John such a talent he great as Dr. Drakken, Rico, Schnitzel, Aquaman, Crosshairs, Sandman / Flint Marko, Rath, Fu Dog, Gonza, Brother Blood, Golgo 13 / Duke Togo, BoBo HaHa, Jake the dog, Joker, The Scotsman, and Bender
1.) Bender (Futurama)
2.) Dr. Drakken (Kim Possible)
3.) Aquaman (Batman: The Brave and the Bold)
4.) The Scotsman (Samurai Jack)
5.) Crosshairs (Transformers: Age of Extinction)
6.) Nitro Zeus (Transformers: The Last Knight)
7.) Sandman/Flint Marko (The Spectacular Spider-Man)
8.) Joker (Batman: Under The Red Hood)
9.) Rico (The Penguins of Madagascar)
10.) Jake the Dog (Adventure Time)
It was great hearing John return to the role of The Scotsman for the final season of Samurai Jack, even though it wasn't that big of a role, it was just nice to see him again.
I'm also really digging John as Lobo in Justice League Action, the Macho Man/Hulk Hogan type voice he uses for Lobo fits really nicely. A worthy second after Brad Garrett in the role. Wasn't too big on his Mongul but I chalk that up on the depiction as a whole than John, if he were playing a more traditional take, he could be amazing.
In Transformers: The Last Knight, not only did he return as Crosshairs but also took on the role of Nitro Zeus, one of the few Decepticons with personality, despite his limited screen time, his rather gung ho, brutish, crude yet affably evil personality really resonated with me. I'm hoping he becomes a future mainstay in the franchise, the way characters like Barricade became. I'd love to hear more of John as Nitro Zeus (it's basically his Lobo voice too funnily enough). His performance as Crosshairs was great as usual. He also apparentley voiced Onslaught for his one line in the movie too. Michael really put John to work in the movie, he ended up overlapping and dubbed over too of Steven Barr's originally cast roles Nitro Zeus and Onslaught. Why I'm not sure. Either way if we ever get a voice compare for Nitro Zeus. DiMaggio gets my vote for sure.
Also cool he voiced Swamp Thing recently, a bit too slow but has the right idea in sounding massive and murky. Hope he gets another shot in the role but with faster delivery.
You rock as Joker, Schnitzel, Jake, Zombozo, Rico, Rhino, Marcus Fenix, Hammerhead, Leadfoot, Brother Blood, Manly Dan, Anchorman Hilly Burford, Aquaman, & Galactus!!!
Happy birthday to one of the funniest voice actors ever! My favorite roles of John DiMaggio would be his iconic roles as Bender and Jake the Dog, as well as Rico from "The Penguins of Madagascar."
Happy Birthday, John DiMaggio! He is outrageous!...ly good even today. Thus far my favorite DiMaggio roles for the moment include Bender, Marcus Fenix, BoBo HaHa, Rath, Wakka, Kimahri Ronso, Jake the Dog, Tiny Tiger, Aquaman/Arthur Curry, Sandman, Brother Blood, General Julius Steel, Schnitzel, and Dr. Drakken. Prolific, likable, and all-around amusing to hear.
@dcmarvelanime Duke Golgo. It is actually awesome what a great casting that is. It makes me wonder if John had auditioned for Solid Snake - he would be an awesome Snake if Kojima had more investment in the dub from the beginning
@huzaifa_ahmed >if Kojima had more investment in the dub from the beginning
Not really. Kojima speaks broken English, so he isn't of much help. Besides, most MGS games as of now have the English versions as the original and the JP versions as the dub. It's been like that for awhile.
@AntiSabat666 I was thinking of the way that anime dubs (& most game dubs, most comparably the big-budget Final Fantasy dubs) seem to have actors with similar timbres to the original actors.
The original staff *do* go through the (directors' most available) auditions, usually to get the closest voice.
Heck, Tom Cruise complimented Toshiyuki Morikawa's dub-over when he was in Japan.
..MGS doesn't seem to follow this, & to me, that's somewhat of a let-down.
* That being said, to English-speaking fans, Hayter, Clarke, Hale, & that handful of VA's that seem to frequent Kris Zimmerman's projects...will *always* be MGS for them, & Kojima, I feel, should have been more open about their differences.
>was thinking of the way that anime dubs (& most game dubs, most comparably the big-budget Final Fantasy dubs) seem to have actors with similar timbres to the original actors.
Really? Do you REALLY think the voice of Tidus in English (James Arnold Taylor) sounds ANYTHING like Masakazu Morita or that Ali Hillis is ANYTHING like Maaya Sakamoto? LOL.
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The original staff *do* go through the (directors' most available) auditions, usually to get the closest voice.
No they don't. Only the nitpicky ones do that. Besides, most of the voices sound rather different even when the nitpicky ones check. The creator of the Tales of Xillia said that the dub voices were good, even though they sound nothing like the Japanese. In Code Geass, it was said that Taniguchi was involved in the dub to an extent and if you WATCH Geass, you'd know that JYB and Jun Fukuyama sound NOTHING alike. So if we go by the "creator should get involved" logic, that means that certain creators WANT a degree of difference.
>Heck, Tom Cruise complimented Toshiyuki Morikawa's dub-over when he was in Japan.
Indeed. I watched the video with Morikawa talking about voice acting. So?
>That being said, to English-speaking fans, Hayter, Clarke, Hale, & that handful of VA's that seem to frequent Kris Zimmerman's projects...will *always* be MGS for them, & Kojima, I feel, should have been more open about their differences.
I like both, to be honest BECAUSE of their differences. Yes, David Hayter sounds weird, but it's still memorable. Why should I care about the opinion of a guy whose English is broken at best? Just saying.
