Who provided the voice for Shrek in the films?
"Shrek the Halls Shrek the Halls is an American computer-animated television special that premiered on the American television network ABC on Wednesday, November 28, 2007. The thirty minute Christmas special was directed by Gary Trousdale and produced by DreamWorks Animation. Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz and Antonio Banderas reprised their roles from the feature films. Shrek (Mike Myers) is quietly living in the swamp with his family when the Christmas season arrives. Under Donkey (Eddie Murphy)'s urging, Shrek reluctantly promises Princess Fiona (Cameron Diaz) a special Christmas surprise. Shrek goes to the local bookstore in Far, Far Away to"
"that Shrek is not dangerous and lose their fear and prejudice against him, but to Shrek's dismay they also come to regard him as a folk hero and visit him with even more frequency than before, disturbing him. But after the experiences of the movie, Shrek comes to appreciate his life more than ever. When Steven Spielberg purchased the book rights in 1991, he had planned for Bill Murray to play Shrek. In 1996, DreamWorks hired Chris Farley to do the voice. Farley had recorded 80 to 90% of the dialogue for the character, but died in December 1997, before"
"immediately following the studio's purchase of the rights from Spielberg. Chris Farley was originally cast as the voice for the title character, recording nearly all of the required dialogue. After Farley died in 1997 before the work was finished, Mike Myers stepped in to voice the character, which was changed to a Scottish accent in the process. The film was intended to be motion-captured, but after poor results, the studio decided to hire Pacific Data Images to complete the final computer animation. ""Shrek"" premiered at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival, where it competed for the Palme d'Or, making it the"
"filmmaker Herschell Gordon Lewis wrote in an article for the ""Sun-Sentinel"" ""Sure, she captured the character well. Yes, the 'Shrek' movies invariably are box office successes. But can anyone say that if the voice of Princess Fiona were that of a competent actress other than Cameron Diaz, the movie would have flopped?"" Despite currently being in development, Diaz has yet to confirm whether or not she will reprise her role in a potential fifth film, although she had previously said that she would return for a fifth installment if asked. Fiona is the franchise's female lead and Shrek's romantic interest."
"the film, saying, ""It was so good we took $4m worth of animation out and did it again."" Nicolas Cage was offered the role of Shrek at one point, but turned it down. Myers stated that the reason he was interested in voicing the character was remembrances of his mother acting out fairy tales: Myers later reported: ""I got a letter from Spielberg thanking me so much for caring about the character... And he said the Scottish accent had improved the movie."" Some early sketches of Shrek's house were done in 1996 and 1997 using Photoshop, with the sketches showing"
"her magic in Fiona and Shrek's marriage. Fiona is believed to take on more empowering storylines during the third and fourth films, the latter of which is set in an alternate universe in which Shrek never rescued Fiona, showing what she would have become under these circumstances. Fiona is voiced by American actress Cameron Diaz, one of the franchise's three main cast members. Diaz voiced Fiona in all four installments of the film series over the course of years. The role was originally intended for comedian and actress Janeane Garofalo, who was fired from the first film and ultimately replaced"
"had written. Myers countersued, and a settlement was reached after several months where Myers agreed to make another film with Universal. That film was ""The Cat in the Hat"", which was released in November 2003 and starred Myers as the title character. In 2001, Myers provided the voice of Shrek in the DreamWorks animated film of the same name, having taken over the role after original planned voice actor Chris Farley died in December 1997. He reprised this role in ""Shrek 4-D"" (a theme park ride) in 2003, ""Shrek 2"" (2004), ""Shrek the Third"" (2007), and the Christmas special ""Shrek"
"by Bill Murray and Harrison Ford respectively. Spielberg eventually decided to swap projects with Scorsese in favor of directing ""Schindler's List"" instead. Although uncredited, Spielberg did remain as a producer of the remake. In 1991, Spielberg bought the rights to William Steig's 1990 children's book ""Shrek!"". Spielberg originally envisioned his adaptation as a traditional animated film from Amblin Entertainment, with Bill Murray as the voice of the titular character and Steve Martin as the voice of Donkey. Despite co-founding DreamWorks Animation—the eventual owner of the ""Shrek"" franchise—in 1994, Spielberg moved on to other projects. In 1995, a time after the"
