John DiMaggio
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| Birth name | John William DiMaggio | |
| Born | September 4, 1968  North Plainfield, New Jersey,U.S. |
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| Occupation(s) | Voice Actor | |
John William DiMaggio (born September 4, 1968) is an American voice actor. A native of North Plainfield, New Jersey[1], he is best known for his voice roles of Bender in Futurama, Wakka and Kimahri in Final Fantasy X and Marcus Fenix in Gears of War.
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[edit] Work
John DiMaggio is a former stand-up comedian, appearing on stage as part of a comic duo named "Red Johnny and the Round Guy" and has several on-screen credits, such as Steve Ballmer in Pirates of Silicon Valley (the docudrama about the history of Apple Computer and Microsoft) and as the recurring character Dr. Sean Underhill on Chicago Hope. However, DiMaggio is predominantly a voice actor, having been credited for roles in the following works:
[edit] Animated series
- Father of the pride The Snout Brothers,Tom the Antelope
- American Dragon: Jake Long (Fu Dog)
- El Tigre, El Oso
- Futurama (Bender, Flexo, Elzar; also minor characters)
- Star Wars: Clone Wars Volume I (General Grievous' first appearance); did not return in Volume II.
- Catscratch (Tad and Lunk, two of the Chumpy Chumps)
- The Emperor's New School (Mr. Notaempa in the episode "Attack Sub")
- Ben 10 and Ben 10: Alien Force (Vulkanus)
- Jackie Chan Adventures (Hak Fu)
- Samurai Jack (the Scotsman)
- Where My Dogs At? (Dog Catcher and additional voices)
- Kim Possible (as the voices of Dr. Drakken and Motor Ed)
- Teen Titans (Mechanic, Brother Blood)
- Justice League Unlimited (Dreamslayer)
- Celebrity Deathmatch (Additional voices in new episodes)
- Korgoth of Barbaria (Stink/Scrotus/various others)
- Adventure Time (Jake the dog, Iceclops)
- Brandy & Mr. Whiskers ("Johnny Branch")
- Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears (Cavin)
- The Spectacular Spider-Man (Flint Marko/Sandman, Hammerhead)
- Chowder (Shnitzel)
- The Simpsons (Bender in the episode "Future-Drama")
- Zombie College (Zik)
- SpongeBob SquarePants (BlackJack SquarePants in the episode "BlackJack")
- The Boondocks (TV series) (Various Characters)
[edit] Animated films and anime
- The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper (Rico)
- Asterix and the Vikings (English dubbing: Timandahaf)
- Reign: The Conqueror as the English voice of King Philip
- Princess Mononoke (English dubbing: Gonza)
- Casper's Scare School (Stinky and frankengymteacher)
- Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (several voices)
- Golgo 13: Queen Bee (Golgo13)
- TMNT (Colonel Santino)
- Afro Samurai (Brother #2)
- Superman: Doomsday (Toyman)
- Pirates of Silicon Valley (Acted as Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer)
- Bender's Big Score (Bender and additional voices)
- Bee Movie (voice of Janitor, bailiff)
- Ninja Scroll: The Series (Rokai)
[edit] Video games
- Superman Returns as the voice of Bizzaro and Louis
- Gears of War as the voice of Marcus Fenix and Franklin
- Gears of War 2 as the voice of Marcus Fenix
- Futurama (Bender)
- Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy X-2, as the English voice of Wakka of Besaid and Kimahri Ronso
- Final Fantasy XII as the English voice of Migelo and Gilgamesh
- Spider-Man 2 (the voices of Rhino and Jack)
- Ultimate Spider-Man (additional voices)
- Spider-Man 3 (the voice of Rhino)
- Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines (the voice of Smiling Jack)
- Crash Nitro Kart (Tiny Tiger)
- Kingdom Hearts II (additional voices for Jacoby (Undead Pirate B))
- The Chronicles Of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay (additional guard voices)
- X-Men Legends (Juggernaut, General Kinkaid)
- X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse (Juggernaut)
- Crash of the Titans (Uka Uka)
- Halo 3 (Brute Chieftain & Marine)
- Scarface (Hitman)
- The Simpsons Game (Bender)
John Dimaggio is also a highly skilled beatboxer, as can be heard in the Futurama episode "Luck of the Fryrish" as the character Noticeably F.A.T. and also in "Bender's Big Score", and recorded an acappella version of the theme for two episodes with Billy West.
[edit] References
- ^ John DiMaggio profile, Disney Channel. Accessed October 20, 2007. "A native of North Plainfield, New Jersey, DiMaggio celebrates his birthday September 4 and resides in Los Angeles."
[edit] External links
- John DiMaggio at the Internet Movie Database
- John DiMaggio at the Voice Chasers Database
- Interview on PMPNetwork (RealAudio audio file)
