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Frank Welker

Actor
Biography
Franklin Wendell Welker (born March 12, 1946) is an American voice actor with an extensive career spanning nearly six decades. As of 2021, Welker holds over 860 film, television, and video game credits, making him one of the most prolific voice actors of all time. With a total worldwide box-office gross of $17.4 billion, he is also the third highest-grossing film voice actor of all time. Welker is best known for voicing Fred Jones in the Scooby-Doo franchise since its inception in 1969, and Scooby-Doo himself since 2002. In 2020, Welker reprised the latter role in the CGI-animated film Scoob!, the only original voice actor from the series in the movie's cast. He has also voiced Oswald the Lucky Rabbit in Epic Mickey and its sequel, Megatron, Galvatron and Soundwave in the Transformers franchise, Shao Kahn and Reptile in the 1995 Mortal Kombat film, Curious George in the Curious George franchise, Garfield on The Garfield Show, Nibbler on Futurama, the titular character in Jabberjaw, Speed Buggy in the Scooby-Doo franchise, Astro and Orbitty on The Jetsons, Mushmouse on Punkin' Puss & Mushmouse, and various characters in The Smurfs as well as numerous animal vocal effects in many works. In 2016, he was honored with an Emmy Award for his lifetime achievement. Description above from the Wikipedia article Frank Welker, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Personal Info

Occupation Actor
Place of Birth Denver, Colorado, USA
Birthday 1946-03-12

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Filmography by Year

1
2024
1
2022
6
2021
3
2020
6
2019
4
2018
6
2017
3
2016
6
2015
6
2014
15
2013
16
2012
10
2011
10
2010
11
2009
7
2008
12
2007
12
2006
7
2005
11
2004
13
2003
14
2002
11
2001
14
2000
14
1999
15
1998
12
1997
19
1996
17
1995
19
1994
15
1993
10
1992
11
1991
18
1990
11
1989
17
1988
17
1987
16
1986
9
1985
17
1984
10
1983
6
1982
11
1981
9
1980
8
1979
7
1978
3
1977
4
1976
4
1975
6
1974
7
1973
4
1972
1
1971
1
1970
3
1969
1
1962

Filmography by Genre

Animation
355
Family
269
Comedy
250
Adventure
123
Fantasy
79
Mystery
79
Science Fiction
53
Action
45
Kids
37
TV Movie
34
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
31
Action & Adventure
31
Horror
23
Drama
17
Music
15
Romance
14
Crime
5
Thriller
7
Western
4
Documentary
2
Etc
2