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| birth_place = Oak Park, California, U.S.| occupation = ActorOak Park High School (California)>Oak Park High School| other_names = | years_active = 2005–present}}Zachary Adam Gordon (born February 15, 1998) is an American actor. 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

Gordon was born in Oak Park, California, to Linda and Kenneth Gordon. He has two older brothers and was raised in Southern California.Baylen, Ashley (August 21, 2012) Top 20 Under 40 Los Angeles- Zachary Gordon – Page1. Shalom Life. Retrieved on March 23, 2014.NEWS, Miller, Gerri, Zachary Gordon: The Wimpy Kid, Buzzyquote, February 2012,weblink May 2, 2014, Lara, Monica (December 9, 2012) Chabad hosts Hanukkah celebration in Oak Park » Ventura County Star. Vcstar.com. Gordon graduated from a public high school in Oak Park.NEWS, Fischer, Sophia, Child actor learning Hollywood ways, The Acorn, June 26, 2008,weblink March 11, 2010, NEWS, Fischer, Sophia, Oak Park boy stars in 'Wimpy Kid' film, The Acorn, March 11, 2010,weblink March 11, 2010,weblink {{Dead link|date=May 2022}}

Career

Gordon has made multiple television appearances on programs such as How I Met Your Mother and All of Us.NEWS,weblinkweblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20120713022513weblink">weblink dead, July 13, 2012, Movies & TV Dept., The New York Times, Cammila Albertson, 2012, Zachary Gordon, 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.File:Robert Capron and Zachary Gordon 2011 (6439811071).jpg|left|thumb|Gordon (left) with Robert CapronRobert CapronIn 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 (2011 film)|Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules), was released on March 25, 2011.NEWS, David Bowers to direct 'Wimpy' sequel, Borys, Kit,weblink The Hollywood Reporter, e5 Global Media, June 23, 2010, August 28, 2010, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20100627172029weblink">weblink June 27, 2010, In 2011, Gordon provided voices for Charlie Brown, Linus, and Franklin on the comedy show Robot Chicken,WEB, Genshin Impact: Diary of a Wimpy Kid's Zachary Gordon is Tighnari's new EN voice actor,weblink yahoo.com, and in 2012, he reprised the role of Greg Heffley in (Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (film)|Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days). In the fourth film, (Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul (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.NEWS, Martin, John Llewellyn, Skylander: Swap Force Video: The Boomcast Premieres,weblink January 14, 2014, Screen Crush, October 4, 2013, In April 2023, it was announced Gordon would be the new voice of Tighnari in Genshin Impact, replacing Elliot Gindi.WEB,weblink Genshin Impact's Tighnari will be voiced by Diary of a Wimpy Kid actor, Diaz, Ana, April 11, 2023, Polygon (website), Polygon, April 18, 2023, 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

He is Jewish.WEB,weblink Chabad hosts Hanukkah celebration in Oak Park, In May 2023, Gordon stated on social media that he had lost his voice due to torn muscles in his throat. His acting career has since been put on hold, although he remains active at fan conventions and panelsweblink

Filmography

Film{| class"wikitable sortable"

! Year! Title! Role! class="unsortable" | Notes! class="unsortable" | Ref2007Because I Said So (film)>Because I Said So| Little Arthur| Uncredited|The Chubbchubbs Save Xmas|Brad Spoylt|Short film|| Georgia Rule| Ethan| ACCESS-DATE=FEBRUARY 23, 2012, TVGuide, | (National Treasure: Book of Secrets)| Lincoln conspiracy kid||| Sex and Death 101| Barbeque brat||2008The Brothers Bloom|Young Bloom|||Four Christmases|Kid #6 in Jump-Jump|| |Lower Learning|Frankie Fowler|ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20120712074748/HTTP://MOVIES.NYTIMES.COM/PERSON/491681/ZACHARY-GORDON/FILMOGRAPHYARCHIVE-DATE=JULY 12, 2012 WORK=THE NEW YORK TIMES ACCESS-DATE=FEBRUARY 23, 2012, |(Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa)List of Madagascar (franchise) characters#Melman>Baby Melman (voice)|Cameo||2009The Search for Santa Paws|Paws (voice)|Direct to video||2010Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2010 film)>Diary of a Wimpy Kid |Greg Heffley||2011|Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2|Papi Junior (voice)| Direct to video| (Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (2011 film)>Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules)| Greg Heffley| ACCESS-DATE=FEBRUARY 23, 2012 FIRST=MIKE DATE=MARCH 24, 2011, |2012(Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (film)>Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days)|Greg Heffley|||2012(Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (film)#Home Media>Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Class Clown)|Greg Heffley (voice)| Short film||2013The Incredible Burt Wonderstone|Will||2014The Boxcar Children|Henry Alden (voice)||Yellowbird (film)>Yellowbird|Max (voice)|English dub|2015(Un gallo con muchos huevos>Huevos: Little Rooster's Egg-cellent Adventure)|Rolo (voice)|English dub||Killing Animals|Jeremy||2016|(Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV)|Young Ravus (voice)|English dub||Norm of the North|Norm cub (voice)|Uncredited||2017The Gettysburg Address|Daniel Skelly (voice)||| 2020| (American Pie Presents: Girls' Rules)| Emmett| Direct to video| | 2021Violet (2021 film)>Violet| Bradley| WEBSITE=DEADLINE HOLLYWOODLAST=N'DUKAACCESS-DATE=SEPTEMBER 19, 2019, |2021Dreamcatcher (2021 film)>Dreamcatcher|Jake||">

