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Susan Fitzer

Cast · Known for Penguins of Madagascar

Susan Fitzer is known for Penguins of Madagascar (2014), Flushed Away (2006) and Turbo (2013).

Ant Ward

Producer · Known for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Ant Ward is known for his work on The Penguins of Madagascar (2008), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012) and Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2018).

Etan Cohen

Writer · Known for Men in Black 3, The Bad Guys, The Bad Guys 2

Etan Cohen is an Israeli-American screenwriter and film director, best known for writing the scripts to Tropic Thunder, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa and Men in Black 3.

Christopher Knights

Cast · Editor · Known for Penguins of Madagascar, Shrek, Shrek 2

Christopher Knights is an English voice actor, film editor and camera operator best known for providing the voice of Private the Penguin in Madagascar. He worked on several DreamWorks films Shrek, Shrek 2, Shrek the Third, and Shrek 4-D. He started his filming career at Amblimation studios and worked on We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story and Balto. When he joined DreamWorks he did not only start his editing career but his acting career. He worked on Shrek Forever After as Associate Editor and voice of the Three Blind Mice. He worked many times with another English cameraman and voice actor, Simon J. Smith. Description above from the Wikipedia Christopher Knights licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Lorne Balfe

Composer · Known for Black Adam, Black Widow, Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

Lorne Balfe (born 23 February 1976) is a Scottish composer of film, television and video game scores.  A veteran of Hans Zimmer's Remote Control Productions, Balfe's scoring credits include the films Megamind, Penguins of Madagascar, Home, Terminator Genisys, 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi, The Lego Batman Movie, Mission: Impossible – Fallout and its sequel Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, Bad Boys for Life and its sequel Bad Boys: Ride or Die, Black Widow, Black Adam, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, Gran Turismo, and Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, as well as the video games Assassin's Creed: Revelations, Assassin's Creed III, Crysis 2, Skylanders, and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. He has also scored the television series The Bible, Marcella, The Crown, and Genius, the latter for which he earned a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music. He also collaborates with directors Michael Bay, Chris McKay, Christopher McQuarrie, Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah, and Mikael Håfström. He composed the new fanfare for Skydance Media transcribed as There's a World, There's A Moon. Balfe also composed the Annapurna Pictures deep note opening logo. Balfe is also involved in The Game Awards, serving as the conductor of the Game Awards Orchestra and the composer and arranger of several musical performances featured at the show. Since The Game Awards 2018, he has composed a medley of the themes of the six nominees for Game of the Year each year, presented as the award at the end of the show. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lorne Balfe, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Eric Darnell

Cast · Director · Creator · Known for Madagascar, Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted, Penguins of Madagascar

Eric Darnell (born August 21, 1961) is an American animator, storyboard artist, director, writer, songwriter and occasional voice actor best known for the Madagascar saga. He now works for Baobab Studio.

Kelly Cooney Cilella

Cast · Known for Shrek 2, The Bad Guys, Penguins of Madagascar

Kelly Cooney Cilella was born on June 18, 1976 in Los Angeles County, California, USA. She is a producer, known for Penguins of Madagascar (2014), Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken (2023) and Shrek The Third (2007).

Tom McGrath

Cast · Known for Penguins of Madagascar, The Penguins of Madagascar, Megamind

Thomas "Tom" McGrath (born August 7, 1965) is an American voice actor and animator who co-directed (with Eric Darnell) the 2005 feature Madagascar and its sequel, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa in 2008. He has also worked as a voice actor on other DreamWorks animated features like Flushed Away in 2006 and Shrek the Third in 2007. He also stepped in on Flushed Away to help make improvements prior to its release. McGrath's experience in both television and feature animation includes work as an animator on Ralph Bakshi's film Cool World (starring Brad Pitt), storyboard artist and director for the popular series The Ren and Stimpy Show, animator on the Joe Pytka-directed Space Jam (starring Michael Jordan), and storyboard artist on the live-action film Cats & Dogs and worked as storyboard artist and concept artist/prop and set designer for How the Grinch Stole Christmas (directed by Ron Howard). McGrath made his film directing debut as the co-director and co-writer of Madagascar where he also created the memorable squad of penguin characters and voiced their leader, Skipper. He also reprised his role as Skipper and co-directed and co-wrote the sequel, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa. He worked on The Penguins of Madagascar, a Madagascar spin-off TV series, as the voice of Skipper, and directed the DreamWorks animated feature Megamind (starring Will Ferrell, Jonah Hill, Brad Pitt, Tina Fey and David Cross), released in November 2010. McGrath was raised in Lynnwood, Washington. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tom McGrath (animator), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Tucker Chandler

Tucker Chandler is an American actor. He is best known for his work on I Lost My Body (2019), Samsam (2019), and Madagascar: A Little Wild (2020).

