Drew Roy

Andrew Roy (born May 16, 1986 in Clanton) is an actor.

Roy played baseball and basketball at Chilton County High School. After graduating in 2004 he moved to Los Angeles with friends who were in a rock band, forsaking a scholarship to the University of Alabama where he had planned to begin studying medicine.

He parked cars at the Beverly Hills Hotel while pursuing acting roles. He was cast in a few independent films before landing recurring roles in the ABC Family series "Greek" and Nickolodeon's "iCarly". In 2009 he was cast as "Jesse," Hannah Montana's former love interest, on the hit Disney Channel series starring Miley Cyrus. In 2010 he landed film roles in Costa Rican Summer and Secretariat. From 2011 to 2014, Roy starred as Hal Mason in the TNT series "Falling Skies".

References

• Mims, Scott (August 20, 2010) "Local stars in Spielberg series, returns to ‘Hannah Montana’." Clanton Advertiser
• Harvey, Alec (June 24, 2012) "Rising star in 'Falling Skies': Birmingham and Clanton's Drew Roy." The Birmingham News