Walt Dohrn

Actor, Producer, Additional Crew

Birthdate: December 5, 1970 (55 Years Old)

Birthplace: Orange County, California, USA

Walt Dohrn (birthname: Walter Dohrn) has played key creative roles in several major animated features for DreamWorks Animation, particularly with the Shrek and Trolls franchises, rising from story artist and voice actor to director. After his feature debut as a layout artist on Mr. Magoo (1997), Dohrn was a writer, voice actor (as Rumplestiltskin), and story artist on Shrek 2 (2004). Dohrn was then an additional story artist on Shark Tale (2004) and Madagascar (2005). Dohrn rejoined the Shrek feature film team for Shrek the Third (2007), on which he voiced several small roles, was a story artist, and contributed additional screenplay material as a writer. On the sequel, Shrek Forever After (2010), Walt Dohrn was promoted to head of story, while again voicing Rumpelstiltskin and a few minor roles. Dohrn was an additional story artist on DreamWorks Animation’s Rise of the Guardians (2012), and then served as head of story and voiced a supporting role in DreamWorks Animation’s Jay Ward-based Mr. Peabody & Sherman (2014). For the first time in a feature animation project, Dohrn was a voice actor only on DreamWorks Animation’s Madagascar spinoff, Penguins of Madagascar (2014). Walt Dohrn stepped to the director’s plate for the first feature in DreamWorks Animation’s Trolls series, Trolls (2016), on which he was co-director with Mike Mitchell, while voicing several supporting roles in a cast including Anna Kendrick, Justin Timberlake, Zooey Deschanel, Russell Brand, James Corden, Gwen Stefani, leading to a hit box-office run of $347 million globally. In between Troll's projects, Dohrn also worked on DreamWorks Animation’s Boss Baby franchise as a voice actor only, first on The Boss Baby (2017) and then on The Boss Baby: Family Business (2021). Dohrn was lead director for the first time on Trolls World Tour (2020), with David P. Smith as co-director, and starred in the voice cast of Kendrick, Timberlake, Rachel Bloom, Corden, Kelly Clarkson, Anderson Paak, Sam Rockwell, George Clinton, and Mary J. Blige, but losing money for distributor Universal Pictures with a $48 million return. Dohrn again jumped over to his voice acting talents to join the cast of the amusing Pierre Perifel-directed animated heist comedy, The Bad Guys (2022). Dohrn was lead director for his third Trolls feature, Trolls Band Together (2023), with new cast members Eric André, Kid Cudi, Daveed Diggs, Camila Cabello, Amy Schumer, and RuPaul.

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Personal life

Walt Dohrn was born and raised by his parents in Orange County, California. Dohrn studied in the animation program of the California Institute for the Arts, from which he graduated. Dohrn is married to Lucille Aurelia.

Known For

Shrek 5

(2027)

Trolls Band Together

Director (2023)

The Bad Guys

Scientist (2022)

Trolls World Tour

Director (2020)

Trolls

Director (2016)

Walt Dohrn Movies

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Previous (5)

2023 |
Trolls Band Together
Trolls Band Together
2023
Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Poppy discovers that Branch was once part of the boy band 'BroZone' with his brothers, Floyd, John Dory, Spruce and Clay. When Floyd is kidnapped, Branch and Poppy embark on a journey to reunite his two other brothers and rescue Floyd.
asKing Peppy
2022 |
The Bad Guys
The Bad Guys
2022
Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Crime, Family
To avoid prison, a gang of notorious animal criminals pretends to seek being rehabilitated, only for their leader to realize that he genuinely wants to change his ways.
asScientist
2017 |
The Boss Baby
The Boss Baby
2017
Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
A suit-wearing, briefcase-carrying baby pairs up with his 7-year old brother to stop the dastardly plot of the CEO of Puppy Co.
asPhotographer
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as Smidge
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as Rumpelstiltskin

Director

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Upcoming (1)

2027 |
Shrek 5
Shrek 5
2027
Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family
Shrek 5 is an upcoming American animated fantasy comedy film loosely based on the 1990 picture book Shrek! by William Steig, produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Universal Pictures.

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Previous (2)

2023 |
Trolls Band Together
Trolls Band Together
2023
Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Poppy discovers that Branch was once part of the boy band 'BroZone' with his brothers, Floyd, John Dory, Spruce and Clay. When Floyd is kidnapped, Branch and Poppy embark on a journey to reunite his two other brothers and rescue Floyd.
2020 |
Trolls World Tour
Trolls World Tour
2020
Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
When the Queen of the Hard Rock Trolls tries to take over all the Troll kingdoms, Queen Poppy and her friends try different ways to save all the Trolls.

Facts About Walt Dohrn

Loyal Team Member: Walt Dohrn has worked on seven Shrek projects, including voicing the character of Rumpelstiltskin; and eleven Trolls projects, including voicing the characters of Cloud Guy, Mr. Dinkles, and The Interdimensional Hustler Traveler. Inspirations: Dohrn took inspiration for the animated style of Trolls Band Together from The Beatles’ Yellow Submarine (1968) and Walt Disney’s Fantasia (1940).

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