Television{| class"wikitable sortable"

! Year! Title! Role! class="unsortable" | Notes! class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}|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| |2007, 2011|Robot Chicken|Charlie Brown / Linus Van Pelt (voice)|2 episodes| 2008|David's Solution|Little David|Television film||Desperate Housewives|Little Robin Hood|Episode: "Now You Know"||MADtvJoker (character)>The Joker|1 episode| The Mighty B!|Gwen's brother #4 (voice)|Episode: "Bee My Baby"| |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"||Ni Hao, Kai-lan|San San|15 episodes||2008, 2010|(Batman: The Brave and the Bold)Batman>Bruce Wayne / young Aqualad (voice)|3 episodes| 2009 24| Eight-year-old boy| 2 episodes||(Afro Samurai: Resurrection)|Kotaro (voice)|Television film|2011Childrens Hospital (TV Series)>Childrens Hospital|Cody/Mike|1 episode| |Family Guy|Homeless little boy|1 episode||2011|Bubble Guppies|Gil (voice)|Main role|2012 (The Haunting Hour: The Series)|Seth/Seti|1 episode ACCESS-DATE=FEBRUARY 23, 2012, The Unprofessional|Dylan|Television film|2013|Pete's Christmas|Pete Kidder|Television film||Uncle Grandpa|Belly Kid (voice)|1 episode||2014Last Man Standing (American TV series)>Last Man Standing|Andrew|3 episodes|2016Dead of Summer (TV series)>Dead of Summer|Jason "Blotter" Cohen|Recurring role||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"||2019–2020Good Trouble (TV series)>Good Trouble|Tate Wilson|5 episodes||2020The Resident (TV series)>The Resident|Aaron MeuserList of The Resident episodes#ep52>The Last Shot"|">

Video games{| class"wikitable sortable"

! Year! Title! Role|2019|Kingdom Hearts III|Hayner|2020|(Mafia: Definitive Edition)|Additional voices|2023|Genshin ImpactList of Genshin Impact characters#Tighnari>Tighnari

Music videos

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Awards and nominations{| class"wikitable sortable" style"background:#b0c4de; text-align:center;"

! Year ! Award !! Category !! Work!! Result 29th Young Artist Awards>2008 Young Artist Award >Georgia Rule>| {{won}} | 2010 Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2010 film)>Diary of a Wimpy Kid {{nom}} 2011 Young Artist Award Best Performance in a Feature Film – Leading Young Actor|Diary of a Wimpy Kid| {{nom}}| Best Performance in a Feature Film – Young Ensemble Cast |Diary of a Wimpy Kid| {{won}}33rd Young Artist Awards>2012 Young Artist Award >Young Artist Award for Best Leading Young Actor in a Feature Film>Best Performance in a Feature Film – Leading Young Actor(Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (2011 film)|Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules)| {{nom}}2013 Young Artist Award Best Performance in a Feature Film – Leading Young Actor(Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (film)>Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days)| {{nom}} | Best Performance in a Feature Film – Young Ensemble Cast| Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days| {{won}}

Discography

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Singles{| class"wikitable plainrowheaders" style"text-align:center;"

! scope="col" | Title! scope="col" | Song details! scope="row"| "Ladies in LA (feat. JAMEZ)"|

• Released: March 31, 2022WEB, Ladies in LA - Single,weblink music.apple.com,
• Label: Self-released
• Format: Digital download, streaming

! scope="row"| "Time Bomb"|

• Released: February 17, 2023WEB, Time Bomb - Single,weblink music.apple.com,
• Label: Self-released
• Format: Digital download, streaming

! scope="row"| "Waste My Time"|

• Released: May 26, 2023WEB, Waste My Time - Single,weblink music.apple.com,
• Label: Self-released
• Format: Digital download, streaming

References

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External links

• {{IMDb name|2325393}}
• Interview with Gordon on Channel One News

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