Ross Lynch

Background

Ross Shor Lynch was born in the suburb of Denver in Littleton, Colorado on December 29, 1995. His music debut took place in 2009 when he formed a pop-rock band with his brothers and Ellington Ratliff, named R5. The group had a YouTube web series documenting their daily life and career, titled “R5 TV.” On September 5, 2009, the band released their first music video, “Without You.” Their first EP, “Ready Set Rock,” was released in March 2010. The group signed to Hollywood Records in April 2012.

Lynch’s fame began to rise rapidly after he was cast as Austin Moon in Disney Channel’s “Austin & Ally” opposite Laura Marano who played Ally. Lynch continued to work with Disney Channel by starring in their original film, “Teen Beach Movie,” as Brady. The young actor reprised his role in the sequel, “Teen Beach 2,” which premiered on June 26, 2015. As a singer, he released ‘A Billion Hits,’ his debut single on April 2, 2012. Lynch recorded a large number of songs for “Austin & Ally.” The show’s soundtracks, which were released on September 12, 2012, peaked on the Billboard 200 at 27. He also recorded the soundtracks of “Teen Beach Movie” in 2013. It became the fourth best-selling soundtrack of the year with 407,000 copies sold.

As R5, Lynch and his bandmates released their first full-length album on September 24, 2013. titled “Louder,” the album’s third single, ‘(I Can’t) Forget About You,’ placed 47th on the Billboard Digital Pop Songs chart. The band launched another full-length album, “Sometime Last Night,” on July 10, 2015. It debuted sixth on the Billboard 200, placing first and third on the Billboard Top Pop Albums and the Billboard Top Digital Albums, as well as placing fourth on the Billboard Top Album Sales. He was the voice actor behind the character Piers in the English dub of “Snowtime!” an animated French adventure movie in 2016. Lynch also appeared in Hollywood Bowl’s musical “A Chorus Line” as Mark Anthony in July 2016. He made his film debut as Jeffrey Dahmer in 2017’s “My Friend Dahmer.” His first feature film was “Status Update” in 2018 as Kyle Moore. Lynch and his brother, Rocky, formed The Driver Era as a duo in 2018 after it was announced that they would pursue a different project together. He also starred in the Netflix T.V. series, “Chilling Adventure of Sabrina,” from 2018 to 2020 as Harvey Kinkle.