Jack DeSena

Jack DeSena
DeSena at GalaxyCon Raleigh in 2024
Born	John Patrick De Sena (1987-12-06) December 6, 1987 (age 37) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2002–present
Spouse	Lisa Bierman (m. 2018)
Children	2

John Patrick De Sena (/dəˈsɛnə/; born December 6, 1987), better known by his stage name Jack DeSena, is an American actor. He is best known for his work on the sketch comedy series All That, and voicing Sokka on the Nickelodeon series Avatar: The Last Airbender and Prince Callum on the Netflix series The Dragon Prince.[1]

Biography

De Sena was born on December 6, 1987, in Boston, Massachusetts. His family moved to Irvine, California in 1999, where he attended Irvine High School. After, he attended UCLA. He was a very active member of the international ComedySportz troupe (a comic improvisation team that participates in games as seen on Whose Line Is It Anyway?).[2] Having joined All That's cast at the start of its 7th season in 2002, he subsequently tied with Logan Lerman for the 2005 Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) - Leading Young Actor. He rapidly gained recognition for his skilled and clever ad-libbing from his work as Sokka on Avatar: The Last Airbender[3] and also guest starred as Jimmy Olsen in The Batman.

De Sena worked on the online mockumentary web series Dorm Life, a 2008 Webby Honoree for Best Writing and Comedy: Individual Short or Episode. De Sena appeared on an episode of King of the Hill, "Luanne Gets Lucky." De Sena has also appeared in an episode of Generator Rex, "Crash and Burn." In 2012, De Sena appeared on the Hulu original series Battleground.[4] In 2013, he appeared as the judge of the texting competition and later as an airport investigator on the Nickelodeon sitcom Sam & Cat. In 2014, he voiced Robin in the animated film JLA Adventures: Trapped in Time.

He is also known as "Mr. Roberts" in the television series 100 Things to Do Before High School, a role he played from 2014 to 2016.

Since January 19, 2016, he and his longtime friend Chris W. Smith have been creating and starring in comedy sketches on their YouTube channel "Chris and Jack".

Since September 14, 2018 he is the voice of Callum on the Netflix animated series The Dragon Prince.[5]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	The Wild	Eze	Voice[6]
2014	JLA Adventures: Trapped in Time	Robin	Voice, direct-to-video[6]
2015	Movies in Space	The CORPLOX Race	Short film
2016	The White Room	Mysterious Man	Short film; also co-director and producer
2016	The Veil	Christian
2018	I Got This	Chris	Short film
2018	Missing Words	Unknown	Short film
2019	They Won't Last	Alex	Short film
2019	How To Get Out of Jury Duty	Unknown	Short film
2021	Too Late	David Zeller
2024	Me, Myself & the Void	Jack

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002–05	All That	Regular Performer	35 episodes
2004	Grounded for Life	Jack / Jimmy's Friend	2 episodes
2005–08	Avatar: The Last Airbender	Sokka	Voice, main role[6]
2007	King of the Hill	Kevin	Voice, episode: "Luanne Gets Lucky"
2007	The Batman	Jimmy Olsen	Voice, episode: "The Batman/Superman Story"[6]
2008–09	Dorm Life	Shane Reilly	46 episodes; also writer
2011	Generator Rex	Rand, Lance	Voice, episode: "Crash & Burn"[6]
2012	Battleground	Cole Graner	13 episodes
2013	Sam & Cat	Head Judge	Episode: "#TextingCompetition"
2014	Melissa & Joey	James	Episode: "My Roof, My Rules"
2014–16	100 Things to Do Before High School	Mr. Roberts	22 episodes
2016	House of Lies	Bruce	Episode: "Violent Agreement"
2016	Legendary Dudas	Wizard Waiter	Episode: "King Sam/Karate Kids"
2016–present	Chris & Jack	Jack / Paul / Agent Seventeen / Holfax	28 episodes (web series)
2017	Veep	Hayden	Episode: "Omaha"
2017	Seven Bucks Digital Studios	Writer	Episode: "The Rock/s Independence Day Backyard Brawl with Wonder Woman's Samantha Jo"
2018	Sorry for Your Loss	Unknown	Episode: "A Widow Walks into a Wedding"
2018–2024	The Dragon Prince	Prince Callum	Voice, main role[6]
2020–present	Lego Monkie Kid	Monkie Kid, additional voices	Voice, main role[6]
2024	Go! Go! Loser Ranger!	Fighter C	Voice, English dub[6]
TBA	The Coop	Writer	2 episodes

Video games

Year	Title	Voice role	Notes
2006	Avatar: The Last Airbender	Sokka[6]
2007	Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Burning Earth
2008	Avatar: The Last Airbender – Into the Inferno
2011	Nicktoons MLB	Dudley Puppy[6]

Podcasts

Year	Title	Voice role	Notes
2021	StarTripper!!	Dennek Dax	Episode: "013: The DaxxyCo Gig"

References

1. "Jack DeSena". Kawaii Kon. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
2. https://www.comedysportz.com/ ^[bare URL]
3. Laura Hurley (July 27, 2021). "How Avatar: The Last Airbender's Jack DeSena Feels About Sokka Not Having Bending Abilities". CINEMABLEND. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
4. "Battleground". TVGuide.com. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
5. Melrose, Kevin (September 13, 2018). "REVIEW: THE DRAGON PRINCE IS A CHARMING FANTASY, BUT IT'S NO AVATAR". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved September 14, 2018.
6. "Jack De Sena (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved October 26, 2023. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.

External links

• Jack DeSena at IMDb