David Archuleta

David Archuleta has always interested me less for the American Idol runner-up title and more for the integrity of his arc. A genuine child prodigy who won Star Search as a kid, he could have become a disposable pop product. Instead he kept evolving, and his honesty about his own identity, recognized by the 2023 Out100, gave his career a moral weight that pure chart success rarely carries. I am drawn to that unguarded directness in his voice. Coming second on a TV show means little next to the harder feat of staying true to yourself, and that is where his value lies.

Name (English)

David Archuleta

Name (Japanese)

デヴィッド・アーチュレッタ

Reading

でゔぃっど・あーちゅれった

Born

December 28, 1990 (age 35)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Horse

Origin

Miami, Florida, United States

Occupation

singer / actor / singer-songwriter / composer

High school

Murray High School

Awards & achievements

• 2023 Out100

• Official sitehttps://davidarchuleta.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/davidarchie/
• Xhttps://x.com/DavidArchie
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Archuleta
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%81%E3%83%A5%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%82%BF
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q214831

Tags

• Florida
• singer
• actor
• singer-songwriter

Last updated

2026-06-17

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.