Seth Rogen has slowly amᴀssed an impressive roster of animated characters using his voice. From stoner comedies like Pineapple Express to high-concept collaborations like The Interview, Seth Rogen is still better known for his work in live-action. However, he’s slowly but surely lent his voice to more and more animated characters over the years, including some truly lovable fixtures.

What makes Seth Rogen’s movies and TV shows unique is that he rarely changes up his natural speaking voice all that much for his roles, sounding exactly like himself no matter who he plays. Some characters lend themselves to this better than others, and it’s interesting to see how he fares as everything from talking animals to extraterrestrial aliens.

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Seth Goldberg

Big Mouth

Between its seemingly purposefully ugly art style and gross-out humor relying on children going through puberty, Big Mouth has something of an infamous reputation among animation fans. Seth Rogen briefly shows up in three episodes as Seth Goldberg, a kid who first appears in an episode set in a summer camp.

Among Seth Rogen’s animated characters, Goldberg is as nasty as it gets. If he’s not bullying other kids or making crude jokes, he’s being outwardly transphobic despite having romantic feelings for a fellow camper who is trans. It’s fitting enough that Rogen’s worst cartoon character comes from Big Mouth.

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The Ship Captain

Shrek the Third

Among the venerated Shrek movies, Shrek the Third is often rightfully touted as the worst of them. It’s a shame that it remains the only film to have a brief voice role from Rogen, who plays a Viking-looking ship captain on the vessel Shrek, Donkey, and Puss take during their search for King Artie.

Despite barely having any lines, the ship captain is actually one of the few roles Rogen tries to put on a voice for, giving him a wonderfully sea-salted gravelly drawl. Still, he barely has any lines, and hilariously seems to disappear with no explanation after his ship runs aground.

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Thor

Krapopolis

Krapopolis is a little-known animated comedy taking place in a version of Mount Olympus, with Greek Gods struggling to maintain one of the world’s first cities without slaying each other in the process. Rogen makes a brief appearance in one episode as Thor, the Norse God of Thunder visiting from Asgard.

Once again, Rogen actually puts on a bit of a voice for Thor, giving him the sort of grandiose Shakespearean projection often ᴀssociated with the character, such as in his early MCU appearances. Rogen’s Thor is a lovable ladies’ man, but he doesn’t leave much of an impression compared to Rogen’s other characters.

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Morton

Horton Hears a Who!

Sadly, movies based on Dr. Seuss books don’t have a great track record in the modern day, and Horton Hears a Who! certainly doesn’t change that impression. Seth Rogen actually appeared in the 2008 kids’ movie as Morton, Horton’s mouse friend. Unlike the other jungle animals, Morton sticks up for Horton to a degree.

Rogen’s voice is an odd fit for the little rodent as he darts around at seemingly super-speeds, but he is charming enough to stand out among the film’s largely forgettable cast. However, nothing would change in the slightest if he were absent from the story altogether.

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Frank

Sausage Party

One of the most infamous animated films ever made that Rogen had a hand in making as well as starring in, Sausage Party is as crᴀss and low-brow as cartoon humor gets, relying on an avalanche of dirty language to vaguely imitate humor. Rogen plays protagonist Frank, a H๏τ dog who makes a startling discovery about his grocery store world.

As a character, Frank is as bland and flavorless as the heavily-processed sausage he represents, being a mere vessel for exposition and condiments alike. Seth Rogen at least puts a notable amount of effort into this role, something that can’t be said for some of his other characters.

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Santa Claus

Santa Inc.

Seth Rogen seems to enjoy starring in projects that satirize seemingly child-friendly genres of animation. Santa Inc. centers on Santa’s search for a successor, with protagonist Candy the Elf gunning for the job. Rogen plays the man with the bag himself, lovingly rendered in stop-motion animation hearkening back to the Rankins-Bᴀss Christmas specials.

Rogen actually has a few warm, personable moments of Santa that help beat back the inherent cynicism of the show. However, it’s buried beneath a layer of Sausage Party-esque middle school humor and edgy social messaging that dilutes the Christmas spirit quite a bit.

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Bebop

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

Making a small cameo in yet another animated film he had a hand in producing, Seth Rogen plays Bebop in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem. Bebop is only one of many mutants the famous quartet of turtles encounters during their battle with the villain Superfly.

Bepop appears alongside his classic cartoon counterpart, Rocksteady, played by John Cena. But while the pair are usually major villains, here they’re more like neutral side characters who barely get any lines at all, a disappointing adaptation of the beloved boar and rhino partners in crime.

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Bob

Chip n’ Dale: Rescue Rangers

Chip n’ Dale: Rescue Rangers actually makes a joke about all of Seth Rogen’s animated characters sounding the same, with Mantis, B.O.B., and Pumbaa all making a brief cameo to harᴀss Rogen’s actual main character in the plot. Rogen plays Bob the Viking, a pH๏τorealistic animated warrior meant to emulate the uncanny valley animation of films like Beowulf.

It’s cute that Chip n’ Dale: Rescue Rangers sees several of Seth Rogen’s animated characters meet each other, poking fun at his iconic giggle being shared between all of them. Bob himself is fine enough as a secondary antagonist and henchman, but Rogen certainly isn’t doing anything special with his voice.

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Napoleon

Animal Farm

Among child-friendly cartoons and adult animated features, Seth Rogen’s voice work also includes a classic literary character. In the 2025 animated Andy Serkis adaptation of Animal Farm, George Orwell’s classic communism allegory, Seth Rogen plays Napoleon the pig, a devious leader who quickly becomes a tyrant of the farm animals’ revolution.

Though Napoleon is a stand-in for real-world dictator and mᴀss murderer Joseph Stalin, Seth Rogen plays him with his usual down-to-Earth comedic panache that does somewhat distract from the message of the story. That being said, he is charismatic enough to believe as a leader that the animals might prop up willingly.

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Pumbaa

The Lion King

Apparently typecast with a penchant for playing pigs, Rogan adds yet another warthog to his roster of cartoon voices with his own take on Pumbaa from the Disney classic The Lion King in the “live-action” pH๏τorealistic animated remake. Pumbaa and Timon arguably have a larger role in this version compared to the original.

Seth Rogen brings a very different vocal register to Pumbaa compared to Ernie Sabella’s, but his default timbre weirdly works for the comedic relief of the story. That being said, he certainly struggles during some of the musical scenes, especially with his rendition of the line “When I was a young warthog“.