Personal life

Gordon was born in Oak Park, California, to Linda and Kenneth Gordon. He has two brothers, Joshua and Kyle, and was raised in Southern California. Zach attends a public high school in Oak Park and is Jewish.

Career

Gordon's resume includes multiple television appearances, on shows such as All of Us and How I Met Your Mother. He has also appeared in the 2008 opening of Desperate Housewives, plus 2 other episodes, and in two episodes of 24, which aired in January 2009. He also appeared in three episodes (2014) as a guest star on Tim Allen's sitcom, where he played Tim's daughter's boyfriend.

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 Ethan), The Brothers Bloom, as Young Bloom, and alongside Nicolas Cage in National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007) and many others. 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 is a series regular as the voice of Gil, one of the lead roles in the Nickelodeon series, Bubble Guppies. Gordon has voice cameo acted as Baby Melman in the animated film, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, Kotaro in Afro Sumurai: 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 appeared as 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. It was the #1 Box office movie in the U.S. for the following 2 weeks.

In 2011 Gordon did voice acting as Charlie Brown, Linus and Franklin on the comedy show Robot Chicken, and in 2012, he reprised the role of Greg Heffley again in Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days.

In 2013, Gordon was chosen to host a Mini-Series for Nintendo, called Skylander's Boomcast on YouTube channel SkylandersGame, reviewing and talking about the very successful video game series Skylanders.

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 with veteran actor Bruce Dern playing his cantankerous grandfather.

Filmography

Year	film	Role	Notes
2006, 2009	How I Met Your Mother	Stacy's Son, Tyler Stinson (Grant)	2 episodes
2006-2007	All of Us	Richie
2007	Because I Said So	Little Arthur
	Sex and Death 101	Barbeque Brat
	Georgia Rule	Ethan
	The Chubbchubbs Save Xmas	Brad Spoylt
	National Treasure: Book of Secrets	Lincoln Conspiracy Kid
2007, 2011	Robot Chicken	Charlie Brown, Linus	2 episodes; voice
2008	David's Solution	Little David	TV
	Desperate Housewives	Little Robin Hood	1 episode
	The Mighty B!	Gwen's Brother #4	1 episode; voice
	Handy Manny	Little Lopart
	MADtv	The Joker	1 episode
	Lower Learning	Frankie Fowler
	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Baby Melman	Voice Cameo
	Four Christmases	Kid #6 in Jump-Jump
	Special Agent Oso	Tyler	Voice
2008, 2010	Batman: The Brave and the Bold	Young Bruce Wayne, Young Aqualad	3 episodes; voice
2008-2009	Ni Hao, Kai-lan	San San	15 episodes
2009	The Brothers Bloom	Young Bloom
	24	8 Year-Old Boy	2 episodes
	Afro Samurai: Resurrection	Kotaro	Voice
	Santa Buddies	Puppy Paws	Voice; main role
2010	Diary of a Wimpy Kid	Greg Heffley	Voice; main role
	The Search for Santa Paws	Puppy Paws	Voice; main role
2011	Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2	Papi Junior
	Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules	Greg Heffley	Lead role
	Childrens Hospital	Cody/Mike	1 episode
	Family Guy	Homeless Little Boy	1 episode
2011-2012	Bubble Guppies	Gil	Voice; main role
2012	Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days	Greg Heffley	Lead role
	R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour	Seth/Seti
2013	The Incredible Burt Wonderstone	Will
	Pete's Christmas	Pete Kidder
	Uncle Grandpa	Belly Kid	1 episode; voice
2014	Last Man Standing	Andrew	3 episodes
	The Boxcar Children	Henry	Voice only
2015	Huevos: Little Rooster's Egg-cellent Adventure	Rolo	Voice
2016	Norm of the North	Norm Cub	Voice

Awards and nominations

Award	Year	Category	Result	Work
Young Artist Award	2008	Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actor (Comedy or Musical)	Won	Georgia Rule
Sierra Award	2010	Youth in Film	Nominated	Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Young Artist Award	2011	Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actor	Nominated
		Best Performance in a Feature Film - Young Ensemble Cast	Won
Young Artist Award	2012	Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actor	Nominated	Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
Young Artist Award	2013	Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actor	Nominated	Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
		Best Performance in a Feature Film - Young Ensemble Cast	Won

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