TMNT Voice Actors

[Jelly Bean]

Has any one here ever met the TMNT voice actors before in person? Or seen what they look like. I always wonder about the voices behind the characters that I love and what they look like for some reason or what their real voices sound like. So has any one ever met the guys to voice the turtles? Tell me about your experiences?

[TMNT4kids]

They are all very nice people in my experience.

[Revan]

I just wish I could see an interview with Renae. She is the only VA I have never seen or heard from in person.

Considering the humungo crush I had on April, I don't think that's too much to ask.

[Roseangelo]

I've met Rob Paulsen and Townsend Coleman.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v36/roseangelo/me-rob.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v36/roseangelo/me-townsend.jpg

Here's a photo of the entire cast of the original series (click for bigger):
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2007/2279416928_a01ce31521_m.jpg (http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2007/2279416928_4f832228ec_o.jpg)

[Luke795]

I have never seen a photo of Jim Cummings. Does anyone have one?

[VaughnMichael]

I have never seen a photo of Jim Cummings. Does anyone have one?
Google is your friend.
http://voicechasers.com/images/actors/1002.jpg

[cowabungalives]

I desperately want to meet Rob Paulsen. He's my favorite voice actor on the face of this place. He does all my favorite characters, him and Jim Cummings yes. ^^

[Guitar_Raph]

I met Rob Paulsen when he & Maurice LaMarche were signing autographs @ a WB store in Houston, Texas for Pinky & The Brain!

It would be so cool if I ever met Wayne Grayson! Wonder what he thinks of Mikey/Turtle Titan drumming?

[Jester]

I desperately want to meet Rob Paulsen. He's my favorite voice actor on the face of this place. He does all my favorite characters, him and Jim Cummings yes. ^^
Ditto, just ditto. I'd love to actually meet Rob. I just hope I don't come off like a goober. I've e-mailed Pat Fraley a couple of times. He's a very nice guy. Very personable.

[Buslady]

i've only seen pic of john campbell and he don't look like someone who'd be voicing big tough raph! i'd like to meet 'im tho; add his autograph to the raph collection

[Drtooth]

[QUOTE=Guitar_Raph;598745I met Rob Paulsen when he & Maurice LaMarche were signing autographs @ a WB store in Houston, Texas for Pinky & The Brain!
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I did as well. Only it was in Boston, and I was pretty star struck at the time, and didn't ask them too many things. Just couldn't work up the nerve.

I also met Mike Sinternicklaus and got his autograph (eventually) at a convention last year. We actaully got into a conversation about how the Japanese liked the older turtles series, and started talking about the OVA serires as well.

[ToTheNines]

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That's pretty cool, there's like 7 parts.

Then if you get season 5 of the OT, there's a good interview with those dudes.

[Sage Ninja]

I've met Rob Paulsen and Townsend Coleman.



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v36/roseangelo/me-townsend.jpg

Here's a photo of the entire cast of the original series (click for bigger):


**snort** you look like a little kid Roseangelo!!

I have never met any of the turtle actors from any version T_T but I would really love to. I know what most of the voice actors look like in the new toon and I've seen some interviews with them and they all seem like really nice and funny down to earth people. Besides...I think Sam Reigal (Don's voice actor) is kinda cute, so I would really like to meet him :oops:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/86/Sam_6501_72dpi.jpg/399px-Sam_6501_72dpi.jpg

here is Sam Reigal. Am I alone in thinking he's kinda cute :tlove:

[VaughnMichael]

here is Sam Reigal. Am I alone in thinking he's kinda cute :tlove:
No, I agree 100% he's cute for sure :)

[Scandia]

I saw Veronica Taylor's panel at AFO a couple years ago. Of course, I was not watching the 2k3 series back then. She mainly focused on Pokemon.

[Roseangelo]

**snort** you look like a little kid Roseangelo!!

You're not the first to say that... :dead:

[tone-master21]

Here's a short video of Jim Cummings talking about voice acting though he does talk about his work on the Ninja Turtles.

