He played Joe in The Stand (2020) and portrayed Aang in the Netflix live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender series.

[2] His mother is of Filipino descent from Santa Rosa, Laguna in the Philippines.

[6] His debut role was in Get Shorty (2017), where he played Guatemalan Urchin.

His role in The Stand (2020) as Joe, a young boy who becomes the ward of Nadine Cross, brought him mainstream attention.

[7][8] In August 2021, he was cast as the titular character Aang in Avatar: The Last Airbender, a Netflix live-action remake of the animated series of the same name.