Bob Bergen

Bob Berger (born March 8, 1964), known professionally as Bob Bergen, is an American voice actor and television personality. 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!. Including all this roles, he is among the highest-grossing actors of all time.

Early life In his childhood, Bergen would often spend hours watching and taping cartoons, imitating voices as well as creating characters of his own. He once told his parents that he wanted to voice Porky Pig, to which his mother objected.

As a teenager in 1978, he phoned Mel Blanc after researching in phone books. 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. 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. He is the current voice of Porky Pig, and has also voiced Tweety, Barnyard Dawg, Henery Hawk, Hubie and Bertie, Marvin the Martian, Ralph Wolf, Sylvester Jr., Speedy Gonzales, and Wile E. Coyote, alternating the roles with Jeff Bergman, Mel Blanc's son Noel Blanc, Joe Alaskey, Greg Burson, Jim Cummings, Maurice LaMarche, Billy West and Eric Bauza. Warner Bros. had been splitting up the various voice-acting roles to prevent any one of them from being a singular successor. Bergen had previously voiced Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck for ABC Family Fun Fair, an annual stage show for disabled children in the 1980s.

Bergen provided 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, He also voiced Wind-Up in Skylanders: Swap Force, Skylanders: Trap Team and Skylanders: SuperChargers.

He has also been the announcer for many promos and commercials on Disney Channel from 1997 to 2001.

In 1998, Bergen hosted Jep!, the children's version of Jeopardy!, on Game Show Network. and in a 2017 episode of the ABC game show To Tell the Truth. On May 2, 2024, Bergen was revealed to be an announcer for MeTV Toons.

Personal life Bergen is Jewish.

Filmography Animation

Anime

Film + List of voice performances in feature films Year !! Title !!Role!!Notes!!Source

Looney Tunes: Cartoon Conductor – Porky Pig, Tweety Bird Looney Tunes Racing — Porky Pig Looney Tunes: Acme Arsenal — Porky Pig, Evil Porky, Dr. Frankenbeans Looney Tunes: Back In Action — Porky Pig, Tweety Bird Looney Tunes: World of Mayhem — Porky Pig, Tweety Bird, Sylvester Jr. Skylanders: Swap Force — Wind-Up Skylanders: Trap Team — Wind-Up Star Wars: Battlefront II — Luke Skywalker Star Wars: Episode I: Racer — Gasgano, Ody Mandrell 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 Sylvester and Tweety in Cagey Capers — Tweety Bird The Junkyard Run — Porky Pig

Shorts

Awards and nominations Year Result Show Character Category Award Show 2004 Duck Dodgers Porky Pig/Eager Young Space Cadet Outstanding Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production Annie Awards 2011 The Looney Tunes Show: Jailbird And Jailbunny Porky Pig Outstanding Voice-Over Performance Emmy Awards 2013 The Looney Tunes Show: We're in Big Truffle Porky Pig Outstanding Voice-Over Performance Emmy Awards 2019 New Looney Tunes Porky Pig Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program Emmy Awards 2023 Looney Tunes Cartoons Porky Pig Children's and Family Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice Performance in an Animated Program Emmy Awards