Zach Callison

Zachry Dean Callison (born October 23, 1997) is an American actor and singer. He is primarily known as the voice of the titular character Steven in the Steven Universe franchise.

Zach Callison
Callison in 2017
Born	Zachry Dean Callison (1997-10-23) October 23, 1997 (age 27) St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Occupations	Actor singer
Years active	2007–present
Musical career
Genres	Alt-rock rap rock pop rock
Instruments	Vocals Piano

Career

Callison began acting on television in 2009, with a recurring role on Diary of a Single Mom. For the next few years, he had a variety of one-off television roles. In 2013, he was cast in the main voice role of Prince James on Sofia the First, and in the lead voice role of Steven Universe. He is also known for his role as Billy from I'm in the Band and additional voices from Kinect Disneyland Adventures. He voiced King Tut in Mr. Peabody & Sherman,^[1] Young Jiro in The Wind Rises,^[2] and Billy Batson in the direct-to-video films Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam^[3] and Justice League: War.^[4]

In January 2018, Callison released his debut single, "War!", followed by the singles "Curtain Call" and "She Don't Know". In August 2018, he released his debut EP, A Picture Perfect Hollywood Heartbreak. The EP is a concept album about celebrity life and mental illness revolving around the protagonist's breakup with a mysterious woman named Juanita, as well as his thoughts of suicide and substance abuse.^[5] Callison detailed his inspiration behind the album, saying "It's also a commentary on a lot of young actors and artists who have lost the battle; there's been a lot of dead 20 and 21-year-olds in the industry this year, some of whom I knew or admired. I don't know how we fix the problem, but I needed to say something."^[6] In 2018, he starred as a magician in the music video for Nathan Sharp's song "Phantom".

Personal life

Zachry Dean Callison^[7] was born on October 23, 1997.^[8] He is a youth representative for the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.^[9] He graduated from Oak Park High School in Oak Park, California on June 11, 2015.^[10][A]

Filmography

Live-action

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?	Himself
2009–2010	Diary of a Single Mom	Ian	Recurring
2010	Hannah Montana	Douglas	Episode: "Hannah's Gonna Get This"
2011	Funny or Die Presents	Lonni Donovan	1 episode
	Perfect Couples	Young Dave	Episode: "Perfect Crime"
	I'm in the Band	King Billy	Episode: "Lord of the Weasels"
	iCarly	10-Year-Old Boy #1 (voice)	Episode: "iStill Psycho"
2012	Little Brother	Ethan	TV pilot
2014	NCIS: Los Angeles	Devin Johnson	Episode: "Reign Fall"
2015	Fresh Off the Boat	Dan	Episode: "Miracle on Dead Street"
	Henry Danger	Chet	Episode: "Henry's Jelly"
	Astrid Clover	Hipster 2	Episode: "#Holiday (full)"
2016	Sanders Shorts	Steven	Episode: "Life with the Crystal Gems is Tough"
2016–2019	Just Add Magic	Chuck Hankins/Charles Peizer	Recurring
2016–2021	The Goldbergs	Brian Corbett
2017	Record Rant	Zach	1 episode
	Suspense	Scooter Stevens	Episode: "Indomitable the Magnificent"
	Micah the Asshole Ghost	Micah	TV pilot
	Grey's Anatomy: B-Team	Oscar	Episode: "Two"
2018	Stream of Many Eyes	Werblund	TV pilot

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Ghost Image	Keiner Plaza Pedestrian
2009	Land of the Lost	Tar Pits Kid	Uncredited
2010	Kingshighway	Dominic
2012	Rock Jocks	Dylan
	Ultraman Zero: The Revenge of Belial	Nao	US dub
2013	All American Christmas Carol	Bully Johnny
2015	The Sound of Magic	Peasant Boy
	A Terrible Fate	Ben	Short film
2018	Mailboxes	Lionel
2019	Skywatch[12]	Shaun

Animation

List of voice performances in animation

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated	Arthur Baywosenthal, Child #6, Child #7	Episode: "The Song of Mystery"
	Sym-Bionic Titan	Arthur	Episode: "Shadows of Youth"
	Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam	Billy Batson	Short film; direct-to-video[13]
2012	The Legend of Korra	Skoochy, Young Tarrlock	Voice, 2 episodes[13]
2012–2018	Sofia the First	Prince James	Voice, main role (Season 1-early Season 2)[13]
2013	The Wind Rises	Young Jiro Horikoshi	Voice (English dub)
2013–2019	Steven Universe	Steven Universe, Onion, Pumpkin, Pebbles, Watermelon Stevens, Obsidian, additional voices	Voice, main role[13]
2014	Justice League: War	Billy Batson	Voice, direct-to-video[13]
	Mr. Peabody & Sherman	King Tut	Voice[13]
2016	Hulk: Where Monsters Dwell	Eric / Ninja	Voice, direct-to-video[13]
	Uncle Grandpa	Steven Universe	Voice, episode: "Pizza Eve"
2019	Steven Universe: The Movie		Voice, television film[14]
2019–2022	DreamWorks Dragons: Rescue Riders	Winger	Voice, main role[13]
2019–2020	Steven Universe Future	Steven Universe, Onion, Pumpkin, Cactus Steven, Jingle Singer, Topiary Stevens
	Cleopatra in Space	Zuzz	Voice, recurring role
2019	Lego DC Batman: Family Matters	Billy Batson[13]	Voice, direct-to-video
2020	Lego DC Shazam! Magic and Monsters	Billy Batson, Jimmy Olsen[15][13]
2021	Batman: The Long Halloween, Part Two	Young Bruce Wayne[16][13]
	Injustice	Damian Wayne, Jimmy Olsen[13]
2024	Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths	Robin / Dick Grayson of Earth-Two, Robin / Damian Wayne[17]

