Zachary Gordon

Zachary Adam Gordon (born February 15, 1998) is an American actor and musician. He is known for his role as Greg Heffley in the first three films of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, based on the namesake book series. Gordon was then cast as Tate Wilson in Good Trouble, and Jason Cohen in Dead of Summer.
Also active in voice acting, Gordon has been cast in animated series such as Robot Chicken, Handy Manny and Batman: The Brave and the Bold, as well as video games including Kingdom Hearts 3 and Genshin Impact.
== Early life[edit] ==
Gordon was born in Oak Park, California, to Linda and Kenneth Gordon.[1] He has two older brothers and was raised in Southern California.[2][3][4] Gordon graduated from a public high school in Oak Park.[1][5][6]
== Career[edit] ==
Gordon has made multiple television appearances on programs such as How I Met Your Mother and All of Us.[7] He also appeared in the 2008 pilot of Desperate Housewives, plus two other episodes, and in two episodes of 24 that aired in January 2009. Gordon appeared in three episodes as a guest star on Last Man Standing, where he played Mike Baxter's daughter's boyfriend.
Gordon's film credits include Sex and Death 101, Lower Learning, the Garry Marshall film Georgia Rule (for which he won the Young Artist Award for his portrayal of Ethan), The Brothers Bloom, as young Bloom, and in National Treasure: Book of Secrets.
Gordon has been credited with numerous voice over roles including Brad Spolyt in The Chubbchubbs Save Xmas, Ricky Garcia in Project Gilroy, San San in Nick Jr.'s Ni Hao, Kai-Lan and The Mighty B! He was a series regular as the original voice of Gil in the Nickelodeon series Bubble Guppies.
Gordon had voice cameo roles as Baby Melman in the animated film Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, Kotaro in Afro Samurai: Resurrection, and young Tony Stark in The Super Hero Squad Show. In 2010, he played Greg Heffley in the film Diary of a Wimpy Kid. In 2011, he voiced Papi Jr. in Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 and as Paws in Disney's The Search for Santa Paws.
link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Robert_Capron_and_Zachary_Gordon_2011_(6439811071).jpg|left|thumb|Gordon (left) with Robert Capron in 2011
In June 2010, 20th Century Fox announced a sequel to Diary of a Wimpy Kid; Gordon returned as Greg Heffley and the film, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules, was released on March 25, 2011.[8]
In 2011, Gordon provided voices for Charlie Brown, Linus, and Franklin on the comedy show Robot Chicken,[9] and in 2012, he reprised the role of Greg Heffley in Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days. In the fourth film, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul, he was replaced by Jason Drucker. In October 2013, Gordon was chosen to host a miniseries for Nintendo, titled Skylander's Boomcast, on YouTube channel SkylandersGame, reviewing and talking about the video game series Skylanders.[10] In April 2023, it was announced Gordon would be the new voice of Tighnari in Genshin Impact, replacing Elliot Gindi.[11]
Additional films for 2013 included The Incredible Burt Wonderstone and a role as Pete Kidder in Walden Media's and Hallmark Channel's Pete's Christmas.
