"There’s a specificity to [voice acting]. It’s not a generic character, as none of the characters are. That’s why you love them, that’s why you love this world, it’s not a knockoff, it’s not a boilerplate. There’s a specific vital life to this world that you want to step into and these characters that you want to play with, and to be with, and to meet, and that’s what we bring."
— Dee Bradley Baker
GROOOAAAAAARRRR! SCREEEEEEECH! HISSSSSSSSS!
Dee Bradley Baker (born August 31, 1962) is a voice actor from Indiana best known for doing various animal, alien, and monster vocal effects in various cartoons and feature films. He also does a lot of human voices, mainly voicing nerdy young boys and scientists.
He's mostly known as the voices of Perry the Platypus, Appa & Momo, Numbuh 4, Squilliam Fancyson and Bubble Bass, Waddles, and Klaus. He's also known in the Star Wars CGI series’ as the voice of the Clone Troopers — all of them.
Chances are very high that you've heard him, even if you don't know it. He also has a very helpful site
for aspiring voice actors, which many of his fellow performers credit as THE guide to voice acting.
Notable roles:
Film
- Trashcan in Astro Boy
- Fish, Wheels and Bucket in The Boxtrolls
- The Vorox and Skrall in BIONICLE: The Legend Reborn
- Boots (vocal effects) for Dora and the Lost City of Gold
- The Vampires in Fright Night (2011)
- Mooch in G-Force
- Blurp in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
- Maurice in Happy Feet
- Creature voices in The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
- Assorted animals in The Jungle Book (2016)
- Etrigan and Top in Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox
- Ray Palmer in Justice League: Gods and Monsters
- The Pterodactyl Ghost and the Red-Eyed Skeleton in Scooby-Doo: Monsters Unleashed
- Morris the dijiang/hundun in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
- Monty in Smurfs: The Lost Village
- Man-Bat and The Joker in Son of Batman
- Daffy Duck and the Tazmanian Devil in Space Jam
- Atomic Skull in Superman vs. the Elite
- Fayvoon, Longbourne and Mertock* in Treasure Planet
- As Himself in I Know That Voice
Live-Action TV
- The Announcer and Olmec in Legends of the Hidden Temple
- Announcer in Shop 'Til You Drop
- Phil Berg in The Journey of Allen Strange
- Eagly in Peacemaker
Video Games
- Alien and Predator in Mortal Kombat X
- Atlas and P-Body in Portal 2
- Bertram Tung in Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
- Blob, The Prof, Bif, and the INKYs in de Blob
- Boba Fett in The Force Unleashed
- Nathan and Killer from Samurai Western
- Bossk in Star Wars Battlefront (2015) and Star Wars Battlefront II (2017). He also voices the Clone Troopers in the latter.
- Deacon Jarred Stone in Ground Control
- Death and Tameable Rider in Dante's Inferno
- Flumix, Barks, and various other voices in Orion Burger
- General RAAM and the Locusts in Gears of War
- Gravemind in Halo
- Hammond in Overwatch
- Jedi 2 in Jedi Academy
- Joe Black/Viewtiful Joe in Viewtiful Joe (game-only)
- Letz Shake in No More Heroes
- Murky in Heroes of the Storm
- Nightcrawler in X-Men Legends and Marvel Ultimate Alliance
- Ra's al Ghul in Batman: Arkham Series
- Mr. Ratburn in the ImageBuilder Arthur games
- Reuben in Minecraft: Story Mode
- Sea King in LEGO DC Super-Villains
- The Spitter, Jockey, and Charger in Left 4 Dead 2
- Squee, Spleen and Spoon, the Techies in Dota 2
- Dr. Stanislaus Braun in Fallout 3
- Travis and Crug in Tak: The Great Juju Challenge
- Variks in Destiny
- Wakka in Kingdom Hearts
- Boba Fett and the Clone Troopers in Disney Infinity 3.0
Web Animation
- Dr. Bomb and Anti-Bravoman in the Bravoman web series
- Sunny Jim and Tubo in Lobo (Webseries)
- AbsoluteSolver's vocal effects in Murder Drones (uncredited)
- Duke's grunts and groans in Sunset Paradise (again, uncredited)
Western Animation
- Ace The Bathound and Krypto The Superdog on DC Super Hero Girls 2019
- Animal and Sweetums on Muppet Babies (2018)
- Appa, Momo and Chong in Avatar: The Last Airbender
- Aquaman, Martian Manhunter, Captain Boomerang, Ace the Bat Hound and Krypto the Super Dog in LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes
- Ari The Aracuan Bird, Leopold, Gary the Yeti, Tyrone and various creatures on Legend of the Three Caballeros
- Bessie and MicroAngelo on Amphibia
- Beeyotus on Uncle Gus
- Bigfoot in Back at the Barnyard
- Bludgeon and Clout in Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015)
- Bubba Duck and Benjamin Frankloon on DuckTales (2017)
- Cedric in W.I.T.C.H.
