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Bob Bergen
Bergen at the 2014 Annie Awards
Born
Bob Berger

(1964-03-08) March 8, 1964 (age 60)
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Other namesBob S. Berger
Occupations
Years active1980–present
Websitebobbergen.com Edit this at Wikidata

Bob Berger[1] (born March 8, 1964),[2] known professionally as Bob Bergen, 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!.

Life and career

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Bergen, in his childhood, spent endless hours watching and taping cartoons, imitating voices as well as creating characters of his own.[3] He watched the Daffy Duck and Speedy Gonzales cartoons in theaters and didn't like them, saying they didn't make sense.[4] He also once told his parents that he wanted to voice Porky Pig, to which his mother objected.[3][5] He then watched The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show in his later childhood.[4]

As a teenager in 1978, he phoned Mel Blanc after researching in phone books, crashed a recording session pretending to be Blanc's assistant, and watched him in action. Upon the realization that he needed training, and for his voice to change, he began studying voice-over with coaches in Los Angeles. He took acting lessons with Daws Butler at his weekly voice-over workshop.[3][5] In March 1980, Bergen appeared as a contestant on a Teen Week episode of Wheel of Fortune, winning prizes including a watch. After two years at a Meisner acting conservatory and three years of improv study with The Groundlings, he was able to secure an agent at age 18 and pursue his dream, while working as a tour guide at Universal Studios to make ends meet.[3][5]

In 1990, Bergen joined a handful of actors voicing the Looney Tunes characters. He is the current voice of Porky Pig, and has also voiced Tweety, Barnyard Dawg, Henery Hawk, Hubie and Bertie, Marvin the Martian, Sylvester Jr., and Speedy Gonzales,[6] alternating the roles with Jeff Bergman, Mel's son Noel Blanc, Joe Alaskey, Greg Burson and Billy West. Warner Bros. had been splitting up the various voice-acting roles to prevent any one of them from being a singular successor.[7]

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.[8]

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.

Bergen is Jewish.[9]

Filmography

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Animation

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List of voice performances in animation
Year Title Role Notes Source
1985 Little Muppet Monsters Link Hogthrob, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew 13 episodes [10][11]
1987 Fraggle Rock Wembley Fraggle, additional voices 13 episodes [10]
1990–1992 Tiny Toon Adventures Porky Pig, Tweety Bird 2 episodes [10]
2001 Totally Spies! Ricky Mathis, Scientist, Worker #2 Episode: "A Thing for Musicians" [10]
2003–2005 Duck Dodgers Eager Young Space Cadet [10]
2006–2008 The Emperor's New School Bucky the Squirrel 27 episodes
2006–2018 Robot Chicken Porky Pig, Luke Skywalker, Roger Rabbit, Odie, Various [10]
2007 Loonatics Unleashed Pinkster Pig Episode: "In the Pinkster" [10]
2009 Laff Riot Porky Pig, Tweety Bird Unaired pilot for The Looney Tunes Show [12]
2010–2014 Star Wars: The Clone Wars Lama Su 3 episodes
2011–2014 The Looney Tunes Show Porky Pig [10]
2014 Avengers Assemble Winter Soldier Episode: "Ghosts of the Past" [10]
2015–2016 TripTank Chicken / Kooky / Egg 3 episodes [10]
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"
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 [13]
2021-2023 Star Wars: The Bad Batch Lama Su 6 episodes
2021 Ridley Jones Mr. Peabody [14]
2022–2024 Bugs Bunny Builders Porky Pig, Cecil Turtle [15]
2023–2024 Tiny Toons Looniversity Porky Pig [16][17]

Anime

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Year Title Role Notes
1979–1980 Tales of the Wolf Arsène Lupin III/The Wolf
1989 Megazone 23 Shogo Yahagi Streamline Pictures dub
1990–1991 The Secret of Blue Water Dr. Ayerton Original dub
1992–1993 Teknoman Blade/Teknoman
1993 Crimson Wolf Kai
2001 Spirited Away No-Face English dub

