Paul Kevin Rugg (born October 21, 1960) is an American screenwriter, producer, voice actor, and puppeteer.

Biography

Rugg has worked extensively in the field of animation. His list of credits include writing for, co-producing, and playing the voices of several cartoon characters, first being credited as "Mr. Director" (a

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-esque character) from '' Steven Spielberg Presents Animaniacs''. Afterwards, he voiced the title character in '' Steven Spielberg Presents Freakazoid'' and the '' Histeria'' portrayal of

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, as well as the main recurring villain, the Dark Lord Chuckles The Silly Piggy in the Disney series '' Dave the Barbarian''. Recently, he has provided the voice of Gweelok for

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's ''

Secret Mountain Fort Awesome ''Secret Mountain Fort Awesome'' is an American animated television series created by Peter Browngardt for Cartoon Network that debuted in 2011. The show revolves around a fraternity of five monsters who unleash wild stunts upon the public from ...

''. 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 ''

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. He also played the voice of Principal Rotwood in the

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Original series ''

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''. Rugg was once—along with

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and John P. McCann (his co-producer on ''

Freakazoid ''Freakazoid!'' is an American superhero comedy animated television series created by Bruce Timm and Paul Dini and developed by Tom Ruegger for the Kids' WB programming block of The WB. The series chronicles the adventures of the title cha ...

'')—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. Television Animation team headed up by Jean MacCurdy and Tom Ruegger and was a key contributor to their various series in the 1990s. Rugg recently moderated a panel about some of the classic series produced during this time at Comic-Con in 2008. (Participants included

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, Jean MacCurdy, John P. McCann, and Andrea Romano). Paul Rugg later worked with Brian Henson when he took up

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work for ''

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'' and other projects of

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

Television

* '' American Dragon: Jake Long'' – Professor Rotwood * ''

Animaniacs ''Animaniacs'' is an American animated comedy musical television series created by Tom Ruegger for Fox Broadcasting Company's Fox Kids block in 1993, before moving to The WB in 1995, as part of its Kids' WB afternoon programming block, until ...

'' – Mr. Director, Mr. Clown, Additional Voices * ''

Buzz Lightyear of Star Command ''Buzz Lightyear of Star Command'' is an American animated science fiction action-adventure comedy television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation and co-produced by Pixar Animation Studios. It serves as a spin-off of the ''Toy Sto ...

'' – Cosmo, Ed the

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* ''

Cleopatra in Space ''Cleopatra in Space'' is an American children's graphic novel series drawn and written since 2014 by Mike Maihack, and published by Graphix, a division of Scholastic. The premise of the series is that a teenaged Queen Cleopatra is brought t ...

'' – Dr. Queed * '' Disney's One Saturday Morning'' – Manny the Uncanny, Alistair Flyndiggery and Vanessa * '' Dave the Barbarian'' – The Dark Lord Chuckles the Silly Piggy * '' DreamWorks Dragons'' – Savage * '' Earth to Ned'' - Ned * ''

'' – Freakazoid, Paul Harvey * '' Histeria'' –

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, Merriwether Lewis, Montezuma, Qinshihuangdi,

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* '' Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness'' – Master Yao * ''

OK KO! Let's Be Heroes ''OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes'' is an American animated television series created by Ian Jones-Quartey for Cartoon Network. The show is based on Jones-Quartey's pilot ''Lakewood Plaza Turbo'', which was released as part of Cartoon Network's 2013 Su ...

'' – President of the Universe, Cantalop * ''

Pig Goat Banana Cricket ''Pig Goat Banana Cricket'' (also abbreviated as ''PGBC'') is an American animated television series created by Dave Cooper and Johnny Ryan for Nickelodeon. The show follows the interwoven adventures of the titular quartet. It premiered on July ...

'' – Cricket * ''

Pinky and the Brain ''Pinky and the Brain'' is an American animated television series that was created by Tom Ruegger that premiered on Kids' WB on September 9, 1995. It was the first animated television series to be presented in Dolby Surround and the fourth col ...

