Bob Bergen | |
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 Bergen at the 2014 Annie Awards | |
| Born | Robert Bergen March 8, 1964 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
| Other names | Bob S. Berger |
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| Years active | 1980–present |
| Website | bobbergen |
Robert Bergen (born March 8, 1964) [1] is an American voice actor. He voices Warner Bros. cartoon characters Porky Pig and Tweety and has voiced characters in the English dubs of various anime. He formerly hosted the children's game show Jep! , adapted from the game show Jeopardy! .
Bergen, in his childhood, watched the Daffy and Speedy cartoons in theaters and didn't like them, saying they didn't make sense. He then watched The Bugs Bunny / Road Runner Show in his later childhood. [2]
As a teenager in 1980, Bergen appeared as a contestant on a Teen Week episode of Wheel of Fortune , winning prizes including a watch.
Bergen had taken acting lessons with Daws Butler at his weekly voice-over workshop. [3]
Bergen is the current voice of the animated character Porky Pig, and has also voiced Tweety, Marvin the Martian, Sylvester Jr., and Speedy Gonzales.
Bergen is responsible for the voice of Arsène Lupin III for the Streamline Pictures dubs in the late 1980s and early 1990s: The Mystery of Mamo (directed by Sōji Yoshikawa), The Castle of Cagliostro (directed by Hayao Miyazaki) and Lupin III's Greatest Capers (two TV episodes from series two directed by Hayao Miyazaki). He also played the part of No-Face in the 2001 Academy Award-winning movie Spirited Away , one of the firefighters in The Incredibles , and Kai and Masaru in the Streamline-dubbed version of the anime classic Akira .
He is also responsible for the voice of Luke Skywalker in over a dozen Star Wars video games as well as the Robot Chicken episodes Episode I , II and III , the voice of Wembley and the World's Oldest Fraggle for the animated Fraggle Rock , was selected to play the animated versions of Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and Link Hogthrob in the ill-fated Little Muppet Monsters , and also voiced characters of the day in the 1987–89 seasons of Muppet Babies .
He appeared as himself in interview segments of the documentary I Know That Voice . [4]
He also voiced Wind-Up in Skylanders: Swap Force , Skylanders: Trap Team and Skylanders: SuperChargers .
In 1998, Bergen hosted Jep! , the children's version of Jeopardy! , on Game Show Network. He has also appeared on the ABC game show To Tell the Truth .
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Little Muppet Monsters | Link Hogthrob, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew | 13 episodes | [6] [7] |
| 1987 | Fraggle Rock | Wembley Fraggle, additional voices | 13 episodes | [6] |
| 1990–1992 | Tiny Toon Adventures | Porky Pig, Tweety Bird | 2 episodes | [6] |
| 2001 | Totally Spies! | Ricky Mathis, Scientist, Worker #2 | Episode: "A Thing for Musicians" | [6] |
| 2003–2005 | Duck Dodgers | Eager Young Space Cadet | [6] | |
| 2006–2008 | The Emperor's New School | Bucky the Squirrel | 27 episodes | |
| 2006–2018 | Robot Chicken | Porky Pig, Luke Skywalker, Roger Rabbit, additional voices | [6] | |
| 2007 | Loonatics Unleashed | Pinkster Pig | Episode: "In the Pinkster" | [6] |
| 2009 | Laff Riot | Porky Pig, Tweety Bird | Unaired pilot for The Looney Tunes Show | [8] |
| 2010–2014 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Lama Su | 3 episodes | |
| 2011–2014 | The Looney Tunes Show | Porky Pig | [6] | |
| 2014 | Avengers Assemble | Winter Soldier | Episode: "Ghosts of the Past" | [6] |
| 2015–2016 | TripTank | Chicken / Kooky / Egg | 3 episodes | [6] |
| 2015–2020 | New Looney Tunes | Porky Pig, Tweety Bird, Gabby Goat, Clyde Bunny | ||
| 2016 | Mr. Pickles | Crime Man | Episode: "Shövenpucker" | |
| 2017 | Bunnicula | Woody | Episode: "Dating for Dummies", shared with Scott Menville | |
| 2018 | Dallas & Robo | Grizzled Trucker | Episode: "I Was a Teenage Cannibal Biker" | |
| 2019 | OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes | Scoutmaster | Episode: "Sidekick Scouts" | |
| 2020–2023 | Looney Tunes Cartoons | Porky Pig, Cicero Pig, The Gremlin and Dead End Kid | Various shorts | [9] |
| 2021-2023 | Star Wars: The Bad Batch | Lama Su | 6 episodes | |
| 2021 | Ridley Jones | Mr. Peabody | [10] | |
| 2022–present | Bugs Bunny Builders | Porky Pig, Cecil Turtle | [11] | |
| 2023–present | Tiny Toons Looniversity | Porky Pig | [12] [13] |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Rover Dangerfield | Gangster / Animal | Credited as Robert Bergen | [6] |
| 1994 | The Lion King | Hyenas | Additional voices [6] | [6] |
| 1996 | Space Jam | Porky Pig, Tweety, Marvin the Martian, Barnyard Dawg, Hubie and Bertie | [6] [14] | |
| The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Baby Quasimodo, Achilles the Horse, and Frollo's Soldiers | [6] | ||
| Dunston Checks In | Dunston | |||
| 1997 | Cats Don't Dance | Man | Additional voices | [6] |
| Hercules | Baby Hercules | Additional voices | [6] | |
