Jerry Velázquez

Jerry Velázquez was born in Mérida, Yucatán, on 30 March 1990 and first approached music and theatre through school festivals and musicals. In 2007 he reached the final of High School Musical: La Selección, the TV Azteca and Disney Channel talent contest, and went on to record two albums distributed by Sony BMG, join the supporting tour and appear in the film High School Musical: el desafío.

Stage musicals followed, including A Midsummer Night's Dream and Hairspray, together with voice work on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Pokémon and Phineas and Ferb. He starred as DJ in Disney Channel Latin America's series Cuando toca la campana.

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