Grabeel was born in Springfield, Missouri on November 23, 1984, the son of Jean (née Harman) and Stephen Grabeel.[1] 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.[2]
In 2007, Grabeel co-wrote and recorded a song called "You Got It"[11] which was released in the iTunes Store on August 19, 2007,[12] 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.[13] 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.[14] Grabeel also guest starred in an episode of The Cleveland Show.
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.[15] He also mentioned his latest film project, Dancing Ninja, where he played the lead Tokyo Jones alongside David Hasselhoff.[16] 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.[17] 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".[18][19] He also recorded and released a new track titled '135n8' in early 2014 with the music video being uploaded to his YouTube account.
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.[22] Their work debuted at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.[23]
^ abcdefg"Lucas Grabeel (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved January 18, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
^ abPeak chart positions for singles in the United Kingdom:
"What I've Been Looking For" and "Bop to the Top": "The Official UK Singles Chart for the week ending January 13, 2007". ChartsPlus (281). Milton Keynes: IQ Ware Ltd: 3.
"Fabulous" and "You Are the Music in Me": "The Official UK Singles Chart for the week ending October 6, 2007". ChartsPlus (319). Milton Keynes: IQ Ware Ltd: 2.
