GREGG BERGER INTERVIEW: Supanova 2024 @SupanovaExpo
The King of Cons is back with Supanova 2024 and we catch up with the King of Voice Actor himself, Mr Gregg Berger!
Welcome to Impulse Gamer Gregg and of course Supanova!
Thanks for having me!
So how did you become involved in voice acting?
LONG story shorter… my background is in theater and touring companies of a play led me from the Midwest United States to Los Angeles, where I planted roots and was able to acquire agents and continued to work in theater, episodic television, film, commercials and voiceovers.
Kind of a performance juggler.
While appearing in the restaged for Los Angeles Company of the off Broadway play, Cloud Nine, I was seen jumping in and out of multiple characters by Gordon Hunt, voice director for all of the animated voice recording at Hannah Barbera, and also by Wally Burr, the director of the original episodes of Transformers and GI Joe. Thankfully BOTH of them kept me in mind for shows that they were directing!
And the rest has been a career of doing what I LOVE to do, as the voice of SO many iconic animated characters.
How fortunate am I?!?!?!
If you could pick three of the characters you voiced to have a beer or “oil” with, who would they be and why?
- GRIMLOCK
Because GRIMLOCK loves Kupp’s war stories
Because he loves when you tell GRIMLOCK about Petro Rabbits
Because GRIMLOCK KICKS BUTT! - Sir Jecht
Because somebody had to teach that kid to play BLITZBALL!
Because that boy needs to be a MAN!
Because…. YER NOT CRYIN ARE YA?!?!? - The Gromble
Because Humans are easy to SCARE
Because Ickis, Krumm and Oblina are LATE FOR CLASS!!!
Because…. Do these red pumps make me look fat?!?
Bad AI of Grimlock, Sir Jecht and The Gromble
What is your favourite line that you delivered?
ME GRIMLOCK NO BOZO!… ME KING!!!
And what do fans want you to say at cons?
THE PAIN!!!
YER NOT CRYIN ARE YA?!?
I HATE DRAGONS!!!
ME GRIMLOCK KICK BUTT!!!
Supanova! What are you most looking forward to at this con?
Seeing the fans, seeing SupaNova!
Finding out what characters and shows resonate there and why!
Experiencing Australia, embracing the travel opportunity and making memories!
If you could cosplay any character you’ve played, who would it be and why?
Odie! Because he’s got unlimited energy, because he’s got unlimited positivity, because he never stops running and jumping and slurrrping and because……. Rrrrrowwwwwppp!!!!
Bad AI of Odie Cosplay – you’re welcome (Editor-in-Chief)
Tell us your favourite con story?
Hmmm. Well, there was a BOTCon in Los Angeles which included the induction of Steven Spielberg and Michael Bay into the Transformers Hall of Fame (it has since been my own great good fortune to have been inducted into it as well). The Convention’s Really BIG event took over the entire ‘New York Street’ on the Backlot of Paramount Studios! We were ALL escorted to the Paramount Large Screening theater and shown a sneak preview of what was to become the Transformers LIVE ACTION FEATURE. It was an amazing experience start to finish and amazing to be a part of. MUCHO MEMORABLE!!! But then… SO MANY of them are for SO MANY REASONS!!! ROCK ON SUPANOVA!!!
Lastly, what does the rest of 2024 hold for you?
Working currently on projects protected under NDAs so can’t go into detail, but busy as always and more Convention travel and special guesting appearances as the year progresses. Continuing some writing, occasional coaching (gotta pay it forward!) and I remain active in causes that I find worthwhile. You can find me on Facebook (facebook.com/greggberger) and I will try to keep it lively.
Thanks again for your interest and I will hope to see you all at SupaNova!!!
For more information about Gregg and Supanova, visit – https://www.supanova.com.au/guests/gregg-berger/
About Gregg Berger
Gregg Berger is an American Voice / Actor, who is internationally known for his iconic roles as GRIMLOCK in G1 Transformers and Transformers Fall of Cybertron, Transformers: Devastation, Power of the Primes and more. His classic and contemporary iconic roles also include Odie, Squeak, Harry and others in the Garfield franchise, Spirit and Firefly in the original animated G.I. Joe, Mysterio and Kraven the Hunter in Spider-Man, Cornfed in Duckman, Agent Kay in Men in Black, The Animated Series, Sir Jecht in Final Fantasy, Eeyore in Kingdom Hearts 2, The Pain in Metal Gear Solid 3, The Gromble in Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, and many more including, Star Wars: The Clone Wars as Droid General Kalani, Resident Evil: Raccoon City as Harley, Guild Wars 2 as Conrad and Duggadoo, Dishonored as Street Speaker and Halo Wars as Cutter and in the Spyro Reignited Trilogy as Ripto. On camera, he had leading roles in the classic comedy Police Academy: Mission To Moscow and the Sci Fi Comedy cult classic Spaced Invaders as well as three pilots for CBS. Gregg Berger is the author of Think Globally… Act VOCALLY! (And Voice Virtue) and is the reader of the Audiobook. It is available on iTunes and Audible.com. For many years he was associated with Famous Fone Friends, making calls in requested iconic animated character voices to children in Pediatric Hospitals.
As an animation voice-over talent, it’s been a dog’s life for Gregg Berger and that’s just the way he likes it. He has been the voice of Odie the dog on Garfield since Odie has had an animated voice.
He’s also Squeak the Mouse, Harry the AlleyCat, Herman the Mailman and others on The Garfield Show on Cartoon Network. He also doesn’t usually think of himself as a pig, but he sure enjoys playing one on TV. He is the voice of Orson Pig on U.S. Acres… as well as the voice of Cornfed Pig on Duckman. Gregg Berger is also the voice of Niles Crane’s talking cockatiel ‘Baby’ on Frasier, and Barry The Parrot on Hot In Cleveland, The Gromble on Nickelodeon’s Ahhh!!! Real Monsters! Eeyore in Kingdom Hearts2 and many of Disney Character Voices’ Winnie The Pooh projects, Kraven the Hunter and Mysterio on Fox’s Spiderman, Agent Kay in Men In Black, and Bill Licking on The Angry Beavers. He has careened through the galaxy as A.B. Sitter on Fantastic Max and has even had a blind date with Judy Jetson as Curly Quasar on The Jetsons (in addition to berating his favorite employee as Mr. Pinkley on Cathy).
Gregg Berger’s Interactive Game credits include his 2023 involvement in Squanch Games’ High On Life as well as careening down the track as ODIE in Nickelodeon Racer, joining his return to the Spyro Reignited Trilogy as Ripto, Metal Gear Solid 3 as The Pain, Transformers: Fall of Cybertron and Rise of the Dark Spark as GRIMLOCK (and Lockdown in RotDS)), Resident Evil: Raccoon City as Harley, Guild Wars 2 as Conrad and Duggadoo, Final Fantasy X and X-2 as Sir Jecht, , Dishonored as Street Speaker, Halo Wars as Cutter, Spiderman Web of Shadows as Kingpin, X Men Origins:Wolverine as Fred Dukes aka The Blob, Brutal Legend as Ratgut,
Star Wars: Episode One Racer and Star Wars: Phantom Menace, as PloKoon, DarthMaul, Wan Sandage, CyYunga, Kingdom Hearts2 as Eeyore, Winnie the Pooh/Eeyore Interactives,
Curse of Monkey Island as Cutthroat Bill, Small Soldiers as Archer, ViewtifulJoe as Capt.Blue, Call of Duty, Legend of Kain as Turel, Gabriel Knight as Abbe Arnaud, WackyRacers.and many more. Search Gregg Berger at www.imdb.com or greggberger.net for his complete credits.
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