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| Born | William Gerald Ratner February 25, 1947 Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Occupation | Voice actor, author, performance artist |
| Years active | 1982–present |
William Gerald Ratner (born February 25, 1947) is an American voice actor, author and solo performance artist. He is best known as the voice of Flint in Hasbro's syndicated TV cartoon G.I. Joe .
Ratner is best known as the voice of Flint in Hasbro's syndicated TV cartoon G.I. Joe . [1] His voice was used in numerous movie trailers, including Inside Out , Will Ferrell's Talladega Nights and Blades of Glory , Kung Fu Panda , Mike Myers's The Love Guru , Monsters vs. Aliens , and many more. [2] He narrates documentaries on Discovery Channel, A&E, The Weather Channel, History, and others. His voice is on Kings Quest , Grand Theft Auto IV , Mass Effect , and others, and he is the narrator in episodes of Ben 10 for the Cartoon Network. Ratner is also a voice-over announcer for television stations across the US. [3]
His book, Parenting for the Digital Age: The Truth behind Media's Effect on Children and What To Do About It, winner of the National Indie Excellence Award [4] and a Next Generation Indie Book Award [5] and Eric Hoffer Award [6] finalist, is published by Familius. [7] His personal essays are published in the Baltimore Review , [8] Blue Lake Review [9] and The Missouri Review . [10]
Ratner's performances of his personal essays are featured on KCRW's Strangers [11] and National Public Radio's The Business. [12] and Good Food. [13] He tours nationally for storytelling conferences, [14] and festivals, [15] is a regular competitor in The Moth [16] Story Slams in Los Angeles, is a nine-time Moth StorySLAM Winner, a National Storytelling Festival Story Slam teller-Jonesborough TN, a National Storytelling Network storyteller. [17]
He is a contributing author of the book Secrets of Voiceover Success. [18] He is a two-time winner of "Best of the Hollywood Fringe Festival Extension" – Solo Category for "Bobbywood: Whatever Happened to Bobby the Bellboy?" [19] in 2013 and Voices in my Head: A Life. [20] [21] He is a member of Actors Equity Association, and Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of TV & Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) where he teaches voiceover. [22]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1987 | G.I. Joe: The Movie | Flint | Direct-to-video |
| 1989 | Lobster Man from Mars | Additional voices | |
| 2004 | Fat Albert | Announcer | |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1982 | Meatballs & Spaghetti | Additional voices | Unknown episodes |
| 1985–86 | G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero | Flint, Strato-Viper, Chuck, Cobra Officer, Cobra Trooper, Driver | 45 episodes |
| 1986 | The Transformers | Dashiell R. Faireborn / Flint | Ep. "The Killing Jar" |
| 1997 | Ah! Real Monsters | Stu Simmons | Ep. "Clockwise/Gromble Soup" |
| 2005 | Family Guy | Flint | Ep. "North by North Quahog" |
| 2006, 2008 | Ben 10 | Narrator, Baddie #2 | 2 episodes |
| 2006, 2009, 2019 | Robot Chicken | Flint, Gomez Addams, Thing's Boss, Game Host, Crime Boss, George Henderson | 3 episodes |
| 2007 | Back to You | Announcer | 2 episodes |
| 2008–present | Air Emergency | Narrator | Documentary 9 episodes |
| 2010–16 | I (Almost) Got Away with It | Narrator | Documentary 93 episodes |
| 2011–13 | Behind Mansion Walls | Narrator | Documentary 39 episodes |
| 2011–16 | Air Disasters | Narrator | 150 episodes |
| 2014 | Community | Flint (voice) | Ep. "G.I. Jeff" |
| Year | Title | Role |
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| 1992 | King's Quest VI | Narrator |
| 2004 | Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance 2 | Additional voices |
| 2007 | Mass Effect | Ambassador Donnel Udina, Hollis Blake, Krogan Patron |
| 2008 | Grand Theft Auto IV | The Men's Room Announcer, Republican Space Rangers Announcer, Split Sides Announcer, Commercial |
| 2009 | Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned | The Men's Room Announcer, Republican Space Rangers Announcer |
| 2009 | Grand Theft Auto IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony | The Men's Room Announcer, Republican Space Rangers Announcer |
| 2010 | Mass Effect 2 | Donnel Udina, Mess Sergeant Rupert Gardner |
| 2012 | Mass Effect 3 | Donnel Udina, Angry Krogan Vet |
| 2013 | Grand Theft Auto V | Republican Space Rangers Announcer |
| 2016 | Final Fantasy XV | Additional voices |
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