Cory Monteith is a Canadian film and television actor and singer who has a starring role on the FOX television series, Glee, a series about a high school glee club. Born Cory Allan Monteith in Calgary, Alberta, in Canada, on May 11, 1982, Cory was raised primarily in Victoria, British Columbia and still considers it his hometown.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1719342/bio

In October 2010, Monteith appeared in GQ Magazine with his Glee costars, Lea Michele and Dianna Agron, in a photo shoot that angered parent groups. Agron subsequently apologized for her role in the spread.http://www.fanbolt.com/headline/9562/Dianna_Agron_Is_%27Sorry%27_For_GQ_%27Glee%27_Photos In addition to his role of Finn Hudson on Glee, Monteith will be appearing in the film Monte Carlo in 2011.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1719342/

Dropping out of school in the 9th grade, citing a “spirit of rebellion”, Monteith worked as an unskilled laborer in various jobs. He worked as a greeter for Wal Mart, as a cab driver, a school bus driver, and as a roofer before deciding to pursue acting on the suggestion of a person riding in his taxi.http://www.wetpaint.com/glee/cast/cory-monteith

Monteith took a few acting classes before moving to Vancouver to pursue acting full time.http://www.tv.com/cory-monteith/person/321096/summary.html He landed his first small role in Stargate Atlantis in 2004 before being discovered in 2005 by David Decoteau. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1719342/ http://corymonteith.com/Cory-Monteith.html He was cast as Douglas Waylan Hart in Decoteau’s movie Killer Bash.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1719342/

Monteith went on to land roles in such TV shows as Smallville, Supernatural, and Young Blades and in movies such as Final Destination 3, Deck the Halls, and White Noise 2: The Light before auditioning for and winning the role of Finn Hudson in Glee in 2008.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1719342/

"It wasn't for me. I can remember ever since about the sixth or seventh grade, I just didn't understand why I had to learn what I was learning. For some reason, there was a spirit of rebellion in me."— on dropping out of school http://www.wetpaint.com/glee/cast/cory-monteith

"You have to lip-synch to the track that you recorded. So when I go into the studio, I have to make the acting choices before I record the song. The lip-synching will be informed by the choices in the studio."— on performing music on Gleehttp://chicago.gopride.com/news/interview.cfm/articleid/149049

"Finn Hudson is the quarterback of the football team. I'm dating the captain of the cheerleading squad and the celibacy club. Basically we're a big stereotype. The show takes a satirical look at roles like that [because] no one is safe and everyone gets mad fun of. I get blackmailed into joining the Glee Club through threat of being expelled for drugs in my locker which weren't there."— on his character, Finn Hudson

"My first acting teacher actually has been a huge influence on me not only in terms of the craft, but personally, and how to approach life."— on his inspiration