Clayton King Popular Books
Clayton King Biography & Facts
Gary Michael "Garrett" Clayton (born March 19, 1991) is an American actor and singer. He is known for portraying Tanner in the 2013 Disney Channel movie Teen Beach Movie and its 2015 sequel Teen Beach 2, and other film, television, and stage roles. Life and career Gary Michael Clayton was born March 19, 1991, in Dearborn, Michigan. He has Lebanese heritage. He began acting at Crestwood High School in Dearborn Heights, Michigan, performing in many of the drama club's productions. He later attended Oakland University, where he studied musical theater. After being told by casting directors that his name "sounded too old", he adopted the stage name of Garrett Clayton. In 2010, he made appearances on Days of Our Lives and Shake It Up. In December 2012, he appeared in the Lifetime movie Holiday Spin, co-starring Ralph Macchio, as Blake, a rebellious teen forced to live with his father after his mother is killed in a car accident. He was cast in 2013 in the role of Tanner in Disney's musical Teen Beach Movie, playing a cool but vacuous surfer who is "a mix between Frankie Avalon and Link from Hairspray". The film was directed by Jeffrey Hornaday and was filmed in Puerto Rico and was first broadcast in July 2013. It co-stars Ross Lynch, Maia Mitchell, and Grace Phipps. He had a recurring role in the latter half of the first season of The Fosters. In 2016, he portrayed gay porn star Brent Corrigan in the film King Cobra, with James Franco and Christian Slater, and played the role of Link Larkin in the NBC television broadcast of Hairspray Live! He starred as Brady Mannion in the horror-thriller film Don't Hang Up, which was released in theaters in February 2017. Also in 2017, Clayton appeared on stage at the Pasadena Playhouse as Luke alongside Al Pacino and Judith Light in a six-week run of Dotson Rader's play God Looked Away, about the later life of Tennessee Williams. Personal life In 2018, Clayton revealed that he was gay and that he had been in a long-term relationship with boyfriend Blake Knight since 2011. In January 2019, Clayton announced that he and Knight had become engaged a year prior. In September 2021, the couple married at an outdoor, garden party themed wedding in Los Angeles, which was officiated by Clayton's King Cobra co-star Alicia Silverstone. Filmography Film Television Stage Footnotes References External links Garrett Clayton at IMDb Garrett Clayton on Instagram . Discover the Clayton King popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Clayton King books.
Best Seller Clayton King Books of 2024
-
Waking the Wilderness
Clayton T. KingNew Year's Eve on the outskirts of a small logging town deep within the North Cascade Mountains, Lina Cousins, a struggling teenage girl, prepares to meet her boyfrie...
-
Betchard-Clayton Inc. V. King
Division One Court of Appeals of WashingtonAppellant BetchardClayton, Inc., appeals dismissal of its claim for damages under a contract for the sale of a restaurant. Appellants Iverson and Chandler appeal a judgment awarded...
-
Waking the Wilderness
Clayton KingNew Year’s Eve on the outskirts of a small logging town deep within the North Cascade Mountains, Lina Cousins, a struggling teenage girl, prepares to meet her boyfriend, Luke Tollm...
-
Mile 81
Stephen KingMile 81 is Stand by Me meets Christinethe story of an insatiable car and a heroic kid.At Mile 81 on the Maine turnpike is a boarded up rest stop, a place where high school kids dri...
-
The Alternative
Caleb Stanley & Austin Dennis“The Alternative is about thinking differently. Doing differently. Creating your own path. Taking paths of great resistance. And actually making a difference in the lives around us...
-
King of Dead Things
Nevin HolnessFor fans of Legendborn, Neil Gaiman, and Leigh Bardugo, this urban young adult fantasy steeped in AfroCarribbean folklore follows two Black teens searching for a powerful artifact ...
-
Clayton Coal Co. v. King
Colorado Supreme CourtPlaintiffs in error, a partnership, are hereinafter referred to as Hollenbeck, defendant in error as Peterson, and one John B. Jutten as Jutten.