November 20, 1951

Rodger Bumpass, who has won honors and recognition as an actor and for voice performance in film and on television, was born in Little Rock (Pulaski County). Bumpass graduated from Little Rock Central High School and from Arkansas State University where he had won an announcing contest in a radio and television competition. He has performed all over the country and is widely known as the voice of the character Squidward in the Spongebob Square Pants film and TV series.