40 Fun Facts About Ross Lynch

After R5 wound down, Ross Lynch formed the duo The Driver Era with which of his siblings?

Rocky, the lead guitarist of R5, is the other half of The Driver Era. The brothers settled on the name during a car ride to a party.

In Disney Channel's Teen Beach Movie, Ross Lynch plays which surfer who is swept into a 1960s musical?

Brady adores the old film he lands in, so he starts singing along at once, to the dismay of his girlfriend Mack. Ross Lynch played him again in a 2015 sequel.

On Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Ross Lynch played which coal miner's son and boyfriend of the title character?

Harvey Kinkle has an older brother, Tommy, who works in the town's mines so that the younger boy can stay in school.

Austin & Ally, the Disney Channel sitcom that made Ross Lynch famous, takes place in which city?

Miami is where a confident singer and a shy songwriter become partners after he accidentally turns her song into an internet hit.

Though a Disney Channel star, Ross Lynch won favorite TV actor four years running at which rival network's awards?

Nickelodeon's Kids' Choice Awards gave him the prize every year from 2013 to 2016, all for playing Austin Moon. Only Tim Allen had managed four straight wins before.

Which actress played songwriter Ally Dawson opposite Ross Lynch for four seasons of Austin & Ally?

Laura Marano also recorded duets with Ross Lynch, including a Christmas song for a Disney holiday album.

For My Friend Dahmer, where did Ross Lynch film the scenes showing the future killer's family life?

The real childhood home of Jeffrey Dahmer in Ohio was used for those scenes, and the actors said it felt very strange to work where the killer had lived.

Which pair of sibling entertainers are second cousins of Ross Lynch, their maternal grandmothers being sisters?

Derek and Julianne Hough share great-grandparents with the Lynch siblings, and Derek won Dancing with the Stars six times as a professional.

Ross Lynch played the love interest in which pop star's music video for 'One of Your Girls'?

Troye Sivan performs for him in a drag persona in the 2023 clip, and Ross Lynch later recreated the role live at Wembley Arena in London.

Teen Beach Movie drops Ross Lynch's surfer into which 1960s-style musical film that his character adores?

Wet Side Story is the favorite film of Ross Lynch's character, and its villains scheme to turn a beachside restaurant into a resort with a weather machine.

In Teen Beach Movie, the film that Ross Lynch's character lands in has surfers feuding with which rival gang?

Bikers and surfers squabble over who gets to hang out at Big Momma's, then join forces to rescue the two visitors from the present day.

On Austin & Ally, what keeps Ally from performing her own songs when Ross Lynch's character discovers her?

Stage fright holds her back until the second season, when she beats it by singing a duet with Austin.

Which former Mad Men child actress played the title role opposite Ross Lynch in Chilling Adventures of Sabrina?

Kiernan Shipka was the first choice of the series' developer, and she also played a second version of the heroine from an alternate timeline.

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, co-starring Ross Lynch, was developed for the CW before moving to which streamer?

Netflix won the series with a straight-to-series order, and the CW's own president said that two-season commitment is what enticed Warner Bros. to move.

On Austin & Ally, which friend with a string of short-lived jobs manages the career of Ross Lynch's character?

Trish keeps losing jobs through lack of effort, yet she takes managing Austin seriously and ends up founding her own management company.

On Austin & Ally, which best friend of Ross Lynch's character films the clip that makes him famous overnight?

Dez is an aspiring director who keeps shooting Austin's videos and eventually heads to film school in Los Angeles.

On Austin & Ally, Ross Lynch's character teams up with Ally at which business owned by her father?

Sonic Boom is a music store run by her cheapskate father, and in the final season the friends turn it into a school called the A&A Music Factory.

Which actress played Mack, the girlfriend of Ross Lynch's character, in both Teen Beach films?

Maia Mitchell sings with Ross Lynch on several soundtrack numbers, and both of them returned for the sequel two years later.

Riker Lynch, the eldest brother of Ross Lynch, sang with the Dalton Academy Warblers on which Fox series?

Glee introduced him as Jeff in its second season, and he joined the cast's 2011 concert tour before R5 signed a record deal.

Ross Lynch's Austin Moon finally sings in Times Square in a crossover special with which Disney Channel sitcom?

