Columbus Short
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| Columbus Short | |
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| Born | Columbus Keith Short, Jr. September 19, 1982 Kansas City, Missouri  United States |
Columbus Keith Short, Jr. (born September 19, 1982) is an American choreographer and actor. He has choreographed Britney Spears' In the Zone tour and worked with Brian Friedman (of So You Think You Can Dance fame).
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Personal life
Short was born in Kansas City, Missouri to a family he describes as "musical".Short relocated to Los Angeles when he was five years old and immediately began working in a youth theater. He attended El Segundo High School, as well as the Orange County High School of the Arts before leaving to join the Broadway tour of Stomp. He is most known for the lead role in the movie as "D.J" in the motion picture 'Stomp the Yard'.
[edit] Career
Short's acting debut came as a dancer in You Got Served and appeared in Accepted, starring Justin Long. Recently, he has a lead role in the direct-to-DVD movie Save the Last Dance 2 alongside Izabella Miko, and another lead role in Stomp the Yard. He has also appeared twice in the Disney Channel Original Series That's So Raven as Tre, a member of the fictional Boy band "Boyz n' Motion". Other TV appearances include ER and Judging Amy.
In 2006, he appeared in NBC's Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip as novice show writer Darius Hawthorne. He was among the presenters at the 2007 NAACP Image Awards.
In 2007, Columbus appeared in the movie This Christmas also starring Chris Brown and Lauren London.
[edit] Filmography
[edit] Television guest roles
- That's So Raven as Tre (A member of Boyz N Motion)
- Judging Amy as Thomas McNab
- ER as Loose
- Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip as Darius Hawthorne
[edit] Film
- You Got Served (2004 - 2006) as an extra
- War of the Worlds (2005) as War of the Worlds Soldier
- Accepted (2006) as Hands
- Save the Last Dance 2 (2006) as Miles Sultana
- Stomp the Yard (2007) as DJ
- This Christmas (2007) as Claude Whitfield
- Quarantine (2008) as Wilensky
- Whiteout (2008) as To be certified.
- Cadillac Records (2008) as Little Walter
- Armored (2009) as Ty Hackett
- The Trunk (film) (2009) as Sebastian Coltrane
[edit] Awards/Nominations
- Image Awards
- 2008, Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture: Stomp the Yard (Nominee)
- MTV Movie Awards
- 2007, Breakthrough Performance: Stomp the Yard (Nominated)
- 2007, Best Kiss: Stomp the Yard w/ Meagan Good (Nominated)
- Teen Choice Awards
- 2007, Best Dance: Stomp the Yard (Nominated)
