Atticus Schaffer is an eighteen-year-old American actor nominated for several awards and received them. His full name is Atticus Ronald Schaffer.
Atticus Schaffer: biography
A young American actor was born in the United States of America in California on June 19, 1998. From childhood, the American actor lives with his parents Debbie and Ron Shaffers. An interesting fact is that the parents named Atticus in honor of the protagonist of the wonderful literary work "To Kill a Mockingbird".
Atticus Schaffer studied all his school years at home because of his illness, but more on that later. His favorite pastime, besides filming a movie, is reading. According to him, there was not a day that he would have spent without a book. The most favorite works of Atticus Schaffer are: Star Wars (all parts), the series "Diary of a Wimp", and he also admires books about the Second World War and studies the history of this war.
The American actor is also a fan of animated films. For example, he admires the Clone Wars, likes to watch Channel Stories, Pawnshop Stars, Grab Without Looking, and American Collectors.
The roots of the famous actor
The Atticus Shaffer family tree is quite ramified. For example, his paternal grandmother was of Italian descent, and on the maternal side was a Pole. But that is not all. Atticus has German, Swedish-French, French-Canadian and English roots.
Atticus Schaffer: disease
When the boy was born, unfortunately, doctors immediately discovered a congenital bone disease. This serious illness is called imperfect osteogenesis of the fourth type. The disease was inherited from the mother, who is also sick with this disease, namely, has her first type. However, in everything it is possible to find its advantages, although sometimes they can be very dubious. Of course, health is the most important component of a happy life, but not always a person receives what he would like. Thanks to his sad illness, the boy easily plays the roles of characters who should look much younger than Atticus Shaffer himself.
The consequences of the disease, for example, an extremely small stature (and at Atticus it is only 142 centimeters), of course, complicate his life, but they also help to earn on interesting roles in the movies.
It is important to note the support of Debbie and Ron Shaffer - the parents of Atticus. They help and guide their son on the right path. After all, what could be more important than an understanding and supportive family? This is undoubtedly the most important thing in the life of any person.
Films and awards
It is important to note that Atticus Schaffer began his career as an actor at a very young age: he was nine years old. This happened in 2006.
In 2006, Atticus was spotted by a well-known manager and was invited to play a major guest role in Class. This role led him to the embodiment of a more powerful role. He played the role of Brick Hack in the sitcom "It Happens and Worse."
Schaffer is also known for his role as Matty Newton in the 2009 film Unborn.
On the wide screens, Atticus appeared in the films: “Hancock” (2008) as a boy at the bus stop, “American Fairytale” (2008) as the little boy Timmy, “Unborn”, “Day on the contrary” (2009), where he the character was a detective boy.
The American actor proved himself not only in big movies, but also on television. He has a huge number of roles in fairly large projects. The roles of Atticus Schaffer, the films in which he embodied them, are presented below:
- "Class" (2007). The role of John in the first episode.
- "Days of our life" (2007). Little Irishman.
- "Motorists" (2008). In the first episode he played a boy.
- "From Jimmy's Head" (2008). The role of Aaron.
- “It happens and worse” (from 2009 to the present). Brick Hack.
- "Five Superheroes" (2013). In this film, Atticus Schaffer voiced the character Monk I.
- "Dance Fever" (2011). The role of a stranger.
- "I'm in a rock band" (2011). The image of Eddie Nova Jr.
- "My name is Earl" (2009). A boy from the cosmonaut camp.
Scoring movies and cartoons
Not every actor can boast of such achievements at such a young age. However, these are not all the achievements of Atticus. He also excelled at voicing famous cartoons.
Perhaps his most famous work is the dubbing of a hunchback boy in the animated film Frankenvini. This is a slightly villainous character, but he has a good heart. The actor in one of his interviews says that he is very similar to his hero. Atticus claims that, like his character, he follows the call of the heart and does not want to classify himself as a gray mass. He likes to think outside the box.
An interesting fact is that Atticus Schaffer loves the Lego constructor, as does his character in the cartoon Frankenvini. This is another similarity between the actor and the cartoon character.
Atticus Schaffer is also known for voicing a perch boy in Rybologiya, one of the twins in Madagascar Penguins, Ermik in Thunderbolts, Pidi Freiman in Stephen’s Universe, Seabas in Clarence.
Awards
- In 2011, Atticus Schaffer received the Young Actor Award nomination for his role in the episodes of Happens and Worse.
- In 2013, he became a candidate for the Annie Award for voicing a character in the cartoon Frankenvini.
For the role in the movie "It Happens and Worse," the actor receives $ 12,000 for each episode that was shot.