William Richard Billy West born April 16 1950 is an American voice actor He launched his career in the early 1980s performing daily comedic routines on Bostons WBCN TOP Rock station of the time shortly after moving on to do the revival of Beany and Cecil and was also a castmember on the Howard Sterns radio show during the early to mid 1990s West is best known for his voicework on Ren Stimpy Doug and Futurama His favorite characters are Philip J Fry Futurama and Stimpy Ren and Stimpy both of which he originated Wests most notable film work was in Space Jam 1996 providing the voice of both Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd he has provided the same voices for other Looney Tunes films and video games West has been very outspoken over his displeasure about the influx of movie star actors providing voiceover for films and major shows As well as a voice artist West is also a guitarist and singersongwriter with a band called Billy West and The Grief Counselors