Zachary Gordon

Zachary Adam "Zach" Gordon (born February 15, 1998) is an American teen-actor (formely a child actor) who works on movies and television programs. He is best known for playing the role of Greg Heffley in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid Film Series.

Personal Life
Zach was born on 15th February 1998 and raised in Oakpark,California. He has two siblings named Josh and Kyle. He is Jewish from a practicing family and is attending a public highschool in Oak Park.

Career
Gordon has many television appearances,such as in shows like All of Us and also How I Met your Mother.He has also appeared in the 2008 opening of the show, Desperate Housewives , and also appeared in an episode of the show.

His film credits (2007–2008) 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 the character Ethan),  The Brothers Bloom , as Young Bloom, and alongside N icolas Cage in National Treasure: Book of Secrets  (2007). 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  ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mighty_B! The Mighty B!]<span style="font-size:12.727272033691406px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.190340042114258px;"> He is a series regular as the voice of Gil in the Nicklodeon series, Bubble Guppies''<span style="font-size:12.727272033691406px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.190340042114258px;">. Gordon has voice acted as Baby Melman in the animated film,  Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa<span style="font-size:12.727272033691406px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.190340042114258px;">, Kotaro in  Afro Sumurai: Resurrection<span style="font-size:12.727272033691406px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.190340042114258px;">, and Young Tony Stark in  The Super Hero Squad Show<span style="font-size:12.727272033691406px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.190340042114258px;">. In 2010 he made a birthday wish to get the role of Greg Heffley in Diary of a Wimpy Kid (film) and he ended up getting the role too <span style="font-size:12.727272033691406px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.190340042114258px;">, and in 2011 appeared as Papi Jr. in  Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2<span style="font-size:12.727272033691406px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.190340042114258px;">.In June 2010,20th Century Fox announced a sequel to the Wimpy Kid film, named Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (film), it was released on March 25 2011 and he once again played the role of Greg Heffley.I <span style="font-size:12.727272033691406px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.190340042114258px;">n 2011, he did voice acting as Charlie Brown in the show Robot Chicken. In 2012,a sequel to Rodrick Rules film, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (film) was made and he once again reprised the role of Gregory Heffley.

Trivia

 * It was his birthday wish to get the role of Greg Heffley
 * He made a drawing showing his ambition for the role of Greg Heffley and when brought to Canada for casting.