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Christian Potenza | |
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 Potenza in 2014 | |
| Born | Anthony Christian Potenza |
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| Years active | 1997–present |
| Spouse | Edie Inksetter (m. 1997;div. 2000) |
| Children | 1 [1] |
Anthony Christian Potenza [2] is a Canadian actor and comedian. He has voiced Jude Lizowski on 6teen as well as Brando Beaver and both of the Bison Brothers in Pikwik Pack . From 2007 to 2014, Potenza was also the original voice actor for Chris McLean in Total Drama .
Potenza has been on television since 1997, when he first appeared in the television series Riverdale as the character Jimmy.
His performances include appearing as Doug in the CBC Television hockey comedy series The Tournament , as well as CSA Agent Joel in the 2002 Jackie Chan movie The Tuxedo . [3] Most of Potenza's roles are in television commercials, including a giant yellow toothbrush in the "evil gingivitis" commercials for Listerine, a dog in the Fido commercials "The Office" and "The Promotion", as well as a sunflower in Canadian Kia ads. He performed the voice for Jude Lizowski on 6teen ; another cartoon character is Trevor Troublemeyer on the show Sidekick . He also guest starred in the show Grojband as Party Danimal and performed the voice for Chris McLean in the Total Drama series.
He also appeared in an episode of Colin and Justin's Home Heist in 2007, in which the suburban Oakville home he shares with his daughter Teagan was remodelled. [4]
Potenza also portrays Ryan Archer in the web series But I'm Chris Jericho! . He is the voice of Brando Beaver and both of the Bison Brothers in Pikwik Pack.
His YouTube channel, The Infinity Forge (originally called "SwitchBoardNetwork"), largely features videos of his experiences as a voice actor for Teletoon, and has gathered a respectable fan following. He has also guest-starred on various independent animated series on YouTube.
In 2023, Potenza began co-hosting a bi-weekly podcast segment on The Corcoran Entertainment Show in which he and his co-host, Franky Corcoran are pitched content ideas from a series of guests. [5]
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Forever Mine | Corrections Officer |
| 2002 | The Tuxedo | CSA Agent Joel |
| 2003 | The Arbuckle Academy | Bobby |
| 2004 | Ham & Cheese yum yum | Patt Watts |
| My Brother's Keeper aka Le Sang du frère (Canada: French title) | Dave | |
| 2005 | King's Ransom | Officer Holland |
| A Wing and a Prayer | Barry | |
| The White Dog Sacrifice | Rob | |
| Neil | Homeless Man | |
| 2006 | Run Robot Run! | Garth |
| Population 436 | Frank Ramsey | |
| 2011 | Moon Point | Rick |
| Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure | Mic Tech Guy | |
| 2013 | Bunks | Crawl |
| 2014 | Daisy, A Hen into the Wild | Mayor/Mr. Otter |
| Shelby | Uncle Stephen | |
| 2021 | V/H/S/94 (Segment Storm Drain) | Cameraman Jeff |
| Year | Title | Episode | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Riverdale | Jimmy | |
| 1998 | Naked City: Justice with a Bullet | Rudy | |
| 1999 | La Femme Nikita aka Nikita (Canada: English title) | Any Means Necessary | Reuben |
| 2000 | The Famous Jett Jackson | Beauregard's Beach Bash | Deputy Spencer |
| Hendrix | Chas Chandler | ||
| One Kill | Parker | ||
| The Thin Blue Lie | Danny O'Brien | ||
| Twice in a Lifetime | Birds of Paradise | Young Barry Kirkbride | |
| 2001 | Degrassi: The Next Generation | The Mating Game | Cashier |
| The Famous Jett Jackson | Battle of Wilsted | Deputy Spencer | |
| Leap Years | 5 episodes | Lighting Guy | |
| 2002 | Escape from the Newsroom | Chris | |
| Patti | |||
| 2002–2003 | Moville Mysteries | Gizzard Gizersky (voice) | |
| 2003 | The One | Bill | |
| 2003–2004 | Foolish Girl | Punk Rock Boyfriend (voice) | |
| 2004 | The Eggs | 2 episodes | The Monos |
| 2004–2010 | 6teen | All | Jude Lizowski (voice) |
| 2005 | Funpak | Not-So-Superheroic Adventures of Sidekick shorts only | Trevor Troublemeyer |
| The Tournament | Doug | ||
| The Shakespeare Comedy Show | Episode #1.2 | ||
| 2007 | Ten Seconds | Friend | |
| 2007–2014 | Total Drama | All (except "Are We There Yeti?", TDA Aftermaths II & III; TDWT Aftermaths) | Chris McLean (host) (voice) Jerd McLean (Chris's cousin) (voice) |
| 2008–2010 | Stoked | Take Your Kook to Work Day Grand Theft Whale Bus | Shep (voice) Announcer guy (voice) |
| 2010–2011 | Jimmy Two-Shoes | Everyone Can Whistle Heloise's Secret Admirer | Peep (voice) |
| 2010–2013 | Sidekick | All | Trevor Troublemeyer (voice) |
| 2011–2013 | Almost Naked Animals | Dirk Danger (voice) | |
| 2011 | Detentionaire | Zed (voice) The Skaters (voice) | |
| 2011–2012 | Scaredy Squirrel | Life Slaver | Viking (voice) |
| 2012 | Murdoch Mysteries | Back and to the Left | Jack "Shoeless Jack" Leary |
| 2013 | Skatoony | Pop Video | Chris McLean (host) (voice) Doug (minor character) (voice) |
| 2013 | Last Car Standing | All | Himself (host) |
| 2013 | Grojband | Pox N' Roll Grin Reaper | Party Danimal (voice) |
| 2018 | Carter | Episode 8 | Clifford |
| 2018 | Wishfart | Aw, Man! | Neptune (voice) |
| 2018–2022 | Total DramaRama | Main Role/Episodes: Broken Back Kotter, A Hole Lot of Trouble | Jude Lizowski (voice) Chris McLean (voice/guest) |
| 2019–2021 | Norman Picklestripes | Additional Voices | |
| 2020–2021 | Pikwik Pack | Bison Bros (voice) | |
| 2022 | Transformers: BotBots | Clogstopper (voice) |
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