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Martella at Animate! Columbus in 2023
Born
Vincent Michael Martella

(1992-10-15) October 15, 1992 (age 32)
Education University of Florida (BBA)
Occupation
  • Actor
  • musician
Years active 2004–present
Musical career
Genres Pop
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • piano

Vincent Michael Martella (born October 15, 1992) is an American actor. He is best known for providing the voice of Phineas Flynn on the Disney Channel animated series Phineas and Ferb (2007–2015; 2025–present). Martella is also known for his role as Greg Wuliger on Everybody Hates Chris (2005–2009), and providing the voice of Hope Estheim in the 2010 video game Final Fantasy XIII and its sequels Final Fantasy XIII-2 (2011) and Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII (2013).

Early life

Martella was born in Rochester, New York, the son of Donna and Michael Martella and is of Italian descent. During his childhood, he moved to central Florida. He graduated from DeLand High School in 2011 and studied for an online degree in business through the University of Florida.

Career

Martella appeared in the feature film Role Models starring Seann William Scott and Paul Rudd. He has a lead role in the film Bait Shop along with Bill Engvall and Billy Ray Cyrus. He also played Scoop in the Nickelodeon sitcom Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide and Greg in the UPN/CW sitcom Everybody Hates Chris.

He recorded his first album Time Flies By, playing the piano and singing. The album was written and co-produced by Vincent and is available on iTunes.

Martella became known in the voice acting world for providing the voice of Phineas Flynn in the Disney Channel and Disney XD animated series Phineas and Ferb. He also provided the English voice of Hope Estheim, a main character in the 2010 video game Final Fantasy XIII, and reprised his role for Final Fantasy XIII-2. He did the voice of the teenage Jason Todd / Robin for the animated film Batman: Under the Red Hood, in which his younger brother, Alexander, provided the voice for the child version of Todd. Martella reprised his role as Jason Todd for Batman: Death in the Family.

Martella also appeared in the fourth season of The Walking Dead television series as Patrick.

Personal life

His father owns Captain Tony's, a chain of pizzerias.

On March 31, 2024, Martella posted a photo on Instagram referencing his popularity in Brazil due to Everybody Hates Chris. With the help of a virtual campaign created by Brazilians, Martella went from approximately 200,000 followers to over three million in less than a week. Following the response, he traveled to Brazil and appeared on multiple interviews with Brazilian outlets, including The Noite com Danilo Gentili and Inteligência Ltda. [pt]. He was also featured in an advertisement for Burger King.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2005 Deuce Bigalow: European ... Billy
2008 Bait Shop Scott
Role Models Artonius
2010 Batman: Under the Red Hood Jason Todd (teenaged) / Robin Voices
2011 Phineas and Ferb: Across the 2nd Dimension Phineas Flynn / Phineas-2
Last at Bat Brother
2015 Clinger Robert Klingher
Riley Cole
McFarland, USA Brandon
2020 Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe Phineas Flynn Voice
Batman: Death in the Family Jason Todd / Robin / Red Robin / Red Hood / Hush

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2004–2006 Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide Scoop 3 episodes
2005–2009 Everybody Hates Chris Greg Wuliger 86 episodes
2007–2015,
2025–present
Phineas and Ferb Phineas Flynn Voice
2010–2011 Take Two with Phineas and Ferb
2011 Love Bites Josh Ford Episode: "Sky High"
2012 R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour Jean-Louis Episode: "Poof De Fromage"
The Mentalist Martin Klubock Episode: "Something's Rotten in Redmond"
2013–2014 The Walking Dead Patrick 3 episodes
2016–2019 Milo Murphy's Law Bradley Nicholson / Phineas Flynn (1 episode) Voices
2022 Chibiverse Phineas Flynn Voice, episode: "The Great Chibi Mix-Up!"
2023 Swift Spark and the Defense Five James Riverdale Voice
2024–present Everybody Still Hates Chris several characters Voice

Video games

Year Title Role Source
2009 Phineas and Ferb Phineas Flynn
2010 Phineas and Ferb: Ride Again
Final Fantasy XIII Hope Estheim
Disney Channel All Star Party Phineas Flynn
2011 Phineas and Ferb: Across the 2nd Dimension Phineas Flynn / Phineas-2
2012 Final Fantasy XIII-2 Hope Estheim
2013 Phineas and Ferb: Quest for Cool Stuff Phineas Flynn
Disney Infinity
2014 Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII Hope Estheim
Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes Phineas Flynn
2015 Disney Infinity 3.0

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result
2006 Young Artists Awards Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy) – Supporting Young Actor Everybody Hates Chris Nominated
2008 Best Performance in a TV Series – Supporting Young Actor Nominated
2006 Teen Choice Awards Teen's Choice TV Sidekick Nominated

See also

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