Frank Welker
Born March 12, 1946 (Age: 80)
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Denver, Colorado, USA
Biography
Franklin Wendell Welker (born March 12, 1946) is an American voice actor with an extensive career spanning nearly six decades. As of 2021, Welker holds over 860 film, television, and video game credits, making him one of the most prolific voice actors of all time. With a total worldwide box-office gross of $17.4 billion, he is also the third highest-grossing film voice actor of all time. Welker is best known for voicing Fred Jones in the Scooby-Doo franchise since its inception in 1969, and Scooby-Doo himself since 2002. In 2020, Welker reprised the latter role in the CGI-animated film Scoob!, the only original voice actor from the series in the movie's cast. He has also voiced Oswald the Lucky Rabbit in Epic Mickey and its sequel, Megatron, Galvatron and Soundwave in the Transformers franchise, Shao Kahn and Reptile in the 1995 Mortal Kombat film, Curious George in the Curious George franchise, Garfield on The Garfield Show, Nibbler on Futurama, the titular character in Jabberjaw, Speed Buggy in the Scooby-Doo franchise, Astro and Orbitty on The Jetsons, Mushmouse on Punkin' Puss & Mushmouse, and various characters in The Smurfs as well as numerous animal vocal effects in many works. In 2016, he was honored with an Emmy Award for his lifetime achievement. Description above from the Wikipedia article Frank Welker, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Franklin Wendell Welker (born March 12, 1946) is an American voice actor with an extensive career spanning nearly six decades. As of 2021, Welker holds over 860 film, television, and video game credits, making him one of the most prolific voice actors of all time. With a total worldwide box-office gross of $17.4 billion, he is also the third highest-grossing film voice actor of all time.
Welker is best known for voicing Fred Jones in the Scooby-Doo franchise since its inception in 1969, and Scooby-Doo himself since 2002. In 2020, Welker reprised the latter role in the CGI-animated film Scoob!, the only original voice actor from the series in the movie's cast. He has also voiced Oswald the Lucky Rabbit in Epic Mickey and its sequel, Megatron, Galvatron and Soundwave in the Transformers franchise, Shao Kahn and Reptile in the 1995 Mortal Kombat film, Curious George in the Curious George franchise, Garfield on The Garfield Show, Nibbler on Futurama, the titular character in Jabberjaw, Speed Buggy in the Scooby-Doo franchise, Astro and Orbitty on The Jetsons, Mushmouse on Punkin' Puss & Mushmouse, and various characters in The Smurfs as well as numerous animal vocal effects in many works. In 2016, he was honored with an Emmy Award for his lifetime achievement.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Frank Welker, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
Venom: The Last Dance
2024
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as Xenophages (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 78
Kung Fu Panda 4
2024
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as Manta Ray (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 77
Meg 2: The Trench
2023
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as T-Rex (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 77
Strange World
2022
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as Legend (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 76
Beast
2022
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as Lion (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 76
Jurassic World Dominion
2022
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as Giganotosaurus (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 76
Hotel Transylvania: Transformania
2022
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as Gigi (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 75
Encanto
2021
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as Parce (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 75
Tom & Jerry
2021
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as Tom / Jerry (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 74
Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo!
2020
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as Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones (voice)
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Age: 74
Scoob!
