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JP Karliak
Karliak at the 2024 WonderCon
Born	John Paul Karliak
Occupations	Actor comedian
Years active	2007–present
Known for	Morph in X-Men '97 Wile E. Coyote in New Looney Tunes
Spouse	Scott Barnhardt (m. 2022)

John Paul Karliak is an American actor and comedian known for his voice-over roles as Morph in X-Men '97 and Wile E. Coyote in New Looney Tunes.

Early life

He graduated with a bachelor's degree in theatre from University of Southern California.

Career

He took a voice over class taught by Bob Bergen. In 2008, Karliak made his voice-acting debut in the video game Tom Clancy's EndWar as an unnamed character and others. Karliak also appears physically on-screen in live-action television series, such as Ringer and Real Husbands of Hollywood.

In 2014, he voiced Wolfgang in the video game Skylanders: Trap Team, a role he would reprise in Skylanders: SuperChargers and Skylanders: Imaginators in 2015 and 2016, respectively. In 2015, he voiced Wile E. Coyote in the Cartoon Network/Warner Bros. Pictures animated television series New Looney Tunes until its cancellation in 2020. In 2016, he provided the voice of Reese in the animated feature film Batman: The Killing Joke, featuring Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill. In 2017, he voiced Willy Wonka in the Tom and Jerry direct-to-video animated film Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.

Starting from 2018, he voices the Boss Baby in The Boss Baby: Back in Business, a Netflix television series based on Marla Frazee's book The Boss Baby and Tom McGrath's 2017 animated film of the same name. He then proceeded to reprise his role in the sequel series The Boss Baby: Back in the Crib, which had aired on May 19, 2022.

In the 2020 video game Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time, he provided the voice of Doctor Nefarious Tropy.

In 2021, he provided the English voice of S566 in the Netflix animated television series Eden, and provided the voice of Green Goblin in the Disney Junior animated television series Spidey and His Amazing Friends.

In February 2023, Karliak guest voiced Babwa Venomor, a Trandoshan mercenary leader, who works for the Empire, in Star Wars: The Bad Batch.

Personal life

Karliak is genderqueer. In July 2022, Karliak married his boyfriend Scott Barnhardt.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

References

1. ^ Leader, Times (October 8, 2015). "Dunmore native J.P. Karliak voices Wile E. Coyote in Looney Tunes reboot on Cartoon Network". Times Leader.
2. "Dunmore native J.P. Karliak voices Wile E. Coyote in Looney Tunes reboot on Cartoon Network". Times Leader. October 8, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2021.
3. Goddard, Hunter (October 19, 2020). "Joke's On Us — A Review of 'Batman: The Killing Joke'". duclarion.com. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
4. "Tom and Jerry join Willy Wonka in Latest Warner Bros Home Video Original Release". criticalblast.com. June 26, 2017. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
5. Moore, Kasey (August 18, 2020). "'The Boss Baby' Interactive Special Coming to Netflix in September 2020". whatsonnetflix.com. What's on Netflix?. Retrieved July 20, 2021.
6. ^ Alexander, Cristina (October 6, 2020). "Meet the Voice Actors of Crash 4's Voice Cast". twinfinite.com. TwinFinite. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
7. Pineda, Rafael Antonio (May 13, 2021). "Netflix's Eden Anime Reveals English Dub Cast". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 20, 2021.
8. Avalos, Regina (August 19, 2021). "Marvel's Spidey and His Amazing Friends: Season Two; Disney Junior Renews Animated Series". tvseriesfinale.com. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
9. Karliak, JP (February 1, 2023). "Squeee! I'm Commander Venomor on today's episode of The Bad Batch! As someone who has been obsessed with Clone Wars, Rebels, and The Bad Batch since the beginning, getting to voice a character in this canon is unreal" (Tweet). Archived from the original on March 15, 2023. Retrieved March 15, 2023 – via Twitter.
10. Conlin, Dan (March 26, 2024). "X-Men '97 Star Claps Back At Fan Backlash Over Nonbinary Character". Game Rant. Retrieved May 15, 2024.
11. Tinoco, Armando (March 24, 2024). "'X-Men '97' Morph Voice Actor On Backlash Over Describing Character As Non-Binary: "It Didn't Surprise Me At All"". Deadline. Retrieved May 15, 2024.
12. Nunn, Jerry (March 22, 2024). "JP Karliak morphs into non-binary character for Disney+'s X-Men '97". Windy City Times. Retrieved May 28, 2024.
13. "We are finally married!". instagram.com. Instagram. Archived from the original on December 24, 2021.
14. ^ "John Paul Karliak (visual voice guide)". behindthevoiceactors.com. Behind the Voice Actors. Retrieved August 4, 2022. 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)
15. "Feature film adaptation of Wile E. Coyote named 'Coyote Vs. Acme'". animationxpress.com. Animation Xpress. July 15, 2020. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
16. Kennedy, Jayme (March 7, 2018). "There's a Boss Baby Series Coming to Netflix Because Kids Get All the Good Stuff". mommyish.com. Mommyish. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
17. "The Mystery of the Serial Murders in Iceland in 'The Valhalla Murders'". kompasiana.com. Kompasiana Beyond Blogging. February 1, 2021. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
18. Avalos, Regina (November 6, 2020). "Trolls: TrollsTopia: Hulu Previews DreamWorks Animated Series". tvseriesfinale.com. TV Series Finale. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
19. "My Spidey-senses are tingling 🕸 ... because you can catch me as the Green Goblin in "Spidey and his Amazing Friends!" Shorts from the show are premiering on Disney Channel and Disney Jr. starting TODAY and continuing on through this week! I'll be all tangled up in Spidey's webs when the full series premieres later this summer, but for now, join me and your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man in the "Meet Spidey and his Amazing Friends" shorts. #Spiderman #Disney #disneyjr #spideyandhisamazingfriends #voiceover #animation #lgbtq #nerd #queernerd". jpkarliak. June 21, 2021. Archived from the original on December 24, 2021 – via Instagram.
20. Ewing, Jeff (May 22, 2022). "JP Karliak And Max Mittelman On Boss Baby: Back In The Crib, Video Games, And Anime - Exclusive Interview". looper.com. Looper. Retrieved August 4, 2022.
21. "'X-Men '97' exclusive look reveals legacy costumes, Theo James casting". Entertainment Weekly.
22. "Voice actor JP Karliak talks about being the voice of Morph on "X-Men '97"". CBS News. June 5, 2024. Retrieved June 17, 2024.
23. Katai, Lindsay (May 23, 2024). "Eric and JP are confirmed in A New Wish!" – via Twitter.
24. @jpkarliak (March 5, 2024). "Becoming a professional psychopath takes years of practice. But—and listen close to your Auntie Joker—funny is something ya got... or ya ain't. #HAHAHA.See you on March 28th, kittens!🃏..#suicidesquadkillthejusticeleague #queernerd #voiceover". Instagram. Retrieved March 5, 2024.

External links

• JP Karliak at IMDb
• Official website

• 20th-century American actors
• 21st-century American actors
• 21st-century American comedians
• American film actors
• American gay actors
• American LGBTQ comedians
• American non-binary actors
• American television actors
• American voice actors
• Gay comedians
• Living people
• Non-binary comedians
• USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism alumni
• Non-binary gay people