Cory Monteith

He was a musician as well as an actor from Canada. He is most popularly known by the people for his contribution on Glee, Fox television series, as Finn Hudson.

About

Cory took his first breath on 11th May 1982 in a place called Calgary situated in Alberta. His father Joe Monteith was a military man who contributed to Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry and his mother Ann McGregor was an interior designer. He was the youngest in the family and has one elder brother named as Shaun. At an early age of seven, he has to face the consequences of divorce between his parents.

Thus, was taken care of by his mother. He along with his mother and brother shifted to Victoria situated in British Columbia. He began to take marijuana and alcohol from an early age of 13 and started to bunk his classes. He left his college at the age of 16 and started to commit petty crimes to fulfill his weed addiction. Thus, he was sent to rehab at 19. Before gaining such popularity, he used to work as a mechanic, people greeter in Walmart, roofer, etc.

Movie Career

Monteith started his career by getting short roles in movies like Deck the Halls, Whisper and Final Destination 3. He also performed as a guest performer in serials like Stargate SG-1, Flash Gordon, Smallville, Supernatural and Stargate Atlantis. In 2005 he appeared as Paul in Bloody Mary.

To get improvement in acting he started to take classes with Anthony Meindl. He worked in Kaya, MTV series, as Gunnar in 2007. He has worked in movies like Monte Carlo, a comedy movie filled with romance in 2010 and in Sisters and Brothers in 2011.