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Kevin Michael [=McHale=] (born June 14, 1988 in Plano, Texas) is an American actor, dancer and pop singer. Formerly of boy band NLT, [=McHale=] is best known for his recent role as Artie Abrams in the Fox hit television series ''Series/{{Glee}}''. Born in Plano, Texas and went to Dooley Elementary School and then to Armstrong Middle School where he participated in the school's pop choir, "Encore". Before becoming an actor, [=McHale=] was part of the BoyBand NLT ("Not Like Them"), which was discovered by Chris Stokes and shortly after released singles such as "That Girl", "She Said, I Said (Time We Let Go)" and "Karma". Despite the talent and a small, yet devoted fanbase, the group didn't go very far and officially split up in 2009, months before [=McHale=] made it big as Artie in ''Glee''. Despite his character's disability, [=McHale=], as per his boy band background, is a skilled dancer and has responded that it was hard to keep his feet from moving along with the music while he was on the set.

[=McHale=] also hosts a fairly successful British panel show, ''Series/VirtuallyFamous'' (based around internet celebrities, viral videos and [[MemeticMutation memes]]) and two radio shows on Dash Radio, ''[=McRiley=]'' with fellow Glee cast member Amber Riley, and ''Sick of My Own Voice'' with Brittany Burton, Justin Thorne (a fellow former member of [=NLT=]) and Amy Lynn Thompson.

Not to be confused with Boston Celtics great Kevin [=McHale=], who did appear on two episodes of ''Series/{{Cheers}}'' as himself.
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!!Selected Filmography
* 2005: ''Series/AllThat'' (TV Series) -- Mark
* 2007: ''Series/TheOfficeUS'' (TV Series) -- Delivery Boy
* 2007 – 2008: ''Series/{{Zoey 101}}'' (TV Series) -- Dooley
* 2008: ''Series/TrueBlood'' (TV Series) -- Neil Jones
* 2009–2015: ''Series/{{Glee}}'' (TV Series) -- Artie Abrams
* 2014: ''Boychoir'' (Film) -- Wooly
* 2016: ''They Might Be Kennedys'' (Film) -- Teddy Mulligan/Kennedy Ted
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!!This actor's career provides examples of:
* ActorRoleConfusion: Creator/KevinMcHale has received not-so-friendly Twitter messages from Brittana shippers about staying away from Brittany, to which he responded that he "[[IAmNotSpock wasn't Artie]]."
* BreakupBreakout: Probably the one member of [=NLT=] to achieve mainstream success.
* TheCameo: [=NLT=] had a guest appearance in ''Film/BratzTheMovie'', and after the band split, Kevin (alongside fellow Glee cast member Creator/DarrenCriss) appeared in Music/KatyPerry's "Last Friday Night", as a character that manages to be even more of a nerd than Artie. He also makes a brief appearance in the video for One Call's "[[https://vimeo.com/16446168 BlackLight]]".
* IronyAsHeIsCast: The best male dancer of the ''Glee'' cast, second only to Harry Shum Jr... And his character is in a wheelchair.
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