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Eric Bauza, the voice artist behind Looney Tunes characters including Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Porky Pig, has died aged 46.
A statement from the family of the Emmy Award-winning star posted on Instagram, external said he had died “suddenly”.
Bauza had voiced a number of characters in this summer’s animated hit Coyote vs Acme, and appeared in the recent release Forgotten Island.
Variety reports that the cause of death was hypertensive cardiovascular disease and that Bauza died at home on Sunday.
In a 2021 interview with NBC News, Bauza, who was born in Ontario and was of Filipino descent, said that he grew up a big fan of the Looney Tunes characters and used to copy the voices as a child.
“Looney Tunes transcends all languages and all cultures,” he said, external. “It doesn’t matter what part of the planet you’re from. You get the comedy.”
He voiced Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Elmer Fudd and Foghorn Leghorn in 2021’s Space Jam: A New Legacy, before switching those roles to that of Road Runner in Coyote vs.
He also played the part of Toad General in 2023’s The Super Mario Bros. Movie played and its sequel The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, the fifth highest grossing movie this year internationally.
Between 2022 and 2025, he won three Emmy awards for outstanding voice performance in a number of TV series.
In a statement reported by the Hollywood Reporter, externalChanning Dungey, the president of Warner Bros.
“He followed in the footsteps of giants like Mel Blanc. Eric said that the legendary legacy of the Looney Tunes is among the greatest honors of his life.”