Faly Rakotohavana

Faly Rakotohavana was born on April 26th, 2003 at Antananarivo, Madagascar. He is a professional Malagasy-American actor, who is best known for his starring role as Finn in the Hulu comedy series UnPrisoned (2023) and as Prince Matteo in the Disney+ original film Secret Society of Second-Born Royals (2020).

Jeff Bennett

Cast · Known for Jake and the Never Land Pirates, The Powerpuff Girls, New Looney Tunes

Jeffrey Glenn "Jeff" Bennett (born October 2, 1962) is an American voice actor, best known as the voice of Johnny Bravo in the series of the same name. When voicing Johnny, he made his voice sound like that of Elvis Presley. He is also famous for voicing Petrie in The Land Before Time series from the second film onward. Bennett also took over for two actors who played different characters in the Star Wars series: as Jango Fett who was originally portrayed by actor Temuera Morrison and as Count Dooku who was originally played by Christopher Lee in Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter. Bennett also played Jango Fett for Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds. Bennett has been listed "among the top names in the voice-over field". He is currently the voice of Dorkus in Planet Sheen, the spin-off series of The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius and Kowalski in The Penguins of Madagascar, the spin-off series of Madagascar (2005 film). Description above from the Wikipedia article Jeff Bennett, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Nicole Sullivan

Cast · Known for The King of Queens, The Penguins of Madagascar, Kim Possible

Nicole Julianne Sullivan (born April 21, 1970) is an American actress, comedian and voice artist. Sullivan is best known for her six seasons (1995–2001) on the sketch comedy series MADtv and five seasons (2001–2005, 2007) on the CBS sitcom The King of Queens. She has played a recurring character on Scrubs and voices the villainous Shego in Disney's Kim Possible, Drew from Cartoon Network's The Secret Saturdays, and Louise on the ABC Family series Slacker Cats. She had recurring voice roles on Family Guy and voiced "Franny Robinson" in Disney's Meet the Robinsons. From 2008 to 2009, Sullivan starred in the Lifetime TV show Rita Rocks. Currently, she voices Marlene in the TV show The Penguins of Madagascar and stars on the CBS sitcom $h*! My Dad Says as Bonnie Goodson. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nicole Sullivan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

John DiMaggio

Cast · Known for Adventure Time, Futurama, Kim Possible

John William DiMaggio is an American voice actor. A native of North Plainfield, New Jersey, he is known for his gruff, deep voice and New Jersey accent, which he uses to voice mainly villains and anti-heroes. He is best known for his voice roles of Bender in Futurama, Dr. Drakken and Motor Ed in Kim Possible, Marcus Fenix in Gears of War and Gears of War 2, Rico in the Penguins of Madagascar series, and Wakka as well as Kimahri Ronso in Final Fantasy X. He now participates in the animated child comedy Chowder as Shnitzel, and Jake in the new animated series Adventure Time with Finn and Jake.

Januel Mercado

Cast · Known for The Croods: A New Age, Forgotten Island

Januel Patricio Mercado (born November 23, 1984) is a Filipino-American feature animation director, storyboard artist, and writer. A San Jose State University graduate, he has been with DreamWorks Animation since 2008. He started as a story artist on Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011) and contributed to Turbo (2013), Penguins of Madagascar (2014), and Trolls (2016). Mercado made his co-directorial debut on Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022) alongside Joel Crawford, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award and BAFTA.

