Columbus Short is an American choreographer and actor. He was born in Kansas City, Missouri to a family he describes as "musical". Short relocated to Los Angeles when he was five years old and immediately began working in a youth theater. He attended El Segundo High School, as well as the Orange County High School of the Arts before leaving to join the Broadway tour of Stomp. Some rumours were known that he had a short relationship with Britney Spearsas he was her choreographer.

Short's acting debut came as a dancer in You Got Served and appeared in Accepted, starring Justin Long Recently, he has a lead role in the direct-to-DVD movie Save the Last Dance 2 alongside Izabella Miko and another lead role in Stomp the Yard. He has also appeared twice in the Disney Channel Original Series That's So Raven as Tre, a member of the fictional Boy band "Boyz n' Motion". Other TV appearances include ER and Judging Amy.

In 2006, he appeared in NBC's Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip as novice show writer Darius Hawthorne. He was among the presenters at the 2007 NAACP Image Awards.

In 2007, Columbus appeared in the movie This Christmas, also starring Chris Brownand Lauren London In 2008, Short appeared in the movie Quarantine, co-starring Jay Hernandezand Jennifer Carpenter

In October 2008, IGN reported that Columbus was in talks to play Roger Murtaugh's son in an upcoming fifth installment in the Lethal Weapon series.