Robert Snelgrove Bergen (born March 8, 1964) is an American voice actor. He is the current voice of the Warner Bros. cartoon character Porky Pig and formerly hosted a kids’ game show Jep!, adapted from the popular game show Jeopardy!. He is also known for voicing characters in the English dubs of various anime.
Life and career
Bergen is the current voice of the animated character Porky Pig, and has also voiced Tweety, Marvin the Martian, Sylvester Jr., and Speedy Gonzales.
Bergen is responsible for the voice of Arsène Lupin III for the Streamline Pictures dubs in the late 1980s and early ’90s: The Mystery of Mamo (directed by Sōji Yoshikawa), The Castle of Cagliostro (directed by Hayao Miyazaki) and Lupin III’s Greatest Capers (two TV episodes from series two directed by Hayao Miyazaki). He also played the part of No-Face in the 2001 Academy Award-winning movie Spirited Away, one of the firefighters in The Incredibles, and Kai and Masaru in the Streamline-dubbed version of the anime classic Akira.
He is also responsible for the voice of Luke Skywalker in over a dozen Star Wars video games as well as the Robot Chicken episodes Episode I, II and III, the voice of Wembley and the World’s Oldest Fraggle for the animated Fraggle Rock, was selected to play the animated versions of Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and Link Hogthrob in the ill-fated Little Muppet Monsters, and also voiced characters of the day in the 1987–89 seasons of Muppet Babies.
He appeared as himself in interview segments of the documentary I Know That Voice.
He also voiced Wind-Up in Skylanders: Swap Force, Skylanders: Trap Team and Skylanders: SuperChargers.
In 1998 Bergen hosted Jep!, the children’s version of Jeopardy!, on Game Show Network.
Bergen has appeared on the ABC game show To Tell the Truth.
Bergen is also a teacher of a voice acting class, which one of his students is JP Karliak.
Filmography
Animation
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Little Muppet Monsters | Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, Link Hogthrob | ||
| 1987 | Fraggle Rock | Wembley Fraggle, World’s Oldest Fraggle | All episodes | |
| 1990–1992 | Tiny Toon Adventures | Porky Pig, Tweety Bird | ||
| 2001 | Totally Spies! | Ricky Mathis, Scientist, Worker #2 | Ep. “A Thing for Musicians” | |
| 2003–2005 | Duck Dodgers | Eager Young Space Cadet | ||
| 2006–2008 | The Emperor’s New School | Bucky the Squirrel | 27 episodes | |
| 2006–2018 | Robot Chicken | Porky Pig, Tweety Bird, Luke Skywalker Roger Rabbit, Various other voices |
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| 2007 | Loonatics Unleashed | Pinkster Pig | Ep. “In the Pinkster” | |
| 2009 | Laff Riot | Porky Pig and Tweety Bird | Unaired pilot for The Looney Tunes Show | |
| 2010–2014 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Lama Su | 3 episodes | |
| 2011–2014 | The Looney Tunes Show | Porky Pig | ||
| 2014 | Avengers Assemble | Winter Soldier | Ep. “Ghosts of the Past” | |
| 2015–2016 | Triptank | Chicken / Kooky / Egg | 3 episodes | |
| 2015–2020 | New Looney Tunes | Porky Pig, Tweety Bird, Gabby Goat | ||
| 2016 | Mr. Pickles | Crime Man | Ep. “Shövenpucker” | |
| 2018 | Dallas & Robo | Grizzled Trucker | Ep. “I Was a Teenage Cannibal Biker” | |
| 2020-present | Looney Tunes Cartoons | Porky Pig, Gremlin | Various shorts | |
| 2021 | Star Wars: The Bad Batch | Lama Su | 2 episodes | |
| 2021 | Ridley Jones | Mr. Peabody |
Anime
Films
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Rover Dangerfield | Gangster / Animal | Credited as Robert Bergen | |
| 1994 | The Lion King | Hyenas | Additional voices | |
| 1996 | Space Jam | Porky Pig, Tweety, Marvin the Martian, Barnyard Dawg and Hubie and Bertie | ||
| The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Baby Quasimodo, Achilles the Horse and Frollo’s Soldiers | |||
| 1997 | Cats Don’t Dance | Man | Additional Voices | |
