Greg Baldwin

Greg Baldwin (born September 13, 1960) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Uncle Iroh on the third season of Avatar: The Last Airbender and Aku on the fifth season of Samurai Jack, with both being as a voice match for the late Mako Iwamatsu.

Career Baldwin has worked in the theater extensively as Sidney Lipton in God's Favorite, Mushnik in Little Shop of Horrors, Dr. Zubritsky in Neil Simon's Fools, Count Otto Von Bruno in Bullshot Crummond, and the Baker in The Baker's Wife.

Successor of Mako Iwamatsu Baldwin first began voicing the character of Iroh in Avatar: The Last Airbender for brief pieces of dialogue in the show's second season when Mako Iwamatsu was unable to record before his death. These pieces were mixed with the material Iwamatsu already recorded. Baldwin later voiced the character of Iroh full-time for the final season, various video games based on the franchise, and for the second and third seasons of The Legend of Korra.

Baldwin also performed a substantial portion of Splinter's dialogue in the movie TMNT following Mako's death during production. His recordings would again be mixed with Iwamatsu's based on their vocal similarities.

Baldwin would again succeed Iwamatsu by voicing Aku in the 2009 video game Cartoon Network Universe: FusionFall and for the fifth season of Samurai Jack. In 2020, he reprised his role as Aku in the Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time video game.

At the time the fifth season of Samurai Jack was being released, series creator Genndy Tartakovsky was asked about Baldwin's casting and made the following statement in an interview with The Verge:

"It was hard. For a while, I thought we should reimagine Aku with a different voice, perhaps even use a different character. But then I realized I love Aku too much, so we auditioned a few people, and Greg really did the best job. Honestly, nobody can replace Mako, he was that special, that unique, especially the performance he made for Aku. But Greg did really well. On the last episode, Mako's daughter and grandson came by, and they watched him record, and they were crying. It was really amazing, because they heard the voice of their dad and grandfather."

Other works Aside from often serving as a voice double for Iwamatsu, Baldwin has also voiced original characters for both Samurai Jack and the Avatar franchise, as well as for various TV shows and video games outside of those two series. He provided the voices of multiple characters in Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Lego Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures, and he made a guest appearance in Xiaolin Showdown, SpongeBob SquarePants, Curious George, and The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack.

Baldwin was credited as the original actor for Atlas in BioShock; he was replaced by Karl Hanover in the final version of the game and the character's original Southern drawl was changed into an Irish accent. His voice can also be heard in numerous other video games, including Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Lockdown, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, F.E.A.R. and Fallout 4.

On April 2, 2021, Baldwin announced that he was cast in an undisclosed original role for the Disney Television Animation program, The Ghost and Molly McGee. Upon release, Baldwin's role was later revealed to be one of the members of the Ghost Council, and the show's second season revealed his character's name to be Bartholomew. Baldwin would also go on to provide additional voices for the series.

In a rare live-action performance, he appeared as communist writer Dutch Zweistrong in Hail, Caesar!.

Personal life Baldwin currently resides in Albuquerque with his wife Melissa Baldwin. Together they have two children, Sydney and Cooper.

According to an interview with The Dot and Line, Baldwin was able to fill-in for Mako on his voice roles by listening to the cast album of Pacific Overtures, a musical that Mako starred in, which was a personal favorite album of Baldwin's.

In May 2023, Baldwin posed the question on his Twitter account as to whether he should run for Governor of New Mexico in 2026. In November 2024, Baldwin reiterated his interest in running for governor "beyond [the] fractured two party system" as part of the White Lotus Party, named in reference to the secret society in Avatar: The Last Airbender which his voiced character, Iroh, is part of.

Prior to making these announcements, Baldwin frequently used his social media accounts to express support for various Democratic politicians and causes, particularly on Twitter. For instance, he stated his support for Deb Haaland to be governor of New Mexico, while also commenting that he would not mind running for mayor of Albuquerque instead at some point in the future.

Filmography Film + List of voice performances in feature films Year Title Role Notes 2007 TMNT Splinter Grouped under "Additional Voices"

Animation + List of voice performances on television Year Title Role Notes 2004 Xiaolin Showdown Daddy Bailey Episode: "Big as Texas" 2004–05 Brandy & Mr. Whiskers Boris, Talk Show Host, Monkey 3 episodes 2007–08 Avatar: The Last Airbender Uncle Iroh, Additional Voices 10 episodes 2007 SpongeBob SquarePants Jack M. Crazyfish Episode: "Blackened Sponge" 2009 Curious George Morty the Cab Driver Episode: "Wheels on the Bus" The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack Sir Pattington, Constable Episode: "Diamonds in the Stuff" 2010–12 Star Wars: The Clone Wars Tera Sinube, Casiss, Serapis, Gwarm, Doge Urus 7 episodes 2013–14 The Legend of Korra Uncle Iroh, Additional Voices 4 episodes 2016–17 Lego Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures Furlac, Ranat, Additional Voices 4 episodes 2017 Samurai Jack Aku, Ringo, Orc Captain, Additional Voices 7 episodes 2021–24 The Ghost and Molly McGee Bartholomew, Julius Caesar, Additional Voices 15 episodes

Video games + List of voice performances in video games Year Title Role 2005 Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Lockdown Additional Voices Dungeons & Dragons: Dragonshard F.E.A.R. Norton Mapes, Additional Voices 2006 Gothic 3 Zuben Medieval II: Total War Additional Voices Cars Lenny 2007 Cars Mater-National Championship BioShock Frank Fontaine Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Burning Earth Uncle Iroh, Additional Voices 2008 Kung Fu Panda Master Oogway Avatar: The Last Airbender – Into the Inferno Uncle Iroh, Combustion Man, Fire Nation Soldier Spider-Man: Web of Shadows Jackal, Mysterio Aion: Upheaval Additional Voices White Knight Chronicles 2009 Cartoon Network Universe: FusionFall Aku Cars Race-O-Rama Additional Voices 2010 Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood Valkyria Chronicles II Gilbert Gassenari 2011 Rango Brawler #2, Jumper #2, Charger #2 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Additional Voices Kinect: Disneyland Adventures 2014 The Legend of Korra Uncle Iroh 2015 Fallout 4 Proctor Teagan 2020 Ghost of Tsushima Additional Voices Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time Aku

Live-action + List of acting performances in film and television Year Title Role Notes 2016 Hail, Caesar! Dutch Zweistrong 2016–18 Adam Ruins Everything Various 4 episodes

Theatre Bullshot Crummond – Count Otto Von Bruno God's Favorite – Sidney Lipton Little Shop of Horrors – Mushnik The Baker's Wife – The Baker