"I love animation! In the world of animation, you can be anything you wanna be! If you're a fat woman, you can play a skinny princess! If you're a short, wimpy guy, you can play a tall gladiator! If you're a white man, you can play an Arabian prince! If you're a black man, you play a donkey or a zebra! And if you're a Filipino-Canadian, you can play Chris Rock!"
— Bauza
mocking Rock's rant on voice acting being an easy job
mocking Rock's rant on voice acting being an easy jobEric Adrian Bauza (born December 7, 1979 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Filipino-Canadian-American animator-turned-voice actor and stand-up comedian who, despite being a bit newer to the biz next to his contemporaries, has made quite the presence as of late.
He got his start as a character designer and layout artist at various studios, including working on both the The Brave Little Toaster sequels and The Ripping Friends, which acquainted him with the animation world, and he would soon get his first big role on the short lived Ren & Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon" as the new voice of the titular Stimpy, after the original voice actor (Billy West) vowed never to work with John Kricfalusi ever again due to his Small Name, Big Ego attitude.
Over the past decade since, he has built up a considerable resume that includes roles in The Fairly OddParents!, El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera, Ben 10: Omniverse, Uncle Grandpa, and Breadwinners. His versatility has also led him to be picked as the new voice of Marvin the Martian (formerly voiced by Mel Blanc) in The Looney Tunes Show and Fenton Crackshell/Gizmoduck (formerly voiced by Hamilton Camp) in DuckTales Remastered. He is one of the current voices of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and Tweety Bird as well.
He can also be found on more adult-oriented fare, including several Channel 101 shorts.
He is the host of his own docu-series Stay Tooned.
Notable roles include:
- Stimpy in Ren & Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon", replacing Billy West
- He would voice Stimpy again in Nicktoons MLB
- Foop (Poof's anti-fairy counterpart) in The Fairly OddParents!.
- White Pantera/Rodolfo Rivera and various others in El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera
- Looney Tunes:
- Marvin the Martian in The Looney Tunes Show
- Almost every character in Looney Tunes: World of Mayhem; yes, even Granny.
- Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Tweety Bird and Marvin the Martian in Looney Tunes Cartoons
- Reprised Daffy and Marvin and also played Porky Pig, Elmer Fudd, and Foghorn Leghorn in Space Jam: A New Legacy.
- Reprised Bugs, Daffy and Tweety in Bugs Bunny Builders
- Reprised Daffy and played Buster Bunny in Tiny Toons Looniversity
- Various characters in Coyote Vs Acme
- Tunnel Rat, Destro, and Storm Shadow in G.I. Joe: Resolute
- Tiger Claw and Hun in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012)
- Belly Bag and Hot Dog Person in Uncle Grandpa
- Buhdeuce and multiple other voices in Breadwinners
- Raimundo, Jack Spicer, and Panda Bubba in Xiaolin Chronicles, replacing Tom Kenny, Danny Cooksey, and Kevin Michael Richardson
- Chet, Peel-Out and others in Turbo F.A.S.T.
- Drift, Headlock, Pseudo and Silverhound in Transformers: Robots in Disguise
- Amadeus Cho in Avengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher
- Cho, Iron Spider, Arcade, Swarm and Scorpion in Ultimate Spider-Man (2012)
- Puss in Boots in The Adventures of Puss in Boots
- Fenton Crackshell/Gizmoduck in DuckTales Remastered
- Joey Felt and AP/Captain Atomic in Atomic Puppet
- Paladum and various Mixamals in Mixels
- Woody Woodpecker in the live-action/animation hybrid movie of the same name and web series.
- Father Domingo, The Cave Guardian in The Book of Life
- The Beagle Boys and Captain Farley Foghorn in DuckTales (2017)
- Bamm Bamm, Dino, and Hoppy in The Flintstones: Stone Age SmackDown!
- Rolf Rodriguez in The Jetsons & WWE: Robo-WrestleMania!
- Master Frown in Unikitty!
