert tour | |
| Born | Andrew Michael Edgar Seeley April 30, 1982 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
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| Years active | 1999–present |
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Andrew Michael Edgar Seeley [1] (born April 30, 1982) is a Canadian actor, singer and dancer. He has recorded many songs for the Walt Disney Company. He danced as a child in Ontario until he was about preteen age and then moved to Florida.
Seeley grew up in Toronto and fell in love with performing. He was once part of a boy band called Nu Ground. He was cast in Hal Prince's revival of Show Boat and stayed with the production for a year. In 2005, Seeley started working with Ray Cham, an established producer, and together they wrote "Get'cha Head in the Game", a song that was a nominee in the Creative Arts Primetime Emmy for Best Original Music and Lyrics.
Seeley is married to actress/comedian Amy Paffrath. The couple has one child, a daughter, who was born in 2019. [2] That same year, Seeley received U.S. citizenship.[ citation needed ]
In 2004, Seeley acted as the singing part of Jordan Cahill in the Disney Channel Original Movie Stuck in the Suburbs. He auditioned for the role of Jordan Cahill, but lost the part to Taran Killam. He appeared in the movie as a hotel employee. [3]
In 2005, Seeley began working with founded producer Ray Cham and together they wrote "Get'cha Head in the Game" for Disney's quadruple platinum High School Musical soundtrack. This garnered them an Emmy nomination in the Best Original Music and Lyrics category. He also auditioned alongside Zac Efron for the role of Troy Bolton in the first High School Musical film, [4] to which Efron won the part while Seeley acted as the character's singing voice, which was blended with Efron's voice in post-production. In addition, Seeley filled in for Efron (who could not join the tour due to a scheduling conflict with the shooting of the 2007 film adaptation of the Broadway musical Hairspray ) on 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 and High School Musical on Stage! .
Seeley's association with Disney continued and he can be heard as a featured artist on several Disney soundtracks/compilation albums including Disneymania 5 , Disneymania 6 , Disney Channel Holiday , Radio Disney Jams, Vol. 9 , and Byou. Drew's duet with Spanish-born Mexican singer Belinda "Dance with Me", from the platinum Cheetah Girls 2 soundtrack, was played on the Disney Channel and on Radio Disney. Drew appeared in Belinda's video of "Ni Freud ni tu mamá". Drew also made a guest appearance on the 2008 Chipmunks CD Undeniable , singing an updated take on "Shake Your Groove Thing" with Alvin and the gang. Seeley appeared 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.
Seeley starred opposite Selena Gomez and Jane Lynch in Another Cinderella Story , playing the pop star Joey Parker. [5] Drew wrote and performed four songs in the film, and shot music videos for both versions of his hit song, "New Classic".
In the summer of 2009 he starred as Prince Eric in the Disney Broadway Musical The Little Mermaid , [6] and had a leading role in the horror movie The Shortcut . In June 2010, Seeley starred in the Hallmark Channel television movie Freshman Father. [7]
Seeley's album The Resolution was released on April 5, 2011. In support of the album, Drew went on a national tour where he performed his own original music. He also sang a song for the Disney Channel original series Shake It Up . A duet with Adam Hicks, "Dance for Life," premiered in the episode "Vatalihoosit It Up", backed by a routine performed by dance crew the Jabbawockeez. "Dance for Life" was featured on the soundtrack for the show, Shake It Up: Break It Down . Seeley's song "It's Always Been You" was used as the theme of Crown for Christmas, a 2011 Hallmark Channel movie. [8]
On June 12, 2011, Seeley was reported to have joined the CW's hit teen drama series 90210 , but Entertainment Weekly later reported that he dropped the role due to a conflict with his schedule. In March 2012, I Kissed a Vampire was released, in which Seeley stars alongside Lucas Grabeel and Adrian Slade. [9] In June 2012, he co-starred in the Lifetime movie, "Talhotblond", playing young "Tommy". Seeley has also released music videos for his song "Beautiful", and most recently "Into The Fire". Drew recorded a song for the third Shake It Up soundtrack Shake It Up: I Love Dance , called "I Do". It featured on Walmart-exclusive editions as a bonus track. The song was also featured in the Shake It Up season 3 episode, "I Do It Up".
