J. P. Karliak

John Paul "J. P." Karliak is an American actor and comedian.

J. P. Karliak
Born
John Paul Karliak[1]
Occupations
  • Actor
  • comedian
Years active2007–present
Known forThe Boss Baby: Back in Business
Wile E. Coyote[2]
Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time
The Boss Baby: Back in the Crib
SpouseScott Barnhardt (m. 2021)[3]

He is known for voicing characters, such as Dante Crescendo in Trolls: TrollsTopia, Linus in The Stinky & Dirty Show, Wile E. Coyote in Wabbit/New Looney Tunes,[4] and Naysaya in the Disney XD animated series Star vs. the Forces of Evil. He also voiced Bailey in Disney Infinity: 3.0. Edition, the Boss Baby in the Netflix television series, The Boss Baby: Back in Business and The Boss Baby: Back in the Crib,[5] and is the current voice of N. Tropy[6] in the Crash Bandicoot franchise.[1]

Early life

He graduated with a bachelor's degree in theatre from University of Southern California.[7]

Career

He took a voice over class taught by Bob Bergen.[7] In 2008, Karliak made his voice-acting debut in the video game Tom Clancy's EndWar as an unnamed character and others. Karliak also appears physically on-screen in live-action television series, such as Ringer and Real Husbands of Hollywood.

In 2015, he voiced Wile E. Coyote in the Cartoon Network/Warner Bros. Pictures animated television series New Looney Tunes until its cancellation in 2020. In 2016, he provided the voice of Reese in the animated feature film Batman: The Killing Joke, featuring Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill.[8] In 2017, he voiced Willy Wonka in the Tom and Jerry direct-to-video animated film Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.[9]

Starting from 2018, he voices the Boss Baby in The Boss Baby: Back in Business, a Netflix television series based on Marla Frazee’s book The Boss Baby and Tom McGrath’s 2017 animated film of the same name. He then proceeded to reprise his role in the sequel series The Boss Baby: Back in the Crib, which had aired on May 19, 2022.

In the 2020 video game Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time, he provided the voice of Doctor Nefarious Tropy.[6]

In 2021, he provided the English voice of S566 in the Netflix animated television series Eden,[10] and provided the voice of Green Goblin in the Disney Junior animated television series Spidey and His Amazing Friends.[11]

In February 2023, Karliak guest voiced Venomor, a Trandoshan mercenary leader, who works for the Empire, in Star Wars: The Bad Batch.[12]

Personal life

Karliak is gay. In July 2022, Karliak married his boyfriend Scott Barnhardt.[3]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2009 Premarital Six Delivery Boy Short film
Credited as John Paul Karliak
Little Black Dress Kevin
2010 Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic The Avenger (voice) Direct-to-video
L.T.D. John Paul Short film
Credited as John Paul Karliak
2011 Retirement Press Conference Orlando Martinez Short film
2014 The Marvel Experience Vision (voice)
2015 Lego Marvel Super Heroes: Avengers Reassembled Baron Strucker / Vision (voice) [1]
2016 Holiday in Easter Short film
Batman: The Killing Joke Reese (voice) [1]
2017 Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory Willy Wonka (voice) [1]
2018 Patty Keith Jordan (voice) Direct-to-video
Dorothy's Christmas in Oz Tin Man (voice) Short film
2019 Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth Kouzou Fuyutsuki (voice) Netflix version
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
Millennium Actress Scarface (voice) English version
The Secret Life of Pets 2 Additional Voices
2020 The Boss Baby: Get That Baby! Boss Baby Theodore Lindsey "Ted" Templeton, Jr. (voice) Short film
2021 Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway Geise H. Hugest (voice) Netflix version
Fate/Grand Order The Movie: Divine Realm of the Round Table: Camelot Wandering; Agateram Gawain (voice) English version
The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf Additional Voices
Sing 2
2022 Minions: The Rise of Gru

