Who voices the Minions in the Despicable Me films and the Minions films?

Pierre Coffin voices the Minions in the Despicable Me films and the Minions films.

Coffin is a French animator, director, and voice actor who helped create the Minions’ distinctive vocal performances. His Minion voice combines invented sounds, expressive intonation, and words borrowed from several real languages.

He co-directed the first Despicable Me film with Chris Renaud and later directed or co-directed several entries in the franchise. Although Gru is voiced by Steve Carell, Coffin is the performer most closely associated with the Minions themselves.

A common mix-up is assuming that every Minion has a separate celebrity voice actor. In the main films, Coffin provided the voices for the Minions as a group, with additional performers involved in some production roles and minor voices. The character design and vocal style helped turn the Minions into the franchise’s most recognizable figures.