Atticus Shaffer

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Atticus Shaffer (2012)

Atticus Ronald Shaffer (born June 19, 1998 in Santa Clarita , California ) is an American actor and voice actor , best known for his role as Brick Heck in the series The Middle .

life and career

Atticus Shaffer was born in June 1998 in the medium-sized California city ​​of Santa Clarita to Debbie and Ron Shaffer. Shaffer has osteogenesis imperfecta type IV , a genetic disease inherited from his mother who has type I.

He took his first role in 2007 in the television series The Class in the form of a guest role as Jonah . In 2008 and 2009, there followed minor appearances in the films Big Fat Important Movie and Opposite Day, as well as in the series My Name Is Earl . Also in 2009, he was in the role of Matty Newton in horror - thriller The Unborn seen. From 2009 to 2018 he played the lead role Brick Heck in the comedy series The Middle , the youngest child of Mike ( Neil Flynn ) and Frankie Heck ( Patricia Heaton ). On the set of the series, he received home schooling from his mother . Along with his siblings' actors, Charlie McDermott and Eden Sher , Shaffer was nominated for the 2011 Young Artist Awards for Outstanding Cast in a TV Series. From 2010 to 2011 he worked as a voice actor of Albert Glass in the animated series Fish Hooks operates. In 2011 he took on small guest roles in the television series Tripp's rock band , ThunderCats and Shake It Up - dancing is everything . At the end of September 2012 he could be heard as Edgar in Tim Burton's remake of the short film Frankenweenie from 1984 . He has also been running a YouTube channel called AtticusShafferVlog since 2013 .

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Commons : Atticus Shaffer  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b The Middle - Atticus Shaffer. In: abc.go.com. American Broadcasting Company , accessed November 13, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Mark Bennett: Caught in the Middle. In: Tribstar.com. The Tribune-Star, February 27, 2011; Archived from the original on November 18, 2013 ; accessed on November 12, 2012 (English).
  3. ↑ 32nd Annual Young Artist Award - Nominations. In: YoungArtistAward.org. Young Artist Award , archived from the original on November 30, 2012 ; Retrieved November 12, 2012 .
personal data
SURNAME Shaffer, Atticus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Shaffer, Atticus Ronald (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American actor and voice actor
DATE OF BIRTH June 19, 1998
PLACE OF BIRTH Santa Clarita , California , United States