Billy West Wikipedia. Billy West. Born. William Richard West1. April 1. 6, 1. 95. Detroit, Michigan, U. S. 1Occupation. Voice actor, singer, comedian, musician, songwriter, radio personality. Years active. 19. Agent. DPNNotable work. The Ren Stimpy Show. Doug. Looney Tunes. Futurama. Websitebillywest. William Richard West born April 1. American voice actor, singer, comedian, musician, songwriter and former radio personality who is known for his voice over work in a number of television series, films, video games and commercials. He has done hundreds of voice overs in his career such as Ren season 3 to season 5 and Stimpy on The Ren Stimpy Show Doug Funnie and Roger Klotz on Doug and Philip J. Fry, Professor Farnsworth, Dr. Zoidberg, Zapp Brannigan and a number of others on Futurama. He does voices for commercials and is the current voice of the red M M and was also the voice of Buzz, the Honey Nut Cheerios Bee until 2. In addition to his original voices, he has voiced Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd, Shaggy Rogers, Popeye and Woody Woodpecker during later renditions of the respective characters. He was a cast member on The Howard Stern Show, noted for his impersonation of The Three Stooges Larry Fine. West worked at WBCN in Boston, performing daily on the air on The Big Mattress show, then moved to New York City in 1. How To Watch Popeye`S Voyage: The Quest For Pappy Movie' title='How To Watch Popeye`S Voyage: The Quest For Pappy Movie' />K Rock Radio 9. FM WXRK. West became a regular on The Howard Stern Show at that time until leaving in 1. West moved to Los Angeles, where he found success as a voice actor and performer. TelevisioneditWest launched his career in the early 1. Bostons WBCN. He left the radio station in 1. Watch full Rugrats in Paris The Movie online full HD. Cartoon movies Rugrats in Paris The Movie online for free in HD. The film opens with a parody of Paramounts 1972. List of movies made in 2004. Get your DVDs, BlueRays HDDVDs here Click here to buy posters Includes filmography, awards, minibiography, trivia, and photos. Fictional character and story. Differences in Popeyes story and characterization vary depending on the medium. Originally, Popeye got his strength from rubbing the. Beany and Cecil, which was his first role in television. He was a cast member and impressionist on The Howard Stern Show during the 1. Three Stooges middleman Larry Fine, Cincinnati Reds owner Marge Schott, and Sterns head writer Jackie Martling. Wests most notable film work was in Space Jam 1. Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd. He has provided the same voices for other Looney Tunes films and video games. Wests first two high profile roles, on Doug and The Ren Stimpy Show, came almost simultaneously and were on two of the first original three Nicktoons the other being Rugrats. Over his career, West has been the voice talent for close to 1. He has become one of few voice actors who can impersonate Mel Blanc in his prime, including characterizations of Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, the voice Arthur Q. Bryan used for Elmer Fudd, as well as other characters from Warner Bros. In 1. 99. 8, Entertainment Weekly described West as the new Mel Blanc and noted his ability to mimic well known voices,2 though he would rather develop original voices. Wests favorite characters are Philip J. Fry and Stimpy, both of which he originated. West has been very outspoken over his displeasure about the influx of movie star actors providing voice over for films and major shows. Download Millennium Actress Movie Score. West has stated that he did not like the Disney version of Doug and that he couldnt watch the show. West was the voice of the shows namesake, Geeker, throughout Project Geekers 1. West was the voice of Zim in the original pilot for Nickelodeons. Invader Zim. citation neededRichard Horvitz was chosen for the series role because Wests voice was too recognizable, according to Invader Zim creator Jhonen Vasquez during DVD commentary. West is the voice of Red in numerous M M commercials as well as the 3 D movie I Lost my M in Vegas, currently playing at M Ms World in Las Vegas, NV. West also voices a number of characters in the series Rick Steve The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World. He does not play a regular character in that series but appears in almost every episode of the show voicing various minor and one off characters. West voiced the character Moobeard in Moobeard the Cow Pirate, a short animation featured on Random Cartoons, and reprises his role as Elmer Fudd in Cartoon Networks series The Looney Tunes Show. West provides the voice for the elephantvan Ellyvan in the Playhouse Disney show Jungle Junction. The Ren Stimpy ShoweditWest provided the voice of Stimpy in Nickelodeons The Ren Stimpy Show from 1. Ren Hek from 1. 99. Rens original voice and series creator John Kricfalusi was fired by Nickelodeon for delivering un airable episodes. West performed other characters on the series as well, such as Mr. Horse another role that West was issued after Kricfalusis departure and the AnnouncerSalesman of such shorts as the Log ads a voice West would use years later as the Narrator for The Weird Al Show. According to West, he was originally supposed to do the voice of both Ren and Stimpy and performed both characters on the tape that was used to sell the show to Nickelodeon, but then Kricfalusi decided to do the voice of Ren himself once the show was sold and he had West on board as part of the selling point. However, West provided Rens maniacal laughter when John Kricfalusi was the voice of Ren. FuturamaeditWests roles in Futurama include Philip J. Fry, Professor Farnsworth, Zapp Brannigan, Dr. Zoidberg and various other incidental characters. As he and other Futurama cast and crew point out in DVD commentaries, West voiced so many characters throughout the series that conversations are often held entirely between characters he is voicing. West went into the Futurama auditions and was asked to try out for, as he says, just about every part 9 eventually landing the Professor, Zoidberg, and Zapp Brannigan. West later got the role of Fry, which originally had gone to Charlie Schlatter. While West is known for doing many different and unique voices, the voice he does for Philip J. Fry is often considered to be closer to his natural voice than any other character he has done in an audio commentary, he states Fry is just himself at age 2. This similarity, West acknowledges, was done purposefully in order to make it harder to replace him in the part1. DVD commentary. The role of Zapp Brannigan was created for Phil Hartman, but he died before the show started and West was given the role. West has described his interpretation of Zapp Brannigans voice as an imitation of Hartman, but described the actual vocalizations of the character as being based on a couple of big dumb announcers I knew. Futurama was renewed by Comedy Central as four direct to DVD films broken into 1. West reprised his roles for these films and was signed on for two new 2. Futurama which aired summers of 2. Commercial televisioneditWest was the announcer of the program Screen Gems Network which ran from 1. He was the promotional announcer for The Comedy Channel before it merged with HA Comedy Central. Over his career, Billy West has voiced multiple characters in television commercials. These include but are not limited to West voiced the Speed Racer character in a late 1. Volkswagen,2 because the commercials producers could not locate Peter Fernandez, the original voice of Speed. However, the producers did locate Corinne Orr, the original voice for the characters Trixie and Spritle. Internet entertainmenteditHe provided voices for the Eric Kaplancreated webtoon. Zombie College, and two characters in Tofu the Vegan Zombie. West appeared on Ken Reids TV Guidance Counselor Podcast on January 3. The episode was recorded live at The Smell in Downtown Los Angeles during the third annual Riot LA Comedy Festival. West began his own podcast show in July 2. It features him doing numerous characters per episode, recurring segments such as Song Demolition and Billy Bastard Amateur Human Being, and special guest Jim Gomez. Perhaps Wests most notable film work came in the 1. Space Jam, where he provided the voice of both Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd. West reprised the roles of Bugs and Fudd in subsequent Looney Tunesfeature length films and returned as Fudd in the theatrically released Looney Tunes Back in Action.