Nicolas Cantu
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Born | Nicolas Cantu September 8, 2003 Austin, Texas, U.S. | ||||||
Other names | Junky Janker[a] TheCAN2Network[b][3] | ||||||
Occupation(s) | Actor, YouTuber | ||||||
Years active | 2014–present | ||||||
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Subscribers | 427,000 (January 2024) | ||||||
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Nicolas Cantu (born September 8, 2003),
In live-action, Cantu is best known for starring as Elton Ortiz in the AMC post-apocalyptic horror drama television series The Walking Dead: World Beyond (2020–2021)[4][6] and as Hark in Steven Spielberg's coming-of-age drama film The Fabelmans (2022).
His
Early life
Nicolas Cantu was born in Austin, Texas on September 8, 2003. He is of Mexican descent; both of his parents are from Mexico City.[8][9] His father is a lawyer, whereas his mother is a social worker.[10] Cantu is the second of three sons, having two brothers, Sebastian and Matias.[11] He grew up in San Antonio, Texas and attended Stone Oak Elementary School.[12][13] He moved to Los Angeles, California when he was 10 years old in order to pursue his acting career. Cantu eventually moved back to San Antonio in 2022.[12]
Career
Television
He began his acting career at the age of twelve with a guest voice role as Diego Márquez in a 2016 episode of the
Film
Cantu began his film career at the age of fourteen with a voice role as Curly on the 2017 Nickelodeon TV film Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie.[16][17] He then starred in Steven Spielberg's The Fabelmans as Hark in 2022.[18][19] He provided the voice of Leonardo on the 2023 film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem.
Personal life
Cantu is a gamer.[20] He is close friends with the American singer, Brennley Brown.[21] On November 8, 2018, Cantu hosted a fundraiser for the Children's Hospital Los Angeles at Bob's Big Boy in Burbank, California.[22]
Cantu came out as
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref |
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2017 | Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie | Curly (voice) | TV Movie | [24] |
2017 | The Impossible Joy | Tomas | Short film | [25] |
2017 | Vikes | Joey | [26] | |
2022 | The Fabelmans | Hark | [27] | |
2023 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem | Leonardo (voice) | [28][29] |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Note | Ref |
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2016 | Dora and Friends: Into the City! | Diego Márquez, Crocodile, Polar Bear (voice) | 2 episodes | [30] |
2016–2017 | Lego Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures | Rowan Freemaker (voice) | 31 episodes | [31] |
2016–2018 | Future-Worm! | Paco (voice) | 6 episodes | [32] |
2016–2018 | Sofia the First | Prince James (voice) | 14 episodes | [33][34] |
2016–2019 | The Powerpuff Girls | Additional voices | ||
2017–2019 | The Amazing World of Gumball | Gumball Watterson, Humor, Anxiety, Zachariah Lopez Kirby (voice) | 71 episodes | |
2017 | Teachers | Quinn | 1 episode | |
2017 | Walk the Prank | Kid #1 | 1 episode | |
2017 | Raven's Home | Travis | 1 episode | [35][36] |
2018 | The Good Place | Raymond | 1 episode | |
2019 | Bizaardvark | Jackson | 1 episode | |
2019 | Sydney to the Max | Dominic | 1 episode | |
2019 | DuckTales | B.O.Y.D. (voice) | 1 episode | [37] |
2019 | Middle School Moguls | Winston (voice) | 4 episodes | |
2019–2020 | The Unicorn | Andrew | ||
2019–2020 | DreamWorks Dragons: Rescue Riders | Dak (voice) | 26 episodes | [37] |
2020 | Where's Waldo? | Rhys (voice) | 1 episode | |
2020–2021 | The Walking Dead: World Beyond | Elton Ortiz | 20 episodes | [37][38] |
2020 | Puppy Dog Pals | Teia (voice) | 1 episode | |
2021 | The Rookie | Dennis Kern | 1 episode | [39] |
2021 | 9-1-1: Lone Star | JJ | 2 episodes | |
2021–2022 | Kid Cosmic | Ensign Mainstay (voice) | 2 episodes | |
2022 | Family Guy
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High School Kid by the Bleachers (voice) | 1 episode | |
2022 | Oddballs
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Smooth Jason, Wrinkly (voice) | 2 episodes | |
2023 | American Born Chinese | Barry | 2 episodes | |
2023 | Hailey's On It! | Otto (voice) | 1 episode | |
2023 | Skull Island | Charlie (voice) | 8 episodes | [37][40] |
2024 | Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Leonardo (voice) | [41] |
Nominations
Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref |
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2018 | Annie Award |
Outstanding Achievement for Voice Acting in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production | The Amazing World of Gumball, episode "The Grades" | Nominated | [42] |
2019 | Young Artist Award | Best Performance in a Voice-Acting Role: Teen Artist | Sofia the First | Nominated | [43] |
References
- ^ THE END OF THE LINE #NEWBIG, retrieved September 19, 2023
- ^ "RIP THA GOAT #KOBEYJANKER #NEWBIG #GONEFOREVERYOUWILLBEMISSED⚱️". instagram.com.
