Corey Burton

Too friendly-looking to be Shockwave, yet too cool to be Spike.

Corey Burton (born Corey Gregg Weinberg on August 3, 1955) is an American voice actor. He has a very prolific portfolio: some of his most recognized roles over the years have been Tomax from G.I. Joe, Brainiac from Superman: The Animated Series, Malware from Ben 10: Omniverse, The Brain from Young Justice, Red Tornado from Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Hugo Strange from Batman: Arkham City, and all the furry little monsters in Critters. He also frequently provides voice to Disney characters, including Dale from Chip n' Dale Rescue Rangers, Professor Owl and Professor Ludwig von Drake from various productions, and all animation & video game appearances of Disney's Captain Hook in about the last 20 years.

Voice roles

Generation 1

"Why did you get to be in more episodes than me?"

• Alpha Trion (Young version)
• Brawn
• Dion
• NUL-A
• Shockwave
• Spike Witwicky
• Sunstreaker
• Vector Sigma
• Wide Load
• Brooding Robot (Ep 69 Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4)

Transformers Animated

• Megatron
• Ratchet
• Colossus Rhodes
• Shockwave/Longarm Prime
• Ironhide
• Spike
• Brawn (grunts only)

Incidentals

• Narrator ("Transform and Roll Out")
• Dispatcher ("Transform and Roll Out")
• Pilot ("Transform and Roll Out")
• Man ("The Thrill of the Hunt")
• Man ("Sound and Fury")
• Computer Voice ("Headmaster")

Transformers: War for Cybertron Gamestop commercial

• Shockwave

Notes

• Burton based Shockwave's voice on that of actor David Warner—specifically, Warner's turn as the cold, mechanical Sark from Disney's Tron, a character that Burton himself would actually later voice in the Kingdom Hearts video games.
• Corey Burton stated in an interview that Shockwave was by far his favorite character to perform in the original show. He does however think Animated Shockwave could take Generation 1 Shockwave in a fight.
• You should thank him as it was his wish to do more of Shockwave that Transformers Animated even got one in the first place.
• Although Steve Blum voiced Shockwave in the " War for Cybertron" game, Burton performed the character for a Gamestop commercial. In a forum post about the recording session, Burton lamented that the performance was so rushed, and the "gag" nature so out of character, that he felt it hardly even sounded like him.
• Corey Burton was offered the chance to audition for Jazz and Brawl (whether that's the police car Brawl, the helicopter Brawl or tank Brawl isn't certain) for the 2007 Transformers live-action film but declined, explaining "[I] have practically no interest in that kind of mega-budget movie enterprise involvement".<ref>Corey Burton's message board post.</ref>
• Burton was one of the eight voice actors featured in Shout! Factory's cast reunion in the 25th Anniversary "Matrix of Leadership" Collection of the original series.

References

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External links

• Corey Burton at the Internet Movie Database
• seibertron.com Interview with Cory Burton