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'', Zander Carlson in ''

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'' Starstruck''.

Early life

Knight was born in Houston, Texas . He has a sister, Samantha Scarlett, and a brother, Spencer Shuga.

Career

Knight began his career on stage in local productions. He made his acting debut in minor roles in ''Calm'', ''Career Day'', and ''Hi-Jinks''. Knight's first role with Disney was in an episode of ''

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'', playing Lilly’s boyfriend Lucas, in 2007. Later in the year, Knight also appeared in two episodes of ''

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''. In 2008, Knight appeared in ''

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''. In 2009, Knight played the role of Chad Dylan Cooper, an egotistical and self-centered cast member of ''Mackenzie Falls'' and self-proclaimed Hollywood legend in ''

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's son who was abused by his sister's boyfriend. In 2010, Knight played teen heart-throb Christopher Wilde in the Disney Channel Original Movie(DCOM) '' Starstruck''. According to comments made by Knight on Twitter, because he joined the cast so late, he only sang one song on the soundtrack, the opening song. His character's remaining songs were sung by Drew Ryan Scott. Knight's next project was the movie '' Elle: A Modern Cinderella Tale'' with Ashlee Hewitt. He plays Ty Parker, a singer/songwriter who's looking for a change in his music and then finds a girl recording in a studio and when she leaves him he goes on a journey to find her. The movie was released in April 2010. In 2011, Knight returned to be in the ''Sonny with a Chance'' spinoff sketch comedy series ''

''. His recurring characters on ''So Random!'' included Possibly Sarcastic Skip, Dwayne Platowski, and Jimmy Sparrow and his impressions included

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. The show was cancelled after one season. In 2012, Knight starred as Shane Seedwell in the action thriller film ''

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. As of 2013 he is appearing as a guest star on ''

'' as Lennox's boyfriend and later fiancé Zander. Knight returned for the 4th and final season in 2014. In 2014, he starred as Billy in ''

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'', a Hulu original series. In 2015, Knight starred as Chris in the action crime drama film ''Landmine Goes Click''. In 2016, Knight guest-starred in two episodes of

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'', where he played the love interest of

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's character. In 2017, he starred as Cameron Fullbright in the

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comedy series ''In the Rough''. He had a supporting role in the movie ''Different Flowers.'' He played the role of Philip in the sci-fi drama '' The Man from Earth: Holocene.''

Filmography

Awards and nominations

Notes

References

External links

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