Jiří Lábus

Jiří Lábus (b. 1950) is a Czech actor and voice artist who dubbed Statler, Bobo, and Sam the Eagle in Mupeti (2011's The Muppets). He reprised Sam for thr second Czech dub of Muppets Most Wanted and had earlier dubbed Mr. Stringer in The Witches.

Lábus has had a long career in Czech theater, radio, film, and television. He played the wizard Rumburak on the 1979 children's serial Arabela, which was successfully exported to Germany. He reprised the role for the 1985 film Rumburak, a 1993 Arabela sequel, and the 2018 film Goblin 2 (with Helmut Krauss). Lábus also voiced puppet character Jů on Studio Kamarád (1980 to 1988, and then in two different returns), half of a duo with Hele (inspired by The Muppet Show and Sesame Street). In addition to scores of Czech movies, he had parts in the English language films The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (with Jane Horrocks) and The Manor (with Gabrielle Anwar and Peter O'Toole).

As a dubbing actor, Lábus is the Czech voice of Marge Simpson on The Simpsons, as well as Sid the sloth in the Ice Age franchise, Gru in the Despicable Me movies, Obelix in two Asterix features, Tom in the Tom and Jerry shorts, Papa Julio in Coco, and roles in several Czech animated features. He dubbed Rowan Atkinson in Four Weddings and a Funeral and other projects, Carl Reiner in The Gazebo, Richard Wilson on the British sitcom Only When I Laugh, and the PA voice on M*A*S*H.