About
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...
Known for
South ParkSeries • 1997
The SimpsonsSeries • 1989
Family GuySeries • 1999
SupernaturalSeries • 2005
Teen Titans Go!Series • 2013
Star Trek: VoyagerSeries • 1995
FuturamaSeries • 1999
INVINCIBLESeries • 2021
Curious GeorgeSeries • 2006
Robot ChickenSeries • 2005
Teenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesSeries • 2012
Dexter's LaboratorySeries • 1996
Batman: The Animated SeriesSeries • 1992
Kim PossibleSeries • 2002
Cow and ChickenSeries • 1997
The SmurfsSeries • 1981
Jackie Chan AdventuresSeries • 2000
Looney Tunes CartoonsSeries • 2020
AnimaniacsSeries • 1993
Garfield and FriendsSeries • 1988
Tom & Jerry Kids ShowSeries • 1990
The Grim Adventures of Billy and MandySeries • 2001
The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy GeniusSeries • 2002
Scooby-Doo! Mystery IncorporatedSeries • 2010