Riker Lynch

Riker Lynch
Lynch in the Loud Tour, in 2013
Born	Riker Anthony Lynch (1991-11-08) November 8, 1991 Littleton, Colorado
Occupation	Actor, singer, dancer, bassist, guitarist, songwriter
Years active	2008–present

Riker Anthony Lynch (born November 8, 1991)^[1] is an American singer-songwriter, musician, actor, and dancer. He is best known for his role as Jeff, one of the Dalton Academy Warblers on Fox's hit show Glee.

He is a singer and the bassist in R5 with his brothers Ross Lynch and Rocky Lynch, sister Rydel Lynch and family friend Ellington Ratliff.

Early life

Riker was born in Littleton, Colorado. He is the oldest of five children, one sister, Rydel, and three brothers, Rocky, Ross, and Ryland, born to Mark and Stormie Lynch. In the summer he would act in children's versions of plays such as Peter Pan, Aladdin, Annie Get Your Gun, A Chorus Line, and Grease. Riker and his sister Rydel took piano lessons and competed as partners in dance competitions.

While living in Colorado, the Lynch children made up and put on shows for their family when some of them were as young as four or five. They formed their own family band, R5. [2] In 2008, Riker, at 16, decided that he wanted to move to L.A. to pursue an acting career. However, their parents, Stormie and Mark Lynch moved the whole family to L.A. so that they could stay together. In October 2009, the family met Ellington Ratliff at a dance studio in California, where he lived. Learning that Ellington could play drums, they added the final member, and formed the current R5. Riker is also the cousin of Derek Hough and Julianne Hough and his brother Ross Lynch stars in the Disney Channel television series Austin & Ally.^[2]

Career

Acting

Riker is also best known for his role as Jeff, one of the Dalton Academy Warblers on Fox's hit show Glee. He was a recurring character for the second season, appearing in eight episodes, and returned in the third season with the fifth episode, "The First Time", and again in the fourth season with the seventh episode, "Dynamic Duets" and with the eighth episode, "Thanksgiving". He also appeared as a Warbler in the 2011 edition of the Glee Live! In Concert! tour, which performed from May 21, 2011 through July 3, 2011: four weeks in the U.S. and Canada, followed by twelve days in England and Ireland. A movie was filmed of the tour concert, which includes scenes with Riker performing as Jeff: Glee: The 3D Concert Movie was released on August 12, 2011.^[3] The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray on December 20, 2011 under the title Glee: The Concert Movie.^[4]

Music

Riker is the bassist and one of the lead vocalists in the band R5 with his family members Rocky, Rydel, and Ross also their best friend Ratliff. In April 2012, R5 announced via the band's website that they had signed a record deal with Hollywood Records and that they are planning for their first club tour in May. After the tour, R5 played a numerous amount of summer shows across the US and in Canada. In September two R5 songs were released on the Austin & Ally Soundtrack. R5 also came out with an EP called Loud on February 19, 2013. Their first full-length album, Louder, was released September 24, 2013. The album includes the four songs from the EP, and their newest single, Pass Me By.

Filmography

Discography

References

External links

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