American voice actor

Wally Wingert (born May 6, 1961) is an American voice actor, singer and former DJ. His roles include Almighty Tallest Red in Invader Zim, Renji Abarai in Bleach, Kotetsu T. Kaburagi / Wild Tiger in Tiger & Bunny, The Riddler in the Batman: Arkham series, the mascot of H.H. Gregg and Jon Arbuckle in The Garfield Show.

Contents

• 1 Early life
• 2 Career
• 3 Personal life
• 4 Filmography
  • 4.1 Animated film
  • 4.2 Anime
  • 4.3 Animation
  • 4.4 Video games
  • 4.5 Film
  • 4.6 Television
  • 4.7 Web
• 5 References
• 6 External links

Early life

Wingert was born in Des Moines, Iowa on May 6, 1961, but soon moved to Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Career

He began his career in radio as a disc jockey in 1977, at the age of 16 years old. He eventually moved to Los Angeles, California in 1987, continuing his radio career.

In 1989, Wingert parodied the Escape Club song "Wild, Wild West" on the Dr. Demento radio show as "Adam West", in response to the casting of Michael Keaton as the *ular character for Batman. He continued to work with the radio business with Westwood One, but later left the station and would take a full-time position as an air personality with KTWV. After five years, he eventually left the radio station and would purse a career in acting, singing and voice acting.

Wingert was the announcer for the second incarnation of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (and its spin-off The Jay Leno Show) as well as the voice of Jon Arbuckle from The Garfield Show. He is also known for his roles as Almighty Tallest Red from Invader Zim (opposite Kevin McDonald), Ant-Man / Giant-Man from The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, the Riddler from the Batman: Arkham series, Renji Abarai from Bleach and Kotetsu T. Kaburagi / Wild Tiger from Tiger & Bunny.

He narrated Impact: Stories of Survival on the Discovery Health Channel, How to Build Everything on the Science Channel, Amazing Medical Stories and That's Gotta Hurt on TLC, some episodes of E! True Hollywood Story on E! and Outdoor Outtakes on the Outdoor Life Network.

Personal life

Wingert and his cat Spooky in 2009

Wingert currently resides in Palm Springs, California. In his spare time, he enjoys collecting animation art, autographs, drawings, movie and television costumes, collectible toys and rock and roll merchandise.

He is not related to fellow voice actor Mick Wingert.

Filmography

Animated film

Anime

Animation

Video games

Film

Television

Web

References

External links

• Official website
• Wally Wingert at IMDb
• Wally Wingert at Anime News Network's encyclopedia