In April 2011, Boyce made a guest appearance on Disney Channel's comedy 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". In August 2011, he was one of the featured dancers on Disney Channel's comedy series "Shake It Up". In September 2011, Boyce was cast in the starring role of Luke Ross on Disney Channel's comedy series "Jessie". During pre-production of the series, 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.