Ron Funches

Ronald Kyle Funches (born March 12, 1983) is an American comedian and actor. From 2014 to 2016, Funches starred as a regular on the NBC series Undateable, and in 2015, began performing as a voice actor on such series as BoJack Horseman, The Adventures of Puss in Boots, and Adventure Time. He subsequently voiced Cooper in the animated film Trolls. He also had guest-starring roles on a number of television series, including Transparent (2016), Black-ish (2017), and reprised the role of Cooper in the Trolls spin-off series Trolls: The Beat Goes On! (2018).

Beginning in 2019, he began voicing the roles of King Shark in the DC Comics TV series Harley Quinn and Fox in the TBS/Adult Swim TV series Final Space. In 2020, Funches again reprised the role of Cooper in the sequel film Trolls World Tour. Starting in 2020, Funches voiced Ron on the Netflix series Hoops. In 2021, Funches began voicing Kevin in the FX series Poorly Drawn Lines.

Early life Ronald Kyle Funches was born in Carson, California, but spent his early life with his mother and sister in the Woodlawn neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. he relocated to Los Angeles in 2012.

Beginning in 2014, Funches appeared in several episodes of Drunk History, and in 2015, performed numerous guest-starring voice roles on the animated series BoJack Horseman, The Adventures of Puss in Boots, and Adventure Time.

Funches subsequently starred as Shelly on the NBC comedy series Undateable from 2014 until the series' conclusion in 2016. Funches also had a supporting role in the 2015 comedy film Get Hard.

In 2016, he voiced the role of Cooper in the animated film Trolls, Also in 2016, Funches guest-starred on numerous series, such as Another Period, Take My Wife, and Transparent.

Beginning in 2019, he began voicing the role of King Shark in the DC Comics TV series Harley Quinn and the role of Fox in the TBS series Final Space. He played the recurring character "Funchy" in season 3 (2019) of the CBS sitcom Man with a Plan. Funches reprised his role of Cooper in the Trolls sequel, Trolls World Tour (2020). Funches also voiced Shag Rugg on the 2021 HBO Max television series Jellystone! and Rock on the 2024 Nickelodeon television series Rock Paper Scissors.

In 2021, Funches hosted a spin-off of the Food Network series Chopped—Chopped 420—for Discovery+.

Since 2022, Funches played the cousin of Maya Rudolph's character on Loot.

Influences Funches has cited Lucille Ball, Dave Chappelle, and Mitch Hedberg as major influences on his comedy. Commenting on Ball, he said: "I Love Lucy was kind of my introduction to the world of comedy in general. And when you look at the history of Lucille Ball, and the work that she did for women in Hollywood, having her own production company, and also showing an interracial marriage on TV in the '50s, to me, she's just one of my biggest influences overall as a human being. That's what it means to be a professional and what it means to stand up for yourself even though interracial marriage has nothing to do with a career."

Personal life Funches had his first son, Malcolm, when he was 20 years old. He mentions Malcolm's autism in his standup routine and welcomes fans sharing their stories with him. He married Christina Dawn in August 2020. They had a son, Funches's second child, in 2022. In October 2022, they separated. They are now divorced. He has been divorced twice.

Funches is an avid video gamer and wrestling fan, having taken classes at a wrestling school for a few months. Eventually Funches made his in-ring debut at GCW in September 2021 in a match against Tony Deppen that featured Paul Scheer as his cornerman and interference from Danhausen. In August 2022 he started his wrestling podcast One Fall with Ron Funches.

He told Adam Carolla that he had once weighed . Funches said that over a few years he lost around .

After an appearance on the fourth season of the reality tv program The Traitors, he felt isolated and misunderstood because he felt that while he presented as a person who was happy and excited to be in the show, he found it odd that his fellow contestants were asking if he actually wanted to be on the show. After social media followers who identified as autistic, identified positively with Funches experience on the show, he decided to get tested for an official autism diagnosis. In April of 2026 he appeared on the Easterseals' podcast Everything You Know About Disability Is Wrong to discuss what his life has been like now that he has been officially diagnosed with autism.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 2014 Night Night with Ron Funches Himself Writer; short film for Funny or Die Night Night with Ron Funches Ep 2 2015 Movie Mind Machine Ron Short film Get Hard Jojo 2016 Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie Member of The Fat Boys Trolls Cooper Voice role Killing Hasselhoff Bill 2019 Jexi Craig Noelle Elf Mortimer 6 Underground Blaine's cousin / the funeral speaker Lucky Sammy Voice role 2020 Sylvie's Love Tank Underlings Sal Voice role Trolls World Tour Cooper The One and Only Ivan Murphy Golden Arm Carl 2021 Dark Web: Cicada 3301 Avi 2022 Cheaper by the Dozen Seth's Neighbor Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed: The Underground Rock Experience Les Pants Voice role 2023 80 for Brady Chip Under the Boardwalk Anemone Voice role Trolls Band Together Cooper Good Burger 2 Jimathy 2024 Inside Out 2 Bloofy Voice role; also performed "Bloofy's House Theme Song"

Television Year Title Role Notes 2011 Portlandia Baseball Player Episode: "Baseball" 2013 Crash & Bernstein Roland 5 episodes Dead Kevin Homeless King Episode: "How Not to Rob a Liquor Store" New Girl Street Musician Episode: "First Date" 2014 Mulaney Rodney aka Tall Tucan Episode: "It's a Wonderful Home Alone" The Eric Andre Show WriterEpisode: "Seth Rogen; Asa Akira" Selfie Wayne Episode: "Traumatic Party Stress Disorder" The Half Hour Himself Stand-up special Bob's Burgers Horseplay / Patrick 2 episodesVoice role Enlisted Private Huggins Episode: "Pilot" 2014–2015 Kroll Show Himself Actor: 4 episodesWriter: 11 episodes 2014–2016 Undateable Shelly 36 episodes Drunk History Various 3 episodes OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes Sparko 4 episodesVoice role 2018–2019 Trolls: The Beat Goes On! Cooper 65 episodesVoice role 2020 Central Park Danny Episode: "Squirrel, Interrupted"Voice role Room 104 Charlie Episode: "Oh, Harry!" Hoops Ron 10 episodesVoice roleThe Last Blockbuster Himself Nice One! Host, writer Top Secret Videos Match Game Episode: "Joel McHale, Amanda Seales, Ron Funches, Ana Gasteyer, Rob Huebel, Nikki Glaser" 2020–2022 Trolls: TrollsTopia Cooper 52 episodesVoice role 2021–2025 The Great North Jerry Shaw RecurringVoice role Jellystone! Shag Rugg, Astro, Hong Kong Phooey Voice role 2021 Nailed It! Himself/Judge Episode: "Burbank State Fair" Chopped 420 Himself/host 5 episodes 2021–2022 Inside Job Mothman 2021 Poorly Drawn Lines Kevin Trolls: Holiday in Harmony Cooper TV specialVoice role A Tale Dark & Grimm Jacob Voice role 2022–present Loot Howard Main role 2023–present Rock Paper Scissors Rock Voice role Frog and Toad Raccoon 2024 After Midnight Himself Episode #26 Ariel Delfino Episode: "The Singing Dolphin"Voice role 2025 Celebrity Weakest Link Contestant Episode: "8 Degress of Jane" Krapopolis Colin Voice, episode: "Vengeance Will Be Nine" 2026 The Traitors Contestant Contestant

Other accomplishments Attack! Pro Wrestling Attack! 24:7 Championship (1 time) DDT Pro-Wrestling Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship (1 time)