Zachary Tyler Eisen (born September 23, 1993) is an American actor. He voiced

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in Nickelodeon's '' Avatar: The Last Airbender'', Lucas Nickle in '' The Ant Bully'', Andrew in ''

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'' and Pablo in the 2004 animated TV series ''

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''. His film roles include ''

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'' (1999) and '' Marci X'' (2003). While living in Connecticut, he did most of his ''Avatar: The Last Airbender'' recordings via satellite from there and New York. As of January 2021, he works in the entertainment industry "behind the camera".

Early life

Zachary Tyler Eisen was born in

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to a

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family.

Career

He first acted as Lucas in

Phil Joanou Phil Joanou (born November 20, 1961) is an American director of film, music videos, and television programs. He is known for his collaborations with the rock band U2, for whom he directed music videos and their 1988 documentary film ''Rattle a ...

's film ''

''. He then started his voice role as Wee Willy, the main character in the unaired

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/ Nick Jr. pitch pilot for the

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TV series ''

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''. His next voice role was as Andrew Mulligan in the

Bill Cosby William Henry Cosby Jr. ( ; born July 12, 1937) is an American retired comedian, actor, and media personality. Often cited as a trailblazer for African Americans in the entertainment industry, Cosby was a film, television, and stand-up comedy ...

-created

series ''

''. Eisen later appeared on a 2000 episode of Nick Jr.'s ''

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'' as Baby Red Fish and portrayed a boy in

Richard Benjamin Richard Samuel Benjamin (born May 22, 1938) is an American actor and film director. He has starred in a number of well-known films, including '' Goodbye, Columbus'' (1969), '' Catch-22'' (1970), '' Portnoy's Complaint'' (1972), '' Westworld'', ...

's '' Marci X''. He was cast as Pablo in the children's TV show ''

'' for its first season. In the last three seasons of the series, he was replaced by Jake Goldberg. He then provided the voice of Aang in

's '' Avatar: The Last Airbender''. He voiced Lucas Nickle in the movie '' The Ant Bully''. He also has done voice work for video games, reprising his role as Lucas Nickle for the video game '' The Ant Bully'' and as Aang in the '' Avatar: The Last Airbender'' video games, including the series' titular video game adaptation, '' Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Burning Earth'' and '' Avatar: The Last Airbender – Into the Inferno''.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Eisen, Zach Tyler 1993 births Living people 21st-century American male actors American male child actors American male film actors American male voice actors Jewish American male actors Male actors from Stamford, Connecticut Nickelodeon people Syracuse University alumni