NICOLAS CANTU

Who Is Nicolas Cantu?

Nicolas Cantu (born September 8, 2003, in Mexico City) is a 21-year-old American voice actor, actor, animator, and online personality with a vibrant fan base . Also known by his former alias Junky Janker and more recently TheCAN2Network, he made a name for himself through voice roles in major animated series and films, as well as appearances in live-action TV and streaming platforms .

Early Life & Family Roots

Born to Mexican parents—his father a lawyer, his mother a social worker—in Mexico City, Nicolas moved to Austin, Texas as an infant . He’s the second of three brothers—Sebastian and Matias—growing up bilingual and culturally rooted in his Mexican-American identity . Raised in San Antonio, he attended Stone Oak Elementary before relocating to Los Angeles at age 10 to pursue his acting dream . He returned to his Texas roots in 2022 .

Voice Acting Career

Nicolas began voicing characters as a pre-teen:

• Rowan Freemaker on Lego Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures (Disney XD, 2016–17) 

• Paco in Future-Worm! (Disney Channel, 2016–18) and Prince James in Sofia the First (Disney Junior) 

• Gained fame voicing Gumball Watterson during Seasons 5–6 of The Amazing World of Gumball (2017–19), earning an Annie Award nod 

• Voiced Leonardo in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023) and its spin-off series Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2024) 

On-Screen & TV Roles

Expanding beyond voice work, Nicolas has taken on live-action roles:

• Elton Ortiz in AMC’s The Walking Dead: World Beyond (2020–21, 20 episodes) 

• Hark in Steven Spielberg’s semi-autobiographical film The Fabelmans (2022) 

• Appeared in shows like The Unicorn, The Rookie, 9-1-1: Lone Star, American Born Chinese, Hailey’s On It!, and Skull Island 

Online Presence & Other Projects

Nicolas’s creativity extends online:

• YouTube creator with over 415,000 subscribers—formerly as Junky Janker and now TheCAN2Network—sharing animation, gaming, vlogs, and comedy 

• Early career included national commercials (e.g., Old Navy, AT&T) and a city-sponsored industrial film 

Personal Life & Advocacy

• Identifies as pansexual (publicly came out in December 2022) 

• Lives with autism and ADHD (revealed in November 2023) 

• Passionate about gaming, he has also hosted charitable events like a fundraiser for Children’s Hospital LA in 2018