Shane Harper | |
|---|---|
 Harper in 2011 | |
| Born | Shane Steven Harper February 14, 1993 San Diego, California, U.S. |
| Occupations |
|
| Years active | 2006–present |
| Musical career | |
| Genres | |
| Instrument(s) |
|
| Labels |
|
| Website | shaneharper |
Shane Steven Harper (born February 14, 1993) is an American actor and singer. He is known for playing Spencer on Good Luck Charlie , Josh Wheaton in God's Not Dead , and Victor Flynn on Power Book IV: Force .
Harper was born in La Jolla neighborhood of San Diego, California, the son of Tanya (née Michaelson) and Scott Harper. [1] [2] He is of Austrian, German, Jewish, and Scottish descent. [3] He has an older sister named Samantha, also a professional dancer, and a younger brother named Sullivan, a model. Harper began dancing and acting at the age of nine, and was involved in community theater and competitive dance. He also started singing and playing guitar and piano at the same age. He is trained in ballet, hip-hop, lyrical, jazz, and tap. [4] He also studied martial arts between the ages of four and 12, and obtained a black belt in Karate. In the spring of 2006, a talent agent on the judging panel of a regional dance competition offered Harper an agency representation.
Harper had minor roles as a principal dancer in various shows and movies such as High School Musical 2 , Re-Animated , and Dance Revolution before becoming one of the lead dancers and the youngest (the Nick 6) on Nickelodeon's Dance on Sunset . [5] He landed on dance roles in 2006, including lead dancer for the music video Step Up with Samantha Jade, and Cartoon Network's Re-Animated and the Saturday morning kid's competition, Dance Revolution. [4] In 2010, Harper got his first two movie roles in the films My Name is Khan and Flipped , as a minor character in each. [6]
Harper also began his recurring role as Spencer Walsh on Disney Channel's Good Luck Charlie , playing alongside Bridgit Mendler, and guest-starred on an episode of Wizards of Waverly Place . [7] He also guest-starred as the musical guest on So Random! , singing his single, "One Step Closer". [8] He's also starred in 7 episodes in MTV's TV series Awkward as Austin Welch. [9]
In March 2014, he starred in the Christian-based film, God's Not Dead, where he plays the main character, college student Josh Wheaton, who has to prove to his atheist professor that God is not dead. [10] For this movie, Harper finished writing his song called "Hold You Up", a song that encourages Christians to stand for their faith. The song peaked at number 1 on Billboards Hot AC/CHR charts, and has so far peaked at number 21 on the Billboard Hot Christian Charts.
He starred as Brandon in the musical film Dance-Off co-starring Kathryn McCormick. [11] The movie is about two cross-town rival dance teams go head to head for the National Nationals Championship. Next, Harper starred as Ian Chandler in short lived MTV series Happyland co-starring alongside Bianca A. Santos and Katherine McNamara. [12] In 2015, he starred as Stephen in the family film Lift Me Up. [13]
He played the role of one of the disciples in the musical TV special The Passion , which was released March 20, 2016, on Fox. [14] In 2017, Harper played the role of Robbie, a charming waiter at the resort who woos and then cheats on Baby's older sister, Lisa, in the TV movie Dirty Dancing for ABC. [15] He played the role of Sam Grover in the indie film Flock of Four. [16] He also guest starred in the CBS dramas Code Black and Wisdom of the Crowd . [17] [18]
In 2018, Harper starred as Josh Wheaton in the third film in the franchise God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness . [19] He also starred as Tom Paxton in the PixL original movie The Time Capsule alongside Penelope Mitchell. [20]
In 2020, Harper starred as Junior in the Starz series Hightown , [21] and the Hulu miniseries, A Teacher as Logan Davis.
