Chord Overstreet

Chord Overstreet

Chord plays Sam Evans.

Chord Overstreet was born in Nashville, Tennessee to makeup artist Julie Miller and country music singer-songwriter Paul Overstreet. 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.

After graduating from high school, Overstreet pursued a career in acting, landing roles on the cable series iCarly and in the feature films The Hole and A Warrior’s Heart. In his first appearance as Sam Evans on Glee, he performed “Billionaire” and “Every Rose Has Its Thorn,” and became an overnight sensation.

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