Izaac Wang

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Izaac Wang
CitizenshipAmerican
OccupationActor
Years active2019–present
Notable work

Izaac Wang is an American actor best known for his work on Good Boys (2019) and Raya and the Last Dragon (2021).

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Career

After appearing in the TV Land series Teachers , Wang landed his first film role as Soren in the 2019 Universal Pictures film Good Boys . [1] In June 2019, he was cast as Owen Yu in the Paramount Pictures film Clifford the Big Red Dog . [2] In June 2020, he appeared in the Lionsgate film Think Like a Dog . [3] In March 2021, he gained notability when he portrayed Boun in the Walt Disney Pictures animated film Raya and the Last Dragon (2021). [4] In February 2021, Wang was cast as Sam Wing in the HBO Max streaming series Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai (2023). [5]

Personal life

Wang was born to a Chinese father and Laotian mother. [6]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2019 Good Boys Soren [7]
2020 Think Like a Dog Li [3]
2021 Raya and the Last Dragon Boun (voice) [8]
Clifford the Big Red Dog Owen Yu [9]
2022White Now PleaseBryan ChenShort film [10]
2024 Dìdi Chris Wang

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2019 Teachers CalebEpisode: "Face Your Peers" [1]
2021 Infinity Train Young Min-Gi Park/
Ryan Akagi's brother (voice)
Episode: "The Twin Tapes"
2022-present The Santa Clauses Hugo6 episodes
2023–present [11] Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai Sam Wing (voice)10 episodes [12]

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