Who is Bob Bergen? Bob Bergen Biography and Wiki
Bob Bergen is a three-time nominated voice actor from St. Louis, Missouri, USA. Bergen has performed in all aspects of on-camera TV from sitcoms to game shows hosting Jep!, the kids’ version of Jeopardy! for GSN.
Moreover, he has voiced multiple animated movies including Minions, Despicable Me 3, The Secret Life of Pets, Sing, Toy Story 2 & 3, Monsters, Emperor’s New Groove, Wreck-it Ralph, A Bug’s Life, Up, Spirited Away, Tangled, Tinker Bell, and of course Cars.
Bergen is prominently known for voice acting Luke Skywalker for nearly twenty years in dozens of games as well as three Robot Chicken: Star Wars specials. Series work includes Star Wars Resistance, Marvel’s Avengers Assemble, Dallas & Robo, Clarence, Vampirina, Mr. Pickles, TripTank, and Curious George.
He is the current voice of the animated character Porky Pig and has also voiced Marvin the Martian, Tweety and Speedy Gonzales. Indeed, in 2020 Bob marks his 30th year voicing Pork Pigs the character he grew up admiring, on the other hand, his mother didn’t like the idea of him acting as Porky Pig since he grew up being a Jewish.
Bob Bergen Age and Birthday
Bob Bergen is 55 years old as of 2020, he was born on March 8, 1964, in St. Louis, Missouri, in the United States. He celebrates his birthday on 8th March every year. Bergen announced to his parents when he was five he wanted to be Porky Pig. His mother replied, “You can’t be Porky Pig. You’re Jewish.” Despite this, he was determined.
Bob Bergen Height and Weight
He stands at a height of 6 feet 2 inches. However, details regarding his actual weight and other body measurements are currently not publicly available. We are keeping tabs and will update this information once it is out.
Bob Bergen Education
At the age of 18, a good friend of the family had Casey Kasem send Bergen an autograph picture for his high school graduation. In response, he sent Casey a thank you note, stating he wanted to do voices for animations and included his contacts.
Surprise, Casey called Bob and offer help. Casey ordered Bob to make a homemade demo of as many voices as he could. He indeed did what he was requested to do. He taped over 85 voices which Casey, in turn, gave to Don Pitts, a voice-over agent, fortunately, he got signed by Don.
Not long after, Bergen had his first voice acting cartoon, Spiderman, and His Amazing Friends. While still doing voice acting, Bob continued his studies with Daws Butler, and for the next 5 years slowly built up his voice-over resume with a variety of cartoons and commercials
At the age of 23, he left and became a fulltime actor. His resume consists of over a hundred cartoons, commercials, promos, radio imaging, live award show announcing, and interactive games.
Bob Bergen Parents| Siblings
After doing our research, details about his parents are not available and it is also not known if he has any siblings.
Bob Bergen Wife | Partner
Bergen likes to keep his personal life private hence information about his dating life is not available. It is therefore not known whether he is married or has any children. However, this information will be updated as soon as it is available.
Bob Bergen Net worth
Bob has been in the film industry for more than three decades, in fact, 2020 marks his 30th year voicing Porky Pig. He has no doubt amassed a huge fortune with the bulk of his wealth coming from his professional acting career. Bergen is estimated to have a net worth of about $4 million
Bob Bergen Voice Actor
His dream became a professional actor came true in 1990 when Bob was 25. Therefore, he joined some of the actors who share the job of voicing The Looney Tunes. For years, Bergen has voiced Porky, Tweety, Marvin the Martian, Henry Hawk, Sylvester Jr., and Speedy Gonzales in a variety of feature films, albums, toys, games, and television series.
Including the two-time Emmy nominated series Duck Dodgers, in which Bob received an Annie Award nomination as best voice performer in a television series. Moreover, he has been voicing a heard of hundreds of commercials, including McDonald’s, Mitsubishi, Geico, Petsmart, Publix, Albertsons. His promo resume includes Disney Channel, NBC, FOXKids.
Bob Bergen Luke Skywalker
He is also the imaging branding voice for radio stations throughout the US. He voices Luke Skywalker for LucasArts interactive games, as well as all 3 Robot Chicken: Star Wars specials. Star Wars: Force Commander, Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader, Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire to name a few.
Similarly, he has also provided special vocal effects for dozens of features, including Gremlins, Army of Darkness, Dunsten Checks In, Fright Night 2, Honey, I Blew up the Kid, Santa Clause 2 and 3.
He has likewise appeared as on the ABC game show To Tell the Truth. Also, he appeared as himself in interview segments of the documentary I Know That Voice. More to that, Bergen also voiced Wind-Up in Skylanders: Swap Force, Skylanders: Trap Team, and Skylanders: SuperChargers.
Bergen has been an active member of the Television Academy since 1994, working on the Performers Peer Group Executive Committee. To add to that, Bob is also a 2-time volunteer Big Brother and was honored as the 2007 Jewish Big Brother of the Year.
Bob Bergen Behind the voice actors
Bob Bergen Movies and TV shows
2018-Dallas & Robo
2018-Apple and Onion
2016-Mr. Pickles
2015-2016-Triptank
2014-Avengers Assemble
2011-The Looney Tunes Show
2010–2014-Star Wars: The Clone Wars
2007-Loonatics Unleashed
2006–2018- Robot Chicken
2006-2008-The Emperor’s New School
2003–2005-Duck Dodgers
2001-Totally Spies!
1987-Fraggle Rock
Bob Bergen Movies
1991-Rover Dangerfield
1994-The Lion King
1996-Space Jam
1997-Cats Don’t Dance
1997-Hercules
In 1998
-Quest for Camelot
-Antz
-A Bug’s Life
-The Prince of Egypt
In 1999
Tarzan
The Iron Giant
Toy Story 2
In 2002
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Lilo & Stitch
The Santa Clause 2
Treasure Planet
2003-Brother Bear
2003-Looney Tunes: Back in Action
2013-Escape from Planet Earth
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