Greg Cipes
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2022}}
{{short description|American actor (born 1980)}}
{{distinguish|Greg Pipes}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Greg Cipes
| image = Greg Cipes (52977740520).jpg
| alt =
| caption = Cipes at Animate! Columbus in 2023
| birth_name = Gregory Michael Cipes
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|01|04}}
| birth_place = Coral Springs, Florida, U.S.
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 2000–present
| agent = Innovative Artists
| website = {{Official URL}}
}}
Gregory Michael Cipes{{cite web |url=https://www.geni.com/people/Gregory-Cipes/6000000071059894676|title=Gregory Michael (Greg) Cipes|date=January 4, 1980 }} (born January 4, 1980) is an American actor. He is best known for his voice roles as Beast Boy in Teen Titans, Teen Titans Go!, Young Justice, and Beast Boy: Lone Wolf; Michelangelo in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012); Kevin Levin in the Ben 10 franchise (beginning with Ben 10: Alien Force); Iron Fist in Ultimate Spider-Man; Chiro in Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!; and Splaat from RoboSplaat!. He has made appearances in the television series Gilmore Girls, in the season four episode "Ted Koppel's Big Night Out", and Deadwood. Cipes has also guest starred in an episode of Ghost Whisperer in the episode "Love Still Won't Die". He appeared as a freegan in the Bones season six episode "The Body and the Bounty". He also played a man who camps out in Roseanne's yard in her series Roseanne's Nuts. From 2009 to 2018, he appeared in a recurring role as Chuck in the ABC television series The Middle. His film career includes playing the character Dwight Mueller in Fast & Furious, Reed in National Lampoon's Pledge This!, and Sam in Vile.
Early life
Cipes was born in Coral Springs, Florida, on January 4, 1980. Growing up, he was an avid surfer who won several competitions, eventually ranking #3 in junior surfing, at the age of 17, he was nationally ranked as a junior professional surfer.{{Cite web |last=Crandell |first=Ben |date=July 9, 2018 |title=At Florida Supercon, Beast Boy's heart will be in Deerfield Beach |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/sf-florida-supercon-fort-lauderdale-greg-cipes-20180709-story.html |website=Baltimore Sun |access-date=April 30, 2024 |archive-date=October 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004132720/https://www.baltimoresun.com/sf-florida-supercon-fort-lauderdale-greg-cipes-20180709-story.html |url-status=dead }}
Career
Cipes voices Beast Boy in the animated television series Teen Titans and Kevin Levin in the Ben 10 franchise. He also voices Stinkfly in the Ben 10 reboot series. He reprised the role of Beast Boy in the spin-off series Teen Titans Go!, as well as video games based on Teen Titans and the online game DC Universe Online. He voiced Atlas in the Astro Boy anime series in 2003, as well as Chiro in Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! in 2004. In 2012, he began working on Nickelodeon's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles voicing Michelangelo.{{cite web|url=http://forums.titansgo.net/viewtopic.php?t=4700|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724104903/http://forums.titansgo.net/viewtopic.php?t=4700|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 24, 2011|title=TitansGo.net :: View thread - [Reviews] TTG #26 - "Call of the Wild"|date=July 24, 2011|access-date=December 13, 2018}} He also voiced Tu in The Legend of Korra.
Cipes has made numerous appearances in television, in both commercials and television programs. He was one of seven friends in the MTV reality show Twentyfourseven. Cipes made some guest appearances on One on One as Butter, one of Arnaz Ballard's band members. He guest starred on House M.D. in the episode "Famil"' as a cane salesman. He has made appearances in the television series Gilmore Girls, in the season four episode "Ted Koppel's Big Night Out", and Deadwood. Cipes has also guest starred in an episode of Ghost Whisperer in the episode "Love Still Won't Die". He appeared as a freegan in the Bones season six episode "The Body and the Bounty". He also played a man who camps out in Roseanne's yard in her series Roseanne's Nuts. From 2009 to 2018, he appeared in a recurring role as Chuck, Mike Heck's freewheeling co-worker, in the ABC television series, The Middle.
Cipes is the front man for the reggae/hip-hop band Cipes and the People. The band has developed a following in Southern California, and other parts of the United States and Asia. Their first album, Conscious Revolution, was released by High Valley Entertainment on September 18, 2007. The song "Rescue" on the band's 2007 debut release Conscious Revolution features teenage pop star Jesse McCartney. Cipes also works as a singer in clubs in Los Angeles. He has released music videos for the songs "Fade Away", "Free Me", and "Oh Why Oh Why (Greg Cipes and Jah Sun)".
