Lane Napper
American actor and dancer
Lane Napper (born June 22, 1967) is an American actor, choreographer, dancer, acting coach, and dance teacher.
01Personal life
Lane Napper has his personal acting school called "Camp PULSE Acting Workshop with Lane Napper" where he teaches the new talent to act like their favorite television stars, also he gives the students dancing lessons at his school. Napper is the choreographer of the American K-pop band EXP during their musical tour. He also gives dancing lessons at the Broadway Dance Center.
02Filmography
As actor
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Cosby | Tap Dancer | Episode: "Shall We Dance" |
| 1998-1999 | Suddenly Susan | Lane, Richard | 3 episodes |
| 1999 | For Your Love | Singing Puppy | Episode: "The Paper Chase" |
| 2000-2002 | Nikki | Dancer, Waiter, Croupier, Maitre’D, Customer, Mike | 8 episodes |
| 2002 | The Drew Carey Show | Dispatcher (voice) | Episode: "A Shot in the Dark" |
| My Adventures in Television | Pitchman | Episode: “Diversity” | |
| 2004, 2007 | Drake & Josh | Academic Bowl Host, Andy | 2 episodes: "Smart Girl", “Really Big Shrimp" |
| 2007 | Custodial Groove | Short | |
| 2007, 2010 | iCarly | Dancing Teacher, Ernie | 2 episodes: “iDream of Dance”, "iWas a Pageant Girl" |
| 2010-2012 | Victorious | Lane Alexander | 19 episodes |
| 2011 | iParty with Victorious | Lane | TV Movie |
| 2018 | Kevin Can Wait | Gate Agent | Episode: “Fight or Flight” |
| Jessica Jones | Vernon | Episode: “AKA Pray for My Patsy” | |
| Consensus Reality | Doctor Weaver | ||
| The Good Cop | Uniform Cop | Episode: “Who Cut Mrs. Ackroyd in Half?” | |
| 2021 | tick, tick... BOOM! | Bookstore Dancer | |
| 2022 | FBI: Most Wanted | Det. Camps | Episode: "Karma" |
| 2023 | The Other Two | Paparazzo | Episode: "Cary Pays Off His Student Loans" |
As choreographer
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Suddenly Susan | Episode: "The Cheerleaders" |
| 2000-2001 | Nikki | 3 episodes |
| 2003-2004 | All That | 3 episodes |
| 2007 | Drake & Josh | Episode: "Dance Contest" |
| 2007-2008 | iCarly | 9 episodes |
| 2010-2013 | Victorious | 29 episodes |
| 2013 | Sam & Cat | Episode: "#BabysittingCommercial" |
| 2015-2017 | Game Shakers | 4 episodes |
| 2015, 2017-2018 | Henry Danger | 7 episodes |
| 2017 | The Carnival Kid | Short |
| 2018 | Livin' On a Prairie | TV Movie |
| 2019 | Youthful Faces | Short; also writer |
As dialogue coach
Napper participated as dialogue coach in some Nickelodeon television series.
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2004-2007 | Drake & Josh | 26 episodes |
| 2005-2006 | Zoey 101 | 17 episodes |
| 2006 | Drake and Josh Go Hollywood | TV Movie |
| 2007-2009 | iCarly | 26 episodes |
Sources and credits
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