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William Richard Werstine [1] [4] (born April 16, 1952), [5] [2] known professionally as Billy West, is an American voice actor, musician and radio personality.His voice roles include Bugs Bunny in the 1996 film Space Jam and several subsequent projects, the title characters of Doug and The Ren & Stimpy Show, and the Futurama characters Philip J. Fry, Professor Farnsworth, Dr. Zoidberg, Zapp ...
West also voices Lars Fillmore in Futurama: Bender's Big Score, who is a time travel duplicate of Fry with an injured larynx, and therefore, a slightly altered voice. The producers initially considered having a different voice actor do Lars' voice in order to keep viewers from guessing his true identity, but ultimately decided it would not make ...
Philip J. Fry (voiced by Billy West), primarily known by his surname Fry, is the main protagonist of the series. He is a 20th-century pizza delivery boy in New York City who, after getting dumped by his girlfriend and being stuck in a dead-end job, is cryogenically frozen on December 31, 1999, waking up 1000 years later just before the year 3000.
Professor Farnsworth is voiced by Billy West, using a combination of impressions of Burgess Meredith and Frank Morgan. [5] West has stated that the voice for Farnsworth is meant to be a bit shaky and that when developing the voice he came up with "a combination of all the wizard-type characters you heard when you were a kid, Burgess Meredith and Frank Morgan in The Wizard of Oz."
Schlatter was originally cast for the role of Philip J. Fry on Futurama, [6] but Billy West got the role due to a casting change. [7] Schlatter was the voice of Buzz Bee, the mascot of Honey Nut Cheerios from 2004 to 2015. [8] He also voiced Timmy in the Nickelodeon version of Winx Club and various characters on The Loud House.
William Shatner guest stars as himself with the rest of the Star Trek cast in "Where No Fan Has Gone Before". Sarah Silverman guest stars as Michelle, Fry's 20th century girlfriend in the episode "The Cryonic Woman" and the first DVD movie, Futurama: Bender's Big Score. Penn Jillette guest stars in Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder.
The Toronto Star confirmed, announcing on their website that the original cast of Futurama signed contracts with Fox to return for 26 more episodes. [99] Similarly, an email sent to fans from Cohen and Groening reported that West, Sagal, DiMaggio, LaMarche, MacNeille, Tom, LaMarr, and Herman would all be returning for the revival. [100]
John William DiMaggio (/ d ɪ ˈ m æ ʒ i oʊ / dim-AZH-ee-oh; born September 4, 1968) [1] is an American actor. His various voice roles include Bender on Futurama, Jake the Dog on Adventure Time, Marcus Fenix in the Gears of War series, Dr. Drakken on Kim Possible, Hak Foo in Jackie Chan Adventures, The Scotsman on Samurai Jack, Brother Blood on Teen Titans and Teen Titans Go!, Shnitzel on ...