<Dl> <Dd> Director Chris Sanders described Stoick as "representing everything that's Viking", and thus a very important character in how he intimidates his son Hiccup . Butler considered that "half my career led me into playing a role like this," particularly Beowulf & Grendel, which is set in the Viking age, and was trying to avoid depicting Stoick as villainous, instead aiming for "a character that we can all identify, he's not just big and tough, also vulnerable ." </Dd> </Dl> <Dd> Director Chris Sanders described Stoick as "representing everything that's Viking", and thus a very important character in how he intimidates his son Hiccup . Butler considered that "half my career led me into playing a role like this," particularly Beowulf & Grendel, which is set in the Viking age, and was trying to avoid depicting Stoick as villainous, instead aiming for "a character that we can all identify, he's not just big and tough, also vulnerable ." </Dd> <Ul> <Li> Craig Ferguson as Gobber the Belch: blacksmith, a close friend of Stoick's, and training master of the young warriors . He is the mediator between Hiccup and Stoick . He is missing his right foot and his left hand, the latter of which he has replaced with a variety of specialized prosthetics . </Li> </Ul> <Li> Craig Ferguson as Gobber the Belch: blacksmith, a close friend of Stoick's, and training master of the young warriors . He is the mediator between Hiccup and Stoick . He is missing his right foot and his left hand, the latter of which he has replaced with a variety of specialized prosthetics . </Li>

Who voices gobber in how to train your dragon