Bio
Luke Benward is an American 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 also had a recurring role as Dillon Sanders, Olivia's ex boyfriend, in the teen drama mystery-thriller television series Ravenswood, from 2013-2014.
Benward's first break was at the age of five, appearing along side Mel Gibson in We Were Soldiers. At six years of age, he was cast in the television pilot Life on the Water and by age seven starred in the television pilot for the WB series Family Affair featuring Tim Curry and Gary Cole.
He was cast as the southern speaking, toothpick-chewing Stevie Dewberry in the family film Because of Winn Dixie at age 8. During the fall of 2006, his character Billy Forrester choked down ten worms in How to Eat Fried Worms.
Less than a year later, Benward played the brainy Charlie Tuttle, who invented a time machine that allowed him to travel 48 hours into the past in Disney Channel's Minutemen.
In 2008, he appeared in Dog Gone (formerly Diamond Dog Caper). Benward raised the acting bar a little higher in 2010 when he accepted the role as Alan in Lasse Hallstrom's film Dear John. This was Benward's first dramatic role in a feature film. He played an autistic teenager and son to actor Henry Thomas.
Luke Benward's other credits include commercials for McDonald's, Nintendo, Willy Wonka, American Express, and Hamburger Helper.
In 2003, he shared success with country music superstar Martina McBride, when her music video Concrete Angel, starring Benward, was nominated for a Grammy and won the award for Female Video of the Year at the CMT Flameworthy Awards.
Benward signed a production deal with In Crowd Productions who's collective credits include Hilary Duff, India Arie, Backstreet Boys, Mat Kearney, Death Cab for Cutie, and the Jonas Brothers.