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2011 Ringer Party Planner Credited as John Paul Karliak
Episode: "She's Ruining Everything"
2013 Real Husbands of Hollywood Telegram Guy Episode: "Backstabbers"
Credited as John Paul Karliak
Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. Doc Samson (voice)[1] Episode: "The Skaar Whisperer"
2015 Funsplosion Himself Episode: "Kid Accountant"
2015–16 Sanjay and Craig Puppet / Civilian #1 / Heavenly Voice 17 episodes
2015–20 New Looney Tunes Wile E. Coyote / Ninjas / Male Skunk / King Nutininkommen (voice)[13] 17 episodes
2016 Star vs. the Forces of Evil Naysaya (voice) Episode: "Page Turner/Naysaya"
2016–19 The Stinky & Dirty Show Linus / Lifty (voices) 6 episodes
2017 Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh Boopy (voice) Episode: "The Cloud/Booverty"
2017–20 Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz Tin Man / Nome King / Woozy / Larry Chigglewitz / Smith / Professor Wogglebug / Dr. Pipt / Tig / Jack Pumpkinhead / Prince Puzzleton / Ollie / Munchkin / Deuce / Schooler (voices)[1] 75 episodes
2018–21 Castlevania Additional Voices 9 episodes
2018–20 The Boss Baby: Back in Business Boss Baby Theodore Lindsey "Ted" Templeton, Jr. / Worker Baby Chip (voice) Main cast[14]
2018 Trolls: The Beat Goes On! Pistil Patrick (voice)[1] Episode: "Three Trolls-keteers/The Helper"
2019 Neon Genesis Evangelion Kouzou Fuyutsuki (voice)[1] Netflix version
Costume Quest Ruben / Monster Ruben / Ruben Centipede Monster / Caterpillar 2 episodes
2020 The Valhalla Murders Arnar (voice) English version[15]
2020–21 Bless the Harts Gene / Another Man (voice) 5 episodes
2020–present Trolls: TrollsTopia Dante Crescendo / Caruthers (voice)[16] Main cast
2020–present Looney Tunes Cartoons Additional Voices
2020 Lego City Adventures 2 episodes
2021 The Loud House Vic (voice) 3 episodes
Archibald's Next Big Thing is Here Mr. Hackensack (voice) Episode: "Robo-Family/The Phantom of Pointy Peak!"
Eden S566 (voice)[1] English dub
2021–22 Madagascar: A Little Wild Todd (voice) Recurring role
2021–present Rugrats Additional Voices
2021–present Spidey and His Amazing Friends Green Goblin / Kite Flyin' Dude / Fruit Vendor / Old Pedestrian / Man #3 / Dude / Grandfather / Citizen #3 / Citizen #4 / Citizen #5 / Museum Goer #1 / Museum Goer #2 / Museum Goer #3 / Picnic Goer #1 / Picnic Goer #2 / Art Store Employee (voice)[17]
2021 Q-Force Andrew (voice) Episodes: "Greyscale" and "The Hole"
2021–present Star Wars: Visions Trandoshan / Alien Guard / Tao Planet Resident / Guard / Musha / Boatman Droid (voices) English version
Episode: "The Duel"
2021–present Dogs in Space Happy / Bucky / Luke (voice)[1] Recurring role
2022–present The Boss Baby: Back in the Crib Boss Baby Theodore Lindsey "Ted" Templeton, Jr. (voice) Main cast[18]
2022 Fate/Grand Carnival Gawain (voice)[1] English dub
2023 Star Wars: The Bad Batch Venomor (voice) Episode: "Tribe"
Tiny Toons Looniversity Merlin the Magic Mouse (voice) Episode: "Extra, So Extra"
Teen Titans Go! Snagglepuss (voice) Episode: "Warner Bros. 100th Anniversary"[19]

Video games
Year Title Voice role Notes
2008 Tom Clancy's EndWar Additional Voices Credited as John Paul Karliak
Aion
2010 H.A.W.X. 2
2013 Marvel Heroes Iron Fist Non-playable character
2014 Skylanders: Trap Team Wolfgang
2015 Disney Infinity 3.0 Bailey [1]
Skylanders SuperChargers Wolfgang
2016 Lego Marvel's Avengers Wiccan [1]
Marvel Avengers Academy Vision / Wiccan / J.A.R.V.I.S. [1]
World of Final Fantasy Shivalry English version[1]
Skylanders Imaginators Wolfgang, Sal
2018 Lego DC Super-Villains Adam Strange / Music Meister / Plastic Man / Creeper [1]
Red Dead Redemption 2 The Local Pedestrian Population [1]
2019 Kingdom Hearts III Additional Voices [1]
2020 Final Fantasy VII Remake English version
Pixel Ripped 1995 Greg
Exos Heroes Zeon English version
The Last of Us Part II Additional Voices [1]
Star Wars: Squadrons Pilot [1]
Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time Dr. Nefarious Tropy[6]
Spider-Man: Miles Morales Additional Voices [1]
2021 Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart Junk Bot / Nefarious Troopers / Additional Voices [1]
Halo Infinite Additional Voices
2022 Star Ocean: The Divine Force Neyan Khezal [1]