Cipes was the announcer for Cartoon Network from July to October 2008. In April 2017, he and Kevin Coulston created a new animated political parody impov series on Kickstarter, called A Fowl American. The story takes place on Planet Earth, where humanity has been wiped out. Animals rule the land, but President Rump, a parody of Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th President of the United States, who is determined to repeat history.
Personal life
Cipes was raised a Messianic Jew{{cite tweet|number=1139096199598731264|user=GregCipes|title=I was raised a Jew for Jesus and it was a blessing but now I worship Dog and it's always heaven in his arms.|date=June 13, 2019}} and identified as a "Christian Jew" in 2019.{{cite tweet|number=1208088853694820352|user=GregCipes|title=As a Christian Jew I agree. Rump is a vile anti christ demon sucking the blood of the vulnerable followers!|date=December 20, 2019}} He previously identified as irreligious in 2017, saying he was "free of mental slavery and hypocrisy" and jokingly claiming to be a "believer in dog".{{cite tweet|number=865245790851039232|user=GregCipes|title=I DO NOT follow any Religion, nor do I Vote. I am Free from Mental Slavery and Hypocrisy. I am an Artist and a believer in DOG.|date=May 18, 2017}} Cipes is a survivor of skin cancer.
Cipes has a dog named Wingman, who served as the inspiration and namesake for Beast Boy's emotional support dog in Young Justice. In the series itself, Wingman is named after the Crimson Avenger's sidekick Wing.{{Cite web |last=Lapin-Bertone |first=Joshua |date=2022-06-17 |title=The real-life inspiration behind Beast Boy's new friend on Young Justice on HBO Max |url=https://www.thepopverse.com/beast-boy-wingman-young-justice-greg-cipes-dog-phantoms |access-date=2024-04-30 |website=Popverse |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Dar |first=Taimur |date=2022-06-07 |title=INTERVIEW: Greg Cipes reveals the parallels between his life and voicing Beast Boy in TEEN TITANS and YOUNG JUSTICE |url=https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-greg-cipes-beast-boy-teen-titans-go-dc-super-hero-girls-mayhem-in-the-multiverse/ |access-date=2024-04-30 |website=The Beat |language=en-US}}
Cipes is a vegan. He became a vegetarian at the age of eight before switching to veganism in 2009.{{cite web |last1=Dar |first1=Taimur |title=INTERVIEW: Greg Cipes reveals the parallels between his life and voicing Beast Boy in TEEN TITANS and YOUNG JUSTICE |url=https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-greg-cipes-beast-boy-teen-titans-go-dc-super-hero-girls-mayhem-in-the-multiverse/ |website=The Beat |access-date=5 May 2024 |date=7 June 2022}} On March 4, 2025, Cipes announced on his social media that he had been diagnosed with early-onset Parkinson's disease.{{Cite web |last=Cipes |first=Greg |date=2025-03-04 |title=Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/DGxNqAxRC2S/ |access-date=2025-03-07 |website=www.instagram.com}}
Filmography
=Voice-over roles=
==Animation==
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="width=95%; font-size: 100%;"
|+ List of voice performances in animation | ||||
| style="background:#b0c4de;"| Year
! style="background:#b0c4de;"| Series ! style="background:#b0c4de;"| Role ! style="background:#b0c4de;" class="unsortable"| Notes ! style="background:#b0c4de;" class="unsortable"| Source | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| {{dts|2003|07|19|format=y}}–2006 | Teen Titans | Beast Boy, Adonis | ||
| {{dts|2003|09|13|format=y}}–2005 | All Grown Up! | J.R., Lil' Red | 2 episodes | |
| {{dts|2003|12|07|format=y}} | Justice League | Jack | Episode: "Wild Cards" | |
