Robert Fredrick Paulsen III (born March 11, 1956) is an American voice
actor, and singer, who has done many voice roles in various films,
television shows, and video games, including Raphael and Donatello
from the 1987 and 2012 animated series respectively of Teenage Mutant
Ninja Turtles; Yakko Warner, Dr. Otto Scratchansniff, and Pinky from
Animaniacs and Pinky and the Brain; Carl Wheezer from Jimmy Neutron:
Boy Genius and its spin-off television series The Adventures of Jimmy
Neutron, Boy Genius; Peck the Rooster from Barnyard and its spin-off
television show series Back at the Barnyard; Spike in The Land Before
Time films and television series; and the title character in The Mask:
Animated Series. In total, Paulsen has been the voice of over 250
different animated characters and performed in over 1000 commercials.
He received a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in an
Animated Program for his role as Pinky, and three Annie Awards.Paulsen
was born in Detroit, Michigan to Lee and Robert Frederick Paulsen Jr.
He was raised in Grand Blanc, Michigan and attended Grand Blanc High
School, from which he graduated in 1974. Paulsen later briefly
attended University of Michigan-Flint but dropped out to pursue a
career in show business.He began his voice-over career in 1983 with
the mini-series G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, where he played "Snow
Job" and "Tripwire". A few years later, his career launched into more
roles such as "Cobra Slavemaster" and reprising "Snow Job" and
"Tripwire" on G.I. Joe, "Corky" on The Snorks, "Marco Smurf" on the
later seasons of The Smurfs, "Boober" on the animated version of
Fraggle Rock, "Hadji" in The New Adventures of Jonny Quest and the
title character â€" "Saber Rider" and the villain "Jesse Blue" on
Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs.During the 1980s, Paulsen also
explored the field of live action films. His first movie was Eyes of
Fire in 1983. He played supporting roles in Body Double, Stewardess
School, Warlock, and Mutant on the Bounty. He appeared in television
shows during this time as well, such as MacGyver and St. Elsewhere. He
mentioned in an interview, regarding his role in Body Double, that he
would not want his child (who was very young at the time of the
interview) to see the movie, so he could not really be proud of his
work.
actor, and singer, who has done many voice roles in various films,
television shows, and video games, including Raphael and Donatello
from the 1987 and 2012 animated series respectively of Teenage Mutant
Ninja Turtles; Yakko Warner, Dr. Otto Scratchansniff, and Pinky from
Animaniacs and Pinky and the Brain; Carl Wheezer from Jimmy Neutron:
Boy Genius and its spin-off television series The Adventures of Jimmy
Neutron, Boy Genius; Peck the Rooster from Barnyard and its spin-off
television show series Back at the Barnyard; Spike in The Land Before
Time films and television series; and the title character in The Mask:
Animated Series. In total, Paulsen has been the voice of over 250
different animated characters and performed in over 1000 commercials.
He received a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in an
Animated Program for his role as Pinky, and three Annie Awards.Paulsen
was born in Detroit, Michigan to Lee and Robert Frederick Paulsen Jr.
He was raised in Grand Blanc, Michigan and attended Grand Blanc High
School, from which he graduated in 1974. Paulsen later briefly
attended University of Michigan-Flint but dropped out to pursue a
career in show business.He began his voice-over career in 1983 with
the mini-series G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, where he played "Snow
Job" and "Tripwire". A few years later, his career launched into more
roles such as "Cobra Slavemaster" and reprising "Snow Job" and
"Tripwire" on G.I. Joe, "Corky" on The Snorks, "Marco Smurf" on the
later seasons of The Smurfs, "Boober" on the animated version of
Fraggle Rock, "Hadji" in The New Adventures of Jonny Quest and the
title character â€" "Saber Rider" and the villain "Jesse Blue" on
Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs.During the 1980s, Paulsen also
explored the field of live action films. His first movie was Eyes of
Fire in 1983. He played supporting roles in Body Double, Stewardess
School, Warlock, and Mutant on the Bounty. He appeared in television
shows during this time as well, such as MacGyver and St. Elsewhere. He
mentioned in an interview, regarding his role in Body Double, that he
would not want his child (who was very young at the time of the
interview) to see the movie, so he could not really be proud of his
work.
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