Ryan Potter (born September 12, 1995) is an American actor and martial artist. Beginning his career as a professional actor at the age of 15, Potter is perhaps best known for his starring role as Mike Fukanaga in Supah Ninjas and for voicing Hiro Hamada in Big Hero 6 (2014). He is set to star as Garfield Logan / Beast Boy in the television series Titans, set for a 2018 release.
Potter was born in Portland, Oregon on September 12, 1995. His father is Japanese and his mother is Caucasian; he uses his mother's last name, "Potter". He is Jewish through his mother. He was raised in Tokyo, Japan, until returning to the United States when he was seven. He was raised by his single mother. Potter grew up fluent in both Japanese and English, his first language being Japanese and his second English. 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.