An American actor and model He moved a lot as a child before settling in Medford New Jersey at the age of 10 He practiced almost every sport including soccer lacrosse wrestling and basketball Drews true passion though was acting so he joined his high school drama classes It all started by watching the Star Wars trilogy along with films that featured Robert De Niro in a starring role His soccer abilities lead him to receive a soccer scholarship to Towson University in Maryland While attending Towson Drew took a number of theater courses in order to refocus on acting By his sophomore year in 2005 he had an encounter with a talent scout from ProScout one of the United States leading talent agencies and moved to New York City It all began with a few years of notable modeling work the majority as an underwear model for International Jock Abercrombie Fitch and American Eagle He also served as an extra Drew did some background work in 2006s The Good Shepherd which starred none other than Robert De Niro After working with B1 Models in New York City he made the move to Los Angeles to pursue the transition to acting He soon signed with Shepard Smith Management followed by the WME agency William Morris Endeavor His first credited role came as Donny Kendall on ABCs Castle a murder victim and son of a once wealthy family gone broke Next came 12 WBcom webisodes of The Lake Followed by an episode of ABC Familys Greek all in 2009 His acting credits also include Fortress an action independent film His break came in 2010 as the lead in the liveaction Cartoon Network show Tower Prep where he played Ian Archer a teen suspended from high school who wakes up in a mysterious prep school unaware of where he is or how to get out While filming in Vancouver he caught the eye of executive producer Glen Morgan known for his work on TV shows such as XFiles and whose movie credits include Willard and Final Destination It turns out Morgan was a good friend of a producer working on Pretty Little Liars a show based on a popular series of books that was looking for an actor to replace Parker Bagley who had been playing the role of Jason DiLaurentis after its successful first season They set up a meeting and said Drew would be perfect for the role He joined the cast of Pretty Little Liars when the 2nd Season began When Drew debuted as the new Jason he was quickly adopted by fans with Sara Shepard the writer of the original book series even taking to Twitter to say he was more like the character she had imagined on paper
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