{{short description|American voice actor (born 1982)}} {{Use American English|date=June 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Bret Iwan | image = Bill Farmer and Brett Iwan.jpg | caption = Iwan at Animate! Orlando in 2025 | birth_name = Bret William Iwan<ref name="californiabirthindex.org">{{cite web |url=https://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/bret_william_iwan_born_1982_15401551 |title=Bret William Iwan, Born 9/10/1982 in California |publisher=CaliforniaBirthIndex.org |access-date=January 29, 2024}}</ref> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|9|10}} | birth_place = Pasadena, California, U.S. | alma_mater = Ringling College of Art and Design | occupation = Voice actor | years_active = 2009–present | spouse = {{marriage|Douglas Hoffman|2021}} | website = }} '''Bret William Iwan''' (born September 10, 1982)<ref name="Voice Before">{{cite news|last=Feder|first=Joan|title=I've Heard that Voice Before: Bret Iwan|url=https://allears.net/ive-heard-that-voice-before-bret-iwan/|date=September 17, 2019|publisher=AllEars.net|access-date=November 7, 2022}}</ref> is an American voice actor. He is the current voice of Mickey Mouse, following the death of Wayne Allwine in 2009.<ref name="nytimes"/>
== Early life == Iwan was born on September 10, 1982, and raised in Pasadena, California. He is the son of Bill and Fiona Iwan.<ref name="Voice Before"/>
He attended LeRoy High School in Le Roy, Illinois, from 1996 to 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pantagraph.com/news/leroy-grad-hits-hallmark-in-art-career/article_3f074679-75cd-5d57-951b-9802bf624484.html|title=LeRoy grad hits Hallmark in art career|date=March 22, 2006}}</ref> He graduated from the Ringling College of Art and Design in Sarasota, Florida. Iwan eventually got a job as an illustrator at Hallmark.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bret Iwan|url=http://voicechasers.com/database/showactor.php?actorid=11239|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107185314/http://voicechasers.com/database/showactor.php?actorid=11239|archive-date=November 7, 2018|access-date=March 21, 2020|website=Voice Chasers}}</ref>
== Career == Iwan was hired to voice Mickey Mouse and replace Wayne Allwine after his death from diabetes on May 18, 2009.<ref name="nytimes">{{cite news|last=McLellan|first=Dennis|date=May 21, 2009|title=Wayne Allwine, Voice of Mickey Mouse, Dies at 62|work=Los Angeles Times|type=Obituary|url=http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-wayne-allwine21-2009may21,0,3201049.story|url-status=live|access-date=November 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102150630/http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-wayne-allwine21-2009may21,0,3201049.story|archive-date=November 2, 2012}}</ref> Iwan had previously understudied for the role when Allwine was facing health difficulties and Iwan credits Allwine's archival work as providing excellent mentorship.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=9NSCT_ukW-8|title=How Bret Iwan Became the NEW Voice of Mickey Mouse|via=YouTube|date=September 8, 2022|first=Jace|last=Diehl}}</ref>
Iwan first recorded Mickey Mouse dialogue for the Disney's Animal Kingdom theme park as well as the 2009 shows ''Disney On Ice: Celebrations'' and ''Disney Live: Rockin' Road Show''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Iwan, Bret|url=https://d23.com/a-to-z/iwan-bret/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928092706/https://d23.com/a-to-z/iwan-bret/|archive-date=September 28, 2020|website=D23}}</ref> He voiced Mickey Mouse in ''Have a Laugh!''. He gave his first full performance as Mickey Mouse for the English version of the PlayStation Portable game ''Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep''. He also gave his voice performance as Mickey Mouse in the ''Epic Mickey'' games.
