Lucas Grabeel
Lucas Stephen Grabeel (born November 23, 1984) is an American actor, singer and songwriter. He began his career playing Ethan Dalloway in the Disney Channel films Halloweentown High (2004) and Return to Halloweentown (2006), before gaining recognition for his role as Ryan Evans in the High School Musical film series (2006–2011). Grabeel's other film credits include Alice Upside Down (2007), The Adventures of Food Boy and Milk (both 2008).
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Lucas Grabeel

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- Name
- Lucas Grabeel
- Birth Name
- Lucas Stephen Grabeel
- Born
- 23 November 1984
- Birthplace
- Springfield, Missouri, U.S.
- Occupation
- * Actor
- Nationality
- United States.
- Fields
- pop music.
- Education
- Kickapoo High School and Logan-Rogersville High School.
- Languages
- English.
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Lucas Stephen Grabeel (born November 23, 1984) is an American actor, singer and songwriter. He began his career playing Ethan Dalloway in the Disney Channel films Halloweentown High (2004) and Return to Halloweentown (2006), before gaining recognition for his role as Ryan Evans in the High School Musical film series (2006–2011). Grabeel's other film credits include Alice Upside Down (2007), The Adventures of Food Boy and Milk (both 2008).
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Biography
Biography
Grabeel worked across actor, singer, musician, television actor and film actor and 4 further recorded occupations. The registers place that work in pop music. This article rests on 20 catalogued compositions, 4 issued recordings, 1 digitised documents and 1 scholarly references drawn from named institutional registers. Every statement below returns to a source shown in the evidence panel; where the record is silent or divided, the article says so instead of resolving it.

Actors Lucas Grabeel and Corbin Bleu from the "High School Musical" film series speaking at a Q A panel at MEGACON Orlando 2025 on February 6, 2025.
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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Lucas Grabeel • Birth Name — Lucas Stephen Grabeel • Born — 23 November 1984 • Birthplace — Springfield, Missouri, U.S. • Years Active — 2004–present • Occupation — * Actor • singer • songwriter • producer
Early life
Early life
Grabeel was born in Springfield, Missouri, on November 23, 1984, the son of Jean (Harman) and Stephen Grabeel. 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 Kickapoo called No Treble. At school, he found passions in the guitar and the accordion while also enjoying dance. While in Rogersville, Missouri, he regularly attended Harmony Baptist Church, where he was a part of the children's and youth groups.
2009–present: Switched at Birth and other projects
2009–present: Switched at Birth and other projects
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. He also mentioned his latest film project, Dancing Ninja, where he played the lead Tokyo Jones alongside David Hasselhoff. 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. 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". He also recorded and released a new track titled '135n8' in early 2014 with the music video being uploaded to his YouTube account. In 2011, Grabeel appeared in the tenth season of Smallville as young Lex Luthor as well as Conner Kent, a hybrid clone of Luthor and Clark Kent. In 2007, he filmed the film The Adventures of Food Boy with Brittany Curran, as the lead, Ezra Chase. From 2011 to 2017, Grabeel starred in the ABC Family drama Switched at Birth, in which he played the brother of one of the two girls that were mistakenly switched at birth in the hospital. In March 2012, I Kissed A Vampire was released in the US, where Lucas stars alongside Drew Seeley and Adrian Slade. In January 2014 he provided his first-ever voice over role for an animated series, Deputy Peck on Sheriff Callie's Wild West. He has also played the character of Gustav in Dragons: Defenders of Berk. In 2019, Grabeel appeared in High School Musical: The Musical: The Series as himself.
Other ventures
Other ventures
In 2007, Grabeel founded a production company called 14341 Productions. His role within involves overseeing many projects from writing to directing and executive producing. The company has 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 produced a television pilot called Regarding Beauregard which was Grabeel's directorial debut. They also created a 17-minute short film, Chuckle Boy, as well as a short film called The Dragon in 2009. Their work debuted at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.