"Luciano Marchitiello. Renato Cecchetto Renato Cecchetto (born October 28, 1951) is an Italian actor and voice actor. In the 1970s, Cecchetto attended the Silvio d'Amico National Academy of Dramatic Arts and began his career working with film directors like Mario Monicelli and Carlo Vanzina. However, he is best known for being a voice actor: he gave his voice to Shrek in the ""Shrek"" franchise and to nearly all the Disney Pixar characters originally voiced by John Ratzenberger, including Hamm from the ""Toy Story"" film series. Starting from Season 12, Ceechetto became the new Italian voice of Cleveland Brown from ""Family"
"see the world and ends up saving a princess. Steven Spielberg acquired the rights for the book in 1991, planning to produce a traditionally animated film based on the book. However, around the time DreamWorks was founded, producer John H. Williams brought the book to DreamWorks, and co founder Jeffrey Katzenberg was interested in the concept. As a result, DreamWorks ended up acquiring the rights for the book in 1995, and Katzenberg quickly put the film in active development. ""Shrek"" was released on May 18, 2001, starring the voices of Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, and John Lithgow. The"
"Renato Cecchetto Renato Cecchetto (born October 28, 1951) is an Italian actor and voice actor. In the 1970s, Cecchetto attended the Silvio d'Amico National Academy of Dramatic Arts and began his career working with film directors like Mario Monicelli and Carlo Vanzina. However, he is best known for being a voice actor: he gave his voice to Shrek in the ""Shrek"" franchise and to nearly all the Disney Pixar characters originally voiced by John Ratzenberger, including Hamm from the ""Toy Story"" film series. Starting from Season 12, Ceechetto became the new Italian voice of Cleveland Brown from ""Family Guy"", replacing"
"in active development in November 1995. Steven Spielberg had thought about making a traditionally animated film adaption of the book before, when he bought the rights to the book in 1991 before the founding of DreamWorks, where Bill Murray would play Shrek and Steve Martin would play Donkey. In the beginning of production, co-director Andrew Adamson refused to be intimidated by Katzenberg and had an argument with him how much should the film appeal to adults. Katzenberg wanted both audiences, but he deemed some of Adamson's ideas, such as adding sexual jokes and Guns N' Roses music to the soundtrack,"
"Conrad Vernon Conrad Vernon (born July 11, 1968) is an American voice actor, director, writer and storyboard artist best known for his work on the DreamWorks animated film series ""Shrek"" as well as other films such as ""Monsters vs. Aliens"", """" and ""Penguins of Madagascar"". He also co directed the adult animated film, ""Sausage Party"", which is a spoof of his notable works in DreamWorks. Vernon, a native of Lubbock, Texas, studied at CalArts and worked as a storyboard artist on ""Cool World"", ""2 Stupid Dogs"", ""Rocko's Modern Life"", ""Nightmare Ned"" and ""Morto the Magician"". In 1996, he joined DreamWorks,"
"Shrek Forever After Shrek Forever After (previously promoted as Shrek: The Final Chapter) is a 2010 American computer-animated, comedy film by DreamWorks Animation. It is the fourth installment in the ""Shrek"" film franchise and the sequel to ""Shrek the Third"" (2007). The film was directed by Mike Mitchell from a script by Josh Klausner and Darren Lemke, and stars Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, Antonio Banderas, Julie Andrews, and John Cleese reprising their previous roles, with Walt Dohrn introduced in the role of Rumpelstiltskin. The plot follows Shrek struggling as a family man with no privacy, who yearns for"
"film, ""Monsters vs. Aliens"". Follow the release of MVA, Vernon was brought on by one of the aforementioned movie's stars Seth Rogen to direct his raunchy, adult animated comedy ""Sausage Party."" He accepted the offer, and the latter film was released on August 12, 2016. A month after the film's premiere, Vernon is helmed to direct a remake of ""The Toxic Avenger"". Conrad Vernon Conrad Vernon (born July 11, 1968) is an American voice actor, director, writer and storyboard artist best known for his work on the DreamWorks animated film series ""Shrek"" as well as other films such as ""Monsters"
"with Diaz. Garofalo maintains that she was not offered an explanation as to why she was fired, joking, ""I assume [it is] because I sound like a man sometimes"". However, it is believed that Fiona's re-casting resulted from the death of comedian Chris Farley, who was originally cast as Shrek and had already recorded most of the character's dialogue until he passed away during production, at which point he was replaced with actor Mike Myers. According to film historian Jim Hill, the filmmakers originally cast Garofalo as Fiona because they had felt that the actress' ""abrasive, sarcastic comic persona"" would"
