The pigeons talking to each other in the 2024 Progressive commercial
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Who’s the voice actor in the Progressive Pigeon commercial?

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The commercial released by Progressive Insurance at the beginning of 2024 has a pigeon with a remarkable voice: who’s the actor behind it?

It’s January 1st, 2024, and many people are convinced that one of the year’s best ads is already out. The responsible is Progressive Insurance, with a new commercial campaign starring two funny pigeons talking to each other about what they can do with the money they save with their latest offer for drivers. It has become already famous on the Internet as the “Progressive Pigeon commercial,” but the mystery is on: who’s the voice actor behind the bird?

The curiosity is shared among many for a precise reason: apparently, many people have recognized that voice immediately. If you head to the comment section under the official YouTube video of the progressive pigeon commercial, you can read many users confirming their hint: everybody is sure the voice actor behind the bird is H Jon Benjamin.

Dream | Bird’s-eye View | Progressive Insurance Commercial
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H. Jon Benjamin is the American actor and comedian known for providing the voices of several animated characters in popular television shows. He voices Sterling Archer in the animated series Archer, and Bob Belcher in Bob’s Burgers. Among his other roles, he’s also the voice behind Carl in Family Guy, and Coach McGuirk in Home Movies.

As you can imagine, the Internet was flooded with people searching for H Jon Benjamin in a Progressive commercial to get confirmation on their first impressions. At some point, progressively, the world got sure. Not only did H. Jon Benjamin give charisma to the bird in the commercial, but he also gave birth to a real competitor to Geico’s lizard, the other animal protagonist of the insurance advertising universe.

H. Jon Benjamin is not a new presence in the advertising world: in 2018, he was the official spokesman for Arby’s restaurant chain, in a series of ads. You can find one of the commercials of the series here. And if you are trying to have final proof of his presence in the Progressive commercial, you can study the many shades of his voice in the fan-made video below and compare them with the pigeon’s conversation.

Many Faces of H. Jon Benjamin
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