Rob Paulsen

At 68 years old, Rob Paulsen has this physical status:

Robert Fredrick Paulsen III (born March 11, 1956) is an American voice actor and singer who has appeared in many films, television shows, and video games, including Raphael and Donatello from the 1987 and 2012 cartoons respectively of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Attitude and Pinky and the Brain, Otto Scratchansniff; Martin Wheezer of Jimmy Neutron; Peck the Rooster from Barnyard; and the title character from The Mask: Animated Series; and Pinky and the Brain's Jacob Hedgeford.

In total, Paulsen has been the voice of over 250 different animated characters and appeared in over 1000 commercials.

He was given a Daytime Emmy Award for his contribution as Pinky as well as three Annie Awards.

Early life

Rob Paulsen was born in Detroit, Michigan, on March 11, 1956, the son of Bob and Lee Paulsen. He was born in Grand Blanc, Michigan, where he graduated from Grand Blanc High School in 1974. He performed in choirs throughout his youth and adolescence, as well as in school, but Gordie Howe, ice hockey player, was his childhood idol, but he felt the arts were a secondary career choice due to his primary interest in becoming an NHL player. He briefly attended the University of Michigan-Flint, but later dropped out and moved to Los Angeles in 1978 to pursue a career in show business, much to his father's disapproval. He did his first stint as a guitarist before going into full-time for voice acting.

Personal life

Carol Anne Schnarr, his ex-wife, was married on June 23rd, 1979. In 1982, the two married. Parrish Todd, his current wife, and he and his brother have one son. He and his family reside in Agoura Hills, California.

Paulsen has long been involved in various charities and has raised funds for cancer research. He has worked for GOALmodels, a youth development service, and he is a sponsor of Camp Will-A-Way, a camp for children with developmental disabilities. He also contributes to the Wounded Warrior Project and Operation Smile. He was diagnosed with stage III throat cancer in February 2016. He has since undergone surgery and his cancer has been in remission. Voice Lessons: How a Couple of Ninja Turtles, Pinky, and an Animaniac saved My Life Following his battle with cancer.

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Career

Paulsen's first voice acting gig came in 1983 with the mini-series G.I. Joe: Where he played Snowjob and Tripwire, he's a Real American Hero. A few years later, his career took on new roles such as Cobra Slavemaster and Revitalizing Snow Job, as well as "Tripwire" on G.I. In "Boober" on the animated version of Fraggle Rock, Hadji's new Adventures of Jonny Quest and the villain Jesse Blue on Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs, Joe, Corky on The Snorks, Marco Smurf on the later seasons of The Snorks, Marco Smurf.

Paulsen also investigated live action films in the 1980s. Eyes of Fire, his first film, was released in 1983. On the Bounty, he appeared in Body Double, Stewardes School, Warlock, and Mutant. During this period, he appeared on television shows as well, including MacGyver and St. Elsewhere, I'm an Elsewhere. Paulsen's success in television marketing made him more popular. In the 1980s, he had been the announcer for the sitcom Cheers and went on to land roles as an announcer. He appeared as Mr.'s voice.' Opportunity, on television and radio, to be able to support Honda commercials on television and radio, as well as the spokesman for Lucky Stores, a West Coast grocery store chain chain that was sold by Albertsons in 1998. From 1996 to mid-97, he was the voice of Dog in the Taco Bell kids meal advertisements, with Eddie Deezen as the voice of Nacho the cat.

However, Paulsen's most notable advertising role was in the company's first commercial, which is now ubiquitous Got Milk? Running is a referendum. Who shot Alexander Hamilton in the famous duel? aired in 1993 and introduced the Got Milk? The campaign turned into a wildly profitable business. Paulsen continues to be one of the most in-demand commercial voice actors in the industry. Mr. Mini-Wheat is currently the voice of singing Mr. Mini-Wheat in Canada's Mini-Wheats commercials.

In the original 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series, Paulsen voiced Raphael and other supporting characters. The series, which began as a five-part miniseries, lasted for ten seasons and 193 episodes. It was a huge success and became a pop culture icon. Raphael's voice is said to be very similar to his natural voice, according to Paulsen.

Donatello appeared in the 2012 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon on Nickelodeon, which ran for five seasons and 124 episodes from September 29, 2012 to November 12, 2017. In the multiple 1987/2012 crossover episodes, he reprised his role as a 1987 Raphael.

Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Paulsen's voice director, appeared in July 2018.

Paulsen continued to act in animated films into radio and television broadcasting, and he's since been away from live action acting from his set list in the early 1990s. In the 1993 film "Under Throne" and "Arthur," an insecure accountant in a moth costume (wings included), he appeared in "Antoine D'Coolette," an ABC's series Sonic the Hedgehog and "Arthur," an insecure accountant in a moth costume, replacing Micky Dolenz, who had previously played Arthur.

He appeared in both Mighty Max and The Mask in 1993 as the title character. He appeared in Yakko Warner of Animaniacs, one of his most well-known roles at this point. Paulsen performed Pinky from both Animaniacs and its spin-off Pinky and the Brain, a series that earned him multiple Annie Awards and a Daytime Emmy in 1999. In addition, Tiny Toon Adventures' "Fowlmouth," "Arnold the Pit Bull," and "Concord Condor" were among the many characters. He performed the voices for Banjo Possum, Mr. Hitcher (who would later appear in other episodes), and Johnny Pew in the direct-to-video film Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation.

In the 2020 Animaniacs revival on Hulu, Paulsen continues to voice Yakko and Pinky.

