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Jeff Bergman | |
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 Bergman at the 2023San Diego Comic-Con | |
| Born | Jeffrey Bergman (1960-07-10)July 10, 1960 (age 65) Philadelphia,Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Pittsburgh |
| Occupation | Voice actor |
| Years active | 1984–present |
| Children | 2 |
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Jeffrey Bergman (born July 10, 1960)[1][2] is an American voice actor who has provided the modern-day voices of various classic cartoon characters, most notably withLooney Tunes andHanna-Barbera.
Bergman was the first to replaceMel Blanc as the voice ofBugs Bunny,Daffy Duck and several otherWarner Bros. cartoon characters following Mel Blanc's death in 1989. Bergman shared the roles of Blanc's characters withGreg Burson andJoe Alaskey before their respective deaths in 2008 and 2016, as well asBob Bergen,Billy West,Jim Cummings,Maurice LaMarche,Fred Tatasciore, andEric Bauza for variousWarner Bros. Animation productions.
Bergman was born on July 10, 1960, to aJewish family inPhiladelphia,Pennsylvania.[2][3] Throughout his early life, he impersonated several celebrities and cartoon characters, his first impression being comic influenceEd Sullivan at the age of 6. At the age of 15, Bergman began doing impressions of variousLooney Tunes characters.[2]
He studied theatre and communications at theUniversity of Pittsburgh where he first did voice work after becoming involved with a student-run radio station and interning at theKQV andWDVE radio stations.[2][4] While there, he made his first demo reel and was profiled in a story onKDKA-TV'sEvening Magazine. The story was picked up on similar TV news magazines shows and helped land him his representation withWilliam Morris Agency following his graduation from Pitt in 1983.
During his time at university, Bergman attended an on-campus lecture byMel Blanc, who was best known for voicing the Looney Tunes such asBugs Bunny. Bergman later tracked Blanc down and met him at hisOakland hotel room in 1981, where Bergman imitated Blanc's characters for him, earning himself a 45-minute session. Bergman credits Blanc with helping him graduate two years later.[2][4]
In 1986, Bergman auditioned to voice thePillsbury Doughboy, but he eventually got the part ofStarKist's mascotCharlie the Tuna instead.[5][6] Bergman's work withWarner Bros. began that year, recording voices forThe Bugs Bunny Show. After being rebuffed several times by Warner Bros. directors, he recorded a tape of himself as several of Blanc's characters, includingBugs Bunny. He took the tape to the production company and used a switch to toggle back and forth between his work and the original Mel Blanc recording. Then-Warner Bros. presidentEdward Bleier was unable to tell the difference between the voices,[7] and Bergman, at the age of 29, became the first performer to provide the voice of Bugs Bunny after Mel Blanc died on July 10, 1989, Bergman's 29th birthday.[2]
Bergman's first performance as Bugs Bunny was during the62nd Academy Awards as Bugs presented the Oscar forBest Live Action Short Film.[8] He voiced Bugs, as well asDaffy Duck, during the 1990 television specialsCartoon All-Stars to the Rescue andThe Earth Day Special (also voicingTweety Bird andPorky Pig in the latter). That same year, he also lent his voice to Bugs, Daffy and Porky in the animated sequences ofGremlins 2: The New Batch (1990). Bergman later voiced Bugs and Daffy again as well asElmer Fudd in the 1991 theatrical shortBox-Office Bunny, Bugs's first in over 25 years. He voiced Bugs, Daffy, Elmer andYosemite Sam in the 1991 short(Blooper) Bunny, as well as several characters (includingSylvester the Cat andFoghorn Leghorn) in animated television specials and newer animated series such asTiny Toon Adventures andThe Plucky Duck Show.
