Gregory Alan Berger (born December 10, 1950) is an American voice actor. He is known for his roles as Jecht from '' Final Fantasy X'' and the ''

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'' games, Grimlock from '' The Transformers'', Mysterio and

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from '' Spider-Man: The Animated Series'',

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'' animated media, Cornfed Pig from ''

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'', Bill Licking from '' The Angry Beavers'', Agent Kay from '' Men in Black: The Series'', The Gromble from ''

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'', Captain Blue from '' Viewtiful Joe'',

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from ''

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'', Hunter the Cheetah (1999–2002) and Ripto from '' Spyro the Dragon'', as well as The Thing,

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, and Attuma from '' Marvel: Ultimate Alliance''.

Early life

Berger was born on December 10, 1950, in

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to an observant Russian-Jewish family. He graduated from University City High School in 1968.

Career

Berger began his career in 1978. He provided the voice of Adult Chirin in '' Ringing Bell''. In 1982, he voiced

, one of the pets of Jon Arbuckle, in '' Here Comes Garfield''. Berger would continue voicing Odie in various ''

'' media such as '' Garfield and Friends'' (in which he also voiced Orson Pig in the '' U.S. Acres'' segments), '' The Garfield Show'', and many more. He provided additional voices in '' Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show'', while he voiced Grimlock in '' The Transformers'' and its feature film, '' The Transformers: The Movie''. Gregg Berger at SDCC 2012

Berger also voiced Cornfed in the animated

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series titled ''

''. In the ''

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'' video game series, he provided the voices of Ripto and Hunter the Cheetah from 1999 until 2002. He voiced Mysterio and

in '' Spider-Man: The Animated Series'' (or just called ''Spider-Man''). Berger also provided additional voices for '' Inside Out'' and Illumination Entertainment's ''

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''. He was also the voice of Jecht in the ''

'' games and '' Final Fantasy X''.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* * 1950 births Living people {{US-voice-actor-1950s-stub American male stage actors American male video game actors American male voice actors Animal impersonators Jewish American male actors Male actors from St. Louis 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors American people of Russian-Jewish descent