Main Cast

  • Lea Michele

    Lea Michele at the Tony Awards on June 13, 2010

    Check back here for the latest news on Glee star Lea Michele, including pictures of her sexy looks on the street and the red carpet, plus all the scoop on her relationship with boyfriend, co-star Cory Monteith!

    Lea Michele (AKA @msleamichele on Twitter, or Lea Michele Sarfati on her state-issued driver’s license) has been grabbing more and more headlines ever since she nabbed the starring role...

  • Cory Monteith

    Cory Monteith at the Fox Spring Premiere Soiree on April 12, 2010
    Glee character: Finn Hudson
    Full name: Cory Allan Monteith
    Nickname(s): Frankenteen
    Date of birth: May 11, 1982
    Hometown: Calgary, Alberta, Canada (grew up in Victoria, British Columbia)
    Currently residing in: Los Angeles
    Education: Dropped out of school in 9th grade. Of school, he has said, "It wasn't for me. I can remember ever since about the sixth or seventh grade, I just didn't understand...

  • Matthew Morrison

    Matthew Morrison at Fox 2010 All-Star Party on August 2, 2010

    Glee character: Will Schuester
    Full name: Matthew James Morrison
    Nickname(s): Matty Fresh
    Date of birth: October 30, 1978
    Hometown: Fort Ord, California
    Currently residing in: Los Angeles and New York City
    Education: Tisch School of the Arts (studied musical theater, vocal performance, and dance)

    We may know him best as crush-worthy Mr. Schue, but Matthew Morrison isn't known only for playing...

  • Dianna Agron

    Dianna Agron at the TV Land Awards on April 17, 2010
    Glee character: Quinn Fabray
    Full name: Dianna Agron
    Nickname(s): Di
    Date of birth: April 30, 1986
    Hometown: Savannah, Georgia (grew up in San Francisco, California)
    Currently residing in: Los Angeles
    Education: Burlingame High School, California
    Twitter: alittlelamb

    Dianna's Glee character, Quinn Fabray, would have you believe that she's never fooled around. Well, Christian It Girl Quinn...

  • Kevin McHale

    Kevin McHale at Fox 2010 All-Star Party on August 2, 2010
    Glee character: Artie Abrams
    Full name: Kevin Michael McHale
    Date of birth: June 14, 1988
    Hometown: Plano, Texas
    Currently residing in: Los Angeles
    Education: Academy of the Canyons High, Santa Clarita, California
    Twitter: druidDude

    When he was younger, Kevin (who is not confined to a wheelchair in real life) appeared in local commercials in Dallas. In 2003, he joined the boy band NLT (Not Like...

  • Chris Colfer

    Chris Colfer at the SAG Awards on January 23, 2010
    Glee character: Kurt Hummel
    Full name: Christopher Paul Colfer
    Nickname(s): Chris
    Date of birth: May 27, 1990
    Hometown: Clovis, California
    Currently residing in: Los Angeles
    Education: Clovis East High School
    Twitter: chriscolfer

    Like his Glee character Kurt Hummel, Chris grew up in a small town with big city dreams. Growing up in Clovis, California, he honed his acting chops in community and...

  • Jenna Ushkowitz

    Jenna Ushkowitz at the Glee Spring Premiere Soiree on April 12, 2010
    Glee character: Tina Cohen-Chang
    Full name: Jenna Noelle Ushkowitz
    Date of birth: April 28, 1986
    Hometown: East Meadow, New York (born in Seoul, Korea)
    Currently residing in: Los Angeles and New York City
    Education: Holy Trinity Diocesan High School; Marymount Manhattan College
    Twitter: ijennaUsh

    Jenna has been in show business since she was three. This seasoned theater actor has starred in The...

  • Darren Criss

    Darren Criss Arrives at a Giorgio Armani and Vanity Fair Private Dinner on October 11, 2011

    Full name: Darren Everett Criss
    Date of birth: February 5, 1987
    Hometown: San Francisco, California
    Currently residing in: Los Angeles, California
    Education: University of Michigan
    Twitter: @DarrenCriss

    Darren Criss made his debut in the Season 2 episode "Never Been Kissed" and was soon after signed as a series regular. But what was he doing before that? As it turns out, the guy'd been keeping busy,...

  • Heather Morris

    Heather Morris at the Maxim Hot 100 Event on May 19, 2010
    Glee character: Brittany
    Full name: Heather Elizabeth Morris
    Date of birth: February 1, 1987
    Hometown: Scottsdale, Arizona
    Currently residing in: Los Angeles
    Education: Desert Mountain High School

    After moving to Los Angeles in 2006, Heather landed her first major role on Season 2 of So You Think You Can Dance. She later joined "The Beyonce Experience" tour as a backup dancer, which led to...

  • Naya Rivera

    Naya Rivera at the Fox 2010 Golden Globe Party on January 17, 2010
    Glee character: Santana Lopez
    Full name: Naya Rivera
    Date of birth: January 12, 1987
    Hometown: Valencia, Santa Clarita, Calfornia
    Currently residing in: Los Angeles

    Naya got a very early start. When she was nine months old, her mother's talent agent began to represent her. (Her mother had moved to Los Angeles to pursue modeling.) As a baby, Naya appeared in commercials for Kmart, and she landed...

  • Chord Overstreet

    Chord Overstreet as Sam

    Full name: Chord Overstreet
    Date of birth: March 17, 1989
    Hometown: Nashville, Tennessee
    Currently residing in: Los Angeles, California
    Twitter: @chordoverstreet

    With the first name he was given, is there any doubt Chord Overstreet was destined to sing? Born in Nashville, Chord grew up in the country music biz — his dad, Paul, is a country music singer-songwriter.

    Chord’s parents encouraged him to...

  • Alex Newell

    Alex Newell’s Official Cast Photo on The Glee Project

    Fans first met Massachusetts-based Glee hopeful Alex Newell (Unique) during Season 1 of Oxygen’s reality series, The Glee Project. With a flair for fashion and a powerful, diva-like voice, Alex quickly set himself apart as an interesting mix of both Kurt (Chris Colfer) and Mercedes (Amber Riley). He made it to the final four contenders, but ended up losing to Damian McGinty (Rory) and Samuel...

  • Dean Geyer

    Dean Geyer as NYADA Student Brody Weston in Glee Season 4

    Born and raised in South Africa, actor Dean Geyer (Brody Weston) moved to Australia in his teen years. He came in third during the 2006 season of Australian Idol and also appeared on the Australian soap, Neighbors. He later moved to Hollywood, where he has since appeared in the martial arts action movie Never Back Down 2: The Beatdown and the now-cancelled Steven Spielberg sci-fi dinosaur drama...

  • Vanessa Lengies

    Vanessa Lengies

    Glee character: Sugar Motta
    Full name:     Vanessa Lynne-Marie Lengies
    Date of birth:     July 21, 1985
    Hometown:     Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    Currently residing in:     Los Angeles
    Twitter:     littlelengies

    After getting her start in the Canadian TV show Are You Afraid of the Dark, Vanessa made her way to the US, landing the part of Roxanne Bojarski in the 2002 drama series, American Dreams. She starred alongside...

  • Jacob Artist

    Jacob Artist at the FOX TCAs All-Star Party in Hollywood on July 23, 2012

    Born in Buffalo, New York, Jacob Artist (Jake Puckerman) made the move out to L.A. somewhat recently. Before landing his role on Glee, Jacob appeared in the Lifetime movie Blue Lagoon: The Awakening, as well as an episode of the sitcom Melissa & Joey and various episodes of Nickelodeon’s How to Rock. His hobbies include music, geeking out over Harry Potter, and watching American Horror...