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Rob Paulsen

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Biography

Recent Role:
Mac Gopher on The Looney Tunes Show
Gender:
Male
Born:
3-11-1956
Birthplace:
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Birth Name:
Robert Fredrick Paulsen, III
AKA:
Rob Paulson, Vocal Magic, Robert F. Paulson III, Robert F. Paulson, Rapheal
Born in Detroit, Michigan, Rob Paulsen had a talent for mimicking and creating funny voices from an early age. While playing bit parts and background voices on many animated shows in the early 1980s, including The Smurfs and Thundercats, he soon became a series regular on G.I. Joe and the The Gummi Bears, and quickly became one of the most recognizable voices in animated television. After being cast as the voice of Raphael in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Paulsen became one of the busiest voice actors in the industry. He has won four consecutive Annie AwardsMore and won a Daytime Emmy Award in 1999 for his work as Pinky in Pinky and the Brain. His most recent project is the voice of Peck in Back at the Barnyard.



He is married to Parrish Todd with whom he was one son, Ashton, who was born in 1984. They live in Los Angeles with their two Yorkshire terriers, Pooshie and Tala.

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    Yakko!!!! hide show

    I know most people know this guy as Raphel in Ninja Turtles or as sevral characters on Smurfs, but I know him best as Pinky on Pinky and the Brain and Yakko on Animaniacs. Animaniacs is one of my favorite shows, so it only figures that he's one of my favorite voice actors.

    By the way, did you know he's Peck in Back to the Barnyard or Carl Wheezer in Jimmy Neutron? I found that out on Wikipedia not to long ago. And let me say, I was shocked. For those of you who read my Barnyard review, I said that it was an OK show, but it had muched to be disired. Well, after learning that Rob Paulson was on the show, I was totally listening for Yakko's voice! To bad he dosn't talk much. But that made the show for me, because he uses almost the exact same voice for Peck as he did for Yakko. But, Barnyard's producers should really give him some more lines. He sang "Yakko's World" for crying out loud! Show a little respect!!

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    Rob is a very talented voice actor that has done a lot of popular characters. hide show

    Rob Paulson has done some of the most outlandish cartoon characters since he has been a voice actor. Some of these include, Rapheal from Teenage Mutant Turtles, Yakko Warner from Animaniacs, Rueben (Experiment 625) from Lilo & Stitch, Pinky from Pinky and the Brain, and Carl Wheezer from Jimmy Neutron. These are some classic characters. Rob can still do the famous skit from animaniacs called "Nations of the World" where he sings all the nations of the world in less than 3 minutes. He is definitely one of the most talented voice actors in the field today. I hope that he continues his fantastic work.

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    Awesome work with rev runner! hide show

    So far what i've seen, he's brilliant. GO REV RUNNER!!!!!!!!!!!. Rev runner roxs. Ok ummmmmmm how many more words??? 100!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG anyway rev runner roxs and so Rob Paulsen (so sorry if not spelt correctly) is also awesome! I mean anyone who talks that fast is awsome! I kinda can but not really well like him. Does anyone else think that rev runner should have a bigger role cause i do. The comet comeths is an awesome episode, but i can't wait to see sypher! The comet comths is a episode that needs to happen. I am still wondering about how they met through. I never knew that rev runner called his old boss cookie.........

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    Rob Paulsen is "One of the greatest voice actors of all time" hide show

    ...the reason I stated that Rob Paulsen is considered one of the greatest voice actors of all time, he hasn't been the only voice actor that has reached "the greatest", we all know that people such as Mel Blanc, Daws Butler, Paul Frees, Alan Reed, just to name a few were ones people in the 40s, 50s, 60s and maybe 70s knew, but people growing up in the 80s, 90s and today perhaps cannot watch a single animated series without hearing the distinctive voice of the legendary Robert F. Paulsen. So if you asked someone who is the voice of great cartoon chartacters such as Antoine, Yakko, Carl Wheezer, Mighty Max, Stanley Ipkiss or most of all the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle who is cool but rude, Raphael, it is none other one superb person - Rob Paulsen.

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    Very talented indeed. Bravo! hide show

    This guy is simply amazing! For starters, he is famous for doing Yakko Warner and Dr. Otto Scratchensniff from "Animaniacs!", Pinky from "Pinky and the Brain", Carl Wheezer from "Jimmy Neutron and many more.
    There's absolutly NO reason not to like this man! First of all, he used to be a singer. He seems to prove this by all of those songs he sang as Yakko and Dr. Scrathensniff on "Animaniacs!". If you get the chance to hear him sing, you'll like it. Trust me!
    Secondly, all of his voices are very distinctive fromh other, and that is a BIG thumbs up for a voice actor like him. It's so hard to belive theat Dr. Scratchensniff, Yakko, Pinky, Carl, and Mark Chang were voiced by the same person!
    Again, this is a true, blue voice actor that inspires me to have a job like his. Bravo! A five star actor definitly!

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