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Bob Bergen

Bob Bergen

American voice actor (born 1964)

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!.

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Life and career

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.

Bergen is Jewish.[5]

Filmography

Animation

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Live-action

Video games

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References

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    Rotten Tomatoes: Movies | TV Shows | Movie Trailers | Reviews – Rotten Tomatoes
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    Firehouse Frenzy (w/ Bob Bergen) | Looney Tunes Critic Commentary
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    "Bob Bergen Official Web Site: Bio". www.bobbergen.com. Retrieved April 25, 2022.
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    "Porky Pig's Stutter Is More Complex Than You Probably Realize". io9. July 5, 2014.
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    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.
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    "Bob Bergen (158 Character Images)". Behind The Voice Actors.
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    "Lost Saturday Mornings: "Little Muppet Monsters" (1985) |". cartoonresearch.com. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
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    Laff Riot (full Unaired Pilot): Warner Bros.: Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming: Internet Archive
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    "Bob Bergen Discusses Returning as Porky Pig for 'Looney Tunes Cartoons' on HBO Max". May 25, 2020. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
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    "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 opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
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    "New Looney Tunes Show 'Bugs Bunny Builders' on Cartoonito July 25". MSN. Retrieved August 2, 2022.
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    Bergen, Bob (June 22, 2023). "[Tiny Toons cast announcement]". Instagram. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
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    "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.
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    @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.
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    The Emperor's New Groove (2000) – IMDb, retrieved December 23, 2020
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    @BobBergen (April 2, 2021). "OOO! Wook what I taw! @spacejammovie" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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    Sucker Punch Productions. Infamous First Light. Scene: Closing credits, 1:18 minutes in, Additional Voice Acting by.
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    @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.
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    Vicarious Visions. Skylanders: SuperChargers. Activision. Scene: Closing credits, 7:13 in, Voice Actors.
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