John Paul Karliak (born 1980 or 1981) is an American actor and comedian. He is known for his voice acting as in the television series X-Men '97, Wile E. Coyote in the television series New Looney Tunes, Wolfgang in the video game series Skylanders, and Gargamel and Razamel in the 2025 Smurfs film.
J. P. Karliak was born in 1980 or 1981 in Dunmore, Pennsylvania. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in theatre from University of Southern California.
He took a voice over class taught by Bob Bergen. In 2008, Karliak made his voice-acting debut in the video game Tom Clancy's EndWar as an unnamed character and others. Karliak also appears physically on-screen in live-action television series, such as Ringer and Real Husbands of Hollywood.
In 2014, he voiced Wolfgang in the video game ', a role he reprised in ' and ' in 2015 and 2016, respectively. In 2015, he voiced Wile E. Coyote in the Cartoon Network/Warner Bros. Pictures animated television series New Looney Tunes until its cancellation in 2020. In 2016, he provided the voice of Reese in the animated feature film ', featuring Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill. In 2017, he voiced Willy Wonka in the Tom and Jerry direct-to-video animated film '.
Starting from 2018, Karliak voiced the Boss Baby in ', a Netflix television series based on Marla Frazee's book The Boss Baby and Tom McGrath's 2017 animated film of the same name. He then proceeded to reprise his role in the sequel series ', which had aired on May 19, 2022.
In the 2020 video game ', he provided the voice of Doctor Nefarious Tropy.
In 2021, he provided the English voice of S566 in the Netflix animated television series Eden, and provided the voice of Green Goblin in the Disney Junior animated television series Spidey and His Amazing Friends.
In February 2023, Karliak guest voiced Babwa Venomor, a Trandoshan mercenary leader, who works for the Empire, in '.
Karliak is genderqueer. In July 2022, Karliak married his boyfriend Scott Barnhardt. Karliak lives in Los Angeles.