BIOGRAPHY

Cody Carrera is an award-winning actor, singer, songwriter, and
director. Cody was born in Florida, but at the age of six moved to
the small town of Murphy, North Carolina where he resided until he
was seventeen years old. Cody began performing at his local
community theater in Hayesville, NC at the age of twelve. He
attended Stagedoor Manor, a prestigious performing arts camp in the
Catskills for two back-to back summers. He performed in The
Pirates of Penzance and played “Lewis” in Pippin. He
was in the same sessions at the camp as actress Beanie Feldstein. He
graduated from East Carolina University with a degree in
Communications with a concentration in Media.
Cody’s first on screen appearance was in the Glee episode
“The Sue Sylvester Shuffle” as the "Waterboy" on the field next to
"Coach Beiste" in season two. The episode which aired directly after
the 2011 Super Bowl, was the most watched episode of Glee (26.8
million viewers) and also the highest-rated scripted TV broadcast in
three consecutive years.
Cody has also appeared in episodes of Disney's Lab Rats,
Disney's Kickin' It, and Snapped: Killer Couples.
He was the main witness in Homicide Hunter: Lt. Joe Kenda
episode Time
Bomb (Season 7, Episode 12). In addition, he has been a
featured performer and dancer in the music videos Dream Last
Night by Ralo, Less Like Me by Zach Williams, and New Day
by Danny Gokey.
In July 2017, Cody released his first song Your Sin, which
won the “Best Music Video” award at the Official Latino
Film and Arts Festival in 2018. Cody appeared in an NBC interview to
promote the festival and his music. His fourth song and music video
Catch the Light was screened at the same festival the
following year.
Cody self-released his debut EP Fire in December 2017. Fire is a
visual and concept EP with each song relating to one of the Seven
Deadly Sins and a Zodiac Sign. He self-directed and self-produced
the five music videos for the EP. Cody's follow up EP, The
“Witch" Chronicles, was released a year later in October 2018
and the music video for his song Get in Line was released
the following year.
Cody's debut album Shattered Signs & Deadly Sins was
released on October 28th, 2022. Comprised of material from both his
EPs the album features eleven songs and a spoken word, epilogue
track. Keeping the same theme from the Fire EP, each song
corresponds to a Zodiac Sign. While promoting the album, Cody had
two billboards- one in Midtown, Atlanta and one on Sunset Boulevard
in Los Angeles, a full page article in the publication The
Hollywood Reporter (Young Hollywood Issue 2022) as well as a
televised interview with renowned talk show Sidewalks
Entertainment.
Cody has also released cover songs of Mandy Moore’s When I
Wasn’t Watching, Dolly Parton's Hard Candy Christmas
and Dancing Through Life from Wicked the Musical.
Cody continues to look for the art in life. He hopes to inspire and
comfort others with his art as art has inspired and comforted him.
Donations Appreciated For Future
Artistic Endeavors
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