Rodger Bumpass (November 20, 1951, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA) is an American actor and voice actor. He is best known for his long-running role as Squidward Tentacles on the American animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants. He voices several other characters on the show as well, including the Purple Doctor Fish and various anchovies.
He also voiced The Chief in the animated series Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego?, and Mr. Besser, the school principal in the animated series The Kids from Room 402. Bumpass has many other credits in animated films, animated television series, and video games.
In 1977 he won a role in the National Lampoon's music and comedy road show That's Not Funny, That's Sick and toured with them until 1978. That same year, he appeared in the TV special Disco Beaver from Outer Space for HBO. In 1979, Bumpass was cast as the leading role in a National Lampoon film to be called Jaws 3, People 0 in which he would have a love scene with Bo Derek. However, the film was canceled due to objections by the creators of the movie Jaws. In 1980, Bumpass created the character of 'Fartman' to appear on the National Lampoon LP The White Album, which later inspired the Howard Stern character by the same name.
Bumpass is best known to present-day viewers as the voice of Squidward Tentacles and various incidental characters on the Nickelodeon animated comedy series SpongeBob SquarePants. He is also known for voicing The Chief from Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego?, Hyenas on The Lion King, Dr. Light on Teen Titans, and Professor Membrane on Invader Zim. Though he has been voicing and acting in films since the 60s, and had also appeared on stage through the mid 70s until the late 80s. Bumpass has over 693 film credits, according to IMDb. In 2012, Bumpass received a Daytime Emmy Award nomination for his role as Squidward on SpongeBob SquarePants.
| Year | Image | Character | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999-Present | 
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Squidward Tentacles | SpongeBob SquarePants |
| 2003-2006 | 
|
Doctor Light | Teen Titans |
| 2006 | 
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Claude Scruggs | Cars |
| 2004 | 
|
Mr. Incredible's Lawyer | The Incredibles |
| 2001-2004 | 
|
Professor Membrane | Invader Zim |
| 2003 | 
|
Mr. Turnbuckle | Treasure Planet |
| 2001 | 
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Newsman | Monsters, Inc. |
| 2000 | 
|
Bull | The Emperor's New Groove |
| 1999 | 
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Thug David | Tarzan |
| 1998 | 
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Harry Mosquito | A Bug's Life |
| 1991 | 
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Toxie / Melvin Junko | Toxic Crusaders |
| 1991 | 
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Dr. Killemoff | Toxic Crusaders |
| 1989 | 
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Scorch | Ring Raiders |