"he asked to re-record all of his lines in a Scottish accent, similar to the one his mother had used when she told him bedtime stories, and also used in previous films he was in such as ""So I Married an Axe Murderer"" (1993) and """" (1999). Myers explained his decision, ""There is a class struggle in ""Shrek"" between the fairytale kings and queens and the common people. I always thought that Shrek was raised working class. And since Lord Farquaad (the villain) was played English, I thought of Scottish"". After hearing the alternative, Katzenberg agreed to redo scenes in"
"and integrity throughout, elaborating that each film has ""great messages, it’s for everyone. All audiences can watch this.” In the first film, the origins of Fiona's parents had not yet been disclosed, therefore Diaz voiced Fiona using an American accent. After discovering that English actors Julie Andrews and John Cleese would be voicing her parents Queen Lillian and King Harold, respectively, in ""Shrek 2"", Diaz wished she had voiced her character with a British accent as opposed to her default Californian accent, relenting, ""Wait a second! How come I sound like I’m from California?"" She identified this as one of"
"clock strikes midnight, Fiona rejects Shrek's offer to remain humans, and they happily let the potion's effects wear off and revert to their ogre forms, while Donkey changes back to his natural form as well. In the mid-credits scene, Dragon, who had previously romanced Donkey, reveals that they now have several dragon-donkey hybrid babies, much to his surprise. In 2001, soon after the original ""Shrek"" proved to be a hit, Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy and Cameron Diaz negotiated an upfront payment of $10 million each for voicing a sequel to the film. That was significant rise from the $350,000 salary"
"""Dirty Work"", were released posthumously in the summer of 1998. Farley was originally cast as the voice of the title character in the movie ""Shrek"", recording 85% (or 95% according to some sources) of the character's dialogue, but died just before recording was finished. The filmmakers felt continuing the film with Farley would be in bad taste, so Shrek's dialogue was re-recorded by Mike Myers. A story reel featuring a sample of Farley as Shrek was released officially in 2015. The original version of Shrek was more like Farley himself, according to his brother. Farley was slated for another voice"
"and ""Shrek the Third"" screenwriters J. David Stem and David N. Weiss. The film stars Jonathan Winters as Papa Smurf, Katy Perry as Smurfette, George Lopez as Grouchy Smurf, Gary Basaraba as Hefty Smurf, John Oliver as Vanity Smurf, Alan Cumming as Gutsy Smurf, Paul Reubens as Jokey Smurf, Hank Azaria as Gargamel, Neil Patrick Harris as Patrick Winslow and Jayma Mays as Grace Winslow, a couple in New York who help the Smurfs get back to their village. It was suggested that Quentin Tarantino would play Brainy Smurf, but this ""didn't work out"" so Fred Armisen voices Brainy instead."
"Christopher Sieber as Farquaad and Tartaglia as Pinocchio. Daniel Breaker took over the role of Donkey, as the creative team thought Chester Gregory II did not fit the part. The Dragon was voiced by company members Haven Burton, Aymee Garcia and Rachel Stern, instead of a soloist. Kecia Lewis-Evans, who played Dragon in Seattle, was offered a part in the show's ensemble but declined. Ben Crawford was the standby for Shrek, until he replaced d'Arcy James for the final months of performances. The song ""I'm a Believer"", which was originally played as the audience left the theatre, was added to"
"Since 1998, he has been a freelance actor. He is also a member of a band. Gesztesi is best known as a Hungarian voice actor. He voiced the protagonist Shrek in the Hungarian dubs of the Shrek films. He is divorced and the father of five children. His eldest son is actor Máté Gesztesi. Károly Gesztesi Károly Gesztesi (born Károly Tóth, 16 April 1963, Budapest, Hungary) is a Hungarian actor and voice actor. His ex-wife is Claudia Liptai. He is best known for providing the Hungarian dubbing of the titular Shrek from the movie of the same name. He graduated"
"afford the complete cast. He was replaced by two animated characters who made semi-regular appearances: Lieutenant Arex, whose Edosian species had three arms and three legs; and Lieutenant M'Ress, a female Caitian. Besides performing their characters Montgomery Scott and Christine Chapel, James Doohan and Majel Barrett also performed the voices of Arex and M'Ress, respectively. Initially, Filmation was only going to use the voices of William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Doohan and Barrett. Doohan and Barrett would also perform the voices of Sulu and Uhura. Nimoy refused to voice Spock in the series unless Nichelle Nichols and George Takei"
"Kyle Hebert Kyle Henry Hebert ( ; born June 14, 1969) is an American voice actor who works for anime and video game series, such as the teenage-adult Gohan and the narrator in the Funimation dub of the ""Dragon Ball series"", Sōsuke Aizen in ""Bleach"", Ryu in the ""Street Fighter"" video game series, Kiba Inuzuka in ""Naruto"", Kamina in ""Gurren Lagann"", Ryuji Suguro in ""Blue Exorcist"", and Noriaki Kakyoin in """". Hebert got his start in voice-over during the mid-1990s as a disc jockey for Radio Disney, under the pseudonym Squeege. This lasted until September 2005, when he moved from"
