Vincent Martella


Vincent Michael Martella is an American actor and singer. He is best known for providing the voice of Phineas Flynn on the Disney Channel animated series Phineas and Ferb. Martella is also known for his role as Greg Wuliger on the UPN/CW series Everybody Hates Chris, and for playing Hope Estheim in the 2010 video game Final Fantasy XIII and its sequels Final Fantasy XIII-2 and Lightning Returns: [Final Fantasy XIII].

Early life

Martella was born in Rochester, New York, the son of Donna and Michael Martella, and is of Italian descent. His father owns Captain Tony's, a chain of pizzerias. During his childhood, he moved to DeLand, Florida. Martella got into acting after a teacher recommended he get into acting classes. He graduated from DeLand High School in 2011 and studied for an online degree in business through the University of Florida.

Career

Martella started acting in commercials when he was around 7 years old. He went to acting school in Orlando and acted in local productions. He appeared in the feature film Role Models starring Seann William Scott and Paul Rudd. He has a lead role in the film Bait Shop along with Bill Engvall and Billy Ray Cyrus. He also played Scoop in the Nickelodeon sitcom Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide and Greg in the UPN/CW sitcom Everybody Hates Chris.
He recorded his first album Time Flies By, playing the piano and singing. The album was written and co-produced by Vincent and is available on iTunes.

Martella became known in the voice acting world for providing the voice of Phineas Flynn in the Disney Channel and Disney XD animated series Phineas and Ferb. He also provided the English voice of Hope Estheim, a main character in the 2010 video game Final Fantasy XIII, and reprised his role for Final Fantasy XIII-2. He did the voice of the teenage Jason Todd / Robin for the animated film Batman: Under the Red Hood, in which his younger brother, Alexander, provided the voice for the child version of Todd. Martella reprised his role as Todd in Batman: Death in the Family.
Martella also appeared in the fourth season of The [Walking Dead (TV series)|The Walking Dead] television series as Patrick.

Personal life

Martella splits his time between Los Angeles, California and DeLand, Florida.
On March 31, 2024, Martella posted a photo on Instagram referencing his popularity in Brazil due to Everybody Hates Chris. As a result, Martella went from approximately 200,000 followers to over three million on Instagram in less than a week in 2024. Following the response, he traveled to Brazil and appeared on multiple interviews with Brazilian outlets, including The Noite com Danilo Gentili and . He was also featured in an advertisement for Burger King.

Discography

  • ''Time Flies By''