Interviews : Tegan & Sara's Heartthrob : Cory Monteith
Interviews : Tegan & Sara's
Heartthrob : Cory Monteith
Who Is Cory Monteith?
Cory Allan Michael Monteith
(born May 11, 1982) is a Canadian actor and musician, best known for his role
of Finn Hudson on the Fox television series Glee.
Monteith, born in Calgary,
Alberta, is the youngest son of Ann McGregor, an interior decorator, and Joe
Monteith, a military man who served in the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light
Infantry. He has an older brother named Shaun. Monteith's parents divorced when
he was seven, and he and his older brother were raised by their mother in
Victoria, British Columbia. Dealing with the intermittent absence of his father,
and feeling like an outsider among his peers, he started to display signs of a
troubled youth; Monteith - once a promising student, who, at age 5, could read
at a fourth-grade level - began delving into drugs and alcohol, which in turn
affected his studies and school attendance.
After attending 12 different
schools, including alternative programs for troubled teens, he eventually quit
school at the age of 16. By that time, his drug and alcohol addiction had
increased and Monteith turned to petty crimes, such as stealing money from
friends and family, in order to fund his addictions. The turning point in
Monteith's life came when his mother and a group of friends staged an
intervention, and he was sent to rehab at 19. Looking back, Monteith stated
“I’m lucky on so many counts—I’m lucky to be alive." He eventually
received his high school diploma in 2011 from an alternative school he had
attended in his youth in Victoria, British Columbia.
Prior to breaking into show
business, Monteith worked various jobs, including Wal-Mart people greeter,
taxicab driver, school bus driver, and roofer.
Monteith began his acting career
in Vancouver, British Columbia. He played minor roles in Final Destination 3,
Whisper, and Deck the Halls. He had a recurring role in Kyle XY. He also made
guest appearances in such Canadian-filmed television serials as Smallville,
Supernatural, Flash Gordon, Stargate Atlantis and Stargate SG-1.
In 2005 he appeared in Killer
Bash about a tormented geek's soul that was taking revenge on his murderer's
children by taking over a girl's twin body. The following year he made a brief
appearance in Urban Legend: a Bloody Mary. In 2007, he starred in the MTV
series Kaya.
In April 2010, Monteith was cast
in the romantic comedy movie Monte Carlo.
On August 8, 2010, he co-hosted
the Teen Choice Awards. Monteith hosted the Gemini Awards in Toronto on
November 13, 2010.
In December 2010, it was
announced that Monteith would be starring in and co-producing a new untitled
workplace-caper comedy for Fox 2000. In January 2011, he shot the film
Sisters&Brothers with Dustin Milligan, which premiered at the Toronto
International Film Festival on September 11, 2011.
In 2011, he filmed a PSA for
Straight But Not Narrow, an online PSA organization aimed at changing the minds
of young, straight guys and girls in their attitude and viewpoint towards the
LGBT community.
In 2012, he co-hosted the 23rd
GLAAD Media Awards in New York City with co-star Naya Rivera. (Read More)
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