Mike Pollock

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Mike Pollock (born March 9, 1965, New York) is a 4Kids VA who has been voicing Eggman since Sonic X and shortly before Deem Bristow's death, although reused Sonic Adventure 2 voice clips are used for Eggman's playable appearances in Sonic Riders and Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity. He also voiced Eggman in Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games, and the Winter Games. He has voiced Eggman in every Sonic game since 2005.

He also voices Ella and Gerald Robotnik in Sonic X and reprised the latter role for Shadow the Hedgehog. He also voices Eggman Nega.

He is the only English-language voice actor who wasn't replaced in 2010. But it was revealed by Pollock in a chat session on November 16 that SEGA had held auditions for Eggman but decided to keep him because none of the other voice actors who auditioned fit Eggman well.

Trivia

• During an interview, by request, Mike recited two famous lines from Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, the lines being "I hate that hedgehog" and "SnooPING AS usual, I see".
• Mike attended Sonicon in 2010, along with Jason Griffith, Lisa Ortiz, and Pete Capella.
  • When a fan asked the panel if any of them ever used their character voices in real life, Mike replied that he went to a carnival in New Jersey and saw some Sonic plushes as a prize at an arcade game. When a little kid went up to win one, Mike screamed in Eggman's voice "Look! It's Sonic!"
• During a chat in 2009, Pollock revealed that SEGA was involved with the casting of Sonic X, claiming that they would record their voices during the audition and send it to Sonic Team and SEGA of Japan to see which voices sounded the best.
• Mike currently leadsc the poll for best Dr Ivo (Eggman) Robotnik on behindthevoiceactors.com.