Greg Cipes

Greg Cipes (born 4 January 1980) is an American actor, voice actor, singer, musician, composer, and professional surfer. He is known for his recurring roles in television series The Middle (2010-2018) and Peacemakers (2013). He has also lent his voice in Teen Titans Go! (2013-2020), Milo Murphy's Law (2016-2019), and Young Justice (2019).

He is recognized for the voice of the character "Beast Boy" and has been called the "Crowned Prince of the Voiceover."

Early life

Greg Cipes was born on 4 January 1980, Coral Springs, Broward County, Florida, to Robin Mrasek and Geoff Cipes. He has nine siblings. He comes from a family in the show business; his father is a television director and his grandparents had a career in theatre.

He attended Coral Springs High School in Coral Springs, Florida.

Career

Music

Cipes made his acting debut at the age of 13, starring as Young Solomon in the off-Broadway production of "The Rothschilds" – a 1970 musical by Frederic Morton and Sherman Yellen. Around that time, he also appeared in many national commercials. A few years later, he started a reggae/hip-hop fusion band named "Cipes and the People," and at the age of 16, recorded and self-produced his first single which went on to become a South Florida dance club hit. Their first album, Conscious Revolution, was released by High Valley Entertainment on September 18, 2007. One of the songs of the album, "Rescue," features teenage pop star Jesse McCartney. 

He also works as a singer in Los Angeles clubs and has released music videos for the songs "Fade Away", "Free Me", and "Oh Why Oh Why" (with Jah Sun).

Cipes later formed his new rock band "Super Space Fighters".

[Video] Better Run Quick by Super Space Fighters

Surfing

Cipes became nationally ranked as a Junior Professional surfer, raking in several corporate sponsors by the age of 17, while attending the school. He's been featured in several surfing magazines, and has also been on the cover of "Eastern Surf Magazine."

Acting

In 2001, aged 21, Cipes relocated to Los Angeles to pursue a career in acting, although he had made his television debut a few years ago in 1998, with a minor role in the TV series Miami Sands, starring Jennifer Taylor, James Hyde, and Jenna Gering. 

In 2001, he made his film debut in director Ty Bradford's horror/thriller Do You Wanna Know a Secret? (starring Michael Sarysz, Dorie Barton, and Joey Lawrence).

In 2003, Cipes landed the recurring role of "Will Johnston" in the television series Peacemakers. In the same year, he was recruited as a voice-over artist for various characters of the television animation series Teen Titans. His voice was heard in 63 episodes of the series through 2006.

In 2004, he was cast as "Jesse" in the TV series One on One. After appearing as Jesse in the March 2004 episode "Spy Games Reloaded", he portrayed the character of "Butter" in six later episodes of the series.

Over the following years, he lent his voice to a wide range of characters in a variety of television series such as Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! (2004-2006), W.I.T.C.H. (2004-2006), Ben 10: Alien Force (2008-2010), SciGirls (2010), Ben 10: Ultimate Alien (2010-2012), Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2012), Fish Hooks (2011-2013), Ultimate Spider-Man (2012-2017), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012-2017), and Ben 10 (2016-2019).

His voice has had a long association with the character "Beast Boy," which he has performed in several TV series and video games over the years. He first voiced the character in the 2004 video game Teen Titans: Calling All Titans! and continued with the character in several other productions including Teen Titans (2003-2006), New Teen Titans (2011-2012), Lego Dimensions (Video Game, 2015), and Teen Titans Go! (2013-2020.)

In the summer of 2017, he and Kevin Coulston worked on A Fowl American, a political animated parody cartoon hosted on YouTube. The show was crowdfunded on Kickstarter with the goal of $25,000 and it surpassed the goal with a total contribution of $31,558. According to the official synopsis, "Humanity has been wiped out. Animals rule the earth this time around, but President Rump is bound and determined to repeat history." President "Rump" is a play on the name of 45th US President Donald Trump. The final episode of the series, titles Make Them Pay For It, was shared on YouTube on August 29, 2019.

[Video] Make Them Pay For It

Most recently, in 2020, Cipes was the voice behind the primary character of "Peanut" in the comedy animation Adventures in Wonder Park. The other leading voices in the series are Ken Hudson Campbell (of Boomer), Rachael MacFarlane (of Greta), and Kevin Michael Richardson (of Gus).

He has also finished filming for director Patrick Gilles' a true-story biographical drama I'm Charlie Walker. The film, slated for release in 2020, stars EMMY Award-nominated actor Dylan Baker (The Good Wife), rapper/producer Boots Riley (Sorry to Bother You), and Monica Barbaro (Top Gun 2) with a special appearance by former Mayor of San Francisco Willie Brown Jr.

Other TV appearances

Cipes was a part of the MTV reality television show Twentyfourseven, which aired for eight episodes from December 6, 2006, to February 21, 2007. The show faced low ratings and some viewers suspected that certain parts of the show were staged for dramatic effect; for example, Cipes was presented as a singer new to the Los Angeles music scene, despite that he has had a successful career in show business as an actor, musician and voice artist. The show was canceled after the first season.

In 2011, Cipes appeared as a man camping out in Roseanne Barr's yard in her television series Roseanne's Nuts. He also made appearances in the television series Deadwood and Gilmore Girls, in the season four episode "Ted Koppel's Big Night Out" (aired 18 November 2003).

He also guest-starred in the episode titled "Love Still Won't Die" of the TV series Ghost Whisperer (aired 29 September 2006.)

Trivia

• Cipes was raised on a vegetarian diet since he was eight. In 2009, he became vegan.
• He has a dog named Timber whom he calls WingmanG on social media.