Cartoon Network's best TV shows recalls the nature of a classic Saturday morning cartoon, Regular Show being a perfect example. Its 244 episodes cover a series of the absurd adventures of a talking raccoon and blue jay, with wonderfully strange world-building that makes it an amazing watch that can be enjoyed in a short format.

Regular Show is also getting a highly anticipated revival which will feature at least a few of the original cast. Many of the prominent Regular Show main cast are noteworthy animators and storyboarders, their responsibilities on the show encoming multiple characters and jobs. Spearheaded by a now-iconic CalArts graduate who brought some talented friends and collaborators along, Regular Show only achieved its popularity and substantial run because of its unique cast and crew.

Regular Show Main Characters & Voice Actors

Character

Actor

Mordecai

J. G. Quintel

Rigby

William Salyers

Benson Dunwoody

Sam Marin

Pops Maellard

Sam Marin

Skips

Mark Hamill

Thomas/Nikolai

Roger Craig Smith

Eileen Roberts

Minty Lewis

Hi Five Ghost

J. G. Quintel

Mitchell "Muscle Man" Sorrenstein

Sam Marin

J. G. Quintel As Mordecai/Hi Five Ghost

Date Of Birth: September 13, 1982

  • Active Since: 2004

Actor: J. G. Quintel is actually a writer before an actor, although he has voiced many characters in the shows he has written for, and is the creator of Regular Show. After graduating from CalArts in 2005, Quintel went straight into working for some of the biggest TV networks. The first Cartoon Network series Quintel worked on was Camp Lazlo!, before he successfully pitched Regular Show and took on multiple regular roles in his biggest series. Since the end of Regular Show, Quintel has continued to create animated shows.

Movie/TV Show

Release Date

Role

Regular Show

2010-2017

Writing: creator; Acting: Mordecai/Hi Five Ghost/other characters

Close Enough

2020-2022

Writing: creator; Acting: Josh/self/Jack's Agent

Regular Show: The Movie

2015

Writing: co-writer/creator; Acting: Mordecai/Hi Five Ghost

The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack

2008-2010

Writer (47 episodes)

Adventure Time

2010-2018

Writer (one episode, 2010)

Phineas and Ferb

2007-2025

Writer (one episode, 2008)

Camp Lazlo!

2005-2008

Writer (10 episodes)

Character(s): Quintel voices his own creation Mordecai, one of the two main characters of Regular Show. Mordecai is a very tall blue jay and the more laid-back and hardworking of the best friends duo at the center of Regular Show. Yet this does not stop him from spiraling into all kinds of shenanigans with Rigby. Quintel also provides the voice of Hi Five Ghost, Muscle Man's best friend another staple character of Regular Show despite a minimal speaking role.

William Salyers As Rigby

Date Of Birth: August 16, 1964

  • Active Since: 1994

Actor: William Salyers had a long career before ing Regular Show as its secondary lead. Salyers first got started in television with live-action series including Northern Exposure, Medicine Ball, and Pandora's Clock. However, in the early 2010s Salyers started taking on voice acting roles, including Regular Show, and ultimately became much better known for this type of work. Today he is famous for countless animated roles in movies, TV, and video games.

Movie/TV Show/Video Game

Release Date

Role

Regular Show

2010-2017

Rigby

Spider-Man

2018

Otto Octavius

Batman: Arkham Shadow

2024

CO Mitchell/Donnegan/Woody

Vinland Saga

2019-2023

Sverkel

Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham

2023

Penguin/Professor Manfurd

Final Fantasy VII Remake

2020

Palmer

Spider-Man: Miles Morales

2020

Otto Octavius

Batman vs. Two-Face

2017

Penguin

Batman: Return of the Caped Crusader

2016

Penguin

Mary Shelley's Frankenhole

2010-2012

The Invisible Man/John Hancock

Character: Rigby is a hyperactive raccoon and Mordecai's best friend, who works alongside him as a groundskeeper at the local park. Rigby proves himself to be the wilder of the two main Regular Show characters, causing more trouble and misadventures, but has his own soft character arc throughout the series.

Sam Marin As Benson/Pops/Muscle Man

Date Of Birth: March 4, 1984

  • Active Since: 2006

Actor: Sam Marin is also a behind-the-scenes talent as well as an actor, having studied and worked in animation. Marin met J. G. Quintel when they were both at CalArts and worked on several projects while in school together. Marin went to work for Disney after graduating and was part of the animation department for several huge titles, including Ratatouille, Bolt, The Princess and the Frog, and Tangled. Marin left Disney to work on Regular Show; his animation and voice acting career has continued with various projects since then.

