Bill Kopp
Bill Kopp (born April 17, 1962) is an American actor, director, animator, voice actor, and writer.
Bill Kopp | |
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| Born | April 17, 1962[1] Rockford, Illinois, U.S. |
| Occupation | Animator, actor, film and voice director, voice actor, writer |
| Years active | 1981–present |
Career
He studied animation at the California Institute of the Arts. In 1984, he won an Academy Award-Student Film/Animation for Mr. Gloom and in 1985, he won his second Academy Award for Observational Hazard.
Kopp animated the Whammy on the 1980s game show Press Your Luck, and voiced the title character on Fox's Eek! The Cat and Kutter in The Terrible Thunderlizards, which he created with Savage Steve Holland. He also voices Tom in the Tom and Jerry films Tom and Jerry: Blast Off to Mars and Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry.[2]
He was also an animator for The Tracey Ullman Show "The Simpsons" shorts, but left after a season.
He created The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show and Mad Jack the Pirate, worked as an executive producer and writer for Toonsylvania, produced and directed the current Tom and Jerry cartoons, wrote Hare and Loathing in Las Vegas and The Incredible Crash Dummies and did the story on two Roger Rabbit Shorts; Tummy Trouble and Roller Coaster Rabbit. Was the writer/director/co-producer on Tales from the Crypt's series finale "The Third Pig".
He is also the director of most of The Twisted Whiskers Show episodes.
Kopp is also a regular on Cartoon Network's Mighty Magiswords providing the voice of Man Fish the Fish Man, a character creator Kyle A. Carrozza developed as a kid for Nintendo Power's then-contest for Robot Masters for the game Mega Man 6.
He’s now in residence in California.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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| 1985 | Jac Mac and Rad Boy Go! | Rad Boy | |
| Better Off Dead | animator | ||
| 1986 | One Crazy Summer | character designer animation supervisor chief animator | |
| 1989 | Tummy Trouble | story animator | |
| 1990 | Roller Coaster Rabbit | story animator | |
| 2005 | Tom and Jerry: Blast Off to Mars | Tom, Press Guy #1 | writer director voice actor |
| Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry | Tom, Frank | writer director voice actor |
Television
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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| 1987 | The Tracey Ullman Show | animator | |
| 1991–1994 | Taz-Mania | writer | |
| 1992–1997 | Eek! The Cat | Eek, Pierre | creator writer narrator supervising producer voice actor |
| 1994 | The Baby Huey Show | creative director | |
| 1995 | The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show | creator writer producer voice director | |
| 1995–1997 | The What-A-Cartoon! Show | Yuckie Duck | voice actor |
| 1996 | Tales from the Crypt | writer director animation director character designer storyboard artist Episode 7.13: "The Third Pig" | |
| 1998–1999 | Toonsylvania | creator writer executive producer voice director | |
| 1998–1999 | Mad Jack the Pirate | Mad Jack | creator writer executive producer casting director voice director voice actor |
| 2001 | Capertown Cops | writer | |
| 2002 | House of Mouse | writer Episode 3.10: "Humphrey in the House" | |
| 2010 | 'Til Death | Dolphin, Whale | Episode 4.21: "The Wedding" |
| The Twisted Whiskers Show | Mister Mewser, Jack | writer director voice actor | |
| 2011 | Dan Vs. | Additional Voices | director |
| 2015 | Wabbit | writer | |
| 2016–2019 | Mighty Magiswords | Man Fish the Fish Man, Eel, Boot, Monster Toupee, Centipede 1 & 2, Seaslug-Chan, Justin Bottlenose Posse Person 1, Vendor, Sea Sponge, Vortex Donut, Bear Claw, King Chilidonut, Jeff, Dino | voice actor |
| 2019 | Amphibia | Marine | Episode 1.16: "Bizarre Bazaar" |
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