Greg Eagles

Greg Eagles and the Voice That Refuses to Be Forgotten

Growing up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Greg Eagles developed an obsession with Looney Tunes and spent his childhood mimicking the performers he admired, particularly Mel Blanc. That early discipline shaped a performer with an unusually wide range – capable of menace, warmth, and comedic timing all within the same session. His professional acting debut came in 1993 with the television film Blindsided, but the booth would soon become his most consequential stage.

Gray Fox and the Metal Gear Solid Legacy

Few characters in video game history land with the emotional force of Gray Fox. The former soldier turned cyborg ninja, appearing in Konami’s Metal Gear Solid in 1998, required a voice capable of carrying tragedy beneath a mechanical exterior. Eagles delivered exactly that, giving the English version of the character a haunted, philosophical gravity that matched Kaneto Shiozawa’s Japanese performance in its own distinct register. The role also extended to Donald Anderson and Decoy Octopus within the same game, alongside Peter Stillman in Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty. An unusual footnote attached itself to this work: when Shiozawa passed away in 2000, misinformation spread claiming Eagles himself had died. The confusion persisted for years, something Eagles first learned about during a 2003 interview and described as “kinda trippy.”

The Grim Adventures and the Role That Defined a Generation

The audition that changed everything began with a slight Jamaican inflection Eagles threw into the room on instinct. The creator of Grim and Evil heard it, and kept it – and from that snap decision emerged one of Cartoon Network’s most enduring characters. The Grim Reaper in The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy ran for eight seasons starting in 2001, with Eagles voicing Grim across the series, its spinoffs, crossover specials, and tie-in video games including FusionFall and Punch Time Explosion. The character’s template was, by Eagles’ own account, built on actor Geoffrey Holder’s distinctive cadence. In 2025, Eagles reprised the role in an episode of Jellystone, confirming the character’s continued presence decades later.

Aku Aku, Crash Bandicoot, and a Franchise That Keeps Running

Since 2007, the floating wooden mask known as Aku Aku has carried Eagles’ voice across the Crash Bandicoot universe. Starting with Crash of the Titans, the role extended through Crash: Mind over Mutant, the N. Sane Trilogy, Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled, Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time in 2020, Crash Team Rumble in 2023, and mobile entries including Crash Bandicoot: On the Run. The character’s protective, warm authority suits Eagles’ vocal range in a way that has made the pairing remarkably stable across nearly two decades of releases.

Mortal Kombat, Anime, and the Breadth of the Career

Mortal Kombat X in 2015 added two more credits to Eagles’ game resume – Jax Briggs and Baraka – confirmed by the game’s director Brian Chard. On the animation side, his work spans Cartoon Network’s Cow and Chicken, Dexter’s Laboratory, and the Powerpuff Girls, plus the anime dub circuit: Zommari Rureaux and Gantenbainne Mosqueda in Bleach, Brother 6 and Rokutaro in Afro Samurai and its sequel film. He also voiced Sulik in the 1998 RPG Fallout 2, with that credit confirmed as recently as a 2024 re-release entry. On the creative side, Eagles wrote, produced, voiced, and voice-directed Teapot, an animated pilot that aired on Nicktoons Network’s Random! Cartoons.