| Hercules | Thebian Man, Baby Hercules | Additional Voices | ||
| 1998 | Quest for Camelot | King Arthur’s Soldiers and Ruber’s Minions | Additional voices | |
| Mulan | Shang’s Horse, Ancestors and Hun Army | Additional voices | ||
| Antz | Ant Worker #2 | Additional voices | ||
| A Bug’s Life | Aphie and Male Ants | Additional voices | ||
| The Prince of Egypt | Rameses’s Soldiers | Additional voices | ||
| 1999 | Tarzan | Baby Tarzan and Vincent Snipes | Additional voices | |
| The Iron Giant | George The Army Diver Sub | Additional voices | ||
| Toy Story 2 | Green Army Men | Additional voices | ||
| 2000 | Chicken Run | Chickens | Additional voices | |
| The Emperor’s New Groove | Bucky the Squirrel, Fly stuck in spider web | |||
| 2001 | Spirited Away | No Face and Frog | English dub | |
| Monsters, Inc. | Lanky Schmidt | |||
| Atlantis: The Lost Empire | Loop Group and Squad Leader | |||
| 2002 | Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron | Colonel’s Soldiers | ADR Group | |
| Lilo & Stitch | Officer | Credited as Robert Bergen | ||
| The Santa Clause 2 | Comet | |||
| Treasure Planet | Robot on ladder and Mr. Snuff | Additional voices | ||
| 2003 | Brother Bear | Horrified Fish | ||
| Looney Tunes: Back in Action | Porky Pig | |||
| Finding Nemo | Blenny | |||
| 2004 | Shrek 2 | Additional voices | ADR Group | |
| 2006 | Cars | Various reporter | ||
| Happily N’Ever After | Additional voices | |||
| Ice Age: The Meltdown | Various mammals | |||
| 2008 | Horton Hears a Who! | Male Who | ||
| 2009 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | Baby | ||
| Up | Dogs | |||
| 2010 | Tangled | Additional voices | ||
| 2012 | The Lorax | Additional voices | ||
| Wreck-It Ralph | Additional voices | |||
| 2013 | Escape from Planet Earth | 3D Movie Guy | ||
| Monsters University | Merv | |||
| 2015 | Minions | Additional voices | ||
| Inside Out | Additional voices | Uncredited | ||
| 2016 | Trolls | Additional voices | ||
| Sing | Additional voices | |||
| 2017 | Despicable Me 3 | Additional voices | ||
| 2021 | Space Jam: A New Legacy | Tweety |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Lupin III: The Mystery of Mamo | Lupin III | Streamline dub | |
| 1979 | Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro | Lupin III/The Wolf | Streamline dub | |
| 1987 | Lily C.A.T. | Hiro Tagaki | ||
| 1988 | Akira | Masaru, Kaisuke / Mitsuru Kuwata / Harukiya bartender | Additional voices Streamline dub |
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| 2000 | Help! I’m a Fish | Joe’s Minions | English dub; unconfirmed | |
| 2001 | Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase | Eric Staufer | ||
| 2005 | Kronk’s New Groove | Bucky the Squirrel | ||
| 2006 | Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas | Porky Pig, Tweety Bird, Speedy Gonzales | ||
| 2008 | Tinker Bell | Fireflies | ||
| 2009 | Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure | Bugs / Creatures | ||
| 2010 | Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue | Additional Voices | ||
| 2011 | A Letter to Momo | Mame | ||
| 2012 | Foodfight! | Additional voices | ||
| 2015 | Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run | Porky Pig |
Live-action
Video games
Shorts
Awards and nominations
| Year | Result | Show | Character | Category | Award Show |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Nominated | Duck Dodgers | Porky Pig/Eager Young Space Cadet | Outstanding Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production | Annie Awards |
| 2011 | Nominated | The Looney Tunes Show: Jailbird And Jailbunny | Porky Pig | Outstanding Voice-Over Performance | Emmy Awards |
| 2013 | Nominated | The Looney Tunes Show: We’re in Big Truffle | Porky Pig | Outstanding Voice-Over Performance | Emmy Awards |
| 2019 | Nominated | New Looney Tunes | Porky Pig | Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program | Emmy Awards |
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