Frank Welker
- a.k.a. Jack Beanstalk
- Frank W. Welker
- Franklin Welker
- Tom Welker
- Franklin Wendell Welker
- Frank Wendell Welker
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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.
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Franklin Wendell Welker (* 12. März 1946) ist ein US-amerikanischer Synchronsprecher mit einer fast sechs Jahrzehnte umspannenden Karriere. Bis 2021 wirkte Welker in über 860 Film-, Fernseh- und Videospielproduktionen mit und zählt damit zu den produktivsten Synchronsprechern aller Zeiten. Mit einem weltweiten Einspielergebnis von 17,4 Milliarden US-Dollar ist er zudem der dritterfolgreichste Film-Synchronsprecher aller Zeiten. Welker ist vor allem für seine Stimme von Fred Jones in der Scooby-Doo-Reihe seit deren Beginn im Jahr 1969 und von Scooby-Doo selbst seit 2002 bekannt. 2020 sprach Welker Scooby-Doo erneut in dem computeranimierten Film „Scoob!“, wo er als einziger Original-Synchronsprecher der Serie mitwirkte. Er lieh außerdem Oswald dem Glückshasen in „Epic Mickey“ und dessen Fortsetzung, Megatron, Galvatron und Soundwave in der „Transformers“-Reihe, Shao Kahn und Reptile im „Mortal Kombat“-Film von 1995, Curious George in der „Curious George“-Reihe, Garfield in der „Garfield Show“, Nibbler in „Futurama“, der Titelfigur in „Jabberjaw“, Speed Buggy in der „Scooby-Doo“-Reihe, Astro und Orbitty in „Die Jetsons“, Mushmouse in „Punkin' Puss & Mushmouse“ und verschiedenen Charakteren in „Die Schlümpfe“ seine Stimme. Darüber hinaus sprach er zahlreiche Tiergeräusche in verschiedenen Produktionen. 2016 wurde er für sein Lebenswerk mit einem Emmy Award ausgezeichnet.
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- male
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- Place of Birth
- Denver, Colorado, USA
Credits
Cast
| Character | Movie / TV Show | Genres | Release | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giganotosaurus (voice) (uncredited) | Jurassic World Dominion | 66% · 6,971 | ||
| T-Rex (voice) (uncredited) | Sonic the Hedgehog | 73% · 10,331 | ||
| Cave of Wonders (voice) | Aladdin | 71% · 10,561 | ||
| Indoraptor (voice) (uncredited) | Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom | 65% · 12,668 | ||
| George (voice) (uncredited) | Rampage | 64% · 7,455 | ||
| Petunia (voice) (uncredited) | The Angry Birds Movie | 63% · 3,947 | ||
| Giant Crab (voice) (uncredited) | Ice Age: Continental Drift | 64% · 8,050 | ||
| Sonya (voice) | Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted | 66% · 6,512 | ||
| Mannequins / Beast (voice) | Mirror Mirror | 59% · 3,273 | ||
| Azrael (voice) | The Smurfs | 58% · 3,978 | ||
| Pascal (voice) (uncredited) | Tangled | 76% · 12,293 | ||
| Jabberwocky / Bandersnatch / Jubjub / Bayard (additional voice) | Alice in Wonderland | 66% · 14,713 | ||
| Momma Dino / Rudy (voice) (uncredited) | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | 68% · 8,807 | ||
| Shark (voice) (uncredited) | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | 65% · 7,372 | ||
| Special Vocal Effects (voice) | Independence Day | 69% · 10,319 | ||
| Alien Creature (voice) | Star Trek: VoyagerTV | 78% · 1,080 | ||
| Reindeer Voices (voice) | The Santa Clause | 65% · 2,271 | ||
| Spock's Screams | Star Trek III: The Search for Spock | 66% · 1,500 |