A lifelong actor who was just seven years old when he portrayed a diminutive Chewbacca in a children’s remake of Star Wars, Rockwall, Texas native Mitchel Musso appeared in print campaigns for McDonalds and Rand McNally before appearing in television commercials. Of course, the ambitious youngster had more in mind than simply being a pitchman for a product, and in 2003, Musso made his big-screen debut opposite both younger brother Marc and child superstar Haley Joel Osment in the coming-of-age comedy, Secondhand Lions. Television roles in Oliver Beene and Stacked were quick to follow, though it was the 2006 hit Disney Channel series Hannah Montana that truly found the talented youngster’s career blasting into overdrive on the small screen. Back on the big screen, Musso provided the voice of a suburban adolescent who suspects that his neighbor’s house may hold a dark secret in the computer-animated hit Monster House. More vocal work was quick to follow when Musso stepped behind the microphone for the animated Nickelodeon series Avatar: The Last Airbender. In the music department, he released a self-titled album in 2009, and he continues to perform all over the world.