== Personal life[edit] ==
He is Jewish.[12]
In May 2023, Gordon stated on social media that he had lost his voice due to torn muscles in his throat, causing his acting career to be put on hold.[13][14] He later recovered at an unspecified date.[citation needed]
== Filmography[edit] ==
=== Film[edit] ===
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes 	Ref
2007	Because I Said So 	Little Arthur 	Uncredited 	
2007	The Chubbchubbs Save Xmas 	Brad Spoylt 	Short film 	
2007	Georgia Rule 	Ethan 	 	[15]
2007	National Treasure: Book of Secrets 	Lincoln conspiracy kid	 	[15]
2007	Sex and Death 101 	Barbeque brat 	 	
2008	The Brothers Bloom 	Young Bloom 	 	
2008	Four Christmases 	Kid #6 in Jump-Jump 	 	
2008	Lower Learning 	Frankie Fowler 	 	[16]
2008	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa 	Baby Melman (voice) 	Cameo 	[16]
2009	The Search for Santa Paws 	Paws (voice) 	Direct to video	[15]
2010	Diary of a Wimpy Kid 	Greg Heffley 	 	[16]
2011	Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 	Papi Junior (voice) 	Direct to video	[15]
2011	Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules 	Greg Heffley 	 	[17]
2012	Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days 	Greg Heffley 	 	
2012	Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Class Clown 	Greg Heffley (voice) 	Short film 	
2013	The Incredible Burt Wonderstone 	Will 	 	
2014	The Boxcar Children 	Henry Alden (voice) 	 	
2014	Yellowbird 	Max (voice) 	English dub 	
2015	Huevos: Little Rooster's Egg-cellent Adventure	Rolo (voice) 	English dub 	
2015	Killing Animals 	Jeremy 	 	
2016	Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV 	Young Ravus (voice) 	English dub 	
2016	Norm of the North 	Norm cub (voice) 	Uncredited 	
2017	The Gettysburg Address 	Daniel Skelly (voice) 	 	
2020	American Pie Presents: Girls' Rules 	Emmett 	Direct to video	
2021	Violet 	Bradley 	 	[18]
2021	Dreamcatcher 	Jake 	 	
=== Television[edit] ===
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes 	Ref.
2006–2007 	All of Us 	Richie 	2 episodes 	
2006, 2009	How I Met Your Mother 	Stacy's son, Tyler Stinson (Grant), Ted's nephew	3 episodes 	[15]
2007, 2011	Robot Chicken 	Charlie Brown / Linus Van Pelt (voice) 	2 episodes 	
2008 	David's Solution 	Little David 	Television film 	
2008 	Desperate Housewives 	Little Robin Hood 	Episode: "Now You Know" 	
2008 	MADtv 	The Joker 	1 episode 	
2008 	The Mighty B! 	Gwen's brother #4 (voice) 	Episode: "Bee My Baby" 	[16]
2008 	Special Agent Oso 	Tyler/Rasheed (voice) 	Episodes: "License to Chill / GoldenFly", "The Man with the Golden Retriever / The Chairs Are Not Enough"	
2008–2009 	Handy Manny 	Little Lopart (voice) 	Episodes: "Abuelito's Telescope / Little Lopart", "Lyle & Leland Lopart / Blackout on the Block" 	
2008–2009 	Ni Hao, Kai-lan 	San San 	15 episodes 	
2008, 2010	Batman: The Brave and the Bold	Young Bruce Wayne / young Aqualad (voice) 	3 episodes 	
2009 	24 	Eight-year-old boy 	2 episodes 	
2009 	Afro Samurai: Resurrection 	Kotaro (voice) 	Television film 	
2011 	Childrens Hospital 	Cody/Mike 	1 episode 	
2011 	Family Guy 	Homeless little boy 	1 episode 	
2011 	Bubble Guppies 	Gil (voice) 	Main role 	
2012 	The Haunting Hour: The Series 	Seth/Seti 	1 episode 	[19]
2012 	The Unprofessional 	Dylan 	Television film 	
2013 	Pete's Christmas 	Pete Kidder 	Television film 	
2013 	Uncle Grandpa 	Belly Kid (voice) 	1 episode 	
2014 	Last Man Standing 	Andrew 	3 episodes 	
2016 	Dead of Summer 	Jason "Blotter" Cohen 	Recurring role 	
2016 	Pals 	Himself 	Director; television film 	
2016–2018 	Star Wars Rebels 	Mart Mattin, Imperial technician #1 (voice) 	3 episodes 	
2017 	The Good Doctor 	Brandon 	Episode: "Apple" 	
2019–2020 	Good Trouble 	Tate Wilson 	5 episodes 	
2020 	The Resident 	Aaron Meuser 	Episode: "The Last Shot" 	
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