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[VaughnMichael]

Here's a short video of Jim Cummings talking about voice acting though he does talk about his work on the Ninja Turtles.
I think you mean doesn't...

[tone-master21]

I think you mean doesn't...

My bad, I didn't realize I had put does instead of doesn't

[Jelly Bean]

why was my topic moved over here? :ohwell: Actually I asked this in regards to the voice actors of the cartoon on 4kids. I recently saw a picture of the guy who voices Leo in the show. He doesn't look how I would expect the voice of Leo's actor to look :-?

And that picture of Don actor is something else. Oh my gosh he looks so young. :o How old is the Don's actor supposed to be, like 26 or something? Actually so does Leo's voice actor. I thought for sure these guys where in their thirties or early forties or something, but I guess not.

[Jelly Bean]

I've met Rob Paulsen and Townsend Coleman.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v36/roseangelo/me-rob.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v36/roseangelo/me-townsend.jpg

Here's a photo of the entire cast of the original series (click for bigger):
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2007/2279416928_a01ce31521_m.jpg (http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2007/2279416928_4f832228ec_o.jpg)

where did you meet these guys Rose?

For people who have met the turtles actors in person (of any cartoon) do their natural voices sound anything like their character voices? Which actor do you think sounds the furthest from his characters voice?

[ToTheNines]

For people who have met the turtles actors in person (of any cartoon) do their natural voices sound anything like their character voices? Which actor do you think sounds the furthest from his characters voice?

I have not met them but I can tell you that Barry Gordon sounds almost exactly like Don, Paulsen sounds like Raph mabey not as high pitched, Clarke sounds like a grown up Leo and Coleman sounds nothing like Mike.

[Jelly Bean]

these guys are from the 80's cartoon right? What about the actors that voice the turtles in the 4KIDS cartoon?

[AquaParade]

I have not met them but I can tell you that Barry Gordon sounds almost exactly like Don, Paulsen sounds like Raph mabey not as high pitched, Clarke sounds like a grown up Leo and Coleman sounds nothing like Mike.

hahaha I wish someone sounded like that in real life.

[Sage Ninja]

these guys are from the 80's cartoon right? What about the actors that voice the turtles in the 4KIDS cartoon?

I think Sam Reigal (Don's actor) and Mike (Leo's actor) sound very much like the characters they voice. John Campell (Raph) and Wayne Grayson (Mikey) sound in my oppinion pretty diffrent from the turtles they voice.

in Sam and Mike's case I think Sam while voicing Don pitches his voice a little higher and makes a bit geekier than his own speaking voice. Mike while voicing Leo I feel softens his voice and pitchs it slightly higher, but over all they both sound the same.

With John Campell his natural speaking voice is much diffrent its not nearly as deep or gruff sounding as Raph's voice, John's voice much clearer sounding and lighter than Raph, and nice he sounds like a pretty laid back guy. So except for certain inflections John sound nothing like Raph.

With Wayne Grayson I think he sounds the most diffrent from the turtle he voices out of all of them. Seriously he sounds nothing like Mikey at all. Like John I think his natural voice is much clearer and lighter sounding and much less raspy and scratchy than when he does Mikey's voice, and well...adult sounding, heh.

I think it is funny that in both toon Michaelangelo voice requires the most characterisation from their actors than the other turtles who pretty much use their own voices with some minor alterations to it. :lol:

[gobo]

hahaha I wish someone sounded like that in real life.
As a freshman in high school, I had a friend who sounded like classic 'toon Mike. And, he looked like Kurt Cobain. Everybody though he was 10 years older than he actually was.

[ToTheNines]

What about the actors that voice the turtles in the 4KIDS cartoon?

Sinterniklaas sounds alot like Leo, but more freindly.

Campbell/Frankson sounds nothing like Raph.

Grayson sounds nothing like Mikey.

I've never heard Regal talk, but he looks like he has Don's voice.

