Joshua Rush (born December 14, 2001) is an American actor and activist. He is known for playing Cyrus Goodman on the Disney Channel drama series Andi Mack (2017–2019), who is the first openly-gay character to appear on the network. Rush earned significant praise and media coverage for his performance, as well as a Young Entertainer Award in 2019. Rush began his career as a child actor, appearing in short films and commercials, and playing a recurring role on the series Heroes (2009). For playing Turner in the feature film Parental Guidance (2012), he received two Young Artist Award nominations. His voice roles includes Breehn on the Cartoon Network series Clarence (2014–2016), Bunga on the Disney Junior series The Lion Guard (2016–2019) and the titular character on the DreamWorks series Where's Waldo? (2019–2021). Early life Rush was born in Houston, Texas to Adam and Beryt Rush. His father is a marketing strategist and his mother is a corporate documentary producer. Personal life He came out as bisexual on August 6, 2019. In February 2020, Rush opened up about his parents' divorce and his mental health issues in a Teen Vogue article. He currently lives in Carson, California. Career Early work (2001–2009) Rush was ten months old when he first appeared in a local television special. By age 2, he had the ability to identify cars by logo and body style, and was featured on the KHOU morning news in a segment on how to raise "smart kids." Before working on Heroes, Rush appeared on Private Practice, and tailored several film credits, such as Blue Boy, The Journal, and Mindsight. He also acted in commercials for Space Center Houston and Safeco Insurance, and an e-card for americangreetings.com. In 2009, Rush appeared on The Jay Leno Show as the "Super Duper Nanny Son." The same year he also appeared on Medium as Tanner Campbel, the boy in the banana costume, and on Criminal Minds as Ronny Downey. Rush's first major television role came in 2009 when he was cast on Heroes. He played Zachary Quinto's character, Sylar, at a young age. This recurring role was part of a major plot point in season three. After Heroes, Rush had minor roles on Parenthood, CSI: NY, and Special Agent Oso. Acting breakthrough (2010–2017) In 2010, Rush began portraying a young version of Zachary Levi's character Chuck Bartowski on Chuck. In this role, he worked with