Eric Bauza (born December 7, 1979) is a Canadian voice actor. He is mostly known for voicing several Looney Tunes characters, for which he won three Emmy Awards for his performances in Looney Tunes Cartoons (2020–2024), Bugs Bunny Builders (2022–2025), and Teen Titans Go! (2024). Other notable roles include Puss in Boots in The Adventures of Puss in Boots (2015–2018) and Baby Fozzie in Muppet Babies (2018–2022).
Early life Bauza was born in the Toronto suburban district of Scarborough on December 7, 1979, and is of Filipino descent. His father and grandfather were fans of classic cartoons such as Looney Tunes. He stated that watching Mr. Dressup while growing up inspired his creative side; Bauza would draw with the host of the show while he was watching it.
He attended Cardinal Newman Catholic High School (now St. John Henry Newman) in Scarborough, from 1993 to 1996. He graduated from Centennial College in 2000.
Career
Bauza started his career in animation as an intern at Spümcø during his third year of college and later became a production assistant on Weekend Pussy Hunt and The Ripping Friends which was his first voice acting role. His breakthrough role was on Ren & Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon", where he took over the role of Stimpy from Billy West.
Bauza has appeared in El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera, The Fairly OddParents, Coconut Fred's Fruit Salad Island!, G.I. Joe: Resolute and Hero: 108. He has also played multiple roles on "The King and Us", a web-series sponsored by Burger King, and was seen on the NFL during Fox's pre-game show.
Bauza is the voice of Lord Stingray on the Adult Swim series Superjail!, Marvin the Martian on The Looney Tunes Show and Dr. Psychobos on Ben 10: Omniverse. He also appeared in episodes of the animated web series Dick Figures, where he voiced the Genie of the Teapot, the Vulgar Mall Santa, and the Ninjas. He has also been the voice of Lord Takagami, the main antagonist of Dick Figures: The Movie. He played Buhdeuce in Breadwinners and the title character in Netflix's The Adventures of Puss in Boots and related media.
Bauza has performed stand-up comedy at the Laugh Factory in Los Angeles.
Bauza has voiced characters including Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Tweety, Marvin the Martian, and Woody Woodpecker. For his role in Looney Tunes Cartoons, Bauza won the first ever Children's and Family Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice Performance in an Animated Program. He also voiced Rash in the 2020 version of Battletoads.Happy 80th Birthday, Bugs Bunny!.mycentraloregon.com July 27, 2020 Bauza was briefly a late-night talk show host on The Late Night Show Tonight.
On March 23, 2021, Bauza appeared on the ABC game show To Tell the Truth and performed in his Looney Tunes voices.
In 2022, he hosted Stay Tooned, a six-part documentary series on the cultural impact of cartoons, for CBC Gem.Jacob Carey, "Canadian Voice Actor for Bugs Bunny, Space Jam, Gets New Show 'Stay Tooned'". Complex, November 11, 2022.
In 2023, Bauza became the new voice of Buster Bunny in the reboot show Tiny Toons Looniversity.
Bauza voices two characters in Bob's Burgers that had originally been voiced by other actors. In the show's twelfth season he took over the role of Bob Belcher's father, Robert "Big Bob" Belcher Sr., who had originally been voiced by H. Jon Benjamin in a voice only flashback and later by Bill Hader in the fifth season episode "Father of the Bob". Following Jay Johnston's firing as Jimmy Pesto, Sr. he also took over that role in the show's fourteenth season.
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2005 Surly Squirrel Buddy the Rat Short filmAs Gerald Ryley 2006 Clouds and Time with a Brick Wall Medic 2009 Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel Digger A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information. 2010 DC Super Friends Flash, Mr. Freeze Go Tell Ricky Scrotum Dentist 2012 A Cat in Paris Dom, Dog Owner 2013 Iron Man: Rise of Technovore Ezekiel "Zeke" Stane, Technovore Direct-to-video Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright K.J. The Naughty List Older Brother Elf, Pine Cone Dick Figures: The Movie Lord Takagami 2014 Avengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher Amadeus Cho Direct-to-video Batman: Assault on Arkham Security Guard Scooby-Doo! Frankencreepy Daphomatic, Rock Dude A Fairly Odd Summer Foop Television film The Book of Life Father Domingo, Cave Guardian 2015 Scooby-Doo! Moon Monster Madness Clark Sparkman Direct-to-video The Flintstones & WWE: Stone Age SmackDown! Bamm-Bamm Rubble, Dino, Hoppy Batman Unlimited: Animal Instincts Punk #1, Rookie Cop When Marnie Was There Marnie's Father English dub The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water Seagull Tom and Jerry: Spy Quest Dr. Benton Quest Direct-to-video Justice League: Gods and Monsters Ryan Choi Batman Unlimited: Monster Mayhem Houston RainesLego Marvel Super Heroes: Avengers Reassembled Amadeus Cho / Iron Spider 2016 Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League: Gotham City Breakout Bane, Commissioner James Gordon Scooby-Doo! and WWE: Curse of the Speed Demon Big Earl Nerdland Anchorman Eric 2017 The Jetsons & WWE: Robo-WrestleMania! Rolf RodriguezDirect-to-video Batman and Harley Quinn Wesley Smurfs: The Lost Village Additional Voices The Emoji Movie Woody Woodpecker Woody Woodpecker 2018 Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: The Flash The Atom, B'dg, Jimmy Olsen Direct-to-video Batman Ninja Two-Face, Laughing Mask Samurai, Antiques Dealer English dub;direct-to-video Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Aquaman – Rage of Atlantis Jimmy Olsen, Bartender Direct-to-video Teen Titans Go! To the Movies Aquaman, Stan Lee's Assistant 2019 Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Leonardo Direct-to-videoLucky Gnomes The Banana Splits Movie Fleegle, Bingo, Drooper, AnnouncerInvader Zim: Enter the Florpus Angry Man, Boy, Announcer, Bracelet Monster 2021 Batman: Soul of the Dragon Axe Gang Leader Space Jam: A New Legacy Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Elmer Fudd, Foghorn Leghorn, Marvin the Martian, Pepé Le Pew (deleted scene) Arlo the Alligator Boy Bradley Alouicious, Barn Folk, Butler, Photographer 2023 King Tweety Tweety, Sylvester, Larry Bird, The Handsome Stewart Direct-to-video Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie Splinter, Foot Soldiers, Radio Newscaster, Secret Agent 2023 The Super Mario Bros. Movie Diddy Kong, Toad General 2024 The Casagrandes Movie Pedestrian in Suit Woody Woodpecker Goes to Camp Woody Woodpecker 2025 The Day the Earth Blew Up Daffy Duck, Porky Pig 2026 Buddy Mr. Mailbox, Worry Well, Couchy, Trashy, Pee Flower Coyote vs. Acme Bugs Bunny, Charlie Dog, Daffy Duck, Dr. Peter Lorre, Foghorn Leghorn, Gossamer, Pepé Le Pew, Porky Pig, Road Runner, Senator Elmer Fudd, Tweety
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