[Leonardo Mystic]

I've met Mike Sinterniklaas, Wayne Grayson and John Campbell all at one point or another in the last two years and got their autograph. John was a first for everyone last year that attended AnimeNext. That was so cool. ^^

Mike's a blast to hang out with. He loves talking with his fans and spending time with them. He's a bit of a geek and loves tech toys like cameras, computers, etc. He always has something that he's constantly playing with. He's sort of goofy too in that he likes to be silly. Look up some of the videos where he's messing around. He's funny.

[Roseangelo]

where did you meet these guys Rose?

Townsend was at Comic-Con in 2006 (for the Tick, which was just coming out on DVD) and Rob is at Comic-Con every year. That picture is from last year.

[Jelly Bean]

Does any one know who does the voice of Splinter in the cartoon version on 4KIDS? What is he he like?

[Sage Ninja]

The guy who does the voice of Splinter is Darren Dustin, and suprisingly he is a young guy instead of an old one. That was actually a shocker to me. :o

[VaughnMichael]

The guy who does the voice of Splinter is Darren Dustin, and suprisingly he is a young guy instead of an old one. That was actually a shocker to me. :o
Same and he's quite attractive to.:goofygri:

[Sage Ninja]

Mike's a blast to hang out with. He loves talking with his fans and spending time with them. He's a bit of a geek and loves tech toys like cameras, computers, etc. He always has something that he's constantly playing with. He's sort of goofy too in that he likes to be silly. Look up some of the videos where he's messing around. He's funny.

I think this is what I like about voice over actors. Most of them seem like really nice down to earth unpretentious people who love interacting and being social with their fans. They are like regular people with just really cool jobs :P I would really like to meet these guys some day.

I once went to a function and some of my favorite soap opras actors where there and most of them where nice but there where a few that after meeting them I felt disapointed because they wheren't exactly nice, and it kind of ruined it for me. :ohwell:

Same and he's quite attractive to.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/images/encyc/P16925-4.jpg

I agree. We seem to have the same taste :D

[Jelly Bean]

how come they got such a young guy to voice Splinter? They couldn't get an actual older man to do it? :ohwell:

I'm not saying that Darren Dustin does a bad job, I like how he voices Splinter I'm just suprised they gave the role to a young actor. :ohwell:

[gobo]

Please, let's call Mr. Dunstan by his actual name. I know you were just following Sage's example, so don't take it too personally, Ms. Bean.

[Sage Ninja]

sorry I guess I did have his name spelled wrong :(

Can some one tell me who does the voice of Chaplin in the new toon?

Also if some one can tell me who does the voice of Shreeka in Shreeka's Revenge?

[wubat36]

Didn't Corey Feldman do a voice of one of them? I've never met him though.

[tone-master21]

sorry I guess I did have his name spelled wrong :(

Can some one tell me who does the voice of Chaplin in the new toon?

Also if some one can tell me who does the voice of Shreeka in Shreeka's Revenge?

Eartha Kitt provides the voice of Shreeka.

[tone-master21]

Didn't Corey Feldman do a voice of one of them? I've never met him though.

He provided the voice of Donatello in both the 1st and 3rd movies.

[Jelly Bean]

who does the voice of Gen the Rhino is it the same guy who voices the Garbage man? I think there voice sound a bit similar. Also who voies Usagi? He sound very much some other 4kids cartoon character but I can't make out who.

[tone-master21]

who does the voice of Gen the Rhino is it the same guy who voices the Garbage man? I think there voice sound a bit similar. Also who voies Usagi? He sound very much some other 4kids cartoon character but I can't make out who.

Jason Anthony Griffith is the voice actor for Usagi in the 2003 series and Gen the Rhino is voiced by Dan Green.

[Sage Ninja]

Who does the voice of Kerma from Planet of the turtloids? It sort of sound like Barry Gordon but I'm not sure. :-?

[Krang]

Kerma was voiced by Jan Rabson.

[NameGoesHere1066]

who did the stand in voices for Splinter in season five and Shredder in season three and seven?

[tone-master21]

Shredders alternate voices are season 3 Dorian Harewood, European episodes Jim Cummings and Townsend Coleman in season 7. Splinters season 5 alternate was also Townsend Coleman.

