Chris Miller

Actor / Animation Department / Director

Birthdate – January 20, 1968 (56 Years Old)

Birthplace – Washington D.C. USA

Chris Miller is an American film director, storyboard artist, and voice actor best known for his work with DreamWorks Animation. Following a stint working with Ralph Bakshi on his film Cool World (1992), he would begin his career at DreamWorks as a storyboard artist on films Antz (1998) and Shrek (2001) before being promoted to head of story on Shrek 2 (2004). This led to him becoming the director of two subsequent entries in the franchise, those being Shrek the Third (2007) and Puss in Boots (2011). Miller is also known for his role as Kowalski in the Madagascar film series (except for The Penguins of Madagascar (2008), where he was voiced by Jeff Bennett instead), and has voiced numerous characters in other DreamWorks movies.

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Filmography

Penguins of Madagascar

Kowalski (2014)

The Cellar

Willy Cashen (2022)

The Smurfs Movie

(2025)

Puss in Boots

(2011)