Dancer turned actor who rose to fame for his Top 10 finish on the tenth season of So You Think You Can Dance. He went on to star as Calvin Maxwell in the Nickelodeon series Power Rangers Ninja Steel.
Set in 1962 Baltimore, Maryland, the film follows the "pleasantly plump" teenager Tracy Turnblad (Blonsky) as she pursues stardom as a dancer on a local television dance show and rallies against racial segregation.