Nicolas Cantu
Birthdate – September 8, 2003 (21 Years Old)
Birthplace – Austin, Texas
Nicolas Cantu is in demand as a young actor in both animated movies and TV and live-action. Debuting as a professional actor at age nine, Cantu had his debut big-screen credit at age sixteen in writer-director Tenney Fairchild’s high school comedy, Vikes (2017), co-starring Aidan Alexander, Sydney Sweeney, Noah Munck, and Miguel A. Nunez Jr..
For Cantu’s next movie role, he was cast by Steven Spielberg in a supporting role in The Fabelmans (2022), with Michelle Williams, Gabriel LaBelle, Paul Dano, Judd Hirsch, and Seth Rogen, scoring seven Oscar nominations but losing money for Universal/Amblin with a poor $45.6 million global gross. Nicolas Cantu’s biggest movie role to date was as the voice of Leonardo in the Jeff Rowe/Kyler Spears-co-directed reboot, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023), with Shamon Brown Jr., Micah Abbey, Ayo Edebiri, Maya Rudolph, and John Cena.
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Personal Details
Nicolas Cantu was born and raised in Austin, Texas, by his parents, who are both Latino. Cantu has two brothers, Sebastian and Matias. Cantu became interested in acting at age seven, performing in school play productions, and acting as a child in industrial films. Cantu’s family moved to Los Angeles, where Cantu began his professional acting career at age nine in 2012.
Filmography
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Leonardo (2023)
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Hobbies: Nicolas Cantu’s hobbies include basketball, skateboarding, drawing, and making videos on his YouTube channel, “Junky Janker.
Awards
Nominee, Best Voice Acting—Animated TV, Annie Awards (2018); Best Performance in Voice-Acting Role—Teen Artist, Young Artist Awards (2019).
