Tenzing Norgay Trainor (born September 4, 2001) is an American actor. He gained notability for his role as Parker Rooney on the Disney Channel television show Liv and Maddie (2013–2017) and the voice of Jin in the animated adventure film Abominable (2019) and its follow-up Abominable and the Invisible City (2022–2023). He also appeared in TV shows including Good Luck Charlie, The Jadagrace Show, and Stevie TV.
Early life and career Tenzing Norgay Trainor was born on September 4, 2001, in Los Angeles, California, to Clark Tulley Trainor and Deki Tenzing Norgay. He is of Nepalese and Tibetan descent on his mother's side. His maternal grandfather is Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay, who, together with Edmund Hillary, was the first to climb Mount Everest. He has two younger brothers, Kalden and Yonden, and played football since the age of six.
He grew up in Florida where he, at the age of eight, started acting at Paladin Playhouse Theater in Fort Lauderdale theater camp. His father forced him into the theater camp so that he could learn how to speak in front of people. After returning to California, he started his acting career with appearances in TV series like Stevie TV. His breakthrough came in 2013 in the series Liv and Maddie where he played the recurring role of Parker Rooney, Liv and Maddie's younger brother. In 2014, he made a guest appearance as Parker Rooney in the Jessie crossover episode "Jessie's Aloha Holidays with Parker and Joey", along with Joey Bragg as Joey Rooney. In 2017, Liv and Maddie ended after four years.
In 2018, Trainor was cast as Jimbo in two episodes of the Nickelodeon series Knight Squad. In 2019, he starred in the short comedy film Clueless, for which he won an Independent Shorts Award as Best Child/Young Actor. In the animated feature film Abominable, he voiced the character of Jin who, similar to Tenzing Norgay, climbs Mount Everest to bring back a Yeti to his family. He reprised his role in the animated series Abominable and the Invisible City. In 2022, he appeared as Gavin, a member of "The Afterlifers", in the Netflix series Boo, Bitch with Lana Condor and Zoe Colletti. In 2023, he starred in the single eight-episode series of Freeridge.
Filmography + Film Year Title Role Notes 2013 The Lost Medallion: The Adventures of Billy StoneChild #2 2013 Super BuddiesBuddhaVoice role 2019 CluelessLiam 2019 AbominableJinVoice role 2022 Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises AgainBodhiVoice role
+ Television Year Title Role Notes 2012 Stevie TVGosselin BoyEpisode #1.4 2012 The Jadagrace ShowJackie Swartz 2012 Bits and PiecesBrody 2013 Good Luck CharlieDevanEpisode "Rock Enroll" 2013–2017 Liv and MaddieParker Rooney Main role 2014 JessieParker RooneyEpisode "Jessie's Aloha Holidays with Parker and Joey" 2017 The MickJaxonEpisode "The Teacher" 2018 Knight SquadJimbo2 episodes 2019 Modern FamilyDavid TashiEpisode "A Game of Chicken" 2019 The StrandedGunVoice role 2020–2021 American HousewifeTrevor6 episodes 2022 Boo, BitchGavinMain role 2022–2023 Abominable and the Invisible CityJinVoice role 2023 FreeridgeCameronMain role
Awards and nominations Award Year Nominated work Category Result Ref. Independent Shorts Bronze Awards 2019 Clueless Best Child/Young Actor Annie Awards 2020 Abominable Outstanding Achievement for Voice Acting in a Feature Production
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