Gregory Michael Cipes (born January 4, 1980) is an American actor. He was a cast member in the reality television program '' Twentyfourseven'' and had recurring roles in ''MDs'' and ''

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''. His voice acting roles include

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in ''Teen Titans'', ''

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'' and '' Young Justice: Outsiders'', Chiro in '' Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!'', Kevin Levin in ''

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'', Michelangelo in the 2012 edition of ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'', and Splaat from '' RoboSplaat!''.

Early life

Cipes was born in

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, on January 4, 1980. Growing up, he was an avid surfer who won several competitions, eventually ranking to #3 in junior surfing.

Career

Cipes voices

in the animated television series ''

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'' and Kevin Levin in ''

''. He also voices Stinkfly in the Ben 10 reboot media franchise. He reprised the role of Beast Boy in the spin-off series ''

'', as well as the video games ''Teen Titans'', the video game adaption of the series, and the online game ''

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''. He voiced Atlas in the ''

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'' anime series in 2003, as well as Chiro in the '' Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!'' in 2004. He is also referred to in the comic ''Teen Titans Go'' #26 as a stunt double named Craig Snipes. In 2012, he began working on

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's ''

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'' voicing Michelangelo. He also voiced Tu in ''

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''. Four of his roles have love interests who are voiced by Ashley Johnson (

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in ''Teen Titans'', Jinmay in ''Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!'',

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in ''Ben 10'' and Renet in ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles''). Cipes has made numerous appearances in television, in both commercials and television programs. He was one of seven friends in the MTV reality show '' Twentyfourseven''. Cipes made some guest appearances on '' One on One'' as Butter, one of Arnaz Ballard's band members. He guest starred on '' House M.D.'' in the episode ''Family'' as a cane salesman. He has made appearances in the television series ''

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'', in the season four episode "Ted Koppel's Big Night Out", and '' Deadwood''. Cipes has also guest starred in an episode of '' Ghost Whisperer'' in the episode "Love Still Won't Die". He appeared as a

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in the ''

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'' season six episode "The Body and the Bounty". He also played a man who camps out in Roseanne's yard in her series ''

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''. From 2009 to 2018, he appeared in a recurring role as Chuck, Mike Heck's freewheeling co-worker, in the

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television series, '' The Middle''. Cipes is the front man for the

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/ hip-hop band Cipes and the People. The band has developed a following in

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, and other parts of the

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and

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. Their first album, ''Conscious Revolution'', was released by High Valley Entertainment on September 18, 2007. The song "Rescue" on the band's 2007 debut release ''Conscious Revolution'' features teenage pop star

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. Cipes also works as a singer in clubs in

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. He has released music videos for the songs "Fade Away", "Free Me", and "Oh Why Oh Why (Greg Cipes and Jah Sun)". Cipes was the announcer for Cartoon Network from July to October 2008. In April 2017, he and Kevin Coulston created a new animated political parody impov series on Kickstarter, called ''A Fowl American''. The story takes place on

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, where humanity has been wiped out. Animals rule the land, but President Rump, a parody of the 45th United States President,

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, is determined to repeat history.

Personal life

Beginning when he was eight, Cipes has eaten a

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diet. In 2009, he became

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. He was raised a

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and identified as a " Christian Jew" in 2019, though previously he identified as irreligious in 2017, saying he was "free of mental slavery and hypocrisy" and joking to be a "believer in dog". Cipes is a survivor of

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Filmography

Voice-over roles

Animation

Film

Video games

Live-action roles

Film

Television

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cipes, Greg 1980 births Living people American male film actors American male television actors American male video game actors American male voice actors American surfers Male actors from Florida Messianic Jews

Early life

Career

Personal life

Filmography

Voice-over roles

Animation

Film

Video games

Live-action roles

Film

Television

See also

References

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