1. Gregory Everett Proops was born on October 3,1959 and is an American actor, stand-up comedian and television host.
25 Facts About Greg Proops
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Greg Proops has voiced the titular character on the American version of Bob the Builder: Project: Build It in series 10 to 14.
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Greg Proops frequently instigated jokes concerning various idiosyncrasies and differences between British English and American English, and would frequently banter with Clive Anderson on these matters.
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Greg Proops lived in London for four years when he was doing the show and lists McShane, Richard Vranch and Colin Mochrie among his best friends.
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Greg Proops appeared in every episode of the short-lived Drew Carey's Green Screen Show, where the performers would play improv games in front of a massive green screen.
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In November 2011, Greg Proops did a week on Royal Caribbean's Freedom of the Seas with the Lewis Black Comedy Cruise Tour.
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Greg Proops performed the entire week of stand-up with other artists, which included a live, one-hour podcast in front of his entire audience.
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Greg Proops has performed his stand-up act across Britain, mainland Europe, Australia and New Zealand.
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Greg Proops appeared as a panelist on the 2000 revival of To Tell the Truth.
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Greg Proops provided the voice of Bob in the US version of the TV series Bob the Builder for the five seasons of Project Build It.
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Greg Proops has featured in 2003 film Brother Bear as the voice of one of the Love Bears and provided the voice as Cryptograf in 2006 film Asterix and the Vikings.
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Greg Proops has been involved with Turner Classic Movies since 2013, appearing on several of the network's podcasts and in person at public events.
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Greg Proops has been involved with the Star Wars franchise as well.
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In 2018, Greg Proops voiced Jak Sivrak in Star Wars Resistance.
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Since 2010, Greg Proops has hosted a podcast called The Smartest Man In The World, often together with his wife Jennifer Canaga, in which he talks about current events, celebrity culture, and his personal life, usually in front of a live audience.
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The series seems to have continued in text format and on Twitter for several years after Greg Proops was no longer a part of it.
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From 1995 to 1996, Greg Proops presented Bits from Last Week's Radio on BBC Radio 1.
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Greg Proops did voice work for the BBC Radio 2 series Flight of the Conchords, first broadcast in September 2005.
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Greg Proops played the title role in BBC Radio 4's sci-fi comedy series Seymour the Fractal Cat.
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Greg Proops provided the voices for the Harlequin Demon, the Devil, and the Sax Player in Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas soundtrack and movie.
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Greg Proops provides voice-over work as Howard "Buckshot" Holmes, a game show announcer along with John DiMaggio for the Nintendo Wii game MadWorld.
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Greg Proops provided the voice of Matthew Black, a reporter in the forgotten Psygnosis game, ZombieVille.
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Greg Proops provided the voice of Fargus, a pyromantic court jester for the PlayStation Pandemonium game series.
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Greg Proops later worked as a voice actor in Skylanders: Imaginators, where he voiced a Brain that was freed by Kaos in order to help perfect his Doomlanders project.
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On May 5,2015, Greg Proops released nonfiction book The Smartest Book in the World through publisher Touchstone.