Outside of theLooney Tunes, Bergman also voicedGeorge Jetson and Mr. Spacely inJetsons: The Movie (1990) when their previous voice actorsGeorge O'Hanlon and Mel Blanc both died during production;[7] he had been working at his local radio station inPennsylvania when he received the call to travel toCalifornia and complete the dialogue. He also voiced George Jetson in the theme park attractionThe Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera. By the mid-1990s, Bergman decided to not continue voicing the Looney Tunes, due to reluctance about relocating toLos Angeles. At the time, he was living in Pittsburgh so Warner Bros. hired other voice actors such asJoe Alaskey (who was the first person to replace Blanc as the voice of Yosemite Sam inWho Framed Roger Rabbit in 1988),Greg Burson,Bob Bergen,Billy West and Blanc's sonNoel Blanc.[4][9] Warner Bros. had been splitting up the various voice-acting roles to prevent any one of them from being a singular successor.[10]
Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, Bergman continued voicing variousHanna-Barbera characters, namelyFred Flintstone, in newer specials such asThe Flintstones: On the Rocks followingHenry Corden's retirement from the role in 2000, onlyunderstudying the voices of the Looney Tunes in times when Alaskey and West were not available. In 2003, he provided Bugs' voice for a sketch on theNBC comedy showSaturday Night Live, though his audio track ended up not being used due to the show's busy weekly schedule. Eventually, after almost 20 years, and after sporadically appearing as theLooney Tunes characters for nearly two decades, he returned as the voice of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Foghorn Leghorn,Sylvester the Cat,Pepé Le Pew andTweety in 2011'sThe Looney Tunes Show.[4] He also returned for the 2015 seriesNew Looney Tunes, voicing Bugs, Foghorn, Sylvester and Elmer Fudd, as well as other minor characters such asMichigan J. Frog. He also voices some characters inLooney Tunes Cartoons;Eric Bauza voices Bugs, Daffy, and Tweety for that series, with Bergman handling Foghorn, Sylvester and Elmer Fudd.
Bergman is a recurring cast member onFamily Guy, usually voicing Fred Flintstone and Sylvester the Cat, as well asThe Cleveland Show andAmerican Dad!.
From 2000 until 2015, Bergman was also the announcer of Turner Broadcasting'sBoomerang.
Bergman had a recurring role as a radio intern Gus Kahana on theAMC comedy-dramaRemember WENN, which aired in the late 1990s.[4] He also provided the voice of Zap inSkylanders: Spyro's Adventure,Skylanders: Giants,Skylanders: Swap Force,Skylanders: Trap Team,Skylanders: SuperChargers, andSkylanders: Imaginators.
In 2021, Bergman became the new voice ofEustace Bagge in theCourage the Cowardly Dog/Scooby-Doo crossover,Straight Outta Nowhere, replacing the previous voice actors,Lionel Wilson andArthur Anderson, both of which died years afterCourage ended.
Bergman has voiced a large quantity of characters over his career. His vocal repertoire includesBugs Bunny,Daffy Duck,Sylvester the Cat,Tweety,Foghorn Leghorn,Elmer Fudd,Porky Pig,Marvin the Martian,Pepé Le Pew,Tasmanian Devil,Yosemite Sam,Speedy Gonzales,Yogi Bear,Huckleberry Hound,Quick Draw McGraw,Snagglepuss,Boo-Boo Bear,Ranger Smith,Wally Gator,Pixie and Dixie,Baba Looey,Mr. Jinks,Top Cat,Officer Dibble,Peter Potamus,George Jetson,Elroy Jetson,Astro,Mr. Spacely,Garfield,Fred Flintstone,Barney Rubble,Mr. Slate,Dino,Lippy the Lion,Mr. Incredible,Hadji,Dr. Benton C. Quest,Race Bannon,Squiddly Diddly,Fleegle,Droopy, andEustace Bagge.
Bergman lives inLos Angeles,California, and has two sons.[11]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | The New Show | Walter Kronkite's Wonderful World of Bloopers Announcer,Fred Flintstone,Barney Rubble,George Jetson | [16] |
| 1986 | The Bugs Bunny Show | Additional Voices | |
| 1990 | Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue | Bugs Bunny,Daffy Duck | TV short, first to voice after Blanc's death |
| The Earth Day Special | Bugs Bunny,Tweety,Porky Pig | ||