In The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Bernard Peck, Brick and Boomer, Danny Thomas, Atchan in The Powerpuff Girls, Shannon, Ogden, Ogden, Austria, Atchan, The Prince and Egg, Athena, and The Tuff Little Ghost in Danny Phantom, Peter Hamer, Boy Genius, Boy Genius, Jack Fenton, Tongden, England, Peck the Rooster, Prickee Peter Laughter, May 30, 69,

In the beginnings of Samurai Jack, he was also the voice of Rothchild. In addition, Paulsen was the voice of P.J. In the TaleSpin pilot episode and the introduction TV film Plunder & Lightning, Pete is featured in Goof Troop, A Goofy Film, and An Extremely Goofy Movie, as well as the voices of Ratchet and Dr. Debolt. In the animated version of Fraggle Rock, he did also do the voices of Boober Fraggle, Sprocket, and Trash Heap, as well as Gwizdo in the Dragon Hunters film.

In K10C: Kids' Ten Commandments, Rude Dog in Rude Dog and the Dweebs, and Archie the Raccoon, A.K.A., he also voiced Zeek and Joshua. "Mask of the Raccoon" on The Penguins of Madagascar, Ze Archer appears. In the 2001 cartoon film Butt-Ugly Martians, we also provided the voices of 2T Fru-T and Mike Ellis.

In The Land Before Time II: Chomper and Strut in The Land Before Time sequels and Spike in the TV series, Spike and Rinkus were portrayed anonymously, but Spike was played anonymously in the original The Land Before Time. Before Time IX: Journey to Big Water, Paulsen appeared in The Land Before Time IX: Journey to Big Water. "D.E.C.S." was also a robotic voiced by Paulsen. Wake, Rattle, and Roll, an early 1990s television series, were included in the Wake, Rattle, and Roll. In the Jem episode The Fan, Paulsen also appeared Prescott A. Wentworth III. In Sonic the Hedgehog, Paulsen also played Antoine D'coolette.

In The Transformers, Paulsen was best known to Transformers fans as the voices of the Autobots Air Raid, Chase, Haywire, Fastlane, and Slingshot.

Characters in video games like Doom 3 have been voiced by Paulsen. In 102 Dalmatians, Fluffy the Chinese-crested dog, an Irish pub landlord, and a floating talking skull named Morte in Planescape: Torment, as well as Anomen Delryn and Gray Fox in Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes and both Super Smash Bros. Assist Trophy in its entirety. In its second installment, Erik the Swift of The Lost Vikings portrayed him. In the English version of Square Enix's Final Fantasy X-2, he played Tobli and Lian Ronso, and Bubsy's lead actor played Bubsy. Paulsen has also spoken out for the Greek soldiers in God of War, despite being a minor part of the story. In Square Enix's and Disney's Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep, he performed Jaq and The Grand Duke from Cinderella's story.

He did the voice of Igor in the game The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie's Revenge. In Animaniacs: The Great Edgar Hunt, he relived his role as Yakko Warner, Dr. Otto Scratchansniff, and Pinky. In the PS2 game Ghosthunter, Rob Paulsen played Lazarus Jones, the lead character, and in Disney's Out of the Shadows, he played The Duck Avenger. In The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition, Rob sang Alfredo Fettuccini, Bob the Ghost Pirate, Lookout, and Ghost Priest. In the Green Eggs and Ham PC game, he portrayed the Fox and the Mouse. In Tak and the Power of Juju, he also voiced Tlaloc. He appeared in Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes, a role he reprised in Lego Batman: The Movie – DC Super Heroes Unite. In Armikrog, Rob is the voice of talking alien dog Beak-Beak. In Skylanders: Smash Hits, Paulsen also voices Smash Hits: Imagineators.

Paulsen is also the off-camera voice of the syndicated television series Funniest Pets & People, which is seen on Superstation WGN and other television stations throughout the United States and abroad.

Paulsen was back to Warner Bros. Animation, which had shifted to a new age of television serials (following what is often described as the "Silver Age of Animation"). Paulsen appeared in Fruit Salad Island as the Rev Runner of Loonatics Unleashed and starred in Coconut Fred's Fruit Salad Island. On the television show Danger Rangers, he was also the voice of the character Squeeky. In VeggieTales in the House of Commons, he portrayed "Ichabeezer," Bacon Bill, Motato, Beau Rockley, Captain Mike, Tom Celeriac (a play on Tom Selleck), and many others. Mr. Paulsen is also the voice for the Honda character Mr. Opportunity. Paulsen appeared in "El Gato" and "Commandant Hess" among others in Rob Zombie's animated film The Haunted World of El Superbeasto. He also appears in Ben 10: Alien Force as Rhomboid Vreedle of the Vreedle Brothers and Baz-El, as Rhomboid Vreedle of the Vreedle Brothers and Baz-El, as both characters reprised and a new one, Magister Patelliday on Ben 10: Ultimate Alien and Ben 10: Omniverse.

Paulsen was the voice of Disney character José Carioca beginning in 2001 until he was replaced by Eric Bauza in 2019. Starting with the film The Little Mermaid II: Prince Eric of Disney's The Little Mermaid franchise began with him, although Barnes did reprise the role in 2000 when Paulsen was ineffective. Toodles from the kids' show Mickey Mouse Clubhouse is another Disney character he is currently the voice of. He appeared in the episodes "Happy Birthday Toodles," "Road Rally," and "Space Adventure," as well as every episode of season 4. Peck the Rooster and other minor characters in the Nickelodeon computer-animated series Back at the Barnyard and various characters from the Disney Channel animated series The Replacements, as well as various other characters. Bobble is the voice of Bobble in the Tinker Bell films. Paulsen appeared in an animated web series based on Namco Bandai's ShiftyLook division's Bravoman.

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