Corey Burton
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Corey Burton (born Corey Gregg Weinberg on August 3, 1955) is an American voice actor. Some of his most recognized roles over the years have been Tomax from G.I. Joe, Dale from Chip n' Dale Rescue Rangers, Brainiac from Superman: The Animated Series, Professor Owl and Professor Ludwig von Drake from various Disney productions and all the furry little monsters in Critters.
Voice roles
Generation 1
- 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
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
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 "Transformers: 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 rejected voicing Shockwave for Dark of the Moon, explaining "[I] have practically no interest in that kind of mega-budget movie enterprise involvement".[1] Due to Shockwave's unfortunate speech (simple grunting), this may have been a good thing. The role was given to Frank Welker instead. Ironic, given that Burton once voiced a character played by Welker, and Welker playing a character originated by Burton.