- ^ "nicolasCAN2 Official YouTube Channel". youtube.com.
- ^ a b Martinez, Kiko (September 15, 2022). "Actor Nicolas Cantu returns to San Antonio after 8 years". San Antonio Express-News. Retrieved July 29, 2023.
- ^ McIntosh, Steven (July 28, 2023). "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reviews: Mutant Mayhem impresses critics". BBC Online. Retrieved July 29, 2023.
- ^ Pardiwalla, Tanzim (September 30, 2020). "Exclusive: 'The Walking Dead: World Beyond's Alexa Mansour, Nicolas Cantu On Relating To Teens In A Post-Apocalyptic World". Mashable. Retrieved July 29, 2023.
- ^ "junky janker's YouTube Stats (Summary Profile)". Social Blade. Retrieved July 29, 2023.
- ^ Raquel (August 12, 2021). "Nicolas Cantu Talks 'The Walking Dead: World Beyond' And Latin Representation". Fangirlish. Retrieved November 22, 2023.
- ^ Wamangu, Peris (March 15, 2021). "Nicolas Cantu (Junky Janker) biography: who is the voice of gumball?". Legit.ng – Nigeria news. Retrieved November 22, 2023.
- ^ Peterson, Robbie (June 22, 2023). "Who is child actor Nicolas Cantu? Age, Height, Parents, Wiki". The Biography. Retrieved November 22, 2023.
- ^ "Bring your #brother to work day 😎 #brotherlylove #brothers #fountain #beautifulday #california #dreamworks #project @sebastiancantuuu #nicolascantuofficial". instagram.com.
- ^ a b Martinez, Kiko (August 2, 2023). "5 things to know about San Antonio actor, 'Ninja Turtles' star Nicolas Cantu". San Antonio Express-News. Hearst Newspapers, LLC. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
- ^ Price, Robert (December 3, 2022). "San Antonio actor makes film debut in Steven Spielberg's 'The Fabelmans'". WOAI-TV. Retrieved July 29, 2023.
- ^ "LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures Premieres June 20 on Disney XD". www.starwars.com.
- ^ "San Antonio native Nicolas Cantu's character keeps developing in final season of Walking Dead spinoff". www.sacurrent.com.
- ^ "Nick Titles 'Hey Arnold!' Movie Starring Original Voicers". www.animationmagazine.net.
- ^ "Nickelodeon Reveals Title of the Hey Arnold! TV Movie as Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie; Original Voice Actors Return". ir.paramount.com.
- ^ "'I mean, it's Steven Spielberg': Former NEISD student will star in legendary director's film". www.expressnews.com.
- ^ "San Antonio actor makes film debut in Steven Spielberg's 'The Fabelmans'". news4sanantonio.com. December 2, 2022.
