Samuel Peter Acosta Larsen (born August 28, 1991) is an American actor and singer. On August 21, 2011, Larsen won the reality competition program '' The Glee Project'' on the Oxygen network, which led to his having a recurring role as Joe Hart on the

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television show ''

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''. Larsen was also a member of the band Bridges I Burn. He is pursuing his solo career, and released his debut EP, ''Vices'', on October 27, 2014.

Life and career

Larsen is the son of Henrik and Lupe Acosta Larsen. His father is from Denmark and his mother from Mexico. Larsen has an older brother, Manolo Acosta, and a sister named Morgan. As a young boy, Larsen played drums, bass, guitar and keyboards. He graduated from Murrieta Valley High School in 2009. In his sophomore year, he became vocalist and guitarist of the school band ''15 North'' and the band performed in festivals. In 2010, Larsen auditioned in season 9 of '' American Idol'' but was cut after making it to Hollywood, failing to make it to the semi-finals. After doing some runway modeling for fashion designer Ashton Michael, he met his soon-to-be bandmate Skip Arnold during a runway show, moved to Los Angeles busking and applied to '' The Glee Project''. Meanwhile, Larsen and Skip Arnold formed the band "Bridges I Burn" and soon a third member, Salvatore Spinelli, joined them. Larsen writes and performs most of his music. He spent some time touring with the rock band

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in 2017–2018. He auditioned for the role of Sam Evans on ''Glee'' but did not get the part, which went to

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. His first ''Glee'' appearance was on the thirteenth episode of the third season, titled " Heart", as Joe Hart, a formerly home-schooled Christian. During that episode he performed in two songs:

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' " Stereo Hearts", and a

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of The Association's " Cherish" and

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's " Cherish". Although his prize for having won ''The Glee Project'' was seven episodes, he appeared in each of the final ten episodes of ''Glee'' third season. In addition, he appeared as a mentor for ''The Glee Project'' second season, appeared in 12 episodes in ''Glee'' fourth season, and appeared twice in the final season. In July 2018, Larsen was cast as Zed Evans in the film adaptation of Anna Todd's bestselling novel '' After''. The film was released on 12 April 2019. Larsen plays the role again in its 2020 sequel ''

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''.

Discography

* ''Pocket Love'' (2012) * ''3 Blind Costumes'' (2013) * ''Vices - EP'' (2014) * ''Education - Single'' (2016) * '' You Should Know'' (2016) * ''Blue - Single'' (2017)

Filmography

Television

Film

References

External links

*
Bridges I Burn Facebook page

Bridges I Burn YouTube page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Larsen, Samuel 1991 births Living people Participants in American reality television series Reality casting show winners American male television actors 21st-century American male actors American people of Danish descent American male actors of Mexican descent 21st-century American singers 21st-century American male singers Fencers at the 2023 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games