Biography

Atticus Shaffer is an American TV, Movie and voice actor  known for his role as Brick Heck in The Middle(2009–2018), voice of Albert Glass in Fish Hooks(2010–2014). He made his TV debut in 2007 with a minor role in The Class(2007).

Some of his recent screen appearances are: playing Wayne Riley in "Firebuds", Voicing Morrie Rydell in the radio series "Adventures in Odyssey", voicing Grumpy in "Pete the Cat", 

Childhood, Personal Life, Family

Atticus Ronald Shaffer was born on June 19, 1998 to Ron Shaffer(Father) & Debbie Shaffer(Mother) in Santa Clarita, California, United States.

He is named after the popular character of Atticus Finch from To Kill a Mockingbird (1962). He lives with his parents in Los Angeles.

He is of Italian, Polish, German, Swiss, French, English descent.

Atticus Shaffer has a bone related disease osteogenesis imperfecta(brittle bone disease), type IV, a defect in collagen because of which his bones are fragile. This condition has caused in him a reduced stature with a younger physical appearance. He inherited the disease from his mother, who is a type I.

Christianity

He was baptized in 2015, he and his mother together studied Old and New Testaments. He loves comtemporary Christian rock, and some of the christian music bands are his favorite to listen to.

Career

Atticus Shaffer made his TV debut with The Class(2007) where he played the role of Jonah in the Episode 'The Class Rides a Bull'.

In the series Human Giant, he appeared as Wade Richards in the episode Mind Explosion.

In the romantic drama series "Days of Our Lives", he appeared as an Irish Boy.

The Middle(2009-2018)

The middle started as a TV movie written by Eileen Heisler, DeAnn Heline and directed by Chris Koch. It starred Amanda Arentsen, Rusty Burns, Ashley Devane, Bonita Friedericy, Kity Kreidler, Ricki Lake, Brent McGregor, Lex Medlin and others.

Eileen Heisler, DeAnn Heline turned the story into a series. The sitcom series was aired on ABC starting in September 2009. 

Brick is the youngest son of Mike(Neil Flynn) and Frankie (Patricia Heaton) Heck. Brick is affected by by a language disorder called Palilalia, he likes to read, he can not lie, he is smarter than most teens his age.

Brick has two siblings in Axl Redford Heck (Charlie McDermott) and Sue Heck (Eden Sher)

He gets a girlfriend named Cindy, attends high school..

In the comedy series Carpoolers, he appears in the episode "Take your daughter to work day". 

In the comedy series "Out of Jimmy's Head", he aplays Aaron in the episode "Bad Fad".

In the drama movie "Leaving Barstow" of 2008, he appeared as a boy in the bus.

In the superhero comedy Hancock, he appeared as a boy at bus bench

In the comedy fantasy movie An American Carol(2008), he plays Atticus.

In the 2009 mystery thriller "The Unborn" he played Matty Newton. It was directed by David S. Goyer and featured Odette Annable, Gary Oldman, Cam Gigandet in the lead.

In the series My Name is Earl, he apparead as a camper in the episode "Chaz Dalton's Space Academy".

In the family comedy drama "Opposite Day" he played a kid detective.

In the series "I'm in the band"  he appeared as Eddie Nove Jr. in the episode Camp Weasel Rock.

In the romantic thriller "Subject: I Love You" he voiced the character Tommy.

In the animation series "ThunderCats" he voiced the character Child Emrick

In the series Shake it up, he plays an alien. 

Frankenweenie

In the comedy animation movie Frankenweenie, he has voiced Edgar E Gore. Edgar is Victor's hunch backed classmate, an Igor stock character. Edgar is the first to know Victor has brought Sparky back to life. This Tim Burton movie has Winona Ryder, Catherine O'Hara, Martin Short voicing the lead characters.

Fish Hooks

In the animation series created by Noah Z. Jones for Disney, Atticus plays the recurring role of Albert Glass, a nerdy, very intelligent  glass fish, he is very transparent and thus his brain can be seen through. Jumbo the shrimp, Milo, Oscar, Bea are his best friends.  He is often the target of bullying by Jocktopus and gang. He has voiced the characters in 28 episodes.

In the direct to video movie Super Buddies directed by  Robert Vince, he voiced Monk-E. In the series Clarance, he voiced Seabass in the episode Hoofin' It.

