He has also appeared on The Suite Life on Deck as Marcus Little and King Boomer in Pair of Kings, both of which appeared on the Disney Channel. After his tenure with The Suite Life on Deck, in which he portrayed a retired singer, he made his rapping debut on Pair of Kings. The show’s theme song, Top of the World, was rapped by he and the show’s other main character, played by Mitchel Musso. Shaw has also made movie appearances, having been in the movies Thunderstruck, a film about basketball, and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, in which he played the character of Ash. It was his feature film debut and was released in 2014.