Eric Bauza
Eric Bauza | |
---|---|
Born | December 7, 1979 Toronto, Ontario |
Nationality | Canadian |
Occupation(s) | Voice actor |
Years active at Warner Bros. | 2011-present |
Characters played | Doctor Quest Doctor Zin Bamm-Bamm Rubble Dino Hoppy Dick Dastardly Allegro Fleegle Bingo Drooper Dino Great Gazoo Tom Cat Jerry Mouse |
Eric Bauza (born December 7, 1979)[1] is a Canadian-born voice actor who has made a name for himself by having inherited the Looney Tunes roles of Mel Blanc. He began his involvement with the franchise with Marvin the Martian and climbed upwards to voicing Pepé Lew Pew, Daffy Duck, and Bugs Bunny himself.
Voices
Banana Splits
- Main article: Banana Splits (franchise)
- Fleegle, Bingo, and Drooper in The Banana Splits Movie DTV film (2019).
Flintstones
- Main article: Flintstones (franchise)
- Bamm-Bamm Rubble, Dino, and Hoppy in The Flintstones & WWE: Stone Age Smackdown! DTV film (2015).
- Dino and Angry man in the Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs episode "Mistaking Sides" (2021).
- Dino and Gerald in the Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs episode "Rock Me, Plantasaurus" (2021).
- Dino in the Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs episode "Yabba-Dabba-Dabba-Kamma-Kamma-Chameleon" (2021).
- Dino, Beetle and Gary in the Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs episode "Treehouse Blues" (2021).
- Dino and Alarmadillos in the Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs episode "Yabba-Dabba Don't" (2021).
- Dino and Great Gazoo in the Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs episode "Alien vs. Pebbles" (2021).
- Dino in the Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs episode "Gonna Fly Now" (2021).
- Dino, tortoise and steeradocus in the Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs episode "The Grass is Always Dinner" (2021).
- Dino, Kurt, Tommy, and pizza guy in the Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs episode "Dawn of the Disposals" (2021).
- Dino, Sully, Hobart, and Bernie in the Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs episode "Agony Alley" (2021).
- Dino in the Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs episode "Dino Holds Barred" (2021).
- Dino, Stripasaurus, beetle, and suave dinosaur in the Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs episode "The Spirit of Frostnos" (2021).
- Dino, judgmental bird, and slug in the Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs episode "Invasion of the Trendsetters" (2021).
- Dino, Gary, Byron, Eddy in the Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs episode "Bammnesia" (2022).
- Dino, Nipsy in the Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs episode "The Rocks and the Rolliest" (2022).
- Dino and Doctor Travis Archipelagos in the Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs episode "Dino Whisperer" (2022).
- Dino, mean dinosaur, Percy, and turtle in Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs episode "Dinosaurs with Angel Faces" (2022).
- Dino, music box dino #1 in the Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs episode "The Puddle Sitters Club" (2022).
- Dino and Marty in the Yabba-Dabba Dinosaus episode "Doppel Dino" (2022).
- Dino, sloth, suave dinosaur, and golfing dinosaur #2 in the Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs episode "Pave Crag-adise" (2022).
- Rock sparrow and suave dinosaur in the Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs episode "Art Attack" (2022).
- Paxtin in the Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs episode "Over My Shed Body" (2022).
- Fribbie, octopus, and turtle in the Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs episode "Goo-rillas in the Mist" (2022).
- Dino, meerkat and Gerald in the Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs episode "Woman from the Future" (2022).
- Dino, veloci-hipster and bat-adactyl #1 in the Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs episode "Caveman Begins" (2022).
Jetsons
- Main article: Jetsons (franchise)
- Rolf Rodriguez in The Jetsons & WWE: Robo-WrestleMania DTV film (2017).
MultiVersus
- Tom Cat, Jerry Mouse, Bugs Bunny in the MultiVersus video game (2022).
Powerpuff Girls
- Main article: Powerpuff Girls (franchise)
- Dax in The Powerpuff Girls episode "Escape from Monster Island" (2016).
- Allegro in The Powerpuff Girls episode "Painbow" (2016).
- Doctor Rupert Kensington in The Powerpuff Girls episode "Blue Ribbon Blues" (2016).
- Prince Charming in The Powerpuff Girls episode "Once Upon a Townsville" (2016).
