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You may know him as Professor Heimerdinger, in the smash animated series, Arcane, Iron Man in Marvel’s What If…?, the villainous Il Dottore in Genshin Impact or The Joker in The new pre-school series, Bat Wheels, but these are just the tip of the iceberg for voice director and actor, Mick Wingert.
In addition to his ongoing work as Dragon Master Po in the Kung Fu Panda franchise and Slappy, the deranged ventriloquist’s dummy in Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween, Mick can be heard as the villainous roles of Cain Madhouse in Crunchyroll’s To The Abandoned Sacred Beasts and Buena Festa in Funimation’s dub of the feature film, One Piece Stampede. Other standout credits include Shiu Amiguchi in 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim [Atlus Games], Taruga in Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise [Atlus Games], Vigilante on the fifth season of Arrow [CW], and TMNT’s Raphael in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan [Activision], He has also performed in such animation and video game properties as Spiderman PS4 [Insomniac Games], Red Dead Redemption II [Rockstar Games], Batman: Assault on Arkham [WB Home Ent.], Elena of Avalor and Sofia the First [Disney Jr.], Titan Fall 2 [Bioware], Breadwinners [Nickelodeon], T.U.F.F. Puppy [Nickelodeon], The Princess and the Frog [Disney], Batman: Year one [WB Home Ent.], The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes [Marvel], The No Sleep Podcast and more.
In 2018, Mick launched his own ongoing science fiction, horror audio drama podcast anthology featuring many of today’s top, working voice actors called, The Hidden Frequencies. New episodes for upcoming seasons are recording live at convention events across the country and are an audience favorite among event panels.[www.thehiddenfrequencies.com]
You can follow Mick on both Threads and Instagram under the handle @mickwingert.