- Scooby-Doo:
- Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated - Dr. Quest, Dr. Zin, Old Clerk, Eager Clerk, Clerk's Pet
- Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright - KJ
- Scooby-Doo! Frankencreepy - Daphanatic, Rock Dude
- Scooby-Doo! Moon Monster Madness - Clark Sporkman
- Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! - Officer Soung, Tony, Russ, Charlie Dery, Wayne, Clown Cop, Dack, Mr. Moon, President Moon, Coast Guard
- Scooby-Doo! and the WWE: Curse of the Speed Demon - Big Earl
- Supernatural S13 E16 "ScoobyNatural" - Cousin Simple
- Batman and Harley Quinn - Wesley
- Muppet Babies (2018) - Fozzie, Statler, Bunsen, Robin , The Man In The Moon, Sam The Eagle
- Batman Ninja - Two-Face
- Batman vs. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Leonardo
- Ben 10: Omniverse - Diamondhead, Ripjaws, Grey Matter, Buzzshock, Jerry, Way Big, Bellicus, Upchuck, Chromastone, Cast Iron, numerous others
- Coconut Fred's Fruit Salad Island - Slip and Slide D'Peel
- LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes:
- Gotham City Breakout - James Gordon, Bane
- The Flash - Atom, B'dg, Jimmy Olsen
- Aquaman: Rage of Atlantis - Jimmy Olsen, Bar tender
- Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Splinter, Senor Hueso, President Pepperoni, additional voices
- Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters - Malouf, Murakami, The Gentleman, Riya's father (Riya's Revenge only)
- Phineas and Ferb - Lil Saul
- Guardians of the Galaxy (2015) - Adam Warlock
- Legend of the Three Caballeros - José Carioca, Merlin, Ares, Scrooge McDuck (cameo in episode 12), additional voices
- Teen Titans Go! To the Movies - Aquaman, Stan Lee's assistant
- TripTank - Various
- Community S5 E11 "G.I. Jeff" - Narrator
- Ballmastrz: 9009 - Flip Champion
- Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters - Murikami, Mr. Silver, others
- The Sponge Bob Movie Sponge Out Of Water - Seagull
- SpongeBob SquarePants - Guru
- Zevo-3 - Brad
- T.O.T.S. - Mr. Woodbird, Tara's Dad, Zebra Dad, Professor Peacock, Stork Bot, Kiera's Dad, Linus' Dad, Jaguar Dad, Camille's Dad, One Of KC's Cousins
- Henry Hugglemonster - Dragon
- The Banana Splits Movie- Fleegle, Droople, Bingo, Announcer
- The Lion Guard - Panga
- Cans Without Labels - Slab
- Big Hero 6: The Series - Uncle Samurai, Detective Kato
- Marvel's Spider-Man - Mr. Negative
- The Rocketeer - Alfonso, Announcer, Parachuter
- The Loud House - Rex, Bruno, Corey, Hipster Man, Male Couplee, Mr. Reynolds, Boy #2 , TV Annoucer, Judge
- The Casagrandes - Bruno, Nelson
- Ollie & Scoops - Scoops
- Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus - Bracelet Monster, Announcer, Angry Man, Boy
- Archibald's Next Big Thing - Billy, Leonard, Turtle
- Middle School Moguls - Mogul Frostbottom
- Doug Unplugs - Bob Bot
- Trese - Nuno, Bagyon Lektro
- MultiVersus - Bugs Bunny, Tom and Jerry
- The Boys (2019) - Buster Beaver
- Where's Waldo? (2019) - Koala/Dingo, Bruce
- McBusters - Hamburglar and Grimace
- Kiff - Roy Fox
- Agent Elvis
- The Super Mario Bros. Movie - Toad General, Diddy Kong
- Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures - EB-3
- Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai - Sebastian, Noggin (first voice), Snout
- Pluto - Arnold (English dub)
- Bob's Burgers - Jimmy Pesto (second voice)
- X-Men '97 - The Sentinels
- Invincible (2021): D.A. Sinclair (second voice)
Tropes relating to Eric Bauza and his work.
- Man of a Thousand Voices: Similar to his other Looney Tunes co-stars, Eric has voice every Looney Tunes character at one point. He even voiced Penelope and Granny for Looney Tunes: World of Mayhem. Bauza cites Mel Blanc as the reason he wanted to do voice acting.
- Meme Role Reprise: When Forghorn Leghorn crossover memes started taking off in late-April 2024, Bauza contributed his own reading of a Twitter meme, where Leghorn is reprimanding Vegeta from Dragon Ball Z about his Final Flash attack in his typical overly rambly nature.
- Nice Guy: Not because he's Canadian, which Eric jokes about a lot in interviews. At conventions, Eric gives voice acting advice to younger kids and gives them free artwork of Bugs Bunny.
- Promoted Fanboy: Bauza went from watching the Looney Tunes as a kid to being one of the primary voice actors for almost all of them.
- Word of Saint Paul: Bauza joked in a interview with NPR that Marvin the Martian celebrates Thanksgiving in August, as that is the month Martians have their Thanksgiving.
