Bob Bergen
| Bob Bergen | |
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 Bergen at the 2014 Annie Awards | |
| Born |
Robert Bergen March 8, 1964 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Bob Bergan, Bob Berger |
| Occupation | Voice actor |
| Years active | 1985–present |
| Website | www.bobbergen.com |
Robert "Bob" Bergen (born March 8, 1964 in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American voice actor. He is the current voice of the Warner Bros. cartoon characters Porky Pig and Tweety Bird, and formerly hosted Jep!, a kids' version of the popular game show Jeopardy! He is also known for voicing characters in the English dubs of various anime.
Career
Bergen is best known for his work with the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes franchise as the current voice of Porky Pig and Tweety, however, he has also voiced Marvin the Martian and Speedy Gonzales.
Bergen is responsible for the voice of Lupin the Third for the Streamline Pictures dubs in the late 1980s and early 1990s: Mystery of Mamo (directed by Soji Yoshikawa), The Castle of Cagliostro (directed by Hayao Miyazaki) and Lupin the Third's Greatest Capers (2 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 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 Episode I, Episode II and Episode III specials, 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 1987-1989 seasons of Muppet Babies.
He appeared as himself in interview segments of the documentary, I Know That Voice.
He also voiced Wind-Up in Skylanders: Swap Force, Skylanders: Trap Team and Skylanders: SuperChargers.
Filmography
Animation
- Avengers Assemble — Winter Soldier
- Duck Dodgers — Eager Young Space Cadet
- Fraggle Rock — Wembley Fraggle, World's Oldest Fraggle
- Jim Henson's Little Muppet Monsters — Link Hogthrob, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew
- Loonatics Unleashed — Pinkster Pig
- Mr. Pickles — Crime Man
- Robot Chicken — Porky Pig, Tweety, Luke Skywalker, Roger Rabbit, Various other voices
- Sabrina: The Animated Series — Tim the Witch Smeller, Elton the Aardvark
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — Lama Su
- The Emperor's New School — Bucky the Squirrel
- Tiny Toon Adventures — Porky Pig, Tweety
- The Looney Tunes Show — Porky Pig
- Totally Spies! — Ricky Mathis, Scientist, Worker #2
Anime
- Crimson Wolf — Kai
- Megazone 23 — Shogo Yahagi
- The Secret of Blue Water — Dr. Ayerton (original dub)
- Tales of the Wolf — Lupin III/The Wolf
- Teknoman — Blade/Teknoman
Films
- Atlantis: The Lost Empire — Loop Group, Squad Leader
- Cats Don't Dance — Additional Voices
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs — Additional Voices
- Escape from Planet Earth — 3D Movie Guy
- Finding Nemo — Blenny
- Happily N'Ever After — Additional Voices
- Hercules — Thebian Man
- Horton Hears A Who! — Additional Voices
- Ice Age: The Meltdown — Additional Voices
- Inside Out — Additional Voices (uncredited)
- Looney Tunes: Back in Action — Porky Pig, Charlie Dog (voice)
- Monsters, Inc. — Witness #2
- Monsters University — Additional Voices
- Minions — Additional Voices
- Ponyo — Father (English version)
- Quest for Camelot — Additional Voices
- Shrek 2 — Additional Voices (ADR Group)
- Space Jam — Porky Pig, Tweety, Marvin the Martian, Hubie and Bertie
- Spirited Away — No-Face, Frog Workers
- Tangled — Additional Voices
- Tarzan — Snipes
- The Emperor's New Groove — Bucky the Squirrel, Bug
- The Iron Giant — Man Army Diver Sub #1
- The Lorax — Additional Voices
- TMNT — Joe
- Toy Story 2 — Additional Voices
- Up — Additional Voices
- Wreck-It Ralph — Additional Voices
Direct-to-video films
- A Letter to Momo — Mame
- Akira — Masaru, Kaisuke, Mitsuru Kuwata, Harukiya bartender, Additional Voices (Streamline Dub)
- Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas — Porky Pig, Tweety Bird, Speedy Gonzales
- Felidae — Hermann 2 (English dub; unconfirmed)
- Foodfight! — Additional Voices
- Kronk's New Groove — Bucky the Squirrel
- Lily C.A.T. — Hiro Takagi
- Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro — Lupin III/The Wolf (MGM version)
- Lupin III: The Mystery of Mamo — Lupin III (Streamline version)
- Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run — Porky Pig
- Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase — Eric Staufer
- Tinker Bell — Fireflies
- Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure — Bugs, Creatures
- Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue — Additional Voices
Live-action
- Army of Darkness — Various Creature voices
- Dunston Checks In — Dunston's vocal effects
- Fright Night Part 2 — Various Vampire and Creature vocal effects
- Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go to College — Rat Ghoulie (voice)
- Gremlins — Various Gremlins voices (credited as Bob Berger)
- I Know That Voice — Himself
- Jep! — Host
- Look Who's Talking Now — Additional Dogs and Wolves voices
- Total Recall — Additional voices
- The Santa Clause — Comet the Reindeer
- The Santa Clause 2 — Comet the Reindeer
- The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause — Comet the Reindeer
Video games
- Boom Blox — Additional Voices
- Disney Universe — HEX
- Escape From Monkey Island — Whipp the Lucre Lawyer
- Infamous First Light — Additional Voices[1]
- Looney Tunes Racing — Porky Pig, Tweety Bird
- Looney Tunes: Acme Arsenal — Porky Pig, Evil Porky
- Looney Tunes: Back In Action — Porky Pig
- Looney Tunes: Space Race — Porky Pig, Tweety Bird
- Scooby Doo and Looney Tunes: Cartoon Universe — Porky Pig, Tweety Bird
- Sheep Raider — Porky Pig
- Skylanders: SuperChargers — Wind-Up[2]
- Skylanders: Swap Force — Wind-Up
- Skylanders: Trap Team — Wind-Up
- Star Wars: Battlefront II — Luke Skywalker
- Star Wars: Episode I: Racer — Clegg Holdfast, Jinn Resso, Wan Sandago, Cy Yanga, Gasgano
- Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace — Alien Pedestrian, Coruscant Thug #3, EV-7G, Gungan Citizen #2
- Star Wars: Force Commander — Coruscant Palace Guard, Luke Skywalker
- Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds — Luke Skywalker, Reytha Soldier
- Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy — Luke Skywalker, Saboteur 2
- Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast — Luke Skywalker
- Star Wars: Masters of Teräs Käsi — Luke Skywalker
- Star Wars: Racer Revenge — Ody Mandrell, Gasgano
- Star Wars: Rebellion — Luke Skywalker
- Star Wars: Rogue Squadron — Luke Skywalker
- Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader — Luke Skywalker
- Star Wars Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike — Luke Skywalker
- Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire — Luke Skywalker (PC version)
- Star Wars: The Old Republic — Additional Voices
- Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance — Luke Skywalker, Civilian Officer
- Star Wars: X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter — Rebel Pilot #5
- The Junkyard Run — Porky Pig
Shorts
- Carrotblanca — Tweety Bird
- Get a Horse! — Additional Voices (credited as Bob Berger)
Awards and nominations
| Year | Result | Show | Character | Category | Award Show |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Nominated | Duck Dodgers | Porky Pig/Eager Young Space Cadet | Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production | Annie Awards |
| 2011 | Nominated | The Looney Tunes Show | Porky Pig | Outstanding Voice-Over Performance | Emmy Awards |
| 2013 | Nominated | The Looney Tunes Show | Porky Pig | Outstanding Voice-Over Performance | Emmy Awards |
References
- ↑ Sucker Punch Productions. Infamous First Light. Scene: Closing credits, 1:18 minutes in, Additional Voice Acting by.
- ↑ Vicarious Visions. Skylanders: SuperChargers. Activision. Scene: Closing credits, 7:13 in, Voice Actors.
External links
- Official website
- Bob Bergen at Voice Chasers
- Bob Bergen at the Internet Movie Database
- Toon Zone News interview with Bob Bergen ("A Life in Voice Acting")
- Bob Bergen interviewed on the TV show Triangulation on the TWiT.tv network
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