Dee Bradley Baker
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Dee Bradley Baker is a voice actor for animated series like The Fairly OddParents and American Dad!, and video games like Halo 2 and Final Fantasy X-2.
Baker was born in Indiana. His family moved to Greeley, Colorado, soon after his birth and he grew up there. Baker started performing at the age of nine, and steadily worked in musicals, operas, plays, and stand up, up to college. In college, he attended Colorado College and double majored in philosophy and German language. Baker started working as a stage actor, stand up comedian, and singer, after college, which led him to Los Angeles. There he went on to become "one of the most versatile and sought after voice actors," according to his website[link].
His TV voice work include voicing: Squilliam Fancyson, Customers, Vendors, and other characters for SpongeBob SquarePants, Cow and Chicken's father on Cow and Chicken, Wallabee Beatles (Numbuh 4), Hoagie P. Gilligan's (Numbuh 2) baby brother Tommy Gilligan (The Tommy), and one of the Delightful Children from down the Lane on , Mr. Uerkaut, Referee, Narrator, Bush, Lincoln, and Big Kid #2 on Whatever Happened to Robot Jones, Klaus on American Dad!, and Elmer, Sanjay, and Remy Buxaplenty on The Fairly OddParents, as well as various voices in . He also voices Stinkfly and Wildmutt of Ben 10 as well as the Kelpie in .
His voice work for video games include voicing: Wakka on Kingdom Hearts, Lord Braska, Benzo, and Ayde Ronso on Final Fantasy X-2, the titular character of Viewtiful Joe, the Gravemind on Halo 2, and a Navy SEAL soldier on ' Nightcrawler in , and Specter and other voices in ' and Barrel from .
Also provided a majority of the voices on the game Samurai Western, such as the villain, Goldberg.
In addition to voice acting credits, Baker has done performances for game shows such as Legends of the Hidden Temple (where he voiced Olmec), and Shop 'Til You Drop. He is also voicing Jack Sparrow's talking parrot in the newly refurbished Pirates of the Caribbean rides at Disneyland and the Magic Kingdom.
Baker is a graduate of Colorado College, located in Colorado Springs.
He currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife, 2 children, and some pets.
External links
- [Official web site]
- [Dee Bradley Baker] at the [Voice Chasers Database]
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