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Shane Harper
Harper in 2011
Born	Shane Steven Harper (1993-02-14) February 14, 1993 (age 31) San Diego, California, U.S.
Occupations	Actor singer
Years active	2006–present
Musical career
Genres	Pop pop rock
Instruments	Vocals guitar
Labels	Deep Well Virgin
Musical artist
Website	shaneharper.com

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.

Early life

Harper was born in La Jolla neighborhood of San Diego, California, the son of Tanya (née Michaelson) and Scott Harper. He is of Austrian, German, Jewish, and Scottish descent. 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. 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.

Career

Acting career

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. 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. In 2010, Harper got his first two movie roles in the films My Name is Khan and Flipped, as a minor character in each.

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. He also guest-starred as the musical guest on So Random!, singing his single, "One Step Closer". He's also starred in 7 episodes in MTV's TV series Awkward as Austin Welch.

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. 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. 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. In 2015, he starred as Stephen in the family film Lift Me Up.

He played the role of one of the disciples in the musical TV special The Passion, which was released March 20, 2016, on Fox. 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. He played the role of Sam Grover in the indie film Flock of Four. He also guest starred in the CBS dramas Code Black and Wisdom of the Crowd.

In 2018, Harper starred as Josh Wheaton in the third film in the franchise God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness. He also starred as Tom Paxton in the PixL original movie The Time Capsule alongside Penelope Mitchell.

In 2020, Harper starred as Junior in the Starz series Hightown, and the Hulu miniseries, A Teacher as Logan Davis.

Music career

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. In 2011, he released "One Step Closer", the second single from his debut album. The self-titled album was released on April 12, 2011. The third and final single released off of the album was "Rocketship". 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.

In 2016, Harper announced that he has signed a record deal with Capitol. 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. On May 27, 2016, Harper released an EP titled "Like I Did." On August 11, 2016, he released a music video for "Like I Did".

Personal life

Harper was in a relationship with actress/singer and Good Luck Charlie co-star Bridgit Mendler in May 2011. However, at the beginning of November 2015, Mendler officially announced that they had ended their relationship.

Harper is a devout Christian.

Filmography

Film

Television

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Singles

Promotional singles

Other charted songs

Guest appearances

Music videos

Awards and nominations

Concert tours

Opening act

• Waiting 4U Tour (Cody Simpson and Greyson Chance) (2011)
• Summer Tour (Bridgit Mendler) (2013)
• The Lovesick Tour (Jacob Whitesides) (2016)

References

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External links

• Official website
• Shane Harper at IMDb

• 1993 births
• 21st-century American male actors
• 21st-century American singer-songwriters
• American Christians
• American male child actors
• American male film actors
• American male singer-songwriters
• American male television actors
• American people of Austrian descent
• American people of German descent
• American people of Jewish descent
• American people of Scottish descent
• Living people
• Male actors from Orange County, California
• Male actors from San Diego
• Singers from San Diego
• People from La Jolla, San Diego
• Singer-songwriters from California
• 21st-century American male singers