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Bleu in 2009, Featureflash / Shutterstock.com
Birth Name: Corbin Bleu Reivers
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S.
Date of Birth: February 21, 1989
Ethnicity: * father – African-Jamaican * mother – Italian
Corbin Bleu is an American actor, model, dancer, film producer, singer, and songwriter. He has starred as Chad Danforth in the made-for-tv movies High School Musical and High School Musical 2 , and the theatrical High School Musical 3: Senior Year ; and also appeared on High School Musical: The Musical: The Series , and in HSM video games. His roles also include the films Soldier (1998), Mystery Men , Galaxy Quest , Catch That Kid , The Secret of the Magic Gourd , Free Style , Beyond All Boundaries , The Little Engine That Could (2011), Scary or Die , Nurse 3 , Sugar , The Monkey’s Paw (2013), To Write Love on Her Arms , Megachurch Murder , Walk. Ride. Rodeo. ; Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story , and Camp Hideout ; the made-for-tv movies Jump In! , Flight 29 Down: The Hotel Tango , A Christmas Dance Reunion , and Campfire Christmas ; the series High Incident , The Amanda Show , Flight 29 Down , Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide , Hannah Montana , Phineas and Ferb , The Beautiful Life: TBL , One Life to Live , and Dynasty ; and the music video for “Sweet Baby”. He has competed on Dancing with the Stars and The Real Dirty Dancing , winning the latter.
He is the son of Martha (Callari) and David Reivers, an actor. His father, who is black, was born in Kingston, Jamaica. His mother is of Italian descent.
Corbin is married to Canadian actress Sasha Clements .
Corbin’s paternal grandmother is named Sarah Velez (likely a re-marriage surname).
Corbin’s maternal grandfather was named Joseph Callari (the son of Charles/Colasere Callari and Salvatora). Joseph was born in Pennsylvania, to Italian parents.
Corbin’s maternal grandmother was Theresa Marie Degregorio (the daughter of Herbert DeGregorio/Gregoria and Josephine Gatto). Theresa was born in New York. Herbert was born in New York, to Italian parents. Josephine was Italian.
Sources: https://www.amny.com
Corbin’s maternal grandfather, Joseph Callari, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org