{"id":946946,"date":"2026-10-26T13:24:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T13:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/946946\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T13:24:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T13:24:10","slug":"bugs-bunny-voice-actor-eric-bauza-dies-at-46","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/946946\/","title":{"rendered":"Bugs Bunny voice actor Eric Bauza dies at 46"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eric Bauza, the voice actor behind Bugs Bunny and other Looney Tunes stars, has died at the age of 46. <\/p>\n

Eric Bauza, the voice actor behind the modern-day Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, among other iconic animated characters, has died at age 46, according to his family and official health records.<\/p>\n

The Emmy Award-winner passed away Sunday from hypertensive cardiovascular disease, according to records from the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner.<\/p>\n

Bauza\u2019s family said in a statement<\/a> on his social media pages that he died \u201csuddenly.\u201d<\/p>\n

During his career, Bauza tallied hundreds of voice acting credits with multiple studios, including Disney, DreamWorks and Cartoon Network.<\/p>\n

He voiced a bevy of Looney Tunes characters in the recently released movie \u201cCoyote vs. Acme,\u201d taking on Tweety, Porky Pig, Elmer Fudd and Foghorn Leghorn, in addition to providing the New York accent of Bugs Bunny and the distinctive lisp of Daffy Duck.<\/p>\n

The film was produced by Warner Animation Group while it was a part of Warner Bros. Discovery, which like CNN, is now owned by Skydance.<\/p>\n

Just a day before his death, Bauza shared a photo of himself with \u201cThe Simpsons\u201d director David Silverman at the annual LightBox Expo event in California.<\/p>\n

Born in Toronto, Bauza moved from Canada to the United States to study animation, picking up voiceover work in his spare time, according to his IMDB profile<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"CNN Eric Bauza Eric Bauza poses for a portrait to promote the film “Coyote vs. Acme” in Los Angeles, on June 9, 2026. (Credit: Chris Pizzello\/Invision\/AP via CNN Newsource) <\/p>\n

He began his career in animation as a character designer working for production studios in Hollywood, according to SBV Talent agency, which represented Bauza.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was this introduction to the animation world that led him to a successful career as one of the most in demand voiceover artists in town,\u201d the agency said.<\/p>\n

In 2022, Bauza won an Emmy Award for outstanding voice performance in an animated program for his Looney Tunes roles. He also won Emmy Awards in 2023 and 2025.<\/p>\n

Other characters Bauza brought to life include Puss in Boots from \u201cThe Adventures of Puss in Boots,\u201d Splinter from the \u201cRise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,\u201d and Fozzie Bear from \u201cMuppet Babies.\u201d<\/p>\n

On the big screen, he also lent his voice to Woody Woodpecker in the animated film of the same name and portrayed Toad General in \u201cThe Super Mario Bros. Movie.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tributes have poured in from fans and colleagues, celebrating Bauza\u2019s remarkable contributions to animation and the joy he brought to screens over his two-decade career.<\/p>\n

Fellow voice actor Jim Cummings, behind the voices of Winnie the Pooh, Tigger and the Tasmanian Devil, expressed his sorrow in response to the family\u2019s statement, describing Bauza as \u201csuch a kind young man\u201d and stating he is \u201cat a loss for words.\u201d<\/p>\n

Director Adam Rosette also wrote on Instagram: \u201cI\u2019m absolutely devastated. Eric was my first friend when I moved to LA in 2010. We shared a desk at a small animation studio, drawing and laughing constantly. I\u2019ll never forget the day he left to pursue voice acting full-time, and watching him go on to become an absolute legend.\u201d<\/p>\n

CNN has reached out to Warner Bros. Entertainment and SBV Talent for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Eric Bauza, the voice actor behind Bugs Bunny and other Looney Tunes stars, has died at the age…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":946947,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[712,49,48,75],"class_list":["post-946946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-apple-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/946946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=946946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/946946\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/946947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=946946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=946946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=946946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}