JP Karliak
JP Karliak | |
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| Born | John Paul Karliak May 11, 1981 Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
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| Years active | 2007–present |
| Known for | The Boss Baby: Back in Business Wile E. Coyote[1] Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time |
John Paul Karliak (born May 11, 1981) is an American actor and comedian.
He is known for voicing characters, such as Linus in The Stinky & Dirty Show and Wile E. Coyote in Wabbit/New Looney Tunes,[2] Naysaya in the Disney XD animated series Star vs. the Forces of Evil. He also voiced Bailey in Disney Infinity: 3.0. Edition and The Boss Baby in the Netflix television series, The Boss Baby: Back in Business,[3] and the current voice of N. Tropy[4] in the Crash Bandicoot franchise and Dante Crescendo in Trolls: TrollsTopia.
Early life[]
Karliak was born as John Paul Karliak in Scranton, Pennsylvania on May 11, 1981.
He graduated with a bachelor's degree in theatre from University of Southern California.[5]
Career[]
He took a voice over class taught by Bob Bergen.[5] In 2008, Karliak made his voice-acting debut in the video game Tom Clancy's EndWar as an unnamed character and others. Karliak also appears physically on-screen in live-action television series, such as Ringer and Real Husbands of Hollywood.
In 2015, he voiced Wile E. Coyote in the Cartoon Network/Warner Bros. Pictures animated television series New Looney Tunes until its cancellation in 2020. In 2016, he provided the voice of Reese in the animated feature film Batman: The Killing Joke, featuring Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill.[6] In 2017, he voiced Willy Wonka in the Tom & Jerry direct-to-video animated film Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.[7]
Starting from 2018, he voices The Boss Baby in The Boss Baby: Back in Business, a Netflix television series based on Marla Frazee’s book The Boss Baby and Tom McGrath’s 2017 animated film of the same name.
In the 2020 video game Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time, he provided the voice of Doctor Nefarious Tropy.[4]
In 2021, he provided the English voice of S566 in the Netflix animated television series Eden,[8] and provided the voice of Green Goblin in the Disney Junior animated television series Spidey and His Amazing Friends.[9]
Personal life[]
Karliak is openly gay. In July 2021, Karliak married his boyfriend.[10]
Filmography[]
Film[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2009 | Premarital Six | Delivery Boy | Short film Credited as John Paul Karliak |
| 2009 | Little Black Dress | Kevin | Short film Credited as John Paul Karliak |
| 2010 | Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic | The Avenger (voice) | Direct-to-video |
| 2010 | L.T.D. | John Paul | Short film Credited as John Paul Karliak |
| 2011 | Retirement Press Conference | Orlando Martinez | Short film |
| 2014 | The Marvel Experience | Vision (voice) | |
| 2015 | Lego Marvel Super Heroes: Avengers Reassembled | Baron Strucker / Vision (voice) | |
| 2016 | Holiday in | Easter | Short film |
| 2016 | Batman: The Killing Joke | Reese (voice) | |
| 2017 | Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory | Willy Wonka (voice) | |
| 2018 | Patty | Keith Jordan (voice) | Direct-to-video |
| 2018 | Dorothy's Christmas in Oz | Tin Man (voice) | Short film |
| 2019 | Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth | Kouzou Fuyutsuki (voice) | Netflix version |
| 2019 | Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion | Kouzou Fuyutsuki (voice) | Netflix version |
| 2019 | Millennium Actress | Scarface (voice) | English version |
| 2019 | The Secret Life of Pets 2 | Additional Voices | |
| 2020 | The Boss Baby: Get That Baby! | Theodore Lindsey "Boss Baby" Templeton (voice) | Short film |
| 2021 | Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway | Geise H. Hugest (voice) | Netflix version |
| 2021 | Space Jam: A New Legacy | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| 2021 | The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf | Additional Voices (voices) | |
| 2021 | Sing 2 | Additional Voices (voice) |
Television[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Ringer | Party Planner | Credited as John Paul Karliak Episode: "She's Ruining Everything" |
| 2013 | Real Husbands of Hollywood | Telegram Guy | Episode: "Backstabbers" Credited as John Paul Karliak |
| 2013 | Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. | Doc Samson (voice) | Episode: "The Skaar Whisperer" |
| 2015 | Funsplosion | Himself | Episode: "Kid Accountant" |
| 2015–2016 | Sanjay and Craig | Puppet / Civilian #1 / Heavenly Voice | 17 episodes |
| 2015–2020 | New Looney Tunes | Wile E. Coyote / Ninjas / Male Skunk / King Nutininkommen (voice)[11] | 17 episodes |
| 2016 | Star vs. the Forces of Evil | Naysaya (voice) | Episode: "Page Turner/Naysaya" |
| 2016–2019 | The Stinky & Dirty Show | Linus / Lifty (voices) | 6 episodes |
| 2017 | Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh | Boopy (voice) | Episode: "The Cloud/Booverty" |
| 2017–2020 | Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz | Tin Man / Nome King / Woozy / Smith / Professor Wogglebug / Ollie (voices) | 75 episodes |
| 2018–2021 | Castlevania | Additional Voices | 9 episodes |
| 2018–present | The Boss Baby: Back in Business | Theodore Lindsey "Boss Baby" Templeton / Worker Baby Chip (voice) | Main cast[12] |
