Atticus Shaffer

**Atticus Shaffer** is an American actor. He is best known for playing Matty Newton in _The Unborn_ (2009) and Brick Heck  on the television series, _The Middle_. He is also known for voicing Edgar E. Gore in _Frankenweenie_ (2012).

## Personal life

Shaffer was born in Santa Clarita, California, to Ron and Debbie Shaffer. He lives in Acton, California.

Shaffer has type four osteogenesis imperfecta, a condition involving a defect in collagen that causes fragile bones and short stature. He is 4' 8" (142 cm) tall.

Shaffer is Christian and as of 2018 had a daily Bible study with his mother, switching between the Old and New Testaments. As of 2015, the year he was baptized, he was a fan of contemporary Christian rock music and identified several Christian bands among his favorites.

Shaffer has a YouTube page and a Twitch video gaming page, they're  both called "AtticusShafferVlog", He plays _The Long Dark_ and _Call of Duty: Modern Warfare_ among other video games.

### Television

|Year|Title|Role|class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="3"|2007|_The Class_|Jonah|Episode: "The Class Rides a Bull"|
|_Days of Our Lives_|Irish boy|Episode 1.10632|||
|_Human Giant_|Wade|Episode: "Mind Explosion"|||
|rowspan="2"|2008|_Carpoolers_|Boy|Episode: "Take Your Daughter to Work Day"|
|_Out of Jimmy's Head_|Aaron|Episode: "Bad Fad"|||
|2009|_My Name Is Earl_|Space camper|Episode: "Chaz Dalton's Space Academy"||
|2009–2018|_The Middle_|Brick Heck|Main role; 215 episodes||
|2010|_Extreme Makeover: Home Edition_|Himself|Special guest, 1 episode||
|2010–2014|_Fish Hooks_|Albert Glass, Kid Fish|Voice, 28 episodes||
|rowspan="4"|2011|_I'm in the Band_|Eddie Nova, Jr.|Episode: "Camp Weasel Rock"|
|_The Penguins of Madagascar_|Vesuvius Twins|Voice, 3 episodes|||
|_Shake It Up_|Zane|Episode: "Beam It Up"|||
|_ThunderCats_|Young Emrick|Voice, episode: "Song of the Petalars"|||
|2012|_See Dad Run_||Episode: "See Dad Find His Way Home Part 1"||
|2013–2018|_Steven Universe_|Peedee Fryman|Voice, recurring role (10 episodes)||
|2015|_Clarence_|Seabass|Voice, episode: "Hoofin' It"||
|2016–2018|_Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh_|Fox|Voice, recurring role||
|2016–2019|_The Lion Guard_|Ono|Voice, main role||
|2017–2022|_Pete the Cat_|rowspan="2"|Grumpy Toad|Voice, main role|
|2017|_Pete the Cat: A Groovy New Year_|Voice, holiday special|||
|2017–2019|_Star vs. the Forces of Evil_|Dennis|Voice, 3 episodes||
|2018–2020|_Harvey Girls Forever!_|Melvin, Lobgrilla|Voice, main role||
|2020|_Never Have I Ever_|Russia Model UN representative|Episode: "...started a nuclear war"||
|2022–present|_Firebuds_|Wayne Riley|Voice, recurring role||

### Film

|Year|Title|Role|class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="3"|2008|_Leaving Barstow_|Boy on bus||
|_Hancock_|Boy at bus bench||||
|_An American Carol_|Timmy||||
|rowspan="3"|2009|_The Unborn_|Matty Newton||
|_Opposite Day_|Small Man||||
|_Subject: I Love You_|Tommy|rowspan="3"|Voice||
|2012|_Frankenweenie_|Edgar "E" Gore|||
|2013|_Super Buddies_|Monk-E|||
|2015|_The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar_|Ono|Voice, television film||
|2016|_Monkey Up_|Mooner|Voice||
|2017|_The Lion Guard: The Rise of Scar_|Ono|Voice, television film||
|2018|_I'll Be Next Door for Christmas_|Archie|||
|2019|_The Lion Guard: Battle for the Pride Lands_|Ono|Voice, television film||
|2021|_Arlo the Alligator Boy_|"Kids Things" Kid, Ice Cream Kid, Kid Bully|Voice||

### Radio

|Year|Title|Role|class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2016–present|_Adventures in Odyssey_|Morrie Rydell|Recurring role||

### Self

|Year|Title|class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2009, 2010, 2011|_Jimmy Kimmel Live!_|3 episodes||
|2010, 2013, 2014, 2015|_The View_|4 episodes||
|2010, 2017|_Entertainment Tonight_|2 episodes||
|rowspan="4"|2010|_The Bonnie Hunt Show_|Episode: "30 March 2010"|
|_Lopez Tonight_|Episode: "3 November 2010"|||
|_The Tonight Show With Jay Leno_|Episode: #19.44|||
|79th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade|Episode: "10 December 2010"|||
|rowspan="3"|2011|25th Annual Genesis Awards|Episode: "30 April 2011"|
|_Conan_|Episode: "The Container Store Of My Discontent"|||
|_Extreme Makeover: Home Edition_|Episode: "The Sharrock Family"|||
|rowspan="3"|2012|_Good Morning America_|Episode: "6 February 2012"|
|_Live with Kelly and Michael_|Episode: "6 February 2012"|||
|_Made in Hollywood_|Episode: #8.3|||
|rowspan="3"|2013|_The Queen Latifah Show_|Episode: #1.8|
|40th Annual Annie Awards|Presenter|||
|_The Chew_|Episode: "Meals from the Heartland"|||
|2014, 2015, 2018|_Home & Family_|3 episodes||
|2015|_Celebrity Page_|Episode: October 16, 2015||
|2016|_The Real_|Episode "15 January 2016"||