2020
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as Scooby-Doo / Pterodactyl (voice)
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Age: 74
Sonic the Hedgehog
2020
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as T-Rex (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 73
Toy Story 4
2019
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as Bullseye (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 73
Aladdin
2019
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as Cave of Wonders (voice)
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Age: 73
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
2018
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as Indoraptor (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 72
Rampage
2018
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as George (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 72
Transformers: The Last Knight
2017
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as Megatron (voice)
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Age: 71
Smurfs: The Lost Village
2017
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as Azrael (voice)
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Age: 71
Trolls
2016
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as Barnebis (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 70
Moana
2016
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as Te Ka (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 70
Sausage Party
2016
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as Douche (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 70
Ice Age: Collision Course
2016
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as Dino Birds Roars (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 70
The Angry Birds Movie
2016
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as Petunia (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 70
The Good Dinosaur
2015
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as Red Snake (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 69
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
2015
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as Squidasaurus Rex (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 68
Big Hero 6
2014
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as Mochi (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 68
The Book of Life
2014
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as Toro Muerto (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 68
Transformers: Age of Extinction
2014
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as Galvatron (voice)
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Age: 68
Rio 2
2014
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as Black Jaguar (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 68
The House of Magic
2013
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as Cat sounds (archive footage; uncredited)
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Age: 67
Walking with Dinosaurs
2013
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as Gorgosaurus (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 67
Free Birds
2013
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as Dogs (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 67
The Smurfs 2
2013
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as Azrael (voice)
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Age: 67
Turbo
2013
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as Crows (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 67
Rise of the Guardians
2012
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as Nightmares (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 66
Life of Pi
2012
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as Richard Parker (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 66
Frankenweenie
2012
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as Sparky (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 66
Ice Age: Continental Drift
2012
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as Giant Crab (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 66
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
2012
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as Sonya (voice)
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Age: 66
Mirror Mirror
2012
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as Mannequins / Beast (voice)
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Age: 66
The Smurfs
2011
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as Azrael (voice)
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Age: 65
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
2011
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as Shockwave / Soundwave (voice)
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Age: 65
Rango
2011
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as Hawk (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 64
Tangled
2010
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as Pascal (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 64
Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster
2010
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as Scooby-Doo (voice)
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Age: 64
Toy Story 3
2010
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as Bullseye / Buster / The Monkey / Pigeon (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 64
Shrek Forever After
2010
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as Dragon (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 64
The Back-Up Plan
2010
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as Nuts (voice)
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Age: 64
Alice in Wonderland
2010
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as Jabberwocky / Bandersnatch / Jubjub / Bayard (additional voice)
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Age: 63
The Princess and the Frog
2009
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as Shadow Demons (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 63
The Informant!
2009
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as Mark Whitacre's Father
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Age: 63
Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins
2009
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as Scooby-Doo (voice)
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Age: 63
Garfield's Pet Force
2009
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as Garfield / Garzooka / Narrator (voice)
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Age: 63
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009
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as Abu (voice) / Lion roars (voice) (archive footage)
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Age: 63
9
2009
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as Cat Beast (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 63
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
2009
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as Momma Dino / Rudy (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 63
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
2009
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as Soundwave / Devastator / Reedman (voice)
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Age: 63
Land of the Lost
2009
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as Grumpy The T-Rex (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 63
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
2008
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as Shark (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 62
Igor
2008
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as Animals' vocal effects (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 62
Garfield's Fun Fest
2008
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as Garfield / Delivery Gnome / Prop Boy / Leonard / Jeff (voice)
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Age: 62
Journey to the Center of the Earth
2008
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as Giganotosaurus (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 62
Garfield Gets Real
2008
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as Garfield / Keith / Prop Boy / Additional Voices (voice)
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Age: 62
Bee Movie
2007
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as Vincent (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 61
Shrek the Third
2007
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as Dragon (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 61
TMNT
2007
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as General Mono (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 61
Barnyard
2006
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as Coyotes Pack (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 60
The Ant Bully
2006
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as Spindle / Frog / Caterpillar (voice)
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Age: 60
Cars
2006
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as Frank (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 60
Curious George
2006
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as George (voice)
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Age: 59
Jimmy Neutron: The League of Villains
2005
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as Goddard (voice)
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Age: 59
Robots
2005
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as Sweeper (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 58
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
2004
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as FrogFish (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 58
Scooby-Doo! and the Loch Ness Monster
2004
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as Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones / Lachlan Haggart (voice)
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Age: 58
New York Minute
2004
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as Reinaldo (voice)
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Age: 58
The Cat in the Hat
2003
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as Nevins (voice)
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Age: 57
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
2003
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as Scooby-Doo (voice)
