Greg Cipes

Cipes was born in Coral Springs, Florida, on January 4, 1980.^[1] Growing up, he was an avid surfer who won several competitions, eventually ranking #3 in junior surfing, at the age of 17, he was nationally ranked as a junior professional surfer.^[2]

Cipes was the voice of Beast Boy in the animated television series Teen Titans and Kevin Levin in the Ben 10 franchise. He also voices Stinkfly in the Ben 10 reboot series. He reprised the role of Beast Boy in the spin-off series Teen Titans Go!, as well as video games based on Teen Titans and the online game DC Universe Online. He voiced Atlas in the Astro Boy anime series in 2003, as well as Chiro in Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! in 2004. In 2012, he began working on Nickelodeon's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles voicing Michelangelo.^[3] He also voiced Tu in The Legend of Korra.^[4]

Cipes has made numerous appearances in television, in both commercials and television programs. He was one of seven friends in the MTV reality show Twentyfourseven. Cipes made some guest appearances on One on One as Butter, one of Arnaz Ballard's band members. He guest starred on House M.D. in the episode "Family" as a cane salesman. He has made appearances in the television series Gilmore Girls, in the season four episode "Ted Koppel's Big Night Out"; Ghost Whisperer in the episode "Love Still Won't Die"; the Bones season six episode "The Body and the Bounty" as a freegan; played a man who camps out in Roseanne's yard in her series Roseanne's Nuts, and on Deadwood. From 2009 to 2018, he had a recurring role as Chuck in the ABC television series The Middle.

Cipes is the front man for the reggae/hip-hop band Cipes and the People. The band has developed a following in Southern California, and other parts of the United States and Asia. Their first album, Conscious Revolution, was released by High Valley Entertainment on September 18, 2007. The song "Rescue" on the band's 2007 debut release Conscious Revolution features teenage pop star Jesse McCartney. Cipes also works as a singer in clubs in Los Angeles. He has released music videos for the songs "Fade Away", "Free Me", and "Oh Why Oh Why (Greg Cipes and Jah Sun)".

Cipes was the announcer for Cartoon Network from July to October 2008. In April 2017, he and Kevin Coulston created a new animated political parody improv series on Kickstarter, called A Fowl American. The story takes place on Planet Earth, where humanity has been wiped out. Animals rule the land, but President Rump, a parody of Donald Trump, is determined to repeat history.

Cipes was raised a Messianic Jew^[5] and identified as a "Christian Jew" in 2019.^[6] He previously identified as irreligious in 2017, saying he was "free of mental slavery and hypocrisy" and jokingly claiming to be a "believer in dog".^[7] Cipes is a survivor of skin cancer.^[2]

Cipes has a dog named Wingman, who served as the inspiration and namesake for Beast Boy's emotional support dog in Young Justice. In the series itself, Wingman is named after the Crimson Avenger's sidekick Wing.^[8][9]

Cipes is a vegan. He became a vegetarian at the age of eight before switching to veganism in 2009.^[10]

On March 4, 2025, Cipes announced on his social media that he had been diagnosed with early-onset Parkinson's disease.^[11] He later alleged that Warner Bros. terminated him from his role as Beast Boy on Teen Titans Go! on Valentine's Day.^[12][13] Sources close to the production disputed this, stating that the decision was based on performance-related concerns rather than his diagnosis and that Cipes was offered the opportunity to voice a new character as part of an ongoing development deal.^[14][15]