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Frank Welker
Biography
Life and career
Franklin Wendell Welker (born March 12, 1946) is an American voice actor with an extensive career spanning nearly six decades. As of 2021, Welker holds over 860 film, television, and video game credits, making him one of the most prolific voice actors of all time. With a total worldwide box-office gross of $17.4 billion, he is also the third highest-grossing film voice actor of all time.
Welker is best known for voicing Fred Jones in the Scooby-Doo franchise since its inception in 1969, and Scooby-Doo himself since 2002. In 2020, Welker reprised the latter role in the CGI-animated film Scoob!, the only original voice actor from the series in the movie's cast. He has also voiced Oswald the Lucky Rabbit in Epic Mickey and its sequel, Megatron, Galvatron and Soundwave in the Transformers franchise, Shao Kahn and Reptile in the 1995 Mortal Kombat film, Curious George in the Curious George franchise, Garfield on The Garfield Show, Nibbler on Futurama, the titular character in Jabberjaw, Speed Buggy in the Scooby-Doo franchise, Astro and Orbitty on The Jetsons, Mushmouse on Punkin' Puss & Mushmouse, and various characters in The Smurfs as well as numerous animal vocal effects in many works. In 2016, he was honored with an Emmy Award for his lifetime achievement.
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Filmography
239 films

Plankton: The Movie
2025as Lion (voice) (uncredited)

Venom: The Last Dance
2024as Xenophages (voice) (uncredited)

Kung Fu Panda 4
2024as Manta Ray (voice) (uncredited)

Scooby-Doo! and Krypto, Too!
2023as Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones (voice)

Once Upon a Studio
2023as Abu / Joanna (voice) (archive sound)

Meg 2: The Trench
2023as T-Rex (voice) (uncredited)

Strange World
2022as Legend (voice) (uncredited)

Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo!
2022as Scooby-Doo / Rudy / Fred / Nefario (voice)

Beast
2022as Lion (voice) (uncredited)

The Sea Beast
2022as Red Bluster (voice) (uncredited)

Jurassic World Dominion
2022as Giganotosaurus (voice) (uncredited)

Hotel Transylvania: Transformania
2022as Gigi (voice) (uncredited)

The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild
2022as Raptor (voice) (uncredited)

Encanto
2021as Parce (voice) (uncredited)

Mickey's Tale of Two Witches
2021as Figaro / Butch (voice)

Straight Outta Nowhere: Scooby-Doo! Meets Courage the Cowardly Dog
2021as Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones (voice)

Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans
2021as Additional Voices (voice)

Scooby-Doo! The Sword and the Scoob
2021as Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones / Monster (voice)

Tom & Jerry
2021as Tom / Jerry (voice) (uncredited)

Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo!
2020as Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones (voice)

Scoob!
2020as Scooby-Doo / Pterodactyl (voice)

Sonic the Hedgehog
2020as T-Rex (voice) (uncredited)

Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island
2019as Scooby Doo / Fred Jones (voice)

Toy Story 4
2019as Bullseye (voice) (uncredited)

Aladdin
2019as Cave of Wonders (voice)

Scooby-Doo! and the Curse of the 13th Ghost
2019as Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones (voice)

Scooby-Doo! and the Gourmet Ghost
2018as Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones (voice)

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
2018as Indoraptor (voice) (uncredited)

Rampage
2018as George (voice) (uncredited)

Scooby-Doo! & Batman: The Brave and the Bold
2018as Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones (voice)

Transformers: The Last Knight
2017as Megatron (voice)

Smurfs: The Lost Village
2017as Azrael (voice)

Scooby-Doo! Shaggy's Showdown
2017as Scooby-Doo / Fred (voice)

Trolls
2016as Barnebis (voice) (uncredited)

Moana
2016as Te Ka (voice) (uncredited)

Scooby-Doo! and WWE: Curse of the Speed Demon
2016as Fred Jones / Scooby-Doo (voice)

Sausage Party
2016as Douche (voice) (uncredited)

Ice Age: Collision Course
2016as Dino Birds Roars (voice) (uncredited)

The Angry Birds Movie
2016as Petunia (voice) (uncredited)

The Good Dinosaur
2015as Red Snake (voice) (uncredited)

Scooby-Doo! and KISS: Rock and Roll Mystery
2015as Fred / Scooby-Doo (voice)

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
2015as Squidasaurus Rex (voice) (uncredited)

