Animated Heroes
by asydico | created - 04 Apr 2020 | updated - 06 May 2022 | Public
1. Carlos Baeza
Director | The Simpsons
Carlos Baeza is known for The Simpsons (1989), Futurama (1999) and City Hunters (2006).
2. Harry Shearer
Actor | The Simpsons
Harry Shearer was born in 1943 in Los Angeles, California. His film debut was with Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953), followed by The Robe (1953). Probably best known for his Saturday Night Live (1975) gigs, his NPR satire program "Le Show" and The Simpsons (1989)...
3. Ashley Johnson
Actress | The Avengers
Los Angeles-based Ashley Suzanne Johnson was born in Camarillo, California on August 9, 1983, to Clifford and Nancy Johnson. She is of Danish, Irish, Native American, Norwegian, Scottish, and Swedish descent. When she was 9 days old, her family packed up and moved to Michigan where her father (the ...
4. Phil Hartman
Actor | NewsRadio
Phil Hartman was born Philip Edward Hartmann on September 24, 1948, in Brantford, Ontario, Canada. His surname was originally "Hartmann", but he later dropped the second "n". He was one of eight children of Doris Marguerite (Wardell) and Rupert Loebig Hartmann, a salesman. He was of German, Irish, ...
5. H. Jon Benjamin
Actor | Archer
Harry Jon Benjamin is an American actor, voice actor and comedian from Worcester, Massachusetts who is known for playing Bob Belcher from Bob's Burgers, Sterling Archer from Archer, the Mothmonsterman from Aqua Teen Hunger Force, a trainer from Not Another Teen Movie, a Can of Vegetables from Wet ...
6. Brendon Small
Writer | Home Movies
Small started learning guitar at 15, and graduated from the Berklee College of Music in 1997. During his music studies he concurrently took several writing and comedy classes at Emerson College. After graduating, he began performing stand-up at The Comedy Studio in Harvard Square, where he was ...
7. Wesley Archer
Director | Rick and Morty
Wesley Meyer Archer is an American animation director and storyboard artist from Houston, Texas who is known for directing episodes of animated shows such as Rick & Morty, The Simpsons, King of the Hill, The Goode Family, Starship Regulars, Allen Gregory, Zombie College, Supermodels, Futurama, ...
8. C. Martin Croker
Actor | Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters
Clay Martin Croker was the son of Marion Winchell Croker (1924-2004) and Ouida Thelma Martin (1925-2017). He showed talent for drawing at a very early age; no blank piece of paper stayed that way long. His first love was of dinosaurs, then Godzilla, Gamera, Ultraman and eventually comic book ...
9. Tress MacNeille
Actress | The Simpsons
Tress MacNeille is one of the most talented women in the voice-over industry to date. With her versatile talent has done the voices of Dot Warner from Animaniacs, Babs Bunny from Tiny Toon Adventures to being a featured singer in the Weird "Al" Yankovic song "Ricky", She has also appeared in a ...
10. Rachael MacFarlane
Actress | American Dad!
Rachael Ann Laudiero, is an American voice actress and singer. Her voice credits include Hayley Smith on the animated television show American Dad!, Supreme Leader Numbuh 362 in the television series Codename: Kids Next Door and Kate Lockwell in the video game Starcraft II.
In addition to voice ...
11. Dee Bradley Baker
Actor | American Dad!
Dee Bradley Baker is an American voice actor from Indiana. He first became known for voicing Olmec in Legends of the Hidden Temple before voicing Daffy Duck in Space Jam. He is well-known for voicing Klaus in American Dad, the Clone Troopers in several Star Wars media, Ra's al Ghul in Batman: ...
12. Kevin Michael Richardson
Actor | Mortal Kombat
Well-known, king-sized actor and voice artist Kevin Michael Richardson was born in Bronx, New York. He is, perhaps, mostly recognizable for his deep voice, which he uses in many of his works.
Richardson is a classically trained actor. He first gained recognition as one of only eight U.S. high school...
