In a case of art imitating life, by the early years of the new millennium, actor-musician Steven Strait was a struggling performer looking for the elusive break into show business. Audiences first did a double take after catching Strait in the Disney action comedy, “Sky High” (2005), before the well-buffed actor put both his tender and his ambitious qualities on display for audiences as the fictional singer, Luke Falcon, adrift in a sea of Los Angeles dreams in the feature film, “Undiscovered” (2005).

A native New Yorker, Strait was born on March 23, 1986, growing up in Manhattan’s West