Happy 47th Birthday. Sadly I wasn't able to meet him at Supanova this year, but I thank him for his work in Futurama and other such from my Childhood. Hope Futurama will eventually make another comeback, even to have a Possible Theatrical Film sometime.
I love this guy, he's easily in my top five favourite VA's of all time. I think he brings so much humour and charm to so many of his roles. Bender from Futurama is easily his greatest role of all time, I mean the character himself is just hilarious but honestly without John I don't think Bender wouldn't have been as funny. I remember hearing during the audition process for the show, the creators didn't really have a voice in mind for Bender so many VA's had different interpretations for how Bender should sound, most did typical robot voices and Billy West attempted a gruff construction worker voice but John he gave Bender this loud, crass and drunken sound to his voice that just fits to a freaking tee! His other voices on Futurama were great too including Elzar, Mr. Panucci, Fry's Dad, Joey Mousepad, Igner, URL (aww yeah!), Flexo, Hermaphrobot, Sal, Barbados Slim and Robot Santa Claus.
Of course with that said, I have also loved John's many other OUTRAGEOUS roles over the years including Dr. Drakken, Jake the Dog, Fu Dog, Rico, Schnitzel, Scotsman, Joker, Aquaman, Faceless Hunter, Toyman, Vigilante, Brother Blood, Killer Croc, King Shark, Sampson, Sphinx, Sandman, Hammerhead, Rhino, Eitri, Juggernaut, Galactus, Leadfoot, Crosshairs, Groundpounder, Farnum, Vogel, Rath, Armordrillo, Four Arms, Bullfrag, Zombozo, Manly Dan, Love God, Harry Claymore, Bobo HaHa, Hannibal McFist, Motor Ed, Pizza Face, Hak Foo, Actor Iroh, Actor Toph, Sergei Petkov, General Grievous, Beard Papa and Duke Golgo.
Seriously he is awesome, the only thing that would make him even more awesome is if he ever gets to voice Wheeljack someday in either a Transformers series, movie or game, because seriously that would be perfect casting.
I'm looking forward to seeing how he'll pull off Lobo in Justice League Action, a bit typecast for sure but no doubt he'll fit the role well and if rumours are true, him as Darkseid as well.
I'm also hoping he'll be back as Crosshairs in Transformers: The Last Knight as well.
Happy Birthday Bender, Jake the Dog, Rico the Penguin, Dr. Drakken, BoBo HaHa, Joker from Under the Red Hood, Blackjack, Scotsman from Samurai Jack, Brother Blood, Fu Dog, Schnitzel, Aquaman from Batman The Brave and the Bold, Fung from Kung Fu Panda Legends of Awesomeness, Manly Dan, Pizza Face, and Groundpounder from Transformers Robots In Disguise.
Happy birthday John!!! Always loved his work growing up. Enjoyed him as Dr. Drakken, Fu Dog, Jake the Dog, Bender, Eitri, Joker (second favorite next to Mark Hamill), Aquaman, Sandman, Galactus, Brother Blood, Rico, Schnitzel, Anchorman Hilly Burford, Rocket Racoon, and Hak Foo among others!!!
I just finished watching season 2 of Adventure Time and I LOVE your work as Jake The Dog, your performance as Bender is also hilarious and classic as well and you were great as General Grievous and Gilgamesh as well. But my favourite performance of yours HAS to be Aquaman, you made that character so entertaining!
I freaking love this guy to death. Easily one of the best voices I've ever heard, and one of the first voice actors I ever heard as well (The first role of his I heard was Dr. Drakken on Kim Possible)!
I used to think only Clancy Brown should touch Ganon/Ganondorf, but after listening to John voice Galactus, I honestly think he could pull Ganondorf off.
@Dark Kuja I saw him listed as Galactus and thought: "Galactus? Really?" I feel like an idiot because I thought the same when he voiced Joker, and like the Joker, John blew me away. I too agree that he could make an awesome Ganondorf, he'd probably be my fifth choice for the role though.
He's a great voice actor at voicing characters such as Bender, Hammerhead, Sandman, Jake the dog, Schnitzel, Rico etc. He has soooo many great roles that I just can't name them all.
Gee, I knew DiMaggio voiced a variety, but my knowledge of that scope was only limited to his cartoon roles. Didn't anticipate knowing that he voiced Kimahri AND Wakka. And then discovering that the same man VA'ed Marcus Fenix. Man, what range...
@TheVengeanceKnight: How could you forget? He sounds just like Bender and Dr. Drakken. In fact, when defeated & put into custody, he even says Dr. D's tagline, "You think you're all that but you're not!"
Gosh, he's been in a LOT more things than I ever realized! It almost scared me when I came to his page; I sure didn't expect it to cause my PC to lag! :O
Who knows, his greatness could be well over 9000! ;D
@NCZ Yeah, I saw that episode too! It didn't dawn on me that it was him until *after* the fact, when the credits rolled. Then I had to go back and re-watch the scene. :D
@TheVengeanceKnight: Well, BTR is a Nickelodeon sitcom and Dee Bradley Baker is a big-time actor and well-known voice actor, although most Nickelodeon fans of the 90's and the recent movie will remember him as Olmec from Legends of the Hidden Temple.
The scenes between Bender and Elzar in the Futurama episode 'Bender Gets Made' are essentially John DiMaggio talking to himself (though he doesn't nearly do that as much as Billy does)
John DiMaggio is a great voice actor...Love hearing him work.
Top 4 Roles (just cause his birthday is on the 4th of September)
4.Joker (Under the Red Hood)
3.Bender (futurama)
2.Jake the Dog (Adventure Time)
1.Schnitzel...RADA RADA RADA no.....I'm Lying its really
The Scotsman (Samurai Jack)
said at 10:23 PM on Sat May 26 2018