From Will Ferrell to Joey King

Gru (Steve Carell)

Steve Carell has played Gru since the first Despicable Me Film that came out in 2010. Gru has evolved from villain to father to anti-villain and more.

Steve Carell is known for his time in the US remake of the British series The office and the role of Mitch Kessler in The morning show and for film roles such as Beautiful boy (2018), The big short film (2015), Foxcatcher (2014), Crazy stupid love (2011) and Virgo (40), male, looking for… (2005).

Lucy (Kristen Wiig)

Lucy Wild met Gru as an agent of the Anti-Villain League (AVL). The two are now married and have Gru’s three daughters and a son. Lucy is not only an AVL agent, but also a supermom.

Kristen Wiig is known for her roles as Annie in Bridesmaids (2011), Maggie Dean in The Skeleton Twins (2014), Cheryl Melhoff in The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013) and Alexanya Atoz in Zoolander 2 (2016). More recently, she played Maxine Simmons in Apple TV+’s Palm Royale, which was renewed for a second season.

The Minions (Pierre Coffin)

Pierre Coffin, who co-directed the first three Despicable Me films, also lends his voice to the Minions in all of the films.

Maxime Le Mal (Will Ferrell)

Maxime Le Mal (surname means “The Evil One” in French) was a classmate of Gru at the Lycée pas bon (high school for villains). He is obsessed with cockroaches and plans to take over the world with his army of indestructible bugs.

Will Ferrell is known for his roles as Buddy the Elf in Elf (2003), Ron Burgundy in the Anchorman films, Mattel CEO in Barbie (2023), and more. He also voiced Megamind in Megamind (2010).

Valentina (Sofia Vergara)

Valentina is Maxime’s girlfriend and was a femme fatale at the time.

Sofía Vergara is known for her roles as Gloria Delgado-Pritchett in Modern Family, Inez in Chef (2014), and most recently appeared as Griselda Blanco in Griselda. She played Krebs in J.Lo’s This Is Me… Now (2024) and Daniella Riva in Hot Pursuit (2015).

Poppy Prescott (Joey King)

Poppy Prescott is a new neighbor of Gru, aka Chet, and the Cunningham family when they move to Mayflower. She knows Gru’s true identity and plans to use this information to her advantage.

Joey King is known for his portrayal of Gypsy Rose Blancard in “The Act,” Elle Evans in the “The Kissing Booth” films, Prince in “Bullet Train” (2022), and most recently Halina Kurc in Hulu’s “We Were the Lucky Ones,” based on the book by Georgia Hunter.

Margo (Miranda Cosgrove)

Margo is the eldest of Gru’s three adopted daughters. She mostly keeps to herself, but looks after her siblings.

Miranda Cosgrove has voiced Margo in all four Despicable Me films. She is known for her roles as Carly Shay in iCarly and Summer Hathaway in School of Rock (2003). She also recently appeared in Mother of the Bride on Netflix.

Edith (Dana Gaier)

Dana Gaier voiced Edith in all four Despicable Me films. She is the middle daughter and although she appears cool as a cucumber, she has her moments.

Gaier also appeared in two episodes of On My Block and in Ernesto’s Manifesto (2019).

Despicable Me 4 Agnes

Agnes (Madison Polan)

Agnes, the lover of fluffy unicorns, was voiced by Elsie Fisher in the first two Despicable Me films, and then Nev Scharrel lent his voice to the youngest daughter in Despicable Me 3. Madison Polan took over the direction of the fourth film.

Polan’s dubbing of the role of Agnes is her first role in Hollywood.

Perry Prescott (Stephen Colbert)

Perry is Poppy’s father and owner of Prescott Motors. Outside of work, he plays tennis at the country club.

Stephen Colbert is known as the host of the “Late Show”.

Silas Ramsbottom (Steve Coogan)

Silas Ramsbottom is the president of the AVL, introduced in Despicable Me 2. He takes care of Gru and Lucy when they are threatened by villains.

Steve Coogan is known for his roles as Martin Sixsmith in Philomena (2013), Alan Partridge in Alan Partridge (2013), Tony Wilson in 24 Hour Party People (2002) and Stan Laurel in Stan & Ollie (2018).

Principal Superbad (Chris Renaud)

Principal Überschlect was the head of the Lycée pas bon when Gru and Maxime were there. Chris Renaud also directed Despicable Me 4, as well as the films Pets, The Lorax and the first two Despicable Me films.

Melora (Laraine Newman)

Melora is a customer of Lucy’s while she is undercover, but the woman’s haircut goes awry before she chases Lucy and the girls through the grocery store.

Laraine Newman is known for films such as Coneheads (1993), Promises (1996), Problem Child 2 (1991) and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) as well as Saturday Night Live.

Patsy Prescott (Chloe Fineman)

Patsy Prescott is Perry’s wife and Poppy’s mother, who loves to chat. She gets Gru an invitation to the country club to play doubles tennis with Perry.

Chloe Fineman is known for her time on Saturday Night Live, Search Party and High Fidelity.