Early life and education Burkholder was born in November 1997; his parents are former actors. Burkholder has a brother named James. He attended
Campbell Hall School. Burkholder attended
Harvard University as a member of the Class of 2021, studying biology, but dropped out after his freshman year to pursue acting full-time. Burkholder began his theatrical career at Harvard, appearing in a student production of
columbinus at Harvard portraying
Dylan Klebold/Loner. Burkholder is
Jewish.
Television Burkholder began
voice acting in several television series as a child. He voiced
Chomper in the television series
The Land Before Time, based on the
film series of the same name. He also provided the voice of
Roo on
My Friends Tigger & Pooh (taking over the role from
Jimmy Bennett), and played World, an imaginary friend inside a toybox in
Destination: Imagination, a
television special episode of ''
Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends (2008). He was the voice of Samsquatch in Random! Cartoons. He has also voiced various characters in the animated sitcoms Family Guy, The Cleveland Show and American Dad!, all of which were created by Seth MacFarlane, whom Burkholder later worked with on Ted
. Burkholder also appeared as young Mitch on Crumbs. He guest starred on an episode of CSI: Miami, "Death Pool 100" and in an episode of CSI: NY. In addition, he played Billy in one episode of The Suite Life of Zack & Cody on Disney Channel. He also appeared in the television series In Treatment and Love for Rent, and played the role of Duncan in an episode of Grey's Anatomy, "Brave New World". He also played a child at an airport in an episode of The O.C.''. Burkholder starred in the TV series
Ted, as the younger version of
Mark Wahlberg's character John Bennett from the previous films in the
Ted franchise. In 2025, Burkholder was a guest performer on the second season of the
panel show Smartypants, streaming on
Dropout.
Film Burkholder's first acting role overall was in the 2003 comedy film
Daddy Day Care as Max. He played Charlie, the son of character James Sandin (played by
Ethan Hawke), in the horror film
The Purge, released in the summer of 2013. Burkholder portrayed the title character in the 2018
black comedy film
Benjamin, directed by and starring
Bob Saget. == Filmography ==