Frank Welker

Acting

Personal Info

gender

Male

birthday

March 12, 1946 (80 yrs)

place of birth

Denver, Colorado, USA

also known as

Jack Beanstalk · Frank W. Welker · Franklin Welker · Tom Welker

total credits

50 movies

Biography

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.

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Known For

Filmography

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Toy Story 2
7.6

Toy Story 2

1999as Bullseye / Buster (voice) (uncredited)
Toy Story 3
7.8

Toy Story 3

2010as Bullseye / Buster / The Monkey / Pigeon (voice) (uncredited)
The Lion King
8.3

The Lion King

1994as Lions Roars (voice) (uncredited)
Big Hero 6
7.7

Big Hero 6

2014as Mochi (voice) (uncredited)
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
6.8

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

2009as Momma Dino / Rudy (voice) (uncredited)
Mulan
7.9

Mulan

1998as Khan / Additional Voices (voice)
Independence Day
6.9

Independence Day

1996as Special Vocal Effects (voice)
Shrek Forever After
6.4

Shrek Forever After

2010as Dragon (voice) (uncredited)
Mortal Kombat
5.9

Mortal Kombat

1995as Shao Kahn / Reptile (voice)
Aladdin
7.7

Aladdin

1992as Abu / Cave of Wonders / Rajah (voice)
Raiders of the Lost Ark
7.9

Raiders of the Lost Ark

1981as Special Vocal Effects (voice) (uncredited)
Alice in Wonderland
6.6

Alice in Wonderland

2010as Jabberwocky / Bandersnatch / Jubjub / Bayard (additional voice)
Transformers: Age of Extinction
6.0

Transformers: Age of Extinction

2014as Galvatron (voice)
Aladdin
7.1

Aladdin

2019as Cave of Wonders (voice)
Beauty and the Beast
7.7

Beauty and the Beast

1991as Footstool (voice)
The Little Mermaid
7.4

The Little Mermaid

1989as Max (voice) (uncredited)
Anaconda
5.3

Anaconda

1997as Anaconda (voice)
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
6.6

Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted

2012as Sonya (voice)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
6.8

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

2000as Max the Dog (voice)
Tarzan
7.4

Tarzan

1999as Sabor (voice) (uncredited)
Transformers: The Last Knight
6.1

Transformers: The Last Knight

2017as Megatron (voice)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
7.1

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

1996as Baby Bird (voice)
George of the Jungle
5.7

George of the Jungle

1997as Lion/Little Monkey/Shep/Tooki Tooki Bird/Gorilla sound effects(voice) (uncredited)
Hawaiian Vacation
7.0

Hawaiian Vacation

2011as Bullseye (voice)
Gremlins
7.1

Gremlins

1984as Stripe / Mogwai / Gremlins (voice)
Scooby-Doo
6.1

Scooby-Doo

2002as Creature Voices (voice)
Godzilla
5.7

Godzilla

1998as Creature Vocals (voice)
Stargate
7.0

Stargate

1994as Mastadge (voice)
The Smurfs
5.8

The Smurfs

2011as Azrael (voice)
Pocahontas
6.9

Pocahontas

1995as Flit (voice)
Poltergeist
7.2

Poltergeist

1982as Additional Dialogue Replacement (voice)
Mulan II
6.5

Mulan II

2004as Cri-Kee (voice)
Space Jam
6.8

Space Jam

1996as Charles the Dog (voice)
Tremors
6.9

Tremors

1990as Graboids (uncredited)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
7.5

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

1988as Dumbo (voice) (uncredited)
The Road to El Dorado
7.3

The Road to El Dorado

2000as Altivo (voice)
Species
6.0

Species

1995as Alien Sil (voice)
Mars Attacks!
6.4

Mars Attacks!

1996as Various Martians (voice)
The Smurfs 2
5.8

The Smurfs 2

2013as Azrael (voice)
The Lion King 1½
6.6

The Lion King 1½

2004as Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)
Deep Blue Sea
6.0

Deep Blue Sea

1999as Parrot Sounds (voice)
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
7.0

Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas

2003as Spike (voice) (uncredited)
Tom & Jerry
6.7

Tom & Jerry

2021as Tom / Jerry (voice) (uncredited)
Cinderella II: Dreams Come True
6.1

Cinderella II: Dreams Come True

2002as Lucifer / Bruno / Pom Pom (voice)
Ri¢hie Ri¢h
5.9

Ri¢hie Ri¢h

1994as Special Vocal Effects (voice)
Once Upon a Studio
8.3

Once Upon a Studio

2023as Abu / Joanna (voice) (archive sound)
The Cat in the Hat
5.3

The Cat in the Hat

2003as Nevins (voice)
Super Mario Bros.
4.5

Super Mario Bros.

1993as Creatures (voice)
Scoob!
7.0

Scoob!

2020as Scooby-Doo / Pterodactyl (voice)
The Great Mouse Detective
7.1

The Great Mouse Detective

1986as Toby the Dog / Felicia the Cat (voice) (uncredited)