Guilherme Briggs

Guilherme Briggs

thumb|300px|right|Guilherme Briggs as Miss PiggyGuilherme Briggs (b. 1970) is a Brazilian voice actor, dubbing director, announcer and translator who has been heard in several Muppet/Creature Shop dubs, heard at one time or another as Sam the Eagle, Bubba the Rat and the Swedish Chef, among others. He also dubbed Valentine in the Jim Henson Company feature MirrorMask.

In 2011, he directed Brazilian/Portuguese dub of The Muppets, also voicing Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Sam the Eagle and Hobo Joe.

Guilherme Briggs began his voice-over career in 1991

and has become one of the most prolific Brazilian dubbers, often cast in heroic or comedic leading roles, particularly in animation.

His voice was heard as Superman in Lois & Clark, Justice League/Justice League Unlimited, and several direct-to-dvd features; Optimus Prime in three different Transformers animated series and the live-action movies; and Harrison Ford in the redubs of the respective

Guilherme Briggs at Delart Studios

original Indiana Jones and Star Wars trilogies. He regularly dubs Brendan Fraser, Denzel Washington , Owen Wilson, Jim Carrey , Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, as well as Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins, Julian McMahon in the Fantastic 4 movies and Nip/Tuck series, and Zachary Quinto as Spock in Star Trek. On TV, he dubbed Josh Holloway (Sawyer) on Lost and David Schwimmer (Ross) on Friends.

In animation, he voiced Buzz Lightyear in the Toy Story movies, Freakazoid, Cosmo in Fairly Oddparents, Dagget in Angry Beavers, Master Yoda in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Marvin the Martian and Pepe LePew in various Looney Tunes projects, Mickey Mouse in Mickey Mouse Club House, specials and shows, Samurai Jack,

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The voice of Optimus Prime (live actions) in Brazil

King Julien in Madagascar 1 and 2, Ramon in Happy Feet 1 and 2, Kronk in The Emperor´s New Groove (also in the TV Series) and The Kronk´s New Groove, Dimitri in Anastasia, Captain Hank Murphy in Sealab 2021, Otis in Barnyard, Nigel in Rio, Eduardo in Foster´s Mansion for Imaginary Friends, Spike Spiegel in Cowboy Bebop: The Movie, I. R. Baboon in I Am Weasel, Minions in Despicable Me, Him in The Powerpuff Girls, Yogi Bear in the live action film from Warner Bros, Tulio in The Road to El Dorado and Moses in The Prince of Egypt.

He´s one of the official announcers of brazilian´s Cartoon Network since 1994.

He directed many projects: Sin City, Mulan 2, The Ant Bully, The Monster House, Watchmen, Transformers 1, 2 and 3, Star Trek (2009), Robin Hood, Seven Pounds, Despicable Me, Hollywoodland, Barnyard, Surf´s Up, Open Season, G.I.Joe, Zathura, Iron Man 1 and 2, A Night at the Museum 1 and 2, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Cowboys and Aliens, Rio, Hop, Salt, The Wolfman, The Simpsons Movie, Tron Legacy, Avatar (James Cameron) and Mission Impossible 4: The Ghost Protocol.

He translated to portuguese the first 3 Star Wars episodes: The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith, the first animated series of Star Wars: The Clone Wars and many projects, trailers and promos for Disney and films; including Mulan 2 and the recent Cars 2.

Muppet/Creature Shop Dub Credits

• A Grande Farra Dos Muppets (The Great Muppet Caper)- The Swedish Chef
• Os Muppets na Ilha do Tesouro (Muppet Treasure Island) - Sam the Eagle / Samuel Arrow
• Babe - Ferdinand
• Muppets do Espaço - Bubba the Rat, Agent Barker
• The Muppets (2011) - Miss Piggy , Fozzie , Sam the Eagle , Hobo Joe .

External links

• Teatro de Bonecos (in Portuguese)
• Guilherme Briggs Official Facebook Fan Page (in Portuguese)
• Twitter (@teatrobonecos) (in Portuguese)