Joe Alaskey Biography

Fast Facts

• Was nominated for an Annie Award in 2004 for voicing Daffy Duck in "Looney Tunes: Back in Action․"
• Began his voice acting career in the animated series "Galtar and the Golden Lance" in 1985
• Worked for an insurance company and as an apprentice to a diamond cutter before his acting career took off
• Often impersonates Jackie Gleason on screen and even re-recorded some Gleason's dialogue from the lost episodes of "The Honeymooners" in Gleason's personal collection
• Succeeded Mel Blanc to voice such iconic Warner Bros․ cartoon characters as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Sylvester and Tweety
• It took him two years to learn how to perform Bugs Bunny's voice to the standard that Mel Blanc had set
• Voiced the antenna ball for Jack in the Box commercials
• His biography, "That's STILL Not All, Folks!" was published by Bear Manor Media