"9, 2010. It was directed by Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud, based on an original story by Sergio Pablos and written by Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio. The film stars Steve Carell as the voice of Felonious Gru, Miranda Cosgrove as Margo, Dana Gaier as Edith, Elsie Fisher as Agnes, Jason Segel as Vector, Russell Brand as Dr. Nefario and Julie Andrews as Marlena Gru, Gru's mother. It tells the story of Gru, a super-villain who adopts three girls, Margo, Edith and Agnes, from an orphanage to try and steal a shrink ray from Vector (otherwise known as Victor), his"
"Dana Gaier, and Elsie Fisher) from an orphanage; and the voice of Jason Segel as Vector, a rival of Gru who steals the Great Pyramid of Giza. When Gru learns of Vector's heist, he plans an even greater heist: to shrink and steal the Earth's moon. However, despite Gru's villainous intentions, he grows increasingly touched by the girls' growing love for him and find himself changing for the better because of it. Released theatrically on July 9, 2010 in the United States, ""Despicable Me"" grossed over $546 million worldwide against a budget of $69 million. It launched the ""Despicable Me"""
"starred with Tina Fey in ""Date Night"" during late 2008 and was released on April 9, 2010 in the U.S. He voiced Gru, the main character in the Universal CGI film ""Despicable Me"" along with Russell Brand, Miranda Cosgrove, and Kristen Wiig. He reprised the role in the 2013 sequel ""Despicable Me 2"" and in the third installment of the film franchise ""Despicable Me 3"" in 2017. He has several other projects in the works, including a remake of the 1967 Peter Sellers film ""The Bobo"". He is doing voice-over work in commercials for Wrigley's Extra gum. Carell has launched"
"who recruits Gru to take down a new villain. New cast members include Benjamin Bratt as Eduardo; Bratt replaced the previously cast Al Pacino. Steve Coogan voices Silas Ramsbottom, lead director of the Anti-Villain League (AVL). The sequel was met with generally positive reviews and grossed more than its predecessor with over $970 million worldwide. A third film, ""Despicable Me 3"", was released on June 30, 2017. The film was directed by Pierre Coffin and Kyle Balda, and co-directed by Eric Guillon. Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio, the writers of the first two films, returned to write the screenplay for"
"including all 360 four-minute segments. Williams himself appears 24 times in the day-long video, once at the start of each hour. There are a number of celebrity cameos in the video, including Whit Hertford, Kelly Osbourne, Rob Zabrecky, Magic Johnson, Urijah Faber, Sérgio Mendes, Jimmy Kimmel, Odd Future, Steve Carell (who plays Gru in ""Despicable Me 2""), Jamie Foxx, Ana Ortiz, Miranda Cosgrove (who plays Margo in ""Despicable Me 2""), Kazuchika Okada, Gavin DeGraw and JoJo. The minions from ""Despicable Me 2"" make several appearances throughout the film, including one scene at 3:00 am, in which Pharrell Williams and the"
"Despicable Me 3 Despicable Me 3 is a 2017 American 3D computer-animated comedy film produced by Illumination for Universal Pictures. It is the third installment in the ""Despicable Me"" film series and the sequel to ""Despicable Me 2"" (2013). The film is directed by Pierre Coffin and Kyle Balda, co-directed by Eric Guillon and written by Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio. In the film, Gru teams up with his long-lost twin brother Dru in order to defeat a new enemy named Balthazar Bratt, a former child actor, obsessed with the 1980s, who grows up to become a villain after having"
"Despicable Me (franchise) Despicable Me is an animated comedy film franchise produced by Illumination and distributed by Universal Pictures. It consists of four feature films (including a spin-off), eleven short films and additional merchandise. It centers on Gru, a reformed super-villain (who later becomes a dad and secret agent), his yellow-colored Minions; his three adoptive daughters, Margo, Edith and Agnes, and his wife, Lucy Wilde. The franchise began with the 2010 film of the same name and its 2013 and 2017 sequels ""Despicable Me 2"" (2013) and ""Despicable Me 3"" (2017). A prequel featuring Gru's Minions, titled ""Minions"", was released"
