Atticus Shaffer

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).

Childhood, Personal Life, Family

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

Atticus Shaffer has a bone related disease osteogenesis imperfecta(brittle bone disease) 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.

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 2008, he made his Movie debut through Leaving Barstow, in which he appeared as a boy on bus.

He has played the role of Morrey Rydell on the radio show Adventures in Odyssey, a Evangelical Christian comedy drama aimed at the kids.

Some of the popular TV shows Atticus has appeared or lent his voice are: The Middle(2009-2018) where he played Brick Heck, Fish Hooks(2010–2014) where he gave voice to the character of Albert Glass, Steven Universe(2013-) where he was the voice of Peedee Fryman. The Lion Guard(2016-) an animated series where Atticus gave voice to character Ono, the Cattle egret. Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh(2016–) Another animated series where he gave voice to The character of Fox.

Some of the movies he has appeared in are Leaving Barstow(2008), Hancock(2008), An American Carol(2008), The Unborn(2009), Opposite Day(2009).

Atticus has lent his voice to the characters in movies such as: Subject: I Love You(2009), Frankenweenie(2012), Super Buddies(2013), The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar(2015), Monkey Up(2016), The Lion Guard: The Rise of Scar(2017)

Interesting Facts

• Atticus Shaffer is an avid reader.
• 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 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
• 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
• Atticus has won an award at the Media Access Awards.
• He has been nominated for the awards Young Artist Awards(2010), Annie Awards(2013) for his roles in The Middle & Frankenweenie.
• 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 is of Italian, Polish, German, Swiss, French, English descent.
• 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.
• 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.

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.