Harper's first single, "Dance with Me", was released on March 30, 2010. The music video was released a couple of weeks prior and features Harper dancing and playing guitar. In 2011, Harper signed to AMi Records. [22] In 2011, he released "One Step Closer", the second single from his debut album. The self-titled album was released on April 12, 2011. [23] The third and final single released off of the album was "Rocketship". [24] Also in 2011, Harper opened for Greyson Chance and Cody Simpson on their Waiting 4U Tour in addition to opening for Miranda Cosgrove on her Dancing Crazy Tour. The deluxe version of his debut album "Shane Harper" was released on February 14, 2012, at Target stores nationwide and features four bonus tracks. In 2012, Harper released Dancin in the Rain EP. [25]
In 2016, Harper announced that he has signed a record deal with Capitol. [26] April 29, 2016, Harper announced on his Twitter that he would support Jacob Whitesides on his The Lovesick Tour, which begun in May and ended in October. [27] On May 27, 2016, Harper released an EP titled "Like I Did." [28] On August 11, 2016, he released a music video for "Like I Did". [29]
Harper was in a relationship with actress/singer and Good Luck Charlie co-star Bridgit Mendler in May 2011. [30] However, at the beginning of November 2015, Mendler officially announced that they had ended their relationship. [31]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Re-Animated | Supporting dancer | |
| 2007 | High School Musical 2 | Supporting dancer | |
| 2010 | My Name Is Khan | Tim Tompson | |
| 2010 | Flipped | Matt Baker | |
| 2011 | Game Time: Tackling the Past | Sean Tate | |
| 2014 | God's Not Dead | Josh Wheaton | |
| 2014 | Dance-off | Brandon | |
| 2015 | Lift Me Up | Stephen | |
| 2016 | An Apprentice | as director | Short film |
| 2017 | Flock of Four | Sam Grover | |
| 2018 | God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness | Josh Wheaton |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Dance Revolution | Contestant | Episode: "4" |
| 2007 | Zoey 101 | Tenth Grader | Episode: "Drippin' Episode" |
| 2008 | Dance on Sunset | Contestant | |
| 2010–2014 | Good Luck Charlie | Spencer Walsh | Recurring role |
| 2011 | Wizards of Waverly Place | Fidel | Episode: "Three Maxes and a Little Lady" |
| 2013–2014 | Awkward | Austin | Recurring role (Seasons 3–4) |
| 2014 | Happyland | Ian Chandler | Main role |
| 2016 | The Passion: New Orleans | Disciple | Television film |
| 2017 | Wisdom of the Crowd | Jason Forde | Episode: "Trojan Horse" |
| Dirty Dancing | Robbie Gould | Television film | |
| 2018 | The Time Capsule | Tom Paxton | Television film |
| Code Black | Clark Behar | Episode: "The Business of Saving Lives" | |
| 2020 | Just Add Magic: Mystery City | Ian Maddox | Recurring role |
| Hightown | Junior | Main role (season 1) | |
| A Teacher | Logan Davis | Main role | |
| 2022–present | Power Book IV: Force | Victor Flynn | Main role |
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Heat. [33] | ||||||||||||||
| Shane Harper |
| 17 | ||||||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Heat. [33] | ||||||||||||||
| Dancin in the Rain |
| 49 | ||||||||||||
| Like I Did | — | |||||||||||||
| Apt. 401 |
| — | ||||||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "Dance with Me" [38] | 2010 | Shane Harper |
| "One Step Closer" [39] | 2011 | |
| "Wait for Me" (featuring Bridgit Mendler) | ||
| "Rocketship" [40] | 2012 | |
| "Dancin' in the Rain" [41] | Dancin' in the Rain | |
| "Flat World" | ||
| "Like I Did" [42] | 2016 | Like I Did |
| "Say I Come Over [43] | 2020 | Apt. 401 |
| "Aly" [44] | ||
| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "We Need a Little Christmas" [45] | 2011 | Non-album promotional singles |
| "O Holy Night" [46] | 2016 | |
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Christ. [47] | US Christ. A/C [48] | US Holiday [49] | |||||||||
| "My Song for You" (with Bridgit Mendler) | 2012 | — | — | 3 | Disney Channel Holiday Playlist | ||||||
| "Hold You Up" | 2013 | 21 | 1 | — | God's Not Dead | ||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||||
| Title | Year | Other artist(s) | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| "What's Your Name" | 2010 | Rob Reiner & Michael Bolten | Flipped |
| "Love Can Move the Mountains" | 2016 | Michael W. Smith, Jencarlos, Prince Royce, Chris Daughtry | The Passion: New Orleans |
| "Turn the Lights Up" | 2017 | — | Lift Me Up |
| Title | Year | Director |
|---|---|---|
| "Dance with Me" | 2011 | Cam Hassman [50] |
| "Rocketship" | 2012 | — |
| "Dancing in the Rain" | Billy Rainey [51] | |
| "Flat World" | — | |
| "Like I Did" | 2016 | Steven Taylor |
| "Say I Come Over" | 2020 | Noah Kentis |
| "Aly" | ||
| Year | Award | Category | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | K-Love Fan Award | Film / Television Impact Actor | God's Not Dead [52] | Won |
Opening act
Adam Paul Nielson Hicks is an American actor and rapper. His first leading role was in How to Eat Fried Worms. He was also known for playing Luther in the Disney XD series Zeke and Luther and Wendell "Wen" Gifford in the film Lemonade Mouth. He had a recurring role in the second season of Jonas as DZ, and lead role as Boz in Pair of Kings.
Bridgit Claire Mendler is an American actress and singer. She is the recipient of various accolades, including a Radio Disney Music Award, and nominations for three Shorty Awards, eight World Music Awards, and a Young Artist Award.
Good Luck Charlie is an American sitcom that aired on Disney Channel from April 4, 2010, to February 16, 2014. The series' creators, Phil Baker and Drew Vaupen, wanted to create a program that would appeal to entire families, not just children. It focuses on the Duncan family of Denver as they adjust to the births of their fourth and fifth children, Charlotte "Charlie" and Toby. In each episode, Teddy Duncan adds to a video diary that contains advice for Charlie about their family and life as a teenager. Teddy tries to show Charlie what she might go through when she is older for future reference. Each video diary ends with Teddy saying the eponymous phrase, "Good luck, Charlie".