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Age: 57
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
2003
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as Spike (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 57
Kangaroo Jack
2003
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as Jack's Vocal Effects
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Age: 56
The Powerpuff Girls Movie
2002
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as Whole Lotta Monkeys (voice)
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Age: 56
Lilo & Stitch
2002
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as Frog (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 56
Scooby-Doo
2002
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as Creature Voices (voice)
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Age: 56
Return to Never Land
2002
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as Nana II / Octopus (voice)
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Age: 55
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
2001
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as Goddard / Poultra (voice)
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Age: 55
Cats & Dogs
2001
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as Buddy (voice)
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Age: 55
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
2001
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as Leviathan (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 55
CatDog and the Great Parent Mystery
2000
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as Bessie the Sea Monster (voice)
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Age: 54
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
2000
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as Max the Dog (voice)
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Age: 54
Scooby-Doo/Courage the Cowardly Dog Scare-A-Thon
2000
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as Fred Jones (voice)
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Age: 54
Tweety's High Flying Adventure
2000
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as Hector the Bulldog / Hugo the Abominable Snowman / Mugsy / Penelope Pussycat (voice)
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Age: 54
Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman
2000
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as Werewolf Vocal Effects (voice)
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Age: 54
Python
2000
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as The Python (voice)
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Age: 54
Dinosaur
2000
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as Carnotaurus (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 54
The Road to El Dorado
2000
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as Altivo (voice)
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Age: 54
The Tigger Movie
2000
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as Additional Voices (voice)
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Age: 53
The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea
2000
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as Max (voice)
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Age: 53
Toy Story 2
1999
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as Bullseye / Buster (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 53
Uncle Gus in: For the Love of Monkeys
1999
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as Monkey
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Age: 53
Deep Blue Sea
1999
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as Parrot Sounds (voice)
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Age: 53
Tarzan
1999
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as Sabor (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 53
A Bug's Life
1998
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as Thumper (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 52
The Rugrats Movie
1998
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as Spike / Monkeys / Scar Snout (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 52
Kenny and the Chimp: Diseasy Does It! or Chimp 'n' Pox
1998
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as Professor XXXL / Chimpy (voice)
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Age: 52
101 Dalmatians Christmas
1998
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as Scorch
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Age: 52
Antz
1998
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as Termite (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 52
Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island
1998
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as Fred Jones (voice)
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Age: 52
Mulan
1998
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as Khan / Additional Voices (voice)
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Age: 52
Godzilla
1998
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as Creature Vocals (voice)
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Age: 52
Quest for Camelot
1998
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as Ayden (voice)
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Age: 52
MouseHunt
1997
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as Catzilla / Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 51
Spawn
1997
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as The Devil Malebolgia (voice)
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Age: 51
George of the Jungle
1997
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as Lion/Little Monkey/Shep/Tooki Tooki Bird/Gorilla sound effects(voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 51
Hercules
1997
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as Pegasus / Cerberus / Hydra (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 51
Buddy
1997
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as Buddy (voice)
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Age: 51
Anaconda
1997
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as Anaconda (voice)
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Age: 51
Cats Don't Dance
1997
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as Farley Wink (voice)
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Age: 51
Mars Attacks!
1996
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as Various Martians (voice)
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Age: 50
Space Jam
1996
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as Charles the Dog (voice)
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Age: 50
No Image
The Kitchen Casanova
1996
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as Pudge (voice)
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Age: 50
The Island of Dr. Moreau
1996
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as Assassimon (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 50
Independence Day
1996
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as Special Vocal Effects (voice)
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Age: 50
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1996
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as Baby Bird (voice)
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Age: 50
Bloo's Gang: Bow Wow Bucaneers
1996
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as Stinky / Elmo / Bloo's Owner (voice)
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Age: 50
Dexter's Laboratory: The Big Sister
1996
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as President / General / Guy / Man #2 / Einstein (voice)
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Age: 49
Balto
1995
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as Grizzly Bear (voice)
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Age: 49
Mortal Kombat
1995
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as Shao Kahn / Reptile (voice)
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Age: 49
Virtuosity
1995
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as Special Vocal Effects (voice)
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Age: 49
The Indian in the Cupboard
1995
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as Special Vocal Effects (voice)
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Age: 49
Species
1995
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as Alien Sil (voice)
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Age: 49
Pocahontas
1995
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as Flit (voice)
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Age: 49
Gordy
1995
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 49
A Goofy Movie
1995
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as Bigfoot (voice)
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Age: 49
Tank Girl
1995
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as Special Vocal Effects (voice)
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Age: 49
Tommy Boy
1995
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as Deer (voice)
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Age: 49
Ri¢hie Ri¢h
1994
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as Special Vocal Effects (voice)
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Age: 48
The Pagemaster
1994
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as Horror (voice)
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Age: 48
The Santa Clause
1994
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as Reindeer Voices (voice)
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Age: 48
Stargate
1994
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as Mastadge (voice)
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Age: 48
Little Giants
1994
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as Animation Vocal Sound Effects (voice)
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Age: 48
The Shadow
1994
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as Phurba (voice)
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Age: 48
The Lion King
1994
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as Lions Roars (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 48
Shnookums and Meat!
1993
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as Meat
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Age: 47
Super Mario Bros.
