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Charles Martinet was born on September 17, 1955 in San Jose, California, USA as Charles Andre Martinet. He is an actor and writer, best known for voicing many characters in Nintendo games including Mario, Luigi, Wario, Waluigi, Baby Mario, and Baby Luigi in video games from 1991 to 2023, including the Super Mario series, Luigi's Mansion series, WarioWare series, Super Smash Bros series & more. He has also voiced some minor characters in the Mario franchise including Male Piantas, Isle Delfino Commercial, Big Top, Clawgrip, Tryclyde, Mouser and Wart. He also voiced many characters in Super Punch-Out!! (1994).
He also voiced for Space Quest 6: The Spinal Frontier (1995) as Pa Conshohocken, Ray Trace, PiTooie, and voiced Coliey Joe, Big Moe, Lar-Man in the Stooge Fighter 3 Mini Game as a brief side job for Sierra-Online company in 1995 before moving on to work for Nintendo on Super Mario 64, a Nintendo 64 game.
Charles Martinet starred in cameo film roles including Matlock (1989) in the episode "The Captain". He also played in The Dead Pool (1988), Nine Months (1995), and The Game (1997), he also did the character voices for Anastasia 1997. The non Disney animated movie Beauty and the Beast (1997) by Enchanted Tales.
Charles Martinet originally wanted to be in law school and wasn't interested in voice acting due to the fear of speaking in public, during his school year, one of his friends convinced him to drop out of Law School and become a voice actor, he finally decided to drop out of Law School and pursue after acting and voice acting. He voiced for Mario in Mario Teaches Typing (1991), and practiced voice acting as Super Mario, he later voiced in Super Punch Out (1994) on a Super Nintendo game and in 1995 voiced the some of the characters at Sierra-Online company in the PC game Space Quest 6: The Spinal Frontier (1995).
One day while Charles was relaxing at the beach, he got a phone call from his agent and was told that he got the part to play Super Mario in Super Mario 64 in the English version. Since then he has been voice acting for Nintendo video games. He also voiced in other video games including Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance (1999), Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds (2001), Star Wars: Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast (2002), The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003), The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age (2004), Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time (2009), The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011), Dragon Ball Legends (2018).
On April 5th 2023, The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) released, which he voiced Mario's dad in many languages (English, Catalan, European French, German, Italian, and European Spanish) He also voiced Giuseppe in nearly every language.
Charles Martinet retired as the voice of Mario, Luigi, Wario, Waluigi, Baby Mario and Baby Luigi in the Mario games on August 21st 2023 and became a Mario Ambassador for Nintendo the same day. His last Nintendo game he worked on before retiring was Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope (2022) as the voice of Mario and Luigi (although that game got ''The Tower of Doooom'' and ''The Last Spark Hunter'' DLC released in 2023, and featured his voice) He was replaced by Kevin Afghani starting from Super Mario Bros. Wonder (2023) and WarioWare: Move It! (2023). However, Martinet's voice is still being reused in re-releases of Mario games which he voiced Mario, Luigi, Wario, Waluigi, Baby Mario and Baby Luigi in, starting from Mario vs. Donkey Kong (2024).- Kenny was raised in Southeast Texas and grew up playing on the beaches of Galveston and running through the surrounding pine forests of Sam Rayburn Lake. Always wanting to be part of something bigger, he joined the US Navy 7 months prior to his high school graduation. Upon graduating, boot camp in San Diego followed. Kenny served 6 years in the Submarine Service, completing 8 Strategic Deterrent Patrols aboard USS Ohio (SSBN 726) Blue Crew and achieved the rate of Sonar Technician First Class (E-6). After an Honorable Discharge, he worked for government contractors supporting the BQQ-6 sonar system.
It was during the first couple of years after the Navy that Kenny began to pursue the performance arts, buying a drum kit and driving his first wife bonkers. She eventually told him that he could sing better that he could play drums. Taking this opinion to heart, he began to seek bands that were looking for a singer. He sang for various bands for over a decade.
Always looking for a way to gain attention, he created a voice over website and started recording small projects at home. Gaining the attention of the right person at the right time, an audition for Bowser was recorded. Being cast as Bowser was a big surprise, but a challenge he was ready for. Beginning in 2004, Super Mario Strikers was the first title recorded.
Having a need to perform, Kenny decided to begin auditioning for local theater. The acting bug bit and he spent the next 15 years performing in live theater. Performances included comedies, musicals, dramas and an opera.