'' – Sultana Sultana * '' Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated'' – Dr. Luis de Potrillo * ''

'' – Gweelok * ''

The Fairly OddParents ''The Fairly OddParents'' is an American animated television series created by Butch Hartman for Nickelodeon. The series follows the adventures of Timmy Turner, a 10-year-old boy with two fairy godparents named Cosmo and Wanda who grant him ...

'' –

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(ep. "Man's Worst Friend") * '' Teen Titans Go!'' – Freakazoid * '' The 7D'' – Lord Starchbottom * ''

The Adventures of Puss in Boots ''The Adventures of Puss in Boots'' is an American computer-animated streaming television series. It stars the character Puss in Boots from DreamWorks Animation's ''Shrek'' franchise and its 2011 spin-off film, voiced by Eric Bauza. The seri ...

'' – Artephius * '' The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants'' − Vert Ladderfeller III / Altitooth / Bivouac Ladderfeller * ''

Toonsylvania ''Toonsylvania'' is an American animated television series, which ran for two seasons in 1998 on the Fox Kids Network block (usually placed in a block called "The No Yell Motel" that contained other scary kids' shows such as ''Goosebumps'' and '' ...

'' – Seth Tuber's Mother, Reporter * '' The Cartoonstitute'' – Bacculas (ep. Meddlen Meddows) * '' My Science Fiction Project'' – Chancellor Maniac * ''

We Bare Bears ''We Bare Bears'' is an American animated sitcom created by Daniel Chong for Cartoon Network. The show follows three bear brothers, Grizzly, Panda, and Ice Bear, and their awkward attempts at integrating with the human world in the San Francisc ...

'' – Mr. Howard

Film

* ''

The Ant Bully ''The Ant Bully'' () is a 1999 children's book drawn and written by John Nickle. It is about a young boy named Lucas Nickle (also known as Peanut the Destroyer), who is the title character in the book and who likes to torment ants. It was late ...

'' – Ant #5 * ''

The Country Bears ''The Country Bears'' is a 2002 American musical road comedy film directed by Peter Hastings, produced by Walt Disney Pictures, and based on the Disney theme park attraction ''Country Bear Jamboree''. The film stars Christopher Walken, Daryl Mitc ...

'' – TV Reporter * ''

Wakko's Wish ''Wakko's Wish'' (originally titled as ''Wakko's Wakko Wish'') is a 1999 American animated musical comedy-adventure fantasy film based on the 1993–98 animated series ''Animaniacs'', serving as the series finale until the announcement of the ...

'' – Mr. Director * ''

Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright ''Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright'' is a 2013 direct-to-DVD animated musical comedy horror film, and the twenty-first entry in the direct-to-video series of ''Scooby-Doo'' films. It was released on August 20, 2013, by Warner Premiere, the last film to be ...

'' – 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 ''Nostalgia Critic'' is an American review comedy web series created, directed by and starring web comedian Douglas "Doug" Walker. The series initially launched on YouTube on July 3, 2007, before moving to Walker's own site, That Guy with th ...

'' – Himself

Crew work

* ''

'' – Story Editor, Writer * ''

'' – Writer * ''

The Penguins of Madagascar ''The Penguins of Madagascar'' is an American computer-animated television series co-produced by DreamWorks Animation and Nickelodeon. It stars nine characters from DreamWorks' animated film ''Madagascar'': the penguins Skipper ( Tom McGrath), ...

'' – Writer * '' Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness'' – Writer * '' Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures'' – 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 ''Tiny Toon Adventures'' is an American animated comedy television series that was broadcast from September 14, 1990, to December 6, 1992. It was the first collaborative effort of Steven Spielberg's Amblin Television and Warner Bros. Animation a ...

'' – Writer * ''

'' – Creative Consultant * '' The 7D'' – Writer

External links

Paul Rugg's blog

Sam Plenty
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