Luke Benward is an American teen actor and singer, best known for his starring role as Billy Forrester in "How to Eat Fried Worms" and as Charlie Tuttle in "Minutemen." He plays the role of Beau in "Good Luck Charlie" and will be playing the role of Will in the 2014 film, "Cloud 9."

Benward's acting career started when he landed a role in the film "We Were Soldiers" as David Moore in 2002. His success grew in 2006, when he played Billy Forrester in the movie "How to Eat Fried Worms," which he won a Young Artist Award for in the category of "Best Young Ensemble in a Feature Film." He also played 14-year-old Charlie Tuttle in the Disney Channel Original Movie "Minutemen," the 14-year-old Alan in "Dear John" and the little boy who helps the abused girl in the music video "Concrete Angel" by Martina McBride.

Benward's first album, Let Your Love Out, came out on January 5, 2009, and contained five songs. He also toured with the Christian group iShine LIVE for a short time, where he would sing his music in concert. The record label that signed him is called In Crowd Productions, whose collective credits include Hilary Duff, India.Arie, the Backstreet Boys, Mat Kearney, Death Cab for Cutie and the Jonas Brothers.

He also played in the Disney Channel Original Movie, "Girl vs. Monster" as Ryan Dean, the love interest of Skylar Lewis. Benward also had a recurring role as Matthew Pearson, the ex-boyfriend of Emily Hobbs on "See Dad Run." He will co-star in the Disney Channel movie "Cloud 9" with "Liv and Maddie" star Dove Cameron and appear as Beau, Teddy's love interest, on six back-to-back episodes of "Good Luck Charlie."

He also plays the main role of Dillion in the new show "Ravenswood" on ABC Family.

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