JP Karliak Voiceover actor, queer activist, and snappy dresser, JP has played such iconic animated characters as Wile E. Coyote, the Boss Baby, the Tin Man, Willy Wonka, and a slew of Marvel heroes and villains including Morph in X-Men ’97, Green Goblin in Spidey and His Amazing Friends as well as Loki, the Vision, Hawkeye, Wiccan, and even Black Cat. In 2025, he starred as Gargamel (and his brother Razamel) opposite Rihanna in the animated Smurfs movie. Other recent credits include Critical Role’s The Mighty Nein; The Super Mario Galaxy Movie; The Fairly Odd Parents: A New Wish; Star Wars: The Bad Batch; Rock, Paper, Scissors; Pupstruction; and Tiny Toons Looniversity. He also cast and directed an all-star line-up of voices for the festival favorite animated film Maxxie LaWow: Drag Super She-ro.
On the interactive side, JP can be heard as the Joker in DC: Dark Legion and Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, N. Tropy in Crash Bandicoot titles, Stepford in Date Everything, Junkbot in Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, Wolfgang in the Skylanders series, and roles in The Outer Worlds 2; Avowed; Star Trek: Resurgence; and Fortnite. In anime, notable credits include Gramps (aka Boatman Droid) in Star Wars: Visions Presents – The Ninth Jedi, Kozo Fuyutsuki in the Netflix dub of Neon Genesis Evangelion, Gawain in the Fate/Grand Order films, and roles in Ranma ½, Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway, Eden, and Kuroko’s Basketball.
Aside from voice acting, JP is the founder of Queer Vox, a non-profit training academy and community for LGBTQIA+ voice talent that advocates for authentic and equitable casting opportunities. JP and voiceover pal Courtenay Taylor are also co-founders of the nonpartisan organization NerdsVote, encouraging gamers, cosplayers, con-goers, comic book readers, and pop culture fans of all kinds to get registered and get voting, every election, every time.
JP hails from Dunmore, PA (neighbor of Scranton, “The Electric City”). He loves pie, his husband Scott, his dog Stanley Pucci, and pie.
