John DiMaggio is an American voice artist, actor, and comedian. He is best known for his role as Bender in the Futurama series. Some of his other well-known voice-over roles include Gears of War franchise, The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper (2005) and Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry (2005). He has also voiced characters in popular TV shows like Samurai Jack, Jackie Chan Adventures, The Legend of Tarzan, What`s New, Scooby-Doo?, and Kim Possible. John`s body of work also includes films like Eddie (1996), Madagascar (2005), Asterix and the Vikings (2006), Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008), Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011), Wreck-It Ralph (2012), Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014), and Zootopia (2016). His 2017 project as a voice-over artist includes the fifth installment of the live-action Transformers film series, Transformers: The Last Knight. Directed by Michael Bay, the movie stars Mark Wahlberg returning from Age of Extinction, along with Josh Duhamel, John Turturro, and Anthony Hopkins.