User blog:ARTaylor/John DiMaggio Turns 50

Today marks the fiftieth birthday of John DiMaggio. He was born on this day in 1968 in North Plainfield, New Jersey. The actor has had a long prolific life as in the field of animation and video games. Most notably, he is the voice of Bender, the alcoholic robot, on the animated Futurama series. Gamers would most know him as the voice of Marcus Fenix in the Gears of War franchise. He has leant his voice to theatrical films like Walt Disney Animation Studios's Bolt and Zootopia and the Transformers films. He has occasionally appeared on screen himself like playing real life businessman Steve Ballmer in Pirates of Silicon Valley, My Name is Earl, and Modern Family. He also produced the documentary I Know That Voice about the field of voice acting.

Marvel fans would know him as the voice of Sandman and Hammerhead on The Spectacular Spider-Man; Dum Dum Dugan and Eitri on The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes; Galactus, Grizzly, Wrecker, and Obnoxio on Ultimate Spider-Man, Avengers Assemble, and Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H.; Lunatik on Guardians of the Galaxy; as well as Jackal and his clone on Spider-Man.