Kenny continued to work a "regular" job for about a decade after becoming the voice of Bowser. He now has become a full-time voice actor and is branching into animation and English dubbing of Japanese anime for Crunchyroll. He also makes appearances at conventions encompassing many genres.
With the kids grown, Kenny and his wife, Christina, spoil their pet(s) and eat too much! - Actor
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Scott Burns is an American voice actor and writer who is well known for providing the voices of Bowser and Toadsworth from Nintendo's Super Mario franchise of video games from 2002 to 2009. He also voiced Fatty Bear in the video game series of the same name, Beltino Toad from Star Fox, Walter Wireless from Spy Fox and Esmond Baza from Tron 2.0.- Actor
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Jason Griffith is an American voice actor. He is best known for his roles as the title character and Shadow the Hedgehog in the Sonic the Hedgehog video game franchise 2003 to 2009, having first voiced the characters in the anime series Sonic X (2003) before doing the same in the games following Sega's decision to use 4Kids Entertainment (which handled the English dub of Sonic X) as its main dubbing studio for all Sonic games from Shadow the Hedgehog (2005) to Sonic and the Black Knight (2009). In 2020, Griffith reprised his role as Shadow in the fan-made audio series Sonic and Tails R (2020), with Ryan Drummond reprising his role as Sonic (having previously done so from 1999-2004) in the same series. Outside of the Sonic series, he is also known for voicing Usopp and Yasopp in the original dub of One Piece (1999), Atticus Rhodes in Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's (2008), various characters in Pokémon (1997), and (more recently) Snake in Vinland Saga (2019), in addition to rare live-action guest appearances in Blue Bloods (2010) and The Orville (2017).- Actor
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Michael McGaharn was born on 5 August 1960 in Los Angeles County, California, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Sonic Adventure (1998), Blondes Have More Guns (1996) and Detective Barbie: Mystery of the Carnival Caper (1998).- Ryan Drummond is an American actor, comedian, and singer. He is best known for being the original voice of the title character in Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog video game franchise from video game franchise from 1998 to 2004, and additionally voiced Knuckles the Echidna in Sonic Shuffle (2000) and Metal Sonic in Sonic Heroes (2003). Although he no longer voices Sonic in any official media (having since been succeeded by both Jason Griffith and Roger Craig Smith), Drummond would ultimately reprise the role in the fan-made audio series Sonic and Tails R (2020) in 2020. His other roles include Elliot in Blue Stinger (1999), the Doctor in Mafia: Definitive Edition (2020), and guest appearances in shows like Baywatch (1989) and Veronica Mars (2004), among others.
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Scott was born and raised in Southern California. He is a graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Scott's career includes stage work, commercials, TV (best known for family shows: Harold the Herald on The Suite Life On Deck, iCarly, First Family, Malcolm in the Middle, etc), voiceover work (including voicing Knuckles the Echidna for many years, in the Sonic the Hedgehog Sega game series), recording artist (His self-titled, debut, solo album features a duet with actress/singer Katey Sagal and Scott's second critically acclaimed 2016 album "The Doris Day Project" features the music of Doris Day and a duet with Grammy-nominated jazz singer Jane Monheit). Scott has been performing his solo show, "Doris and Me" (celebrating the music, life, and career of icon, Doris Day and Scott's quirky obsession with her) across the U.S. since 2012. He is a huge animal lover and has worked tirelessly to help raise money for animal welfare.- Actor
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Dan Green was born on 7 February 1975 in San Rafael, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions (2016), Yu-Gi-Oh! (2000) and Sonic X (2003). He was previously married to Michal Friedman.- Actor
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Travis Willingham is a Los Angeles-based voice actor known for his extensive roles in animation and video games, as well as the massively popular hit show and media brand, Critical Role.
Critical Role has become one of the most popular storytelling and world building independent media companies in the world, and Travis plays a pivotal role within the company as the Chief Executive Officer, primary cast member for the flagship show and executive producer of The Legend of Vox Machina animated series which will air exclusively on Amazon Prime Video. As the CEO of Critical Role, Travis serves as the north star of the company, helping grow the brand internationally and elevating it into the massive media company it is today.
