Eric Bauza

Eric Bauza (birthname: Eric Adrian Bauza) is a coveted Canadian-born voice actor for animation filmmakers, capable of various characters from Woody Woodpecker and Aquaman to Daffy Duck and Porky Pig. Bauza’s first significant feature animation voice work was in the jukebox animated/live-action musical, Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2009), directed by Betty Thomas and featuring Zachary Levi, David Cross, Jason Lee, Justin Long, Christina Applegate, Anna Faris and Amy Poehler, and grossing a knockout $443 million (against $70 million costs) for 20^th Century Fox.

Bauza joined the voice cast of the French/Belgian/Dutch/Swiss animated feature, Une vie de chat/A Cat in Paris (2012), co-directed by Jean-Loup Felicioli and screenwriter Alain Gagnol, with the voices of Dominique Banc, Bernadette Lafont, Jean Benguigui and Bruno Salomone, and nominated for the Best Animated Feature Oscar. Bauza’s second voice role in a 20^th Century Fox Animation-backed movie was in director/co-writer Jorge B. Gutierrez’s The Book of Life (2014), starring Diego Luna, Zoe Saldana, Channing Tatum, Ice Cube, Ron Perlman, Kate del Castillo, Christina Applegate, Hector Elizondo, Danny Trejo, Cheech Marin and Miguel Sandoval, earning $100 million for distributor 20^th Century Fox.

Bauza was a member of the voice cast for the English dub of director/co-writer Hiromasa Yonebayashi’s Toho-produced animated drama, When Marnie Was There (2015), with the voices of Hailee Steinfeld, Kiernan Shipka, Catherine O’Hara, Vanessa Williams, Geena Davis, John C. Reilly, Ellen Burstyn and Kathy Bates,  released in North America by GKIDS and grossing a global return of $36 million. Bauza voiced roles in the U.S. version of Paramount/Nickelodeon hit ($325-million-grossing) SpongeBob SquarePants sequel, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015), with the voices of Antonio Banderas, Tom Kenny, Clancy Brown, Mr. Lawrence, and Bill Fagerbakke, under co-writer/co-producer Paul Tibbitt’s direction.

Bauza was the voice of both Aquaman and the assistant to Marvel Comics creator Stan Lee in Teen Titans Go! To the Movies (2018), the theatrical feature spinoff of the Cartoon Network/Warner Animation/DC Entertainment series, Teen Titans Go!, with voice actors Greg Cipes, Scott Manville, Khairy Payton, Tara Strong, and Kristen Bell under the co-direction of co-producer Peter Rida Mitchell and co-writer/co-producer Aaron Horvath, and which earned $52 million for distributor Warner Bros.

Bauza voiced Diddy Kong (plus other voices) in the hit ($1.36 billion-grossing) Universal/Illumination/Nintendo animated feature reboot of creator Shigeru Miyamoto’s Nintendo video game, The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023), with Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Day, Jack Black, Keegan-Michael Key, Seth Rogen and Fred Armisen under Horvath’s and Michael Jelenic’s co-direction.

Bauza landed his first lead role when he voiced the iconic Looney Tunes characters Daffy Duck and Porky Pig in The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie (2024), directed by Peter Browngardt, with the voices of Candi Milo, Peter MacNicol, Fred Tatasciore, Laraine Newman and Wayne Knight, and which premiered at the Annecy Film Festival and released wide by Ketchup Entertainment.