John DiMaggio

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name = John DiMaggio

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birthname = John William DiMaggio
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birth_place = North Plainfield, New Jersey,U.S.
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occupation = Voice Actor
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gender = Male
status = Single
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John William DiMaggio (born September 4,1968) is an American voice actor. A native of North Plainfield, New Jersey [ [http://www.disneychannelmedianet.com/web/showpage/showpage.aspx?program_id=3112295&type=dimaggio John DiMaggio profile] , Disney Channel. Accessed October 20, 2007. "A native of North Plainfield, New Jersey, DiMaggio celebrates his birthday September 4 and resides in Los Angeles."] , he is best known for his voice roles of Bender in "Futurama", Wakka and Kimahri in "Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy X-2", Gilgamesh in "Final Fantasy XII" , and Marcus Fenix in "Gears of War".

Work

John DiMaggio is a former stand-up comedian, appearing on stage as part of a comic duo named "Red Johnny and the Round Guy" and has several on-screen credits, such as Steve Ballmer in "Pirates of Silicon Valley" (the docudrama about the history of Apple Computer and Microsoft) and as the recurring character Dr. Sean Underhill on "Chicago Hope". However, DiMaggio is predominantly a voice actor, having been credited for roles in the following works:

Animated series

*"Father of the pride" The Snout Brothers,Tom the Antelope
*"" ()
*"El Tigre", El Oso
*"Futurama" (Bender, Flexo, Elzar; also minor characters)
*"" Volume I (General Grievous' first appearance); did not return in Volume II.
*"Catscratch" (Tad and Lunk, two of the Chumpy Chumps)
*"The Emperor's New School" (Mr. Notaempa in the episode "Attack Sub")
*"Ben 10" and "" (Vulkanus)
*"Jackie Chan Adventures" (Hak Fu)
*"Samurai Jack" (the Scotsman)
*"Where My Dogs At?" (Dog Catcher and additional voices)
*"Kim Possible" (as the voices of Dr. Drakken and Motor Ed)
*"Teen Titans" (Mechanic, Brother Blood)
*"Justice League Unlimited" (Dreamslayer)
*"Celebrity Deathmatch" (Additional voices in new episodes)
*"Korgoth of Barbaria" (Stink/Scrotus/various others)
*"Adventure Time" (Jake the dog, Iceclops)
*"Brandy & Mr. Whiskers" ("Johnny Branch")
*"The Spectacular Spider-Man" (Flint Marko/Sandman, Hammerhead)
*"Chowder" (Shnitzel) ("Chowder's Girfriend" and onwards)
*"The Simpsons" (Bender in the episode "Future-Drama")
*"Zombie College" (Zik)
*"SpongeBob SquarePants" (BlackJack SquarePants in the episode "BlackJack")
*"The Boondocks (TV series)" (Various Characters)
* "Avatar The Last Airbender" (Actor portraying Iroh and actor portraying Toph In the episode 'The Ember Island Players'
*"" (Aquaman)

Animated films and anime

*"The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper" (Rico)
*"Madagascar" (Rico)
*"Asterix and the Vikings" (English dubbing: Timandahaf)
*"" as the English voice of King Philip
*"Princess Mononoke" (English dubbing: Gonza)
*"Pom Poko" (English dub: Ryutaro)
* "Casper's Scare School" (Stinky and frankengymteacher)
* "" (several voices)
* "" (Golgo13)
* "TMNT" (Colonel Santino)
* "Afro Samurai" (Brother #2)
* "" (Toyman)
* "Pirates of Silicon Valley (Acted as Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer)
* "Bender's Big Score" (Bender and additional voices)
* "The Beast with a Billion Backs" (Bender and additional voices)
* "Bee Movie" (voice of Janitor, bailiff)
* "" (Rokai)
* "" (J.W. / Spike)

Video games

* "" (Additional guard voices)
* "" (Uka Uka)
* "Crash Nitro Kart" (Tiny Tiger)
* "Crash of the Titans" (Uka Uka)
* "Final Fantasy X" and "Final Fantasy X-2" (Wakka of Besaid, Kimahri Ronso)
* "Final Fantasy XII" (Migelo, Gilgamesh)
* "Futurama" (Bender)
* "Gears of War" (Marcus Fenix, Franklin)
* "Gears of War 2" (Marcus Fenix)
* "Halo 3" (Brute Chieftain, Marine)"
* "Kingdom Hearts II" (Jacoby (Undead Pirate B))
* "" (Regnier)
* "Madworld" (One of the two Announcers)
* "Scarface" (Hitman)
* "The Simpsons Game" (Bender)
* "Spider-Man 2" (Rhino, Jack)
* "Superman Returns" (Bizzaro)
* "Ultimate Spider-Man" (Additional voices)
* "" (Smiling Jack)
* "X-Men Legends" (Juggernaut, General Kinkaid)
* "" (Juggernaut)John Dimaggio is also a highly skilled beatboxer, as can be heard in the Futurama episode "Luck of the Fryrish" as the character Noticeably F.A.T. and also in "Bender's Big Score", and recorded an acappella version of the theme for two episodes with Billy West.

References

External links

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* [http://www.pmpnetwork.com/Live_ram3/Bender_Futurama.ram Interview] on [http://www.pmpnetwork.com/Live.htm PMPNetwork] (RealAudio audio file)