Keith Ferguson (voice actor)
Keith Ferguson (born February 26, 1972) is an American voice actor. He is known for his voice works as Bloo (along with Tom Hanks, Pizza Guy, various friend voices and various other characters) from "Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends" (2004-2009), Basch fon Ronsenburg from "Final Fantasy XII" (2006), Marluxia from "Kingdom Hearts" (2009-2019), Baxter Stockman along with Two-Face in "Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" (2019), Lord Hater from "Wander Over Yonder" (2013-2016), Lord Saladin (along with a City Civilian and an NPC Male) from ""Destiny"" (2014) and "Destiny 2" (2017 ) and Reaper from "Overwatch" (2016). He also provides a number of sound-alike portrayals, including Harrison Ford's Han Solo and Indiana Jones in "Robot Chicken" (2005–present) and Lightning McQueen in the "Cars" video games and shorts. He is sometimes credited as Keith Fergusen. Career. After studying theatrical performance and creative writing at the University of the Pacific and University of Southern California, Ferguson worked behind the scenes in daytime television production while occasionally finding time to perform in local theatre productions and improvisation groups. Towards the end of his production career, he actively began his pursuit of a  career in voice-over. In 1999, while working on what would turn out to be his last full-time position in television production, a voice-over agent named Pat Brady, after discovering Ferguson the week prior in a voice-over workshop in Toluca Lake, California, and before even officially signing with him for representation, sent him out on what would be his first professional voice-over audition (a sound-alike for Keanu Reeves in a 60-second radio spot satirizing "The Matrix" for the former Hollywood Video movie-rental franchise). He ended up booking the role from this first VO  audition, after which he officially signed with Pat Brady who, through two talent agencies, would continue to represent him to this day. In 2000, he gained his first experience in animation voice-over alongside Rob Paulsen and David Sobolov having booked the role of Ray on a former, somewhat obscure CGI-animated web-series entitled "Li'l Green Men" featured on Warner Bros. former website "Entertaindom." After the next 3 years while building up his voice-over repertoire with various roles in commercial spots, video games, animation and sound-alike voice-matching for various films, he would be cast in one  of the first of his more notable roles being that of Bloo in "Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends" created by "The Powerpuff Girls" animator Craig McCracken. This was accompanied by other notable performances such as General "Thunderbolt" Ross in the animated series "", Friend Owl in the feature "Bambi II", as well as his recurring portrayal as Harrison Ford's Han Solo and Indiana Jones in "Robot Chicken" along with the . He reprised his Han Solo character in the 2014 film "The Lego Movie". Amidst further various vocal appearances in animation, a few of which include credits on "Family Guy , Adventure Time", "Phineas and Ferb", "", "The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy", "Legion of Super Heroes", and "Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law", Ferguson also found a role in "Cars Toons: Mater's Tall Tales" subbing for Owen Wilson as Lightning McQueen. Ferguson has also done voice work in video games; notable roles include Basch fon Ronsenburg in "Final Fantasy XII", Gabranth in "Dissidia Final Fantasy" and "Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy" and Number XI Organization XIII member Marluxia in "". He also provided additional voice work for "Tales of Symphonia", "Doom 3", "", "Ultimate Avengers: The Movie", "", "Yakuza", "Destroy All Humans 2: Make  War Not Love", "", "SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis the Video Game", "Bee Movie Game", "Phineas and Ferb", "Saints Row 2", "Prototype", "", "", "", "Mass Effect 2", "Dragon Age II", "", "X-Men Destiny", "", "", "Final Fantasy XIII-2", "Prototype 2", "Gravity Falls", "Sofia the First", "Monsters University", "", "Wander Over Yonder", "", "Inside Out", "Minions", "We Bare Bears", "Riley's First Date?", "Star vs. the Forces of Evil", "Hitman", "Elena of Avalor", "Final Fantasy XV", "", "Billy Dilley's Super-Duper Subterranean Summer", "The Emoji Movie", "Big City Greens", "Fallout 76", "Amphibia", "Toy Story 4", "The Owl House", "Final Fantasy VII Remake", "Summer Camp Island", "", "Victor & Valentino" and "". Ferguson  was also vocally featured as two differently styled race-announcers in two TV commercials for the sports beverage, Vitamin Water; one featuring race-car driver Carl Edwards with Ralph Macchio paying homage to his role in "The Karate Kid", and the other a Super Bowl ad featuring Shaquille O'Neal as an unlikely victorious horse-race jockey. Personal life. Ferguson's mother is a retired probate estate specialist whilst his father was a concert pianist who was one of Southern California’s most popular piano men until his death in 1999.