Keith Ferguson (born February 26, 1972) – A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information. is an American voice actor. He is known for his voice work as Bloo from ''

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'', Basch fon Ronsenburg from ''

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'', Marluxia from ''

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'', Lord Hater from ''

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'', Lord Saladin from ''

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'' and ''

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'' and

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from ''

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''. He also provides a number of sound-alike portrayals, including

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and

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on ''

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'' and

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in the ''

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'' franchise.

Career

After studying theatrical performance and creative writing at the University of the Pacific and

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, Ferguson worked behind the scenes in daytime television production while occasionally finding time to perform in local theatre productions and improvisation groups. Towards the end of his production career, he actively began his pursuit of a career in voice-over. In 1999, while working on what would turn out to be his last full-time position in television production, a voice-over agent named Pat Brady, after discovering Ferguson the week prior in a voice-over workshop in

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, and before even officially signing with him for representation, sent him out on what would be his first professional voice-over audition (a

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for

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in a 60-second radio spot satirizing ''

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'' for the former

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movie-rental franchise). He ended up booking the role from this first VO audition, after which he officially signed with Pat Brady who, through two talent agencies, would continue to represent him to this day. In 2000, he gained his first experience in animation voice-over alongside

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and

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having booked the role of Ray on a former, somewhat obscure CGI-animated web-series entitled ''Li'l Green Men'' featured on

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former website "Entertaindom." After the next 3 years while building up his voice-over repertoire with various roles in commercial spots, video games, animation and

voice-matching for various films, he would be cast in one of the first of his more notable roles being that of Bloo in ''

'' created by ''

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. This was accompanied by other notable performances such as General "Thunderbolt" Ross in the animated series '' The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes'', Friend Owl in the feature ''

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'', as well as his recurring portrayal as

and

in ''

'' along with the ''Star Wars'' parodies. He reprised his voice role as Han Solo in the 2014 film ''

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''. Amidst further various vocal appearances in animation, a few of which include credits on ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Codename: Kids Next Door'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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'', Ferguson also found a role in '' Cars Toons: Mater's Tall Tales'' subbing for

. Ferguson has also done voice work in video games; notable roles include Basch fon Ronsenburg in ''

'', Gabranth in ''

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'' and ''

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'' and Number XI

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member Marluxia in '' Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories''. Ferguson was also vocally featured as two differently styled race-announcers in two TV commercials for the sports beverage,

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; one featuring race-car driver

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with

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paying homage to his role in ''

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'', and the other a

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ad featuring

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as an unlikely victorious horse-race jockey.

Personal life

Ferguson's mother is a retired probate estate specialist whilst his father was a concert pianist who was one of

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's most popular piano men until his death in 1999.

Filmography

Film

Animation

Video games

References

External links

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