Ross Lynch

Ross Shor Lynch (born December 29, 1995) is an American actor,singer, dancer, and musician. Lynch is also in a band before he joined Austin & Ally, with his three siblings and their best friend. The band is named R5. Riker Lynch, one of his siblings, has a minor role on the FOX hit series Glee as Jeff, one of the Dalton Academy Warblers. He was raised in Littleton, Colorado. He plays Austin Moon in Austin & Ally. He is currently 16 years old. Ross has said he wants to at least do Austin and Ally for four years.



Ross was born in Littleton, Colorado, the fourth of five kids to Mark and Stormie Lynch.

He and his family moved to California in 2007 to allow his brother Riker to pursue a career as an entertainer. After the move, his brother Rocky taught himself how to play the guitar, and taught Ross how to play and Riker to play bass while their sister Rydel began to play the piano. They soon made the band R5 with a friend they met at a dance studio, Ellington Ratliff, who plays the drums. They say Ellington is like family to them. Their band's website isR5rocks.com.

He and his siblings are the cousins of professional dancers, singers and actors.