Some voice actors from Big Hero 6 came back to voice the protagonists in Disney+’s Baymax. Here’s the cast and the characters they voice.
The protagonists of Big Hero 6 return for Baymax! and some new voice actors and characters are introduced in the Disney+ series about the healthcare companion – here’s the cast of characters explained. Thought of as a spinoff of 2014’s Big Hero 6, Baymax! follows the titular character as he helps people throughout San Fransokyo. The series was created by Don Hall and all episodes were written by Cirocco Dunlap. It was released on June 29 on Disney+.
All six 10-minute episodes of Baymax! follow Baymax as he finds people to help, scanning them to check their health and offering his support even when they don’t want it at first. Some of the characters Baymax helps are known, such as Hiro’s Aunt Cass, and others are new, and Baymax finds them fortuitously. While Big Hero 6’s Hiro is present in every episode, he usually appears in the post-credits scene, coming back home and commenting on Baymax’s day.
Baymax!’s cast includes seasoned voice actors and actors more famous for live-action TV shows. Big Hero 6’s Scott Adsit, Maya Rudolph, and Ryan Potter come back to voice Baymax!’s protagonists in the Disney+ show. Here’s Baymax!’s cast, the characters they play, and where they’ve appeared before.
Scott Adsit As Baymax
Scott Adsit returns to voice protagonist Baymax, who in the series can be seen working as a healthcare companion instead of focusing on saving the world as a superhero. Every episode of Baymax! sees Baymax focusing on a different patient, and Baymax offers his help in any way it’s needed, whether that means gradually exposing people to their fear of water or transforming into a barista for the day to relieve someone with a sprained ankle. Other than voicing Baymax, Adsit appeared in Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt as Dale Hortz, as Greg Hart in Veep, and in many other TV shows.
Ryan Potter As Hiro
Big Hero 6’s protagonist Hiro is voiced by Ryan Potter, who returns to voice the character in Baymax!. Although the episodes follow Baymax on his own, Hiro is always present in the post-credits scene after each episode, as he comments on what Baymax did throughout the day. Besides voicing Hiro Hamada in every short and series that followed Big Hero 6, Potter is famous for playing Gar Logan, a.k.a. Beast Boy, in Titans. He also appeared in Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous and in the 2018 movie Running for Grace.
Maya Rudolph As Cass
Maya Rudolph comes back to voice Hiro’s Aunt Cass. Aside from caring for Hiro, Cass is very busy managing the café below their flat with the help of their cat Mochi. Rudolph famously played multiple characters in Saturday Night Live from 2000 to 2020. More recently, Rudolph voiced Connie the Hormone Monstress in Human Resources and Big Mouth, and Daniela Paguro in Disney’s Luca.
Baymax Supporting Cast & Characters
Emily Kuroda as Kiko – Kuroda plays Kiko, Baymax’s patient in Baymax! episode 1. Kuroda famously played Mrs. Kim in Gilmore Girls. More recently, she appeared in The Good Doctor and in the 2021 movie Porcupine.
Lilimar as Sofia – Lilimar voices Sofia, a teenage patient of Baymax whose story is explored in Baymax! episode 3. Lilimar’s experience as a voice actor includes Cleopatra in Cleopatra in Space and Lilimar in Netflix’s Spirit Riding Free. Lilimar also appeared in School of Rock and Knight Squad.
Zeno Robinson as Ali – Robinson voices Ali, Sofia’s friend in Baymax! episode 3. Robinson famously voiced Victor Stone in Young Justice and Onyankopon in the English version of Attack on Titan. Robinson also appeared as Steve in 2016’s I Ship It.
Jaboukie Young-White as Mbita – Young-White plays Mbita in Baymax! episode 4. Recently, Young-White appeared as Sam in Only Murders In The Building. He also voiced multiple characters in 2021’s Fairfax.
Brian Tee as Yukio – Tee plays Yukio, who first appears in Baymax! episode 4. Tee famously played Ethan Choi in Chicago Fire, Chicago P.D., and Chicago Med. He also appeared in Star Wars: Visions and Lucifer.
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