Television
Television
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2004 — Halloweentown High — Ethan Dalloway — Television film • 2005 — Boston Legal — Jason Matheny — Episode: "The Ass Fat Jungle" • 2006–2011 — Smallville — Young Lex Luthor, Superboy — 3 episodes • 2005–2006 — Veronica Mars — Wanna Score Boy / Kelly Kuzzio — 2 episodes • 2006 — Return to Halloweentown — Ethan Dalloway — Television film • Til Death — Pete Pratt — Episode: "Pilot" • High School Musical — Ryan Evans — Television film • 2007 — High School Musical 2 — Television film • 2009 — Glenn Martin DDS — Singer (voice) — Episode: "Deck the Malls" • I Kissed a Vampire — Dylan — Main role • 2010 — The Cleveland Show — Nerd #2 (voice) — Episode: "Love Rollercoaster" • 2010–present — Family Guy — Chadley / Various characters (voice) — 24 episodes • 2010 — CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Guillermo Seidel — Episode: "Field Mice" • 2011 — Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure — Ryan Evans — Television film • Special Agent Oso — Uncle Eric (voice) — Episode: "Snapfingers" • 2011–2017 — Switched at Birth — Toby Kennish — Main role • 2012 — Robot Chicken — Justin Bieber (voice) — Episode: "Robot Chicken's ATM Christmas Special" • 2013–2018 — DreamWorks Dragons — Gustav (voice) — 12 episodes • 2013 — Pound Puppies — Percy (voice) — Episode: "Cuddle Up Buttercup" • 2014–2017 — Sheriff Callie's Wild West — Deputy Peck (voice) — Main cast • 2014 — Phineas and Ferb — Ropey-Face (voice) — Episode: "Doof 101" • Chopped — Himself — Episode: "Chopped Tournament of Stars: Actors" • 2015 — Doraemon — Big G (voice) — Episode: "Big G's Big Show" • 2016 — High School Musical: 10th Anniversary — Himself — Special • 2016–2019 — Elena of Avalor — Jiku (voice) — 6 episodes • 2017–2018 — Spirit Riding Free — Julian (voice) — 6 episodes • 2019 — Pinky Malinky — Pinky Malinky, additional voices — Main role • 2019, 2023 — High School Musical: The Musical: The Series — Himself — 2 episodes • 2020 — The Disney Family Singalong — Special • 2022 — Spirit Rangers — Chad (voice) — Episode: "Not Your Opossum Mascot" • 2023 — My Adventures with Superman — Kyle / Mist, additional voices — 2 episodes • 2026 — Submarine Jim — Jim (voice) — Main role
Extended play
Extended play
• Title — EP details • Sunshine — * Released: June 22, 2011 * Formats: CD, digital download * Label: Road Dawg
As main artist
As main artist
List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications • Title — Year — Peak chart positions — Album • US — AUS — CAN — UK • "You Got It" — 2007 — — — — — — — — • "I Want It All" (with Ashley Tisdale) — 2008 — 113 — 93 — 75 — 87 — High School Musical 3: Senior Year • "135n8" — 2014 — — — — — — — — • "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
As featured artist
As featured artist
List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications • Title — Year — Peak chart positions — Album • US — AUS — UK • "What Time Is It?" (among the cast of High School Musical 2) — 2007 — 6 — 20 — 20 — High School Musical 2
Other appearances
Other appearances
• Title — Year — Other artist(s) — Album • "You Know I Will" — 2006 — rowspan="6" — The Fox and the Hound 2 • "Go the Distance" — 2007 — DisneyMania 5 • "Jenny Got a Fever" — Alice Upside Down • "Gotta Rock" • "Let It Snow" — Disney Channel Holiday • "Baby" — 2011 — Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure • "Just a Little Peck" — 2012 — Adrian Slade and Drew Seeley — I Kissed a Vampire • "Happily Afterlife" • "Outta My Head"
Other charted songs
Other charted songs
List of songs, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name • Title — Year — Peak chart positions — Certifications — Album • US — AUS — CAN — UK • "Bop to the Top" (with Ashley Tisdale) — 2006 — 62 — — — — — 137 — High School Musical • "We're All in This Together" (among the cast of High School Musical) — 34 — — — — — 40 — * RIAA: Gold • "Fabulous" (with Ashley Tisdale) — 2007 — 76 — 91 — 63 — 64 — High School Musical 2 • "All for One" (among the cast of High School Musical 2) — 92 — — — — — 87 • "A Night to Remember" (among the cast of High School Musical 3) — 2008 — — — 96 — — — 94 — High School Musical 3: Senior Year • "High School Musical" (among the cast of High School Musical 3) — — — — — — — 105 • "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Life and work
Life and work
Lucas Grabeel was born on 23 November 1984 in Springfield. Grabeel held the nationality of United States. Grabeel was educated at Kickapoo High School and Logan-Rogersville High School. Grabeel worked as actor, singer, musician and television actor, and the authority record catalogues a further 5 occupations under the same name, among them film actor, voice actor, songwriter, dancer and recording artist. Grabeel was active from 2004. The fields Grabeel worked in include pop music. Grabeel played the voice. Grabeel worked in English.
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Mill Valley.
Residences
Springfield.
