Early life

Harper was born in La Jolla, 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. Harper is a devout Christian.

Career

Acting

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.

In 2010, 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 Awkward (TV series) 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 while this professor is declaring that he is. 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.

In 2016, played the role of one of the disciples in the musical TV special The Passion, which was released March 20, 2016 on fox. Harper is set to star as Robbie, a charming waiter at the resort who woos and then cheats on Baby's older sister, Lisa, in the three hour TV movie Dirty Dancing for ABC.

Music

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". The lead girl is played by Harper's girlfriend, Good Luck Charlie star Bridgit Mendler. His song "Next Chapter of Our Lives" was featured on the series finale of The Suite Life on Deck.

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 Music Group. On 29, April 2016, Harper announced on his twitter that he will support Jacob Whitesides on his The Lovesick Tour this summer. On May 27, 2016, Harper released EP titled "Like I Did."

Personal life

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

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Re-Animated	Dancer
2007	High School Musical 2	Dancer
2010	My Name Is Khan	Tim Tompson	Voice
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	Director & Producer	Short film
2016	The Passion: New Orleans	Disciple	Television film (Fox)
2016	Dirty Dancing	Robbie Gould	Television film (ABC)

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Dance Revolution	Supporting dancer
2007	Zoey 101	Tenth Grader	"Drippin' Episode" (Season 3, episode 17)
2008	Dance on Sunset	Himself / Contestant	Season 1
2009	So You Think You Can Dance	Supporting dancer	Season 6
2010-14	Good Luck Charlie	Spencer Walsh	Recurring role
2011	Wizards of Waverly Place	Fidel	"Three Maxes and a Little Lady" (Season 4, episode 5)
2013-14	Awkward	Austin	Recurring role (Season 3-4)
2014	Happyland	Ian Chandler	Main role

Discography

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions

Title	Album details	Peak chart	Sales
		US Heat.
Shane Harper	Released: April 12, 2011 Formats: CD, digital download Label: AMI, Deep Well	17	US: 1,000
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Extended plays

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions

Title	Album details	Peak chart
		US Heat.
Dancin' in the Rain	Released: August 14, 2012 Formats: Digital download Label: Deep Well	49
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions

Title	Year	Peak chart positions			Album
		US Christ.	US Christ. Airplay	US Christ. A/C
"Dance with Me"	2010	—	—	—	Shane Harper
"One Step Closer"	2012	—	—	—
"Rocketship"		—	—	—
"Dancin' in the Rain"		—	—	—	Dancin' in the Rain
"Hold You Up"	2014	21	29	1	God's Not Dead
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Promotional singles

Title	Year	Album
"We Need a Little Christmas"	2011	Non-album single

Music videos

Title	Year	Director
"Dance With Me"	2011	Cam Hassman
"Rocketship"	2012	N/A
"Dancing in The Rain"		Billy Rainey
"Flat World"		N/A

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Film	Result
2014	K-Love Fan Award	Film / Television Impact Actor	God's Not Dead	Won

Concert tours

Opening act

• Waiting 4U Tour (2011)
• A Special Night with Demi Lovato (2012)
• Dancing Crazy Tour (2011)
• The Summer Kiss Tour (2013)
• Summer Tour (2013)
• The Lovesick Tour (2016)

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