Peter Spellos
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Peter Spellos (March 1, 1954—November 19, 2023) was an American actor and voice actor. He was known for voice roles such as Cyberon in Eagle Riders, Hakim Ashmead in Planetes, Sagat in Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie, Whamon in Digimon, Miles "Hawk" Hawkins in BattleTech, Gilliam in Outlaw Star, Monev the Gale in Trigun, Bartley Asprius in Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion, Dozle Zabi in the original Mobile Suit Gundam 0079 film trilogy and Admiral Maalko in Space Strikers.
He also appeared in numerous television roles, such as Gus in American Dreams and guest roles on shows like ER, Married... with Children and Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman. In addition to his extensive voiceover and television work, he appeared in a large number of erotic thrillers such as Possessed by the Night and Sorority House Massacre II, remaining clothed throughout. Movie-wise, he was Larry Bridgewater the subway conductor in Men In Black II and Bloodstone in Billy Frankenstein.
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Voice roles
[edit]Robots in Disguise
[edit]Ask Vector Prime
[edit]- Sky-Byte
Convention appearances
[edit]Notes
[edit]- Spellos reprised Sky-Byte for an Ask Vector Prime post on September 4, 2015, letting everyone know what the coolest shark around was up to since the series ended.
- For the original script reading of the previously-unseen "Trial of Megatron" outline at TFNation 2019, Spellos voiced the cut character Trac-Tor.
External links
[edit]- Peter Spellos' official website
- Peter Spellos at the Internet Movie Database
- GoFundMe for Peter Spellos' cancer treatment
Interviews
[edit]- August 2021—TFNation