Date of Birth
21 February 1989, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Birth Name
Corbin Bleu Reivers
Nickname
Bleu Man
Height
5' 10" (1.78 m)
Mini Biography
Born: February 21, 1989 in Brooklyn, New York, Corbin Bleu followed in his father's footsteps and began appearing in television commercials at the age two, for products such as Life cereal, Bounty, Hasbro, and Nabisco. It was at that time he also discovered his love for dance when he began taking jazz and ballet classes, usually the only boy in the class. By the age of four he was a model with the Ford Modeling Agency in New York. He appeared in print ads for stores such as Macy's, Gap, Target, and Toys R Us, and fashion spreads in Child, Parent, and American Baby magazines, as well as having his image on toys and game packaging. At age six Corbin appeared in his first professional theater production off Broadway playing an abandon homeless mute in the play "Tiny Tim is Dead".
Corbin and his family moved to Los Angeles in 1996 and he quickly landed a recurring role on the television series "High Incident" (1996). He continued to land small roles in such feature films as Soldier (1998/I) with Kurt Russell, Mystery Men (1999) with Ben Stiller, William H. Macy, and Greg Kinnear, and Galaxy Quest (1999) with Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, and Alan Rickman. He also guest starred on such television shows as "ER" (1994), "Malcolm & Eddie" (1996), "Cover Me" (1999) (mini), and "The Amanda Show" (1999). Corbin also continued dancing, eventually becoming one of the first students at the prestigious Debbie Allen Dance Academy. He then attended the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts as a theater major, this time following in his mother's footsteps who attended New York City's famed High School of Performing Arts. While in his freshman year Corbin was cast in his first lead role in the feature film Catch That Kid (2004). Back in school in his sophomore year he played the lead role of Ren in the musical "Footloose" and the role of Sonny in the musical "Grease". That same year Corbin was honored with the award of Theatre Student of the Year. In the summer of 2004 Corbin became a part of the ensemble cast for the new Discovery Kids television series "Flight 29 Down" (2005), filmed on location in Hawaii on the island of Oahu. During the summer of 2005 Corbin was cast as Chad in the Disney Channel Original Movie High School Musical (2006) (TV) which was directed by Kenny Ortega. Being a big fan of musical theater, Corbin was thrilled to be a part of this musical movie project in which he gets to showcase his dance skills.
IMDb Mini Biography By: Corbin Bleu
Trade Mark
Big Curly Afro
Trivia
Favorite Movies: Chicago (2002) and The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975).
His favorite actresses are Jennifer Garner and Angelina Jolie.
Son of David Reivers.
His favorite book is The Great Gatsby.
His favorite candy bar is Twix.
Has appeared in two of the three highest rated Disney Channel Original Movies ever: High School Musical (2006) (TV) and Jump In! (2007) (TV).
Appeared in 3 of the 4 highest premier night movies on Disney Channel.
Best friends with Monique Coleman.
Personal Quotes
I'm a very outgoing person. I'm always happy, I'm one of those people who are always smiling. If somebody described me to somebody else, they'd say the kid with the curly hair with the big smile on his face. I get along with everybody.
I mean, to see somebody else when they put so much work into whatever they do... that inspires me. My dad, he does that very much so. An actor that I really look up to is Johnny Depp. The amount of work that he puts into his stuff, he is such an amazing actor I think!
"We've been having a lot of fun, and it's always great to be back with these guys! I'm a very social person and all of us got close on set!" - On the High School Musical cast & tour.
"You name a show business faux pas and it has happened to me - from pants with the zipper down on the red carpet to having hair that looked like I put my finger in a light socket. It's kinda like that naturally so when it gets freaky looking, it gets really freaky!"
Where Are They Now
(December 2006) On tour with the High School Musical Cast.
(February 2007) currently filming High School Musical 2: Sing It All or Nothing!