Meet the Cast ofThe Wild Robot!All About the Actors Voicing the Characters in the Hit Film

Mar. 15, 2025

Photo:Getty (2); Universal Pictures/DreamWorks Animation

Getty (2); Universal Pictures/DreamWorks Animation

TheWild Robotseries, a bestselling chapter book series for kids that includesThe Wild Robot, The Wild Robot Protects,andThe Wild Robot Escapes,has been adapted into a Dreamworks film that has earned rave reviews and won the box office in its first week.

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Lupita Nyong’o: Roz

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02of 09Pedro Pascal: FinkUniversal Pictures/DreamWorks Animation; GettyA fox without many friends on the island, he volunteers to help Roz raise Brightbill, partly out of kindness and partly because he’s looking to belong.

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Pedro Pascal: Fink

A fox without many friends on the island, he volunteers to help Roz raise Brightbill, partly out of kindness and partly because he’s looking to belong.

03of 09Kit Connor: BrightbillUniversal Pictures/DreamWorks Animation; GettyKit Connor plays the grown-up Brightbill, who loves Roz but realizes that he might not fit in with the other geese as they prepare for their first migration, despite all her efforts to teach him what he needs to now.

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Kit Connor: Brightbill

Kit Connor plays the grown-up Brightbill, who loves Roz but realizes that he might not fit in with the other geese as they prepare for their first migration, despite all her efforts to teach him what he needs to now.

04of 09Catherine O’Hara: PinktailUniversal Pictures/DreamWorks Animation; GettyPlaying an exasperated but warm possum mom who helps Roz come to terms with her new role (“I do not have programming to be a mother,” Roz says. “No one does,” O’Hara’s character responds), O’Hara is warm and funny.

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Catherine O’Hara: Pinktail

Playing an exasperated but warm possum mom who helps Roz come to terms with her new role (“I do not have programming to be a mother,” Roz says. “No one does,” O’Hara’s character responds), O’Hara is warm and funny.

05of 09Bill Nighy: LongneckUniversal Pictures/DreamWorks Animation; GettyTheLove, Actualystar lends his usual charm to the role of an elder gosling who takes Brightbill under his wing on his first migration.

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Bill Nighy: Longneck

TheLove, Actualystar lends his usual charm to the role of an elder gosling who takes Brightbill under his wing on his first migration.

06of 09Ving Rhames: ThunderboltUniversal Pictures/DreamWorks Animation; GettyThunderbolt is a commanding falcon who agrees to help Brightbill learn to fly when Roz can’t give him the training he needs to make it through the full migration with the other gees.e

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Ving Rhames: Thunderbolt

Thunderbolt is a commanding falcon who agrees to help Brightbill learn to fly when Roz can’t give him the training he needs to make it through the full migration with the other gees.e

07of 09VONTRA: Stephanie HsuUniversal Pictures/DreamWorks Animation; GettyVONTRA is the cheerful but malevolent robot who finds Roz on the island through the transmitter of another shipwrecked robot and tries to take her back to reprogram her to factory settings.

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VONTRA: Stephanie Hsu

VONTRA is the cheerful but malevolent robot who finds Roz on the island through the transmitter of another shipwrecked robot and tries to take her back to reprogram her to factory settings.

08of 09Thorn: Mark HamillUniversal Pictures/DreamWorks Animation; GettyThorn, the apex predatory of the forest, ends up becoming a protector after Roz rescues him during a terrible snowstorm.“As a father of three who took them to see so-called ‘children’s movies’ as a kid — and you’d suffer through some horrible moments … This one effortlessly appeals to every age,”he toldVariety. “The parents will have as good a time as the kids. It’s rare to hit that sweet spot.”

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Thorn: Mark Hamill

Thorn, the apex predatory of the forest, ends up becoming a protector after Roz rescues him during a terrible snowstorm.

“As a father of three who took them to see so-called ‘children’s movies’ as a kid — and you’d suffer through some horrible moments … This one effortlessly appeals to every age,”he toldVariety. “The parents will have as good a time as the kids. It’s rare to hit that sweet spot.”

09of 09Matt Berry: PaddlerUniversal Pictures/DreamWorks Animation; GettyThe other animals mock Matt Berry’s grumpy, dedicated beaver for his commitment to a project, but it ends up saving the whole forest after the robot headquarters comes for Roz.

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Matt Berry: Paddler

The other animals mock Matt Berry’s grumpy, dedicated beaver for his commitment to a project, but it ends up saving the whole forest after the robot headquarters comes for Roz.

source: people.com