Paul Rugg
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Paul Rugg | |
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 Rugg at the 2023 WonderCon | |
| Born | Paul Kevin Rugg October 21, 1960 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Screenwriter, producer, voice actor, puppeteer |
| Years active | 1985–present |
| Agent | SBV Talent Agency |
| Spouse | Maria Rugg |
| Children | 1 |
| Website | froynlaven |
Paul Kevin Rugg (born October 21, 1960) is an American screenwriter, producer, voice actor, and puppeteer. He is best known for his starring roles in shows like Freakazoid!, Pig Goat Banana Cricket, and Earth to Ned.
Biography
Rugg has worked extensively in the field of animation. His list of credits include writing for, producing, and voice acting in several cartoons, first as the Jerry Lewis-esque Mr. Director in Animaniacs. Afterwards, he voiced the title character in Freakazoid! and Nostradamus in Histeria!, as well as the main recurring villain, Dark Lord Chuckles the Silly Piggy in the Disney series Dave the Barbarian. He also voiced Gweelok for Cartoon Network's Secret Mountain Fort Awesome.
Rugg also appeared live as the eccentric character "Manny" in the Manny the Uncanny short segments as part of Disney's One Saturday Morning for ABC.
Rugg created and directed The Sam Plenty Cavalcade of Action Show Plus Singing with Mitch Schauer, on behalf of The Jim Henson Company. He also played the voice of Principal Rotwood in the Disney Channel Original series American Dragon Jake Long.
Rugg was once—along with Adam Carolla and John P. McCann (his co-producer on Freakazoid!)—an improvisational actor at the Acme Comedy Theatre in Los Angeles, where he created the character Manny the Uncanny.
Rugg was recruited to the Warner Bros. Animation team headed up by Jean MacCurdy and Tom Ruegger, and was a key contributor to their various series in the 1990s. Rugg later moderated a panel about some of the classic series produced during this time at the San Diego Comic-Con in 2008. (Participants included Paul Dini, Jean MacCurdy, John P. McCann, and Andrea Romano).
Rugg later worked with Brian Henson when he took up puppeteer work for Puppet Up and other projects of The Jim Henson Company under its "Henson Alternative" banner. He reunited with Brian Henson as puppet talk show host Ned on the Disney+ talk show Earth to Ned.
Rugg has been nominated for several Emmys, and has received three. He lives up the coast from Los Angeles with his wife Maria and daughter.
Filmography
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Television
- American Dragon: Jake Long – Professor Rotwood
- Animaniacs – Mr. Director, additional voices
- Buzz Lightyear of Star Command – Cosmo, Ed the Courier
- Cleopatra in Space – Dr. Queed
- Disney's One Saturday Morning – Manny the Uncanny, Alistair Flyndiggery and Vanessa
- Dave the Barbarian – Dark Lord Chuckles the Silly Piggy
- DreamWorks Dragons – Savage
- Earth to Ned - Ned (face performance and voice)
- Freakazoid! – Freakazoid, Paul Harvey, Henry Kissinger, Jocko
- Histeria – Nostradamus, Charles Darwin, Eli Whitney, Meriwether Lewis, Montezuma, Qinshihuangdi, Sergei Eisenstein
- Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness – Master Yao
- OK KO! Let's Be Heroes – President of the Universe, Cantalop
- Oddballs – Dr. Bolster
- Pig Goat Banana Cricket – Cricket
- Pinky and the Brain – Sultana Sultana
- Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated – Dr. Luis de Potrillo
- Secret Mountain Fort Awesome – Gweelok
- The Fairly OddParents – Grim Reaper (episode: "Man's Worst Friend")
- Teen Titans Go! – Freakazoid (episode: "Huggbees")
- The 7D – Lord Starchbottom
- The Adventures of Puss in Boots – Artephius
- The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants − Vert Ladderfeller III / Altitooth / Bivouac Ladderfeller
- Toonsylvania – Seth Tuber's Mother, Reporter
- The Cartoonstitute – Bacculas (episode: "Meddlen Meddows")
- The Mighty Ones – Flippy
- My Science Fiction Project – Chancellor Maniac
- We Bare Bears – Mr. Howard
Film
- The Ant Bully – Ant #5
- The Country Bears – TV Reporter
- Wakko's Wish – Mr. Director
- Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright – Steve Trilby
Video games
- EverQuest II – Calig Shauwls, Captain Ganwail, Dailin Blainin, Drammer Quickblade, Haunt of Solusek Mines, Lord Fannos Stormhelm
- Hitman: Blood Money – Additional Voices
- Xiaolin Showdown – Dojo Kanojo Cho
Webisodes
- Alt/Reality – Various
- Puppet for President – Marvin E. Quasniki
- Simian Undercover Detective Squad – Captain Marion Futz
Miscellaneous
- Puppet Up! – Himself, Various
- Nostalgia Critic – Himself
Crew work
- Animaniacs – Story editor, writer
- Freakazoid! – Writer
- The Penguins of Madagascar – Writer
- Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness – Writer
- Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures – Creator, developer, writer
- Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated – Writer
- The Looney Tunes Show – Writer
- The Sam Plenty Cavalcade of Action Show Plus Singing! – Creator, director
- Tiny Toon Adventures – Writer
- Toonsylvania – Creative consultant
- The 7D – Writer