Ryan Potter

Ryan Potter is an American actor and martial artist. Potter is perhaps best known for his starring role as Mike Fukanaga on the Nickelodeon martial-arts-themed comedy-action series "Supah Ninjas." He notably voiced Hiro Hamada in the animated superhero film Big Hero 6. Potter also portrayed Gar Logan/Beast Boy on the DC Universe / HBO Max superhero series "Titans."

Potter began his acting career at age 15 when he received a leaflet in his kung fu class announcing Nickelodeon was looking for teenagers to star in a new martial-arts-themed program entitled "Supah Ninjas." Following the premiere of "Supah Ninjas," Potter became one of Nickelodeon's popular young stars. He was featured in numerous teen magazines and made personal appearances in the network's special, Nickelodeon's Worldwide Day of Play and its reboot of the '90s game show "Figure It Out," as well as an appearance on its sister network's broadcast of the 2011 TeenNick HALO Awards.

Potter founded the "Toy Box of Hope," a charity that holds an annual holiday collection drive for children in homeless shelters and transitional living facilities in the Los Angeles area. He also became one of the youngest celebrities to lend his voice to California's No H8 Campaign supporting same-sex marriage. When explaining his involvement, sixteen-year-old Potter stated, "I know what it feels like to be bullied. And I will not tolerate the thought of anyone, for any reason, being bullied. It starts with young people, and it can end with young people. As we learn to embrace our diversity, we become stronger and more tolerant. The differences are beautiful. The differences matter. It's what makes life an adventure."

He is of half caucasian and half Japanese descent. He was raised in Tokyo, Japan, until the age of 7, when his family returned to the United States. Potter grew up fluent in Japanese and English, and at the age of 8, he began studying White Tiger kung fu, a discipline that he would continue to pursue throughout his teenage years.