West, Billy
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Birthname | William Richard Werstine | ||||
born on | 16 April 1952 at 08:00 (= 08:00 AM ) | ||||
Place | Detroit, Michigan, 42n20, 83w03 | ||||
Timezone | EST h5w (is standard time) | ||||
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photo: Gage Skidmore, license cc-by-sa-3.0
Biography
American voice actor, comedian, impressionist, musician, and former radio personality. His voice roles include Bugs Bunny in the 1996 film Space Jam and several subsequent projects, the title characters of Doug and The Ren & Stimpy Show, as well as the Futurama characters Philip J. Fry, Professor Farnsworth, Dr. Zoidberg, and Zapp Brannigan. In commercials, he is the current voice of the Red M&M and formerly voiced Buzz for Honey Nut Cheerios. West also voices other established characters such as Elmer Fudd, Popeye, Shaggy Rogers, Skeets, Tom, Muttley, and Woody Woodpecker. He was a cast member on The Howard Stern Show, during which time he was noted for his impressions of Larry Fine, Marge Schott, George Takei, and Jackie Martling.
West was previously married to Violet Benny, but they later divorced. He is of Irish descent, and was born with ADHD and autism.
Relationships
- associate relationship with Harry, Debbie (born 1 July 1945). Notes: Music collaborators
- associate relationship with Reed, Lou (born 2 March 1942). Notes: Music collaborators
- associate relationship with Stern, Howard (born 12 January 1954)
- associate relationship with Wilson, Brian (born 20 June 1942). Notes: Music collaborators
- role played of/by Blanc, Mel (born 30 May 1908). Notes: West impersonated Blanc's voice
- role played of/by Love, Mike (born 15 March 1941). Notes: West impersonated Love's voice
- role played of/by Takei, George (born 20 April 1937). Notes: West impersonated Takei's voice
Source Notes
Sy Scholfield quotes West on Twitter: "Also my birthday April 16th" [1], "That was 52 years ago. So if I’m 69 she’s 82. Omg…" (posted 11 August 2021) [2], "8:00 AM" (when asked "do you know what clock time you were born?") [3], "I was born in Detroit" [4], [5], [6].
Categories
- Traits : Body : Race (Irish)
- Diagnoses : Psychological : ADHD
- Diagnoses : Psychological : Other Psychological (Autism)
- Vocation : Business/Marketing : Advertising (Voice actor)
- Vocation : Entertainment : Comedy
- Vocation : Entertainment : Radio/ D.J./ Announcer
- Vocation : Entertainment : Voice-Over
- Vocation : Entertainment : Voice-Over
- Vocation : Entertain/Music : Group/ Duo (Billy West and The Grief Counselors)
- Vocation : Entertain/Music : Instrumentalist (Guitar)
- Vocation : Entertain/Music : Song writer
- Vocation : Entertain/Music : Vocalist/ Pop, Rock, etc. (Rock, blues)
- 1952 births
- Birthday 16 April
- Birthplace Detroit, MI (US)
- Sun 26 Aries
- Moon 15 Capricorn
- Asc 9 Gemini
- Traits : Body : Race
- Diagnoses : Psychological : ADHD
- Diagnoses : Psychological : Other Psychological
- Vocation : Business/Marketing : Advertising
- Vocation : Entertainment : Comedy
- Vocation : Entertainment : Radio/ D.J./ Announcer
- Vocation : Entertainment : Voice-Over
- Vocation : Entertain/Music : Group/ Duo
- Vocation : Entertain/Music : Instrumentalist
- Vocation : Entertain/Music : Song writer
- Vocation : Entertain/Music : Vocalist/ Pop, Rock, etc.