“Swimming is definitely a big passion that I have, but I was a champion for the butterfly and the free style and stuff. It was a hard decision if I wanted to move to the U.S. to get into music, but I was grateful that I had two choices and many things to do.”

Australian singer, actor, and former competitive swimmer, born 1997

Cody Simpson is an Australian singer, actor, and former competitive swimmer. Born in 1997, he first came to public notice as a recording artist and later expanded into stage and screen work. He has 98 quotes on the site. He has released four solo studio albums, Paradise, Surfers Paradise, Free, and a self-titled album, and another album is reported to be in development for release in 2026. In 2018 and 2019, he played Dmitry in the Broadway musical Anastasia. That same year, he won the first season of The Masked Singer Australia as Robot.