In the family comedy series "See Dad Run"   He plays Guardian Angel in the episode 19 of season 3

In the TV animation movie "The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar", he voices the character Ono,

In the Nickelodeon series "The Penguins of Madagascar" he voices Vesuvius Twins in 4 episodes.

In the comedy fantasy movie "Monkey Up" of 2016, He voiced the character Mooner.

In the TV mini series "Lion Guard: It's Unbungalievable" he voices the character Ono. In the TV Movie Home: For the Holidays he voiced the Fox.

Steven Universe

In the coming of age boy story series created by Rebecca Sugar, Atticus has vocied the character Peedee Fryman, a recurring character, Peedee is the brother of Ronaldo Fryman, and son of Mr. Fryman

In the series "Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh" he voiced Fox character in 2 episodes

In the TV comedy family christmas movie "I'll Be Next Door for Christmas' of 2018, Atticus played Archie. 

In the What's Wildchat podcast series, he appeared as a guest in 2019. In the animation adventure series "Star vs. the Forces of Evil" Atticus voiced Dennis in 3 episodes

The Lion Guard

In the Disney animation series The Lion Guard developed by Ford Riley, Atticus played one of the main roles- Ono, an egret who is a friend of Kion, the lion. Ono worked as the eyes for the Lion Guard. Ono's eyes were damaged in a battle over Pride Lands.Ono gets promition to be a member of the Lion Guard, as the smartest member and very knowledgeable he becomes the valuable member of Lion Guard.

Harvey Girls Forever!

In the Netflix animation series based on Harvey Comics characters, he played Melvin, one of the main characters.

Melvin is a brat, quite popular on the video platform, he undergoes personality change after a brain freeze and tries to become a better human being. He appears in a total of 23 episodes.

In the series "Never have I ever" he played Russia in an episode titled "..started a nuclear war"

In the TV movie "Arlo the Alligator Boy" he voiced multiple small characters like a little bully, an Ice Cream kid and others.

Pete the Cat

In the cartoon cat series Pete the Cat created by James Dean, Atticus played Grumpy cat in 41 episodes. Grumpy is one of the main characters along with Neville, Callie, Pete, Emma, Sally and others. 

The series is about exploring the world and trying new things in life while being optimistic and also accepting life as it comes.

He has played the role of Morrey Rydell on the radio show Adventures in Odyssey, a Evangelical Christian comedy drama aimed at the kids. In the series Firebuds, he voiced the character Wayne Riley in 6 episodes.

Filmography

Movies

Series

Shows

Atticus has appeared in numerous TV shows as a guest, some of the popular ones are

• Jimmy Kimmel Live!
• The Bonnie Hunt Show
• Entertainment Tonight
• Lopez Tonight
• The Tonight Show With Jay Leno
• Good Morning America
• Live with Kelly and Michael
• The Queen Latifah Show

Interesting Facts

• Atticus Shaffer is an avid reader.
• He often uses body doubles for any risky scenes that can cause harm to his bones.
• Atticus was home schooled since the young age.
• He liked games Yu-Gi-Oh & Lego in his childhood.
• His role in 'The Middle' as Brick Heck is somewhat similar to his real life.
• He has become popular for his voice roles later in his career.
• His voice for the character Edgar in Frankenweenie(2012) has earned him popularity
• He often plays the Mini-Golf for fun.
• He has a pet cat named Miss Puff.
• He has appeared or lent voice for many commericial including AIG.
• He was a boy scout and participated in Camping trips and earned badges.
• He was offered $12,000 per episode of the TV series The Middle (2009) as salary.
• His favorite pizza toppings are- pineapple, pepperoni, pepperoncini peppers.
• He likes attending Comic-Cons.
• He is a huge fan of zombie video games like Dying Light, Walking Dead.
• He likes video games like- Call of Duty, Battlefield, Skyrim, LOTR, The Long Dark.
• He has both Xbox & Play station, likes them both equally.
• He wants to become a director/ writer in future, he wishes to go to college to take a course related to that.
• He loves pets and wishes people adopt more animals.

Awards

Quotes

• Count all the hours lost which are not accompanied by some worthy deed.
• I am a huge nerd and a homesteader who enjoys the simple things in life.
• Free pizza will always make me happy.
• Always be wise with money kids. Always have a safety net.
• My mom has taught me to love to learn and I am forever grateful for that.
• Wisdom and education means a great deal to me and I find joy in being able to learn new and interesting things every chance I get.

Sources

1. Atticus Shaffer on wikipedia
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