Gaelan Connell

In “The Secret Lives of Dorks,” Payton, portrayed by Gaelan Connell, is an awkward and socially inept comic book enthusiast whose high school experience is a series of embarrassing blunders….

Four distinct high school students find themselves fighting against trolls, ghouls, and their sinister leader, Maldark, when a video game malfunctions and brings the conflict into the real world.

In this 2009 musical drama directed by Todd Graff, a socially awkward teenager named Will Burton finds solace in music after moving to a new town. He teams up with…