Movie/TV Show

Release Date

Role

Regular Show

2010-2017

Benson/Pops/Muscle Man

Gravity Falls

2012-2016

Celestabellebethabelle

Over the Garden Wall

2014

Hay wagon driver/Old Man Langtree

Spies in Disguise

2019

Animation department

Hair Love (short)

2019

Animation department

Ferdinand

2017

Animation department

The Peanuts Movie

2015

Animation department

How to Train Your Dragon 2

2014

Animation department

Puss in Boots

2011

Animation department

Tangled

2010

Animation department

Bolt

2008

Animation department

WALL-E

2008

Animation department

Character: Marin's willingness to help his friend's show succeed shows in the casting, with Marin pulling the weight of three regular characters. The character of Benson is a walking talking gumball machine who frequently comes across as angry, largely because of Mordecai and Rigby's antics. Marin also voices the cheery lollipop "Pops," and the prankster "Muscle Man," both of whom also work at the park.

Mark Hamill As Skips

Date Of Birth: September 25, 1951

  • Active Since: 1970

Actor: Mark Hamill is, of course, best known for the once-in-a-generation role of Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars series, having helped launch the franchise as part of the original cast in 1977, starred in the subsequent sequels, and returned decades later to be part of the legacy sequel trilogy. However, starting in the 1990s, Hamill began to establish himself as a voice actor and has done numerous animated projects leading up to today. Perhaps his most famous animated role is the Joker, whom he first voiced in Batman: The Animated Series.

Movie/TV Show

Release Date

Role

Regular Show

2010-2017

Skips

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope

1977

Luke Skywalker

Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

1980

Luke Skywalker

Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi

2017

Luke Skywalker

Batman: The Animated Series

1992-1995

The Joker

Batman: The Killing Joke

2016

The Joker

The Wild Robot

2024

Thorn

Invincible

2021-Present

Art Rosebaum

The Fall of the House of Usher

2023

Arthur Pym

Wizards

1977

Sean

Character: Skips is another groundskeeper for the park seen in Regular Show, tasked with working alongside Mordecai and Rigby. Skips is an immortal yeti with a typically downplayed personality, often coming across as gruff and anti-social. However, Skips has a long and storied past due to his immortality, having gone through many life-changing experiences in that time.

Roger Craig Smith As Thomas

Date Of Birth: August 11, 1975

  • Active Since: 2005

Actor: Roger Craig Smith is a voice actor and former live comedian who has provided voices for various animated series and video games. His projects range from the long-running role of Captain America in the 2012 series Avengers Assemble to Ezio in Assassin's Creed: The Ezio Collection to Batman in the Batman: Arkham Origins video game to the small role of Claggor in the landmark adult animated Netflix series Arcane.

Movie/TV Show/Video Game

Release Date

Role

Regular Show

2010-2017

Thomas/Nikolai

Arcane

2021-2024

Claggor (six episodes)

Avengers Assemble

2012-2019

Captain America/Steve Rogers

Lego Marvel's Avengers

2016

Daredevil

Regular Show: The Movie

2015

Jablonski/Frank Smith/Fast food guy

Captain America: The Winter Solider (video game)

2014

Captain America/Winter Soldier

Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag

2013

Ruggiero Ferraro

Batman: Arkham Origins

2013

Batman/Bruce Wayne

Planes

2013

Ripslinger

Wreck-It Ralph

2012

Sonic the Hedgehog

Character: While it was common for actors to double up on roles in the show's run, Smith impressively voices more than 170 characters in Regular Show. His role who emerged as a main character of Regular Show, Thomas/Nikolai, a goat who arrives in season 4 to also work at the park and turns out to be there as a spy for the Russian government.

Minty Lewis As Eileen

Date Of Birth: December 11, 1978

  • Active Since: 2012

Actor: Minty Lewis is also a writing collaborator of Quintel, credited as a writer on 30 episodes of Regular Show and seven episodes of Close Enough. She is also the creator of her own animated series, The Great North. Lewis got her start as a writer and voice actress for Cartoon Network, working on shows including We Bare Bears and Adventure Time, gradually building her resume of behind-the-scenes work before becoming the final main character of Regular Show.

Movie/TV Show

Release Date

Role

Regular Show

2010-2017

Writing: writer (30 episodes); Acting: Eileen

The Great North

2021-2025

Creator

Centaurworld

2021

Writer (seven episodes)

Close Enough

2020-2022

Writer (seven episodes)

Infinity Train

2019-2021

Kez

We Bare Bears

2014-2019

Writing: writer (one episode, 2018); Acting: additional voices (one episode, 2019)

Bob's Burgers

2011-Present

Becky (one episode, 2018)

Regular Show: The Movie

2015

Eileen

Adventure Time

2010-2018

Erin (one episode, 2018)

Character: Eileen is a "mole girl" who first appears as a coffee shop waitress in Regular Show season 2, eventually having a relationship with her crush Rigby. Eileen is arguably Regular Show's resident "nerd" and is very shy at first but becomes more comfortable around Mordecai and Rigby with time. After being a recurring character for a long time, Eileen becomes a regular main in the later seasons.

