American actor
Dave Willis
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![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Dave_Willis_%2853471644172%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Dave_Willis_%2853471644172%29_%28cropped%29.jpg) Willis at Animate! Raleigh in 2024
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Born
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1970-05-01
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May 1, 1970
(age 54)
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Alma mater
| Wake Forest University
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Occupation(s)
| Voice actor, writer, producer, director, musician
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Years active
| 1995?present
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Known for
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Spouse
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Lisa Willis
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m.
2001)
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Children
| 2
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Dave Willis
(born May 1, 1970) is an American voice actor, writer, animator, producer and musician. He is best known as the co-creator of the
Adult Swim
animated series
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
,
Squidbillies
, and
Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell
.
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Willis also voices the main characters
Meatwad
and
Carl Brutananadilewski
, along with other characters in
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
. He is also known for voicing Barry Dylan in the
FX
/
FXX
series
Archer
and Leto Otel in
Ballmastrz: 9009
.
Career
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Willis has worked on various
Adult Swim
shows that are created primarily by
Williams Street
, an animation-centered,
Atlanta
-based production division of
Cartoon Network
.
Willis got hired at Ghost Planet Industries after giving the producers a very formal letter of recommendation written in crayon, seemingly by a young child. They liked his sense of humor and hired Willis as a writer for
Cartoon Planet
in 1995 and then as a writer for
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
(
SGC2C
for short) soon after. In early 2000, he helped write and produce the two
Brak Presents the Brak Show Starring Brak
specials.
Willis was working on
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
where he first met
Matt Maiellaro
, with whom Willis would later create many independent short films and eventually create the popular Adult Swim cartoon
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
.
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
first premiered unannounced in the early hours of December 30, 2000 and later officially debuted on Adult Swim in the Fall of 2001. In 2005, he co-created the show
Squidbillies
. His works mostly fall into the genre of
surreal humour
.
In 2010, Willis created
Cheyenne Cinnamon and the Fantabulous Unicorn of Sugar Town Candy Fudge
, a new television pilot for Adult Swim. The pilot aired on March 29, 2010, and was not picked up for a full series. In 2010, Willis co-wrote "
New Kidney in Town
", an episode of
Family Guy
.
Personal life
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Willis was born in
Wichita Falls, Texas
, and was raised mostly in
Conyers, Georgia
. He graduated from
Wake Forest University
and was station manager at Wake Radio. He resides in Atlanta with his wife and two children, Max and Sadie.
Filmography
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Film
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Television
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Year
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Title
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Role
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Notes
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1995?1996
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Cartoon Planet
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n/a
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Writer
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1996?2003
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Space Ghost Coast to Coast
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Master Shake
,
Meatwad
, Various voices
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Also writer
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2000?present
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Aqua Teen Hunger Force
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Meatwad
,
Carl Brutananadilewski
,
Ignignokt
, Boxy Brown, various others (voices)
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Co-creator, director, writer and producer
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2001?2003
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Sealab 2021
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Bizarro Dr. Quinn, Big Brain, Dolphin Boy Twins (voices)
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Also writer
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2002?2003
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The Brak Show
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George Martinez, Meatwad (voices)
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3 episodes
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2004
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Anime Talk Show
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Meatwad (voice)
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Also writer
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2004?2014
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Perfect Hair Forever
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Coiffio, additional (voices)
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9 episodes
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2004
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Spacecataz
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Ignignokt (voice)
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Also writer
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2005
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12 oz. Mouse
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Rhoda (voice)
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7 episodes
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2005?2021
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Squidbillies
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Narrator, Deputy Denny, Glenn, 8-bit Pharaoh (voices)
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Co-creator, director, writer, and producer
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2006
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Minoriteam
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Additional (voices)
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Episode: "Le Black Coq"
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2006
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Frisky Dingo
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Episode: "Flowers for Nearl"
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2010
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Cheyenne Cinnamon
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n/a
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Co-creator, director, writer, and executive producer
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2010?2023
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Archer
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Barry Dylan (voice)
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25 episodes; main season 8, recurring seasons 2, 10, guest seasons 1, 6?7, 11?12
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2011
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Family Guy
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n/a
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Writer: "
New Kidney in Town
"
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2011
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Soul Quest Overdrive
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n/a
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Co-creator, director, writer, and executive producer
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2013?2019
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Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell
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Krampus
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Co-creator, director, writer, and executive producer
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2014?2015
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Turbo FAST
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Marty (voice)
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2 episodes
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2014?2021
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Talking Tom and Friends
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The Landlord (voice)
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10 episodes
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2016
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Atlanta
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Cop
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Episode: "
B.A.N.
"
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2016?2017
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Steven Universe
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Andy DeMayo (voice)
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2 episodes
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2017
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Welcome to the Wayne
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George the Doorman, Pracky, Reau-Bots (voices)
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4 episodes
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2018?2020; 2023
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Ballmastrz: 9009
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Leto Otel (voice)
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21 episodes
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2020
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Lusty Crest
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Demonic Voice
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