# Tenzing Norgay Trainor

Tenzing Norgay Trainor (born 4 September 2001) is an American actor. He gained notability for his role as Parker Rooney on the Disney Channel television show Liv and Maddie (2013–2017) and the voice of Jin in the animated adventure film Abominable (2019) and its follow-up Abominable and the Invisible City (2022–2023). He also appeared in TV shows including Good Luck Charlie, The Jadagrace Show, and Stevie TV.

## Early life and career

Tenzing Norgay Trainor was born on 4 September 2001 in Los Angeles, California to Clark Tulley Trainor and Deki Tenzing Norgay. He is of Nepalese and Tibetan descent on his mother's side. His maternal grandfather is Tenzing Norgay, who, together with Edmund Hillary, was the first to climb Mount Everest. He has two younger brothers, Kalden and Yonden, and played football since the age of six.
He grew up in Florida where he, at the age of eight, started acting at Paladin Playhouse Theater in Fort Lauderdale theater camp. His father forced him into the theater camp so that he could learn how to speak in front of people. After returning to California, he started his acting career with appearances in TV series like Stevie TV. His breakthrough came in 2013 in the series Liv and Maddie where he played the recurring role of Parker Rooney, Liv and Maddie's younger brother. In 2014, he made a guest appearance as Parker Rooney in the Jessie crossover episode "Jessie's Aloha Holidays with Parker and Joey", along with Joey Bragg as Joey Rooney. In 2017, Liv and Maddie ended after four years.
In 2018, Trainor was cast as Jimbo, a boy completely lost in modern-day society, in two episodes of the Nickelodeon series Knight Squad. In 2019, he starred in the short comedy film Clueless, for which he won an Independent Shorts Award as Best Child/Young Actor. In the animated feature film Abominable, he voiced the character of Jin who, similar to Tenzing Norgay, climbs Mount Everest to bring back a Yeti to his family. He reprised his role in the animated series Abominable and the Invisible City. In 2022, he appeared as Gavin, a member of "The Afterlifers", in the Netflix series Boo, Bitch with Lana Condor and Zoe Colletti. In 2023, he starred in the single eight-episode series of Freeridge.

## Filmography

Film :
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2013 | The Lost Medallion: The Adventures of Billy Stone | Child #2 | |
| 2013 | Super Buddies | Buddha | Voice role |
| 2019 | Clueless | Liam | |
| 2019 | Abominable | Jin | Voice role |
| 2022 | Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again | Bodhi | Voice role |
Television :
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2012 | Stevie TV | Gosselin Boy | Episode #1.4 |
| 2012 | The Jadagrace Show | Jackie Swartz | |
| 2012 | Bits and Pieces | Brody | |
| 2013 | Good Luck Charlie | Devan | Episode "Rock Enroll" |
| 2013–2017 | Liv and Maddie | Parker Rooney | |
| 2014 | Jessie | Parker Rooney | Episode "Jessie's Aloha Holidays with Parker and Joey" |
| 2017 | The Mick | Jaxon | Episode "The Teacher" |
| 2018 | Knight Squad | Jimbo | 2 episodes |
| 2019 | Modern Family | David Tashi | Episode "A Game of Chicken" |
| 2019 | The Stranded | Gun | Voice role |
| 2020–2021 | American Housewife | Trevor | 6 episodes |
| 2022 | Boo, Bitch | Gavin | |
| 2022–2023 | Abominable and the Invisible City | Jin | Voice role |
| 2023 | Freeridge | Cameron | |

## Awards and nominations

| Award | Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
| Independent Shorts Bronze Awards | 2019 | Clueless | Best Child/Young Actor | Won | |
| Annie Awards | 2020 | Abominable | Outstanding Achievement for Voice Acting in a Feature Production | Nominated | |