Zachary Gordon

Zachary Adam Gordon (born February 15, 1998) is an American actor. He is known for his lead role as Greg Heffley in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid film series (2010–2012), which earned him nominations for a Kids' Choice Award and seven Young Artist Awards. His other lead film roles include Huevos: Little Rooster's Egg-cellent Adventure (2016) and Dreamcatcher (2021). He has had notable supporting roles in films such as Georgia Rule (2007), Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008), The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013), American Pie Presents: Girls' Rules (2020), and Violet (2021).

Zachary Gordon
Gordon in 2018
Born	Zachary Adam Gordon (1998-02-15) February 15, 1998 (age 26) Oak Park, California, U.S.
Education	Oak Park High School
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2006–present

In television, Gordon had a lead voice role as Gil on the Nickelodeon series Bubble Guppies (2011–2013). His live-action recurring roles include Jason Cohen on the Freeform series Dead of Summer (2016), and Tate Wilson on the Freeform drama series Good Trouble (2019–2020).

Early life

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 Oak Park High School in his hometown.^[1][5][6]

Career

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.

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

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]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref
2007	The Chubbchubbs Save Xmas	Brad Spoylt	Short film
	Georgia Rule	Ethan		[15]
	National Treasure: Book of Secrets	Lincoln Conspiracy Kid		[15]
	Sex and Death 101	Barbeque Brat
2008	The Brothers Bloom	Young Bloom
	Four Christmases	Kid #6 in Jump-Jump
	Lower Learning	Frankie Fowler		[16]
	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Young Melman (voice)	Cameo	[16][17]
2009	The Search for Santa Paws	Paws (voice)	Direct to video	[15][17]
2010	Diary of a Wimpy Kid	Greg Heffley		[16]
2011	Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2	Papi Junior (voice)	Direct to video	[15] [17]
	Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules	Greg Heffley		[18]
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)		[17]
	Yellowbird	Max (voice)	English dub	[17]
2015	Huevos: Little Rooster's Egg-cellent Adventure	Rolo (voice)	English dub	[17]
	Killing Animals	Jeremy
2016	Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV	Young Ravus (voice)	English dub	[17]
2017	The Gettysburg Address	Daniel Skelly (voice)
2020	American Pie Presents: Girls' Rules	Emmett	Direct to video
2021	Dreamcatcher	Jake
	Violet	Bradley		[19]
2024	Max Dagan	Max Dagan

Television

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
	Desperate Housewives	Little Robin Hood	Episode: "Now You Know"
	MADtv	The Joker	1 episode
	The Mighty B!	Gwen's brother #4 (voice)	Episode: "Bee My Baby"	[16]
	Special Agent Oso	Tyler, Rasheed (voice)	2 episodes
2008–2009	Handy Manny	Little Lopart (voice)	2 episodes
	Ni Hao, Kai-lan	San San	15 episodes
2008, 2010	Batman: The Brave and the Bold	Young Bruce Wayne, young Aqualad, Kid (voice)	3 episodes	[17]
2009	24	Eight-year-old boy	2 episodes
	Afro Samurai: Resurrection	Kotaro (voice)	Television film; English dub	[17]
2011	Childrens Hospital	Cody/Mike	Episode: "Ward 8"
	Family Guy	Homeless Boy	Episode: "Thanksgiving"
2011–2014	Bubble Guppies	Gil (voice)	Main role (season 1–2), guest (season 3)
2012	The Haunting Hour: The Series	Seth/Seti	Episode: "Night of the Mummy"	[20]
	The Unprofessional	Dylan	Television film
2013	Pete's Christmas	Pete Kidder	Television film
	Uncle Grandpa	Belly Kid (voice)	Episode: "Belly Bros"
2014	Last Man Standing	Andrew	3 episodes
2016	Dead of Summer	Jason "Blotter" Cohen	Recurring role
	Pals	Himself	Director; television film
2016–2018	Star Wars Rebels	Mart Mattin, Imperial Technician (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"

Video games

Year	Title	Role
2019	Kingdom Hearts III	Hayner[21][22][17]
2020	Mafia: Definitive Edition	Additional voices
2023	Genshin Impact	Tighnari[11][23]

Music videos

Year	Title	Artist(s)	Role
2017	"Last Letter"	Witt Lowry	[24]
	"Runaway" (feat. Xuitcasecity)	Spirix	[25]

Awards and nominations

Year[a]	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2008	Young Artist Award	Best Performance in a Feature Film – Supporting Young Actor (Comedy or Musical)	Georgia Rule	Won	[26]
2009	Young Artist Award	Best Performance in a Voice-Over Role – Young Actor	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Nominated
2011	Young Artist Award	Best Performance in a Feature Film – Leading Young Actor	Diary of a Wimpy Kid	Nominated
		Best Performance in a Feature Film – Young Ensemble Cast	Diary of a Wimpy Kid	Won
2012	Young Artist Award	Best Performance in a Feature Film – Leading Young Actor	Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules	Nominated
2013	Kids' Choice Awards	Favorite Movie Actor	Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days	Nominated
2013	Young Artist Award	Best Performance in a Feature Film – Leading Young Actor	Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days	Nominated
		Best Performance in a Feature Film – Young Ensemble Cast	Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days	Won

