Ian James Corlett

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Ian James Corlett
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Corlett in 2023
Born (1962-08-29) August 29, 1962 (age 62) [1]
Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada [2]
Other namesIan Corlett
Occupations
  • Voice actor
  • animator
  • author
Years active1984–present
AgentAtlas Talent Agency
Children2, including Claire Corlett
Website www.ianjamescorlett.com OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Ian James Corlett (born August 29, 1962) [1] [3] is a Canadian voice actor, animator and author. He is the creator of the animated series Being Ian and Yvon of the Yukon with Studio B Productions. His most notable voice roles include Mega Man in Ruby-Spears' Mega Man series, Cheetor in Beast Wars: Transformers , and the first English voice of adult Goku in the Ocean dub of Dragon Ball Z from 1996–1997.

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Early life

Corlett was born on August 29, 1962, in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. [1] [2]

Career

Corlett began his career in 1984. [2] In addition to programming some drum tracks and helping with some computer sequences on Queensrÿche's album Operation: Mindcrime , and also selling the band some music gear in the 1980s, Corlett also lent his voice to several animated series produced/dubbed in Canada. Some of his other notable voice roles include Master Roshi in Dragon Ball Z, Glitch-Bob in ReBoot , Charger in NASCAR Racers , Baby Taz in Baby Looney Tunes , and Andy Larkin in What's with Andy? . Corlett has also lent his voice to less known DIC Entertainment shows such as Super Duper Sumos . He also voiced Mr. Cramp in The Cramp Twins . In Salty's Lighthouse , he played Ten Cents, Otis, Zeebee, Zip, Lord Stinker, Frank, Eddie, and the Lighthouse Clock. He voiced Ransome the Clown in the video game Thimbleweed Park.

Through a coincidence, Corlett who voiced Dr. Wily in DIC's video-game oriented cartoon Captain N: The Game Master would later voice his nemesis Mega Man in the Ruby-Spears cartoon adaptation of the games.

He along with fellow Canadian voice actor Terry Klassen owned a production company who helped rewrite international shows. [4]

Corlett more recently served as the English voice of Miroku for the Japanese anime series Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon , replacing Kirby Morrow who was the original English voice actor for Miroku in the Inuyasha series until his death on November 18, 2020. Through another coincidence, Morrow had previously also voiced Goku in the Ocean dub of Dragon Ball Z after replacing Peter Kelamis, who had in-turn replaced Corlett.

Personal life

Corlett lives in Vancouver with his wife. They have two children: Philip (b. 1997), and Claire Corlett (b. 1999). [5] They have done voice work for two different animated series, Dinosaur Train and My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic , respectively. He also has a home in Palm Springs, California. In addition to his work in Vancouver, he does voice work in Los Angeles, California, in the United States.

Filmography

Film

List of voice and dubbing performances in direct-to-video and television films
YearTitleRoleNotesSource
1996 Adventures of Mowgli Mowgli [6]
1997 Warriors of Virtue Mayor Keena [6]
Lapitch the Little Shoemaker Melvin [6]
The Fearless Four Dr. Greed, 1st Assistant, Additional VoicesEnglish dub [6]
2000 Help! I'm a Fish 1st fish waiting for bus [6]
Casper's Haunted Christmas Little Kid [6]
2001 Barbie in the Nutcracker Captain Candy [6]
2002 Barbie as Rapunzel Hobie, Palace Guard [6]
2003 Baby Looney Tunes' Eggs-traordinary Adventure Baby Taz [6]
Ben Hur Gesius, Andrew, Another Man [6]
Barbie of Swan Lake Ivan [6]
2004 Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper Wolfie, Guard #3 [6]
2005 Candy Land: The Great Lollipop Adventure Mr. Mint, Snow Beaver [6]
2007 Bratz Kidz: Sleep-Over Adventure Mr. Wisping [6]
Barbie as the Island Princess Pat [6]
Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale Paulie [6]
Bratz: Super Babyz Newsperson #2, Announcer [6]
2010 Altitude Center Controller [6]
2011 Quest for Zhu Mr. Squiggles, Stinker, Zhuquasha [6]
2013 Superman Unbound Kryptonian #1 [6]
2016 Ratchet & Clank Blarg
Sausage Party Apple, Bag of Dog Food, Ticklish Licorice, Relish [7]
2017Bob the Builder: Mega MachinesMr. BentleyUS dub
2020 Greyhound Voice of Dickie [8]
2022 Turning Red Additional Voices

Anime

List of dubbing performances and production work in anime television series.
YearTitleRoleNotesSource
1993 Ranma ½ Dr. Tofu Ono, Mikado Sanzenin, Jusenkyo Guide Viz dub [6]
1995 Dragon Ball Master Roshi (eps. 7-8), Monster Carrot, Additional VoicesBLT dub, Script writer
1996–97 Dragon Ball Z Goku, Master Roshi, Cui, Additional VoicesSaban dub, Episodes 1-37 (1-49 uncut) [9]
1997–98 Key the Metal Idol Shuichi TatakiOVA, Episodes 1-9
2002 Project A-Ko Hikari DaitokujiOVA
2021–23 Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon Miroku Viz dub, replacing Kirby Morrow [10]
2022 Cyberpunk: Edgerunners PilarNetflix dub [11]
List of dubbing performances in anime films.
YearTitleRoleNotesSource
1997 Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might Goku, Master Roshi Edited Saban dub
1998 Ranma ½: Big Trouble in Nekonron, China Mikado Sanzenin Viz dub

