How Old Avatar: The Last Airbender Actors Are Compared To Their Characters
How do the actors from Avatar: The Last Airbender live-action compare in age to the cartoon characters? Here you’ll find the answer.
The main characters in the animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender were young teenagers. Are the actors in the live-action series close in age to the characters they play? Watching the series, you have to admit that most of the cast was quite well chosen and visually they are convincing in their roles, but how does their age compare to that of the ATLA characters? Below you can see the comparison.
Character | Age of the character | Age of the actor during filming | Actor |
Aang | 12 | 12 | Gordon Cormier |
Katara | 14 | 15 | Kiawentiio |
Sokka | 15 | 19 | Ian Ousley |
Zuko | 16 | 20 | Dallas Liu |
Suki | Around 16 | 22 | Maria Zhang |
Azula | 14 | 19 | Elizabeth Yu |
Bumi | 112 | 38 | Utkarsh Ambudkar |
Netflix's series Avatar: The Last Airbender was filmed from November 16, 2021 to June 17, 2022, so we have included the actors' ages from that time period in our comparison, not the current one. Most of the performers are close in age to the cartoon characters. The biggest difference is noticeable in Bumi and Utkarsh Ambudkar case, but actor was as appropriately aged in the TV show. And it would certainly be problematic to find an actor over a century old who could move as smoothly as Bumi.
ATLA is the story of a young Avatar, Aang, who, after a century of absence, was freed from an iceberg and faced a huge challenge – he must stop a war and bring peace to the world, having first mastered bending of all the elements. He is the only one who can accomplish this task.
You can now watch the live-action version of Aang's adventures on Netflix. On February 22, all episodes, that is, as many as 8, were made available on the platform. Here you can read about their length. And if you would like to learn more about the characters from the ATLA live-action, you can find information about them here.
