Gordon Cormier

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Gordon Cormier
Gordon Cormier GalaxyCon Raleigh 2024.jpg
Cormier at GalaxyCon Raleigh in 2024
Born (2009-10-08) October 8, 2009 (age 15) [1]
Alma materVancouver Acting School
OccupationActor
Years active2019–present

Gordon Cormier is a Canadian actor. He played Joe in The Stand (2020) and portrayed Aang in the Netflix live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender series.

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Life and career

Cormier was born and grew up in Vancouver. [2] His mother is of Filipino descent from Santa Rosa, Laguna in the Philippines. [3] [4]

Cormier became interested in acting while young. [5] He has starred in a Canadian cartoon series. [6] His debut role was in Get Shorty (2017), where he played Guatemalan Urchin. He also appeared in Lost in Space (2018).

His role in The Stand (2020) as Joe, a young boy who becomes the ward of Nadine Cross, brought him mainstream attention. [7] [8]

In August 2021, he was cast as the titular character Aang in Avatar: The Last Airbender , a Netflix live-action remake of the animated series of the same name. [9]

Filmography

Film

Year(s)TitleRole(s)Notes
2023 Ready Jet Go! Space Camp Mitchell PetersonVoice role

Television

Year(s)TitleRole(s)Notes
2019 Get Shorty Guatemalan UrchinEpisode: "What to Do When You Land"
2019A Christmas MiracleJacob Hallmark Original Movie
2019Christmas Under the StarsWise ManTV movie
2019 Lost in Space Young BoyEpisode: "Ninety-Seven"
2020–2021 The Stand JoeRecurring role; 8 episodes
2021Two Sentence Horror Stories 1Young CharlesEpisode: "Imposter"
2021 Turner & Hooch Mountain ScoutEpisode: "The Fur-gitive"
2021 Gabby Duran & The Unsittables TarleyEpisode: "Zeke To The Future"
2022 Team Zenko Go Luis / LouisVoice role
2024 Avatar: The Last Airbender Aang Main role

References

  1. Tinoco, Francisca (January 26, 2024). "'Avatar: The Last Airbender' star Gordon Cormier's age, confirmed". We Got This Covered . Retrieved February 26, 2024.
  2. Dutta, Barsha (February 23, 2024). "Who Is Gordon Cormier? Everything About Avatar: The Last Airbender As Star Heads Home To Promote Series". Pinkvilla . Retrieved February 24, 2024.
  3. "Get to know Gordon Cormier, the Filipino-Canadian actor who plays Aang in 'Avatar: The Last Airbender'". GMA News.
  4. C, Toff. "Filipino-Canadian actor Gordon Cormier lands lead role in Netflix's 'Avatar: The Last Airbender' live-action series". Push. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
  5. Alvaro Limos, Mario. "The Last Airbender Is a Filipino-Canadian". Esquiremag.ph. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
  6. Alvaro Limos, Mario. "The Last Airbender Is a Filipino-Canadian". Esquiremag.ph. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
  7. Llemit, Kathleen A. "Filipino-Canadian stars in new Avatar live action". Philstar.com. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
  8. "The Stand Episode 2 Recap: "Pocket Savior" Doubles-Down on Flashbacks and Apocalypse Energy, for Better & (Only Occasionally) Worse". theplaylist.net. December 24, 2020. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
  9. Goldberg, Lesley (August 12, 2021). "Netflix's Avatar: The Last Airbender Sets Creative Team, Cast for Live-Action Adaptation". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 17, 2021.