Rick Zieff

Rick Zieff is a familiar voice in commercials, animation, videogames, and audiobooks. He is thrilled to have completed season 6 as Spike the Dog on "The Tom and Jerry Show" (Daytime Emmy nomination for Best Performer). He plays Grandpa Loud in Nickelodeon’s “The Loud House”, Boss in “Ginji”, recurs in the upcoming “The Cuphead Show!” (premiering Fall, 2021), and voices roles in “We Bare Bears”, “Clarence”, “Infinity Train”, “Space Racers”, and “Yo-Kai Watch”, “The Mr. Men Show”, “Olivia”. Recent video game credits include “Half-Life: Alyx”, “Resident Evil 3”, “Bugsnax”, “Elder Scrolls”, “World War Z”, “Shenmue 3”, “Wasteland 3”, “Mass Effect: Legendary Edition”, “Adios”, “Asgard’s Wrath”, “Fallout 76”, “The Vanishing of Ethan Carter”. Rick has narrated many audiobooks, from Disney’s “Toy Story” (1, 2 and 3) to James Patterson’s “ER Nurses”, and voices numerous e-learning videos. Rick is known as much for his voice directing and casting as he is for his voice acting. The Zieff-directed series “Sherwood” includes Joseph Fiennes (“The Handmaid’s Tale”), Jamie Chung (“The Gifted”), Tyler Posey (“Teen Wolf”), and Anya Chalotra (“The Witcher”). Rick has received critical acclaim for his voice direction of Otomo’s film “Steamboy”. He helmed all the episodes of “Get Blake” for Nickelodeon, and is currently directing the animated series “Ginji” for Fall, 2022 release. Of particular note is his casting of “The ChubbChubbs!”, winner of an Oscar® for Best Animated Short Film. Rick is a very popular voice-over coach and demo producer in Los Angeles. He also teaches VO workshops throughout the country.