| 1990–1991 | Tiny Toon Adventures | Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck,Foghorn Leghorn,Elmer Fudd,Tasmanian Devil,Yosemite Sam,Sylvester, Tweety, Additional voices | |
| 1991 | Bugs Bunny's Lunar Tunes | Bugs Bunny,Pepé Le Pew | TV short |
| Bugs Bunny's Overtures to Disaster | Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Elmer Fudd, Yosemite Sam, Sylvester,Papa Bear,Mr. Meek | ||
| 1992 | Bugs Bunny's Creature Features | Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd, Yosemite Sam | |
| The Plucky Duck Show | Foghorn Leghorn, Daffy Duck | Episodes: "A Quack in the Quarks", "A Ditch in Time" and "Slugfest/Duck Dodgers Jr./Duck Trek" | |
| 1996–1999 | Doug | Coach Spitz | |
| 2000-2015 | Boomerang | Commercial Announcer | |
| 2001 | The Flintstones: On the Rocks | Fred Flintstone, Parking Guard, Vendor | TV movie |
| The Jetsons: Father & Son Day | George Jetson,Elroy Jetson,Mr. Cosmo Spacely | ||
| 2002 | Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law | George Jetson, Bakov, Clown | Episode: "Shaggy Busted" |
| The Jetsons: The Best Son | George Jetson, Elroy Jetson, Robot Boy | ||
| 2003 | Cartoon Network's Funniest Bloopers and Other Embarrassing Moments | Porky Pig, Fred Flintstone, Barney Rubble, George Jetson, Foghorn Leghorn,Barnyard Dawg,Henery Hawk | TV short |
| 2004 | Johnny Bravo | Fred Flintstone | Episode: "Wilderness Protection Program/A Page Right Out of History" |
| 2006–present | Family Guy | Fred Flintstone, Sylvester the Cat, Max Weinstein, Victor,Homer Simpson | |
| 2008, 2009 | Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy | Host, Fred Flintstone | Episodes: "A Dog on the $25,000 Pyramid" "Fred and Barney Try to Get Into a Club" "Fred Flintstone Takes a Shit" |
| 2010 | The Cleveland Show | Alda-nator, Garrison Keillor | Episodes: "Love Rollercoaster" "Buried Pleasure" |
| 2011–2014 | The Looney Tunes Show | Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Sylvester, Tweety, Foghorn Leghorn, Pepé Le Pew, Girardi | |
| 2012 | Cartoon Network 20th Anniversary | Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck | |
| 2013 | Mad | Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd,James P. Sullivan,Dan Schneider | Episodes: "First White House Down/McDuck Dynasty" "Iron Bland 3/Monsters Community" "World War ZZZ/SHAZAM! & Cat" |
| 2014 | Rick and Morty | Additional voices | Episode: "Rixty Minutes" |
| Phineas and Ferb | Episode: "The Klimpaloon Ultimatum" | ||
| Mike Tyson Mysteries | Elton John,Elon Musk,Robert Redford,The Phantasm, | Voice | |
| 2015–2020 | New Looney Tunes | Bugs Bunny, Sylvester, Foghorn Leghorn, Elmer Fudd,Michigan J. Frog, Boyd (Season 2), Poochini | Voice[17] |
| 2016 | American Dad | Additional voices | Episode: "Next of Pin" |
| 2018 | We Bare Bears | Narrator | Episode: "El Oso" |
| 2018–2020 | Our Cartoon President | Donald Trump,Lou Dobbs,Joe Biden,Bill de Blasio,John F. Kennedy | Voice |
| 2019 | Amphibia | Jonah, Additional voices | Episode: "Cracking Mrs. Croaker" |
| 2020 | Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs | Fred Flintstone,Mr. Slate | Voice |
| 2020–2023 | Looney Tunes Cartoons | Sylvester, Elmer Fudd, Foghorn Leghorn,Ralph Wolf | |
| 2020 | Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous | Mr. DNA | |
| Animaniacs | Sylvester | Episode: "Suffragette City" | |
| 2021–2025 | Jellystone! | Yogi Bear,Ranger Smith,Wally Gator,Mr. Jinks,Lippy the Lion,Dirty Dawg,Snake, Fred Flintstone, George Jetson, Ookla the Mok | Voice |
| 2022 | Pibby | Fred Flintstone | |
| Ada Twist, Scientist | Tooth Troll | Episode: "Tooth Fairy Bells" | |
| 2022–2025 | Bugs Bunny Builders | Sylvester, Foghorn Leghorn | Voice |
| 2023–2025 | Tiny Toons Looniversity | Bugs Bunny, Sylvester, Foghorn Leghorn | Voice[18] |
| 2023 | What If...? | Odin | Voice (2 episodes) |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1992 | Taz-Mania | Tasmanian Devil | Sega Genesis version |
