Columbus Short

At 41 years old, Columbus Short has this physical status:

Short's acting debut came as a dancer in You Got Served and he later appeared in Accepted, starring Justin Long. He then took lead roles in the direct-to-DVD movie Save the Last Dance 2 alongside Izabella Miko and Stomp the Yard. He has also appeared twice in the Disney Channel Original Series That's So Raven as Trey, a member of the fictional boy band "Boyz n' Motion." Other TV appearances include ER and Judging Amy.

In 2006, he appeared in NBC's Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip as novice show-writer Darius Hawthorne. He was among the presenters at the 2007 NAACP Image Awards. In 2007, Columbus appeared in the movie This Christmas also starring Chris Brown and Lauren London. In 2008, Short appeared in the movie Quarantine, co-starring Jay Hernandez and Jennifer Carpenter, and played the part of musician Little Walter in Cadillac Records, with Jeffrey Wright, Beyoncé Knowles, and Oscar-winner Adrien Brody. In 2010, he played "Pooch" in the film The Losers, based on the graphic novel, co-starring Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Chris Evans, and Zoe Saldana, and directed by Sylvain White (who had already directed Short in Stomp The Yard).

Source

• Black Reel Awards
  • 2008, Best Ensemble: Cadillac Records (Winner)
  • 2008, Best Breakthrough Performance: Cadillac Records (Nominated)
• Image Awards
  • 2009, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture: Cadillac Records (Winner)
  • 2008, Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture: Stomp the Yard (Nominated)
• MTV Movie Awards
  • 2007, Breakthrough Performance: Stomp the Yard (Nominated)
  • 2007, Best Kiss: Stomp the Yard w/ Meagan Good (Nominated)
• Teen Choice Awards
  • 2007, Best Dance: Stomp the Yard (Nominated)