In 2013, Seeley began filming his role in a new film, Elixir, which was renamed Lovestruck: The Musical on ABC Family. Seeley played the role of "Young Ryan". He played opposite Chelsea Kane (Young Harper), Jane Seymour (Harper), Sara Paxton (Mirabella), Tom Wopat (Ryan), and Alexander DiPersia (Marco). He is featured singing his rendition of Usher's "DJ's Got Us Fallin’ in Love". In conjunction with the new movie, Seeley co-wrote and performed "Here & Now," the theme song to ABC Family's spring promotional campaign. The song was featured on Seeley's dance-pop EP released in April 2013. [10] In 2014, Seeley performed as "Bob Gaudio" in Jersey Boys for the US tour. [11]
In 2022, he recorded “Fire” for the doll-based webseries Rainbow High.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1999 | Camp Tanglefoot: It All Adds Up | Tommy | |
| 2005 | Complete Guide to Guys | Stearns | |
| 2006 | Christopher Brennan Saves the World | Tom Hartwell | Short film |
| The Modern Unicorn's Guide to Love and Magic | Matt | Short film | |
| 2008 | Another Cinderella Story | Joey Parker | Direct-to-video |
| 2009 | The Shortcut | Derek | |
| 2012 | The Madame | Partier | Short film |
| I Kissed a Vampire | Trey Sylvania | ||
| Pitch Perfect | Male Voice No. 5 | ||
| 2013 | Get the Girl Back | Sonny | Short film |
| 2014 | LA Bound: 7 Things Nobody Tells You About Moving to LA | Parking Guy 1 | Short film |
| Second Time Around | Sean | Short film | |
| 2015 | Yellow Day | The Good Man | |
| 2016 | Union Bound | Confederate Sharpshooter | |
| Chalk It Up | Todd | ||
| Do Over | Sean King | ||
| 2019 | Write Before Christmas | Jax | |
| 2021 | Christmas Movie Magic | Brad Westdale |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2000 | Guiding Light | Andrew | 3 episodes; as Andrew Seeley |
| 2002 | Dawson's Creek | Male | Episode: "The Importance of Not Being Too Earnest"; as Andrew Seeley |
| 2003–2004 | One Tree Hill | Johnny "Vegas" Norris | Episodes: "Crash Into You", "You Gotta Go There to Come Back"; as Andrew Seeley |
| 2004 | Stuck in the Suburbs | Front Desk Clerk | Television film; as Andrew Seeley |
| 2005 | Locusts | Willy | Television film; as Andrew Seeley |
| Campus Confidential | Logan | Television film; as Andrew Seeley | |
| 2006 | High School Musical | singing voice of Troy Bolton | Television film |
| 2007 | Claire | Bobby Mills | Television film |
| 2008 | The Suite Life of Zack & Cody | David/Jeffery | Episode: "Romancing the Phone" |
| 2010 | Freshman Father | John Patton | Television film |
| The Closer | Boyd Martin | Episode: "Jump the Gun" | |
| 2010–2011 | Glory Daze | Jason Wilson | Main role |
| 2012 | Tallhotblond | Tommy | Television film |
| 2013 | Lovestruck: The Musical | Ryan Hutton/Angus | Television film |
| Non-Stop | Ronnie | Television film | |
| 2018 | Lethal Admirer | Lloyd | Television film; also known as A Friend's Obsession |
| He Knows Your Every Move | Jack Newsom | Television film | |
| A Christmas for the Books | Ted Dinrise | Television film | |
| 2019 | Robot Chicken | Various voices | Episode: "Garfield Stockman in: A Voice Like Wet Ham" |
| 2022 | The Rookie | Francis Bloomfield | Episode : "Backstabbers" |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2009 | I Kissed a Vampire | Trey Sylvania | Main role |
| 2012 | Trend This! | Himself | Episode: "The Dance" |
| 2013 | The Flip Side | Andy | 2 episodes |
| Minute Motivations | Andy | Episode: "Holiday Special" | |
| 2014 | The Interrogationists | Jason Vance | Episode: "The Husband" |
| His & Hers | Jason | Episode: "All Your Friends Are Men" | |
| CoffeeHouse | Brandon Sherwood | Episode: "Pilot" |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2009 | The Little Mermaid | Prince Eric | Broadway [12] |
| 2011 | Celebrity Improv Mashup | Various | Stand-up comedy |
| 2014-2017 | Jersey Boys | Bob Gaudio | Broadway [13] & US Tour [14] |
| 2022 | Kinky Boots | Ensemble | Hollywood Bowl [15] |
| Year | Award ceremony | Category/Work | Nominee(s) | Result |
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| 2006 | Creative Arts Primetime Emmys | Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics for "Get'cha Head in the Game" from High School Musical | Ray Cham, Greg Cham and Drew Seeley | Nominated |
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