Garren Lake Stitt, often credited as either Garren Lake or LAKE!, is an American actor and singer. He is best known for his roles in General Hospital and Andi Mack with the former earning him a Daytime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series.
Personal life Stitt was born in Alexandria, Virginia. His mother is Brazilian. When he was 3 years old, he moved to California with his single mother, Yvette, and his older brother, Gabriel.
Career Acting Stitt started acting in 2011 with short films and minor television roles. In 2013, he was cast in his first film roles; Love Triangle, the James Franco directed film, Bukowski, and No Ordinary Hero: The SuperDeafy Movie. His first recurring TV role was as Connor in 4 episodes of Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn.
Stitt landed the major recurring role of Marty (nicknamed Marty from the Party), a competitive charmer on Buffy Driscoll's track team, in Disney Channel's Andi Mack. He temporarily left the show during the second season to film General Hospital but returned for the third.
Stitt replaced Rio Mangini as Oscar Nero on General Hospital in 2017, a role for which he received a 2019 Daytime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series. He left when his character died in 2019.
Music In 2021, Stitt started releasing pop music under the name LAKE!, he released his debut single "Dead Roses" in February 2021. The song was described as a "hip hop-alternative track" which finds Lake taking more of a "808 trap drum-driven and melodic pop sound".
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2012 Bear Short film The Lady in Pink Show Samuel Short film 2013 Death is a Salesman Kid Short film Love Triangle Christopher Bukowski Rick No Ordinary Hero: The SuperDeafy Movie Sammy the Bully Zombeo & Juliécula Shawn Short film 2014 Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn Young boy (uncredited) 2015 Designer Pups Caden 2016 Is That a Gun in Your Pocket? Lance Keely
Television Year Title Role Notes 2011 Morbid Minutes Young Tom Episode: "The Game" 2012 Girl Crazy Young Marcus 1 episode Up in Arms Little Kid #4 Episode: "Hungry Games" 2014 Unusual Suspects Kenny Conrick Episode: "Death of Innocence" 2014–2015 Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn Connor 4 episodes 2016 Rosewood Oliver Jacott Episode: "Eddie & the Empire State of Mind" 2017–2019 Andi Mack Marty Recurring role 2017–2019 General Hospital Oscar Nero
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Work Result Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series General Hospital
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