Garfield (character) performer Frank Welker
Voice-over timeline
Scott Beach (1980; segment on The Fantastic Funnies)
Lorenzo Music (1982–2001; TV specials, Garfield and Friends)
Lou Rawls (1982–1991, occasional singing voice, TV specials)
Tom Smothers (1991; Alpo commercials)
Bill Murray (2004–2006; Garfield: The Movie, Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties)
Jeff Bergman (2004; Boomerang UK bumper)
Jon Barnard (2004–2016; Garfield's Nightmare, Garfield, Garfield: Saving Arlene, Garfield: Lasagna Tour, The Garfield Show: Threat of the Space Lasagna, Garfield Cat Litter commercial)
Frank Welker (2007–present; Garfield Gets Real, Garfield's Fun Fest, Garfield's Pet Force, The Garfield Show, Mad, Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl, Nickelodeon Extreme Tennis, Nickelodeon Kart Racers 3: Slime Speedway)
Chris Pratt (2024; Upcoming film)Voiced by in unofficial material:Other media
In the first two Garfield films, Garfield: The Movie and Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties, Garfield was created using computer animation, though the movies were otherwise primarily live-action. In these films, Garfield's design has been altered to more closely favor a real cat in both looks and motion, though his facial features remain exaggerated and expressive bearing a slight resemblance to his voice actor Bill Murray. The fully animated films Garfield Gets Real, Garfield's Fun Fest and Garfield's Pet Force also depict Garfield with computer animation, however the design used in them is much closer to his original comic strip design than the first two films'.
In the prime-time specials and the animated series Garfield and Friends, Garfield was voiced by Lorenzo Music. In the live-action movies, he is voiced by Murray. The two actors also shared the role of Dr. Peter Venkman, which Murray played in Ghostbusters and Music voiced in the animated television series The Real Ghostbusters. At the start of the second season of The Real Ghostbusters, Music was replaced by Dave Coulier after Murray complained that Music's voice as Venkman and as Garfield were largely indistinguishable. In Garfield Gets Real and the CGI series The Garfield Show, he is voiced by Frank Welker, who previously voiced multiple characters in the U.S. Acres segments of Garfield and Friends, and was the understudy for Music.
Garfield was licensed to the Dakin Company for the creation of plush toys circa 1988.
Garfield has been a mascot of Kennywood, a traditional amusement park in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania near Pittsburgh since the 1990s. A ride at Kennywood, "Garfield's Nightmare", was created with the exclusive input of Garfield creator, Jim Davis.