Actor
Frank Welker
80 years · Denver, Colorado, USA · 477 films
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Frank Welker, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Best known for
The Lion King
1994 · Lions Roars (voice) (uncredited)
On Disney Plus
Big Hero 6
2014 · Mochi (voice) (uncredited)
On fuboTV
Toy Story 3
2010 · Bullseye / Buster / The Monkey / Pigeon (voice) (uncredited)
On Disney Plus
Toy Story 2
1999 · Bullseye / Buster (voice) (uncredited)
On Hulu
Alice in Wonderland
2010 · Jabberwocky / Bandersnatch / Jubjub / Bayard (additional voice)
On Disney Plus
Raiders of the Lost Ark
1981 · Special Vocal Effects (voice) (uncredited)
On fuboTV
Filmography 476
Optimus Prime Awakening
2026 · Megatron / Soundwave (voice)
Straight Outta Nowhere: Scooby-Doo! Meets Courage the Cowardly Dog
2025 · Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones (voice)
Not Just a Goof
2024 · Self (archive footage)
On Disney Plus
Transformers: 40th Anniversary Event
2024 · Megatron / Mirage / Rumble / Skywarp / Soundwave (voice)
Scooby-Doo! and Krypto, Too!
2023 · Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones (voice)
Once Upon a Studio
2023 · Abu / Joanna (voice) (archive sound)
On Disney Plus
Prancer: A Christmas Tale
2022 · Prancer Vocal Effects (voice)
On Cinemax Amazon Channel
Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo!
2022 · Scooby-Doo / Rudy / Fred / Nefario (voice)
On HBO Max
Scooby-Doo, Where Are You Now!
2021 · Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones / Self
Mickey's Tale of Two Witches
2021 · Figaro / Butch (voice)
On fuboTV
Curious George: Cape Ahoy
2021 · Curious George (voice)
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans
2021 · Additional Voices (voice)
On Netflix
Scooby-Doo! The Sword and the Scoob
2021 · Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones / Monster (voice)
Tom & Jerry
2021 · Tom / Jerry (voice) (uncredited)
Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo!
2020 · Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones (voice)
Curious George: Go West, Go Wild
2020 · George / Additional Voices (voice)
Scoob!
2020 · Scooby-Doo / Pterodactyl (voice)
On HBO Max
The Little Mermaid Live!
2019 · Max (archive footage) (voice)
On Disney Plus
Curious George: Royal Monkey
2019 · George / Philippe (voice)
Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island
2019 · Scooby Doo / Fred Jones (voice)
Aladdin
2019 · Cave of Wonders (voice)
On Disney Plus
Scooby-Doo! and the Curse of the 13th Ghost
2019 · Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones (voice)
Scooby-Doo! and the Gourmet Ghost
2018 · Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones (voice)
Scooby-Doo! & Batman: The Brave and the Bold
2018 · Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones (voice)