Dave Willis

For other persons with similar names, see David Willis (disambiguation).

Dave Willis (born May 1, 1970) is an American voice actor, screenwriter, and producer. He is the co-creator of the Adult Swim animated series Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Squidbillies, and Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell. Willis also voices the main characters Meatwad and Carl Brutananadilewski, along with other characters in Aqua Teen Hunger Force. He is also known for voicing Barry Dylan in the FX/FXX series Archer and Leto Otel in Ballmastrz: 9009.

Dave Willis
Willis at Animate! Raleigh in 2024
Born	(1970-05-01) May 1, 1970 Wichita Falls, Texas, U.S.
Alma mater	Wake Forest University
Occupation(s)	Voice actor, writer, producer, director
Years active	1995–present
Known for	Aqua Teen Hunger Force Squidbillies Cheyenne Cinnamon Soul Quest Overdrive Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell Space Ghost Coast to Coast
Spouse	Lisa Willis ​ (m. 2001)​
Children	2

Career

Willis has worked on various Adult Swim shows that are created primarily by Williams Street, an animation-centered, Atlanta-based production division of Cartoon Network.

Willis got hired at Ghost Planet Industries after giving the producers a very formal letter of recommendation written in crayon, seemingly by a young child. They liked his sense of humor and hired Willis as a writer for Cartoon Planet in 1995 and then as a writer for Space Ghost Coast to Coast (SGC2C for short) soon after. In early 2000, he helped write and produce the two Brak Presents the Brak Show Starring Brak specials.

Willis was working on Space Ghost Coast to Coast where he first met Matt Maiellaro, with whom Willis would later create many independent short films and eventually create the popular Adult Swim cartoon Aqua Teen Hunger Force. Aqua Teen Hunger Force first premiered unannounced in the early hours of December 30, 2000 and later officially debuted on Adult Swim in the Fall of 2001. In 2005, he co-created the show Squidbillies. His works mostly fall into the genre of surreal humour.

In 2010, Willis created Cheyenne Cinnamon and the Fantabulous Unicorn of Sugar Town Candy Fudge, a new television pilot for Adult Swim. The pilot aired on March 29, 2010, and was not picked up for a full series. In 2011, Willis co-wrote "New Kidney in Town", an episode of Family Guy.

Personal life

Willis was born in Wichita Falls, Texas, and was raised mostly in Conyers, Georgia. He graduated from Wake Forest University and was station manager at Wake Radio. He resides in Atlanta with his wife and two children, Max and Sadie.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters	Meatwad, Carl Brutananadilewski, Ignignokt, Video Game Voice	Also director, writer and producer
2016	Nerdland	Timmy
2022	Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm	Meatwad, Carl Brutanandilewski, Ignignokt	Also director, writer, producer, and executive producer

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995–1996	Cartoon Planet	n/a	Writer
1996–2003	Space Ghost Coast to Coast	Master Shake, Meatwad, Various voices	Also writer
2000–present	Aqua Teen Hunger Force	Meatwad, Carl Brutananadilewski, Ignignokt, Boxy Brown, various others (voices)	Co-creator, director, writer and producer
2001–2003	Sealab 2021	Bizarro Dr. Quinn, Big Brain, Dolphin Boy Twins (voices)	Also writer
2002–2003	The Brak Show	George Martinez, Meatwad (voices)	3 episodes
2004	Anime Talk Show	Meatwad (voice)	Also writer
2004–2014	Perfect Hair Forever	Coiffio, additional (voices)	9 episodes
2004	Spacecataz	Ignignokt (voice)	Also writer
2005	12 oz. Mouse	Rhoda (voice)	7 episodes
2005–2021	Squidbillies	Narrator, Deputy Denny, Glenn, 8-bit Pharaoh (voices)	Co-creator, director, writer, and producer
2006	Minoriteam	Additional (voices)	Episode: "Le Black Coq"
2006	Frisky Dingo		Episode: "Flowers for Nearl"
2010	Cheyenne Cinnamon	n/a	Co-creator, director, writer, and executive producer
2010–2023	Archer	Barry Dylan (voice)	25 episodes; main season 8, recurring seasons 2, 10, guest seasons 1, 6–7, 11–12
2011	Family Guy	n/a	Writer: "New Kidney in Town"
2011	Soul Quest Overdrive	n/a	Co-creator, director, writer, and executive producer
2013–2019	Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell	Krampus	Co-creator, director, writer, and executive producer
2014–2015	Turbo FAST	Marty (voice)	2 episodes
2014–2021	Talking Tom and Friends	The Landlord (voice)	10 episodes
2016	Atlanta	Cop	Episode: "B.A.N."
2016–2017	Steven Universe	Andy DeMayo (voice)	2 episodes
2017	Welcome to the Wayne	George the Doorman, Pracky, Reau-Bots (voices)	4 episodes
2018–2020; 2023	Ballmastrz: 9009	Leto Otel (voice)	21 episodes
2020	Lusty Crest	Demonic Voice

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Aqua Teen Hunger Force Zombie Ninja Pro-Am	Meatwad, Carl Brutananadilewski, Ignignokt, Satan
2013	Grand Theft Auto V	Caller on FlyLo FM (Carl Brutananadilewski)	Uncredited

Web

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2022	Aquadonk Side Pieces	Meatwad, Carl Brutananadilewski, Ignignokt, Handbanana, Spaghetti	Also creator, director, writer, and executive producer

See also

• Aqua Teen Hunger Force

External links

• Dave Willis at IMDb
• Interview with Dave Willis on public radio program The Sound of Young America
• Dave Willis on Twitter
• The Swimcast – interview with Dave Willis, 2008-12-12
• The Swimcast – interview with Dave Willis, 2011-5-12