'Hairspray Live!' Countdown: Get To Know Star Garrett Clayton!

We are only 10 days away from Hairspray Live!, can you believe that?!

JJJ is so excited to see the live special, airing on NBC on Wednesday, December 7th, and even more excited to watch Garrett Clayton as Link Larkin!

You probably know that Garrett nailed the role of Tanner in the Teen Beach Movie franchise, and now he’s headed to amaze us in Hairspray Live!, opposite Dove Cameron, Derek Hough, Ariana Grande and newcomer Maddie Baillio.


But we bet you didn’t know all of these facts we gathered up about him!

Get to know Garrett better in our slideshow…