Career
He is known for portraying Brick Heck on the American Broadcasting Company sitcom The Middle, as well as voicing Edgar in Frankenweenie (2012). Shaffer was born in Santa Clarita, California, the son of Debbie and Ron Shaffer. Shaffer has osteogenesis imperfecta, a disease involving a defect in type 1 collagen, which causes fragile bones.
His small stature from this condition allows him to portray a character on The Middle approximately three years younger than his real-life age.
He is homeschooled.