Dragon*Con 2012 Voice Actor Guests

This article is updated regularly as Dragon*Con announces new guests. Please scroll down for the most recent updates.

Dragon*Con has been promoted for years as “the largest multi-media/pop culture convention….in the universe,” and rightfully so. It’s like 40 (that’s FORTY) fan conventions in one. Literally. It’s a convention fan’s convention. And thousands make the trek to Atlanta, GA every Labor Day weekend for the geek festivities. For 2012, Dragon*Con takes place August 31 – September 3.

Dragon*Con’s Animation Track and Anime/Manga Track in previous years have included as many as 8 guest voice actor panelists — on the same panels, even. Other Fan Tracks include media guests which are more recognized for their live-action TV/film roles but have also voiced characters in animation. For 2012, there are more than a dozen voice actor guests known primarily for their work in animation. And for the first time in 2012, a Puppetry Track has been added, with Muppet performers Peter Linz and Leslie Carrara-Rudolph already announced as guests.

Below is a comprehensive listing of all voice acting-related guests announced for Dragon*Con 2012, and listed according to the most recent guest announcement. (Actual guests for the Animation Track are in ALL CAPS.)

– JACKSON PUBLICK (Venture Bros) [Added 8.06.2012]
– DOC HAMMER (Venture Bros) [Added 8.04.2012]
– JAMES URBANIAK (Venture Bros) [Added 8.04.2012]
– TARA STRONG (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic; Transformers Animated, Ben 10, Powerpuff Girls) [Added 7.31.2012]
– Heather Henson (Daughter of Jim Henson) [Added 7.22.2012]
– BOB CARTER (Anime/video game voice actor) [Added 7.18.2012]
– Stan Lee (Excelsior!) [Added 7.18.2012]
– CHRIS SABAT (Dragon Ball, Fullmetal Alchemist) [Added 7.17.2012]
– BRINA PALENCIA (Anime/video game voice actor) [Added 7.13.2012]
– Adam West (Family Guy, The Fairly Odd Parents) [Added 7.02.2012]
– Atlanta Radio Theatre Company *ARTC has performances scheduled throughout the weekend. [Added 6.30.2012]
– AMBER NASH (Archer, Frisky Dingo) [Added 6.26.2012]
– ROB PAUSLEN (Animaniacs, Pinky & The Brain, TMNT) [Added 6.19.2012]
– Robert Picardo (Justice League, Call of Duty, Black Ops, The Pagemaster) [Added 6.01.2012]
– LeVar Burton (Captain Planet, Gargoyles) [Added 5.22.2012]
– Felicia Day (Guild Wars, Annoying Orange) [Added 5.22.2012]
– John Patrick Lowrie (Video game voice actor) [Added 5.03.2012]
– Ellen McLain (voice of GLaDOS in Portal game franchise) [Added 5.03.2012]
– Leslie Carrara-Rudolph (Sesame Street, Muppets Tonight) [Added 4.25.2012]
– RIKKI SIMONS (Invader ZIM) [Added 4.17.2012]
– James Marsters (Super Hero Squad Show, Superman/Doomsday) [Added 4.15.2012]
– John Rhys-Davies (SpongeBob SquarePants, Gargoyles, Pirates of Dark Water) [Added 4.12.2012]
– RICHARD HORVITZ (Invader ZIM, Angry Beavers) [Added 3.28.2012]
– Adam Baldwin (Transformers Prime, Justice League, Jackie Chan Adventures) [Added 3.21.2012]
– Peter Linz, Muppeteer (performed Walter in The Muppets movie) [Added 3.16.2012]
– Raphael Sbarge (Mass Effect, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic) [Added 3.12.2012]
– Ed Asner (Freakazoid, Up, Boondocks) [Added 3.02.2012]

– KATHY NAJIMY (King of the Hill) [Added 2.01.2012]
– Nichelle Nichols (Gargoyles, Spider-Man) [Added 1.19.2012]
– Patrick Stewart (American Dad, Family Guy, Chicken Little) [Added 12.12.2011] CANCELED
– Cary Elwes (The Adventures of Tintin, A Christmas Carol, The Cat Returns) [Added 12.06.2011] CANCELED
– BILLY WEST (Futurama, Ren & Stimpy) [Added 12.01.2012]
– GARRY CHALK (Beast Wars/Beast Machines Transformers, Voltron Force, ReBoot). [Added 11.29.2011
– GEORGE LOWE, voice of Space Ghost Coast-to-Coast (and a Dragon*Con favorite). [Added 9.27.2011]

Additionally, two voice cast members from Disney’s animated fan favorite Gargoyles — Jonathan Frakes and Michael Dorn — will be attending the convention. Although primarily recognized for their roles on Star Trek: The Next Generation TV series and films, both Frakes and Dorn have provided voiceovers for a number of other productions, and Dorn in particular has been prolific in animation and video games (StarCraft II, Fallout: New Vegas, Mass Effect 2, Justice League, Duck Dodgers, I M Weasel).

And popular Dragon*ConTV puppet stars Bob & Carl: The Sci-Fi Janitors will be hosting live events throughout the weekend on the Puppetry Track as well.

Voice Actors in the News Publisher Craig Crumpton has served as moderator for Dragon*Con’s voice actor panels since 2010 and will do so again for 2012. In 2011, Craig gave away a Star Wars: Clone Wars helmet (autographed by Tom Kane and Ashley Eckstein) at one of the panels, and plans to give away three whole boxes of swag (including autographed items) from his own geek collection during the weekend.

Previous Dragon*Con voice actor guests include Tom Kenny, Tom Kane, Ashley Eckstein, Richard Epcar, Bob Bergen, Dana Snyder, Carey Means, C. Martin Croker, Kyle Hebert, Mike McFarland, Jackson Public, Doc Hammer, James Urbaniak, Neil Kaplan, Phil LaMarr, John DiMaggio, Billy West, and more than a dozen cast members from Adult Swim’s Squidbillies.

For more details on the convention and to pre-register early, visit http://dragoncon.org/.

Image courtesy of Garry Chalk’s official Facebook page.

Thanks to Candice of the Garry Chalk Fan Group for the heads up that Dragon*Con had added Billy West (Futurama, Ren & Stimpy) to their guest line-up.