[Jelly Bean]

of those three who did you think was the best alternate for Shredder?

[Luke795]

I believe that Jim Cummings also voiced Shredder in one season 5 episode
"Napoleon Bonafrog: Colossus of the Swamps"
The European episodes and season 5 episodes both were made in 1991.
The European episodes did air in other countries in 1991 but not in the USA until 1993.

[Archon_Turtle]

I met Renae Jacobs. This girl I used to date is a family friend of hers.

[Jelly Bean]

was there an awful lot of alternates voicing of the main character in the old toon? That must really suck, I can't immagine how jarring it would be to not hear the normal people voicing the same characters.

[gobo]

Yeah, it was frustrating. But, being as unserious a show as it had become, it was easy to forgive.

[Jelly Bean]

No matter how silly a cartoon is I still think good voice consistent voices and good acting is important. I mean Mikey from the current toon can be pretty silly and random but it would feel wrong if they had a stand in for him occassinally and tottally throw off his character. Like you where watching a completely new character instead of the one you're used too.

Where the alternates at least decent or did they really throw off the off the character?

[Toby Barrett]

Donatello and Raphael's stand-ins were the only ones who were completely atrocious.

[Jelly Bean]

arghhhhh, it just had to be two of the main characters didn't it! I wouldn't have cared if it was some side character but that not cool!

[Dr. Doom]

I was lucky enough to meet Mike Sinterniklaas breifly at a con late last year.

I never really thought about it before, but I think his surname is essentially "Santa Claus".

[NameGoesHere1066]

who does the voice of Carter from the Red Sky seasons and who does the voice of that annoying guy with the glasses and pony tale who is Carters rival in the episode "Show Down"?

[VaughnMichael]

who does the voice of Carter from the Red Sky seasons and who does the voice of that annoying guy with the glasses and pony tale who is Carters rival in the episode "Show Down"?
His name is Jet McCabe according to the official site but I swear his name was Jet McCade.
sorry don't know the voices behind them.

[Raphael_]

Was it ever explained why Rob Paulsen didn't finish Season 10?

[tone-master21]

who does the voice of Carter from the Red Sky seasons and who does the voice of that annoying guy with the glasses and pony tale who is Carters rival in the episode "Show Down"?

Bumper Robinson provided the voice of Carter, but I don't know who provided the voice of Jet McCabe.

[Sage Ninja]

the guy who voiced Jet McCade in that episode I thought sounded a bit like Michaelangelo's live action voice actor Robbie Rist. They kind of have the same same nasally voice.

[Krang]

Was it ever explained why Rob Paulsen didn't finish Season 10?
This interview (http://web.archive.org/web/20050105093326/http://www.ninjaturtlesnetwork.com/Interviews/Viewtos005.htm) explains his reason for leaving.

[Raph's Girl]

I never really thought about it before, but I think his surname is essentially "Santa Claus".

It is.. He's Dutch (moved to America when he was like 12) and Sinterniklaas is Dutch for Santa Claus. :D

[Sage Ninja]

it's a shame that Rob Paulsen had to leave because the company where being greedy jerks :evil:

[NameGoesHere1066]

ok who does the voice of the kid in White Belt, Black heart? the one who was acting under cover in that crime syndicate.

Who did the voice of Mugsey McGuffin in "Polly Wanna Pizza"?

[ToTheNines]

ok who does the voice of the kid in White Belt, Black heart? the one who was acting under cover in that crime syndicate.


Yoku was voiced be Brian Tochi aka Leonardo from TMNT 1990.

[Jester]

it's a shame that Rob Paulsen had to leave because the company where being greedy jerks :evil:
QFT...

Come on gobo....say it. :D

[gobo]

*scratches chin* Uhh... That season would have sucked even if Rob was in it?? :-?

[Jester]

:o Buhwha!? Say what?!

[gobo]

Referring to Season 10, right? Dregg was too much of a drag.

[Sage Ninja]

who did the voice of Blodgett?

Who voiced Howie in "Name that toon"