• Sterling Knight, former singer-songwriter, dancer and actor, is best known for his role as Christopher Wilde in Disney’s “Starstruck”
• He has two siblings, Spencer Shuga and Samantha Scarlett Knight, and lived in Texas before moving to Los Angeles, California
• His hobbies are playing the guitar, snowboarding, singing and writing songs
• He has been nominated for multiple awards and has an estimated net worth of over $2 million
• He is active on social media and is currently working on more adult roles in the future.
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Known from movies
17 again (2009)
as Alex
Sonny with a Chance (2009-2011)
as Chad Dylan Cooper
StarStruck (2010)
as Christopher Wilde
Landmine Goes Click (2015)
as Chris
Short information
| Net value | $2 million dollars |
| Date of birth | March 5, 1989 |
| Marking | Quote ‘Peace Out Suckers’ |
| Fact | Can play guitar and sing. |
Sterling Knight, a former singer-songwriter, dancer and actor, is known for portraying Christopher Wilde, a famous teen idol and world famous pop star, in the Disney movie ‘Starstruck’ when he was just 22; he will be 32 in 2021. He also appeared in the sitcom “Sonny With a Chance” Oon the Disney Channel, as Chad Dylan Cooper.
Sterling’s family and educational background
Sterling Sandmann Knight was born on March 5, 1989 in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, USA. Sterling has two siblings, Spencer Shuga and Samantha Scarlett Knight, who also both appeared in some of his YouTube videos where they sing along with Sterling.
His educational background is still unknown, although he loved to perform in theatrical performances during his school days.
He lived in Texas before moving to Los Angeles, California to pursue his acting career.
Personal life and other relationships
In 2007, Sterling dated musician Maddie Cyrus for about a year, after which he got into a relationship with Jessica Bridgeman, an actress known for the TV series “The Encounter”, from 2009-2010. Sterling and Jessica met at a Jonas Brothers concert.
However, in 2018, Sterling got engaged to Ayla Kell, who is known for the TV drama “Make it or Break It”., previously performed in theatrical productions with the American Ballet Theater. Ayla and Sterling are still engaged as of early 2021.
Hobbies, favorite things and interesting facts
Some of Sterling’s hobbies include playing the guitar, snowboarding, and of course, singing and writing songs. His passion for music led him to form a band on YouTube with his friend and fellow actor Matt Shively, who is probably best known for playing the role of Ryan Laserbeam in the series “True Jackson, VP” on Nickelodeon. They called their band the “Connecting Channels” which mainly indicates how they work from different kid-friendly TV networks – Disney Channel and Nickelodeon.
He is also good friends in real life with Demi Lovato, his co-actor in “Sonny With A Chance”.
How Sterling started his acting career and how it went
As early as the age of 10, Sterling found his passion for acting by participating in several school theater shows, which later led him to take on stage roles in local productions. His experience in theatrical productions boosted his career and he started getting offers to play small roles, in “Hi-Jinks” and “Calm, Career Day”.
Sterling’s first small Disney role was in 2007, in “Hannah Montana”, playing the role of Lucas, Lilly’s boyfriend. That same year, he also appeared in two episodes of “The Closer”, an American television police and crime procedural television show.
The following year, he had small roles in “Out of Jimmy’s Head”, and one of the most renowned TV shows, “Grey’s Anatomy”.
He then appeared in more other shows such as “Sonny With a Chance” in 2009 in the role of Chad Dylan Cooper, a self-centered member of the Mackenzie Falls. Later that year, he made his film debut in the role of Alex O’Donnell, the son of Mike O’Donnell, in the movie “17 Again”, which was a big breakthrough for him.
Two years later he went back to star in “So Random”, a spin-off comedy sketch from the series “Sonny with a chance”.
From 2013, Sterling played the role of Zander Carlson in “Melissa & Joey”, an American television series for two years.
He also landed a role in the action-crime drama movie “Landmine Goes Click” in in which he played Chris.
In 2016, he landed roles in the films “In the Rough” and “Crowded”.
Awards and Recognition
In 2010, Sterling Knight was nominated for two awards, including Teen Choice Awards for his work on “Sonny With a Chance” in the Comedy Actor category, and the Hollywood Teen TV Awards: Teen Pick Actor in the comedy category. latter. He was also nominated in the Favorite Family TV Movie category for his role in Disney’s “Starstruck” for a People’s Choice Award.
He also won an award for playing Chris in the movie “Landmine Goes Click” as the Best Lead Actor in the 2015 Monster Fest Award.
What is he doing now?
Many people, especially those who watched the Disney shows in the 2000s and early 2010s, still wonder why they haven’t seen Sterling Knight in movies and TV shows in quite some time. One of the reasons why Sterling’s career stalled was because of the common phenomenon where actors who used to be very famous in their roles as a child or teenager find it difficult to play adult roles.
He had some trouble landing adult roles and projects over the next few years, but never completely disappeared from the industry.