In addition, Travis has impressively amassed over 300 roles in video games, original animation projects and anime. He's known for reprising the role of Thor over the past decade in Marvel's hit original series' Avengers Assemble, Ultimate Spider-Man, HULK, Agents of SMASH, and Guardians of the Galaxy. Other roles include Superior Man / Guy Gardner in Superman: Red Son, The Heretic in Batman: Bad Blood, Knuckles the Echidna in Sonic Boom and King Roland II in Sofia the First, among others.
He has also starred in some of the biggest video game titles around, voicing Wilson Fisk / The Kingpin in Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Thor in Marvel's Avengers and Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite, Castamir in Middle Earth: Shadow of War, Jaro Tapal in Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Harvey Dent / Two-Face in Batman: The Telltale Series, plus countless more.
Travis was named Voice Actor of the Year at the 2017 BTVA Voice Acting Awards. He is also the recipient of four BTVA People's Choice Voice Acting Awards, a BTVA Special/DVD Voice Acting Award and a BTVA Video Game Voice Acting Award.- Actor
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Voice actor and former stand-up comic Roger Craig Smith is a man of a thousand voices. In just one animation production alone, Roger voiced more than 170 characters for the Emmy award-winning Cartoon Network series Regular Show. He's the titular character "Mouse", as well as "Moose" for Amazon Prime's Emmy-nominated children's series If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. For Netflix, Roger voices "Brock", "Mayor Fowler", "Cousin Ashley" and many more on Dreamworks' hit series from Tony Hale, Archibald's Next Big Thing. Also on Netflix, Roger voices "Pinkeye", "Bobby", and "Billy" in Dreamworks Animation's Harvey Girls Forever. On Cartoon Network, he voices "Sonic the Hedgehog" in Sonic Boom, "Hawkodile" and "Richard" for WB/LEGO's Unikitty!, "Diamondhead", "Forever Knight" and "Steam Smythe" on Ben-10, "Percy" and "Belson" in Clarence, "Bob" and "Schedulebot" in Powerpuff Girls. On Disney XD's NAACP Image Award-nominated Avengers: Black Panther's Quest, Roger has been voicing legendary superhero "Captain America" since 2012. He voices "Batman" in in the DC/WB film Superman: Red Son, as well as in the trilogy Batman Unlimited. His impact in the genre of anime includes voicing "Batman" in WB's feature film Batman Ninja, the maniacal "Deidara" in Naruto and "Shinji Hirako" in Bleach. Roger voiced "Sonic the Hedgehog" in Disney's blockbuster features Wreck-It Ralph and Wreck-It Ralph 2: Ralph Breaks the Internet and was called on by Disney in 2013 to voice lead villain "Ripslinger" in Disney's hit feature Planes.
Roger's legacy as an actor in video games is extensive. Voice of gaming icon "Ezio Auditore da Firenze" from Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed, with more than 28 million copies sold worldwide. He's the voice of the charming Legend "Mirage" in Respawn's record-setting Apex Legends, with over 70 million players in 2019 alone. WB chose Roger to voice the legendary "Batman" in WB's Batman: Arkham Origins and Arkham Origins: Blackgate. Roger has been voicing "Sonic the Hedgehog" for SEGA since 2010 and earned early gaming fandom when he voiced "Chris Redfield" in the Resident Evil series of games.
Roger is the announcer/narrator for NBC's smash hit World of Dance, averaging millions of viewers each episode. He's narrated more than 1,000 episodes of other shows, including TLC's longest-running prime-time series Say Yes to the Dress and DIY Network's Crashers series. He's voiced multiple promo campaigns for major networks and is the imaging/promo voice for the world-famous KROQ 106.7FM in Los Angeles. Multiple national retail campaigns continue to utilize Roger to enhance their message to consumers across all mediums.
An average day begins with sessions from his home studio at 7am for national retail clients, heading into LA from 9am-6pm for animation/game sessions, then back to his home studio for more promo/narration sessions in the evening.
Raised in SoCal and voted "Class Clown" in 8th grade, he focused his creativity toward training in musical theater. He spoke at both his 8th and 12th grade graduations, was elected freshman class president in high school, and hosted a live local TV talk show while earning his B.A. in Screenwriting from Chapman University...all while pursuing a career in stand-up comedy. After working as a comic for 5 years, he left stand-up to pursue voice acting full-time in 2005.
