Greg Cipes (born January 4, 1980) is an American actor. He is best known for his voice roles as Beast Boy in Teen Titans, Teen Titans Go!, Young Justice, and Beast Boy: Lone Wolf; Michelangelo in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012) and Kevin Levin in the Ben 10 franchise (beginning with Ben 10: Alien Force). He has made appearances on television series including Gilmore Girls, Deadwood, and Roseanne's Nuts. From 2009 to 2018, he appeared in a recurring role as Chuck in the ABC television series The Middle. His film career includes playing the character Dwight Mueller in Fast & Furious, Reed in National Lampoon's Pledge This!, and Sam in Vile.
Early life Cipes was born in Coral Springs, Florida, on January 4, 1980. He grew up in a large family of nine brothers and sisters. Inspired to be an actor at an early age, he would make his professional off-Broadway acting and singing debut at 13. At the age of 16, he wrote, recorded, and self-produced his first single. Growing up, he was also an avid surfer who won several competitions, eventually ranking #3 in junior surfing, at the age of 17, he was nationally ranked as a junior professional surfer. He graduated from Coral Springs High School in 1998. In 2001, Cipes moved to Los Angeles.
Career
Cipes was the voice of Beast Boy in the animated television series Teen Titans and Kevin Levin in the Ben 10 franchise. He also voices Stinkfly in the Ben 10 reboot series. In 2013, he reprised the role of Beast Boy in the spin-off series Teen Titans Go!, as well as video games based on Teen Titans and the online game DC Universe Online. In 2018, he voiced the character in the theatrical film Teen Titans Go! To the Movies. Cipes has also voiced Beast Boy in Young Justice, TV movies and video games. He voiced Atlas in the Astro Boy anime series in 2003, as well as Chiro in Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! in 2004.
In 2012, he began working on Nickelodeon's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles voicing Michelangelo. Like Beast Boy Cipes has provided the voice of Michelangelo in multiple video games. In 2011, he began voicing Steve Jackson on Disney Channels Fish Hooks, From 2012 to 2017, he voiced Danny Rand / Iron Fist on the Disney XD series Ultimate Spider-Man. He also voiced Tu in The Legend of Korra. Cipes has had another recurring roles such as Mort in Milo Murphy’s Law, Zatt in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Brandt in The Adventures of Puss in Boots, Craz in Gravity Falls and Jake in SciGirls.
Cipes has made numerous appearances in television, in both commercials and television programs. He was one of seven friends in the MTV reality show Twentyfourseven. Cipes made some guest appearances on One on One as Butter, one of Arnaz Ballard's band members. He guest starred on House M.D. in the episode "Family" as a cane salesman. He has made appearances in the television series Gilmore Girls, in the season four episode "Ted Koppel's Big Night Out"; Ghost Whisperer in the episode "Love Still Won't Die"; the Bones season six episode "The Body and the Bounty" as a freegan; played a man who camps out in Roseanne's yard in her series Roseanne's Nuts, and on Deadwood. In 2002, he had a recurring role as Tanner in ABC’s MDs. From 2009 to 2018, he had a recurring role as Chuck in the ABC television series The Middle. Cipes has also made live action film appearances playing with his first role coming in 2004, playing Trevor in Club Dread he has since played Dwight Mueller in Fast & Furious (2009) and Reed in National Lampoon's Pledge This! (2006).
Cipes is the front man for the reggae/hip-hop band Cipes and the People. The band has developed a following in Southern California, and other parts of the United States and Asia. Their first album, Conscious Revolution, was released by High Valley Entertainment on September 18, 2007. The song "Rescue" on the band's 2007 debut release Conscious Revolution features teenage pop star Jesse McCartney. Cipes also works as a singer in clubs in Los Angeles. He has released music videos for the songs "Fade Away", "Free Me", and "Oh Why Oh Why (Greg Cipes and Jah Sun)". Cipes is also a co-founder of the "Love Street Festival" in Laurel Canyon.