Discography

Singles

Title	Song details
"Ladies in LA (feat. JAMEZ)"	Released: March 31, 2022[27] Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming
"Time Bomb"	Released: February 17, 2023[28] Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming
"Waste My Time"	Released: May 26, 2023[29] Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming
"Bullet Train"	Released: October 23, 2024[30] Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming

Notes

1. Where available, the "Year" value is linked to the specific ceremony.

References

1. Fischer, Sophia (June 26, 2008). "Child actor learning Hollywood ways". The Acorn. Retrieved March 11, 2010.
2. Baylen, Ashley (August 21, 2012) Top 20 Under 40 Los Angeles- Zachary Gordon – Page1. Shalom Life. Retrieved on March 23, 2014.
3. Miller, Gerri (February 2012). "Zachary Gordon: The Wimpy Kid". Buzzyquote. Retrieved May 2, 2014.
4. Lara, Monica (December 9, 2012) Chabad hosts Hanukkah celebration in Oak Park » Ventura County Star. Vcstar.com.
5. Fischer, Sophia (March 11, 2010). "Oak Park boy stars in 'Wimpy Kid' film". The Acorn. Retrieved March 11, 2010.
6. http://www.shalomlife.com/culture/17783/top-20-under-40-los-angeles-zachary-gordon/?PageSpeed=noscript ^{[dead link]}
7. Cammila Albertson (2012). "Zachary Gordon". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on July 13, 2012.
8. Kit, Borys (June 23, 2010). "David Bowers to direct 'Wimpy' sequel". The Hollywood Reporter. e5 Global Media. Archived from the original on June 27, 2010. Retrieved August 28, 2010.
9. "Genshin Impact: Diary of a Wimpy Kid's Zachary Gordon is Tighnari's new EN voice actor". yahoo.com. April 11, 2023.
10. Martin, John Llewellyn (October 4, 2013). "Skylander: Swap Force Video: The Boomcast Premieres". Screen Crush. Retrieved January 14, 2014.
11. Diaz, Ana (April 11, 2023). "Genshin Impact's Tighnari will be voiced by Diary of a Wimpy Kid actor". Polygon. Retrieved April 18, 2023.
12. "Chabad hosts Hanukkah celebration in Oak Park". Ventura County Star. December 9, 2012. Archived from the original on August 31, 2024. Retrieved August 31, 2024.
13. Gordon, Zachary [@ZacharyGordon] (May 25, 2023). "☡ach 🦊🍃 on Twitter: I LOST MY VOICE … BUT……" (Tweet). Retrieved August 24, 2024 – via Twitter. I LOST MY VOICE … BUT……{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
14. "Zachary Gordon - If you haven't heard much from me..." Facebook. July 29, 2023. Archived from the original on August 31, 2024. Retrieved August 31, 2024. (subscription required)
15. "Zachary Gordon: Credits". TVGuide. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
16. "Zachary Gordon New York Times Film Credits". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2012. Archived from the original on July 12, 2012. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
17. "Zachary Gordon (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved October 12, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
18. Hale, Mike (March 24, 2011). "The Sequel to 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid'". The New York Times. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
19. N'Duka, Amanda (August 9, 2019). "'Veronica Mars' Jason Dohring, Zachary Gordon Cast In 'Violet' Drama Starring Olivia Munn". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved September 19, 2019.
20. ""Wimpy Kid" Zachary Gordon wants his "Mummy" in a new episode of "The Haunting Hour"". Retrieved February 23, 2012.
21. "KINGDOM HEARTS III! It's finally here!! I had the privilege of lending my voice to the role of Hayner! As some of you may know, Hayner can be a bit reckless at times...but he's got a heart of gold and I had so much fun bringing him to life! It was an absolute dream to be a part of such a special project. I grew up watching my older brother's play Kingdom Hearts and always loved traveling through the worlds of my favorite classic Disney films. For those of you who have been waiting for this game for the last 13 years like I have...the time has come!! Oh, and make sure you stop by Twilight Town and come hang out with your pal Hayner 👋🏽 #peeptheshoes #kingdomhearts #kingdomhearts3 #hayner". facebook.com.
22. "#BDayKH Happy 25th Birthday to Zachary Gordon ( @ZacharyGordon )! He is the voice actor for Hayner in Kingdom Hearts 3!". twitter.com.
23. "Genshin Impact has officially recast Tighnari's English VA, and his voice will be updated in-game soon". www.gamesradar.com. April 11, 2023.
24. "My good friend @WittLowry released the music video for his song "Last Letter" today and I had the honor of helping him bring his vision to life. Mark lost his father to cancer and was brave enough to share his story with the world and in turn is helping those who may be dealing with a similar issue. I'm proud of what we created and I hope you all enjoy the video and will help share his message! Directed by the tremendously talented @hunterlyon". instagram.com.
25. "Spirix feat. Xuitcasecity - Runaway (Official Music Video)". youtube.com. March 15, 2017.
26. ""29th Annual Young Artist Awards"". YoungArtistAwards.org. Archived from the original on July 6, 2008. Retrieved August 24, 2024.
27. "Ladies in LA - Single". music.apple.com.
28. "Time Bomb - Single". music.apple.com.
29. "Waste My Time - Single". music.apple.com.
30. "Bullet Train - Single". music.apple.com.

External links

• Zachary Gordon at IMDb 
• Interview with Gordon on Channel One News