His voice was rather high-pitched in season seven, sounding similar to his predecessors at the time ( Duncan Brannan and Tim Dever), but his voice got deeper as the series went on, making it more of a cheerful extension on his own natural voice.ĭean Wendt and his wife Lori Wendt hold a Speak 'n Sing Jumbo Barney plush doll. In contrast to the previous voice actors, Wendt gives Barney a more nasally tone in his voice, making him sound "squeakier". Wendt reprised his role as Barney in 2019 for Jerry Franklin's Retirement Gala. Wendt continued to portray as the purple dinosaur until the show's hiatus and did a few projects as Barney afterwards until 2013. His Barney voice was first heard publicly in the 2001 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Wendt started voicing Barney in September 2001 with his first project being the music video for "We Are Family", a music video featuring various children's character made in response to 9/11. He also sang a couple songs and was interviewed as Barney during the auditions. Wendt did the audition in the closet at the apartment of Joseph Phillips, the music director of Barney & Friends, in Plano, Texas. After not hearing anything for a while, he was called to record another demo. Wendt sent in a CD of his initial audition and got a callback. Due to Wendt traveling extensively to Los Angeles, California for Radio Disney, he could never audition in person. Wendt auditioned for Barney through his agent. While working at Radio Disney, Wendt heard about a casting call to find a new voice actor for Barney.
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