Cipes was the announcer for Cartoon Network from July to October 2008. In April 2017, he and Kevin Coulston created a new animated political parody improv series on Kickstarter, called A Fowl American. The story takes place on Planet Earth, where humanity has been wiped out. Animals rule the land, but President Rump, a parody of Donald Trump, is determined to repeat history.
Personal life
Cipes was raised a Messianic Jew and identified as a "Christian Jew" in 2019. He previously identified as irreligious in 2017, saying he was "free of mental slavery and hypocrisy" and jokingly claiming to be a "believer in dog". Cipes is a survivor of skin cancer.
Cipes has a dog named Wingman, who served as the inspiration and namesake for Beast Boy's emotional support dog in Young Justice. Cipes is a board member of the Kids Venice Basketball League (KVBL) Natural Leaders program in Los Angeles. Which is a youth outreach initiative connects underprivileged youth with holistic and sustainable life skills.
Cipes is a vegan. He became a vegetarian at the age of eight before switching to veganism in 2009.
Cipes regularly attends comic book conventions.
On March 4, 2025, Cipes announced on his social media that he had been diagnosed with early-onset Parkinson's disease. He later alleged that Warner Bros. terminated him from his role as Beast Boy on Teen Titans Go! on Valentine's Day. Sources close to the production disputed this, stating that the decision was based on performance-related concerns rather than his diagnosis and that Cipes was offered the opportunity to voice a new character as part of an ongoing development deal.
Filmography Voice-over roles Animation + List of voice performances in animation Year Series Role Notes Source –2006 Teen Titans Beast Boy, Adonis –2005 All Grown Up! J.R., Lil' Red 2 episodes Justice League Jack Episode: "Wild Cards" Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones? Jacko Jr., College Guy, Kid #4 Episode: "Summer Camp/Rules of Dating" –2007 Astro Boy Daichi / Atlas English dub Rocket Power Goth and Ballad Backup Episode: "The Big Day" Father of the Pride Orangatan 3 episodes –2006 Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! Chiro, additional voices W.I.T.C.H. Caleb Totally Spies! Dean 3 episodes 2007–2008Fifi and the FlowerstotsBumble (Fuzzbuzz)American dub –2010 Ben 10: Alien Force Kevin Levin, Forever Knight #4, Teenager –2020 SciGirls Jake Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil Horace, Emo Kid –2012 Ben 10: Ultimate Alien Kevin Levin –2013 Fish Hooks Steve Jackson 8 episodes –2017 Ultimate Spider-Man Danny Rand / Iron Fist, additional voices –2014 The Legend of Korra Tu, Mako & Bolin's Cousin –2016 Gravity Falls Craz –2014 Ben 10: Omniverse Kevin Levin, Grick –2017 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Michelangelo, Rodriguez, Lil' Rineo, Pizza Delivery Boy Star Wars: The Clone Wars Zatt 4 episodes The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange Joey the Carrott Episode: "Generic Holiday Special" Generator Rex Sly Episode: "Rock My World" – 2026 Teen Titans Go! Beast Boy (S1–S9), Puppet Wizard, Himself, Richard Nixon, Starro, various voices Lego Marvel Super Heroes: Maximum Overload Iron Fist Robot Chicken Michelangelo, Dwork, Lucas Wolenczak Episode: "Super Guitario Center" The Fairly OddParents Chester McBadBat Episode: "Dimmsdale Tales"; uncredited Robot and Monster Vapid Milquetoast Episode: "Monster Hit" –2018 The Adventures of Puss in Boots Brandt The Loud House Luke Loud Episode: "One of the Boys" –2019 Star vs. the Forces of Evil Tad, Headphone Jones, Aaron Dominic Mighty Magiswords Noel Trobblin, Frog Monster, Evil Tree #6 –2021 Ben 10 Stinkfly, Kevin Levin, additional voices –2019 Milo Murphy's Law Mort 2016–2017TMNT Summer ShortsMichelangeloShorts: "Turtles Take Time (and Space)" and "Teenage Mecha Ninja Turtles" Avengers Assemble Iron Fist Episode: "The Immortal Weapon" –2022 Young Justice Beast Boy –2020 Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N 5 episodes DuckTales Vero 2 episodes The Mighty Ones Josh Episode: "Creepy Caterpillar/Code of Silence" Cleopatra in Space Cyrano Episode: "Cyrano" Puppy Dog Pals Jack Episode: "Baby Crib Caper/Here's Looking at You, Kid"