"then he, along with the other characters, is last seen making a mud angel. This is the first film where Donkey did not perform any pop culture song, although he is briefly heard singing Hit Me with Your Best Shot in one scene. Donkey was also seen in the 2007 Christmas special ""Shrek The Halls"", where he is trying to help Shrek get his Christmas Spirit. Donkey was voiced by original voice actor Eddie Murphy. He also appeared in the 2010 Halloween special ""Scared Shrekless"", where Shrek challenges his friends to spend the night in Lord Farquaad's castle while telling"
"becoming a mother by ""Shrek the Third"" (2007) and an empowered warrior princess in ""Shrek Forever After"" (2010), much of which is set in an alternate reality in which Fiona never meets Shrek. Created by screenwriters Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio, Fiona is loosely based on the unsightly princess in William Steig's children's book ""Shrek!"", from which her role and appearance were significantly modified. The screenwriters adapted the character into a princess under an enchantment that induces shapeshifting, an idea that was initially greatly contested by the other filmmakers. Fiona is voiced by actress Cameron Diaz. Comedian and actress Janeane"
"and Mr. Dinkles, Guy Diamond, Gloria, Smidge, DJ Suki and Satin & Chenille and Hammy for this series respectively; only Michael Gough, Mark Moseley, Wally Wingert, Phil LaMar, Mick Wingert, Stephen Stanton, Drew Massey, Ron Funches and Walt Dohrn reprise their roles as Shrek, Donkey, Alex, Marty, Po, RJ and Melman, Verne, Cooper and Cloud Guy, also respectively. Matt Lowe also voices Creek in the series, who returns in ""Creek Week"". Matthew Beans developed the series, with music from Alex Geringas and original songs by Alana Da Fonseca. 52 11-minute segments have been made, according to the promotional poster. James"
"November 2008 he received Złota Kaczka (Golden Duck) being chosen the ""century's best actor of comedy"". Stuhr was appointed to the European Film Award for his fourfold role in ""Love stories"". He is a laureate of the Venice Film Festival. He also has received numerous other Polish and international awards in recognition of his work, including: Jerzy Stuhr became very popular with younger viewers after he provided the voice for Donkey in the Polish dubbed version of ""Shrek"" (as well as in ""Shrek 2"", ""Shrek the Third"" and in video games, based on the Shrek movies). Stuhr also provided the"
"out of four stars, saying ""Swift, sweet, irreverent, rangy and as spirited in the writing and voice work as it is splendid in design."" Lou Lumenick of the ""New York Post"" gave the film four out of four stars, saying ""A fat green ogre with a grouchy disposition and worse manners, ""Shrek"" is the sort of unlikely hero that nobody could love -- except just about everyone who sees this hip and hilarious animated delight."" Jami Bernard of the ""New York Daily News"" gave the film four out of four stars, saying ""The brilliance of the voice work, script, direction"
"the films ""Shrek 2"" and ""Shrek the Third"". Both are voiced by men (Larry King voiced Doris and Regis Philbin voiced Mabel) and covered in lavish and poor applications of makeup, not unlike their usual portrayals in pantomime. Mabel is a villain who sides with the evil Prince Charming's conquest of the kingdom of Far Far Away. Doris, in contrast, seems to be on friendly terms with the protagonists (including her stepsister Cinderella). Doris and Mabel reconcile in the end upon Artie convincing the villains to not be villains after they were defeated by their respective opponents. In ABC's ""Once"
"Shrek (franchise) The ""Shrek"" franchise from DreamWorks Animation, based on William Steig's picture book ""Shrek!"", consists of four computer-animated films including: ""Shrek"" (2001), ""Shrek 2"" (2004), ""Shrek the Third"" (2007), and ""Shrek Forever After"" (2010), with a fifth film currently in the works. A short 4-D film, ""Shrek 4-D"", which originally was a theme park ride, was released in 2003. Two television specials, the Christmas television special ""Shrek the Halls"" (2007) and the Halloween television special ""Scared Shrekless"" (2010), have also been produced. A spin-off film titled ""Puss in Boots"" was released in October 2011, and a 2008 Broadway musical"
"based on and follows the character of the same name on his adventures with Kitty Softpaws and mastermind Humpty Dumpty before his first appearance in ""Shrek 2"". Shrek Forever After Shrek Forever After (previously promoted as Shrek: The Final Chapter) is a 2010 American computer-animated, comedy film by DreamWorks Animation. It is the fourth installment in the ""Shrek"" film franchise and the sequel to ""Shrek the Third"" (2007). The film was directed by Mike Mitchell from a script by Josh Klausner and Darren Lemke, and stars Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, Antonio Banderas, Julie Andrews, and John Cleese reprising"