Jessie and the Ross children help him reach his New Year's Eve dream gig in the hour-long special, then travel to Florida with the whole group.

Ross Lynch grew up in which Colorado suburb of Denver before his family moved to Los Angeles?

Littleton was the family's base until 2007, when everyone moved west so that his eldest brother could chase an acting career.

Ross Lynch reprised his role as Austin Moon in a guest appearance on which other Disney Channel series?

Girl Meets World, itself a follow-up to Boy Meets World, welcomed him and his sitcom co-star in character for a single episode.

Which Austin & Ally song was released in April 2012 as the first solo single by Ross Lynch?

A Billion Hits led off a run of soundtrack releases, and Ross Lynch ended up singing all 14 songs on the show's first album.

Which Ross Lynch song serves as the theme tune of Austin & Ally?

Can't Do It Without You plays over the opening of the sitcom, and it sits on the first soundtrack album beside two bonus tracks by R5.

Why did R5, the band fronted by Ross Lynch, scrap a finished and mastered second album?

Too close to their debut was the verdict on the finished record, so the band started again, and the rewrite, Sometime Last Night, became its first top ten album.

Where did Ross Lynch and his siblings first meet Ellington Ratliff, who became the drummer of R5?

A dance studio in California called the Rage brought them together, and he became the only member of the band from outside the family.

Which song did Ross Lynch and his brother release in March 2018 as the first single by The Driver Era?

Preacher Man was previewed on the very day R5's social media accounts were renamed and wiped clean, and its video followed a few weeks after release.

The Driver Era, the duo led by Ross Lynch, revealed the album Obsession to a London concert crowd using what?

A QR code shown at the London show announced the duo's fourth album, whose release then slipped from Valentine's Day to April 2025.

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, featuring Ross Lynch, was first planned as a companion to which CW teen drama?

Riverdale ended up sharing its crew with the new show, because filming began just as the older drama's second season wrapped.

Ross Lynch's character on Chilling Adventures of Sabrina learns that his mining family descends from which group?

Witch hunters who once pursued the local coven are his ancestors, and he puts their skills to use helping his friends fight the forces of darkness.

Teen Beach Movie, in which Ross Lynch plays a surfer, was filmed on the beaches of which island?

Puerto Rico hosted the shoot, with most beach scenes filmed in Fajardo, some at the governor's own beach house, and the interiors built in a warehouse.

My Friend Dahmer, with Ross Lynch in the title role, premiered in April 2017 at which film festival?

Tribeca gave the film its first screening, and within a month a distributor had bought it for release that autumn.

In My Friend Dahmer, which actor plays Derf, the cartoonist classmate who befriends Ross Lynch's character?

Alex Wolff's character gives the future killer a final lift in the film, although in reality a different friend was at the wheel.

Teen Beach Movie, starring Ross Lynch, opens with a dedication to which star of 1960s beach party films?

Annette Funicello, a former Mouseketeer who made the beach party genre popular, died three months before the premiere, so a memorial message precedes the film.

R5 reunited with Ross Lynch in June 2023 to play the song 'All Night' at which concert venue?

The Greek Theatre was hosting a headline show by his later duo when the old five-piece walked on for one song, eight years after filming a live DVD there.

Ross Lynch sang guest vocals on 'I Feel the Love', a 2016 track by which electronic music duo?

Tritonal, a pair of DJ-producers from Austin, Texas, placed the collaboration on their album Painting with Dreams.

Teen Beach 2, starring Ross Lynch, was the first Disney Channel Original Movie sequel since which film?

Camp Rock 2 had aired five years earlier, and no Disney Channel film earned a follow-up again until the surf musical got one.

Before his own Disney series, Ross Lynch appeared in the 'Ordinary Girl' music video of which pop character?

Hannah Montana's clip shows Ross Lynch and his brother Riker in a classroom scene, a year before Austin & Ally was picked up as a series.

Ross Lynch played Mark Anthony in which musical during a three-performance run at the Hollywood Bowl?

A Chorus Line was directed and choreographed at the Bowl by Baayork Lee, who had starred in the original Broadway production.

Ross Lynch filmed both Status Update and Chilling Adventures of Sabrina in which Canadian city?

Vancouver hosted the Status Update shoot in the summer of 2016, and the supernatural series set up in the same city two years later.