Uriah Shelton

Uriah Shelton
Born	March 10, 1997 Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Occupation	Actor, singer
Years active	2007–present

Uriah Shelton (born March 10, 1997 in Dallas, Texas) is an American teen actor and singer. He is best known for playing Joshua Matthews on Girl Meets World.

Early life

When he was one month old, his family moved him to Magnolia Springs, Alabama, a small river community about 40 miles south of Mobile.

Growing up, Shelton pursued interests in martial arts, piano, and soccer. At the age of 7, he took a modeling class with his cousin, Charli. This led to a talent competition in Orlando, after which he was pursued by multiple agencies in New York and Los Angeles. Realizing that he'd come to love acting, he and his mother decided to move to Los Angeles to embark upon his professional career.

Career

He immediately began working in commercials but also focused on his love of martial arts, which resulted in him becoming the 2006 ATA Tae Kwon Do California State Champion in all categories, including sparring and extreme weapons.

Having accomplished his goal, Uriah returned his full attention to acting, where he began working on TV shows, including Without a Trace, The Ghost Whisperer, Mad TV, Dirty Sexy Money, The Suite Life, Monk, Trust Me, Trauma, Hallmark's The Nanny Express, and the independent feature Alabama Moon.

Shelton starred the lead role of Henry Matthews in the movie "Lifted", a story about a singer whose family life is disrupted when his Marine father is deployed to Afghanistan. The boy, despite many obstacles, is inspired to compete in a teen singing competition. The film was the inaugural film of producer Deborah Del Prete's Coronet Films. Written and directed by Lexi Alexander (Green Street Hooligans, Punisher: War Zone), in which he plays a young singing sensation alongside music greats Ruben Studdard and Trace Adkins. Shelton wrote and sang the song "I Miss You," in the movie.^[1]

Shelton also appears in the A&E drama, "The Glades," a show about a Chicago detective who moved to South Florida with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement after being falsely accused of sleeping with his captain's wife. He plays Jeff Cargill, the rebellious son of female nurse and love-interest played by Kiele Sanchez.^[2] Currently, he has a recurring role of Joshua Matthews on Disney Channel's Girl Meets World, sequel series of the '90's sitcom Boy Meets World.

Personal life

He trains in wushu, XMA (Extreme Martial Arts), guitar, ballet, and hip hop.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Episodes and notes
2008	Lower Learning	Prep School Kid
2008	Ring of Death	Tommy Wyatt	TV movie
2008	The Nanny Express	Ben Chandler	TV movie
2009	Opposite Day	Security Guard
2010	Alabama Moon	Kit
2011	Lifted	Henry Matthews	Main Role
TBA	Warrior's Gate

Television

Year	Title	Role	Episodes and notes
2007	Without a Trace	Brett Henbdricks	1 episode: "Fight/Flight"
2007	Ghost Whisperer	Young William	1 episode: "Holiday Spirit"
2008	Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight	Dakoda	1 episode: "Search for the Dragon"
2009	Little Monk	Brian	Webisobe series
2009	The Suite Life on Deck	Prince Jeffy	1 episode: "Maddie on Deck"
2009	Trust Me	Jack McGuire	3 episodes: "Before and After", "All Hell the Victors" and "Odd Man Out"
2009	Trauma	Rudy	1 episode: "All's Fair"
2010	The Glades	Jeff Cargill	26 episodes (Season 1, 2, 3 & 4)
2011	R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour	Pete	1 episode: "My Sister the Witch"
2012	Last Man Standing	Ben Milbauer	1 episode: "Ding Dong Ditch"
2014–present	Girl Meets World	Joshua Matthews	Recurring role; 4 episodes

Internet

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012–Present	Blue	Josh [3]	Main Role; 24 episodes (Season 1, 2 & 3)

References

1. "'Lifted' will be first film for Coronet". Hollywood Reporter (hollywoodreporter.com). Archived from the original on July 22, 2010. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
2. "The Glades - A&E". aetv.
3. "Blue - Season 1, Ep. 1, Part 1 - Feat. Julia Stiles - WIGS". YouTube.

External links

• Uriah Shelton at the Internet Movie Database