Big Hero 6
2014as Mochi (voice) (uncredited)

The Book of Life
2014as Toro Muerto (voice) (uncredited)

Scooby-Doo! Frankencreepy
2014as Fred / Scooby-Doo (voice)

Transformers: Age of Extinction
2014as Galvatron (voice)

Rio 2
2014as Black Jaguar (voice) (uncredited)

Scooby-Doo! WrestleMania Mystery
2014as Fred Jones / Scooby-Doo (voice)

The House of Magic
2013as Cat sounds (archive footage; uncredited)

Walking with Dinosaurs
2013as Gorgosaurus (voice) (uncredited)

Free Birds
2013as Dogs (voice) (uncredited)

Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters - Predacons Rising
2013as Megatron / Terrorcon (voice)

The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow
2013as Azrael (voice)

Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright
2013as Scooby-Doo / Fred (voice)

The Smurfs 2
2013as Azrael (voice)

Turbo
2013as Crows (voice) (uncredited)

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2
2013as Mayor Stevenson (voice)

Scooby-Doo! Mask of the Blue Falcon
2012as Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones / Dynomutt (voice)

Rise of the Guardians
2012as Nightmares (voice) (uncredited)

Life of Pi
2012as Richard Parker (voice) (uncredited)

Big Top Scooby-Doo!
2012as Scooby-Doo / Fred (voice)

Frankenweenie
2012as Sparky (voice) (uncredited)

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1
2012as Mayor Stevenson / Weather Man (voice)

Ice Age: Continental Drift
2012as Giant Crab (voice) (uncredited)

Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
2012as Sonya (voice)

Mirror Mirror
2012as Mannequins / Beast (voice)

Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire
2012as Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones (voice)

The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol
2011as Azrael (voice)

Scooby-Doo! Legend of the Phantosaur
2011as Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones / Msicellaneous Bikers (voice)

The Smurfs
2011as Azrael (voice)

Transformers: Dark of the Moon
2011as Shockwave / Soundwave (voice)

Hawaiian Vacation
2011as Bullseye (voice)

Rango
2011as Hawk (voice) (uncredited)

Tangled
2010as Pascal (voice) (uncredited)

Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster
2010as Scooby-Doo (voice)

Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare
2010as Fred / Scooby Doo (voice)

Toy Story 3
2010as Bullseye / Buster / The Monkey / Pigeon (voice) (uncredited)

Shrek Forever After
2010as Dragon (voice) (uncredited)

The Back-Up Plan
2010as Nuts (voice)

Alice in Wonderland
2010as Jabberwocky / Bandersnatch / Jubjub / Bayard (additional voice)

Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo
2010as Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones (voice)

The Princess and the Frog
2009as Shadow Demons (voice) (uncredited)

The Informant!
2009as Mark Whitacre's Father

Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins
2009as Scooby-Doo (voice)

9
2009as Cat Beast (voice) (uncredited)

Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!
2009as George / Duck / Cow (voice)

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
2009as Momma Dino / Rudy (voice) (uncredited)

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
2009as Soundwave / Devastator / Reedman (voice)

Land of the Lost
2009as Grumpy The T-Rex (voice) (uncredited)

Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword
2009as Fred / Scooby-Doo (voice)

Futurama: Bender's Game
2008as Nibbler (voice)

Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
2008as Shark (voice) (uncredited)

Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King
2008as Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones (voice)

Igor
2008as Animals' vocal effects (voice) (uncredited)

Journey to the Center of the Earth
2008as Giganotosaurus (voice) (uncredited)

Futurama: Bender's Big Score
2007as Nibbler / Fleb / Seymour (voice)

Bee Movie
2007as Vincent (voice) (uncredited)

Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams
2007as Rajah / Abu (voice)

Shrek the Third
2007as Dragon (voice) (uncredited)

TMNT
2007as General Mono (voice) (uncredited)

Cinderella III: A Twist in Time
2007as Lucifer (voice)

Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy!
2006as Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones (voice)

Codename: Kids Next Door: Operation Z.E.R.O.
2006as Monty Uno (voice)

Barnyard
2006as Coyotes Pack (voice) (uncredited)

The Ant Bully
2006as Spindle / Frog / Caterpillar (voice)

Leroy & Stitch
2006as Sparky / Sprout / Mr. Stenchy / Kixx / Hoilo / Slugger (voice)

