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Welker at the 2020 GalaxyCon Richmond
Franklin Wendell Welker is a American actor who provides the uncredited vocal effects for the animal characters in the Despicable Me franchise. He is best known for voicing Fred Jones (1969-present) and Scooby Doo (2002-present) in the Scooby Doo Franchise. In 2020, Welker reprised the later role as Scooby Doo in the CGI-animated film Scoob!, the only original actor from the series in the movie's cast. He has also voiced Oswald The Lucky Rabbit in Epic Mikey and it’s sequel, Megatron, Galvatron and Soundwave in the Transformers Franchise franchise, George the Monkey in the Curious George Franchise franchise, Garfield on The Garfield Show, and Nibbler on Futurama, and Jabberjaw, Speed Buggy, Astro, Sneezly Seal, Mushmouse, Azrael in The Smurfs, Joanna the Goanna in The Rescuers Down Under, Sharptooth in The Land Before Time, Sabor in Tarzan, Rudy in Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs as well as numerous animal vocal effects in many movies and tv shows. In 2016, he was honored with an Emmy Award.
Filmography[]
| Year | Role | Movie | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Kyle Gru | Despicable Me | Uncredited | Pollito |
| 2013 | Despicable Me 2 | |||
| 2017 | Kyle Gru Lucky the Goat |
Despicable Me 3 | Uncredited | |
| Kyle Gru | The Secret Life of Kyle | Uncredited | ||
| Minions: The Rise of Gru | ||||
| 2024 | Kyle Gru Lucky the Goat Lenny the Honey Badger |
Despicable Me 4 | Uncredited |