Bob Bergen
Bob Bergen | |
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Nationality | American |
Other names | Bob Bergan, Bob S. Berger |
Occupation | Voice actor |
Years active | 1980–present |
Website | www |
Robert "Bob" Bergen is an American voice actor. He is the current voice of the Warner Bros. cartoon character Porky Pig 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.
Life and career
Bergen is the current voice of the animated character Porky Pig and Tweety, and has also voiced Marvin the Martian and Speedy Gonzales.
Bergen is responsible for the voice of Arsène Lupin III for the Streamline Pictures dubs in the late 1980s and early '90s: 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 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.[1]
He also voiced Wind-Up in Skylanders: Swap Force, Skylanders: Trap Team and Skylanders: SuperChargers.
Bergen has appeared on the ABC game show To Tell the Truth.
Filmography
Animation
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source |
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1987 | Fraggle Rock | Wembley Fraggle, World's Oldest Fraggle | All episodes | [2] |
2001 | Totally Spies! | Ricky Mathis, Scientist, Worker #2 | Ep. "A Thing for Musicians" | [2] |
2003–2005 | Duck Dodgers | Eager Young Space Cadet | [2] | |
2006-2008 | The Emperor's New School | Bucky the Squirrel | 27 Episodes | |
2006–2018 | Robot Chicken | Porky Pig, Tweety Bird, Luke Skywalker Roger Rabbit, Various other voices |
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2007 | Loonatics Unleashed | Pinkster Pig | Ep. "In the Pinkester" | [2] |
2010–2014 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Lama Su | 3 Episodes | |
2011-2014 | The Looney Tunes Show | Porky Pig | [2] | |
2014 | Avengers Assemble | Winter Soldier | Ep. "Ghosts of the Past" | [2] |
2015-2016 | Triptank | Chicken / Kooky / Egg | 3 Episodes | [2] |
2016 | Mr. Pickles | Crime Man | Ep. "Shövenpucker" | |
2018 | Dallas & Robo | Grizzled Trucker | Ep. "I Was a Teenage Cannibal Biker" | |
2018 | Apple and Onion | Santa | Ep. Santa for Leo | |
2020 | Looney Tunes Cartoons | Porky Pig | Various shorts | [3] |
- Bunnicula – Woody
- Jim Henson's Little Muppet Monsters — Link Hogthrob, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew
- Looney Tunes Cartoons - Porky Pig
- New Looney Tunes — Porky Pig, Tweety Bird, Gabby Goat
- Sabrina: The Animated Series — Tim the Witch Smeller, Elton the Aardvark
- Tiny Toon Adventures — Porky Pig, Tweety
Anime
- Crimson Wolf — Kai
- Megazone 23 — Shogo Yahagi
- The Secret of Blue Water — Dr. Ayerton (original dub)
- Tales of the Wolf — Arsène Lupin III/The Wolf
- Teknoman — Blade/Teknoman
- Spirited Away — No-Face (English dub)
Films
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source |
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1991 | Rover Dangerfield | Gangster / Animal | Credited as Robert Bergen | [2] |
1994 | The Lion King | Hyenas | Additional voices[2] | [2] |
1996 | Space Jam | Porky Pig, Tweety Bird, Marvin the Martian and Hubie and Bertie | [2] | |
1997 | Cats Don't Dance | Man | Additional Voices | [2] |
Hercules | Thebian Man, Baby Hercules | Additional Voices | [2] | |
1998 | Quest for Camelot | King Arthur's Soldiers and Ruber's Minions | Additional voices | [2] |
Antz | Ant Worker #2 | Additional voices[2] | [2] | |
A Bug's Life | Aphie and Male Ants | Additional voices[2] | [2] | |
The Prince of Egypt | Rameses's Soldiers | Additional voices[2] | [2] | |
1999 | Tarzan | Baby Tarzan and Vincent Snipes | Additional voices[2] | [2] |
The Iron Giant | George The Army Diver Sub | Additional voices[2] | [2] | |
Toy Story 2 | Green Army Men | Additional voices[2] | [2] | |
2002 | Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron | Colonel's Soldiers | ADR Group[2] | [2] |
Lilo & Stitch | Officer | Credited as Robert Bergen | [2] | |