Cars
2006as Frank (voice) (uncredited)

The Land Before Time XII: The Great Day of the Flyers
2006as Spinosaurus (voice)

Curious George
2006as George (voice)

Bambi II
2006as Additional Voices (voice)

The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper
2005as Mr Chew (voice) (uncredited)

Tarzan II
2005as Sabor (voice) (uncredited)

Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy?
2005as Fred Jones / Scooby-Doo (voice)

Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama
2005as Professor Otto Allenford (voice)

Robots
2005as Sweeper (voice) (uncredited)

Aloha Scooby-Doo!
2005as Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones / Wiki-Tiki / Interviewer (voice)

Tom and Jerry Blast Off to Mars!
2005as Spike (voice)

The Land Before Time XI: Invasion of the Tinysauruses
2005as Velociraptor (voice)

The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
2004as FrogFish (voice) (uncredited)

Mulan II
2004as Cri-Kee (voice)

The Lion King 1½
2004as Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)

Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers
2004as Additional Voices (voice)

Scooby-Doo! and the Loch Ness Monster
2004as Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones / Lachlan Haggart (voice)

New York Minute
2004as Reinaldo (voice)

Kim Possible: A Sitch In Time
2003as Animal Vocal Effects (uncredited) (voice)

The Cat in the Hat
2003as Nevins (voice)as Nevins(voice)

Looney Tunes: Back in Action
2003as Scooby-Doo (voice)

Scooby-Doo! and the Monster of Mexico
2003as Fred Jones / Scooby-Doo (voice)

Stitch! The Movie
2003as Sparky (voice)

Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
2003as Spike (voice) (uncredited)

Scooby-Doo! and the Legend of the Vampire
2003as Scooby-Doo / Fred (voice)

101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure
2003as Additional Voices (voice)

Atlantis: Milo's Return
2003as Obby / Mantell (voice)

Kangaroo Jack
2003as Jack's Vocal Effects

The Powerpuff Girls Movie
2002as Whole Lotta Monkeys (voice)

Lilo & Stitch
2002as Frog (voice) (uncredited)

Scooby-Doo
2002as Creature Voices (voice)

Tom and Jerry: The Magic Ring
2002as Jerry (Voice)

Cinderella II: Dreams Come True
2002as Lucifer / Bruno / Pom Pom (voice)

Return to Never Land
2002as Nana II / Octopus (voice)

The Hunchback of Notre Dame II
2002as Achilles & Djali (voice)

Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
2001as Goddard / Poultra (voice)

Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse
2001as Abominable Snowman (voice)

Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase
2001as Fred (voice)

Cats & Dogs
2001as Buddy (voice)

Atlantis: The Lost Empire
2001as Leviathan (voice) (uncredited)

Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure
2001as Reggie (voice)

Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker
2000as Woof / Ace (voice)

How the Grinch Stole Christmas
2000as Max the Dog (voice)

Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders
2000as Fred Jones (voice)

Tweety's High Flying Adventure
2000as Hector the Bulldog / Hugo the Abominable Snowman / Mugsy / Penelope Pussycat (voice)

Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins
2000as Grubs / Self Destruct / Ranger #1 / Cadet Flam (voice)

Dinosaur
2000as Carnotaurus (voice) (uncredited)

The Road to El Dorado
2000as Altivo (voice)

The Tigger Movie
2000as Additional Voices (voice)

The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea
2000as Max (voice)

Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas
1999as Turkey / Figaro (voice)

Toy Story 2
1999as Bullseye / Buster (voice) (uncredited)

Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost
1999as Fred (voice)

Deep Blue Sea
1999as Parrot Sounds (voice)

Tarzan
1999as Sabor (voice) (uncredited)

A Bug's Life
1998as Thumper (voice) (uncredited)

The Rugrats Movie
1998as Spike / Monkeys / Scar Snout (voice) (uncredited)

Antz
1998as Termite (voice) (uncredited)

Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island
1998as Fred Jones (voice)

Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World
1998as Flit (voice) (uncredited)

Mulan
1998as Khan / Additional Voices (voice)

Godzilla
1998as Creature Vocals (voice)

Quest for Camelot
1998as Ayden (voice)

Belle's Magical World
1998as Sultan (voice)

MouseHunt
1997as Catzilla / Mouse (voice) (uncredited)

Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
1997as Phillippe / Sultan (voice)

