blatz made his acting debut in "simon says" (2006), then appeared in "the 7" (2006), then in the 2008 remake of "prom night" with brittany snow and idris elba. the same year he went on to play the psychopathic son of a preacher in phedon papamichael's intense thriller "from within" with thomas dekker and jared harris, which premiered at the tribeca film festival. in 2009, blatz played the lead in the independent feature film "april showers", based on the columbine shootings. he has since become known for his role as "aaron stone" in the disney xd television show. in 2010, tbs cast him as the lead in their first hour-long comedy, "glory daze". in 2012 he starred in the film "lost angeles", where he played a homeless convict who gets caught up in the world of paparazzi.