The Santa Clause 2 | Comet | [2] | ||
Treasure Planet | Robot on ladder and Mr. Snuff | Additional voices[2] | [2] | |
2003 | Brother Bear | Horrified Fish | [2] | [2] |
Looney Tunes: Back in Action | Porky Pig and Charlie Dog | [2] | ||
2013 | Escape from Planet Earth | 3D Movie Guy | [2] |
- Atlantis: The Lost Empire — Loop Group, Squad Leader
- Cars – Various Reporter
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs — Baby
- Despicable Me 3 — Additional Voices
- Finding Nemo — Blenny
- Happily N'Ever After — Additional Voices
- Horton Hears a Who! — Male Who
- Ice Age: The Meltdown — Various Mammals
- Inside Out — Additional Voices (uncredited)
- Monsters, Inc. — Lanky Schmidt
- Monsters University — Merv
- Minions — Additional Voices
- Ponyo — Father (English version)
- Shrek 2 — ADR Group
- Spirited Away — No Face/Frog
- Tangled — Additional Voices
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame — Baby Quasimodo, Achilles the Horse and Frollo's Soldiers
- The Lorax — Additional Voices
- Up — Dogs
- Wreck-It Ralph — Additional Voices
Direct-to-video films
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source |
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1989 | Akira | Masaru, Kaisuke / Mitsuru Kuwata / Harukiya bartender | Additional Voices Streamline Dub |
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2001 | Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase | Eric Staufer | ||
2006 | Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas | Porky Pig, Tweety Bird, Speedy Gonzales | [2] | |
2008 | Tinker Bell | Fireflies | [2] | |
2009 | Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure | Bugs / Creatures | [2] | |
2010 | Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue | Additional Voices | ||
2015 | Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run | Porky Pig | [2] |
- A Letter to Momo — Mame
- Help! I'm a Fish — Joe's Minions (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 (Streamline version)
- Lupin III: The Mystery of Mamo — Lupin III (Streamline version)
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 2 — Comet the Reindeer
- The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause — Comet the Reindeer
Video games
- Boom Blox — Additional Voices
- Disney Universe — HEX
- Disney Sports Soccer — Sports Announcer
- Disney Sports Basketball — Sports Announcer
- Disney Sports Football — Sports Announcer
- Disney Sports Skateboarding — Sports Announcer
- Escape From Monkey Island — Whipp the Lucre Lawyer
- Infamous First Light — Additional Voices[4]
- Looney Tunes: Cartoon Conductor – Porky Pig, Tweety Bird
- Looney Tunes Racing — Porky Pig
- Looney Tunes: Acme Arsenal — Porky Pig, Evil Porky
- Looney Tunes: Back In Action — Porky Pig, Tweety Bird
- Looney Tunes: Space Race — Porky Pig
- Scooby Doo and Looney Tunes: Cartoon Universe — Porky Pig, Tweety
- Sheep Raider — Porky Pig
- Skylanders: SuperChargers — Wind-Up[5]
- 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
- My Generation G...G...Gap — Additional voices
Awards and nominations
Year | Result | Show | Character | Category | Award Show |
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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 |
References
- ^ "Porky Pig's Stutter Is More Complex Than You Probably Realize". io9.
- ^ 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 "Bob Bergen (158 Character Images)". Behind The Voice Actors.
- ^ "Bob Bergen Discusses Returning as Porky Pig for 'Looney Tunes Cartoons' on HBO Max". May 25, 2020. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
- ^ 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
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)
- Official website
- Bob Bergen at Voice Chasers
- Bob Bergen at IMDb
- 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