Ryan Potter (born Ryan Kenichi Hagimoto; September 12, 1995) is an American actor and martial artist. He made his acting debut as the lead of the Nickelodeon action comedy series Supah Ninjas (2011–2013). As a voice actor, he voiced Hiro Hamada in the animated superhero film Big Hero 6 (2014), its television series sequel (2017–2021) and the Disney+ series Baymax! (2022). Potter also portrayed Gar Logan / Beast Boy on the DC Universe / HBO Max superhero series Titans (2018–2023).
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Early life
Potter was born Ryan Kenichi Hagimoto in Portland, Oregon on September 12, 1995. His father, Keiji Hagimoto, is Japanese, while his mother, Jordanna Alex Potter-Lew, is an American, of paternal English, German, and Swedish descent, and maternal Russian Jewish and Ukrainian Jewish ancestry. Shortly after his birth, Potter’s family returned to Tokyo, Japan, where he was raised, until returning to the United States with his mother just before his 7th birthday. He was then raised by his single mother and changed his name to her maiden name.
In 2014, his mother remarried to Chinese-American martial artist and Hollywood stuntman James Lew, making Potter his stepson. Potter's first language was Japanese; however, he is no longer fluent.
At the age of eight, he began studying White Tiger kung fu, a discipline which he would continue to pursue throughout his teenage years. Other childhood interests reportedly included baseball, skateboarding, and playing the drums.