His first voice-over work in a Disney Park was in the Animal Kingdom closing show "Adventurers' Celebration Gathering" and the Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover attraction at the Magic Kingdom in which, upon passing through Mickey's Star Traders, Mickey responds with his signature laugh and says: "That's right, it's outta this world!".<ref name="Voice Before"/>
== Personal life == Iwan is openly gay, making him the first openly LGBTQ+ actor to voice Mickey Mouse.<ref>{{cite web|title=Gays of National Parks on Instagram: "We're Bret and Beau, #husbands. I am the official voice of Mickey Mouse since 2009, and Beau is a production designer."|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CtPKOmTuqir/|date=June 8, 2023|publisher=Instagram|access-date=September 8, 2025}}</ref> He married his longtime partner, art director Douglas Hoffman, in July 2021.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bret Iwan on Instagram: "When you know, you know."|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CRRl4neodde/|date=July 13, 2021|publisher=Instagram|access-date=September 8, 2025}}</ref>
== Filmography == ===Film=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- | 2022 || ''Mickey: The Story of a Mouse'' || Himself, Mickey Mouse || Voices Mickey in the film's ''Mickey in a Minute'' animated short |}
=== Television === {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes |- | 2009–2012 || ''Have a Laugh!'' || rowspan="7"| Mickey Mouse || 60 episodes |- | 2012–2016 || ''Mickey Mouse Clubhouse'' || 26 episodes |- | 2012–present || ''Minnie's Bow-Toons'' || |- | 2017–2021 || ''Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures'' || 87 episodes<ref name="btva">{{Cite web |title=Bret Iwan |url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Bret-Iwan/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140225091453/http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Bret-Iwan/ |archive-date=February 25, 2014 |access-date=February 1, 2014 |website=Behind the Voice Actors}}</ref> |- | 2017–2018 || ''Chip 'n Dale's Nutty Tales'' || 6 episodes |- | 2018 || ''Mickey's 90th Spectacular'' || Television special |- | rowspan="2" | 2020 || ''Mickey Mornings'' || |- | ''CAVE iN'' || Himself || Episode: "Weldon's Troll Mob" |- | 2021–2025 || ''Mickey Mouse Funhouse'' || Mickey Mouse, Martian Mickey || Main cast; 86 episodes<ref name="Spaced Out! / Treasure, Ahoy!">{{Cite web |date=August 20, 2021 |title=Spaced Out! / Treasure, Ahoy! |url=https://disneynow.com/shows/mickey-mouse-funhouse/season-01/episode-03-spaced-out-treasure-ahoy/vdka24371003 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210821014256/https://disneynow.com/shows/mickey-mouse-funhouse/season-01/episode-03-spaced-out-treasure-ahoy/vdka24371003 |archive-date=August 21, 2021 |website=DisneyNow}}</ref> |- | 2022 || ''Mickey Saves Christmas'' || rowspan="2"| Mickey Mouse || Stop-motion television special |- | 2025–present || ''Mickey Mouse Clubhouse+'' || Main cast |}
=== Video games === {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes |- | rowspan="2"| 2010 || ''Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep'' || rowspan="21" |Mickey Mouse|| |- | ''Epic Mickey'' || |- | rowspan="2"| 2011 || ''Kingdom Hearts: Re:Coded'' || |- | ''Kinect Disneyland Adventures'' || |- | rowspan="3"| 2012 || ''Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance'' || |- | ''Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two'' || |- | ''Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion'' || |- | rowspan="4"| 2013 || ''Disney Infinity'' || |- | ''Where's My Mickey'' || |- | ''Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse'' || |- | ''Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix'' || (''358/2 Days'' HD cutscenes) |- | 2014 || ''Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix'' || (''Birth by Sleep'' game and ''Re:coded'' HD cutscenes) |- | 2015 || ''Disney Infinity 3.0'' ||<ref>{{Cite video game |title=Disney Infinity 3.0 |developer=Avalanche Software |scene=Closing credits, 5:39 in, Featuring the Voice Talents of |year=2015}}</ref> |- | 2016 || ''Disney Magic Kingdoms'' ||Initial release; voice lines were removed in a later update |- | rowspan="2"| 2017 || ''Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue'' || |- | ''Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 ReMIX'' || (''358/2 Days'' HD cutscenes, ''Birth by Sleep'' game and ''Re:coded'' HD cutscenes) |- | 2019 || ''Kingdom Hearts III'' || |- | rowspan="2"| 2020 || ''Kingdom Hearts III Re:Mind'' || |- | ''Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory'' || |- | 2022 || ''Disney Dreamlight Valley'' || |- | rowspan="2"| 2023 || ''Disney Illusion Island'' || |- | ''Disney Speedstorm'' ||Mickey Mouse, Steamboat Mickey|| |}
=== Web series === {| class="wikitable" |+ !Year !Title !Role !Note |- |2024 |''Hot Ones'' |Mickey Mouse |Episode: "Donald Duck Tries to Keep His Cool While Eating Spicy Wings"<ref>{{cite news|last=Becker|first=Amy|title=Donald Duck takes on the hot seat in 'Hot Ones' interview|url=https://abc7.com/post/donald-duck-takes-hot-seat-hot-ones-interview/15223876/|date=August 23, 2024|publisher=ABC7 Eyewitness News|access-date=September 8, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQse2ml5UXY&t=2s|title= Donald Duck Tries to Keep His Cool While Eating Spicy Wings|date=August 23, 2024|publisher=YouTube|access-date=August 23, 2024}}</ref> |}
=== Theme park attractions === {| class="wikitable" |+ !Year !Title !Role !Note |- |2013 |Mickey and the Magical Map |rowspan="6"| Mickey Mouse | |- |2015 |World of Color: Celebrate! |Animated sequences |- |2017 |Fantasmic! |Disneyland version |- |2019 |Disney's Not So Spooky Spectacular |Animated sequences |- |2022 |Disney Enchantment |Animated segment |- |2022 |Fantasmic! |Disney's Hollywood Studios version |}
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{IMDb name|3645102}} * [http://voicechasers.com/database/showactor.php?actorid=11239 Bret Iwan at Voice Chasers] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110106042415/http://voicechasers.com/database/showactor.php?actorid=11239|date=January 6, 2011}} * [http://www.mediamikes.com/2011/06/interview-with-bret-iwan/ Bret Iwan Interview]
{{s-start}} {{succession box | before = Wayne Allwine | title = Voice of Mickey Mouse | years= 2009–present | after= Incumbent }} {{s-end}} {{Authority control}}
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