Gregg Berger

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Gregg Berger
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Berger at the 2023 San Diego Comic-Con
Born
Gregory Alan Berger

(1950-12-10) December 10, 1950 (age 75)
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Other namesGreg Berger
Gregg A. Berger
OccupationVoice actor
Years active1978–present
Works Full list
Spouse
Dora J. Pearson
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(m. 1979)​
Children2

Gregory Alan Berger (born December 10, 1950) [1] is an American voice actor. He is known for his roles as Jecht from Final Fantasy X and the Dissidia Final Fantasy games, Grimlock from The Transformers , Mysterio and Kraven the Hunter from Spider-Man: The Animated Series , Odie from most Garfield animated media, Cornfed Pig from Duckman , Bill Licking from The Angry Beavers , Agent Kay from Men in Black: The Series , The Gromble from Aaahh!!! Real Monsters , Captain Blue from Viewtiful Joe , Eeyore from Kingdom Hearts II , Hunter the Cheetah (1999–2002) and Ripto from Spyro the Dragon , as well as The Thing, Galactus, and Attuma from Marvel: Ultimate Alliance .

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Early life

Berger was born on December 10, 1950, in St. Louis, Missouri to an observant Russian-Jewish family. [2] He graduated from University City High School in 1968. [3]

Career

Berger began his career in 1978. He provided the voice of Adult Chirin in Ringing Bell . In 1982, he voiced Odie, one of the pets of Jon Arbuckle, in Here Comes Garfield . [4] Berger would continue voicing Odie in various Garfield media such as Garfield and Friends (in which he also voiced Orson Pig in the U.S. Acres segments), The Garfield Show , and many more. He provided additional voices in Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show , while he voiced Grimlock in The Transformers and its feature film, The Transformers: The Movie . [5]

Berger at the 2012 Comic-Con International Gregg Berger at SDCC 2012.jpg
Berger at the 2012 Comic-Con International

Berger also voiced Cornfed in the animated sitcom series titled Duckman . In the Spyro video game series, he provided the voices of Ripto and Hunter the Cheetah from 1999 until 2002. He voiced Mysterio and Kraven the Hunter in Spider-Man: The Animated Series (or just called Spider-Man). [6] Berger also provided additional voices for Inside Out and Illumination Entertainment's Despicable Me 3 . He was also the voice of Jecht in the Dissidia Final Fantasy games and Final Fantasy X .

Filmography

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRefs
1994 Annie Award Best Achievement for Voice Acting Duckman Nominated [7]

References

  1. ↑ "Gregg Berger". Turner Classic Movies .
  2. ↑ "New Gulf Times".
  3. ↑ University City High School to Induct 15 Alumni Into Hall of Fame ucityschools.org
  4. ↑ "Gregg Berger - Transformer Grimlock, Odie & Gi Joe Characters Signing!". Fanboy Expo Store. Retrieved 2021-06-21.
  5. ↑ "The Transformers: The Movie (30th Anniversary Edition) - Movies on Google Play". play.google.com. Retrieved 2021-06-21.
  6. ↑ "Amazon.com: Spider-Man the Animated Series". www.amazon.com. Retrieved 2021-06-21.
  7. ↑ "48th Annual Annie Awards". annieawards.org. Retrieved 2021-05-13.


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