Birth place
2004–08: Beginning and High School Musical
• Illustration — Grabeel (left) and Corbin Bleu (right) in High School Musical: The Concert, in 2007 In 2004, he starred in his first film role as Ethan Dolloway in the third installment of the Halloweentown series Halloweentown High. He reprised this role in the series' fourth installment Return to Halloweentown. Grabeel has made television guest appearances in TV series such as Boston Legal, Til Death, and Veronica Mars. During these stints, Grabeel also worked a day job as a Blockbuster store clerk. In 2006, he was cast in the role of Ryan Evans, the fraternal twin brother of Sharpay Evans (played by Ashley Tisdale), in the Disney film High School Musical. He reprised his role in the television sequels High School Musical 2 and 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. He (along with co-stars Efron and Tisdale) became one of the first artists to debut in the Billboard Hot 100 with two simultaneous new entries in one week. 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. A year later, he returned to repeat his captaincy of the green team with Dylan Sprouse, Miley Cyrus, Monique Coleman and Brandon Baker. Other film projects Grabeel was involved with include the animated film, At Jesus' Side, where he voiced a dog named Jericho. He also filmed the independent film, Alice Upside Down, as the character of Lester McKinley, based on the "Alice book series" by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. 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" which was released in the iTunes Store on August 19, 2007, 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. In 2008, he also appeared in the film 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 film Lock and Roll Forever alongside Oreskaband. Grabeel also guest starred in an episode of The Cleveland Show.
Works documented in more than one form
Catalogued output
Works documented in more than one form
6 titles are catalogued under more than one form, which is to say the registers hold them both as a work and as a distinct object, score, recording or edition. Where a title is documented in several forms the evidence behind it is correspondingly wider, and the article treats those forms as separate records of the same work rather than as separate works. Conner Kent — catalogued as comics character, animated character, television character, fictional clone and extraterrestrial–human hybrid in a work of fiction. Ryan Evans — catalogued as fictional human and film character. Ethan the Warlock — catalogued as fictional human and film character.
I Don't Dance
2007 — catalogued as song and single
Fabulous
2007 — catalogued as song and single
We're All in This Together
2006 — catalogued as song and single
Compositions, 2006–2007
Catalogued output
Compositions, 2006–2007
The entries below are works composed by the subject, as the institutional registers catalogue them; later performances and commercial recordings of the same music are listed separately. They belong to a run of 20 titles in all, from 2006 to 2007.
4 compositions carry dates between 2006 and 2007
The run opens with What I've Been Looking For and closes with Fabulous
What I've Been Looking For
2006
Compositions without a settled date
Catalogued output
Compositions without a settled date
16 further compositions are catalogued under Grabeel's name without a date the collections agree on, which is why they are set apart from the dated run rather than placed in it. What Time Is It. We’re All in This Together (Graduation Mix).
High School Musical
Bop to the Top
Start of Something New
Ethan the Warlock
Just Wanna Be With You
A Night to Remember
All for One
Senior Year Spring Musical
Stick to the Status Quo
I Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You
Go the Distance
Film
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2005 — Dogg's Hamlet, Cahoot's Macbeth — Charlie / Gertrude / Ophelia • 2007 — Alice Upside Down — Lester McKinley • 2008 — The Real Son — Freddie Deasnman — Short film • Smoke Break — Sir Anthony Childsworth — Short film • At Jesus Side — Jericho (voice) • Lock and Roll Forever — Donni • High School Musical 3: Senior Year — Ryan Evans • College Road Trip — Scooter • The Adventures of Food Boy — Ezra Chase • Milk — Danny Nicoletta • 2009 — Chuckle Boy — Daniel Aranyo — Short film • 2010 — Dancing Ninja — Nikki • 2012 — I Kissed a Vampire — Dylan Knight • 2013 — Chocolate Milk — Stan — Short film • 2014 — Dragon Nest: Warriors' Dawn — Gerrant (voice) • Pilot Season — Luc — Short film • 2018 — Little Women — Laurie Lawrence • 2023 — Max & Me — Jessie (voice)
Primary material
Documents and archives
institutional register
- Bibliothèque nationale de France authority file 16536275c
Unverified · Bibliothèque nationale de France
- Discogs authority file 673600
Unverified · Discogs
- GND (German National Library) authority file 101897752X
Unverified · GND (German National Library)
- ISNI authority file 0000000108925284
Unverified · ISNI
- Library of Congress authority file no2007040883
Unverified · Library of Congress
- MusicBrainz artist authority a4878ec4-ed11-4bdf-8f95-64ab2dc59b1b
Unverified · MusicBrainz
reference work
- “Lucas Grabeel”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
Awards and nominations
• Year — Award — Category — Work — Result • 2011 — Teen Choice Awards — Choice Summer TV Star: Male — Switched at Birth • 2013 — Choice TV Actor: Drama • 2014
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Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
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- 1.Ozarks son continues Hollywood climb , News-Leader.com, September 13, 2005; Retrieved April 6, 2009
- 2.Lucas Grabeel, AtJesusSide.com, Retrieved April 6, 2009.
