Conrad Vernon

Conrad Vernon (born July 11, 1968) is an American voice actor, director, producer, writer, and storyboard artist best known for his work on the DreamWorks animated film series Shrek as well as other films such as Monsters vs. Aliens, Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted, and Penguins of Madagascar. He also co-directed non-DreamWorks animated films such as Sony Pictures' Sausage Party and MGM’s The Addams Family.

Life and career

Vernon, a native of Lubbock, Texas, studied at CalArts and worked as a storyboard artist for animated productions (including Ralph Bakshi's Cool World); he also directed Morto the Magician (a four-minute animated film written by Steve Martin).

Vernon began his career in 1991. In 1996, he joined DreamWorks, where he worked as a storyboard artist on Antz. After Antz proved a success as the first animated feature film to be produced by DreamWorks Animation, Vernon signed on as a writer for Shrek, where he was responsible for the Gingerbread Man, and eventually voiced that character. He also appeared in Shrek 4-D and Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas.

In June 2004, he made his feature film directorial debut with the Academy Award-nominated Shrek 2. He voiced Mason the chimpanzee for the DreamWorks Animation films Madagascar, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (for which he is also credited as director) and its spin off Penguins of Madagascar (where he voiced Rico, one of the penguins) and reprised the voice of Mason in the television series.

In 2009, Vernon and Rob Letterman co-directed the 3D animated film Monsters vs. Aliens, which he co-wrote and supplied several voices.

Vernon and Greg Tiernan co-directed the adult animated comedy Sausage Party (2016), from a story by Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, and Jonah Hill, as well as providing some of the voices. Vernon next co-produced and co-directed, again with Tiernan, an animated version of The Addams Family, which was released in October 2019. He supplied voice roles for both Sausage Party and The Addams Family, including Lurch in the latter. He was scheduled to return as director alongside Tiernan for The Addams Family 2, released in October 2021. In October 2020, it was announced that he would no longer be involved as director, though he ultimately received co-billing with Tiernan.

In 2017, Vernon was hired to direct a live-action feature adaptation of The Jetsons, from a screenplay by Matt Lieberman, which is being made by Warner Bros., under its Warner Animation Group banner.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Director	Producer	Notes
2001	Morto the Magician	Template:Yes	Template:No	Short film
2004	Shrek 2	Template:Yes	Template:No	Co-director with Andrew Adamson and Kelly Asbury
2009	Monsters vs. Aliens	Template:Yes	Template:No	Co-director with Rob Letterman
2012	Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted	Template:Yes	Template:No	Co-director with Eric Darnell and Tom McGrath
2016	Sausage Party	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Co-director with Greg Tiernan
2019	The Addams Family	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
2021	The Addams Family 2	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
TBA	The Jetsons	Template:Yes	Template:No

Acting roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Herd	Pesion	Live-action role
2001	Shrek	Gingerbread Man
	Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party		Short film
2003	Shrek 4-D
	Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas	Jed
2004	Shrek 2	Gingerbread Man, Cedric, Announcer, Mongo, Muffin Man
	Far Far Away Idol	Gingerbread Man	Short film
2005	Madagascar	Mason
2005	The Barnyard (pitch)
2006	Flushed Away	Take Out
2007	Shrek the Third	Gingerbread Man, Rumpelstiltskin, Headless Horseman
	Bee Movie	Freddy
2008	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Mason
2009	Monsters vs. Aliens	Advisor Hawk, Advisor Dither, Minister, Secret Service Man #2, Mama Dietl
2010	Shrek Forever After	Gingerbread Man, Muffin Man
2011	Kung Fu Panda 2	Boar
	Puss in Boots	Raoul
2012	Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted	Mason
2014	Penguins of Madagascar	Rico
2016	Sausage Party	Toilet paper, Sauerkraut, Grape, Catcall sausage, Beer can, Pop bottle
2017	The Boss Baby	Eugene Francis
	The Emoji Movie	Trojan Horse
2019	Trouble	Otis
	The Addams Family	Lurch, Priest, Spirit of the House, Dr. Flambe, Ggerri
2021	The Addams Family 2	Lurch, Spirit of the House
2022	Puss in Boots: The Last Wish	Gingerbread Man

Other credits

Year	Title	Role
1991	No Neck Joe	Special thanks
1992	Cool World	Character designer Effects animator
1998	Antz	Storyboard artist
2000	The Road to El Dorado	Additional storyboard artist
2001	Shrek	Additional dialogue/story artist/writer: "Merry Men"
2001	The Human Spinning-Top	Writer of episode XII "The Human Spinning-Top is a dangerous hero" And Additional storyboard artist
2003	Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas	Additional storyboard artist
2004	Shark Tale
	Shrek 2	Additional dialogue
2005	Madagascar	Creative consultant
	The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper	Creative consultant; Short film
2006	Over the Hedge	Story artist
2009	Monsters vs. Aliens	Story writer
2016	Trolls	Additional story artist
2017	Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie	Special thanks
	The Emoji Movie	Additional sequence director
2019	The Addams Family	Story writer

Television

Year	Title	Notes
1993	Rocko's Modern Life	Storyboard artist, additional writer
1993–94	2 Stupid Dogs	Storyboard artist
1993–96	The Itsy Bitsy Spider	Director
1996	Dexter's Laboratory	Storyboard artist, layout artist
1997	Nightmare Ned	Storyboard artist
2012	The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange	Executive Producer, storyboard artist
2024–present	Rock Paper Scissors	Executive Producer
	Sausage Party: Foodtopia	Director

Acting roles

Year	Title	Role
2007	Shrek the Halls	Gingerbread Man
2009–12	The Penguins of Madagascar	Mason
2009	Monsters vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space	Man on Cell, Woman
2010	Scared Shrekless	Gingerbread Man, Muffin Man
	Kung Fu Panda Holiday Special	Boar
2012	The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange	Various
	Gravity Falls	Tate McGucket

External links

• Conrad's blog
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