| abstract | - Born in Los Angeles, California, Grande performed in several stage plays and with his rock band Rasputin's Lounge Act before he started acting in film and television in 2001. He studied acting at the SAG Conservatory and at the Weist Barron Hill. His first acting role was the student film Recipe for Romance in 2001, followed by performances as an ape in Tim Burton's remake Planet of the Apes (2001, with Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, David Warner, and Erick Avari), guest parts in NYPD Blue (2001, with Gordon Clapp, Brian McNamara, John Vickery, and Daniel Zacapa), Gilmore Girls, and Shasta McNasty, in the independent productions Recollect, Calexico, and Tequila Shots, and in the comedy The Helix...Loaded (2005, with Max Daniels).
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