Jeff Bergman
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| Jeff Bergman | |
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| Born | Jeff Allen Bergman July 10, 1960 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Pittsburgh |
| Occupation | Voice actor |
| Years active | 1985-present |
| Notable credit(s) | Jetsons: The Movie as George Jetson The Looney Tunes Show as Bugs Bunny & Daffy Duck Family Guy as Fred Flintstone/various[1][2] |
| Website | www |
Jeff Allen Bergman (born July 10, 1960 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)[3] is an American voice actor, who provides the modern-day voices of various classic cartoon characters, including Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Tweety, Sylvester the Cat, Yosemite Sam, Foghorn Leghorn, George Jetson, Fred Flintstone, Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, and Quick Draw McGraw. Bergman was the first to replace Mel Blanc as the voice of Bugs Bunny and several other Warner Bros. cartoon characters following Blanc's death in 1989. Along with Joe Alaskey, Bergman is known to be one of Blanc's successors.
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Early life
Originally from Philadelphia, Bergman studied theater and communications at the University of Pittsburgh where he first did voice work when he got involved with a student-run radio station and interned at KQV and WDVE radio stations in Pittsburgh.[4] While there, he made his first demo reel and was profiled in a story on KDKA-TV's Evening Magazine. The story was picked up on similar TV news magazines shows and helped land him his representation with William Morris Agency following his graduation from Pitt in 1983.[4]
Career
Bergman's work with Warner Bros. began when he recorded a tape of himself as several of Mel Blanc's characters, including Bugs 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. The producers were unable to tell the difference between the voices,[citation needed] and Bergman became the first performer to provide the voice of Bugs Bunny after Mel Blanc died in 1989.
His first appearance in that role, as well as those of Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd, was in the 1990 animated short Box Office Bunny, Bugs's first in over 25 years. Bergman later voiced Bugs and Daffy again in the 1990 TV specials Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue and The Earth Day Special (also voicing Tweety Bird and Porky Pig in the latter). He voiced Bugs, Daffy, Elmer, and Yosemite Sam in the 1991 short (Blooper) Bunny, as well as several characters (including Sylvester the Cat and Foghorn Leghorn) in animated TV specials and newer animated series' such as Tiny Toon Adventures. Bergman promoted himself heavily as the new official voice for the Warner Bros. animated characters; Warner Bros. took exception to this, and to avoid repeating the stranglehold of Mel Blanc's exclusivity, began using other actors such as Greg Burson and Billy West.
Bergman had a cameo appearance on Saturday Night Live as the voice of Bugs Bunny in 2003. Eventually, after almost 20 years, he returned as the voice of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Foghorn Leghorn, Sylvester the Cat, Pepé Le Pew, and Tweety in 2011's The Looney Tunes Show. He also returned for the 2015 series Wabbit.
Bergman also voiced George Jetson and Mr. Spacely in Jetsons: The Movie when their previous voice actors George O'Hanlon and Mel Blanc both died during production. Bergman is a recurring cast member of Family Guy, usually voicing Fred Flintstone and Sylvester the Cat, as well as The Cleveland Show. He voiced the Sneetches and the cat in Storybook Weaver and Storybook Weaver Deluxe. He also gave a voice sample for a character in the 2011 Spyro game, Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure.
Bergman had a recurring role as a radio intern Gus Kahana on the AMC comedy-drama Remember WENN which aired in the late 1990s.[4]
Bergman has appeared on New York-based channel Inscape Channel, mainly on late night slot Thrills and Spills hosted and written by Callum Rose and Joseph Dale. He earned worldwide acclaim when he was named the host of the 2013 Thrills and Spills Grand Final (hosted in Cheyenne, Wyoming), and also returned to host the 2014 Final in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Voice roles
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1986 | The Bugs Bunny Show | Additional voices | |
| 1990 | The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera | George Jetson Ghosts Police Chief |
Short film |
| Gremlins 2: The New Batch | Bugs Bunny Daffy Duck |
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| Jetsons: The Movie | George Jetson Mr. Spacely |
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| Box-Office Bunny | Bugs Bunny Elmer Fudd Daffy Duck |
Short film | |
| 1991 | (Blooper) Bunny Yakety Yak, Take it Back |
Bugs Bunny Daffy Duck Elmer Fudd Yosemite Sam |
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| 1992 | Invasion of the Bunny Snatchers Trash Talk |
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| 1998 | The Secret of Mulan | Additional voices | Direct-to-video |
| 2006 | Porky and Daffy in the William Tell Overture | Porky Pig | Short film |
| 2010 | Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes | Butch Droopy |
Direct-to-video |
| 2012 | Big Miracle | Ronald Reagan | |
| 2012 | Foodfight! | Charlie Tuna | |
| 2015 | The Flintstones & WWE: Stone Age SmackDown! | Fred Flintstone[5] | Direct-to-video |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue | Bugs Bunny Daffy Duck |
TV short |
| 1990 | The Earth Day Special | Bugs Bunny Tweety Porky Pig |
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| 1990–1991 | Tiny Toon Adventures | Bugs Bunny Daffy Duck Foghorn Leghorn Elmer Fudd Tasmanian Devil Sylvester the Cat Tweety Additional voices |
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| 1991 | Bugs Bunny's Lunar Tunes | Bugs Bunny | TV short |
| 1992 | Bugs Bunny's Creature Features | Bugs Bunny Daffy Duck Elmer Fudd Yosemite Sam |
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| The Plucky Duck Show | Foghorn Leghorn Daffy Duck |
Episodes: "A Quack in the Quarks" "A Ditch in Time" "Slugfest/Duck Dodgers Jr./Duck Trek" |
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| 1995–2000 | Ace Ventura: Pet Detective | Additional voices | |
| 1996–1999 | Doug | Coach Spitz | |
| 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 |
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| 2002 | Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law | George Jetson Bakov Clown |
Episode: "Shaggy Busted" |
| The Jetsons: The Best Son | George Jetson Elroy Jetson Robot Boy |
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| 2003 | Saturday Night Live | Bugs Bunny | Episode: "Queen Latifah/Ms. Dynamite" |
| Cartoon Network's Funniest Bloopers and Other Embarrassing Moments | Porky Pig Fred Flintstone George Jetson Foghorn Leghorn 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 Barney Rubble Quick Draw McGraw Daffy Duck George Jetson Sylvester the Cat Additional voices |
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| 2008, 2009 | Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy | Host Fred Flintstone Barney Rubble |
Episodes: "A Dog on the $25,000 Pyramid" "Fred and Barney Try to Get Into a Club" |
| 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 Additional voices |
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| 2012 | Cartoon Network 20th Anniversary | Bugs Bunny Daffy Duck |
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| 2013 | Mad | James P. Sullivan Daffy Duck |
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 | Additional voices | Episode: "The Klimpaloon Ultimatum" | |
| Mike Tyson Mysteries | Elton John (Episode 3) Elon Musk (Episode 3) Robert Redford (Episode 4) |
Voice | |
| 2015 | Wabbit | Bugs Bunny Various voices |
Voice[6] |
Video games
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Skylanders: Giants | Zap | |
| 2013 | Skylanders: Swap Force | Zap | |
| 2014 | Skylanders: Trap Team | Zap | |
| 2015 | Skylanders: SuperChargers | Zap | [7] |
References
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