Canada's Eric Bauza, modern voice of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and others, dead at 46

Eric Bauza of Scarborough, Ont., the Emmy-award winning voice actor best known for the iconic Bugs Bunny, has died.

Emmy-award winning voice actor's family said he passed away 'suddenly' in an Instagram post

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· Posted: Oct 26, 2026 8:13 AM EDT | Last Updated: 8 minutes ago

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Eric Bauza grew up in the Toronto suburb of Scarborough, Ont., but lives in Los Angeles, where he is the voice of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Tweety Bird and Marvin the Martian for Looney Tunes Cartoons. Bauza has also found a way to keep connected to his Canadian roots while living in the U.S.

Eric Bauza of Scarborough, Ont., the Emmy-award winning voice actor best known for the iconic Bugs Bunny, has died. He was 46.

Bauza's family announced he had passed away "suddenly" in a post to his Instagram profile Sunday night. The family did not say the cause of death, but indicated they would share more at a later time.

Bauza grew up watching Bugs Bunny's exploits on the Looney Tunes cartoons at his home in the city. In 2020, he was charged with bringing the character to life in all his carrot-munching, prank-pulling glory.

"It is a dream come true," Bauza told host Ismaila Alfa on CBC Radio's Metro Morning at the time.

In addition to Bugs Bunny, Bauza voiced multiple other characters including Daffy Duck, Tweety Bird and Marvin the Martian. It took two auditions and plenty of practice to land the parts, he told Alfa.

In 2020, he gave his advice to young voice actors, telling them to remember that, at its base, it's "about the acting, first."

"You have to instill a performance that's grounded in reality," he said.