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Tim Blaney

American puppeteer and voice actor

Timothy Patrick Blaney (born April 25, 1959) is an American puppeteer and voice actor. He has provided the voices for Frank the Pug in the Men in Black franchise, and the robot Johnny 5 in Short Circuit and Short Circuit 2.

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Films

Year Title Role Notes
1985 The Hugga Bunch Additional puppeteer Television film
1986 Short Circuit Number 5/"Johnny Five" (voice)
1986 Flight of the Navigator Puppeteer, Puckmaren (voice)
1988Short Circuit 2Johnny 5 (voice)
1989The AbyssPuppeteer
1994Muppet Classic TheaterAdditional Muppet Performer
1997Men in BlackFrank the Pug (voice)
1998Blues Brothers 2000Puppeteer
2000How the Grinch Stole ChristmasPuppeteer
2002Men in Black IIFrank the Pug (voice)
2004The SpongeBob SquarePants MovieGoofy Goober (voice)
2004Team America: World PolicePuppeteer
2008Forgetting Sarah MarshallPuppeteer
2008Studio DC: Almost LivePuppeteer
2009Where the Wild Things ArePuppeteer
2011The MuppetsAdditional Muppet Performer
2012 Casa de mi padre Puppeteer
2012 Men in Black 3 Worm Guy #4 (voice)
2013 Lady Gaga and the Muppets Holiday Spectacular Additional Muppet Performer
2014 Muppets Most Wanted LA Muppet Performer
2017 Soylent Scrooge: Or, Christmas Is Made of People Mr. Fezziwig (voice)
2018 It's A Tell-Tale Valentine, Eddie Poe! Edgar Allan Poe, Snooby, Woodraven (voice)
2018 The Happytime Murders Additional puppet performer
2018 The Tragicall Historie of Plan the IX The Ruler (voice)
2018 Do Rabbots Dream of Electric Cheepz? Mr. Marigold (voice)
2018 It's the Great Spaghetti Squash, Eddie Poe! Snooby, Woodraven (voice)
2019 Albert Kitschschlock Presents: The Films That Blew Too Much Narrator (voice)
2019 Men in Black: International Frank the Pug (voice)
2019 The Legend of Joan of Arc Ladvenu (voice)
2020 It's the Masque of the Polychrome Death, Eddie Poe! Snooby (voice)
2020 The Young Witchfinder Mauldrix, Goobley Television film
2021 It's A Mystery Trip to the Rue Morgue, Eddie Poe! Edgar Allan Poe, Snooby, Woodraven (voice)

Short film

Year Title Role Notes
1999The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald: The Legend of Grimace IslandLong John Silver, Captain Smollett (voice)Direct-to-video
2002MIB ADRSelf
2002Creature FeaturettesSelf
2009The Macabre World of Lavender WilliamsPuppeteer
2014Pillywags MansionGreg
2020Life After the NavigatorSelf

TV series

Year Title Role Notes
1980 Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters Puppeteer Episode #1.3
1984-1994 McDonaldland Puppeteer
1994 Dinosaurs Additional Dinosaur Performer "Earl's Big Jackpot" (1994)
1996-1997 Muppets Tonight Additional Muppets (voice) "Cindy Crawford" (1996)
Season 2 (1996-1997) episodes 1, 5, 6, 7
2004 Angel Puppeteer, Grufus Episode: "Smile Time"
2006 Still Standing Jess Milton Episode: "Still Eighteen"
2013 Community Puppeteer Episode: "Intro to Felt Surrogacy"
2013-2017 Uncle Grandpa Emperor Krell, additional voices 2 episodes
2017-2018 Mystery Science Theater 3000 GPC (puppeteer)

Events

Year Title Role Notes
2017 The Muppets Take the Bowl Additional Muppet Performer Live show at the Hollywood Bowl, Sept. 8-10
2018 The Muppets Take the O2 Additional Muppet Performer Live show at the O2 Arena, Jul. 13-14

Video games

Year Title Role Notes
2011 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Male Argonians, Usha
2012 Asura's Wrath Kagebosh English dub
2012 MIB: Alien Crisis Frank the Pug, Archeologist, C-YA Programmer Riddick
2012 Guild Wars 2 Vlast
2013 Marvel Heroes Ben Urich
2017 Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire Vlast
2019 Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order Kingpin
2022 Men in Black: First Assignment, VR Experience Frank the Pug English dub
2025 The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered Male Argonians
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