Jacob Hopkins
Jacob Turner Hopkins is an American actor who voiced Gumball Watterson in the animated series The Amazing World of Gumball from 2014 to 2017.
Early life
Hopkins was born Jacob Turner Hopkins on March 4, 2002 in San Francisco, California, to actors Gerald and Debra Hopkins. He has an older brother named Gerad 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 characters#Gumball Watterson|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.