Background
Riker was born in Littleton, Colorado.
Actor composer dancer musician singer songwriter
Riker was born in Littleton, Colorado.
In the summer he would act in children"s versions of plays such as Peter Pan, Aladdin, Annie Get Your Gun, A Chorus Lincolnshire, and Grease. While living in Colorado, the Lynch children made up and put on shows for their family when some of them were as young as four or five. They formed their own family band, R5.
In 2008, Riker, at 16, decided that he wanted to move to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career.
In October 2009, the family met Ellington Ratliff at a dance studio in California called "The Rage", where he lived. Learning that Ellington could play drums, they added the final member, and formed the current R5.
Acting Riker was one of the Dalton Academy Warblers on Fox"s hit show Glee. He was introduced as Jeff in the season 2 episode "Special Education", appearing thereafter as one of the Warbler singers in eleven more episodes through seasons 2, 3 and 4.
He also appeared as a Warbler in the 2011 edition of the Glee Live! In Concert! tour, which performed from May through July 3, 2011 in the United States., Canada, England and Ireland.
A movie was filmed of the tour concert, which includes scenes with Riker performing as Jeff: Glee: The 3D Concert Movie was released on August 12, 2011. The film was released on Digital Video Disc and Blu-ray on December 20, 2011 under the title Glee: The Concert Movie. Other ventures On February 24, 2015, Lynch was announced as one of the celebrities who will participate on the 20th season of Dancing with the Stars.
He was paired with professional dancer Allison Holker.
On May 19, 2015, Lynch and Holker finished the competition in second place, losing to actress Rumer Willis.
He was previously cast as Jeff, one of the members of the Dalton Academy Warblers singing group, on Fox"s television series Glee.