Singer and Broadway performer Sam Harris got his big break as the grand champion on the talent-competition series Star Search in 1983. He subsequently embarked on a career as a recording artist, working in the adult contemporary style. He also began appearing in stage musicals such as The Producers and Grease -- for which he won a Tony award. In 2006, Harris joined the cast of the TV series The Class, about members of a third-grade class who reunite as adults.