Fred Stoller

Cast · Known for The Penguins of Madagascar

Frederick 'Fred' Stoller (born March 19, 1958 or 1965) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, author, writer, and voice artist. He is best known for portraying Gerard on Everybody Loves Raymond. He is also the voice of Stanley in the Open Season franchise, Fred the Squirrel in The Penguins of Madagascar, Chuck the Evil Sandwich Making Guy in WordGirl, and Rusty the monkey wrench on Disney Jr.'s Handy Manny. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Danny Jacobs

Cast · Known for The Penguins of Madagascar, Penguins of Madagascar

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Daniel "Danny" Jacobs (born July 7, 1968) is an American voice actor, best known as the voice King Julien XIII the ring-tailed lemur on the Nickelodeon television series, The Penguins of Madagascar. Description above from the Wikipedia article Danny Jacobs (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Elisa Gabrielli

Cast · Known for Madagascar

Actress and Improvisor Elisa Gabrielli began her professional career with the highly acclaimed Mirror Repertory Company in New York, working closely and often with Inner-City Improv and New Dramatists. Theatrical credits include Emily in "Les Liaisons Dangereuses", Miss Wellington in "You Can't Take It With You", Kate in "The Taming of the Shrew", Meg in "Merrily We Roll Along" and Ado Annie in "Oklahoma!". Film and television credits include The Brady Bunch Movie, Seven Girlfriends and ER , among others. She is attached to act in the upcoming film "Ten Shots of Tequila", currently in development. Working extensively in Voice-Over, Narration and Animation, Elisa is the voice of the cranky Old Lady "Nana" in DreamWorks's "Madagascar" and "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa", as well as having numerous voices in "Kung Fu Panda", "Shrek", "Mulan", "Open Season 2" a " A Shark's Tale", among many others. Her narration includes projects for the United Nations, the LA History Museum , The Getty Villa and various documentaries. Elisa lives happily in Los Angeles with her husband, fellow actor and musician Floyd VanBuskirk.

James S. Levine

Composer · Known for American Horror Story, Damages, Glee

James Scott Levine (born 1974) is an American composer and member of Remote Control Productions. He has won seven BMI awards and seven ASCAP awards. His credits include the films Running with Scissors, Delta Farce, and The Weather Man, and the television shows Nip/Tuck, Glee, The Closer, Rizzoli & Isles, and American Horror Story. He has also provided additional music for films such as Madagascar, Pearl Harbor, and Something's Gotta Give. James Levine grew up in Medford, Massachusetts, where he played multiple instruments in various genres. The main instrument he played growing up was the piano, performing at multiple events growing up. At the age of 13 Levine shifted his focus from playing the piano, to learning Jazz, as well as improvisation. Composers that Levine looked up to when he was younger were Mozart, Morricone and James Newton Howard. He is of Jewish heritage. Levine attended Tufts University, where he was originally a pre-med student. However he switched subject areas, and subsequently in college Levine studied Sociology and Musicology, and got his degree in American Studies. He graduated from Tufts in 1996. Levine came to Hollywood in 1997 to begin his career as a composer, leaving behind money and family. He first started off his career by doing intern work around Los Angeles. James Levine is a composer for shows like American Horror Story, Glee, Nip/Tuck, Royal Pains and The Closer. The music for American Horror Story is one of his most known works, receiving many awards such as the Best Music in a Series, Best music in a non-series, and has been nominated for outstanding sound mixing for television movies and miniseries two years in a row. Due to the success of his music he has continued to create music for the show. His work on Glee has also won him many awards and he has gone on to keep composing for the show until the final season.

Bettina Bush

Bettina Bush (born January 28, 1972) is an American actress and singer. She is known for voicing characters including Rainbow Brite, Lucy Little in The Littles, Kai Green in Ben 10, and Gloria in the Madagascar video game series.

James Baxter

British character animator. He was first known for his work on several Walt Disney Animation Studios films, including various characters in Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Rafiki in The Lion King, Belle in Beauty and the Beast, and Quasimodo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame. After Notre Dame, Baxter moved over to DreamWorks Animation, where he worked on films such as The Prince of Egypt, The Road to El Dorado, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, Shrek 2 and Madagascar. Early in 2005, Baxter left DreamWorks and set out on his own as an independent animator. He became the head of his own studio, James Baxter Animation, in Pasadena, California, where he has directed the animation for the 2007 film Enchanted and the opening credits to Kung Fu Panda, for which he received an Annie Award. As of the summer of 2008, James Baxter Animation has closed and Baxter has returned once again to DreamWorks Animation as a supervising animator. Baxter has also worked on Tummy Trouble, How to Train Your Dragon and The Croods. In May 2013, Baxter was a guest animator for an episode of Adventure Time entitled "James Baxter the Horse".The episode's story focused on the lead characters trying to emulate a horse who can cheer everyone up by neighing his name (James Baxter) and balancing on a beach ball. Both the horse's animation (which is visually distinct from the other characters) and voice were provided by Baxter. The episode's title card features a drawing of the horse drawing a horse on a beach ball, while sitting at an animation table. -Wikipedia

