Sasha Knight

Sasha Knight’s Path From Community Theater to the Land of Ooo

Community theater at age four. That was where it started for Sasha Knight, a Los Angeles-born actor who came up through voiceover work before crossing into on-camera film and television. The transition happened early and organically – Knight has described finding their way into voiceover first, which then opened doors to live-action opportunities rather than the other way around. By the time they were ten, Knight was booking professional roles at the intersection of both worlds.

That dual foundation gave Knight a particular kind of range. Whether recording in a booth or performing on camera, the core instincts remained the same – character-first work built on personal connection to the material.

Cowboys and a Breakthrough at Outfest

At age ten, Knight was cast as Joe in Anna Kerrigan’s indie drama Cowboys, a film about a transgender child and his father navigating the Montana wilderness. The film competed at the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival and later sold to Samuel Goldwyn Company for a February 2021 release. Knight’s performance earned them the Outstanding Performance in a U.S. Feature award at the 2020 Outfest Film Festival – a significant recognition for a debut of that scale. Knight has spoken openly about the personal resonance of playing Joe, noting that they were coming out as transgender themselves during the shoot.

Disney, DreamWorks, and Building an Animation Resume

The animation credits accumulated steadily across major studios. Knight voiced Ember in Disney Junior’s Eureka! – one of Disney’s first non-binary animated characters – and appeared as Crouton, an elf, in the recurring Disney+ series The Santa Clauses. A series regular role followed on DreamWorks/Netflix’s Not Quite Narwhal, where Knight voiced a character named Ollie. Additional appearances came through Disney’s animated series Firebuds. Alongside these, Knight contributed looping and ADR work to a wide range of productions including IT: Welcome to Derry, The Boss Baby: Family Business, Big Little Lies, and Kingdom Hearts III.

Adventure Time: Side Quests and Taking on an Iconic Role

The most high-profile casting of Knight’s career arrived with Adventure Time: Side Quests, the 2026 Disney+/Hulu companion series produced by Cartoon Network Studios. For the first time in the franchise’s history, Finn the Human – the role originated by Jeremy Shada – was recast. Knight stepped into the part for this prequel-framed series following a younger Finn and Jake in standalone Ooo adventures. Returning alongside Knight were franchise veterans John DiMaggio as Jake the Dog, Tom Kenny as Ice King, Hynden Walch as Princess Bubblegum, Olivia Olson as Marceline, and Niki Yang as BMO. In interviews ahead of the premiere, Knight described working directly in the studio with DiMaggio as a formative part of finding the character, crediting that recorded chemistry with shaping Finn’s voice across the full run.