Cameron Boyce Biography

Cameron Boyce (born May 28, 1999) is an American teen actor, singer and dancer best known for his roles in the feature films Mirrors, Eagle Eye, Descendants, Grown Ups, and Grown Ups 2, as well as for his co-starring role as Luke Ross on the Disney Channel comedy series Jessie and Gamer's Guide to Pretty Much Everything. Boyce was the voice of Jake on the Disney Junior show Jake and the Never Land Pirates from 2013.

Personal life

Boyce lives in the Los Angeles area with his mother, father and younger sister. His favorite style of dance is break. Along with four of his friends, he is a member of the breakdancing crew "X Mob". His father is African American and his mother is Jewish. His paternal grandmother, Jo Ann (Allen) Boyce, was one of the Clinton Twelve, the first African-Americans to attend an integrated high school in the south, in 1956, as ordered by Brown v. Board of Education.

Career

In May 2008, Cameron Boyce made his television debut on the Panic! At The Disco music video, "That Green Gentleman (Things Have Changed)", appearing as a kid version of the guitarist Ryan Ross. Then, in July, he appeared as a recurring role, "Michael 'Stone' Cates Jr." on the nighttime soap opera General Hospital: Night Shift. In August of that year, he made his feature film debut with a co-starring role in the horror film Mirrors, as well as appearing in the mystery-thriller film Eagle Eye that fall. In June 2010, Boyce co-starred as Keith Feder, the spoiled son of Adam Sandler's character, in the comedy film Grown Ups, and appeared later that same year showing off his dance skills on the web series. The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers.

In 2009, Boyce also made a cameo in a Burger King commercial, showcasing the movie Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Boyce, three other children, and Autobots Skids and Mudflap wait for Bumblebee to transform, which ends up being just a regular Camaro. The kids walk away disappointed, where Skid says, "It's just some dude's car."

In April 2011, Boyce made a guest appearance on the Disney Channel series Good Luck Charlie and later that month he was one of the featured dancers in a Royal Wedding tribute on ABC's Dancing with the Stars. In June 2011, he had a small role as one of Judy's classmates in the family comedy film Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer and in August, he was one of the featured dancers on the Disney Channel series Shake It Up.

In September 2011, Boyce was cast in a co-starring role on the Disney Channel comedy series Jessie in the role of "Luke Ross". During pre-production of the show, the role of "Luke" was originally intended to be a boy named "Hiro" adopted from Korea, but casting directors were impressed with Boyce during the audition process, and ultimately decided to recreate the role specifically for him.

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	Mirrors	Michael Carson	Film debut
2008	Eagle Eye	Sam Holloman
2010	Grown Ups	Keithie Feder
2011	Game On	Player Two	Short film
2011	Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer	Hunter
2013	Grown Ups 2	Keithie Feder

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	General Hospital: Night Shift	Michael 'Stone' Cates Jr.	Recurring role; 7 episodes
2010	The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers	Young Jasper James	"Origins" (Season 2, Episode 7)
2011-15	Jessie	Luke Ross	Main role; 98 episodes
2011	Good Luck Charlie	Fake Gabe Duncan	"The Singin' Dancin' Duncans" (Season 2, Episode 8)
2011	Shake It Up	Lil Highlighter Dancer	"Throw It Up" (Season 1, Episode 21)
2012-14	Jake and the Never Land Pirates	Jake	Voice role; lead role; 36 episodes
2014	Ultimate Spider-Man	Luke Ross	"Halloween Night at the Museum" (Season 3, Episode 21)
2015	Liv and Maddie	Krahgg	"Prom-a-Rooney" (Season 2, episode 17)
2015-present	Gamer's Guide to Pretty Much Everything	Conor	Lead role
2015	Descendants	Carlos	Television film
2015	Descendants: Wicked World	Carlos	Television shorts
2016	Bunk'd	Luke Ross	"Luke's Back" (Season 1, episode 12)
2016	Code Black	Brody	"Love Blood" (Season 1, Episode 17)

Video Games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	Just Dance Kids	Multiple tracks	Coach and Background Dancer

Discography

Soundtrack albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		U.S.	U.S. OST
Descendants Soundtrack	Released: July 31, 2015 Formats: CD, digital download Label: Walt Disney	1	1
""?" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Other charted songs

Title	Year	Peak chart positions		Album
		U.S.	Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles
"Rotten to the Core" (with Sofia Carson, Booboo Stewart and Dove Cameron)	2015	38	-	Descendants Soundtrack
"Set It Off" (with Sofia Carson, Booboo Stewart, Dove Cameron and Mitchell Hope)		-	6	Descendants Soundtrack
""?" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Work	Result
2012	Young Artist Award	Best Performance in a Feature Film - Young Ensemble Cast (shared with Jordana Beatty, Preston Bailey, Parris Mosteller, Garrett Ryan, Ashley Boettcher, Taylar Hender, Jackson Odell)