- Born
- Birth nameJohn William DiMaggio
- Height1.92 m
- John DiMaggio is an American actor, voice actor, comedian, and producer from Plainfield, New Jersey. He is best known for voicing Bender on Futurama, Jake the Dog on Adventure Time, King Zøg on Disenchantment, The Joker from Batman: Under the Red Hood and Jerry Jumbeaux Jr from Zootopia. He can also be seen in Better Call Saul, Mythic Quest, The Newsroom, Modern Family, The League, Historical Roasts on Netflix and The Little Fockers. John had his own comedy show on MTV named after his comedy duo called Red Johnny and the Round Guy, and did stand up at home and abroad in the 1990s, with the likes of Dave Chapelle, Jeff Ross, Dave Attell, Greer Barnes and Dane Cook. He has been married to actress Kate Miller since 2014. He resides in both New York and Los Angeles.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Himself
- SpouseKate Miller(October 22, 2014 - present)
- New Jersey Accent
- Husky voice
- The voice of Bender from ''Futurama''
- His inspiration for Bender wasSlim Pickensfrom "Blazing Saddles" and his friend from college, who would do improvisations of an old man who liked sausage.
- Not related toJoe DiMaggio.
- Is a very talented beatboxer, as seen by some of his work on Futurama.
- Is the only one of two actors to play the same fictional character (Bender Bending Rodriguez) on bothThe Simpsons (1989)andFuturama (1999)the other isNancy Cartwrightwho played Bart in both, although several people (includingConan O'Brien,Leonard Nimoy,Nichelle Nichols,Stephen HawkingandDick Clark) have played themselves on both series.
- Married to actress Kate Miller 10/2014.
- As long as I'm working, I'm happy. You see my face - great. You don't see my face - too bad, I don't care. I'll keep going.
- As a standup comedian, you have to develop a sense of fearlessness. It's really important for your livelihood and your well-being. And if you don't do that, you're going to fail; you're never going to be able to stand up on the cliff and jump off.
- Any good production team is going to allow an actor to breathe life into the characters - that's why they hired that woman, that man, whatever the case.
- Any voice where you've got to scream over a battle or whatever, that's always difficult. It's harder than it seems.
- I don't like it when celebrities get voice work. But then again, if I was the producer, I wouldn't want a bunch of no-names doing my show and have to worry about word-of-mouth. I see both sides of the story.
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