The Gleeks Guide To Glee Episodes
Gender: Female
Born: 7-14-1960
Birthplace: Dolton, Illinois, United States
Birth Name: Jane Marie Lynch
Jane Lynch is one of those actresses who everyone knows her face, but few people know her name. She’s best known for her supporting roles in movies such as Alvin and the Chipmunks and The Forty Year Old Virgin.
Jane has also starred in many small screen roles such as The L Word, Criminal Minds and Lovespring International.
Gender: Male
Born: 4-28-1982
Birthplace: Puerto Limón, Costa Rica
Birth Name: Harry Shum Jr.
Harry first started his career in dancing at his high school Dance Company team. Then he moved to San Francisco to further his dance career and studied at a variety of different studios. He made is name, both on TV and in the dance world, by being the only male dancer of BET Comic View for the 2002 Season.
Gender: Female
Born: 11-30-1971
Birthplace: Montréal, Québec, Canada
Birth Name: Jessalyn Gilsig
AKA: Jassalyn Gilsig
Born in 1971 in Montreal, Canada, Jessalyn Gilsig started her acting career at the age of 12. She moved to New York in 1995, appearing in some off Broadway plays. She had appeared in some Canadian productions in the late 1980′s and early 1990′s, but her US television career really started in the late 1990′s when she was a guest star in some TV shows including Seven Days and Viper.
She landed a role in Boston Public through her association with David E. Kelly and left for unknown reasons at the end of the season in May 2002. The next year she joined the cast of Nip / Tuck and also appeared in
Interestingly, Jessalyn has worked with Ryan Murphy (of Glee fame) before as he was also heavily involved in Nip / Tuck.
Gender: Male
Born: 5-27-1990
Birthplace: Fresno, California, United States
Birth Name: Christopher Paul Colfer
Chris Colfer is a young actor with a very promising future. He was born in Fresno and raised in Covis, California. At high school he performed in community and regional base theater and at the age of 14 was the assistant directory for a Valley Children’s Hospital benefit.
As a senior in high school, Chris wrote a spoof of “Sweeny Todd” called “Shirley Todd” which was a play he not only starred in, but also directed.
Gender: Female
Born: 4-30-1986
Birthplace: Savannah, Georgia, United States
Birth Name: Dianna Agron
Dianna Agron was born in Savannah, Georgia to Ronald S. and Mary Agron and was raised in San Francisco. With her family originally from Russia, her father is Jewish and her mother converted to Judaism. She attended high school at Burlingame High School in California.
Dianna has had quite an extensive career on TV, appearing in shows such as Shark, Close To Home, CSI New York, Numb3rs as well as having recurring roles in Heroes and Veronica Mars. She also appeared in a series of short filmes called “It’s A Mall World” as Harper.
She also appeared in Wal-Mart’s Ocean Pacific Spring 2010 marketing campaign and is a passionate animal rights supporter. She is also a vegetarian.
Dianna directed the music video for “Body” by Thao with Get Down Stay Down. She also appeared in the movie Burlesque as Natalie, girlfriend to Ali’s love interest, Jack. She also appeared in a 2011 film entitled “I Am Number Four”.
Gender: Male
Born: 2-5-1987
Birthplace: San Francisco, California, United States
Birth Name: Darren Everett Criss
Darren Criss plays Blaine Anderson in Glee.
Gender: Male
Born: 4-30-1951
Birthplace: Dallas, Texas, United States
Birth Name: Stephen Harold Tobolowsky
AKA: Stephen Tobolowski, Steven Tobolowsky
Gender: Male
Born: 10-30-1978
Birthplace: Fort Ord, California, United States
Birth Name: Matthew James Morrison
AKA: Matthew J. Morrison, Matt Morrison
Matthew attended NYU’s School of the Arts before he joined the cast of Footloose performing on Broadway. He was also part of the the parody boy band Fresh Step which made their debut appearance on Late Night with David Letterman and also appeared on MTV’s Total Request Live.
After this he joined a real boy band called LMNT. He left this group and went to perform in The Rocky Horror Picture Show in Broadway. He has also appeared in Hairspray on Broadway as Link Larkin where he earned an Outer Critics Circle Award Nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Musical. He also performed this role in Los Angeles
Matthew has appeared in other TV shows such as ABC’s TV Movie “Once Upon a Mattress” which also featured Carol Burnett, Tracey Ullman, Denis O’Hare, and Zoey Deschanel.
He was cast in Glee in February 2009 and on 14th January 2010 he signed a solo record deal with Mercury Records. His first CD, entitled Matthew Morrison was released in May 2011 and collaborated with Elton John on a song on the album.
His first single, Summer Rain debuted on Ryan Seacrest’s website on February 28th, 2011.
Role In Glee : Mercedes Jones
Gender: Female
Born: 2-15-1986
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States
Birth Name: Amber Patrice Riley
Amber Riley is a young actress and musician who had a difficult start to her career. At 17, she entered American Idol and was rejected. She got a part in a series called St Sass, but that wasn’t picked up. Then her luck started to turn when she landed a role on Cedric The Entertainer Presents and was spotted by the producers of Glee in the Pilot episode. They then decided to cast her. In addition to her TV work, she’s also worked extensively in theater.