| {{dts|2003|12|11|format=y}} | Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones? | Jacko Jr., College Guy, Kid #4 | Episode: "Summer Camp/Rules of Dating" | |
| {{dts|2004|01|31|format=y}}–2007 | Astro Boy | Daichi / Atlas | English dub | |
| {{dts|2004|07|30|format=y}} | Rocket Power | Goth and Ballad Backup | Episode: "The Big Day" | |
| {{dts|2004|09|14|format=y}} | Father of the Pride | Orangatan | 3 episodes | |
| {{dts|2004|09|18|format=y}}–2006 | Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! | Chiro, additional voices | ||
| {{dts|2004|12|18|format=y}} | W.I.T.C.H. | Caleb | ||
| {{dts|2005|07|31|format=y}} | Totally Spies! | Dean | 3 episodes | |
| 2007-2008
|Bumble (Fuzzbuzz) |American dub | | ||||
| {{dts|2008|04|18|format=y}}–2010 | Ben 10: Alien Force | Kevin Levin, Forever Knight #4, Teenager | ||
| {{dts|2010|02|11|format=y}}–2020 | SciGirls | Jake | ||
| {{dts|2010|02|20|format=y}} | Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil | Horace, Emo Kid | ||
| {{dts|2010|04|23|format=y}}–2012 | Ben 10: Ultimate Alien | Kevin Levin | ||
| {{dts|2011|02|25|format=y}}–2013 | Fish Hooks | Steve Jackson | 8 episodes | |
| {{dts|2012|04|01|format=y}}–2017 | Ultimate Spider-Man | Danny Rand / Iron Fist, additional voices | ||
| {{dts|2012|04|14|format=y}}–2014 | The Legend of Korra | Tu, Mako & Bolin's Cousin | ||
| {{dts|2012|07|15|format=y}}–2016 | Gravity Falls | Craz | ||
| {{dts|2012|09|22|format=y}}–2014 | Ben 10: Omniverse | Kevin Levin, Grick | ||
| {{dts|2012|09|29|format=y}}–2017 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Michelangelo, Rodriguez, Lil' Rineo, Pizza Delivery Boy | ||
| {{dts|2012|11|02|format=y}} | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Zatt | 4 episodes | {{cite web|title="Teen Titans Go!" Star Greg Cipes on Singing, More Freedom, and Staying Young|url=https://www.cbr.com/teen-titans-go-star-greg-cipes-on-singing-more-freedom-and-staying-young/|website=Comic Book Resources|date=April 21, 2016|access-date=May 6, 2020}} |
| {{dts|2012|11|26|format=y}} | The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange | Joey the Carrott | Episode: "Generic Holiday Special" | |
| {{dts|2012|12|26|format=y}} | Generator Rex | Sly | Episode: "Rock My World" | |
| {{dts|2013|04|23|format=y}}–present | Teen Titans Go! | Beast Boy, Puppet Wizard, Himself, Richard Nixon, Starro, various voices | ||
| {{dts|2013|11|05|format=y}} | Lego Marvel Super Heroes: Maximum Overload | Iron Fist | ||
| {{dts|2014|06|22|format=y}} | Robot Chicken | Michelangelo, Dwork, Lucas Wolenczak | Episode: "Super Guitario Center" | |
| {{dts|2014|07|18|format=y}} | The Fairly OddParents | Chester McBadBat | Episode: "Dimmsdale Tales"; uncredited | |
| {{dts|2014|07|19|format=y}} | Robot and Monster | Vapid Milquetoast | Episode: "Monster Hit" | |
| {{dts|2015|01|16|format=y}}–2018 | The Adventures of Puss in Boots | Brandt | ||
| {{dts|2016|05|02|format=y}} | The Loud House | Luke Loud | Episode: "One of the Boys" | |
| {{dts|2016|10|01|format=y}}–2019 | Star vs. the Forces of Evil | Tad, Headphone Jones, Aaron Dominic | ||
| {{dts|2018|09|05|format=y}} | Mighty Magiswords | Noel Trobblin, Frog Monster, Evil Tree #6 | ||
| {{dts|2016|10|01|format=y}}–21 | Ben 10 | Stinkfly, Kevin Levin, additional voices | ||
| {{dts|2016|10|03|format=y}}–2019 | Milo Murphy's Law | Mort | ||
| {{dts|2018|01|14|format=y}} | Avengers Assemble | Iron Fist | Episode: "The Immortal Weapon" | |
| {{dts|2019|01|25|format=y}}–2022 | Young Justice | Beast Boy | ||
| {{dts|2019|01|25|format=y}}–2020 | Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N | 5 episodes | |
| {{dts|2020|04|18|format=y}} | DuckTales | Vero | 2 episodes | |
