Corey Burton
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: A Real American Hero, Brainiac in the DC Animated Universe, Count Dooku and Cad Bane in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Hugo Strange from Batman: Arkham City, Malware, Brainstorm, and Mr. Baumann in Ben 10: Omniverse, Dracula in various Marvel Comics media, Zeus in the God of War franchise, Gaetan Moliere in Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Tansu in Delicious in Dungeon and all the furry little monsters in Critters. He is also the voice of several Disney legacy characters, including Dale (of Chip 'n Dale), Professor Ludwig von Drake, Yen Sid, Magic Mirror and Captain Hook. He also had one line as Judge Doom in [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Who Framed Roger Rabbit?|{{#if:||Who Framed Roger Rabbit?}}]], the one where he talked - just - LIKE - THIIIIIIIIIIIIIS!
Voice roles
[edit]The Transformers
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- Alpha Trion ("War Dawn")
- Beorht
- Brawn
- Chief Lanarqan
- Construction Worker ("Heavy Metal War")
- Custodiobot
- Deliberata ("Five Faces of Darkness, Part 2")
- Dion
- Hook ("Day of the Machines")
- Mara-Al-Utha
- Sharkticon ("Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5")
- Shockwave
- Skuxxoid
- Spike Witwicky
- Sunstreaker
- Vector Sigma
- Wideload
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Transformers Animated
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Incidentals
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- 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")
- Fully Automated Rapid Transit System Voice ("Sound and Fury")
- Computer Voice ("Headmaster")
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Transformers: War for Cybertron Gamestop commercial
[edit]Notes
[edit]- Burton based Shockwave's voice on that of British actor [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}David Warner (actor)|{{#if:David Warner|David Warner|David Warner (actor)}}]]—specifically, Warner's turn as the cold, mechanical Sark from Disney's Tron, a character that Burton himself would later voice in Kingdom Hearts II.
- Burton also based his voice for Spike Witwicky after Mark Hamill's portrayal of Luke Skywalker in the original Star Wars trilogy. To his surprise, he would meet Hamill proper years later.<ref>[1]</ref>
- Burton's Megatron voice, meanwhile, was based on that of [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}John Hurt|{{#if:||John Hurt}}]].
- Burton's voice for Brawn is him doing [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}William Conrad|{{#if:||William Conrad}}]].
- Burton's voice for Ratchet is a mix of [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Rip Torn|{{#if:||Rip Torn}}]] and [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}DeForest Kelley|{{#if:||DeForest Kelley}}]] as Leonard McCoy. <ref>https://www.instagram.com/reel/DM5Vixgq0zZ/?igsh=MWhnYmo3d3MzejdrZA%3D%3D</ref>
- Burton stated in an interview that Shockwave was by far his favorite character to perform in the original show. However, he thinks 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.<ref>Corey Burton's message board post</ref>
- 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 original series's 25th Anniversary "Matrix of Leadership" Collection.
- At a TFCon panel Derrick J. Wyatt revealed he had envisioned Animated Deathsaurus being voiced by Burton in his Count Dooku voice.