Films

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List of voice performances in feature films
Year Title Role Notes Source
1991 Rover Dangerfield Gangster / Animal Credited as Robert Bergen [10]
1994 The Lion King Hyenas Additional voices[10] [10]
1996 Space Jam Porky Pig, Tweety, Marvin the Martian, Barnyard Dawg, Hubie and Bertie [10][6]
The Hunchback of Notre Dame Baby Quasimodo, Achilles the Horse, and Frollo's Soldiers [10]
Dunston Checks In Dunston
1997 Cats Don't Dance Man Additional voices [10]
Hercules Baby Hercules Additional voices [10]
1998 Quest for Camelot King Arthur's Soldiers and Ruber's Minions Additional voices [10]
Mulan Shang's Horse, Ancestors, and Hun Army Additional voices[10] [10]
Antz Ant Worker #2 Additional voices[10] [10]
A Bug's Life Aphie and Male Ants Additional voices[10] [10]
The Prince of Egypt Egyptian Guards Additional voices[10] [10]
1999 Tarzan Baby Tarzan and Vincent Snipes Additional voices[10] [10]
The Iron Giant George the Army Diver Sub Additional voices[10] [10]
Toy Story 2 Green Army Men Additional voices[10] [10]
2000 The Road to El Dorado Stone Jaguar Uncredited [10]
Chicken Run Chickens Additional voices[10] [10]
The Emperor's New Groove Bucky the Squirrel, Fly stuck in spider web [18]
2001 Spirited Away No Face and Aogaeru [10]
Monsters, Inc. Lanky Schmidt [10]
Atlantis: The Lost Empire Loop Group and Squad Leader [10]
2002 Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron Colonel's Soldiers ADR Group[10] [10]
Lilo & Stitch Officer Credited as Robert Bergen [10]
The Santa Clause 2 Comet [10]
Treasure Planet Robot on ladder and Mr. Snuff Additional voices[10] [10]
2003 Brother Bear Horrified Fish [10] [10]
Looney Tunes: Back in Action Porky Pig [10]
Finding Nemo Blenny [10]
2004 Shrek 2 Additional voices ADR Group [10]
2006 Cars Tim Rimmer
Happily N'Ever After Additional voices [10]
2008 Horton Hears a Who! Male Who [10]
2009 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Baby [10]
Up Dogs [10]
2010 Tangled Additional voices [10]
2012 The Lorax Additional voices [10]
Wreck-It Ralph Additional voices [10]
2013 Escape from Planet Earth 3D Movie Guy [10]
Monsters University Merv [10]
2015 Minions Additional voices [10]
Inside Out Additional voices Uncredited [10]
2016 Trolls Additional voices [10]
Sing Additional voices [10]
2017 Despicable Me 3 Additional voices [10]
2021 Space Jam: A New Legacy Tweety [10][19]
Seal Team Additional voices

Direct-to-video films

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List of voice performances in direct-to-video and television films
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 [10]
2005 Kronk's New Groove Bucky the Squirrel [10]
2006 Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas Porky Pig, Tweety Bird, Speedy Gonzales [10]
2008 Tinker Bell Fireflies [10]
2009 Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure Bugs / Creatures [10]
2010 Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue Additional voices [10]
2011 A Letter to Momo Mame
2012 Foodfight! Additional voices [10]
2015 Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run Porky Pig [10]

Live-action

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Video games

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Shorts

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Year Title Role Notes
1995 Carrotblanca Tweety, The Crusher
2004 My Generation G...G...Gap Additional voices


Awards and nominations

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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

References

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  1. ^ "Bob Bergen on Twitter: "I think that's my only credit with my real name. Had to change it as there was already a Bob Berger in SAG.… "". Archived from the original on July 23, 2020.
  2. ^ Rotten Tomatoes: Movies | TV Shows | Movie Trailers | Reviews – Rotten Tomatoes
  3. ^ a b c d "Bob Bergen Official Web Site: Bio". www.bobbergen.com. Retrieved April 25, 2022.
  4. ^ a b Firehouse Frenzy (w/ Bob Bergen) | Looney Tunes Critic Commentary
  5. ^ a b c "Bob Bergen - Actor - Self-Employed". LinkedIn. Retrieved December 14, 2024.
  6. ^ a b @BobBergen (February 6, 2021). "Never thought about it. Over the years I've voiced Porky, Tweety/Speedy/Marvin/Hubie/Bertie/Sylvester, Jr./Barnyard…" (Tweet). Retrieved April 4, 2021 – via Twitter.
  7. ^ That's Still Not All Folks! 2009, by Joe Alaskey, page 96 ISBN 978-1593931124
  8. ^ "Porky Pig's Stutter Is More Complex Than You Probably Realize". io9. July 5, 2014.
  9. ^ Pfefferman, Naomi (September 19, 2011). "[PODCAST] An Emmy Nomination for the Kosher Porky Pig: 'Looney Tunes' ' Bob Bergen [UPDATE]". Jewish Journal. Retrieved September 8, 2022.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu "Bob Bergen (158 Character Images)". Behind The Voice Actors.
  11. ^ "Lost Saturday Mornings: "Little Muppet Monsters" (1985) |". cartoonresearch.com. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
  12. ^ Laff Riot (full Unaired Pilot): Warner Bros.: Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming: Internet Archive
  13. ^ "Bob Bergen Discusses Returning as Porky Pig for 'Looney Tunes Cartoons' on HBO Max". May 25, 2020. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  14. ^ "Ridley Jones (2021)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved July 13, 2021. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  15. ^ "New Looney Tunes Show 'Bugs Bunny Builders' on Cartoonito July 25". MSN. Retrieved August 2, 2022.
  16. ^ Bergen, Bob (June 22, 2023). "[Tiny Toons cast announcement]". Instagram. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
  17. ^ "Meet the All-Star Voice Cast for "Tiny Toons Looniversity"" (Press release). Cartoon Network. June 22, 2023. Retrieved June 22, 2023 – via The Futon Critic.
  18. ^ The Emperor's New Groove (2000) – IMDb, retrieved December 23, 2020
  19. ^ @BobBergen (April 2, 2021). "OOO! Wook what I taw! @spacejammovie" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  20. ^ Sucker Punch Productions. Infamous First Light. Scene: Closing credits, 1:18 minutes in, Additional Voice Acting by.
  21. ^ @BobBergen (April 22, 2021). "Well..the truth is..I don't know. Not sure what that is. I assume it's a game??? I have no recollection of that ses…" (Tweet). Retrieved April 25, 2021 – via Twitter.
  22. ^ Vicarious Visions. Skylanders: SuperChargers. Activision. Scene: Closing credits, 7:13 in, Voice Actors.
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