Regular Show ing Cast & Characters

It Wouldn't Be Regular Show Without Margaret, CJ, Starla, & The Rest

Regular Show ing Characters & Voice Actors

Character

Actor

Margaret Smith

Janie Haddad Tompkins

Cloudy Jay "CJ"

Linda Cardellini

Gary

Robin Atkin Downes

Guardians of Eternal Youth

Robin Atkin Downes/David Kaye

Mr. Maelllard

David Ogden Stiers

Starla Gutsmandottir

Courtenay Taylor

Death

Julian Holloway

Ali Hallis

Pam

Muscle Dad

Fred Tatasciore

Muscle Bro

Steve Bum

The Sensei

Sam Marin

Garrett Bobby Ferguson

Sam Marin

Low Five Ghost

Roger Craig Smith

Baby Ducks/Hyperduck

Sam Marin/J. G. Quintel/William Salyers

Troy Baker

Dr. Langer

Janie Haddad Tomkins as Margaret: Haddad Tompkins has performed a variety of small TV roles in both animation and live-action. Her credits include Hacks, Night Court, and Leo. In Regular Show, she is Margaret, a red robin whom Mordecai has a relationship with, later leading to a love triangle with CJ.

Robin Atkin Downes as Gary/Guardians of Eternal Youth: Atkin Downes has done a variety of voice work, with several well-known Disney projects, including The Owl House, Forky Asks a Question, and Cars on the Road. He is notably credited with providing "creature vocals" for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Ack's voice in How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World.

David Kaye as Guardians of Eternal Youth: Kaye's first movie was the Academy Award-nominated Legends of the Fall as a child actor, before starting voice acting in the early 2000s. Alongside Atkin Downes, he brings to life the Guardians of Eternal Youth in Regular Show, worshiped by Skips in exchange for immortality.

David Ogden Stiers as Mr. Maellard: Voicing Pops' father, Stiers played the major live-action of Maj. Charles Winchester in 131 episodes of M*A*S*H before developing a significant voice acting career, primarily through Disney. He is the voice of Governor Ratcliffe in Pocahontas, Cogsworth in Beauty and the Beast, and Jumba in the Lilo & Stitch franchise.

Courtenay Taylor as Starla Gutsmandottir: In her career in video games and animation, Taylor's biggest credits are perhaps X-Men '97 and The Legend of Vox Machina, in ing roles for both. She voices Starla, originally Muscle Man's ex who dates Mordecai and then gets back together with Muscle Man.

Julian Holloway as Death: Holloway has a decades-long and varied career across multiple genres and mediums, with credits including Star Wars: The Clone Wars, The Rum Diary, A Christmas Carol, Carry on Camping, and many more. Like most Regular Show actors, in addition to his main character — the setting's personification of death — Holloway plays some other side characters.

Ali Hillis as Pam: The voice of Pam, a scientist who studies the park workers and has a brief relationship with Benson in Regular Show, appears in Robert Downey Jr.'s 2005 movie Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. She voices Vicki Hale in the video game Batman: Arkham Shadow and Angela in Beverly Hills Chihuahua.

Fred Tatasciore as Muscle Dad: Providing the voices for various Regular Show ing characters, Tatasciore is a voice actor, director, and additional crew member. He worked on Star Trek: Lower Decks, Kung Fu Panda 2, and most recently, played Brutus in Skeleton Crew.

Steve Blum as Muscle Bro: Voicing many Regular Show characters, including Muscle Bro, brother to Muscle Man, Blum has participated in countless animated projects, especially in the last 20 years. His biggest characters include Wolverine in the 2008 Wolverine and the X-Men series, and Zeb Orrelios in Star Wars: Rebels.

Troy Baker as Dr. Langer: Also playing side characters as needed for Regular Show, Baker has a substantial voice acting career through animation shows and video games elsewhere. He is most famous for voicing Joel in The Last of Us, the video game.

Linda Cardellini as CJ: A noteworthy MCU and Best Picture starring actress with a surprising voice acting career, Cardellini's animated characters include Wendy of Gravity Falls and several roles in Robot Chicken. Her persona CJ s Regular Show late in the game, a laid-back cloud-woman.

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Regular Show
Release Date
2010 - 2017-00-00
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Regular Show is an animated television series that follows the surreal adventures of Mordecai, a blue jay, and Rigby, a raccoon, who work as groundskeepers at a park. Created by J.G. Quintel, the series showcases their attempts to avoid work and find entertainment, often leading to bizarre and unexpected situations. The show also features a cast of quirky characters, including their boss Benson, a living gumball machine, and Skips, a yeti.

Creator(s)
J. G. Quintel
Seasons
8