Canadian performer Drew Seeley is known for his talent in acting, singing, and dancing. He has contributed vocals to multiple tracks for the Walt Disney Company.
Seeley debuted his first studio album DS in 2006, followed by The Resolution in 2011 and Downtime in 2018. His collaboration with Vanessa Hudgens and Zac Efron, “Breaking Free,” climbed to #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Drew Seeley Bio Details
Full name: Andrew Michael Edgar Seeley
Date of birth: April 30, 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Profession: Actor, singer, dancer
Marital status: Married
Wife: Amy Paffrath
Children: 1
Personal Life
Andrew Michael Edgar Seeley was born in Toronto on April 30, 1982. His passion for performing was ignited during his childhood and he became a member of the boy band Nu Ground. Later, he joined Hal Prince’s revival of Show Boat and remained in the production for one year.
In 2005, Seeley joined forces with accomplished producer Ray Cham and co-wrote the song “Get’cha Head in the Game”, which was nominated for Best Original Music and Lyrics at the Creative Arts Primetime Emmy.
Seeley is currently married to actress and comedian Amy Paffrath, and the couple welcomed their daughter in 2019. That same year, Seeley became a U.S. citizen.
Career
In 2004, Seeley played the role of Jordan Cahill’s singing voice in the Disney Channel Original Movie Stuck in the Suburbs. He tried out for the part of Jordan Cahill, but it was ultimately given to Taran Killam. However, Seeley did make an appearance in the film as a hotel staff member.
In 2005, Seeley worked with producer Ray Cham on “Get’cha Head in the Game” for Disney’s High School Musical soundtrack, earning an Emmy nomination. He also auditioned for Troy Bolton in the film, but Efron got the role. Seeley provided Troy’s singing voice, which was blended with Zac Efron’s in post-production.
Drew Seeley took Efron’s place on the North America and Latin America parts of the High School Musical: The Concert tour. Efron couldn’t go on the tour because he was busy filming the 2007 movie version of the Broadway show Hairspray. His vocals can be heard on both the soundtrack and the stage adaptation of High School Musical.
Seeley’s collaboration with Disney persisted, and he has been featured on numerous Disney soundtracks and compilation albums, such as Disneymania 5, Disneymania 6, Disney Channel Holiday, Radio Disney Jams, Vol. 9, and Byou.
His song “Dance with Me”, a duet with Mexican singer Belinda, was featured on the popular Cheetah Girls 2 soundtrack and received airplay on both the Disney Channel and Radio Disney. Drew was in Belinda’s video Ni Freud ni tu mamá. He sang a new version of Shake Your Groove Thing with Alvin on the 2008 Chipmunks album Undeniable.
Drew Seeley starred in the Hallmark movie Claire with Valerie Bertinelli and in Fly Kidz, where he co-wrote and produced the soundtrack. He also wrote and performed music for the Disney Channel movie Jump In starring Corbin Bleu and Keke Palmer.
In Another Cinderella Story, Seeley played the role of Joey Parker, a pop star who appeared alongside Selena Gomez and Jane Lynch. Drew also contributed to the film by writing and singing four songs and creating music videos for both versions of his popular track, “New Classic”.
On June 12, 2011, Seeley was supposed to join 90210, but he didn’t because of scheduling problems. In March 2012, he starred in I Kissed a Vampire with Lucas Grabeel and Adrian Slade. In June 2012, he starred as Tommy in the Lifetime movie Talhotblond.
Seeley released music videos for his songs Beautiful and Into the Fire. He also recorded I Do for the Walmart-only Shake It Up soundtrack, and the song was in the season 3 episode I Do It Up.
In 2013, Seeley filmed Elixir, later renamed Lovestruck: The Musical on ABC Family. He played Young Ryan alongside Chelsea Kane as Young Harper Jane Seymour, Sara Paxton as Mirabella, Tom Wopat as Ryan, and Alexander DiPersia as Marco.
He sang Usher’s DJ’s Got Us Fallin’ in Love and co-wrote performed Here & Now for ABC Family’s spring promo. The song was on his dance-pop EP released in April 2013. In 2014, Seeley played Bob Gaudio in the US tour of Jersey Boys. In 2022, he recorded Fire for the web series Rainbow High.
Net Worth
Canadian actor Drew Seeley has amassed a net worth of $1 million. Seeley’s career as an actor includes playing the role of Jason Wilson on the TV show Glory Daze between 2010 and 2011.
He has also been featured in various movies and music videos, such as High School Musical, Another Cinderella Story, The Shortcut, I Kissed a Vampire, Pitch Perfect, and Chalk It Up.
