j p karliak

Voiceover Actor / Queer Activist / Snappy Dresser

Well hi!

Welcome to the digital home of me, JP Karliak. Hailing from Dunmore, Pennsylvania (right next to the "Electric City" Scranton from "The Office"), I've been the voice of such iconic characters as Wile E. Coyote, the Tin Man, Willy Wonka, Kozo Fuyutsuki, N. Tropy, the Boss Baby, and the Joker. I've also played a bunch of Marvel heroes and villains like Loki, Hawkeye, the Vision, the nonbinary shapeshifter Morph from "X-Men '97" and the exceptionally nasty Green Goblin in "Spidey and His Amazing Friends."

Aside from VO, I'm the founder of Queer Vox (the non-profit academy for LGBTQIA+ voice actors) and the co-founder of voter registration org NerdsVote. For more about me, feel free to poke around!

Thanks for visiting!

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VOICEOVER

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ADVOCACY

LGBTQIA+ REPRESENTATION

The good news? More LGBTQIA+ characters are appearing in animated and interactive titles every year! The bad news is these roles are often cast inauthentically, and the industry as a whole struggles with how to handle "queer casting." I not only want to see more queer characters on screen but also more queer actors in the booth. So I founded Queer Vox, a non-profit training academy and community for LGBTQIA+ voiceover actors, with an emphasis on trans/non-binary/genderqueer performers and BIPOC queer folx. Our goal is to train and showcase queer voiceover talent while championing true representation behind the mic. Want to learn more? Contact us at www.queervox.org.

VOTER REGISTRATION

I'm one of the co-founders of NerdsVote, a non-partisan organization linking gamers, con goers, cosplayers, and pop culture fans of all kinds to voter registration opportunities in the U.S. From getting out the vote at "comic-cons" nationwide to digital events with "Notable Nerds," we're spreading the word that voting matters in every election. Visit our website for all the latest information about our efforts! www.nerdsvote.com

OTHER WORK

WRITING

Donna/Madonna

In this multi-award-winning, autobiographical solo musical comedy, writer/performer JP Karliak wants so badly to be the perfect son for his adoptive mother: a delicate Catholic housewife from Scranton. But realizing he can't be the ideal local boy, he seeks answers from a very different source: his fashion-writing, married-to-a-British-pop-star birth mother. Through stories, characters and song, JP tells of his quirky relationships with these wildly different women and how sometimes you have to meet a "Material Girl" to truly appreciate "America's Sweetheart."

For more about Donna/Madonna, click here.

Other Writing

ONE ACT PLAYS

Let It Snow - 2004, Pandora's Academy, Bordentown, NJ
Rumpelstiltskin - 2004, Olio Theatre Works, Long Beach, CA
- 2004, Dunmore High School, Dunmore, PA
Little Things Like Dancing - 2001, Lab Theatre, Washington, DC

MONOLOGUES

I wrote monologues for the Men's, Teen Boy's, Teen Girl's, Kids and LGBT editions of "Comedic Monologues That Are Actually Funny," edited by Alisha Gaddis.

DIRECTING

Maxxie LaWow

I cast and directed the voice talent of Maxxie LaWow: Drag Super-shero, an animated feature film about Simon, a shy young barista, who discovers a magic wig that turns him into butt-kicking, lip syncing, shade-throwing drag diva Maxxie LaWow. Starring Grant Hodges, Erika Ishii, and Terren Wooten Clarke, it also has a fantastically talented supporting cast including Laraine Newman, Avi Roque, Monét X Change, BenDeLaCreme, Jinkx Monsoon, Rosé, and many more.