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

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. His other lead film roles include '' Huevos: Little Rooster's Egg-cellent Adventure'' (2016) and ''

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'' (2021). He has had notable supporting roles in films such as ''

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'' (2007), '' Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa'' (2008), '' The Incredible Burt Wonderstone'' (2013), '' American Pie Presents: Girls' Rules'' (2020), and '' Violet'' (2021). In television, Gordon had a lead voice role as Gil on the

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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).

Personal life

Gordon was born in

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, to Linda and Kenneth Gordon. He has two older brothers and was raised in

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. Gordon graduated from Oak Park High School in his hometown. He is

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. 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.

Career

Gordon has made multiple television appearances on programs such as ''

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'' and '' All of Us''. He also appeared in the 2008 pilot of ''

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'', 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'', ''

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'', the

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film ''

'' (for which he won the

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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 ''

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''. In 2010, he played Greg Heffley in the film ''

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''. 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,

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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

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, Linus, and Franklin on the comedy show ''

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'', 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 ''

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'', 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

Awards and nominations

Discography

Singles

Notes

References

External links

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Interview
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