Bill Kopp facts for kids

William Kopp (born April 17, 1962) is an American artist who works in animation. He is also a talented writer and a voice actor. He has helped create many cartoons and movies you might know!

Bill Kopp's Career in Animation

Bill Kopp studied animation at the California Institute of the Arts, a famous school for artists. He won two awards early in his career for his animated films. In 1984, he received a Merit Award from the Student Academy Awards for his film Mr. Gloom. The next year, in 1985, he won a Student Academy Award for another film called Observational Hazard.

Kopp became well-known for animating the "Whammy" characters on the 1980s game show Press Your Luck. He also lent his voice to many cartoon characters. He was the voice of the main character, Eek, on Fox's cartoon Eek! The Cat. He also voiced Klutter in The Terrible Thunderlizards, a show he helped create with Savage Steve Holland. Later, he voiced the famous cat Tom in the Tom and Jerry movies Tom and Jerry: Blast Off to Mars and Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry.

Bill Kopp also worked as an animator for the very first animated shorts of The Simpsons on The Tracey Ullman Show. He helped create the early look of the Simpson family.

He is the creator of other cartoon shows like The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show and Mad Jack the Pirate. For Toonsylvania, he worked as an executive producer and writer. He also produced and directed many Tom and Jerry cartoons. He helped write the stories for three Roger Rabbit Shorts: Tummy Trouble, Roller Coaster Rabbit, and Trail Mix-Up. He was also the writer, director, and co-producer for the final episode of Tales from the Crypt, which was called "The Third Pig."

More recently, Bill Kopp directed most of the episodes for The Twisted Whiskers Show. He is also a regular voice actor on Cartoon Network's show Mighty Magiswords, where he voices a character called Man Fish the Fish Man.

Bill Kopp lives in California today.

Bill Kopp's Work in Film and TV

Bill Kopp has worked on many animated films and television shows. Here are some of his notable contributions:

Film Work

• In 1985, he was the voice of Rad Boy in Jac Mac and Rad Boy Go!.
• He worked as an animator for the movie Better Off Dead in 1985.
• For the 1986 film One Crazy Summer, he was the character designer, animation supervisor, and chief animator.
• He helped with the story and animation for the Roger Rabbit shorts: Tummy Trouble (1989), Roller Coaster Rabbit (1990), and Trail Mix-Up (1993).
• In 2005, he was a writer, director, voice director, and voice actor (as Tom and Press Guy #1) for Tom and Jerry: Blast Off to Mars.
• Also in 2005, he was a writer, director, voice director, and voice actor (as Tom and Frank) for Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry.

Television Work

• From 1987, he was an animator for The Tracey Ullman Show, which featured the first Simpsons shorts.
• He was a storyboard artist for A Pup Named Scooby-Doo from 1988 to 1991.
• He wrote for Taz-Mania from 1991 to 1994.
• From 1992 to 1997, he created, wrote, narrated, produced, and voiced Eek and Pierre in Eek! The Cat.
• He was the creative director for The Baby Huey Show in 1994.
• In 1995, he created, wrote, produced, directed voices, and voiced Polite Coyote for The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show.
• He voiced Yuckie Duck on The What-A-Cartoon! Show from 1995 to 1997.
• In 1996, he wrote, directed, and designed characters for the "The Third Pig" episode of Tales from the Crypt.
• He created, wrote, produced, and directed voices for Toonsylvania from 1998 to 1999.
• From 1998 to 1999, he created, wrote, produced, directed voices, and voiced Mad Jack in Mad Jack the Pirate.
• He wrote for Capertown Cops in 2001 and House of Mouse in 2002.
• He was a storyboard artist for Danny Phantom from 2004 to 2007.
• In 2010, he voiced Dolphin and Whale in an episode of 'Til Death and was a writer, director, and voice actor for The Twisted Whiskers Show.
• He directed Dan Vs. in 2011.
• He wrote an episode of Wabbit in 2015.
• From 2016 to 2019, he was a voice actor for many characters, including Man Fish the Fish Man, on Mighty Magiswords.
• In 2019, he voiced a Marine in an episode of Amphibia.

See also

In Spanish: Bill Kopp para niños