--- name: "Jordan Nagai" canonical: "https://film.one/person/jordan-nagai" fi1m_id: "jordan-nagai" imdb_id: "nm2973712" tmdb_id: 80676 wikidata_id: "Q4259780" roles: ["Actor"] born: "5 February 2000" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-17T23:01:40.156016+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Jordan Nagai ## Identity Jordan Nagai - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jordan-nagai - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** jordan-nagai - **IMDb ID:** nm2973712 - **TMDB ID:** 80676 - **Wikidata ID:** Q4259780 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_Nagai, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4259780, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2973712/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/80676 Actor. Born 5 February 2000 in Los Angeles, California, USA. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 5 February 2000, Los Angeles, California, USA - **Also known as:** 喬治·永井 - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_Nagai, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4259780, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2973712/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/80676 ## Streaming the US now - **Disney+:** [*Up*](https://film.one/film/up.md) (88) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Jordan Nagai > Jordan Nagai makes Russell's friendship with Carl in *Up* sound unforced, with a child's voice that needs little embellishment. His brief acting career offers limited evidence beyond that role, but the performance deserves our affection. In *Up* (2009), Jordan Nagai's Russell and Ed Asner's gruff Carl are funny together without either sounding foolish for needing company. Nagai's natural child voice helps make the unlikely friendship believable, and we rate that contribution highly. We were moved by their companionship because the performances let us recognise the loneliness without insisting that we learn something from it. Pete Docter and fellow screenwriter Bob Peterson give the pair room to get along, and Nagai makes good use of it. Docter's handling of the voice matters here: he made Russell calmer and more relaxed in response to what Nagai brought to the part. That is a useful instance of a director listening to an actor and adjusting the character accordingly. The apparent ease took work, with Docter using games and physical prompts when Nagai was shy in the recording studio. Those methods helped produce energetic lines and laughter, so calling the finished performance natural should not mean pretending nobody directed it. Nagai's acting career was brief, running from 2009 to 2014, with Russell remaining his signature part. He also voiced Charlie in *The Simpsons* (2009) and Johan in the English dub of *Beyond Beyond* (2014), though those credits alone cannot tell us what a longer career might have offered. *Dug Days* (2021) used archive recordings of his Russell from the original *Up* sessions. The chases in *Up* cannot quite sustain the promise of its near-silent portrait of married life, and Nagai cannot solve that imbalance. What he and Asner supply is a reason to keep caring about Carl and Russell when the adventure becomes less absorbing. That makes the performance central to our affection for the film, even if it does not account for everything the film does well. When you return to *Up*, listen to Russell as closely as you watch the opening. ## Biography Jordan Nagai is an American former voice actor. He was born on 5 February 2000 in Los Angeles, California. He is known for voicing Russell in the 2009 Pixar film *Up*. He also voiced the character in the related short *Dug's Special Mission* (2009) and provided archive recordings for an episode of the series *Dug Days* (2021). Nagai voiced Charlie in an episode of *The Simpsons* (2009) and appeared in other voice roles until 2014. Nagai graduated from Washington University in St. Louis. He has since pursued studies and work in biology and healthcare management. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Up* (2009), Fi1m 88, as Russell (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/up.md) ## Complete filmography (5) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Dug Days* (2021), series, as Russell (voice) - *Dug's Special Mission* (2009), as Russell (voice) (uncredited) - *Up* (2009), as Russell (voice) — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/up.md) - *Up: Upisodes* (2009), series, as Russell (voice) - *The Simpsons* (1989), series, as Charlie (voice) — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md) ## Gallery - ![Jordan Nagai](https://film.one/media/person/100239/gallery-58bc86531704.jpg) Jordan Nagai — Image via TMDB - ![Jordan Nagai](https://film.one/media/person/100239/gallery-4c01f5062c6e.jpg) Jordan Nagai — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/jordan-nagai