Frank Welker
Age: 79 years old
Born: March 12, 1946 in Denver, Colorado, USA
Born: March 12, 1946 in Denver, Colorado, USA
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 g...ross 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.
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Known For
Scooby-Doo! and the Loch Ness Monster
Movie | 2004
Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones / Lachlan Haggart (voice)
What's New Scooby-Doo? Vol. 3: Halloween Boos and Clues
Movie | 2004
Fred Jones / Scooby-Doo (voice)
Disney's House of Mouse
TV | 2001
Gus Goose / Butch the Bulldog / Lion / Lucifer (voice)
One Episode
The Chipmunk Adventure
Movie | 1987
Sophie / Native Chief / Baby Penguin / Additional Voices (voice)
Scooby-Doo! and the Loch Ness Monster
Movie | 2004
Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones / Lachlan Haggart (voice)
What's New Scooby-Doo? Vol. 3: Halloween Boos and Clues
Movie | 2004
Fred Jones / Scooby-Doo (voice)