Dean Wendt is an American voice actor best known as the voice of Barney on the hit children's show Barney & Friends

Barney & Friends

Barney and Friends, also referred to by HiT Entertainment as Barney the Friendly Dinosaur, is an independent children's television show produced in the United States, aimed at children from ages 1-8...

Dean Wendt was a co founder/creator and Disc jockey

Disc jockey

A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.There are several types of disc jockeys...

 on Radio Disney

Radio Disney

Radio Disney is a radio network based in Burbank, California and headquartered out of the Disney Channel headquarters on West Alameda Ave., from where it has been based since November 2008. Prior to that, the network was based in Dallas, Texas...

 from 1996 to 2001, but left the company in order to dedicate his time to voicing Barney the Dinosaur after Bob West

Bob West

Bob West is an American television actor best known as the voice of Barney in the hit children's show Barney & Friends. He has also appeared in several Barney-related shows such as concert tours...

 was replaced in 2001.

His voice has appeared in various other Barney media, such as concert tours around the world. He has appeared in such shows as Barney's Colorful World

Barney's Colorful World

Barney's Colorful World also known as Barney's Colourful World LIVE! and Barney y Su Mundo de Colores was Barney's 5th concert , his 3rd US and Spanish tour and 2nd UK tour. The show was first performed in January 2003 and the video released in September 2004...

 and Barney Live The Let's Go Tour. He has also appeared in over 100 TV shows and over 25 videos.

External links

• IMDb: Dean Wendt
• Official Site
• Dean Wendt interview on Tommy2.net