Spawn
1997as The Devil Malebolgia (voice)

George of the Jungle
1997as Lion/Little Monkey/Shep/Tooki Tooki Bird/Gorilla sound effects(voice) (uncredited)

Hercules
1997as Pegasus / Cerberus / Hydra (voice) (uncredited)

Anaconda
1997as Anaconda (voice)

Cats Don't Dance
1997as Farley Wink (voice)

Mars Attacks!
1996as Various Martians (voice)

Space Jam
1996as Charles the Dog (voice)

The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists
1996as Tickles (voice)

The Island of Dr. Moreau
1996as Assassimon (voice) (uncredited)

Independence Day
1996as Special Vocal Effects (voice)

The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1996as Baby Bird (voice)

Aladdin and the King of Thieves
1996as Abu / Rajah / Fazahl (voice)

Balto
1995as Grizzly Bear (voice)

Mortal Kombat
1995as Shao Kahn / Reptile (voice)

Virtuosity
1995as Special Vocal Effects (voice)

The Indian in the Cupboard
1995as Special Vocal Effects (voice)

Species
1995as Alien Sil (voice)

Pocahontas
1995as Flit (voice)

A Goofy Movie
1995as Bigfoot (voice)

Tommy Boy
1995as Deer (voice)

Tank Girl
1995as Special Vocal Effects (voice)

The Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great Giving
1995as Velociraptor (voice)

Ri¢hie Ri¢h
1994as Special Vocal Effects (voice)

The Return of Jafar
1994as Abu the Monkey (voice)

A Flintstones Christmas Carol
1994as Barney Rubble / Dino (voice)

The Pagemaster
1994as Horror (voice)

The Santa Clause
1994as Reindeer Voices (voice)

Stargate
1994as Mastadge (voice)

Little Giants
1994as Animation Vocal Sound Effects (voice)

The Shadow
1994as Phurba (voice)

The Lion King
1994as Lions Roars (voice) (uncredited)

Super Mario Bros.
1993as Creatures (voice)

Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
1993as Special Vocal Effects (voice)

Aladdin
1992as Abu / Cave of Wonders / Rajah (voice)

Beauty and the Beast
1991as Footstool (voice)

Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
1991as The Devil/Station/Evil Easter Bunny (voice) (uncredited)

Hudson Hawk
1991as Bunny the Dog (voice)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
1991as Rahzar / Tokka (voice)

The Rescuers Down Under
1990as Joanna / Marahute (voice)

DuckTales: The Movie - Treasure of the Lost Lamp
1990as Additional Voices (voice)

Gremlins 2: The New Batch
1990as Mohawk (voice)

Jetsons: The Movie
1990as Squeep / Grungees (voice)

Tremors
1990as Graboids (uncredited)

The Little Mermaid
1989as Max (voice)

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
1989as Special Vocal Effects (Voice)

The Return of Swamp Thing
1989Special Sound Effects

Oliver & Company
1988as Louie the Sausage Vendor (voice)

The Land Before Time
1988as Sharptooth (voice) (uncredited)

Scooby-Doo! and the Reluctant Werewolf
1988as Crunch (voice)

Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School
1988as Matches / Papa Werewolf / Well Dweller (voice)

Night of the Demons
1988as Demon Angela Voice (Uncredited)

Monkey Shines
1988as Special Animal Voices (voice)

Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1988as Dumbo (voice) (uncredited)

G.I. Joe: The Movie
1987as Torch / Wild Bill (voice)

The Golden Child
1986as The Thing (voice)

The Transformers: The Movie
1986as Soundwave / Megatron / Rumble / Frenzy / Wheelie (voice)

The Great Mouse Detective
1986as Toby the Dog / Felicia the Cat (voice) (uncredited)

SpaceCamp
1986as Special Vocal Effects

My Little Pony: The Movie
1986as Bushwoolie # 3 / Grundle (voice)

Cat's Eye
1985as Cat / Troll (Voice)

Cannonball Run II
1984as Special Vocal Effects (voice)

Gremlins
1984as Stripe / Mogwai / Gremlins (voice)

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
1984as Spock's Screams

Cujo
1983as Cujo (voice; uncredited)

Poltergeist
1982as Additional Dialogue Replacement (voice)

The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie
1981as Reporter Dog / Lawyer (voice)

Raiders of the Lost Ark
1981as Special Vocal Effects (voice) (uncredited)