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American actor Nicolas Cantu was previously recognized online as Junky Janker, and he is currently known online as nicolasCAN2. Cantu’s most well-known animated roles are as Leonardo in the 2023 computer-animated movie Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem and as Gumball in the Cartoon Network animated TV series The Amazing World of Gumball.
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Nicolas Cantu’s most well-known live-action role is that of Elton Ortiz in the AMC series The Walking Dead: World Beyond. He has over 425,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel.
On September 8, 2003, Nicolas Cantu was born in Austin, Texas. Growing up, he went to Stone Oak Elementary School in San Antonio, Texas. He is the brother of two.
When he was ten years old, he relocated to Los Angeles, California, to further his acting career. In 2022, Cantu returned to his hometown of San Antonio, Texas. At twelve years old, he made his voice acting debut in a 2016 episode of Nickelodeon’s Dora and Friends: Into the City! as Diego. In the same year, he started doing voice acting for major roles. Rowan Freemaker from the Disney XD television series Lego Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures was his first major voice role.
Along with his roles as Tyler Merna’s replacement as Prince James in the Disney Junior series Sofia the First, Paco from the TV animated series Future-Worm!, and additional voices for the reboot series The Powerpuff Girls, he also performed in other roles.
In 2017, Cantu played Travis in an episode of Disney Channel’s Raven’s Home, starred as Quinn in an episode of Teachers, and voiced the title character on the Cartoon Network series The Amazing World of Gumball, taking Jacob Hopkins’ place.
Cantu made an appearance as Raymond on The Good Place in 2018. He appeared in one episode each of Bizaardvark, Sydney to the Max, and DuckTales in 2019. In the CBS sitcom The Unicorn, he played Andrew, and in Middle School Moguls, he provided the voice of Winston. In the Netflix series DreamWorks Dragons: Rescue Riders, he also provided the voice of Dak.
In 2020, he portrayed Elton Ortiz in AMC’s The Walking Dead: World Beyond, and voiced Rhys in Where’s Waldo? episode, and voiced Teia in the animated series Puppy Dog Pals. He voiced Ensign Mainstay in the Netflix series Kid Cosmic, played Dennis Kern in an episode of The Rookie, and made two appearances as JJ in 9-1-1: Lone Star in 2021.
He provided the voices of Wrinkly and Smooth Jason for the Netflix series Oddballs in 2022. His most recent roles as of 2023 are in the films Skull Island, Hailey’s On It!, and American Born Chinese. Additionally, he was featured on Kill Tony’s #633 Comedy Podcast.
At fourteen years old, Cantu made his screen debut as Curly in the 2017 Nickelodeon TV movie Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie. In 2022, he played the lead role of Hark in Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans. In the 2023 motion picture Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, he voiced Leonardo.
Nicolas Cantu enjoys gaming and is a pansexual. Brennley Brown, an American singer, is a close friend of his. At Bob’s Big Boy in Burbank, California, on November 8, 2018, Cantu held a fundraiser for the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.
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