Tim Blaney

Timothy Patrick Blaney (born April 25, 1959) is an American puppeteer and voice actor. He has provided the voices for Frank the Pug in the Men in Black franchise, and the robot Johnny 5 in Short Circuit and Short Circuit 2.

Filmography

Films Year Title Role Notes 1985 The Hugga Bunch Additional puppeteer Television film 1986 Short Circuit Number 5/"Johnny Five" (voice) 1986 Flight of the Navigator Puppeteer, Puckmaren (voice) 1988 Short Circuit 2 Johnny 5 (voice) 1989 The Abyss Puppeteer 1994 Muppet Classic Theater Additional Muppet Performer 1997 Men in Black Frank the Pug (voice) 1998 Blues Brothers 2000 Puppeteer 2000 How the Grinch Stole Christmas Puppeteer 2002 Men in Black II Frank the Pug (voice) 2004 The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie Goofy Goober (voice) 2004 Team America: World Police Puppeteer 2008 Forgetting Sarah Marshall Puppeteer 2008 Studio DC: Almost Live Puppeteer 2009 Where the Wild Things Are Puppeteer 2011 The Muppets Additional Muppet Performer 2012 Casa de mi padre Puppeteer 2012 Men in Black 3 Worm Guy #4 (voice) 2013 Lady Gaga and the Muppets Holiday Spectacular Additional Muppet Performer 2014 Muppets Most Wanted LA Muppet Performer 2017 Soylent Scrooge: Or, Christmas Is Made of People Mr. Fezziwig (voice) 2018 It's A Tell-Tale Valentine, Eddie Poe! Edgar Allan Poe, Snooby, Woodraven (voice) 2018 The Happytime Murders Additional puppet performer 2018 The Tragicall Historie of Plan the IX The Ruler (voice) 2018 Do Rabbots Dream of Electric Cheepz? Mr. Marigold (voice) 2018 It's the Great Spaghetti Squash, Eddie Poe! Snooby, Woodraven (voice) 2019 Albert Kitschschlock Presents: The Films That Blew Too Much Narrator (voice) 2019 Men in Black: International Frank the Pug (voice) 2019 The Legend of Joan of Arc Ladvenu (voice) 2020 It's the Masque of the Polychrome Death, Eddie Poe! Snooby (voice) 2020 The Young Witchfinder Mauldrix, Goobley Television film 2021 It's A Mystery Trip to the Rue Morgue, Eddie Poe! Edgar Allan Poe, Snooby, Woodraven (voice)

Short film Year Title Role Notes 1999 The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald: The Legend of Grimace Island Long John Silver, Captain Smollett (voice) Direct-to-video 2002 MIB ADR Self 2002 Creature Featurettes Self 2009 The Macabre World of Lavender Williams Puppeteer 2014 Pillywags Mansion Greg 2020 Life After the Navigator Self

TV series Year Title Role Notes 1980 Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters Puppeteer Episode #1.3 1984-1994 McDonaldland Puppeteer 1994 Dinosaurs Additional Dinosaur Performer "Earl's Big Jackpot" (1994) 1996–1997 Muppets Tonight Additional Muppets (voice) "Cindy Crawford" (1996)Season 2 (1996-1997) episodes 1, 5, 6, 7 2004 Angel Puppeteer, Grufus Episode: "Smile Time" 2006 Still Standing Jess Milton Episode: "Still Eighteen" 2013 Community Puppeteer Episode: "Intro to Felt Surrogacy" 2013–2017 Uncle Grandpa Emperor Krell, additional voices 2 episodes 2017–2018 Mystery Science Theater 3000 GPC (puppeteer)

Events Year Title Role Notes 2017 The Muppets Take the Bowl Additional Muppet Performer Live show at the Hollywood Bowl, Sept. 8–10 2018 The Muppets Take the O2 Additional Muppet Performer Live show at the O2 Arena, Jul. 13-14

Video games Year Title Role Notes 2011 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Male Argonians, Usha 2012 Asura's Wrath Kagebosh English dub 2012 MIB: Alien Crisis Frank the Pug, Archeologist, C-YA Programmer Riddick 2012 Guild Wars 2 Vlast 2013 Marvel Heroes Ben Urich 2017 Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire Vlast 2019 Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order Kingpin 2022 Men in Black: First Assignment — VR Experience Frank the Pug English dub 2025 The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered Male Argonians