03/06/2026
Guest announcement & sponsored by Kapow comics of Sherwood
DAN GILVEZAN
Dan Gilvezan was born in St. Louis, Missouri and attended Webster University, a
Midwestern fine arts college, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in drama. Upon
graduation he embarked on a national tour bringing the classics to theaters and civic
auditoriums all over the country. After completing the tour he worked in repertory theater,
summer stock, children’s theater, and dinner theater all over the eastern seaboard.
Upon arriving in Los Angeles Dan found work voicing characters in a variety of
animated series, such as Spider-Man/Peter Parker on NBC’s “Spider-Man and His
Amazing Friends,” Bumblebee, on the original “Transformers” animated series. He also
provided voices in other series like, “GI Joe,” “Jem and the Holograms,” “Sectaurs,” “Dino-
Riders,” “Spiral Zone,” “Pound Puppies,” “The Jetsons,” “Rugrats,” “Scooby-Doo,”
“Talespin,” “The Real Ghostbusters,” “Family Dog,” “Fantastic Four,” “The Tick,” “Grim
and Evil” and many, many others.
He has also lent his voice to numerous video games, two of his more prominent roles
being Spider-Man 2099 in “Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions,” and reprising one of his
most recognizable roles as G1 Bumblebee in “Transformers: Devastation.”
No stranger to on-camera television, Dan has appeared as a guest-star or recurring
character on “Desperate Housewives,” “Bones,” “NYPD Blue,” “Boston Legal,” “The
Bernie Mac Show,” “Third Rock From the Sun,” “Sabrina, the Teenaged Witch,”
“Diagnosis Murder,” “Step by Step,” “She-Wolf of London,” “Murphy Brown,” “Perfect
Strangers,” and many others. His recent most role was as Bette Davis’ agent in the
critically acclaimed television mini-series, “Feud.” He currently appears in a recurring role
as Marcus the rodeo announcer on “Baskets,” the Zach Galifianakis’ comedy series airing
on the FX network.
As many with many other actors, Dan’s first love is the theater. In addition to appearing
in many plays in the Los Angeles area over the years, he earlier this year performed the
role of the father, Norman Apple, in the Santa Monica Playhouse production of “Almost
Perfect.” Thirty years previous, during the play’s premiere run, he assayed the role of
Mike, Norman Apple’s older son. Age has a way of affecting one’s choice of roles.
Dan has written several books including “Bumblebee & Me: Life as a G1
Transformer,” a memoir of his time working on that seminal series, as well as three
novels, “Drowned in the Grenadine,” a fictionalized account of his experiences working
as an actor in Hollywood, “Soul,” a fantasy novel that takes place on Earth, in Heaven
and a few places in between and “Dead Money,” a detective novel.
We are extremely excited to bring in this amazing voice actor, so don’t miss out in meeting Spider-Man as well everyone’s lovable VW bug Bumblebee.