| 1994 | Flintstones/Jetsons: Timewarp | Fred Flintstone,Barney Rubble,Dino, Baby Puss,George Jetson,Rosie the Robot Maid,Mr. Spacely, Officer, Satellite Number 4-15 Pilot, Spacely's Sprockets Computer, Muscle Trainer 3000, Interstellar Express Ship, Sleeping Worker,R.U.D.I., Ring Salesman, Food Rack Cycle, Alpha Seltxer 3000, Apollo Anti-Gravity Dish Machine, Garbage Disposatizer 3000, Encyclopedia Titanic, Alphabet Machine, Tree Brontosaurus, Mower-a-Saurus, Elephant, Bear Rug, Birds, Gravaldo, Movie Dinosaur, Caveman, Bathing Dinosaur, Compactosaurus, Dishwasher Pelican, Sawing Bird, Hammering Bird, Office Worker, Caveman, Dinosaur, Groks, Caveman Tourist | [19][20] |
| Taz in Escape from Mars | Tasmanian Devil | ||
| 2011 | Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure | Zap | |
| 2012 | The Expendables 2 Videogame | Barney Ross | |
| Skylanders: Giants | Zap | ||
| 2013 | Skylanders: Swap Force | ||
| 2014 | Scooby-Doo and Looney Tunes: Cartoon Universe | Bugs Bunny,Daffy Duck,Foghorn Leghorn,Sylvester | |
| Skylanders: Trap Team | Zap | ||
| Looney Tunes Dash! | Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck,Elmer Fudd,Yosemite Sam,Tweety, Sylvester, Tasmanian Devil, Tasmanian She-Devil, Foghorn Leghorn,Beaky Buzzard | [21] | |
| 2015 | The Flintstones | Fred Flintstone, Barney Rubble | Slot machine[22] |
| Skylanders: SuperChargers | Zap | [23] | |
| 2016 | Ice Age: Arctic Blast | Manny | [24] |
| Skylanders: Imaginators | Zap | ||
| 2018 | Lego The Incredibles | Bob Parr / Mr. Incredible | [25] |
| The Flintstones: Welcome to Bedrock | Fred Flintstone, Barney Rubble | Slot machine[26] | |
| Yogi Bear | Yogi Bear,Ranger Smith | Slot machine[27][28] | |
| 2020 | Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War | Ronald Reagan |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2015 | Wun Wabbit Wun | Bugs Bunny,Daffy Duck,Elmer Fudd | [1] |
| 2017 | Daffy Duck Dance Off | Daffy Duck, Bugs Bunny,Sylvester,Tweety | |
| 2018 | The Flintstones Bedrock River Adventure | Fred Flintstone,Barney Rubble | |
| Meet Bugs (And Daffy) | Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Sylvester | ||
| Ani-Mayhem | Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Sylvester, Tweety, Elmer Fudd,Barnyard Dawg |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1986–2014 | The Pillsbury Company | Pillsbury Doughboy (audition) | [5] |
The movie stars LeBron James, Zendaya, Don Cheadle—and Bergman, of course, who voices Bugs Bunny, Sylvester the Cat, Yosemite Sam, Yogi Bear and Fred Flintstone.
| Preceded by | Voice of Bugs Bunny 1990–1993, 1997–1998, 2002–2004, 2007, 2011–present | Succeeded by Greg Burson (1990-2000) None (2011-present) |
| Preceded by Mel Blanc | Voice of Daffy Duck 1989–1993, 1997, 2002–2004, 2007, 2011–2020 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by Mel Blanc | Voice of Elmer Fudd 1990–1992, 1997, 2002–2004, 2013–present | Succeeded by Greg Burson (1990-2001) None (2013-present) |
| Preceded by Mel Blanc | Voice of Foghorn Leghorn 1990–1993, 2002–2004, 2011–present | Succeeded by Greg Burson (1990-2003) None (2011-present) |
| Preceded by Mel Blanc | Voice of Sylvester the Cat 1989–1993, 1997–1998, 2002–2004, 2007, 2011–present | Succeeded by Joe Alaskey (1990-2011) None (2011-present) |
| Preceded by Mel Blanc | Voice of Tweety 1990–1993, 2004, 2011–2019 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by Greg Burson | Voice of Yogi Bear 1992–present | Succeeded by None |
| Preceded by | Voice of Ranger Smith 2001-present | Succeeded by None |
| Preceded by | Voice of Fred Flintstone 1984, 1994-present | Succeeded by None |
| Preceded by | Voice of George Jetson 1984, 1990-present | Succeeded by None |
| Preceded by Mel Blanc | Voice of Mr. Spacely 1990-present | Succeeded by None |
| Preceded by | Voice of Pillsbury Doughboy 1986-2014 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Voice of Droopy 1999–2010, 2017–present | Succeeded by Joe Alaskey (2004, 2010-2016) None (2017-present) |
| Preceded by | Voice of Eustace Bagge 2012, 2021–present | Succeeded by Arthur Anderson (2002-2006) |
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