13. John Dilworth
Writer | The Dirdy Birdy
John Dilworth was born on February 14, 1963 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a writer and director, known for The Dirdy Birdy (1995), The Chicken from Outer Space (1996) and Courage the Cowardly Dog (1999).
14. Craig McCracken
Writer | Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
Craig McCracken has been interested in drawing and animation since the age of three. Some of his sources of inspiration are Japanese anime, Super Friends (1973), Pee-wee's Playhouse (1986) and Little Golden Books. After briefly considering a career as a comic book illustrator, McCracken studied ...
15. Genndy Tartakovsky
Producer | Samurai Jack
Genndy Tartakovsky was born and raised in Moscow, USSR. He and his family moved to Chicago, IL when he was 7 years old, after his father defected to the US. His interest in comic books and animation led him to study animation at CalArts in Los Angeles. While he was there he produced two student ...
16. Chris Savino
Writer | The Powerpuff Girls
Christopher Mason Savino is an American animator, writer and director who is known for creating The Loud House for Nickelodeon. He also worked on episodes of Dexter's Laboratory, The Powerpuff Girls, The Ren & Stimpy Show, My Gym Partner's A Monkey and My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. He was ...
17. John McIntyre
Director | The Powerpuff Girls
John McIntyre was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA. He received an MFA in film and animation from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. He is known for his work on The Powerpuff Girls (1998-2004), Dexter's Laboratory (1996-1998), The What A Cartoon Show (1995-1996), The Marvelous Misadventures of ...
18. Robert Alvarez
Animation_department | Samurai Jack
Robert Alvarez is an American animator, television director, and writer. He began his career as an assistant animator for Yellow Submarine (1968) starring The Beatles. Since then, he has worked on many animated television series, including Super Friends (1973), The Smurfs (1981), G.I. Joe: A Real ...
19. David Mirkin
Producer | The Simpsons
David Mirkin was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. David is a producer and writer, known for The Simpsons (1989), Get a Life (1990) and Heartbreakers (2001).
20. Greg Daniels
Producer | The Office
Greg Daniels was born on June 13, 1963 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for The Office (2005), Parks and Recreation (2009) and King of the Hill (1997). He has been married to Susanne Daniels since September 15, 1991. They have four children.
21. John DiMaggio
Actor | Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
John DiMaggio is an American actor, voice actor, comedian, and producer from Plainfield, New Jersey. He is best known for voicing Bender on Futurama, Jake the Dog on Adventure Time, King Zøg on Disenchantment, The Joker from Batman: Under the Red Hood and Jerry Jumbeaux Jr from Zootopia. He can ...
22. Kate Miller
Actress | The Trial of the Chicago 7
Kate Miller is known for her extensive work throughout all venues of the show business industry. In addition to her recent roles in Hightown, Blue Bloods, Ramy, God of War: Ragnarök and The Trial Of The Chicago 7, (for which she is a recipient of the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Ensemble), ...
23. Ralph Bakshi
Director | Wizards
Ralph Bakshi worked his way up from Brooklyn and became an animation legend. He was born on October 29, 1938, in Haifa, Israel, the son of Mina (Zlotin) and Eliezar Bakshi, and is of Krymchak Jewish descent. He was raised in Brownsville, after his family came to New York to escape World War II. ...
24. David Wise
Writer | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
David Wise, the son of Electronic Arts Intermix founder Howard Wise and producer Barbara Wise, was a child prodigy whose pre-adolescent films led him to be described by Jonas Mekas as "the Mozart of Cinema." The young Wise would be trained in stop frame animation by Stan Van der Beek, before going ...
25. George Meyer
Producer | The Simpsons
George Meyer is known for The Simpsons (1989), The Simpsons Movie (2007) and Saturday Night Live (1975).
26. John Semper
Writer | Spider-Man
John Semper is known for Spider-Man: The Animated Series (1994), Static Shock (2000) and Creeporia Two (2014).
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