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My Take
What fascinates me about Justin Roiland is the sheer improvisational chaos he brought to animation. Voicing both Rick and Morty, a drunken genius and his stammering grandson, in conversation with himself is a feat most actors couldn't manage with weeks of rehearsal. I also respect his restlessness: he never stayed in one lane, branching into producing and game development. His later career complications mean his legacy will always be debated, but as a pure creative engine, the looping, gloriously unscripted energy he injected into Rick and Morty reshaped what adult animation could sound like. That influence is everywhere now.
Overview
Mark Justin Roiland (born February 21, 1980) is an American voice actor, animator, writer, and producer. He co-created the Adult Swim animated sitcom Rick and Morty, for which he voiced the protagonists Rick Sanchez and Morty Smith from 2013 to 2022, as well as Hulu's Solar Opposites, in which he voiced main character Korvo from 2020 to 2022, until both networks severed ties with him in 2023.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Justin Roiland
- Name (Japanese)
- ジャスティン・ロイランド
- Reading
- じゃすてぃん・ろいらんど
- Born
- February 21, 1980 (age 46)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Monkey
- Origin
- Stockton, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- director / screenwriter / television producer / voice actor / video game developer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Sierra High School
- University
- Modesto Junior College
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | Rick and Morty | — |
6. Links
Director — see all → · Screenwriter — see all → · More people from United States →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.