| 1998 | Quest for Camelot | King Arthur's Soldiers and Ruber's Minions | Additional voices | [6] |
| Mulan | Shang's Horse, Ancestors, and Hun Army | Additional voices [6] | [6] | |
| Antz | Ant Worker #2 | Additional voices [6] | [6] | |
| A Bug's Life | Aphie and Male Ants | Additional voices [6] | [6] | |
| The Prince of Egypt | Egyptian Guards | Additional voices [6] | [6] | |
| 1999 | Tarzan | Baby Tarzan and Vincent Snipes | Additional voices [6] | [6] |
| The Iron Giant | George the Army Diver Sub | Additional voices [6] | [6] | |
| Toy Story 2 | Green Army Men | Additional voices [6] | [6] | |
| 2000 | The Road to El Dorado | Stone Jaguar | Uncredited | [6] |
| Chicken Run | Chickens | Additional voices [6] | [6] | |
| The Emperor's New Groove | Bucky the Squirrel, Fly stuck in spider web | [15] | ||
| 2001 | Spirited Away | No Face and Aogaeru | [6] | |
| Monsters, Inc. | Lanky Schmidt | [6] | ||
| Atlantis: The Lost Empire | Loop Group and Squad Leader | [6] | ||
| 2002 | Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron | Colonel's Soldiers | ADR Group [6] | [6] |
| Lilo & Stitch | Officer | Credited as Robert Bergen | [6] | |
| The Santa Clause 2 | Comet | [6] | ||
| Treasure Planet | Robot on ladder and Mr. Snuff | Additional voices [6] | [6] | |
| 2003 | Brother Bear | Horrified Fish | [6] | [6] |
| Looney Tunes: Back in Action | Porky Pig | [6] | ||
| Finding Nemo | Blenny | [6] | ||
| 2004 | Shrek 2 | Additional voices | ADR Group | [6] |
| 2006 | Cars | Tim Rimmer | ||
| Happily N'Ever After | Additional voices | [6] | ||
| 2008 | Horton Hears a Who! | Male Who | [6] | |
| 2009 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | Baby | [6] | |
| Up | Dogs | [6] | ||
| 2010 | Tangled | Additional voices | [6] | |
| 2012 | The Lorax | Additional voices | [6] | |
| Wreck-It Ralph | Additional voices | [6] | ||
| 2013 | Escape from Planet Earth | 3D Movie Guy | [6] | |
| Monsters University | Merv | [6] | ||
| 2015 | Minions | Additional voices | [6] | |
| Inside Out | Additional voices | Uncredited | [6] | |
| 2016 | Trolls | Additional voices | [6] | |
| Sing | Additional voices | [6] | ||
| 2017 | Despicable Me 3 | Additional voices | [6] | |
| 2021 | Space Jam: A New Legacy | Tweety | [6] [16] | |
| Seal Team | Additional voices |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Lupin III: The Mystery of Mamo | Lupin III | Streamline dub | |
| 1979 | Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro | Lupin III/The Wolf | Streamline dub | |
| 1987 | Lily C.A.T. | Hiro Tagaki | ||
| 1988 | Akira | Masaru, Kaisuke / Mitsuru Kuwata / Harukiya bartender | Additional voices Streamline dub | |
| 2000 | Help! I'm a Fish | Joe's Minions | ||
| 2001 | Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase | Eric Staufer | [6] | |
| 2005 | Kronk's New Groove | Bucky the Squirrel | [6] | |
| 2006 | Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas | Porky Pig, Tweety Bird, Speedy Gonzales | [6] | |
| 2008 | Tinker Bell | Fireflies | [6] | |
| 2009 | Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure | Bugs / Creatures | [6] | |
| 2010 | Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue | Additional voices | [6] | |
| 2011 | A Letter to Momo | Mame | ||
| 2012 | Foodfight! | Additional voices | [6] | |
| 2015 | Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run | Porky Pig | [6] |
| Year | Result | Show | Character | Category | Award Show |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Nominated | Duck Dodgers | Porky Pig/Eager Young Space Cadet | Outstanding Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production | Annie Awards |
| 2011 | Nominated | The Looney Tunes Show : Jailbird And Jailbunny | Porky Pig | Outstanding Voice-Over Performance | Emmy Awards |
| 2013 | Nominated | The Looney Tunes Show : We're in Big Truffle | Porky Pig | Outstanding Voice-Over Performance | Emmy Awards |
| 2019 | Nominated | New Looney Tunes | Porky Pig | Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program | Emmy Awards |
| 2023 | Nominated | Looney Tunes Cartoons | Porky Pig | Children's and Family Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice Performance in an Animated Program | Emmy Awards |
Melvin Jerome Blanc was an American voice actor and radio personality whose career spanned over 60 years. During the Golden Age of Radio, he provided character voices and vocal sound effects for comedy radio programs, including those of Jack Benny, Abbott and Costello, Burns and Allen, The Great Gildersleeve, Judy Canova, and his own short-lived sitcom.
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Porky Pig is an animated character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. He was the first character created by the studio to draw audiences based on his star power, and the animators created many critically acclaimed shorts featuring the character. Even after he was supplanted by later characters, Porky continued to be popular with moviegoers and, more importantly, the Warners directors, who recast him in numerous everyman and sidekick roles.
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