| 2018 | Trolls: The Beat Goes On! | Pistil Patrick (voice) | Episode: "Three Trolls-keteers/The Helper" |
| 2019 | Neon Genesis Evangelion | Kouzou Fuyutsuki (voice) | Netflix version |
| 2019 | Costume Quest | Ruben / Monster Ruben / Ruben Centipede Monster / Caterpillar | 2 episodes |
| 2020 | The Valhalla Murders | Arnar (voice) | English version[13] |
| 2020–2021 | Bless the Harts | Gene / Another Man (voice) | 5 episodes |
| 2020–present | Trolls: TrollsTopia | Dante Crescendo (voice)[14] | Main cast |
| 2020–present | Looney Tunes Cartoons | Additional Voices | |
| 2020 | Lego City Adventures | Additional Voices | 2 episodes |
| 2021 | The Loud House | Vic (voice) | Episode: "Electshunned" |
| 2021 | Archibald's Next Big Thing is Here | Mr. Hackensack (voice) | Episode: "Robo-Family/The Phantom of Pointy Peak!" |
| 2021–present | Eden | S566 (voice) | English dub |
| 2021–present | Madagascar: A Little Wild | Todd (voice) | Recurring role |
| 2021–present | Spidey and His Amazing Friends | Green Goblin / Kite Flyin' Dude / Fruit Vendor / Old Pedestrian / Man 2 (voice)[15] | Recurring role |
| 2021–present | Q-Force | Andrew (voice) | Episodes: "Greyscale" and "The Hole" |
| 2021–present | Star Wars: Visions | Trandoshan / Alien Guard / Tao Planet Resident / Guard / Musha / Boatman Droid (voices) | English version Episode: "The Duel" |
| 2021–present | Dogs in Space | Happy / Bucky / Luke (voice) | Recurring role |
Video games[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2008 | Tom Clancy's EndWar | Additional Voices | Credited as John Paul Karliak |
| 2008 | Aion | Additional Voices | Credited as John Paul Karliak |
| 2010 | H.A.W.X. 2 | Additional Voices | Credited as John Karliak |
| 2013 | Marvel Heroes | Iron Fist | Non-playable character |
| 2014 | Skylanders: Trap Team | Wolfgang | |
| 2015 | Disney Infinity 3.0 | Bailey | |
| 2015 | Skylanders SuperChargers | Wolfgang | |
| 2016 | Lego Marvel's Avengers | Wiccan | |
| 2016 | Marvel Avengers Academy | Vision / Wiccan / J.A.R.V.I.S. | |
| 2016 | World of Final Fantasy | Shivalry | English version |
| 2016 | Skylanders Imaginators | Wolfgang, Sal | |
| 2018 | Lego DC Super-Villains | Adam Strange / Music Meister / Plastic Man / Creeper | |
| 2018 | Red Dead Redemption 2 | The Local Pedestrian Population | |
| 2019 | Kingdom Hearts III | Additional Voices | |
| 2020 | Final Fantasy VII Remake | Additional Voices | English version |
| 2020 | Pixel Ripped 1995 | Greg | |
| 2020 | Zeon | English version | |
| 2020 | The Last of Us Part II | Additional Voices | |
| 2020 | Star Wars: Squadrons | Pilot | |
| 2020 | Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time | Dr. Nefarious Tropy[4] | |
| 2020 | Spider-Man: Miles Morales | Additional Voices | |
| 2021 | Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart | Junk Bot / Nefarious Troopers / Additional Voices | |
| 2021 | Halo Infinite | Additional Voices |
References[]
- ^ Karliak, JP [@jpkarliak] (18 September 2015). "The latest #Wabbit promo has a moment of me as Wile E. getting "winded." On #BoomerangTV next month! #SuperGenius" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Dunmore native J.P. Karliak voices Wile E. Coyote in Looney Tunes reboot on Cartoon Network". Times Leader. October 8, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2021.
- ^ Moore, Kasey (August 18, 2020). "'The Boss Baby' Interactive Special Coming to Netflix in September 2020". www.whatsonnetflix.com. What's on Netflix?. Retrieved July 20, 2021.
- ^ a b c Alexander, Cristina (October 6, 2020). "Meet the Voice Actors of Crash 4's Voice Cast". www.twinfinite.com. TwinFinite. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
- ^ a b timesleader.com
- ^ Goddard, Hunter (October 19, 2020). "Joke's On Us — A Review of "Batman: The Killing Joke"". www.duclarion.com. DU Clarion. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
- ^ "Tom and Jerry join Willy Wonka in Latest Warner Bros Home Video Original Release". www.criticalblast.com. Critical Blast. June 26, 2017. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
- ^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (May 13, 2021). "Netflix's Eden Anime Reveals English Dub Cast". www.animenewsnetwork.com. Anime News Network. Retrieved July 20, 2021.
- ^ Avalos, Regina (August 19, 2021). "Marvel's Spidey and His Amazing Friends: Season Two; Disney Junior Renews Animated Series". www.tvseriesfinale.com. TV Series Finale. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
- ^ "We are finally married!". www.instagram.com. Instagram. Archived from the original on 2021-12-24.
- ^ "Feature film adaptation of Wile E. Coyote named 'Coyote Vs. Acme'". www.animationxpress.com. Animation Xpress. July 15, 2020. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
- ^ Kennedy, Jayme (March 7, 2018). "There's a Boss Baby Series Coming to Netflix Because Kids Get All the Good Stuff". www.mommyish.com. Mommyish. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
- ^ "The Mystery of the Serial Murders in Iceland in "The Valhalla Murders"". www.kompasiana.com. Kompasiana Beyond Blogging. February 1, 2021. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
- ^ Avalos, Regina (November 6, 2020). "Trolls: TrollsTopia: Hulu Previews DreamWorks Animated Series". www.tvseriesfinale.com. TV Series Finale. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
- ^ "My Spidey-senses are tingling