Video games

Year	Title	Role
2011	Kinect: Disneyland Adventures	Additional voices
2015	Steven Universe: Attack the Light	Steven Universe[13]
2017	Steven Universe: Save the Light	Steven Universe, Onion, Pumpkin[13]
2018	Lego DC Super-Villains	Billy Batson
2019	Steven Universe: Unleash the Light	Steven Universe, Onion, Pumpkin[13]
2019	Steven Universe: The Phantom Fable	Steven Universe[13]

Discography

EPs

List of albums, with selected information

Title	Album details
A Picture Perfect Hollywood Heartbreak	Released: August 3, 2018 Label: Self-released Formats: CD, digital download

Soundtrack albums

List of albums, with selected information

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		US	US OST[18]	US Kids	US Indie[19]	BEL Flanders[20]	UK OST[21]
Steven Universe, Vol. 1 (Original Soundtrack)	Released: June 2, 2017 Label: Cartoon Network Music Formats: digital download, LP	22	2	10	1	174	9
Steven Universe, Vol. 2 (Original Soundtrack)	Released: April 12, 2019 Label: Cartoon Network Music Formats: Digital download	—[B]	24	14	28	—	—
Steven Universe the Movie (Original Soundtrack)	Released: September 3, 2019 Label: Cartoon Network Music Formats: Digital download, LP	57	5	2	6	—	—
Steven Universe Future (Original Soundtrack)	Released: October 23, 2020 Label: Cartoon Network Music Formats: Digital download	—	—	—	—	—	—

Singles

List of albums, with selected information

Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Album
		US Kid Digital [23]
"War!"	2018	—	A Picture Perfect Hollywood Heartbreak
"Curtain Call"		—
"She Don't Know"		—
"Nightmare"		—
"For Just One Day Let's Only Think About (Love)" (with Uzo Aduba, Shelby Rabara, Tom Scharpling, Michaela Dietz, Deedee Magno Hall, & Estelle)		—	Steven Universe, Vol. 2 (Original Soundtrack)
"We Deserve to Shine" (with Charlyne Yi, Erica Luttrell, Estelle, Deedee Magno Hall, Michaela Dietz, Grace Rolek, & AJ Michalka)		—
"Familiar"		—
"Escapism" (with AJ Michalka & Grace Rolek)	2019	—
"We Are the Crystal Gems (Change Your Mind Version)"		—
"Change Your Mind"		—
"True Kinda Love" (with Estelle)		8	Steven Universe: The Movie (Original Soundtrack)
"Other Friends" (with Sarah Stiles, Deedee Magno Hall, Estelle, & Michaela Dietz)		1
"I'd Rather Be Me (With You)"	2020	—	Steven Universe Future (Original Soundtrack)

Awards and nominations

Callison was nominated for "Best Performance in a Voice-Over Role (Television) – Young Actor" category in the 34th Young Artist Awards which he shared with Jake Sim.^[24] He was also nominated in the "Best Performance in a Feature Film – Supporting Young Actor" for his role in "Rock Jocks". In 2012, he was nominated in the "Best Performance in a TV Series – Guest Starring Young Actor 11-13" for his role in Disney's I'm in the Band.

Year	Category	Award	Result
2012	Best Performance in a TV Series – Guest Starring Young Actor 11-13 (I'm in the Band)	Young Artist Awards	Nominated
2013	Best Performance in a Feature Film – Supporting Young Actor (Rock Jocks)		Nominated
	Best Performance in a Voice-Over Role (Television) – Young Actor (Sofia the First)		Won
2014	Best Male Vocal Performance by a Child (Steven Universe)	Behind The Voice Actor Awards	Nominated
	Best Performance in a Voice-Over Role – Young Actor (Steven Universe)	Young Artist Award	Nominated
	Best Performance in a DVD Film – Young Actor (All American Christmas Carol)		Won
2016	Young Artist Award Best Performance in a TV Series – Guest Starring Young Actor (14 -21) Henry Danger		Nominated

Notes

1. ABC 7 says that Oak Park's 2015 graduation was on June 11.^[11]
2. "Steven Universe, Vol. 2 (Original Soundtrack)" did not enter the Billboard 200, but did chart at number 23 on the Billboard Digital Albums chart^[22]