"Starry Eyed" is a song by English singer and songwriter Ellie Goulding, released as the second single from her debut studio album, Lights (2010). It was written by Goulding and Jonny Lattimer, and produced by Starsmith. Goulding made her debut US television performance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on 7 April 2011 performing "Starry Eyed".
Lemonade Mouth is a 2011 American teen musical drama television film, based on the 2007 novel of the same name by Mark Peter Hughes. The film was directed by Patricia Riggen and written by April Blair, and stars Bridgit Mendler, Adam Hicks, Naomi Scott, Hayley Kiyoko and Blake Michael. The film tells the story of five high school students who meet in detention and form a band to stand up for their beliefs and to overcome their individual and collective struggles.
Ross Shor Lynch is an American actor, singer, and musician. He was the lead vocalist of the pop rock band R5 and is one half of the band the Driver Era. As an actor, he rose to recognition for his debut role as Austin Moon on Disney Channel's comedy television series Austin & Ally and for his role as Brady in the network's Teen Beach Movie film series.
The discography of Bridgit Mendler, an American singer-songwriter, consists of one studio album, one extended play, one soundtrack album, four singles, six promotional singles, twelve music videos and other album appearances. Her first soundtrack, Lemonade Mouth, has peaked at number 4 on the Billboard 200. Her first single, "Somebody" debuted and peaked at number 89 in the US Billboard Hot 100 and sold 6,000 copies in the first week in the United States according to Nielsen SoundScan. Her second single, "Determinate" peaked at number 51 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and charting in two more countries. She was featured in the song, "Breakthrough" and debuted and peaked at number 88 on the US Billboard Hot 100.
"Somebody" is a song performed by American recording artist Bridgit Mendler for the soundtrack Lemonade Mouth to the Disney Channel television movie of the same name. It was written by Lindy Robbins and Reed Vertelney and released as the album's debut single on March 4, 2011 through Walt Disney Records.
Hello My Name Is... is the debut studio album by American singer and songwriter Bridgit Mendler released on October 22, 2012, through Hollywood Records. Mendler began planning the project in 2011 and co-wrote all fifteen of its tracks.
"Ready or Not" is the debut solo single by American singer Bridgit Mendler, and is the lead single from her debut studio album, Hello My Name Is... (2012), which garnered its name from a line in the song. It premiered on Radio Disney on August 3, 2012, and was released digitally on August 7, 2012. The song's chorus is based on a sample of the Fugees' song "Ready or Not", and contains an interpolation of the Delfonics' song "Ready or Not Here I Come ".
"Hurricane" is a song by American recording artist Bridgit Mendler, from her debut studio album, Hello My Name Is... (2012). The song was released as a promotional single to the iTunes Store as Single of the Week on October 22, 2012, and was later announced to be the second single from the album. On February 12, 2013, the song was released to Top 40 radio.
"I'm Gonna Run to You" is a song by American recording artist Bridgit Mendler. It was written by Mendler and Jamie Houston and produced by Houston. The song was featured in Disney Channel's 2011 film Good Luck Charlie: It's Christmas!, but wasn't available on any album. It was released as a promotional single on November 18, 2011. The song debuted at number 13 on the Billboard Holiday Songs.
The Summer Tour is the second concert tour by the American singer Bridgit Mendler. In 2013 the tour visited North America to support her debut album Hello My Name Is..., where it started in Burlington, Iowa and ended in Arlington, Texas. The setlist included all the songs from Hello My Name Is..., except "The Fall Song" and "Love Will Tell Us Where to Go". She also covered two songs in her performances: "Starry Eyed", by British singer Ellie Goulding, and "Animal", by American band Neon Trees.
"My Song for You" is a song by American recording artists Demi Lovato and Joe Jonas. It was composed by Kari Kimmel and Scott Krippayne. The song was not included on an album. On November 28, 2010, Lovato and Jonas performed the song on TV series Sonny with a Chance in the episode "A So Random! Holiday Special".
Marian Hill is an American electronic duo from Philadelphia consisting of record producer Jeremy Lloyd and singer Samantha Gongol.
"Atlantis" is a song by American recording artist Bridgit Mendler. Written by Mendler, Spencer Bastian, Mischa Chillak and Kaiydo, with Bastian and Chillak serving as producers, it was released as the lead single from the extended play, Nemesis (2016), through Black Box Media Agency on August 26, 2016. The song is widely considered to be written due to Mendler's split from former boyfriend Shane Harper.
Nemesis is the second extended play by American singer and songwriter Bridgit Mendler. It was released on November 18, 2016, through Black Box Media Agency. For the release of Nemesis, Mendler partnered with Fanjoy Co to create a box set of the EP, including an exclusive physical copy signed by Mendler as well as other items.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link){{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link){{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| Artists | |
