Garren Stitt
# Garren Stitt

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 |
| 2012 | The Lady in Pink Show | Samuel | Short film |
| 2013 | Death is a Salesman | Kid | Short film |
| 2013 | Love Triangle | Christopher | |
| 2013 | Bukowski | Rick | |
| 2013 | No Ordinary Hero: The SuperDeafy Movie | Sammy the Bully | |
| 2013 | 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 |
| 2012 | 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 | Ref. |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2019 | Daytime Emmy Award | Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series | General Hospital | Nominated | |
