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Billy West is an American male voice actor, radio personality, podcaster, and comedian. Born in Detroit, he has worked since 1980 and is a graduate of Berklee College of Music. West is a vegetarian and vegan who plays the guitar. He speaks English and Spanish and has lived with autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
His notable roles include Muttley, Philip J. Fry, Shaggy Rogers, and Bugs Bunny. He has also contributed to the creative work Scooby-Doo. West is an author with five listed works, including the ROKU BLACK BOOK : 2018 Ultimate User Guide, Join Part Time Jobs While on College, Smoker and BBQ, Electric Smoker Cookbook, and ExtenZe Nutritional Enhancement Supplement.
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Film & TV
Detroit, Michigan, USA
William Richard "Billy" West (born April 16, 1952) is an American voice actor. He launched his career in the early 1980s performing daily comedic routines on Boston's WBCN (TOP Rock station of the time) shortly after moving on to do the revival of Beany and Cecil and was also a castmember on the Howard Stern's radio show during the early to mid 1990s. West is best known for his voice-work on Ren…
Known for
- Hare's to Bugs! A Bugs Bunny Celebration — Self - Voice Actor2024
- Ren & Stimpy — Ren / Stimpy (voice)2024
- Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary! — Self - Bugs Bunny (voice) (archive footage)2020
- Scoob! — Muttley (voice)2020
- Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story — Self2020
- Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? — Ebb / Skip Gilroy (voice)2019
- Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? — Mr. Peebles (voice)2019
- Minecraft: Story Mode — Sigge (voice)2018
- Disenchantment — Sorcerio (voice)2018
- Big City Greens — Nick Mulligan (voice)2018
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1952
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,423
- Total plays
- 4,795
Tags
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Key facts
- Born
- William Richard Werstine , 1952 (age 73 – 74) , Detroit, Michigan , U.S.
- Occupations
- Voice actor musician
- Years active
- 1980–present
- Spouse
- Violet Benny ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1992 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2009 )
- Website
- billywest .com
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Richard
- Family name
- West
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Detroit
- Occupation
- actor
- Educated at
- Berklee College of Music
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Native language
- English language
- Instrument
- guitar
- Official website
- www.billywest.com
- Image
- Billy West by Gage Skidmore 3.jpg
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- Commons category
- Billy West
- date of birth
- 1951-04-16
- lifestyle
- veganism
- start of work period
- 1980-00-00
- medical condition
- attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
- writing language
- English language
- contributed to creative work
- Scooby-Doo
- notable role
- Bugs Bunny
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Encyclopedic overview
William Richard Werstine (born 1952), known professionally as Billy West, is an American voice actor and musician. His voice roles include Bugs Bunny in the 1996 film Space Jam, the title characters of Doug and The Ren & Stimpy Show, and several subsequent projects. He also voiced Disney characters, including Ellyvan the Elephant in Jungle Junction, Bashful in The 7D, as well as the Futurama characters Philip J. Fry, Professor Farnsworth, Dr. Zoidberg, Zapp Brannigan, and many more. In commercials, he voices the Red M&M and formerly voiced Buzz for Honey Nut Cheerios. West also voices other established characters such as Elmer Fudd, Popeye, Shaggy Rogers, Rocket Raccoon, Muttley, and Woody Woodpecker. West was a regular performer on WBCN 104.1 FM in Boston, Massachusetts. during the mid-to-late 1980s, primarily appearing on Charles Laquidara's "The Big Mattress" morning show. He worked at the station until approximately 1988, when he moved to New York City to work at K-Rock (WXRK) and eventually joined The Howard Stern Show. He was a cast member on The Howard Stern Show, during which time he was noted for his impressions of Larry Fine, Marge Schott, George Takei, and Jackie Martling.
Early life
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