Mick Wingert (born July 4, 1974) is an American voice actor and voice-over coach. He is best known for his role as the voice of Master Po and Zeng in Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness, taking over the roles from actors Jack Black and Dan Fogler. Wingert has been praised by fans of the Kung Fu Panda franchise for his Po voice impression sounding exactly like Jack Black's voice. He also does additional voice-over work in Kung Fu Panda, Mass Effect 2, Murdered: Soul Suspect, The Technomancer and The Princess and the Frog. He is not related to fellow voice actor Wally Wingert.
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Early life
Wingert was born in Lemoore, California on July 4, 1974 and grew up in Fresno, California where he began acting in local community theater and high school theater programs. He graduated from Theodore Roosevelt High School in the Roosevelt School of the Arts program.
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Career
Since 2000, Wingert has been a working voice-over actor and became a transplant to Southern California in 2004. He studied theater and mass communication at California State University and began working as a voice-over actor for local and regional advertising.
He is also the voice of Po in the Kung Fu Panda video games. Thereafter, Wingert worked as a voice-over actor in Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness, The Princess and the Frog and The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes. Wingert was also cast in other video games, like Mass Effect 2 and Kessen III (as well as in hundreds of radio commercials in Southern California and on TV commercials across the country).
Wingert also voiced Iron Man and Tony Stark in Lego Marvel Super Heroes: Avengers Reassembled and Marvel Super Hero Adventures: Frost Fight. This was because Adrian Pasdar (the original actor for the character) was not available at that time.
Filmography
Film
Television
Video games
Live-action
References
External links
- Official website
- Mick Wingert on IMDb
- Mick Wingert at Behind The Voice Actors
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