- Swapper, commercial announcer, swapper dinosaur in The Powerpuff Girls episode "Secret Swapper of Doom" (2016).
- Allegro in The Powerpuff Girls episode "Somewhere Over the Swingset" (2016).
- Braeden in The Powerpuff Girls episode "People Pleaser," (2016).
- Reporter in The Powerpuff Girls episode "Deb O'Nair" (2018).
- Allegro, Largo, Tempo in The Powerpuff Girls episode "Largo" (2018).
Scooby-Doo
- Main article: Scooby-Doo (franchise)
- Ray and Ray's pet in the Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated "The Dragon's Secret" (2011).
- Doctor Benton Quest, Doctor Zin, and old clerk in the Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated episode "Heart of Evil" (2012).
- K.J. and doctor (uncredited) in the Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright DTV film (2013).
- Narrator in the State Farm commercials (2013).
- Daphantic and AlexSuperFan2112 in the Scooby-Doo! Frankencreepy DTV film (2014).
- Clark Sparkman in the Scooby-Doo! Moon Monster Madness DTV film (2015).
- Big Earl in the Scooby-Doo! and WWE: Curse of the Speed Demon DTV film (2016).
- Clown cop, Dack, and Wayne in the Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! episode "Into the Mouth of Madcap," (2017).
- Officer Soung in the Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! episode "In Space" (2017).
- Tony, Russ, and Charlie in the Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! episode "Silver Scream" (2017).
- Mr. Moon and President Moon in the Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! episode "Professor Huh? Part 1" (2018).
- Announcer and Coast Guard officer in the Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! episode "Professor Huh? Part 6 3/4" (2018).
- Tom and Tom's brother in the Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? episode "Scooby-Doo and the Sky Town Cool School!" (2021).
- Waiter in the Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? episode "Dark Diner of Route 66!" (2021).
Tom and Jerry
- Main article: Tom and Jerry (franchise)
- Skunk in The Tom and Jerry Show episode "Tom's In-Tents Adventure" 2014).
- Doctor Benton Quest in the Tom and Jerry: Spy Quest DTV film (2015).
Uncle Grandpa
- Dick Dastardly in the Uncle Grandpa in the episode "Uncle Grandpa Retires" (2015).
Yogi Bear
- Main article: Yogi Bear (franchise)
- Boo Boo, Ranger Smith, and announcer in "Yogi is Confident" Rocket Mortgage commercial by Quicken Loans commercial (2018).
Other roles
For his other roles, Bauza was also the voice of Stimpy on Spike TV's version of Ren & Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon", Belly Bag on Cartoon Network's Uncle Grandpa, Splinter on Nickelodeon's Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Foop on The Fairly OddParents, and Fozzie Bear on Disney Junior's Muppet Babies.
He also fulfilled his childhood dream of voicing Woody Woodpecker in the 2017 live-action film of the same name, and followed that with a 2018 web series.
As of 2023, Bauza is the voice of Jimmy Pesto in Bob's Burgers, replacing original voice actor Jay Johnston.
Behind the scenes
- Bauza is of Filipino heritage.[2]
- He cites the Canadian children's TV series Mr. Dressup as an inspiration for his creative side growing up.[3]
- Bauza has been very vocal on social media, sharing his work on both Twitter/X and Instagram, in addition to animation-related news, interviews and other miscellaneous things.
- While hosting for the 2024 Annie Awards, Bauza supported the release of the unreleased live-action/animation hybrid Looney Tunes movie Coyote vs. Acme, which reportedly had been shelved by Warner Bros. a few days before the ceremony. During the speech, he made his support by improvising an interaction with his voices for Bugs and Daffy.[4]
Where to find him
External links
References
- ^ Romualdi, Melissa (December 13, 2022). "Canadian Voice Actor Eric Bauza Wins First Emmy For Bugs Bunny". ET Canada. Archived from the original on December 14, 2022.
- ^ Farris, Christopher (February 11, 2019). "These Filipinos Are the Voices of Modern Cartoon and Anime Characters". Esquire. Hearst Communications. Archived from the original on July 8, 2019.
- ^ The Canadian behind the voice of Bugs Bunny. CBC News (Dec 6, 2020). YouTube.
- ^ Bauza, Eric (February 19, 2024). "Keep the hashtag goin ✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼 #ReleaseCoyoteVsACME". Twitter.