He voiced starring characters Og in Mike, Lu & Og and Bagheera in the second season of Jungle Cubs. He did voice work for various episodic and recurring cartoon characters on The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest, Johnny Bravo, Dexter's Laboratory, SpongeBob SquarePants and The Powerpuff Girls. His first feature film voice-over was on the basketball-themed Looney Tunes film Space Jam where he voiced Daffy Duck, Taz and Toro. He got involved in voice-over work his first major character was Cow & Chicken's dad in the Cow & Chicken and I Am Weasel cartoons. Early voice acting careerīaker moved to Southern California about a year before the 1994 Northridge earthquake. In 2016, he and Fogg reprised their roles for a live action television movie adaptation of the show. When host Kirk Fogg moved to Los Angeles, he was encouraged to move there as well. The show lasted three seasons and 120 episodes. During parts of the show, he would narrate a legend, and then ask the kid contestants related trivia questions.
He portrayed Olmec with a "big, booming, loud, god-like voice". His first major experience on national television was on the Nickelodeon game show Legends of the Hidden Temple from 1993 to 1995, where he was not only the announcer, but also the giant talking rock-god Olmec. In 1989, Baker moved to Orlando, Florida, where he worked on an improv sketch comedy show titled The Anacomical Players at EPCOT Center's Wonders of Life pavilion and joined various projects for Disney and Universal Studios. After graduating with a BA in philosophy in 1986, he was involved in many community theater projects, including a sketch comedy movie that aired on local public television. He was involved in local theater productions and singing groups. īaker attended Colorado College in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where he studied philosophy, biology, fine arts, and German, the last of which he studied overseas for a year at the University of Göttingen. He graduated from University High School in 1981 and received a Boettcher Scholarship. He was a childhood fan of Star Trek, Star Wars, Planet of the Apes, and the music of Frank Zappa he also had an interest in insects, arthropods, and dinosaurs. He started performing at the age of nine and steadily worked in musicals, operas, plays, and stand-up comedy.
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