"Segel co-wrote most of the soundtrack's music which was performed by the fictional band Infant Sorrow. He also appeared on ""The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson"" and sang an original song entitled ""Wonky Eyed Girl"". In 2010, he voiced Gru's arch-rival Vector in the Universal's CGI animated film, ""Despicable Me"" and appeared as ""Horatio"" in a fantasy comedy film ""Gulliver's Travels"" directed by Rob Letterman and very loosely based on Part One of the 18th-century novel of the same name by Jonathan Swift. Segel appeared in ""Bad Teacher"", starring Cameron Diaz, which opened in June 2011. He played gym"
"funnies and nothing to suggest a sequel, which is probably wise."" Tasha Robinson of ""The A.V. Club"" gave the film a B, saying, ""Until the ""creep + orphans = happy family"" formula starts demanding abrupt, unconvincing character mutations, ""Despicable Me"" is a giddy joy."" Marjorie Baumgarten of ""The Austin Chronicle"" gave the film three out of five stars, saying, ""Everyone knows that the villains are usually the most interesting characters in any movie. So the makers of ""Despicable Me"" were wise to cut to the chase and make the megalomaniacal Gru the central character in this animated film."" Released on"
"Jeong returned but voiced new characters (Lucy Wilde and Floyd Eagle-san). New cast members include Benjamin Bratt as Eduardo, Gru's nemesis, and Steve Coogan as Silas Ramsbottom. Another sequel, titled ""Despicable Me 3"", was released on June 30, 2017. A prequel feature film titled ""Minions"", featuring the Minions as the main characters, was released on July 10, 2015. Written by Brian Lynch, it was directed by Pierre Coffin and Kyle Balda, and produced by Chris Meledandri and Janet Healy. The film, set in the 1960s, focuses on the Minions before they met Gru, where they compete for the right to"
"Chris Renaud Chris Renaud (born December 1966) is an American illustrator and filmmaker. He was nominated for an Academy Award for the 2006 animated short ""No Time for Nuts"", which featured the character Scrat from the computer animated ""Ice Age"" films. His most notable work is the ""Despicable Me"" franchise, including ""Despicable Me"" and ""Despicable Me 2"", which he co-directed with Pierre Coffin. Along with Coffin, he also co-created and lent his voice to the Minions from ""Despicable Me"". Chris Renaud was born in 1966 in Baltimore, Maryland, and moved to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, when he was 15, because his father"
"with Kyle Balda. Pierre Coffin Pierre-Louis Padang Coffin (born 15 March 1967) is a French voice actor, animator and film director best known for co-directing all four films in the ""Despicable Me"" franchise and as the voice of the Minions, which won him the Kids Family Award at the 10th Seiyu Awards. Coffin was born in France to Yves Coffin, a French diplomat, and Nh. Dini, an Indonesian novelist. He was trained at the Gobelins animation school in Paris and started to work at Amblimation, the 2D London-based facility, where he worked on the Steven Spielberg-executive-produced ""We're Back! A Dinosaur's"
"Seann William Scott Seann William Scott (born October 3, 1976) is an American actor, comedian, and producer. His most recognized roles are Steve Stifler in the ""American Pie"" film series (1999–2012) and Doug Glatt in both ""Goon"" (2011) and """" (2017). He has also starred in films including ""Final Destination"" (2000), ""Road Trip"" (2000), ""Dude, Where's My Car?"" (2000), ""Evolution"" (2001), ""The Rundown"" (2003), ""The Dukes of Hazzard"" (2005), ""Role Models"" (2008), and ""Cop Out"" (2010). He voiced Crash the opossum in four theatrical films and two television specials within the ""Ice Age"" series (2006–2016). Scott was born in Cottage"
