Zach Tyler Eisen

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Zach Tyler Eisen
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Eisen at GalaxyCon Raleigh in 2024
Born
Zachary Tyler Eisen [1]

(1993-09-23) September 23, 1993 (age 31)
Other namesZach Eisen
OccupationActor
Years active1998–present

Zachary Tyler Eisen (born September 23, 1993) is an American voice actor. He voiced Aang in Nickelodeon's Avatar: The Last Airbender , Lucas Nickle in The Ant Bully , Andrew in Little Bill and Pablo in the 2004 animated TV series The Backyardigans . His film roles include Entropy (1999) and Marci X (2003). [1] While living in Connecticut, he did most of his Avatar: The Last Airbender recordings via satellite from there and New York. As of January 2021, he works in the entertainment industry "behind the camera". [2]

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Early life

Zachary Tyler Eisen was born in Stamford, Connecticut to a Jewish-American family.

Career

He first acted as Lucas in Phil Joanou's film Entropy . He then started his voice role as Wee Willie/the titular character in the unaired Nickelodeon/Nick Jr. pilot for the PBS Kids children's TV series Super Why! . His next voice role was as Andrew Mulligan in the Bill Cosby-created Nickelodeon series Little Bill . Eisen later appeared on a 2000 episode of Nick Jr.'s Dora the Explorer as Baby Red Fish and portrayed a boy in Richard Benjamin's Marci X . He was cast as Pablo in the children's TV show The Backyardigans for its first season. In the last three seasons of the series, he was replaced by Jake Goldberg. He then provided the voice of Aang in Nickelodeon's Avatar: The Last Airbender . He voiced Lucas Nickle in the movie The Ant Bully .

He also has done voice work for video games, reprising his role as Lucas Nickle for the video game The Ant Bully and as Aang in the Avatar: The Last Airbender video games, including the series' titular video game adaptation, Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Burning Earth and Avatar: The Last Airbender – Into the Inferno .

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
1999 Entropy LucasCredited as Zachary Tyler [1]
2003 Marci X Boy
2006 The Ant Bully Lucas Nickle (voice) [3] [4] [5]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
1999 Super Why! Wee Willie/Super Why (voice)Pilot Episode (Unaired) [6]
1999–2002 Little Bill Andrew Mulligan (voice)29 episodes [1] [3]
2000 Dora the Explorer Baby Red Fish (voice)Episode: "Fish Out of Water"
2004–2006 The Backyardigans Pablo (voice)Main role (season 1), 20 episodes [1]
2005–2008 Avatar: The Last Airbender Aang (voice)Lead role, 60 episodes [1] [3]

Video games

YearTitleVoice roleNotesRef.
2006 The Ant Bully Lucas Nickle [3]
2006 Avatar: The Last Airbender Aang [3]
2007 Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Burning Earth [3]
2008 Avatar: The Last Airbender – Into the Inferno [3]

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