- 3.And The Best Song Oscar Nominees Should Be...., Billboard, January 21, 2009; Retrieved April 7, 2009
- 4.Fergie Scores Third Solo No. 1 On Hot 100, Billboard, August 30, 2007; Retrieved April 7, 2009
- 5.We're All In This Together – The Billboard Hot 100, Billboard, February 11, 2006; Retrieved April 7, 2009
- 6.I Don't Dance – The Billboard Hot 100, Billboard, August 8, 2007; Retrieved April 7, 2009
- 7.What Time Is It – The Billboard Hot 100, Billboard, November 8, 2007; Retrieved April 7, 2009
- 8.Chart Beat – High School Musical Charting, Billboard, February 2, 2006; Retrieved April 7, 2009
- 9.AtJesusSide Cast, AtJesusSide.com, Retrieved April 7, 2009.
- 10.Alice Upside Down, Alice Upside Down the Movie (Official Website), Retrieved April 6, 2009.
- 11.Lucas Stephen Grabeel (writer) – You Got It, ASCAP.com, Retrieved April 6, 2009.
- 12.Lucas Grabeel – You Got It – Single, iTunes, Retrieved April 6, 2009.
- 13.Lucas Grabeel – Trash Talkin' (Fan Upload), YouTube.com, Retrieved April 5, 2009.
- 14.Sony does Japanese 'Musical', Variety, October 30, 2007; Retrieved April 6, 2009.
- 15.Our Male Pop Rookies Plan Music-Industry And Hollywood Takeover In 2009, MTV, January 13, 2009; Retrieved April 6, 2009.
- 16.Dancing Ninja, Internet Movie Database, Retrieved April 7, 2009.
- 17.The Fantasticks, Reprise.org, Retrieved April 6, 2009.
- 18.The Brothers Gershwin: George & Ira – The 25th Annual Southland Theatre Artists Goodwill Event (S.T.A.G.E.) , Stage LA, Retrieved April 6, 2009.
- 19.Recording of 'I Can't Be Bothered Now', YouTube.com; Retrieved April 6, 2009.
- 20.Zap2it.com, Retrieved June 27, 2011.
- 21.TWIST Chats with Lucas Grabeel!. Twist.
- 22.14341 , 14341.com, Retrieved April 6, 2009.
- 23.Lucas Grabeel & 14341 Productions Interview, Popstar.com, February 9, 2009; Retrieved April 7, 2009.
- 24.Behind The Voice Actors. Lucas Grabeel (visual voices guide).
- 25.Archived copy.
- 26.Apple. Sunshine – EP by Lucas Grabeel. iTunes US.
- 27.Prometheus Global Media. High School Musical cast Album & Song Chart History: Hot 100. Billboard.
- 28.Australian Recording Industry Association. The ARIA Report: Issue 981 (Week Commencing 15 December 2008). 4 cbignore.
- 29.Prometheus Global Media. Canadian Charts. Billboard.
- 30.Zywietz, Tobias. Chart Log UK: E-40 – E-Z Rollers. Zobbel.de.
- 31.Apple. "You Got It" by Lucas Grabeel. iTunes US. January 2007.
- 32.Apple. "135n8" by Lucas Grabeel. iTunes US. January 2014.
- 33.Australian Recording Industry Association. The ARIA Report: Issue 981 (Week Commencing 15 December 2008). 4 cbignore.
- 34.UKChartPlus. The Official UK Singles Chart for the week ending November 1, 2008. ChartsPlus. 375. 2.
- 35.Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). RIAA – Gold & Platinum Searchable Database – We're All in This Together.
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Bibliothèque nationale de France authority file 16536275cBibliothèque nationale de France
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GND (German National Library) authority file 101897752XGND (German National Library)
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Library of Congress authority file no2007040883Library of Congress
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“Lucas Grabeel”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
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Bibliothèque nationale de France authority file 16536275c
institutional register · Unverified · Bibliothèque nationale de France
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GND (German National Library) authority file 101897752X
institutional register · Unverified · GND (German National Library)
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Library of Congress authority file no2007040883
institutional register · Unverified · Library of Congress
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q215488: Lucas Grabeel
institutional register · Unverified · Wikimedia Foundation
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