Ross Shor Lynch (born December 29, 1995) is an American actor, singer, instrumentalist and dancer. He is best known for portraying Austin Moon on the Disney Channel television series Austin & Ally, and performed in the band called R5 with his three elder siblings and their friend Ellington Ratliff. He starred in the Disney Channel movie Teen Beach Movie as well as its sequel and in the teen romance comedy film Status Update. He also appeared in Chilling Adventures of Sabrina as Harvey Kinkle. Currently is in a musical duo with his brother Rocky called The Driver Era
Discography:
- Austin & Ally (2012)
- Loud EP (2013)
- Teen Beach Movie (2013)
- Louder (2013)
- Austin and Ally: Turn it Up (2013)
- Heart Made Up on You (2014)
- Austin & Ally: Take It from the Top (2015)
- Teen Beach 2 (2015)
- Sometime Last Night (2015)
- New Addictions EP (2017)
- X (2019)
- A Kiss / Forever Always EP (2019)
- Some Remixes of X EP (2020)
- OMG Plz Don’t Come Around / Flashdrive EP (2020)
- Girlfriend (2021)
- Summer Mixtape (2022)
Filmography:
- Austin & Ally (2011-2016): Austin Moon
- Teen Beach Movie (2013): Brady, reprised the role for Teen Beach 2 (2015)
- Ultimate Spider-Man - Werewolf By Night (first appearance)
- My Friend Dahmer (2017): Jeffrey Dahmer
- Status Update (2018): Kyle Moor
- Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (2018-2021): Harvey Kinkle
Tropes associated with him:
- As Himself: Plays himself in 2 episodes of the Argentinian sitcom Violetta
- The Cameo: Has one in Muppets Most Wanted
- The Cast Showoff: He is both a singer and dancer, on Austin and Ally he plays a singing and Dancing Pop Star while on the Chilling Adventures of Sabrina his character creates a band.
- Child Popstar: Was a brief Kidz Bop kid as well as potraying and Do Multiple Albums and performances as Austin Moon in the Disney Channel series Austin & Ally when he was 15 years old
- "Do It Yourself" Theme Tune: 'Can't do it Without You" for Austin and Ally
- Dyeing for Your Art: Dyed his blonde hair brown for the chilling adventures of sabrina
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LGBT Fanbase: Has many gay fans curtesy of his status as a heartthrob - Mr. Fanservice: Search his name any social media site or even just google will garner results of him half naked on stage or during a photoshoot
- Playing Against Type: Pretty much no one expected a likable Disney Channel star to play a monstrous, real-life serial killer. Fewer still expected him to pull it off as well as he did.
- Pretty Boy: According to many male and female fans
- Real-Person Fic: During his time on Disney Channel there was a hefty shipping fanbase for him and his Austin and Ally co-star Laura Morano, as well has his Teen beach movie co-star Maia Mitchell. There was also some shipping of him with Shake it Up stars Zendaya and Bella Thorne
- Retroactive Recognition: His role as an extra in the music video for the Hannah Montana song Ordinary Girl
- Teen Idol: Comes with being on Disney Channel
- Vocal Evolution: Compare any song from the first season of Austin and Ally to any song by The Driver Era
