Jacob Turner Hopkins (born March 4, 2002) is an American actor. He is best known for voicing Gumball Watterson in The Amazing World of Gumball from 2014 to 2017 and Fushi in To Your Eternity.
Early life Hopkins was born Jacob Turner Hopkins on March 4, 2002 in San Francisco, California, to actors Gerald and Debra (née Spagnoli) Hopkins. He has an older brother named Gerad (b. 1998) who is a musician, singer, and songwriter. He is of 1/4th Italian ancestry on his mother's side.
Career Hopkins is known for playing the role of Alexander Drew in True Blood, Chad Kremp in The Goldbergs, and for being the voice of Gumball in The Amazing World of Gumball, after replacing Logan Grove in season 3. During season 5, Hopkins was replaced in the new role of Gumball by Nicolas Cantu, as Hopkins' voice had changed due to puberty. As of 2021, he made his anime debut as Fushi from To Your Eternity, while also voicing Shun Kamiya from Tribe Nine.
As of to date, he currently lends his voice in English dubs for Japanese anime series.
Personal life Hopkins has been a celebrity ambassador of The Jonathan Foundation, an organization that provides assistance in the special education system in Northridge, California, since 2013.
Filmography
Film and Television YearTitleRoleNotes 2007 The Minis Brian 2010 How I Met Your Mother Billy Episode: "The Wedding Bride"2011 Priest Boy Just a Little Heart Attack Boy Short film RCVR Bobby 6 episodes2012 Supermoms Jake True Blood Alexander Drew 3 episodes Animal Practice Connor Episode: "Clean-Smelling Pirate"2013 Missing at 17 Andrew Television film Welcome to Elmore Gumball Watterson Voice, promotional video 2013–2020 The Goldbergs Chad Kremp Recurring role (seasons 1–3, 6–7); guest (seasons 4–5, 8); 21 episodes 2014 About a Boy Eddie Episode: "About a Vasectomy" 2014–2017 The Amazing World of Gumball Gumball Watterson/Chi Chi Voice, 92 episodes2015 The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water Additional Voices ADR GroupUncredited Inside Out Additional Voices Game Shakers Landru Episode: "Trip Steals the Jet" The boy who cried Fish! Adam Short film2016 Agent Gumball Gumball Watterson Voice, video game Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life Miller The Loud House Andrew Voice, episode: "Lincoln Loud Girl Guru/Come Sale Away" 2017 The Nerd Posse Kingston Night Television film 2018 Planeman Planeman/Jacob Voice, short film 2019 We Bare Bears Boot Crew Drew/Additional Voices Episode: "Baby Orphan Ninja Bears" 2020–2022 DreamWorks Dragons: Rescue Riders Axel FinkeVoice 2021 Carolina's Calling Zack Kuroko's Basketball Additional Voices Voice, English dub 2021–present To Your Eternity Fushi2021 The Vampire Dies in No Time Homerun Batter Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan Matahiko Nekota 2022 Tribe Nine Shun KamiyaKomi Can't CommunicateMakoto Katai2022–2023 The Prince of Tennis Shuichiro Oishi 2022–2024 Boruto: Naruto Next Generations Code2023Legend of Raoh: Chapter of Death in LoveShivaVoice, English dub, film2024Kenichi: The Mightiest DiscipleSho KanoVoice, English dub 2025 Blue Box Ryosuke Nishida The Summer Hikaru Died Yuta Maki 2026 Kaiju Girl Caramelise Arata
Web Series YearTitleRoleNotes2026Ash BrownVoice, Pilot
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