- ^ Cantu, Nicolas (November 2, 2020). "Walking Dead: World Beyond's Nicolas Cantu on How to Survive an Apocalypse". BUILD Series Sydney (Interview). Interviewed by Danny Clayton. Yahoo! News. Retrieved July 29, 2023.
- ^ "Happy #sixteen to my #sweet friend @brennleybrown 🎉🎂🎉🎂 #birthdaygirl #thevoice #celebrate #happybirthday #nicolascantuofficial". instagram.com.
- ^ "Please join my friends and I on Thursday, November 8th to help raise funds benefiting the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles. We will have a dine-in event happening ALL DAY at Bob's Big Boy in Burbank. SWIPE RIGHT to see flyer for details. @childrensla @gunnarsizemore @andrerobinson2 @junkyjanker @noah_k_bentley #chla #childrenshospitallosangeles #fundraiser #juniorambassador #helpingkids". instagram.com.
- ^ @ncantu (December 24, 2022). "Pansexual" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Hey Arnold movie: Nickeloden announces title, 19 original actors returning". ew.com.
- ^ "Nick Sets "Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie" for Nov. 24th Debut". www.animationscoop.com.
- ^ "Filming this "Vikes" movie I met my BFF @carterhastings1 Our viewing party was so much fun!! 🎉🎬🍿". facebook.com.
- ^ Martinez, Kiko (November 23, 2022). "San Antonio actor Nicolas Cantu stars in Steven Spielberg's 'The Fabelmans'". San Antonio Express-News. Retrieved July 29, 2023.
- ^ Tallerico, Brian (July 27, 2023). "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved July 29, 2023.
- ^ "The cast #tmnt #tmntmovie 💥". instagram.com.
- ^ "Nicolas Cantu: The Rising Star in Voice Acting". www.sarkariexam.com. January 6, 2024.
- ^ "LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures – Nicholas Cantu Interview". youtube.com.
- ^ "New 'Walking Dead' Spinoff Casts Its First Three Leads". deadline.com. July 10, 2019.
- ^ "World Beyond actor Nicolas Cantu in TMNT: Mutant Mayhem teaser". undeadwalking.com. March 6, 2023.
- ^ "Excited to be Prince James!!#sofiathefirst #voiceoveractor #voiceactor #disneychannel #nicolascantuofficial". instagram.com.
- ^ "Great times as guest star on #ravenshome with this funny and #amazing lady ❤️ @ravensymone #actors @disneychannel #funonset #lovemyjob #kidactor #disney #show #ravensfan @nicolascantoo #nicolascantuofficial". instagram.com.
- ^ "Shooting an #episode for #ravenshome was #epic #disneychannel #setlife #halloween #scary #newepisode #mustwatch #happyday #funday #nicolascantuofficial". instagram.com.
- ^ a b c d Kelley, Shamus (July 25, 2023). "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem – Nicolas Cantu on Taking Charge as Leonardo". Den of Geek. Retrieved July 29, 2023.
- ^ Otterson, Joe (July 10, 2019). "New 'Walking Dead' Series Casts Three Lead Roles (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved July 30, 2023.
- ^ "@therookieabc @abcnetwork". instagram.com.
- ^ Ratcliffe, Amy (June 22, 2023). "Nerdist Watches SKULL ISLAND's First Episode with Series Star Nicolas Cantu". Nerdist. Retrieved July 30, 2023.
- ^ Pulliam-Moore, Charles (July 26, 2023). "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem is already spawning a sequel and a spinoff series". The Verge. Retrieved July 29, 2023.
- ^ Flores, Terry (December 4, 2017). "'Coco' Tops 2018 Annie Awards Nominations With 13". Variety. Retrieved July 29, 2023.
- ^ 2019 Young Artist Academy – 40th Awards Nominations. Young Artist Award. April 20, 2019. Event occurs at 4:59. Retrieved July 29, 2023 – via YouTube.
Notes
External links
- Nicolas Cantu at IMDb
- Nicolas Cantu at Behind The Voice Actors