John William DiMaggio (born September 4, 1968) is an American voice actor. A native of North Plainfield, New Jersey, he is best known for his voice roles of Bender in Futurama, Dr. Drakken and Motor Ed in Kim Possible, Marcus Fenix in Gears of War and Gears of War 2, Rico In the Penguins of Madagascar series, and Wakka as well as Kimahri Ronso in Final Fantasy X.

Filmography

John DiMaggio is a former stand-up comedian, appearing on stage as part of a comic duo named "Red Johnny and the Round Guy" and has several on-screen credits, such as Steve Ballmer in Pirates of Silicon Valley (the docudrama about the history of Apple Computer and Microsoft) and as the recurring character Dr. Sean Underhill on Chicago Hope. However, DiMaggio is predominantly a voice actor, having been credited for roles in the following works:

• Duck Dodgers The Crusher, Long John Silver the 23rd, Kilowog, King Great White

• Father of the Pride The Snout Brothers, Tom the Antelope

• American Dragon: Jake Long (Fu Dog)

• El Tigre, El Oso, General Chapuza

• Futurama (Bender, Flexo, Elzar, Randy, Igner, also minor characters)

• Star Wars: Clone Wars Season 2 (General Grievous first appearance); did not return in Season 3.

• Catscratch (Tad and Lunk, two of the Chumpy Chumps)

• The Emperor's New School (Mr. Nadaempa in the episode "Attack Sub")

• Ben 10 and Ben 10: Alien Force (Vulkanus)

• Jackie Chan Adventures (Hak Fu)

• Samurai Jack (the Scotsman)

• Where My Dogs At? (Dog Catcher and additional voices)

• Kim Possible (as the voices of Dr. Drakken and Motor Ed)

• Teen Titans (Mechanic, Brother Blood)

• Justice League Unlimited (Dreamslayer)

• Celebrity Deathmatch (Additional voices in new episodes)

• Korgoth of Barbaria (Stink/Scrotus/various others)

• Adventure Time (Jake the dog, Iceclops)

• Brandy & Mr. Whiskers ("Johnny Branch")

• The Spectacular Spider-Man (Flint Marko/Sandman, Hammerhead)

• Chowder (Shnitzel) (Additional Voices)

• The Simpsons (Bender in the episode "Future-Drama")

• Zombie College (Zik)

• SpongeBob SquarePants (Blackjack SquarePants in the episode "Blackjack")

• The Boondocks (Various Characters)

• Avatar: The Last Airbender (Actor portraying Iroh and actor portraying Toph In the episode 'The Ember Island Players')

• Batman: The Brave and the Bold (Aquaman and Gorilla Grodd and a Tiger Soldier)

• The Penguins of Madagascar (Rico) (Bada the Gorrila) (the other zoo worker) (Burt the Elephant) (Snake) (Robo Guide) (Countdown Voice) (Rat 2 in Roger Dodger) (Reporter 2) (Bitsy) (Security Guard)

• Static Shock (Tarmack)

• Phineas and Ferb (Pinhead Pierre in the episode "Out of Toon")

• Adventure Time with Finn and Jake (Jake the dog)

Animated films and anime

• Wonder Woman as Deimos

• Madagascar, The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper and Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (Rico)

• Asterix and the Vikings (English dubbing: Timandahaf)

• Reign: The Conqueror as the English voice of King Philip

• Princess Mononoke (English dubbing: Gonza)

• Pom Poko (English dub: Ryutaro)

• Casper's Scare School (Stinky and frankengymteacher)

• Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (several voices)

• Golgo 13: Queen Bee (Golgo13)

• TMNT (Colonel Santino)

• Afro Samurai (Brother #2)

• Superman: Doomsday (Toyman)

• Pirates of Silicon Valley (Acted as Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer)

• Bender's Big Score (Bender, Robot Santa and additional voices)

• The Beast with a Billion Backs (Bender, Randy and additional voices)

• Bender's Game (Bender, Igner and additional voices)

• Into the Wild Green Yonder (Bender, Joey Mousepad and additional voices)

• Bee Movie (voice of Janitor, bailiff)

• Ninja Scroll: The Series (Rokai)

• Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry (J.W. / Spike)

• The Animatrix (English version); voice of Crew Man (in Final Flight of the Osiris) and Kaiser (in Program)

• The Haunted World of El Superbeasto (Burt the Spurt)

Video games

• Afro Samurai (Brother 2)

• Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Marine Raider voice).

• Crash: Mind over Mutant (Uka Uka)

• Crash Nitro Kart (Tiny Tiger)

• Crash of the Titans (Uka Uka)

• Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy X-2 (Wakka of Besaid, Kimahri Ronso)

• Final Fantasy XII (Migelo, Gilgamesh)

• Futurama (Bender)

• Gears of War (Marcus Fenix)

• Gears of War 2 (Marcus Fenix) and Franklin

• Halo 3 (Brute Chieftain, Marine)

• Halo 3: ODST (Brute Chieftain)

• Kingdom Hearts II (Jacoby (Undead Pirate B))

• Kingdom Under Fire: Circle of Doom (Regnier)

• MadWorld (Kreese Kreely)

• Ninja Blade - (Michael Wilson)

• Real Heroes: Firefighter (Captain Kotaka)

• Scarface (Hitman)

• Spider-Man 2 (Rhino)

• Spider-Man: Friend or Foe (Rhino)

• Superman Returns (Bizzaro)

• Tekken 5 (Craig Marduk)

• Tekken 6 (Craig Marduk)

• The Chronicles Of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay (Additional guard voices)

• The Simpsons Game (Bender)

• Transformers Revenge of the Fallen (Sideways)

• Ultimate Spider-Man (Additional voices)

• Valkyria Chronicles (Jann, Gen. Georg von Damon)

• Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines (Smiling Jack)

• X-Men Legends (Juggernaut, General Kincaid)

• X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse (Juggernaut)

• Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 (Juggernaut)

Personal life

John DiMaggio is a graduate of Rutgers University, as well as a member of Gamma Sigma (Rutgers).

He is also a highly skilled beatboxer, as can be heard in the Futurama episode "Luck of the Fryrish" as the character Noticeably F.A.T. and also in Bender's Big Score, and recorded an a cappella version of the theme for two episodes with Billy West. He also beatboxed with Coolio, as Kwanzaabot, on Bender's Big Score''.