Knowing he's got fans of all ages on social media, Roger keeps his posts apolitical and family-friendly. An avid supporter of CHOC (Chidlren's Hospital Orange County), he frequently visits the hospital to meet with patients. He's currently learning ASL (American Sign Language) and enjoys getting outdoors as often as possible to pursue his passion for nature, hiking/mountain biking, and nightscape/astrophotography, which he shares regularly with his followers on Instagram and Twitter. (@rogercraigsmith).- Actor
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Mike Pollock is an American voice actor who is widely known for being the voice of Dr. Eggman from Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic X since 2003. He voiced Dr. Eggman longer than Dr. Eggman's previous voice actors. He also voiced in Viva Piñata, Pokémon, Kirby: Right Back at Ya, Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light, the Astonishing X-Men motion comic and Berserk.- Actor
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Jeff Kramer was born on 20 June 1961 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for The Kite Runner (2007), Deadly Premonition (2010) and Superman: The Man of Steel (2002).- Jon St. John is an American voice over actor. He started his career in the mid 70s, when he was a radio DJ in North Carolina. Because of his rich vocal talent and technical skills, he was hired as a production director at radio stations in cities including: New Orleans, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Los Angeles and San Diego. St. John was also a radio personality for many years most recently on K-Earth 101 in Los Angeles. He has since provided voices for countless video game characters, and he is most famous for providing a deep, gravel voice for Duke Nukem. Jon now owns a fan convention called King Con Cruise, an annual event where attendees and celebrity guests mingle for five days on a cruise to the Bahamas.
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Victor Joseph Mignogna is an American actor and singer. He voiced Broly in Dragon Ball films and games, Oscar H. Genius from Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt, Edward Elric from Fullmetal Alchemist, Obito Uchiha from Naruto Shippuden and E-123 Omega from Sonic the Hedgehog. He also played Captain James T. Kirk in the series Star Trek Continues and other Star Trek works.- Deem Reginald Bristow was an American actor known for providing the English voice of Dr. Eggman from 1999 to 2004. He voiced Dr. Eggman in Sonic Adventure, Sonic Adventure 2, Sonic Heroes and Sonic Advance 3. He passed away due to a heart attack in January 2005. He passed away the same year as fellow Dr. Eggman actor Long John Baldry. He was succeeded by Mike Pollock since Shadow the Hedgehog.
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Kirk Thornton is an American voice actor who voiced in several animated series and video games including Shadow the Hedgehog, Saix and Isa from Kingdom Hearts, Brandon Heat in Gungrave, Hotohori in Fushigi Yugi, Klein in Sword Art Online, Hajime Saito in Rurouni Kenshin, Don Patch in Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo, Ensign Nogami in The Cockpit and Digimon.- Takashi Nagasako was born on 24 February 1964 in Wakayama, Japan. He is an actor, known for The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (2002), The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998) and Perfect Blue (1997).
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Kazumi Totaka was born on 23 August 1967 in Tokyo, Japan. He is an actor and composer, known for Super Smash Bros. (1999), Fireworks (1997) and Super Smash Bros. Melee (2001).- Composer
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Kirkhope is an Ivor Novello and World Soundtrack Award winning composer, as well as nominations by BAFTA, ASCAP and the IFMCA.
Kirkhope was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. He moved to England when he was five where he took up the trumpet at age 6. From there he went on to study at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester where he graduated with a G.R.N.C.M and P.P R.N.C M.
After leaving college in 1984 he played for several bands including, Zoot and the Roots and Little Angels. Little Angels performed as the opening act for Bon Jovi, ZZ Top, Van Halen and Bryan Adams as well as headlining their own shows, they also had a number one album in the UK.
After these bands split up Kirkhope turned to composing and landed a job at the UK company Rare Ltd in 1995. Here he composed the music for several of their best selling games such as, Goldeneye, Banjo-Kazooie, Donkey Kong 64, Perfect Dark and Viva Pinata. The score for Viva Pinata earned him a BAFTA nomination.
In 2008 he relocated to Baltimore in the USA and worked on Kingdoms of Amalur for Big Huge Games.
After four years there he moved to Los Angeles where he has remained. Here he has worked on Sid Meier's Civilization Beyond Earth, Castle of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse, Ghostbusters and Yooka Laylee to name a few.
Kirkhope was asked to work on the feature film The King's Daughter starring Pierce Brosnan, William Hurt and Kaya Scodelario.
He was asked to compose the score to the game Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle, the only western composer to be asked to work on a Mario game. The game came out in 2017 to excellent reviews and he was asked to work on a further addition to the game with The Donkey Kong Adventure.