(lights flicker)
(click)
(screeching)
(clumsy music)
(screeching)
(growling)
- Those were big dinosaurs.
- [Producer] That was a very big dinosaur.
(happy music)
- Hey I'm Dee Bra-
(mumbling)
(squeaking)
Take two.
(claps)
Hey, I am Dee Bradley Baker.
I'm a voice actor,
whose known for doing creatures,
(munching)
monsters,
(growling)
and animal sounds in a lot of Hollywood projects.
(squeaking sounds)
My first break probably in voice acting
would be a Nickelodeon game show called
"Legends of the Hidden Temple."
- "Legends of the Hidden Temple,"
with your guide Kirk Fogg.
- I got to do lots of different voices
as this big rock God Olmec.
I moved his mouth and spoke.
- It's my temple.
- That was kind of my first gig
where it became clear to me
that I think I wanna do something like this.
(click)
- How about some birds?
Let's see, turkey?
(gobbling)
(cricket chirping)
(snorting)
(buzzing)
- When I close off my nose
it gives a resonance to it
that makes it feel bigger.
For instance,
(growling)
like that.
Or,
(loud growling)
it's almost like closing off valves
on a wind instrument, is how I think of it.
All right, we can wrap it up.
(laughs)
I work on all kinds of different fun shows.
Some of my notable characters might be,
Klaus on American Dad,
- Hello, Francine, I'm ready
for my fish feeding now.
- I was Daffy Duck in Space Jam.
All right bub, oy,
let's make fun of the duck.
- Perry the Platypus in Phineas and Ferb.
(growling)
A lot of characters in SpongeBob.
- Squilliam Fancyson and-
- Perch Perkins Action News.
- And maybe a cop fish.
There's a fly.
(buzzing)
(blows raspberry)
(buzzing)
Help me.
I'll get you my pretty.
Where was I?
(laughs)
(claps)
(camera shuttering)
That's a dead fly.
See, if there's anybody else
that's alive in here.
Now, I'm really into taking pictures of
bugs and small critters.
It's a little ant line,
I think it's eating like aphids off there.
Bugs are like alien robots,
there just, their amazing.
And they have such power
and such intelligence
and such beauty in their design.
And all of these things
I find useful to have within me
for when I'm creating vocal creations.
Here, look at that ant.
Isn't that beautiful?
(light music playing)
Watching biology documentaries,
(growling)
the Nature series, Planet Earth series.
I mean those give me all kinds of
specific ideas in terms of sounds.
(weird noises)
- Okay, ready?
- Ten year old Dee would be impressed
that middle aged Dee is doing
creatures and monster sounds
because I loved animals and creatures
and it looked like a lot of fun.
- What do you mean?
- I wanted to put things out into the world
that make the world better
and show how interesting and good it is.
(light piano music)