Nicolas Cantu

Nicolas Cantu (born September 8, 2003), formerly known by his internet pseudonym Junky Janker, is an American actor and YouTuber. Cantu is best known for his animation roles as Gumball in the Cartoon Network animated TV series The Amazing World of Gumball, and as Leonardo in the 2023 computer-animated film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem. In live-action, Cantu is known for starring as Elton Ortiz in the AMC television series The Walking Dead: World Beyond. His YouTube channel has over 425,000 subscribers. Early life Nicolas Cantu was born in Austin, Texas on September 8, 2003. He grew up in San Antonio, Texas and attended Stone Oak elementary school. He has two brothers. He moved to Los Angeles, California when he was 10 years old in order to pursue his acting career. Cantu moved back to his home town of San Antonio, Texas in 2022. Career Television He began his voice acting career at the age of twelve with a guest role as Diego in a 2016 episode of the Nickelodeon series Dora and Friends: Into the City!. He then began voice acting in main roles in the same year. His first main voice role was as Rowan Freemaker in the Disney XD television series Lego Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures. He also starred as Paco on the TV animated show Future-Worm!, voiced Prince James for the Disney Junior show Sofia the First, replacing Tyler Merna, and provided additional voices for the reboot series The Powerpuff Girls. In 2017, Cantu voiced the title character on the Cartoon Network series The Amazing World of Gumball, replacing Jacob Hopkins, starred in an episode of Teachers as Quinn and played Travis on an episode of Disney Channel's Raven's Home. In 2018, Cantu appeared as Raymond on The Good Place. In 2019, he made one-episode appearances on the TV series Bizaardvark, Sydney to the Max and DuckTales. He voiced Winston on Middle School Moguls and appeared as Andrew on the CBS sitcom The Unicorn. He also voiced Dak on the Netflix series DreamWorks Dragons: Rescue Riders. In 2020, he voiced Rhys on an episode of Where's Waldo?, played Elton Ortiz on AMC's The Walking Dead: World Beyond and provided the voice of Teia on the animated series Puppy Dog Pals. In 2021, he played Dennis Kern on an episode of The Rookie, appeared as JJ on two episodes of 9-1-1: Lone Star and voiced Ensign Mainstay on the Netflix series Kid Cosmic. In 2022, he voiced Smooth Jason and Wrinkly on the Netflix show Oddballs.