Bret Iwan

Bret William Iwan (born September 10, 1982)[2] is an American voice actor and illustrator. He has been the fourth official voice of Mickey Mouse following the death of Wayne Allwine in May 2009.

Bret Iwan
Iwan at GalaxyCon Richmond in 2022
Born
Bret William Iwan

(1982-09-10) September 10, 1982
Pasadena, California, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Alma materRingling College of Art and Design
OccupationVoice actor, illustrator
Years active2009–present
Spouse(s)
Douglas Beau Hoffman
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(m. 2021)​
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Early life

Iwan was born and raised in Pasadena, California and was born to Bill and Fiona Iwan.

He attended LeRoy High School in LeRoy, Illinois from 1996–2000. He graduated from the Ringling College of Art and Design in Sarasota, Florida, USA in 2004. Iwan was previously an illustrator at Hallmark.[3] Iwan is gay, making him the first LGBTQ+ actor to voice Mickey Mouse.

Career

Iwan was first called in to voice Mickey and succeed to Wayne Allwine, after the latter died on May 18, 2009. Iwan was supposed to understudy with Allwine, but they never had the chance to meet each other.

Iwan first recorded Mickey Mouse dialogue for the Disney's Animal Kingdom theme park as well as the 2009 shows Disney On Ice: Celebrations and Disney Live: Rockin' Road Show.[4] He voiced Mickey Mouse in Have a Laugh! He gave his first full performance as Mickey Mouse for the English version of the PlayStation Portable game Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep.

His first voice-over work in a Disney park could be heard in the Animal Kingdom closing show "Adventurers' Celebration Gathering" as well as on the Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover attraction at the Magic Kingdom, in which upon passing through Mickey's Star Traders, Mickey responds with his signature laugh and says "That's right, it's outta this world!"

Iwan has stated that in the third season of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, the voice of Mickey Mouse was still indeed Wayne Allwine, due to Mickey's voice sounding a bit lower in the later episodes (Allwine had already recorded Mickey's voice for many of those episodes before his death). Allwine would change his Mickey voice to a mid-low pitch to make Mickey sound more calm as he spoke.

Filmography

Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
2009Disney On Ice: CelebrationsMickey Mouse
Disney Live: Rockin' Road Show
2009–2012Have a Laugh!60 episodes
2012–2016Mickey Mouse Clubhouse26 episodes
2012–2016Minnie's Bow-Toons40 episodes
2013Wheel of FortuneEpisode: "Making Disney Memories Week"
2017–2021Mickey and the Roadster Racers/Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures[2]Recurring role
2017Chip 'n Dale's Nutty Tales6 episodes
2018Mickey's 90th SpectacularTelevision special
2020Mickey Mornings
CAVE iNHimselfEpisode: "Weldon's Troll Mob"
2021–presentMickey Mouse FunhouseMickey Mouse, Martian MickeyMain cast[5]

Video games
YearTitleRole
2010Kingdom Hearts Birth by SleepMickey Mouse
Epic Mickey
2011Kingdom Hearts: Re:Coded
Kinect Disneyland Adventures
2012Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance
Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two
Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion
2013Disney Infinity
Where's My Mickey
Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse
Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix (358/2 Days HD cutscenes)
2014Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix (Birth by Sleep game and Re:coded HD cutscenes)
2015Disney Infinity 3.0[6]
2016Disney Magic Kingdoms
2017Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue
Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 ReMIX (358/2 Days HD cutscenes, Birth by Sleep game and Re:coded HD cutscenes)
2019Kingdom Hearts III
2020Kingdom Hearts III Re:Mind
Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory

References
  1. https://twitter.com/SalonMickeyBlog/status/1415028450721734662
  2. "Bret Iwan". Behind the Voice Actors. Archived from the original on 2014-02-25. Retrieved 2014-02-01.
  3. "Bret Iwan". Voice Chasers. Archived from the original on 7 November 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  4. "Iwan, Bret". D23. Archived from the original on September 28, 2020.
  5. "Spaced Out! / Treasure, Ahoy!". DisneyNow. August 20, 2021. Archived from the original on August 20, 2021.
  6. Avalanche Software. Disney Infinity 3.0. Scene: Closing credits, 5:39 in, Featuring the Voice Talents of.


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