Scott Capurro, born on December 10, 1962, is known as a stand-up comedian, an author, and also as the voice actor behind Beed, the green-headed announcer for the podrace sequences in both the film Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace and its associated video game, Star Wars: Episode I Racer.
Capurro was chosen to provide the voice for one half of the podracing announcer in Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace, specifically the red-headed one. Greg Proops voiced the other head of this character. Both Proops and Capurro reprised their roles in the video game adaptation, Star Wars: Episode I Racer.
He discussed his involvement with Star Wars in the documentary titled Star Wars: Feel the Force.
- " Voices of Episode I " — Star Wars Insider 48
- 25 Things You Probably Didn't Know About the Making of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace on StarWars.com (backup link)
- Scott Capurro on Wikipedia
- Scott Capurro at the Internet Movie Database
- Greg Proops (Fode) & Scott Capurro (Beed) by Dennis Pellegrom on Star Wars Interviews ( 2010 ) (content now obsolete; archived from the original on February 5, 2023)