Piotr Michael

This article is about the actor. For other persons, see Peter Michael.
Piotr Michael
Born
Piotr Michael Walczuk

(1988-03-27) March 27, 1988 (age 36)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.[1]
EducationUniversity of California, Los Angeles
Occupation(s)Voice actor, comedian
Years active2003–present

Piotr Michael Walczuk (born March 27, 1988), known professionally as Piotr Michael, is an American voice actor and comedian. He is known for his role as Yoda in various Star Wars media, primarily the television series Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures (2023–present).[2]

Early life

Piotr Michael was born in Los Angeles, California, on March 27, 1988, to parents of Polish ancestry. He grew up in Cleveland, Ohio and lived in Taos, New Mexico and Hilo, Hawaii until graduating from high school.[1] He attended the University of California, Los Angeles, where studied acting, including improvisational comedy for The Groundlings.[1]

Career

In 2003, at the age of 15, Michael had his first voice acting role as a fictionalized version of then-US Senator Joe Biden on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, who became a recurring character.

In video games, he has voiced Spock in Star Trek: Resurgence,[3] Phineas Welles in The Outer Worlds,[4] Jason Hudson in Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War,[5] and the dual role of the Sentinel King and the Dark Lord in Doom Eternal.[6]

While with the Groundlings, Michael performed in the comedy show Desperately Seeking Sunday.[1]

In 2023, he voiced Yoda in the children's television series Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures,[7] and succeeded the late Gilbert Gottfried as the voice of Iago in the short film Once Upon a Studio to commemorate the centennial of The Walt Disney Company.[8] He also voiced Randall Boggs and Jumba Jookiba in Disney Speedstorm, replacing both the late David Ogden Stiers and Jess Winfield in the latter role.[9]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2014 29 Celebrity Impressions, 1 Original Song Christopher Lloyd, Steve Buscemi, Bob Dylan, Jeff Goldblum, Gilbert Gottfried, Ian McKellen, Ray Romano[10] YouTube video
2015 First Impressions Roger Short film
2016 Lego Dimensions: Find that Hero! Michael Knight[9] Short film
2016 Monster High: Great Scarrier Reef Father Lagoona, Additional Voices[9] Direct-to-video
2017 Too Loud Quincy Kibblesworth[9] Short film
2019 Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs Soldier A, Walla English version
2020 Superman: Man of Tomorrow Perry White[9] Direct-to-video
2020 Bill & Ted Face the Music Rufus[9]
2021 Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans Bellroc, Skrael[9]
2023 Taz: Quest for Burger Lou, Stan Direct-to-video[9]
2023 Babylon 5: The Road Home David Sheridan, Marcus Cole, Trudan[11][9] Direct-to-video
2023 Once Upon a Studio Iago[9] Short film
2024 No Time to Spy: A Loud House Movie Albert "Pop-Pop" Reynolds, Boat Henchman, Karaoke Patron[9] [12]
2024 The Wild Robot Broadfoot, Weasels [9]

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2012 Mad Harry Potter, Announcer, Concierge[9] Episode: "Potions 11"
2015 Pickle and Peanut Bill, Additional Voices[9] Episode: "Pickle Adopts a Family"
2015–2016 Wander Over Yonder Major Threat, Ms. Myrtle, Jeff, various voices[9] 5 episodes
2017 Milo Murphy's Law Additional voices[9] Episode: "Missing Milo"
2017 Justice League Action Perry White, Kalibak[9] 2 episodes
2017 Lady Dynamite Bert 5 episodes
2018–2019 The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle Fearless Leader, Alpha Bro, additional voices[9] 26 episodes
2018–2019 Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny Master Oogway, Wing, Wong, additional voices[9] Recurring cast
2018–2019 Family Guy Additional voices Recurring cast
2019 Big Mouth Siamese Twin[9] Episode: "My Furry Valentine"
2019–2021 Where's Waldo? Fritz, Arfolomew, Henri, Bucky[9] Recurring cast
2020 Wizards: Tales of Arcadia Bellroc (Male), Skrael[9] Recurring cast
2020 Animaniacs Castle Guard No. 2, Shipmate No. 1[9] Episode: "How to Brain Your Dragon"
2021 Love, Death & Robots Police Radio, Jharit[9] 2 episodes
2021–2024 Star Trek: Discovery Shuttle Computer Recurring cast
2021 WandaVision Strücker Watch Ad Narrator (uncredited)[9] Episode: "Don't Touch That Dial"
2021–2024 What If...? Dreykov, Additional Voices[9] Recurring cast
2021 Robot Chicken Yoda, Wuher[9] Episode: "May Cause Episode Title to Cut Off Due to Word Lim"
2022 Kid Cosmic Cosmobile, Doc Goomentarian[13] 2 episodes
2022–present The Loud House Albert "Pop-Pop" Reynolds Recurring cast
2022–2023 Beavis and Butt-Head Gilmore, Fire, additional voices[14] Recurring cast
2023–2024 Velma Deputy Greg, additional voices[9] Recurring cast
2023 Bugs Bunny Builders Prince Lionel Episode: "Castle Hassle"
2023–present Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures Yoda[9] Main cast
2024–present Grimsburg Paul Giamatti, Garfield, Various Recurring cast
2024 Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy Yoda [9]
2024 Secret Level Global Risk Sniper[9] Episode: "Crossfire: Good Conflict"
2024 Creature Commandos Exuberant Host, Prosecuting Attorney, Son of Themyscira 1[9] Episode: "Cheers to the Tin Man"

