
Age: 57
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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.

The movie opens with Three individuals in the Winter Tundra area of the distant land of Avalar, where they are working on a superportal. But things accidentally go awry when Hunter The Cheetah types in the coordinates 22475, and inadvertently brings Ripto, a short tempered (and Short Statured), dictator into Avalar. Elora notes that Ripto mentions that he hates dragons and suggests the summon a dragon to help beat Ripto. Meanwhile in the world of Dragons, Spyro is seen fighting Gnasty Gnorc, a creature who has long been at war with the Dragons, after a long fight, Spyro ultimately roasts Gnasty Gnorc and suggests that he and Sparx deserve a Vacation and decide to go to Dragon Shores. Back in Avalar, we see Hunter, Elora, and The Professor using a portal in Glimmer to intersect into the Dragon Realms and summon a dragon. Spyro comes into Avalar and witnesses Ripto in a rampage over the fact that a dragon has come to Avalar. Now Spyro must sort out the trouble Ripto has caused over Avalar, gain the Talismans and the trust of the civilians of Avalar to overthrow this Pint-Sized Dictator.
