Greg Cipes
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Early life
Cipes was born in Coral Springs, Florida, on January 4, 1980.[1] Growing up, he was an avid surfer who won several competitions, eventually ranking #3 in junior surfing, at the age of 17, he was nationally ranked as a junior professional surfer.[2]
Career
Cipes voices Beast Boy in the animated television series Teen Titans and Kevin Levin in the Ben 10 franchise. He also voices Stinkfly in the Ben 10 reboot series. He reprised the role of Beast Boy in the spin-off series Teen Titans Go!, as well as video games based on Teen Titans and the online game DC Universe Online. He voiced Atlas in the Astro Boy anime series in 2003, as well as Chiro in Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! in 2004. In 2012, he began working on Nickelodeon's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles voicing Michelangelo.[3] He also voiced Tu in The Legend of Korra.[4]
Cipes has made numerous appearances in television, in both commercials and television programs. He was one of seven friends in the MTV reality show Twentyfourseven. Cipes made some guest appearances on One on One as Butter, one of Arnaz Ballard's band members. He guest starred on House M.D. in the episode "Famil"' as a cane salesman. He has made appearances in the television series Gilmore Girls, in the season four episode "Ted Koppel's Big Night Out", and Deadwood. Cipes has also guest starred in an episode of Ghost Whisperer in the episode "Love Still Won't Die". He appeared as a freegan in the Bones season six episode "The Body and the Bounty". He also played a man who camps out in Roseanne's yard in her series Roseanne's Nuts. From 2009 to 2018, he appeared in a recurring role as Chuck, Mike Heck's freewheeling co-worker, in the ABC television series, The Middle.
Cipes is the front man for the reggae/hip-hop band Cipes and the People. The band has developed a following in Southern California, and other parts of the United States and Asia. Their first album, Conscious Revolution, was released by High Valley Entertainment on September 18, 2007. The song "Rescue" on the band's 2007 debut release Conscious Revolution features teenage pop star Jesse McCartney. Cipes also works as a singer in clubs in Los Angeles. He has released music videos for the songs "Fade Away", "Free Me", and "Oh Why Oh Why (Greg Cipes and Jah Sun)".
Cipes was the announcer for Cartoon Network from July to October 2008. In April 2017, he and Kevin Coulston created a new animated political parody impov series on Kickstarter, called A Fowl American. The story takes place on Planet Earth, where humanity has been wiped out. Animals rule the land, but President Rump, a parody of Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th President of the United States, who is determined to repeat history.
Personal life
Cipes was raised a Messianic Jew[5] and identified as a "Christian Jew" in 2019.[6] He previously identified as irreligious in 2017, saying he was "free of mental slavery and hypocrisy" and jokingly claiming to be a "believer in dog".[7] Cipes is a survivor of skin cancer.[2]
Cipes has a dog named Wingman, who served as the inspiration and namesake for Beast Boy's emotional support dog in Young Justice. In the series itself, Wingman is named after the Crimson Avenger's sidekick Wing.[8][9]
Cipes is a vegan. He became a vegetarian at the age of eight before switching to veganism in 2009.[10] On March 4, 2025, Cipes announced on his social media that he had been diagnosed with early-onset Parkinson's disease.[11]
Filmography
Voice-over roles
Animation
Film
Video games
| Year | Series | Role | Notes | Source |
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| Template:Dts | True Crime: Streets of LA | Additional voices | [16] | |
| Template:Dts | Teen Titans | Beast Boy | [12] | |
| Template:Dts | Hot Shots Tennis | Cody | [12] | |
| Template:Dts | Ben 10: Alien Force | Kevin Levin | [12] | |
| Template:Dts | Ben 10 Alien Force: Vilgax Attacks | Kevin Levin | [12] | |
| Template:Dts | Ben 10 Ultimate Alien: Cosmic Destruction | Kevin Levin | [12] | |
| Template:Dts | Ben 10: Galactic Racing | Kevin Levin | [12] | |
| Template:Dts | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Michaelangelo | [12] | |
| Template:Dts | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Danger of the Ooze | Michaelangelo | [12] | |
| Template:Dts | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Portal Power | Michaelangelo | [12] | |
| 2016 | Teeny Titans | Beast Boy | [12] | |
| Template:Dts | Lego DC Super-Villains | Beast Boy | [17] | |
| Template:Dts | Ben 10: Power Trip | Kevin Levin | ||
| Template:Dts | Nickelodeon Extreme Tennis | Michaelangelo | [12] | |
| Template:Dts | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Wrath of the Mutants | Michaelangelo | [12] |
Live-action roles
Film
| Year | Series | Role | Notes | Source[4] |
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| Template:Dts | Club Dread | Trevor | Resume | |
| Template:Dts | Ring of Darkness | Gordo | IMDb | |
| Template:Dts | Stress, Orgasms, and Salvation | Water | Resume | |
| Template:Dts | Kathy T | Curtis | Resume | |
| Template:Dts | The Boys & Girls Guide to Getting Down | Drunk Driver | Resume | |
| Template:Dts | Simon Says | Zack | Resume | |
| Template:Dts | John Tucker Must Die | Guy at Party #4 | Resume | |
| Template:Dts | National Lampoon's Pledge This! | Reed | Resume | |
| Template:Dts | Supergator | Shaun | Resume | |
| Template:Dts | The Onion Movie | Hippie Diplomant | Resume | |
| Template:Dts | Killer Pad | Vance | Resume | |
| Template:Dts | Fast & Furious | Dwight Mueller | Resume | |
| Template:Dts | Vile | Sam | Resume | |
| Template:Dts | Unfriended | Barking Dog | Uncredited |
Television
| Year | Series | Role | Notes | Source[4] |
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| Template:Dts | MDs | Tanner | Recurring role, 10 episodes | Resume |
| Template:Dts | Gilmore Girls | Brennon Lewis | Episode "Ted Koppel's Big Night Out" | Resume |
| Template:Dts | Peacemakers | Will Johnston | Recurring role | Resume |
| Template:Dts | Deadwood | Miles Anderson | 2 episodes | Resume |
| Template:Dts | One on One | Butter/Jesse | 8 episodes | Resume |
| Template:Dts–07 | Ghost Whisperer | Jamey Barton | 3 episodes | Resume |
| Template:Dts | Twentyfourseven | Greg | Reality television series, as himself, cast member | [18] |
| Template:Dts | Cold Case | Greg Wells | Episode: "Saving Sammy" | Resume |
| Template:Dts | Raines | Hunter | Episode: "Stone Dead" | Resume |
| Template:Dts | House M.D. | Cane Salesman | Episode: "Family" | Resume |
| Template:Dts | Without a Trace | Wayne | Episode: "Two of Us" | Resume |
| Template:Dts | Nite Tales: The Series | Surfer | Episode: "Trapped" | Resume |
| Template:Dts | Samantha Who? | Street Musician | Episode: "The Rock Star" | Resume |
| Template:Dts–18 | The Middle | Chuck | Recurring role (13 episodes) | |
| Template:Dts | True Blood | Bufort Norris | 2 episodes | Resume |
| Template:Dts | CSI: Miami | Phil Pinkerton | Episode: "Dead Ringer" | |
| 2012 | NCIS: Los Angeles | Drunk Guy | Episode: “Skin Deep” |
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