Video games

Year Title Role
2015 Final Fantasy Type-0 HD Concordian King[9]
2015 Lego Dimensions Michael Knight, Garthe Knight[9]
2016 Doom The Origin, Demonic Voice[9]
2018 Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Viktor Reznov, George Barkley, additional voices
2018 Spyro Reignited Trilogy Bob the Flagkeeper, Basho the Firefly, Pete the Mountain Goat[9]
2019 Kingdom Hearts III Sarge[9]
2019 Rage 2 Angus Groovy, additional voices[9]
2019 The Outer Worlds Phineas Welles[9]
2020 Doom Eternal UAC Scientists, King Novik, Dark Lord, Internal Voice[9]
2020 Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Jason Hudson[9]
2021 Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance Murdunn
2021 Psychonauts 2 Otto, Tooth Fairy, Hippo Pot, Propagandaneer[9]
2022 Evil Dead: The Game Lord Arthur[9]
2022 Diablo Immortal Additional voices
2022 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II Additional voices[9]
2023 Disney Speedstorm Randall Boggs, Jumba Jookiba[9]
2023 Star Trek: Resurgence Spock[9]
2023 Diablo IV Additional voices[9]
2023 Starfield Briggs[15]
2023 PAW Patrol World Mr. Porter
2023 Spider-Man 2 Additional voices[9]
2023 Hellboy Web of Wyrd Tsar Vodyanik[9]
2023 DreamWorks All-Star Kart Racing Lord Farquaad[9]
2023 Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 Clockwork[9]
2023 Asgard's Wrath 2 Viggo
2024 Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Mayor Zander[9]
2024 Batman: Arkham Shadow Sebastian[9]

Web series

Year Title Role Notes
2015 JonTron's StarCade George Lucas Episode: "The Star Wars Holiday Special (FINALE)"[16]
2019 Ollie & Scoops Principal J. Liquids Episode: "Student of the Month"
2021 Long Gone Gulch Squatch, Pinchley

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Piotr Michael Biography - The Groundlings".
  2. ^ "Voice actor Piotr Michael talks Yoda in "Young Jedi Adventures" on Coast Live". www.wtkr.com. WTKR News. May 4, 2023. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
  3. ^ Mejia, Ozzie (June 13, 2022). "Star Trek Resurgence's Spock isn't Leonard Nimoy, but he sounds darn close". www.shacknews.com. Shack News. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
  4. ^ Chandler, Sam (October 24, 2019). "The Outer Worlds voice actors and cast list". www.shacknews.com. Shack News. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
  5. ^ Hansen, John (November 14, 2020). "Who are the voice actors in Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War?". www.gamepur.com. Gamepur. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
  6. ^ White, Nelia-Sol (March 17, 2020). "Meet the Voice Actors of Doom Eternal's Voice Cast". www.twinfinite.net. Twin Finite. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
  7. ^ McPherson, Chris (April 10, 2023). "'Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures' Trailer: Master Yoda Introduces the Younglings". www.collider.com. Collider. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
  8. ^ Tilly, Chris (October 16, 2023). "Once Upon a Studio cast: All voice actors and characters in Disney 100th anniversary short". www.dexerto.com. Dexerto. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba "Piotr Michael (visual voice guide)". Behind the Voice Actors. Retrieved May 31, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  10. ^ Sneider, Jeff (July 9, 2014). "29 Celebrity Impressions Music Video Was a Hoax; Singer Reveals 'Making Of' Video". TheWrap. Retrieved July 9, 2024.
  11. ^ Couch, Aaron (May 10, 2023). "'Babylon 5: The Road Home' Voice Cast Unveiled (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved June 1, 2024.
  12. ^ Milligan, Mercedes (May 30, 2024). "Nickelodeon Sends 'The Loud House' Gang on Secret Mission for All-New Movie 'No Time to Spy'". www.animationmagazine.net. Animation Magazine. Retrieved June 2, 2024.
  13. ^ "Piotr Michael | Actor, Additional Crew, Writer". IMDb. Retrieved 2024-09-17.
  14. ^ Skerpan, Gabrielle (August 8, 2022). "Beavis & Butt-Head Cast Guide: Who Voices Each Character". www.screenrant.com. Screen Rant. Retrieved June 2, 2024.
  15. ^ Regmi, Aakash (February 27, 2024). "Starfield voice cast: All voice actors & characters". www.charlieintel.com. Charlie Intel. Retrieved June 2, 2024.
  16. ^ JonTronShow (2015-12-15). JonTron's StarCade: Episode 9 - The Star Wars Holiday Special (FINALE). Retrieved 2024-06-11 – via YouTube.