Jeffrey Katzenberg

Executive Producer · Producer · Known for How to Train Your Dragon, Shrek, Shrek 2

Jeffrey Katzenberg (/ˈkætsənbɜːrɡ/ KAT-sən-burg; born December 21, 1950) is an American media proprietor and film producer. He served as chairman of Walt Disney Studios from 1984 to 1994, a position in which he oversaw production and business operations for the company's feature films. Following his departure, he co-founded DreamWorks SKG in 1994, where he served as the company's chief executive officer (CEO) and executive producer of its animated franchises—including Shrek, Madagascar, Kung Fu Panda, and How to Train Your Dragon—until stepping down from the title in 2016. He has since founded the venture capital firm WndrCo in the same year, which invests in digital media projects, and launched Quibi in 2020, a defunct short-form mobile video platform that lost US$1.35 billion in seven months. Katzenberg has also been involved in politics as an election donor. With active support of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, he was named "one of Hollywood's premier political kingmakers and one of the Democratic Party's top national fund-raisers". He served as a campaign co-chair for Joe Biden's 2024 presidential re-election campaign, and subsequently Kamala Harris' 2024 presidential campaign. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jeffrey Katzenberg, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Conrad Vernon

Cast · Known for Penguins of Madagascar, The Addams Family, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

Conrad Vernon (born July 11, 1968) is an American voice actor, director, producer, 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, Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted, and Penguins of Madagascar. He also co-directed non-DreamWorks animated films such as Sony Pictures' Sausage Party and MGM's The Addams Family. Description above from the Wikipedia article Conrad Vernon, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Sim Evan-Jones

Editor · Known for Shrek, Shrek 2, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Sim worked for Stephen Spielberg's Amblimation in London during the early nineties. In 1995 he moved to Los Angeles as one of the first employees of DreamWorks Animation, working on the Prince of Egypt and then cutting the Oscar winning Shrek and Shrek 2 for director Andrew Adamson, as well as helping out on Madagascar. Sim continued working with Adamson at Disney in New Zealand, editing The Chronicles of Narnia; the Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe and returned to the UK in 2007 to cut the The Chronicles of Narnia; Prince Caspian. Sim went on to edit Hippy, Hippy, Shake for Beeban Kidron and Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang for Susanna White, both at Working Title. He spent some time in New Zealand, again with Andrew Adamson, cutting Cirque du Soleil's World’s Away 3D, shot in Las Vegas, and MrPip, starring Hugh Laurie, shot in Papua New Guinea. Sim was consultant editor on the 3D effects movie Pompeii, and the animated movies Free Birds and Book of Life for Dallas' RealFX. In 2014 Sim joined the Aardman Animations team in Bristol, for Oscar nominated, Shaun the Sheep the Movie. He then worked with the amazing Nick Park, editing his 2018 release Early Man. After that came Shaun the Sheep; Farmageddon which was also Oscar nominated. In 2020 Sim moved back to London to help on Locksmith’s Ron’s Gone Wrong and is currently heading up editing on their Richard Curtis written, Simon Otto directed That Christmas, due out on Netflix Christmas 2024.

Bill Motz

Writer · Known for The Penguins of Madagascar

William Robert "Bill" Motz is the creator and executive producer of the animated television series LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures and LEGO Star Wars: All-Stars alongside writing partner Bob Roth. He is also the co-creator of The Ghost and Molly McGee and The Legend of Tarzan, both with Bob Roth. Outside of Disney, Motz has worked on other noteworthy shows, such as Xiaolin Showdown, El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera, The Secret Saturdays, The Penguins of Madagascar, and Breadwinners.