Kevin Michael McHale is an American actor, dancer, and singer.
Formerly of the boy band NLT, McHale is best known for his role as Artie Abrams on the
Fox television series Glee.
He currently hosts the E4 panel show Virtually Famous in the UK.
Life and career McHale was born in Plano, Texas, the youngest
of four children.
McHale is descended from immigrants from County Mayo, Ireland.
He grew up with Disney Channel actress and singer Demi Lovato.
Before becoming an actor, McHale joined an American boy group NLT, which is stands for
"Not Like Them".
The R&B group was discovered by Chris Stokes.
On March 13, 2007, they released their first single "That Girl".
The following month, they opened for The Pussycat Dolls.
The band also had a guest appearance in Bratz: The Movie.
On April 30, 2009, group member Travis Michael Garland announced that NLT had split.
McHale currently stars on the musical dramedy series Glee as Artie Abrams, a member of the
McKinley High glee club with a physical disability.
Although his character is in a wheelchair, McHale is a skilled dancer and has said that
it is hard to keep his feet from moving along with the music while on the set.
He had his first solo single on the show when he sang "Dancing with Myself" in the episode
"Wheels".
In the episode "Dream On", he danced in a fantasy sequence to "The Safety Dance", and
sang "Dream a Little Dream of Me".
In the episode "Britney/Brittany" of the second episode of the second season, he sang a solo
of "Stronger", after being anesthetized by a dentist for dental surgery.
He also danced in a dream sequence alongside Harry Shum, Jr. to Michael Jackson's song
"Scream" in the third season episode "Michael".
McHale's acting credits include a 2007 appearance on NBC's The Office in the season 4 episode
"Launch Party".
He played a pizza delivery boy who is taken hostage by Steve Carell's character, Michael
Scott.
In 2008, McHale featured in HBO's vampire drama series True Blood, appearing in two
episodes as Neil Jones, a coroner's assistant.
Kevin was also in three episodes of Nickelodeon's hit show Zoey 101 as Dooley.
In 2010, McHale appeared briefly in One Call's music video "Blacklight" alongside former
NLT bandmate Justin Thorne, who was a member of One Call.
In June 2011, McHale appeared in Katy Perry's music video for her song "Last Friday Night"
as the character Everett McDonald.
On July 22, 2012, McHale co-hosted the 2012 Teen Choice Awards with Demi Lovato.
In September 2012, he and his dog Sophie appeared in a PETA ad campaign, promoting the adoption
of shelter animals.
McHale guest starred in an episode of Whose Line is it Anyway?
on July 16, 2013.
The appearance was praised by the media and the show's regulars.
Host Aisha Tyler wrote on her blog: "Kevin McHale is a magical unicorn made of hilarious
singing cookies.
We would be lucky to get him again."
On February 24, 2014, it was announced that McHale had signed on to play a supporting
role in the Kathy Bates and Dustin Hoffman led independent film Boychoir.
McHale's character, Wooly, is a young music teacher who helps a troubled young boy at
his school.
In January 2014, it was revealed that McHale would host a comedy panel show for the network
E4 in the United Kingdom.
The show, titled Virtually Famous, also stars comedian Seann Walsh and radio presenter Chris
Stark.
It began airing on July 21, 2014.
In July 2014, it was announced that he and Aaron Tveit had signed on to star in the comedy
film They Might Be Kennedys.
McHale will play one of the leads, Teddy Mulligan.
Filmography Discography
References
External links Kevin McHale at the Internet Movie Database
Kevin McHale: Fox's "Glee", Actor Bio