Despite the challenges, Sterling still finds ways to land mature roles, but one good thing to know is that he has never given up on his passion for acting. In his most recent interview in 2019, with “Sneak Peak” from the University of Texas, he was very positive about his career that he is still working his way up to get more roles in the future. He also said he wanted to play a superhero role.
As of this writing, Sterling Knight is very active in social media. He has a huge following across all platforms from Facebook with 2.6 million followers, Twitter with over 1.4 million and Instagram with over 228k followers.
Physical Characteristics
Sterling Knight is 5ft 10ins tall. His eyes are blue and he has blonde hair. He likes to wear leather jackets, button up shirts, mop top and aviator glasses.
Net value
As of early 2021, Sterling Knight has an estimated net worth of over $2 million dollars.
General information
| First and last name | Real knight |
| Net value | $2 million dollars |
| Date of birth | March 5, 1989 |
| Height | 1.77 meters |
| Profession | Singer-songwriter, comedian, actor |
| Nationality | American |
Family
| Brothers or sisters | Scarlett Knight, Spencer Knight |
Performance
| Nominations | Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actor: Comedy |
| Movies | 17 Again, Starstruck, Elle: A Modern Cinderella Tale, I Owe My Life to Corbin Bleu, Privileged, Transit, Landmine Goes Click, It Snows All The Time, Calm, Career Day, Monster Heroes, Danny Boy |
| TV shows | Sonny with a chance, so random!, Mackenzie Falls |
To notice
| # | Marks / Signs |
|---|---|
| 1 | Quote ‘Peace Out Suckers’ |
Facts
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | Filming Sonny with a chance [September 2008] |
| 2 | Studied with booking coach Amy Lyndon. |
| 3 | Is in a band with Matt Shively called “Connecting Channels”. |
| 4 | Was considered one of the 55 Faces of the Future by Nylon Magazine’s Young Hollywood Issue. |
| 5 | Has a younger sister Samantha Scarlet Knight. |
| 6 | Can play guitar and sing. |
| 7 | Has a younger brother named Spencer Knight. |
Pictures
Movies
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The man from the earth: Holocene | 2017 | after-production | |
| Different flowers | 2017 | Charlie | |
| Career day | 2016 | Short | Ben Taylor |
| In the rough | 2016 | TV serials | Cameron Fullbright |
| Busy | 2016 | TV serials | Nate |
| Danny Boy | 2016 | Short | Danny |
| It snows all the time | 2016 | Art | |
| Melissa and Joey | 2013-2015 | TV serials | Zander Carlson Zander |
| Landmine is going to click | 2015 | Chris | |
| The Hotwives of Orlando | 2014 | TV serials | Billy |
| Randy Cunningham: 9th grade ninja | 2013 | TV serials | Butter maker |
| So random! | 2011-2012 | TV serials | Chad Dylan Cooper |
| Transit | 2012/i | Shane | |
| Sonny with a chance | 2009-2011 | TV serials | Chad Dylan Cooper |
| I owe my life to Corbin Bleu | 2010 | Short | Cool dude |
| Monstrous heroes | 2010 | Gregorio | |
| Elle: A Modern Cinderella Story | 2010 | Ty Parker | |
| StarStruck | 2010 | TV movie | Christopher Wilde |
| Sterling Knight: StarStruck | 2010 | Short | Real knight |
| privileged | 2010 | Video | Soft 1 |
| again 17 | 2009 | Alex | |
| Balls out: Gary the tennis coach | 2009 | Opposing team’s tennis player (uncredited) | |
| MacKenzie Falls | 2009 | TV serials | Chad Dylan Cooper |
| Gray’s Anatomy | 2008 | TV serials | Chicken |
| The closer | 2007 | TV serials | Grady Reed |
| Hannah Montana | 2007 | TV serials | Luke |
| Hi-Jinks | 2006 | TV serials | Brandon |
| Calm | 2005 | Short | Skater boy |
Soundtrack
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sonny with a chance | 2010 | TV series performer – 1 episode | |
| StarStruck | 2010 | TV Movie Artist: “Starstruck”, “What You Mean To Me”, “Hero”, “Shades”, “Something About the Sunshine”, “Got to Believe” |
Yourself
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wipe out | 2012 | TV serials | Himself |
| Disney Friends for Change games | 2011 | TV special | Himself – Green Team |
| The Bonnie Hunt Show | 2009-2010 | TV serials | Himself |
| Disney Channel New Year Star Showdown | 2009 | TV movie | Himself |
| Zac goes back | 2009 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| Leo Little’s Big Show | 2009 | TV series short | Himself – Guest |
| Back to 17 | 2009 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| Disney Channel’s all-new year | 2008 | TV movie documentary | Himself |
Awards
Awards won
| Year | Price | Ceremony | Presentation | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | jury prize | Monster party | Best Male Lead Actor | Landmine Goes Click (2015) |
Nominated awards
| Year | Price | Ceremony | Presentation | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Teen Choice Awards | Teen Choice Awards | Choice TV Actor: Comedy | Sonny with a Chance (2009) |