Film + List of voice performances in films Year Series Role Notes Source Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! the Movie: The I, Chiro Saga Chiro, Glenny The Wild Ryan Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo Beast Boy 2013Lego Marvel Super Heroes: Maximum OverloadIron Fist Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League: Gotham City Breakout Beast Boy DC Super Hero Girls: Hero of the Year Trolland Flint, Klorg, Oppenhop DC Super Hero Girls: Intergalactic Games Beast Boy, Iron Lego DC Super Hero Girls: Brain Drain Beast Boy Lego DC Super Hero Girls: Super-Villain High Teen Titans Go! To the Movies DC Super Hero Girls: Legends of Atlantis Teen Titans Go! vs. Teen Titans Beast Boy, OG Beast Boy Ben 10 Versus the Universe: The Movie Kevin Levin Teen Titans Go! See Space Jam Beast Boy Teen Titans Go! & DC Super Hero Girls: Mayhem in the Multiverse
Video games + List of voice performances in video games Year Series Role Notes Source True Crime: Streets of LA Additional voices Teen Titans Beast Boy Hot Shots Tennis Cody MySims Buddy Ben 10: Alien Force Kevin Levin FusionFall Ben 10 Alien Force: Vilgax Attacks Ben 10 Ultimate Alien: Cosmic Destruction Ben 10: Galactic Racing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Michelangelo Lego Marvel Super Heroes Shocker, Toad Disney Infinity 2.0 Iron Fist Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Danger of the Ooze Michelangelo Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Portal Power Teeny TitansBeast BoyLego Dimensions Lego DC Super-Villains Ben 10: Power Trip Kevin Levin Nickelodeon Extreme Tennis Michelangelo Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Wrath of the Mutants Nicktoons & The Dice of Destiny
Live-action roles Film + List of acting performances in film Year Series Role Notes Source Club Dread Trevor Resume Ring of Darkness Gordo IMDb Stress, Orgasms, and Salvation Water Resume Kathy T Curtis The Boys & Girls Guide to Getting Down Drunk Driver Simon Says Zack John Tucker Must Die Guy at Party #4 National Lampoon's Pledge This! Reed Supergator Shaun The Onion Movie Hippie Diplomant Killer Pad Vance Fast & Furious Dwight Mueller Vile Sam Unfriended Barking Dog Uncredited
Television + List of acting performances in television Year Series Role Notes Source MDs Tanner Recurring role, 10 episodes Resume Gilmore Girls Brennon Lewis Episode: "Ted Koppel's Big Night Out" Peacemakers Will Johnston Recurring role Deadwood Miles Anderson 2 episodes One on One Butter/Jesse 8 episodes –07 Ghost Whisperer Jamey Barton 3 episodes Twentyfourseven Greg Reality television series, as himself, cast member Cold Case Greg Wells Episode: "Saving Sammy" Resume Raines Hunter Episode: "Stone Dead" House M.D. Cane Salesman Episode: "Family" Without a Trace Wayne Episode: "Two of Us" Nite Tales: The Series Surfer Episode: "Trapped" Samantha Who? Street Musician Episode: "The Rock Star" –18 The Middle Chuck Recurring role (13 episodes) True Blood Bufort Norris 2 episodes Resume CSI: Miami Phil Pinkerton Episode: "Dead Ringer" 2012NCIS: Los AngelesDrunk GuyEpisode: “Skin Deep”
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