"Matthew Lillard Matthew Lyn Lillard (born January 24, 1970) is an American actor, voice actor, director, and producer. He is known for portraying Chip in ""Serial Mom"" (1994), Emmanuel ""Cereal Killer"" Goldstein in ""Hackers"" (1995), Stu Macher in ""Scream"" (1996), Stevo in ""SLC Punk!"" (1998), Billy Brubaker in ""Summer Catch"" (2001), Jerry Conlaine in ""Without a Paddle"" (2004), Dez Howard in ""The Groomsmen"" (2006), Joey in ""Home Run Showdown"" (2012), Jack Rusoe in ""Return to Nim's Island"" (2013) and Shaggy Rogers in both ""Scooby-Doo"" (2002) and """" (2004). In animation, he has been the current voice of Shaggy since veteran"
"Metacritic, another review aggregation website, assigned the film a score of 72 out of 100 based on 35 critics, indicating ""generally favorable reviews"". Peter Travers of ""Rolling Stone"" gave the film three out of four stars, saying the directors were skilled at ""springing surprises"" from the writers' ""ingenious"" screenplay. Peter Debruge of ""Variety"" wrote, ""Since villains so often steal the show in animation, ""Despicable Me"" smartly turns the whole operation over to megalomaniacal rogue Gru."" Robert Wilonsky of ""The Village Voice"" wrote, ""The result is pleasant and diverting, if ultimately forgettable, and it's one of the rare instances in the"
"Dee Bradley Baker Dee Bradley Baker (born August 31, 1962) is an American voice actor. His major roles, many of which feature his vocalizations of animals, include animated series such as ""American Dad!"", """", ""Gravity Falls"", ""Steven Universe"", ""Phineas and Ferb"", """", ""Star Wars Rebels"", ""Ben 10"", """", ""The Legend of Korra"" and ""The 7D"", live action series such as ""Legends of the Hidden Temple"" and ""Shop 'til You Drop"", films such as ""The Boxtrolls"" and ""Space Jam"" and video games such as ""Halo"", ""Gears of War"", ""Viewtiful Joe"", ""Spore"", and ""Overwatch"". Baker was born in Bloomington, Indiana to Buddy"
"film written and performed by Pharrell Williams, and performances by Destinee & Paris, The Sylvers, Robin Thicke and the Bee Gees. NBC (which is owned by Universal) had an extensive marketing campaign leading up to the film's release. Sneak peeks were shown in episodes of ""The Biggest Loser"". ""Despicable Me"" was also featured on ""Last Comic Standing"" when Gru comes in to audition. IHOP restaurants promoted the film by introducing three new menu items, a kids' breakfast meal, and a drink all having the word ""minion"" in them. Best Buy released a free smartphone application called ""Best Buy Movie Mode"","
"Pierre Coffin Pierre-Louis Padang Coffin (born 15 March 1967) is a French voice actor, animator and film director best known for co-directing all four films in the ""Despicable Me"" franchise and as the voice of the Minions, which won him the Kids Family Award at the 10th Seiyu Awards. Coffin was born in France to Yves Coffin, a French diplomat, and Nh. Dini, an Indonesian novelist. He was trained at the Gobelins animation school in Paris and started to work at Amblimation, the 2D London-based facility, where he worked on the Steven Spielberg-executive-produced ""We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story"". He then"
"(2009), ""The Lesser Blessed"" (2012), ""Despicable Me 2"" (2013), ""Doctor Strange"" (2016), ""The Infiltrator"" (2016), ""Ride Along 2"" (2016) and ""Coco"" (2017). Bratt was born in San Francisco, California, the third of five children born to Eldy (""née"" Banda), a nurse and activist, and Peter Bratt Sr., a sheet metal worker. His mother was born in Lima, Peru, a member of the indigenous Quechua ethnic group. She moved to the United States at age 14. His father has German and English ancestry. His parents married December 30, 1960 in San Francisco, but divorced in September 1967. Bratt's paternal grandfather, George"
"became the second-highest-grossing animated film of 2013 and the third highest-grossing film of 2013. It is also the most profitable film in the 101-year history of Universal Studios. A spinoff/prequel film, ""Minions"", focusing on the little yellow henchmen before they met Gru, was released on July 10, 2015. A sequel, ""Despicable Me 3"", was released on June 30, 2017. A mysterious vehicle using a giant magnet steals a highly potent mutagen known as PX-41 from a secret laboratory in the Arctic Circle. The Anti-Villain League (AVL), led by Silas Ramsbottom, tries to recruit former super-villain Gru to track down the"