1993
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as Creatures (voice)
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Age: 47
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
1993
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as Special Vocal Effects (voice)
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Age: 46
Aladdin
1992
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as Abu / Cave of Wonders / Rajah (voice)
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Age: 46
The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag
1992
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as Scarlett's Vocal (voice)
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Age: 46
Beauty and the Beast
1991
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as Footstool (voice)
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Age: 45
Suburban Commando
1991
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as Alien Gen. Suitor (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 45
No Image
Timeless Tales from Hallmark: Puss in Boots
1991
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as Puss (meowing)/Dog/Mouse/Donkey(voice)
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Age: 45
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
1991
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as The Devil/Station/Evil Easter Bunny (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 45
Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time
1991
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as Sharak / Kodo / Podo / Ruh (voice)
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Age: 45
Hudson Hawk
1991
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as Bunny the Dog (voice)
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Age: 45
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
1991
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as Rahzar / Tokka (voice)
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Age: 45
The Rescuers Down Under
1990
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as Joanna / Marahute (voice)
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Age: 44
Graveyard Shift
1990
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as Giant Bat (voice)
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Age: 44
Timeless Tales: The Elves and the Shoemaker
1990
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as Baron/Woof/Squint (voice)
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Age: 44
Timeless Tales: The Emperor's New Clothes
1990
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as Artie / Monkey Messenger / Wolf (voice)
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Age: 44
DuckTales: The Movie - Treasure of the Lost Lamp
1990
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as Additional Voices (voice)
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Age: 44
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
1990
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as Mohawk (voice)
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Age: 44
Tremors
1990
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as Graboids (uncredited)
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Age: 43
The Little Mermaid
1989
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as Max (voice)
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Age: 43
Happily Ever After
1989
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as Batso (voice)
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Age: 43
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
1989
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as Special Vocal Effects (Voice)
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Age: 43
The Land Before Time
1988
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as Sharptooth (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 42
Oliver & Company
1988
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as Louie the Sausage Vendor (voice)
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Age: 42
Night of the Demons
1988
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as Demon Angela Voice (Uncredited)
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Age: 42
Monkey Shines
1988
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as Special Animal Voices (voice)
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Age: 42
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1988
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as Dumbo (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 42
Spitting Image: The Ronnie & Nancy Show
1988
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as Various Roles
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Age: 42
The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking
1988
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as Alfonso / Mr. Nilsson (voice)
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Age: 41
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night
1987
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as Igor (voice)
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Age: 41
The Chipmunk Adventure
1987
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as Sophie / Native Chief / Baby Penguin / Additional Voices (voice)
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Age: 41
House II: The Second Story
1987
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as Special Vocal Effects (voice)
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Age: 41
The Golden Child
1986
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as The Thing (voice)
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Age: 40
The Transformers: The Movie
1986
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as Soundwave / Megatron / Rumble / Frenzy / Wheelie (voice)
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Age: 40
The Great Mouse Detective
1986
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as Toby the Dog / Felicia the Cat (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 40
SpaceCamp
1986
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as Special Vocal Effects
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Age: 40
Spitting Image: Down And Out In The White House
1986
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as Various Roles
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Age: 40
My Science Project
1985
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as Alien (voice)
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Age: 39
Cat's Eye
1985
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as Cat / Troll (Voice)
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Age: 39
Saturday's the Place!
1984
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as Self (uncredited)
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Age: 38
Cannonball Run II
1984
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as Special Vocal Effects (voice)
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Age: 38
Gremlins
1984
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as Stripe / Mogwai / Gremlins (voice)
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Age: 38
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
1984
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as Spock's Screams
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Age: 38
Bad Cat
1984
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as Champ (voice)
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Age: 38
Up the Creek
1984
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as Chuck (voice)
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Age: 38
Cujo
1983
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as Cujo (voice; uncredited)
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Age: 37
Poltergeist
1982
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as Additional Dialogue Replacement (voice)
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Age: 36
Romeo and Smurfette
1981
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as Hefty Smurf (Voice)
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Age: 35
Zorro, The Gay Blade
1981
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as Narrator
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Age: 35
Raiders of the Lost Ark
1981
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as Special Vocal Effects (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 35
No Image
The Puppy's Amazing Rescue
1980
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as
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Age: 33
Scooby-Doo! Meets the Harlem Globetrotters
1973
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as Fred Jones (voice)
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Age: 27
Scooby-Doo Meets The Addams Family
1972
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as Fred Jones / Housekeeping man / Vulture / Cleopatra (Voice)
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Age: 26