Who voiced both Good Cop and Bad Cop in The Lego Movie?

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In The Lego Movie, Liam Neeson voiced both Good Cop and Bad Cop.

The character is a police officer working for Lord Business and serving as commander of the Super Secret Police. His two-sided Lego head represents his split personality: one face is friendly and helpful, while the other is rude, threatening, and authoritarian.

The names are a playful reference to the real-world “good cop, bad cop” interrogation technique, in which two officers adopt contrasting attitudes to pressure a suspect. Neeson’s performance makes the character’s sudden shifts between personalities one of the film’s recurring jokes.

Neeson also voices the character’s parents, Pa Cop and, through the film’s family gag, related police characters. A common mix-up is assuming Morgan Freeman voiced Good Cop because Freeman is another major actor in the film; Freeman instead voices Vitruvius, the blind wizard who foretells the rise of “the Special.”

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Aug. 2026

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