| {{dts|2020|11|09|format=y}} | The Mighty Ones | Josh | Episode: "Creepy Caterpillar/Code of Silence" | |
| {{dts|2020|11|19|format=y}} | Cleopatra in Space | Cyrano | Episode: "Cyrano" | |
| {{dts|2023|01|20|format=y}} | Puppy Dog Pals | Jack | Episode: "Baby Crib Caper/Here's Looking at You, Kid" |
==Film==
==Video games==
=Live-action roles=
==Film==
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="width=95%; font-size: 100%;"
|+ List of acting performances in film | ||||
| style="background:#b0c4de;"| Year
! style="background:#b0c4de;"| Series ! style="background:#b0c4de;"| Role ! style="background:#b0c4de;" class="unsortable"| Notes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| {{dts|2004|format=y}} | Club Dread | Trevor | Resume | |
| {{dts|2004|format=y}} | Ring of Darkness | Gordo | IMDb | |
| {{dts|2005|format=y}} | Stress, Orgasms, and Salvation | Water | Resume | |
| {{dts|2005|format=y}} | Kathy T | Curtis | Resume | |
| {{dts|2006|format=y}} | The Boys & Girls Guide to Getting Down | Drunk Driver | Resume | |
| {{dts|2006|format=y}} | Simon Says | Zack | Resume | |
| {{dts|2006|format=y}} | John Tucker Must Die | Guy at Party #4 | Resume | |
| {{dts|2006|format=y}} | National Lampoon's Pledge This! | Reed | Resume | |
| {{dts|2007|format=y}} | Supergator | Shaun | Resume | |
| {{dts|2008|format=y}} | The Onion Movie | Hippie Diplomant | Resume | |
| {{dts|2008|format=y}} | Killer Pad | Vance | Resume | |
| {{dts|2009|format=y}} | Fast & Furious | Dwight Mueller | Resume | |
| {{dts|2011|format=y}} | Vile | Sam | Resume | |
| {{dts|2015|format=y}} | Unfriended | Barking Dog | Uncredited |
==Television==
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="width=95%; font-size: 100%;"
|+ List of acting performances in television | ||||
| style="background:#b0c4de;"| Year
! style="background:#b0c4de;"| Series ! style="background:#b0c4de;"| Role ! style="background:#b0c4de;" class="unsortable"| Notes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| {{dts|2002|format=y}} | MDs | Tanner | Recurring role, 10 episodes | Resume |
| {{dts|2003|format=y}} | Gilmore Girls | Brennon Lewis | Episode "Ted Koppel's Big Night Out" | Resume |
| {{dts|2003|format=y}} | Peacemakers | Will Johnston | Recurring role | Resume |
| {{dts|2004|format=y}} | Deadwood | Miles Anderson | 2 episodes | Resume |
| {{dts|2004-05|format=y}} | One on One | Butter/Jesse | 8 episodes | Resume |
| {{dts|2005}}–07 | Ghost Whisperer | Jamey Barton | 3 episodes | Resume |
| {{dts|2006|12|06|format=y}} | Twentyfourseven | Greg | Reality television series, as himself, cast member | {{cite news| url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/05/AR2006120501510.html| title = Tom Shales - 'Twenty Four Seven' Has Zero to Offer All of the Time| newspaper = The Washington Post}} |
| {{dts|2006|format=y}} | Cold Case | Greg Wells | Episode: "Saving Sammy" | Resume |
| {{dts|2007|format=y}} | Raines | Hunter | Episode: "Stone Dead" | Resume |
| {{dts|2007|format=y}} | House M.D. | Cane Salesman | Episode: "Family" | Resume |
| {{dts|2007|format=y}} | Without a Trace | Wayne | Episode: "Two of Us" | Resume |
| {{dts|2009|format=y}} | Nite Tales: The Series | Surfer | Episode: "Trapped" | Resume |
| {{dts|2009|06|25|format=y}} | Samantha Who? | Street Musician | Episode: "The Rock Star" | Resume |
| {{dts|2010}}–18 | The Middle | Chuck | Recurring role (13 episodes) | |
| {{dts|2010|format=y}} | True Blood | Bufort Norris | 2 episodes | Resume |
| {{dts|2011}} | CSI: Miami | Phil Pinkerton | Episode: "Dead Ringer" | |
| 2012
|Drunk Guy |Episode: “Skin Deep” | |
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.gregcipes.com/}}
- {{IMDb name|id=0996651}}
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