Zachary Gordon

Early and personal life

Gordon was born in Oak Park, California, to Linda and Kenneth Gordon. He has two older brothers and was raised in Southern California. Gordon graduated from Oak Park High School in his hometown. He is Jewish, with his grandparents having survived the Holocaust.

In May 2023, Gordon lost his voice due to torn muscles in his throat, causing his acting career to be put on hold.

Career

Gordon has made multiple television appearances on How I Met Your Mother and All of Us. 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 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.

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.

In 2011, Gordon provided voices for Charlie Brown, Linus, and Franklin on the comedy show Robot Chicken, 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. In April 2023, it was announced Gordon would be the new voice of Tighnari in Genshin Impact, replacing Elliot Gindi.

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.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Music videos

Discography

Singles

Awards and nominations

Notes

References

References

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3. Lara, Monica (December 9, 2012) [http://www.vcstar.com/news/2012/dec/09/chabad-hosts-hanukkah-celebration/ Chabad hosts Hanukkah celebration in Oak Park » Ventura County Star] {{Webarchive. link. (January 6, 2014 . Vcstar.com.)
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5. Fischer, Sophia. (March 11, 2010). "Oak Park boy stars in 'Wimpy Kid' film". The Acorn.
6. "Top 20 Under 40 los Angeles- Zachary Gordon - Page1 - Shalom Life".
7. "A Conversation with Grayson Russell & Zach Gordon".
8. (December 9, 2012). "Chabad hosts Hanukkah celebration in Oak Park".
9. Gordon, Zachary. (May 25, 2023). "☡ach 🦊🍃 on Twitter: I LOST MY VOICE ... BUT...".
10. (July 29, 2023). "Zachary Gordon - If you haven't heard much from me...".
11. Cammila Albertson. (2012). "Zachary Gordon". [[The New York Times]].
12. Kit, Borys. (June 23, 2010). "David Bowers to direct 'Wimpy' sequel". [[e5 Global Media]].
13. (April 11, 2023). "Genshin Impact: Diary of a Wimpy Kid's Zachary Gordon is Tighnari's new EN voice actor".
14. Martin, John Llewellyn. (October 4, 2013). "Skylander: Swap Force Video: The Boomcast Premieres". Screen Crush.
15. Diaz, Ana. (April 11, 2023). "Genshin Impact's Tighnari will be voiced by Diary of a Wimpy Kid actor".
16. (March 14, 2013). "The Incredible Burt Wonderstone: Strange Magic Even with a talented cast and some inspired moments up its sleeve, this Vegas-set comedy fails to impress".
17. "Zachary Gordon: Credits". TVGuide.
18. (2012). "Zachary Gordon New York Times Film Credits". [[The New York Times]].
19. "Zachary Gordon (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors.
20. "So grateful to have worked with two of my favorite actors over the years🙌🏻❤️ How I Met Your Mother / The Incredible Burt Wonderstone 💯 🔥".
21. N'Duka, Amanda. (August 9, 2019). "'Veronica Mars' Jason Dohring, Zachary Gordon Cast In 'Violet' Drama Starring Olivia Munn".
22. ""Wimpy Kid" Zachary Gordon wants his "Mummy" in a new episode of "The Haunting Hour"".
23. "KINGDOM HEARTS III!".
24. "#BDayKH Happy 25th Birthday to Zachary Gordon ( @ZacharyGordon )! He is the voice actor for Hayner in Kingdom Hearts 3!".
25. (April 11, 2023). "Genshin Impact Character Gets New Voice Actor After Sexual Harassment Allegations".
26. (April 11, 2023). "''Diary of a Wimpy Kid''{{'}}s Zachary Gordon Added to Genshin Impact's EN VA cast".
27. (April 11, 2023). "Genshin Impact has officially recast Tighnari's English VA, and his voice will be updated in-game soon".
28. "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".
29. (March 15, 2017). "Spirix feat. Xuitcasecity - Runaway (Official Music Video)".
30. "Ladies in LA - Single".
31. "Time Bomb - Single".
32. "Waste My Time - Single".
33. "Days With You - Single".
34. "Loved and Laundered - Single".
35. ""29th Annual Young Artist Awards"".