"at such a late stage"". Due to the finished animation, Bratt had to match his timing exactly to the character's mouth movement. Initially, during his five-day recording, he tried to imitate Pacino's voice, but found it impossible, saying ""no one can out-Al Pacino Al Pacino"". He ended up only using Pacino as an inspiration, and resolved to go with his own interpretation of the character. His work was commended by ""Variety"", saying: ""You'd never guess he wasn't the filmmakers' first choice."" ""Despicable Me 2"" premiered on June 5, 2013, at Event Cinemas in Bondi Junction, New South Wales, Australia. Steve"
"Jack Black Thomas Jacob Black (born August 28, 1969) is an American actor, comedian, musician, and songwriter. His acting career has been extensive, starring primarily in comedy films. Black is known for his roles in ""High Fidelity"" (2000), ""Shallow Hal"" (2001), ""School of Rock"" (2003), ""King Kong"" (2005), ""The Holiday"" (2006), the ""Kung Fu Panda"" franchise (2008–2016), ""Tropic Thunder"" (2008), ""Gulliver's Travels"" (2010), ""Bernie"" (2011), ""Goosebumps"" (2015), and """" (2017). He has been nominated for two Golden Globe Awards. Black is the lead vocalist of the comedic rock duo Tenacious D which he formed in 1994 with friend Kyle Gass."
"franchise series of films, including the sequel ""Despicable Me 2"" in 2013, another sequel, ""Despicable Me 3"" in 2017, and the prequel, ""Minions,"" released in 2015, which featured Gru's Minions as the main characters. A supervillain named Gru has his pride injured when an unknown villain steals the Great Pyramid of Giza. With the assistance of his sidekick Dr. Nefario and his Minions, Gru resolves to one-up his mysterious rival by shrinking and stealing the Moon. Knowing this is extremely costly, Gru seeks a loan from the Bank of Evil. Mr. Perkins - the bank president - is impressed by"
"Host, voices Floyd Eagle-san. New cast members include Benjamin Bratt as Eduardo ""El Macho"" Pérez and Steve Coogan as Silas Ramsbottom, head of the fictional Anti-Villain League (AVL). ""Despicable Me 2"" premiered on June 5, 2013 in Australia and had a wide theatrical release in the United States on July 3, 2013. It received generally positive reviews from critics and grossed over $970 million worldwide against a budget of $76 million. It was nominated for Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and for Academy Award for Best Original Song (for ""Happy""), losing both to Walt Disney Animation Studios' ""Frozen"". It"
"Drew Massey Drew Massey (born April 4, 1964) is an American actor, voice actor, and puppeteer for the Jim Henson Company for the Muppets and has performed in many films, television series, and commercials. He also lends his voice for commercials and video games. Massey's film credits include ""Men in Black"" (1997), ""Dr. Dolittle"" (1998), ""Cats & Dogs"" (2001), ""Men in Black II"" (2002), ""The Muppets' Wizard of Oz"" (2005), and ""The Producers"" (2005). He has also performed on television in ""Greg the Bunny"", ""Angel"", ""Malcolm in the Middle"", ""Muppets Tonight"", ""Cousin Skeeter"", ""Lost on Earth"", and ""Crank Yankers""; and"
"movie franchise based on his original screen story ""Evil Me"" and his own art design. He took the package unsolicited to Universal Pictures where he became the first of several screenwriters on the project as well as executive producer. In 2010 ""Despicable Me""—starring Steve Carell, Jason Segel, Russell Brand, Kristen Wiig, Miranda Cosgrove, Will Arnett, and Julie Andrews—was a box office success, received a Golden Globe nomination, and became one of animation’s highest-grossing movies. Pablos continued work as a character designer on another animated feature, ""Rio"" for 20th Century Fox, which was released the following year. He received his second"