- The Chickeraffe in Green Eggs and Ham (2019)
- Cinnamon Bun and Mr. Cupcake in Adventure Time
- The Clock King, Felix Faust, Etrigan, Chemo, Brain, Scarecrow, Brother Eye, Professor Zee, Jason Blood, Ramjam, Dove, Mr. Atom, John Wilkes Booth, Punchichi, Star Conquerer, and Ace the Bat-Hound in Batman: The Brave and the Bold
- The Clone Troopers in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Star Wars Rebels, and Star Wars: The Bad Batch, also voicing Bossk, Robonino, Arok the Hutt, Goron, Trench, Knox, TZ-33 and Gregor in the former
- Critter Bit and Quackerino in Doug Unplugs
- Dr. Curt Connors/The Lizard in The Spectacular Spider-Man and Ultimate Spider-Man (2012), as well as Sandman, Venom and Carnage in the latter
- Dad in Cow and Chicken
- David Kawena in Stitch! The Movie and Lilo & Stitch: The Series
- Daffy Duck, Squeaks the Squirrel, Frisky Puppy, Carl GrimRabbit, Krakos the Polar Bear, Shifty Rat, and Mannermaid Enforski in New Looney Tunes
- Dicki Galoot and Mandy's Father in The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy
- Diogee in Milo Murphy's Law
- The Duendes, Antonio Angama (lizard form only), and various guard characters in Elena of Avalor
- Elmer Sglue and Mr. Green in The Powerpuff Girls (1998)
- Fangs, Firelord and Scorpio in Hero Factory
- The Fire Viper in Skylanders Academy
- Glem, Grevel, Egdir and Skreek in Star Wars Resistance
- Glurgle, Gargle and Master Jaha in Kaijudo
- Julian, the resident Perky Goth of Norrisville High in Randy Cunningham: Ninth Grade Ninja
- Kelpie, Pooka Pooka, The Jersey Devil, and Maximinus in American Dragon: Jake Long
- Kiko in Winx Club
- Klaus in American Dad!
- Larfleeze in Green Lantern: The Animated Series
- Larry, Cinderblock, Plamus, Soto and his dog in Teen Titans (2003). He also voices Cinderblock and Plamus in Teen Titans Go!
- Lazlo on Mickey and the Roadster Racers
- Lion, Frybo, and most of the Gem Monsters in Steven Universe
- Lockjaw and Tippy Toe in Marvel Rising
- Mr. Licorice in As Told by Ginger
- MERC, Luminix, Pipp's dad, and the mailman in Miles from Tomorrowland
- Nahal, Talah, Parisa, Nazboo, and all animal characters Shimmer and Shine
- Nega-Globby, V.I.C. and the Mayoi in Big Hero 6: The Series
- Nubs in Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures
- Numbuh 4/Wallabee Beetles, Mr. Fibb, and the Toilenator in Codename: Kids Next Door
- Og and Goat in Mike, Lu & Og
- All of the Omnitrix aliens, with the exception of Rath in Ben 10: Alien Force
- Paulie The Parrot on T.O.T.S.
- Perry the Platypus, Dr. Diminutive, and Dr. Doofenshmirtz's father in Phineas and Ferb
- Phoenix and Milissa on Big City Greens
- Mr. Pineapple and Bug the Pug in The Boss Baby: Back in Business
- Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes
- Sanjay, Elmer and his boil, Remy Buxaplenty, and Binky in The Fairly OddParents!
- Slithe, Kaynar, Ro-Bear Bill, and several lizard soldiers in Thunder Cats 2011
- Squilliam Fancyson and Bubble Bass in SpongeBob SquarePants
- Stinkfly, Wildmutt, and Eye Guy in Ben 10
- Sundae in The Wacky Adventures Of Ronald Mc Donald
- Tarrlok, Naga, Pabu, and most of the other animals in The Legend of Korra
- TBA in Agent Elvis
- Waddles the pig in Gravity Falls
- Wolf, Desaad, Blockbuster, and more in Young Justice (2010)
- Wolfie and Mr. Gore in Vampirina
- Wulf, Mikey, and Operative K in Danny Phantom
Tropes relating to Dee Bradley Baker:
- Acting for Two: He provides the voices of all of the Clone Troopers in the animated Star Wars shows. Some episodes in Star Wars: The Clone Wars have him acting for all of the Clones in a given scene, and it's taken up to eleven in Star Wars: The Bad Batch, which centers around an elite team of clones outrunning the nascent Empire and their brainwashed brothers... who are all voiced by him.
- Man of a Thousand Voices: Boasts one of the most impressive voice ranges in the history of voice acting. This includes putting slightly different inflections on what is essentially the same voice when playing numerous Clone Troopers. Not to mention his various incredible animal and creature noises. It can be said that he's basically the next Frank Welker.
- Playing Against Type: Roles that aren't non-human voices count as this, mostly notably Ra's Al Ghul and the Clone Troopers.
- Promoted Fanboy: Check his website and see why.
- Typecasting: He's usually casted as creatures and non-human voices, such as Appa & Momo, Gravemind, and Hammond. He does do voices outside his typecasting though.
- Wholesome Crossdresser: Frequently appeared in drag on Shop Til You Drop, most notably as Grandma Curmudgeon.
