Early life
Overstreet was born in Nashville, Tennessee, the son of make-up artist Julie Miller and country music singer-songwriter Paul Overstreet. He has an older brother, Nash, an older sister, Summer, and three younger sisters, Harmony, Skye and Charity. He is of German, Irish, English and Native American descent. He was named after the musical term of the same name. His brother, Nash, is also a musician, and is a member of the band Hot Chelle Rae. Overstreet was raised on a farm outside of Nashville.Encouraged by his parents to pursue music, he started playing the mandolin at an early age, and moved on to the drums, flute, piano, and guitar. He is also a songwriter, but is unsigned. In his teenage years, he modeled for advertisements for Famous Footwear and Gap.
Acting career
Overstreet began to pursue his passion of performing after his high school graduation in 2007. After two unsuccessful years, Overstreet started his acting career on the web series Private, as Josh Hollis. He was also featured in an episode of iCarly iSpeed Date (for a few minutes) and the unaired pilot of No Ordinary Family. His first film role was that of Teenage Boy in the 2009 thriller The Hole, and he will star in the 2011 film A Warrior's Heart as Dupree, alongside Ashley Greene and Kellan Lutz.
From September 21, 2010, to May 24, 2011, Overstreet played the character of Sam Evans, a transfer student and athlete, on the second season of the television show Glee. He landed the role after auditioning with Commodores' "Easy" and Gavin DeGraw's "I Don't Want to Be". He later sang "Billionaire" by Travie McCoy featuring Bruno Mars as a studio test, and eventually sang this in the season premiere "Audition", along with "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" by Poison. He played the role of Rocky in the The Rocky Horror Picture Show-themed episode "The Rocky Horror Glee Show".
On April 21, 2011, the video for Hot Chelle Rae's "Tonight Tonight" was released on YouTube and featured a series of cameos of Overstreet alternately making out with a girl (whom he stole from the lead singer) on an office copier, DJing at a club, then playing guitar and mugging for the crowd with his brother, bandmember Nash.
On July 1, 2011, TVLine's Michael Ausiello broke the news that Overstreet's contract option to become a series regular on Glee had not been picked up for season 3, but that he could possibly come back as an occasional guest star. In reaction to the announcement, fans launched a campaign to promote Overstreet's cover of "Billionaire" and various tags related to the actor, most notably "#dontcutthechord" began trending on Twitter. The song made its way into the iTunes Top 5 "Glee" charts during the campaign.
At the 2011 Comic-Con event, Glee executive producer Brad Falchuk reported that they had offered Overstreet a ten-episode deal with a possibility to become a series regular at mid-season, but that Overstreet had declined the option. Overstreet later stated to Ausiello during an interview that he had decided to leave the show to focus on his music career, explaining, "They offered me the chance to come back for a few episodes, but there was nothing guaranteed so I decided to dive into the music thing."
Personal life
Overstreet is currently in a relationship with actress Emma Roberts.
Filmography
Television
2009 Private Josh Hollis Web series
2009 iCarly Eric Episode: "iSpeed Date"
2004-2007 Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide" 'That guy' Episode: 1-55
2010–2011 Glee Sam Evans Recurring role (21 episodes)
2010 No Ordinary Family Lucas Fisher Episode: "Pilot"
2011 The Middle Mr. Wilkerson Episode: "Hecking Order"
Film
2010 The Hole Adam
2011 A Warrior's Heart Dupree
2011 Glee: The 3D Concert Movie Sam Evans/Himself
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