Career

Warburton’s acting roles often rely on his deep, booming voice and large physique. In the mid to late 1990s, he was known for his role as David Puddy on Seinfeld, the indifferent boyfriend of Elaine Benes. He also starred in FOX’s short-lived, live-action series, The Tick, in the title role.

Warburton has put his voice to use for several animated films and TV programs, including a lead character in Game Over, and Buzz Lightyear in Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, replacing Tim Allen. He played Nick Sharp in 8 Simple Rules, and he voices Steve Barkin in the Disney Channel show Kim Possible. He joined the cast of Less Than Perfect in 2003, as anchorman Jeb Denton.

He played the voice of Kronk in The Emperor’s New Groove, a role he reprised for Kronk’s New Groove and the subsequent TV series The Emperor’s New School. His next major project was on the animated series The Venture Bros., under Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim programming block; in it he voices Brock Samson, the Venture family’s brutally effective bodyguard and former secret agent. Warburton voices Joe Swanson on Fox’s Family Guy and Detective Cash on The Batman’s episode JTV.
Warburton lent his voice talent to computer-animated feature films Hoodwinked, Chicken Little and Open Season. He also voices Lok in all 3 Tak games and Lok in Tak and the Power of Juju Nickelodeon series.
Warburton is the voice in the Carrier Corporation commercials for their air-conditioning and HVAC units, and was the voice of Superman in The Adventures of Seinfeld and Superman for American Express. He is the voice of “Lewis” in the “Clark & Lewis Expedition” radio commercials for Horizon Air with Richard Kind as “Clark”.

Warburton is featured in the “preboarding” film shown to guests at Soarin’ Over California (located in Disney’s California Adventure Park). A similar film is shown slightly edited (new intro) at Soarin, located in Epcot at the Walt Disney World Resort. Warburton delivers all of the instructions in his typical deadpan style. Warburton appeared on GSN’s Poker Royale Celebrities vs. the Pros tournament in 2005. He made it to the Grand Finale and won the $100,000 grand prize. Warburton’s enduring identification with his character in Seinfeld was evident on January 13, 2007, during an NFL football broadcast. An advertisement for his new series, Rules of Engagement was played, and when the telecast returned to the broadcast booth, one of the announcers exclaimed, “Puddy!”

Warburton played a cameo role as a car salesman in the video of the song “Online” by Brad Paisley.
In August 2009, Warburton played a high-end PC in a “Get a Mac” ad for Apple Inc.
On November 8, 2009, Warburton appeared as the wild west character Cal Johnson on Seth & Alex’s (Almost Live) Comedy Show, hosted by Seth MacFarlane and Alex Borstein, on Fox.

There is a current radio advertisement for the United States Forest Service in which Warburton plays a park ranger, delivered in his typical deadpanned voice. The commercial begins with a ringing phone and his voice, “Ranger station; ranger speaking.” The adverstisement is sponsored by the Ad Council, along with the US Forest Service, and can be heard on WEEI’s online radio broadcast.