Rob Paulsen is an award-winning voice-over artist, coach, and author of Voice Lessons. With over 2,000 half-hour programs, dozens of films, video games, and other animated media to his credit, Paulsen has been one of the industry’s hardest-working, most in-demand, and most beloved voice artists, earning him a Daytime Emmy, Peabody, and three times winning the Annie Award. 

 

For nearly three decades Paulsen has voiced some of the most beloved animated characters such as Pinky from Pinky and the Brain, Yakko Warner and Dr. Scratchansniff  from Animaniacs, Raphael and Donatello (2012) from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Carl Wheezer from Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius, and many many more. From the start of his career, voicing the character Snow Job from G.I. Joe, to his most current job reprising his characters Yakko, Dr.  Scratchandsniff and Pinky in Steven Spielberg Presents Animaniacs, Paulsen’s voice has reached millions of people worldwide.

 

In his memoir Voice Lessons, Paulsen talks about how he won the biggest fight of his life: defeating cancer of the throat after a grueling year of aggressive treatment. Paulsen also shared his experience in a moving TedTalk in his hometown of Detroit.