"emblem replaced with a ""D"" graffiti. Gru and Lucy decide to give them a five-minute head-start before engaging pursuit. Steve Burke, the NBCUniversal CEO, confirmed in September 2013 that a third film in the ""Despicable Me"" series was in development. Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio, the writers of the first two films, announced that they would return to write the screenplay for the film. On April 13, 2016, Trey Parker, co-creator of ""South Park"", was cast as the main antagonist for the film, Balthazar Bratt. The soundtrack for ""Despicable Me 3"" was released on June 23, 2017. Pharrell Williams released"
"Giancarlo Esposito Giancarlo Giuseppe Alessandro Esposito (; born April 26, 1958) is an American actor and director. He has played Gustavo ""Gus"" Fring on the AMC shows ""Breaking Bad"" and ""Better Call Saul"", a role for which he won the Best Supporting Actor in a Drama award at the 2012 Critics' Choice Television Awards and was nominated for an Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series award at the 2012 Primetime Emmy Awards. He has appeared in Spike Lee films such as ""Do the Right Thing"", ""School Daze"" and ""Mo' Better Blues"". His feature film appearances include ""Fresh"", ""Harley Davidson"
"in 2010. He also worked as a voice actor in the animated films ""Despicable Me"" in 2010, ""Hop"" in 2011, and ""Despicable Me 2"" in 2013, and played the title character of the 2011 remake of the romantic comedy ""Arthur"". In 2013, he released the successful stand-up special ""Messiah Complex"". Since guest editing an edition of British political weekly ""New Statesman"" in 2013, Brand has become known as a public activist and campaigner, and has spoken on a wide range of political and cultural issues, including wealth inequality, addiction, corporate capitalism, climate change, and media bias. In 2014, Brand launched"
"Ethan Embry Ethan Philan Randall (born June 13, 1978), known by his stage name Ethan Embry, is an American film and television actor. He is known for his role as Pete Murphy in ""Sneaky Pete"", Russell ""Rusty"" Griswold in ""Vegas Vacation"", Mark in ""Empire Records"", Agent Toby Grant in ""Eagle Eye"", Preston Meyers in ""Can't Hardly Wait"", Greg Mendell in ""Once Upon a Time"" and as Declan Giggs on the Showtime television series ""Brotherhood"". More recently, he has played Coyote in ""Grace and Frankie"" on Netflix and guest starred as Carter in an episode of AMC's ""The Walking Dead"". Embry"
"Mark Moseley (actor) Mark Moseley (born August 2, 1961) is an American voice actor, radio personality and stand-up comedian. He has appeared in a variety of films, television shows, and video games, and is probably best known as a sound-double for actors such as Eddie Murphy, Patrick Stewart, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Patrick Warburton, and Robin Williams. Mark Moseley has also played Mushu for Disney in everything except the original film ""Mulan"", where Eddie Murphy played Mushu. This includes starring in the sequel, ""Mulan 2"", the former Mulan parade, and a trove of theme park attractions, TV shows and pilots, and video"
"a former executive of Paramount Pictures and the executive producer of ""Dexter"". His brother Peter is also a film producer and the current President of Samuel Goldwyn Films. Tony Goldwyn Anthony Howard ""Tony"" Goldwyn (born May 20, 1960) is an American actor, singer, producer, director and political activist. He portrayed Carl Bruner in ""Ghost"", Colonel Bagley in ""The Last Samurai"", and the voice of the title character of the Disney animated film ""Tarzan"". He starred in the ABC legal/political drama ""Scandal"", as Fitzgerald Grant III, President of the United States from 2012 to 2018. Goldwyn was born in Los Angeles,"
"March 14, 2011, and announced a casting call for his replacement as the voice of the duck. He was replaced by Daniel McKeague (who did an impression of Gottfried) on April 26, 2011. Gilbert Gottfried Gilbert Jeremy Gottfried (born February 28, 1955) is an American stand-up comedian, actor and voice actor. Gottfried's persona as a comedian features an exaggerated shrill voice and emphasis on crude humor. His numerous roles in film and television include voicing the parrot Iago in Disney's ""Aladdin"", Digit in the children's cartoon/educational math-based show ""Cyberchase"", and Kraang Subprime in ""Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles"". Gottfried was also"