Animation

List of voice performances in animation
YearTitleRoleNotesSource
1989–91 Captain N: The Game Master Dr. Wily [12]
1993–94 The Bots Master Dr. Hiss [2] [13]
1993 Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog Coconuts, Robotnik Jr., Additional Voices [2] [13]
1994–2001 ReBoot Bob / Glitch-BobSeasons 3 and 4 [2]
1994–95 Mega Man Mega Man, Rush, Additional Voices
1995 Littlest Pet Shop Elwood [2] [14]
1996 Pocket Dragon Adventures Filbert [6]
1996–98 Stickin' Around Additional Voices [6]
1996–99 Beast Wars: Transformers Cheetor, Sentinel, Maximal Computer and Sea Clamp [2]
1996 Vor-Tech: Undercover Conversion Squad Hardfire [15]
Captain Zed and the Zee Zone Mutter [2]
1998 Fat Dog Mendoza Onion Boy, others [6]
Salty's Lighthouse Ten Cents, Otis, Zeebee, Zip, Lord Stinker, Frank, Eddie, Lighthouse Clock [6]
1998–99 The Wacky World of Tex Avery Pompeii Pete, Einstone [2]
1999–2000 Beast Machines: Transformers Cheetor
1999–2001 NASCAR Racers Mark "Charger" McCutchen
1999 Sonic Underground Cyrus
1999-2005 Dragon Tales 11 episodes
1999 Yvon of the Yukon Willy Tidwell, King Louis, Gym Coach, others [6]
1999–2002 Weird-Ohs Wade [2]
2000–01 Action Man Quake
2000 D'Myna Leagues Paully, Bart [6]
2001 The Zeta Project LoweEpisode: "Lost and Found" [6]
2001–02 Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat Wong Ton [6]
2001–03 Sitting Ducks Bill [6]
2001–06 Baby Looney Tunes Baby Taz [6]
2001–07 What's with Andy? Andy LarkinMain role [6]
2001 Justice League Thug, Sarge2 episodes [6]
2002–09 Make Way for Noddy Mr. Jumbo, Mr. Wobblyman, Clockwork Clown, Additional VoicesUS Re-Dub
2002–03 Yakkity Yak Mr. Highpants, Rondo Jr., others [16]
2003 The Cramp Twins Horace Cramp, others [6] [17]
2003Something Else Something Else [6]
2003 Silverwing Mercury, Scirocco, others [6]
2004–05 Dinosaur Baby Holy Heroes Erick MoreauRecurring role
2005–08 Being Ian Odbald, othersAlso creator and producer [6]
2005–2013 Totally Spies! Captain Hayes, James, othersRecurring role [6]
2005 Alien Racers Vakkon, Skrash [18]
2005–14 Johnny Test Hugh Test, others [6] [19]
2007–08 Care Bears: Adventures in Care-a-Lot Funshine BearRecurring role [6] [20]
Edgar and Ellen Poe, Slug, others [6] [20]
2007–09 GeoTrax Bunsen [6] [20]
2008 3-2-1 Penguins Wait Your TurnerEpisode: "Invasion of the Body Swappers"
2008–09 Monster Buster Club Mark, Mr. Fusster, others [21]
2009 League of Super Evil Line MasterRecurring role [6]
2009–2020 Dinosaur Train The Conductor, others [22]
2010 Hero: 108 ApeTrully, Mr. No Hands, Mighty Ray, others [6]
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Silver ShillEpisode: "Leap of Faith" [6]
2011–2021 Ninjago Skales, Chen, Clancee, Clutch Powers, others [6]
2012 Action Dad Baron Von Dash, Major Break, others [6]
Slugterra Gar Revelle, Straggus5 episodes [6]
2013 Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures Blinky, Sir Cumference, others [6]
2013 Beware the Batman Joe BraxtonEpisode: "Secrets" [6]
2013–14 Sabrina: Secrets of a Teenage Witch Salem, others [6]
2014 Nerds and Monsters Skur, others [6]
2014–15 Dr. Dimensionpants The Cortex [6]
2015 Pirate Express Poseidon, Gordon [6]
2015–17 Bob the Builder Roley and Mr. BentleyUS dub
2016–19 Ready Jet Go! Uncle Zucchini and Mr. Peterson
2016–present The Loud House Jeffery, Lincoln's Double, Various voices
2017–2021 Vampirina Chef Remy Bones
2018–2020 The Hollow Benjamin
2021–present Sharkdog Mr. Heubel
2023 Family Guy Additional voices

Video games

List of voice performances in video games
YearTitleRoleNotesSource
1999 Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals Cheetor, Sentinel, Quickstrike
2005 Devil Kings Chōsokabe Motochika (Arslan)English dub [6]
2017 Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite Firebrand [23]
Thimbleweed Park Ransome [24]
2019ReadySet HeroesSully
2020 G.I. Joe: Operation Blackout Duke, Crew Man, Wild Bill
Cobra Kai: The Karate Kid Saga Continues Tom Cole, Mitch, Big Boned Skeleton [6]
2021 Nier Reincarnation Carrier, Substitute CarrierEnglish dub
Chivalry 2 Squire Boy [25]
2022 Destiny 2: The Witch Queen Fynch [26]
2024 Final Fantasy VII Rebirth DioEnglish dub [27]

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Citations

  1. 1 2 3 Ian James Corlett [@IanJames007] (August 29, 2020). "We visited #leocarrillo #dogbeach in #Malibu on my birthday today. lucyecorlett LOVES the water... @ Leo Carrillo Beach, Malibu" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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