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Cory Monteith

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Also known as Cory Allan Monteith, Corey Monteith, Cory Allan Michael Monteith

Canadian actor (1982-2013)

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Cory Monteith was a Canadian male artist whose professional career spanned from 2004 to 2013. He was born on May 11, 1982, and died on July 13, 2013. Associated with the pop music genre, his work has been tagged with terms including "glee," "Canadian," and "the best drummers."

Monteith is listed as an author alongside Emily Hampshire, Karine Vanasse, and Kevin Zegers for the work "All the Wrongs Reasons." His musical activity is reflected in a playcount of 199,710 and 16,552 listeners on Last.fm. Additionally, he has 1,519,596 social media followers.

Synthesized by Vinony from 19 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
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Top works

  • All the Wrongs Reasons

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Canada
Active from
1982-05-11
Active to
2013-07-13

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
16,552
Total plays
199,710

Tags

gleeCanadiancanadapopthe best drummers

Cory Allan Michael Monteith (/mɒnˈtiːθ/; May 11, 1982 – July 13, 2013) was a Canadian actor and musician best known for his role as Finn Hudson on the Fox television series Glee. As an actor based in British Columbia, Monteith had minor roles on television series before being cast on Glee. During his success on the show, he also acted in films. His film work included Monte Carlo and a starring role in Sisters & Brothers (both 2011). Monteith had a troubled adolescence involving substance abuse

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Key facts

Born
Cory Allan Michael Monteith , ( 1982-05-11 ) May 11, 1982, Calgary, Alberta , Canada
Died
July 13, 2013 (2013-07-13) (aged 31), Vancouver, British Columbia , Canada
Occupations
Actor musician
Years active
2004–2013

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
Canada
Place of birth
Calgary
Place of death
Vancouver
Employer
Hudson's Bay
Languages spoken
English language
Image
Cory Monteith 2, 2011.jpg
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Commons category
Cory Monteith
date of death
2013-07-13
date of birth
1982-05-11
cause of death
drug overdose
birth name
Cory Allan Michael Monteith
start of work period
2004-00-00
name in native language
Cory Monteith
unmarried partner
Lea Michele
social media followers
1423150
end of work period
2013-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview

Cory Allan Michael Monteith (/mɒnˈtiːθ/; May 11, 1982 – July 13, 2013) was a Canadian actor and musician. He made his acting debut in the television series Stargate Atlantis (2004), and had other roles in shows including Smallville (2005), and Supernatural (2005). During his career, he starred in over eighteen dramas and seventeen films, with Monte Carlo (2011), Final Destination 3 (2006), and Sisters & Brothers (2011), all becoming commercially successful.

Monteith is best known for his portrayal of Finn Hudson in the first four seasons of the Fox television series Glee. For his portrayal, he won a Screen Actors Guild Award and Teen Choice Award.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cory Monteith” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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