Christopher M. Brochu (born June 25, 1989) is an American actor and singer-songwriter. He was born in Washington, D.C. and is the older brother of Doug Brochu, who is notable for his role as Grady Mitchell in the Disney Channel Original Series Sonny with a Chance and its spin-off So Random!. He is best known as Luke Parker in The Vampire Diaries and also played Ray in Lemonade Mouth and Timmy Hamilton in Soul Surfer. (Via Wikipedia)