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Sterling Knight        

Actor and Musician; Known for his Role on Disney's "Sonny with a Chance"

Sterling Knight is an actor, singer-songwriter and musician. He is best known for his roles in the 2009 film "17 Again" as Alex, in "Sonny With a Chance" and "So Random!" as Chad Dylan Cooper and in the Disney Channel Original Movie "Starstruck" as Christopher Wilde. He performed the title song from the movie "StarStruck as Christopher Wilde" (all the other songs were performed by Drew Ryan Scott as a vocal double).

Sterling also formed a YouTube band with fellow star and friend Matt Shively named "Connecting Channels" (in this case the channels connected being Disney Channel and Nickelodeon).

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 "Hannah Montana," playing Lily's boyfriend Lucas, in 2007. Later in the year, Knight also appeared in two episodes of "The Closer."

In 2009, Knight started the role of Chad Dylan Cooper on "Sonny With a Chance" opposite of Demi Lovato. He made his film debut in "17 Again" playing Alex, Matthew Perry/Zac Efron's son.

In 2010, Knight played teen heart-throb Christopher Wilde in the Disney Channel Original Movie "Starstruck." 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.

In 2012, Knight continued to play his "Sonny With a Chance" character in the show's spinoff "So Random!."

As of 2013, he appeared as a guest star on "Melissa & Joey" as Lennox's boyfriend Zander. Knight will also be returning for the 4th season in 2014.

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