Kellen Alexander Goff (born February 3, 1995) is an American voice actor. He is most well known for his work in the video game franchise Five Nights at Freddy's, alongside his roles in

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, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind, Akudama Drive,

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, and

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Career

He began training in animation voiceover with

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, as Bergen's youngest student at the time and the first minor to take his course. From there he went on to be taught by such names as

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, Charlie Adler,

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. Goff provided his voice for a number of online animation and video game projects, slowly moving to more mainstream media as the years went on. In the fall of 2016, Goff joined the cast of ''Five Nights at Freddy's'' as the titular role of Funtime Freddy and Fredbear. He has also cast ADR for multiple films, such as ''

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'', ''Traces'', and ''Near Extinction: Shangri-La''. At a ''

'' panel at

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, Goff stated that he used his

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to develop Overhaul's husky voice.

Personal life

Goff is autistic. He has stated that he is of Ashkenazi Jewish descent on both sides of his family. He declared himself

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in 2017 and as

bisexual Bisexuality is a romantic or sexual attraction or behavior toward both males and females, or to more than one gender. It may also be defined to include romantic or sexual attraction to people regardless of their sex or gender identity, whi ...

in 2021.

Filmography

Animation

Film

Video games

Web series

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Goff, Kellen 1995 births Living people American male video game actors American male voice actors Actors from Torrance, California 21st-century American male actors Male actors from California People on the autism spectrum Jewish American male actors American Ashkenazi Jews LGBT Jews LGBT people from California Bisexual male actors 21st-century American Jews American bisexual actors