List of R5 members

From left to right: Ellington, Rydel, Ross, Riker, Rocky.

There are five members in the Los Angeles-based pop rock band R5: Ross Lynch, Riker Lynch, Rocky Lynch, Rydel Lynch and Ellington Ratliff.

Riker, Rydel, Rocky and Ross are four of five siblings. Ellington goes with his last name 'Ratliff" in order to go with the band name "R5".

Ross Shor Lynch

Ross in East Coast Tour, in 2012.

Ross Shor Lynch (born December 29, 1995 in Littleton, Colorado) is the second youngest of five siblings. He plays the piano, drums, guitar.^[1] He is homeschooled, his favorites are: the colors yellow and pink, movie Romeo + Juliet, the band The Script and Ice Hockey. Lynch can play the piano, drums, and bass; however, he specializes in guitar. He has danced for the Rage Boyz Crew, a group founded by a dance company in Southern California.

Ross Lynch has been on So You Think You Can Dance and has had guest appearances on shows like Moises Rules!, and can be seen in movies such as Grapple. In 2011 he appeared in the pilot for the Disney Channel television program entitled Austin & Ally, playing the lead male role of Austin Moon, a teenage singer who becomes an overnight sensation and later forms a partnership with Ally.^[2][3] In early 2012, Lynch began work on the upcoming Disney Channel Original Movie, Teen Beach Movie.^[4] His first promotional single, "A Billion Hits", was released on April 2, 2012.^[5] On July 13, 2012, Lynch released the single "Heard It on the Radio"^[6] and, on September 12, 2012, released his debut soundtrack, Austin & Ally from the show of the same name. Lynch had a cameo appearance in the movie Muppets Most Wanted, in 2014.^[7]

Riker Anthony Lynch

Riker at East Coast Tour, in 2012.

Riker Anthony Lynch (born November 8, 1991, Littleton, Colorado) to parents Mark and Stormie Lynch. He is the oldest of five children, one sister, Rydel, and three brothers, Rocky, Ross, and Ryland. Ryland is not a member of R5 but he is a member of the Lynch family. 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. In 2008, Riker, at 16, decided that he wanted to move to L.A. to pursue an acting career. So their parents, Stormie and Mark Lynch, moved the whole family to L.A. so that they could stay together. 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 competition.

In October 2009, the family met Ellington Ratliff at a dance studio in California, where he lived. He is not in the Lynch family; he is a friend. Upon learning that Ellington could play drums, they added the final member, and formed the current R5. Riker is one of the Dalton Academy Warblers on Fox's hit show Glee. He was specifically introduced as Jeff in the season 2 episode "Special Education", appearing there after as one of the Warbler singers in nine more episodes through seasons 2, 3, and 4. He also appeared as a Warbler in the 2011 edition of the Glee Live! In Concert! tour, which performed from May through July 3, 2011 in the U.S., Canada, 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.^[8] The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray on December 20, 2011 under the title Glee: The Concert Movie.^[9]

On February 24, 2015, Riker was announced as one of the celebrities who will participate on the 20th season of Dancing with the Stars. He is paired with professional dancer Allison Holker.

Rocky Mark Lynch

Rocky Mark Lynch (born November 1, 1994, Littleton, Colorado) is the guitarist of R5^[10] and the third child of five siblings. He taught himself and his brothers how to play guitar. His favorites are: the band The Script, the candy Nerds and the color lime green. He made his acting debut in NASA: Exploration Space - Explorers Wanted as Flight Director 3. He appeared in the Wedding Band as Justa Crush in the episode "Get Down on It".

Filmography

Rydel Mary Lynch

Rydel in 2012.

Rydel Mary Lynch (born August 9, 1993, Littleton, Colorado)^[10] is the second oldest of the five siblings. She learned to play the keyboard and the tambourine, as well as learning how to dance. She has been seen dancing The Rage/Show me how you burlesque. On the only YouTube video of this, particular comments say she added so much sass and fierce into the dance, she even did better than Julianne Hough did in the actual movie. She had also choreographed a dance for LA Hip kids. Rydel cites All Time Low, Neon Trees and The Script. Her favorites are; the color is pink, perfume Pink Sugar, superhero Thor and the band Neon Trees. She has appeared in several commercials.^[11]

She made her acting debut in Sunday School Musical as a Crossroads Choir Member.^[12] She appeared in School Gyrls as a Cheerleader along with her brother Riker Lynch. She appeared in A Day as Holly's Kids as Holly's Actual Kid 2. She appeared in the "Pilot" episode of the television series Bunheads as a Vegas Showgirl.^[11] Rydel told Teen Ink about Bunheads, “I’m one of the dancers and if it gets picked up, it’ll air on ABC family.”^[11] she had shown up on the ring pop commercial

Ellington Lee Ratliff

Ratliff in 2013.

Ellington Lee Ratliff (born April 14, 1993, Wisconsin)^[10] is a drummer and actor. In October 2009, Ratliff met Riker Lynch and his family at a dance studio in California. In 2001, he made his acting debut in All You Need as Robbie Crenshaw. In 2009, he appeared in Eastwick as Teenage Boy in the episode "Mooning and Crooning". Ellington appeared in Nickelodeon's Victorious debut episode as Evan in the first episode. He appeared in Raising Hope in the episode "It's a Hopeful Life". Ellington also appeared in My Uncle Rafael as Photographer. He appeared in Red Scare as Huey Miller in two episodes "Brinksmanship" and "The Nuclear Club". He along with Riker were extras in the movie "The Muppets." He was uncredited in this film. His favorites are the color dark green and candy gummies.

Filmography

References

External links

• r5rocks.com, the band's official website
• R5 at AllMusic
• IMDB Rocky Lynch
• Ellington Ratliff