References
  1. "John Paul Karliak (visual voice guide)". www.behindthevoiceactors.com. Behind the Voice Actors. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  2. Karliak, JP [@jpkarliak] (18 September 2015). "The latest #Wabbit promo has a moment of me as Wile E. getting "winded." On #BoomerangTV next month! #SuperGenius" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. "We are finally married!". www.instagram.com. Instagram. Archived from the original on 24 December 2021.
  4. "Dunmore native J.P. Karliak voices Wile E. Coyote in Looney Tunes reboot on Cartoon Network". Times Leader. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  5. Moore, Kasey (18 August 2020). "'The Boss Baby' Interactive Special Coming to Netflix in September 2020". www.whatsonnetflix.com. What's on Netflix?. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  6. Alexander, Cristina (6 October 2020). "Meet the Voice Actors of Crash 4's Voice Cast". www.twinfinite.com. TwinFinite. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  7. timesleader.com
  8. Goddard, Hunter (19 October 2020). "Joke's On Us — A Review of 'Batman: The Killing Joke'". duclarion.com. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  9. "Tom and Jerry join Willy Wonka in Latest Warner Bros Home Video Original Release". criticalblast.com. 26 June 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  10. Pineda, Rafael Antonio (13 May 2021). "Netflix's Eden Anime Reveals English Dub Cast". Anime News Network. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  11. Avalos, Regina (19 August 2021). "Marvel's Spidey and His Amazing Friends: Season Two; Disney Junior Renews Animated Series". tvseriesfinale.com. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  12. Karliak, JP [@jpkarliak] (1 February 2023). "Squeee! I'm Commander Venomor on today's episode of The Bad Batch! As someone who has been obsessed with Clone Wars, Rebels, and The Bad Batch since the beginning, getting to voice a character in this canon is unreal" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 15 March 2023. Retrieved 15 March 2023 – via Twitter.
  13. "Feature film adaptation of Wile E. Coyote named 'Coyote Vs. Acme'". www.animationxpress.com. Animation Xpress. 15 July 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  14. Kennedy, Jayme (7 March 2018). "There's a Boss Baby Series Coming to Netflix Because Kids Get All the Good Stuff". www.mommyish.com. Mommyish. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  15. "The Mystery of the Serial Murders in Iceland in "The Valhalla Murders"". www.kompasiana.com. Kompasiana Beyond Blogging. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  16. Avalos, Regina (6 November 2020). "Trolls: TrollsTopia: Hulu Previews DreamWorks Animated Series". www.tvseriesfinale.com. TV Series Finale. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  17. "My Spidey-senses are tingling 🕸 … because you can catch me as the Green Goblin in "Spidey and his Amazing Friends!" Shorts from the show are premiering on Disney Channel and Disney Jr. starting TODAY and continuing on through this week! I'll be all tangled up in Spidey's webs when the full series premieres later this summer, but for now, join me and your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man in the "Meet Spidey and his Amazing Friends" shorts. #Spiderman #Disney #disneyjr #spideyandhisamazingfriends #voiceover #animation #lgbtq #nerd #queernerd". jpkarliak. 21 June 2021. Archived from the original on 24 December 2021 – via Instagram.
  18. Ewing, Jeff (22 May 2022). "JP Karliak And Max Mittelman On Boss Baby: Back In The Crib, Video Games, And Anime - Exclusive Interview". www.looper.com. Looper. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  19. Graves, Sabina (20 September 2023). "Holy Mega Animation Cross-Over for WB 100 on Teen Titans Go!". www.gizmodo.com. Gizmodo. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.