Charming, personable, articulate, passionate, and talented are just a few of
the characteristics which actor/singer/dancer Montré Burton exudes every time he
is on the screen proving he is a true triple threat in Hollywood. Montré had his
big breakout in the highly anticipated summer series Disney’s High School
Musical: Get in the Picture on ABC. Montré starred as a co-host/faculty member
who helps mentor, challenge, encourage, and nurture the contestants in their
quest to appear in a music video for High School Musical 3: Senior Year, receive
an exclusive talent hold agreement with ABC, and a recording contract with Walt
Disney Records.
Previously, Montré has guest starred on HBO’s Entourage, My TV Network’s Wicked
Wicked Games and FX’s It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. In addition he has
starred in Dormant at the Los Angeles Jewish Theatre and Sleepwalk at the
historic Ford Theatre in Los Angeles under the direction of acclaimed director
Jon Lawrence Rivera. He has also appeared in national commercials for Dominos,
Chrysler, Snapple, Burger King, McDonalds, ABC, and E! Entertainment Television.
He will next be seen starring in the upcoming independent features The Company
We Keep, Transdermal and All the Days Before Tomorrow, which are slated to be
released later this year.
Montré, a native of Norfolk, Virginia, is a true southern boy at heart. He is of
African-American, Cuban, and Irish decent and was raised by his grandparents,
mother , aunt, and uncle along with his five brothers and two sisters. He was a
member of Bank Street Memorial Baptist Church, where he grew up performing in
church every Sunday. At a young age, he joined The Hurrah Players Youth & Family
Theatre Company, where he starred in Pinnochio, Once Upon A Mattress, The Best
Christmas Pageant Ever, and Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah. During middle school, Montré
played the violin and became the third best player in the Hampton Roads area of
Virginia. In high school he attended the Virginia Governor’s School for the Arts
where he graduated with honors with a concentration in theatre, and starred in
such productions as The Misanthrope, Anything Goes, Museum, and 42nd Street. He
then graduated from Old Dominion University with a B.A. in Theatre Arts,
appearing in Angels in America, The Hairy Ape, and Juxtapose. He attended the
Florida State University/British American Drama Academy in London, England with
renowned classical artist Norman Ayerton, former head of London Academy of Music
and Dramatic Arts and theatre faculty of The Juilliard School. In Los Angeles,
he has trained with Playhouse West and the Gloria Gifford Conservatory for the
Performing Arts and continues to educate and inspire artists across the country
through private coaching, and on the collegiate/secondary education levels.
In 1998, Montré was diagnosed with benign central neurocytomas, a rare central
nervous system tumor which very few people had at that time and was told that he
would only have two weeks to live if it was not immediately found and removed.
Proving he is a true survivor, Montré transformed his experience into strength
and pressed forward in achieving his dreams as an entertainer. His brain surgery
helped to shape his character of never-ending love, profound courage,
everlasting hope, and driven faith. Montré is committed to sharing the universal
language known as peace, love, and happiness, allowing each artist to discover
themselves emotionally, mentally, physically, spiritually, and therefore
providing each artist with an opportunity to truly be the best they can be, no
matter what.
This crazy, sexy, cool southern boy known as Montré enjoys traveling the world
and has recently formed his own production company, Oakmont North Productions,
named after his childhood neighborhood.
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