Eric Bauza (born December 7, 1979)^[1][2] is a Canadian-born voice actor based in the United States. He is most known for voicing several Looney Tunes characters, for which he won two Emmy Awards for his performances in Looney Tunes Cartoons and Bugs Bunny Builders. Other notable roles include Foop in The Fairly OddParents and Tiger Claw in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Bauza was born in Toronto, Ontario, on December 7, 1979, and is of Filipino descent.^[3][4] His father and grandfather were fans of classic cartoons such as Looney Tunes.^[5] He stated that watching Mr. Dressup while growing up inspired his creative side; Bauza would draw with the host of the show while he was watching it.^[6]

Bauza was born and raised in the Toronto suburb of Scarborough. He attended Cardinal Newman Catholic High School (now St. John Henry Newman) in Scarborough, from 1993 to 1996. He graduated from Centennial College in 2000.^[3][7]

Bauza started his career in animation as an intern at Spümcø during his third year of college and later became a production assistant on Weekend Pussy Hunt and The Ripping Friends which was his first voice acting role.^[7]

Bauza has appeared in El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera, The Fairly OddParents, Ren & Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon", Coconut Fred's Fruit Salad Island, G.I. Joe: Resolute and Hero: 108. He has also played multiple roles on "The King and Us", a web-series sponsored by Burger King, and was seen on the NFL during Fox's pre-game show.

Bauza is the voice of Lord Stingray on the Adult Swim series Superjail!, Marvin the Martian on The Looney Tunes Show and Dr. Psychobos on Ben 10: Omniverse. He also appeared in episodes of the animated web series Dick Figures, where he voiced the Genie of the Teapot, the Vulgar Mall Santa, and the Ninjas. He has also been the voice of Lord Takagami, the main antagonist of Dick Figures: The Movie. He played Buhdeuce in Breadwinners and the title character in Netflix's The Adventures of Puss in Boots and related media.

Bauza has performed stand-up comedy at the Laugh Factory in Los Angeles.^[8]

Bauza has voiced characters including Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Tweety, Marvin the Martian, and Woody Woodpecker. For his role in Looney Tunes Cartoons, Bauza won the first ever Children's and Family Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice Performance in an Animated Program. He also voiced Rash in the 2020 version of Battletoads.^[9][10] Bauza was briefly a late night talk show host on The Late Night Show Tonight.^[11]

On March 23, 2021, Bauza appeared on the ABC game show To Tell The Truth and performed in his Looney Tunes voices.^[12][13]

In 2022, he hosted Stay Tooned, a six-part documentary series on the cultural impact of cartoons, for CBC Gem.^[14]

In 2023, Bauza became the new voice of Buster Bunny in the reboot show Tiny Toons Looniversity. He became the voice actor for Jimmy Pesto on Bob's Burgers for the show's fourteenth season after Jay Johnston's firing. Also in Bob's Burgers, Bauza voiced Robert "Big Bob" Belcher Sr. who was previously voiced by H. Jon Benjamin and Bill Hader in the character's last two appearances.