Michael Cornacchia

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Michael Cornacchia
Born (1975-02-23) February 23, 1975 (age 49)
Occupation(s)Actor, comedian
Years active1998–present

Michael Cornacchia (born February 23, 1975) is an American actor.

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Biography

Education

Cornacchia graduated from Conestoga High School in Berwyn, Pennsylvania, and the University of Southern California with a degree in theatre.

Career

Cornacchia has appeared on television shows including ER , The Practice , Six Feet Under , and CSI: NY . He did a pilot for CBS called Blind Men and one for NBC called Spellbound . He also appeared in the Internet series, Terry Tate: Office Linebacker , which was written and directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber. Cornacchia was also in the Academy Award-nominated short Our Time Is Up , written and directed by Rob Pearlstein. He appeared as Bobby in David Fickas' Deliverance: the Musical, which was an official selection of the Slamdance Film Festival. He has also voiced the role of Eddie in the video game version of Reservoir Dogs . Cornacchia is also well known as Jabba the Hutt and Admiral Ackbar in Patrick T. Gorman's critically acclaimed The Star Wars Trilogy in Thirty Minutes. Some of his voice work includes Bouncing Boy in the 2006 animated series Legion of Super Heroes , Candy in Driver Parallel Lines , Frankie the skua in Happy Feet and its sequel, along with various voices in Batman: Arkham Knight . [1] Cornacchia appeared as Burly Bruce Carter in ABC's Pushing Daisies and Carter Bump a/k/a, The Cupcake Kid, in ABC's October Road . Cornacchia also had a minor role as a security guard in Hannah Montana: The Movie .

He also guest stars in the episode, "Jake...Another Little Piece of My Heart" as a Las Vegas preacher in the 3rd season of Hannah Montana , the TV series. In the fall of 2009, Cornacchia produced and starred in Grey Skies, a horror film about a group of college friends who reunite to vacation in a remote location only to find that they are not alone. Also in 2009, Cornacchia starred alongside Rhys Darby, Sasha Alexander, and Pam Cook in Edoardo Ponti's comedy Coming & Going, and produced the short film What the F&#$ Was That?!, a parody of ghost hunting shows.

In 2012, Cornacchia was cast in the AudioDrop production of Moonie based on Nicola Cuti's classic comic book character.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2006 Shark Bait Angler FishVoice, English dub [2]
Happy Feet FrankieVoice [2]
2007 Wasting Away Ronald Rupert Eschelon III
La Cucina Andy
2008 The Last Word Client
2009 Hannah Montana: The Movie Security Guard
Table for Three Hector Direct-to-video
2010 Violet Tendencies Donnie the Waiter

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1998 ER TadEpisode: "They Treat Horses, Don't They?"
1999 Hang Time Ronald GrooberEpisode: "The Upset"
2000 The Practice Johnny FrancoEpisode: "Settling"
2001 The Tick Kid CabooseEpisode: "Couples"
2004 Six Feet Under Lawrence TuttleEpisode: "Grinding the Corn"
Second Time Around ClaytonEpisode: "No, No"
2005 CSI: NY RosieEpisode: "Blood, Sweat and Tears"
The Bernie Mac Show NormanEpisode: "Sorely Missed"
2006-2008 Legion of Super Heroes Bouncing Boy Voice, 15 episodes [2]
2007 Just Jordan GideonEpisode: "Lemme See Your Grill"
Entourage Make-Up ArtistEpisode: "Welcome to the Jungle"
I Hate My 30's MikeyEpisode: "Promotion Commotion, What's Your Notion?"
Out of Jimmy's Head JuniorEpisode: "Bully"
Pushing Daisies Burly Bruce CarterEpisode: "Bitter Sweets"
2008 October Road Carter BumpEpisode: "Revenge of the Cupcake Kid"
2009 Hannah Montana Cupid PreacherEpisode: "Jake... Another Little Piece of My Heart"
Greek BusinessmanEpisode: "Down on Your Luck"
2011 The Cape Pokerface GoonEpisode: "Razer"
2014 2 Broke Girls Straight JimEpisode: "And the Model Apartment"
Uncredited
2015 Scorpion FrankEpisode: "Crossroads"
2016 Real Husbands of Hollywood Charles EllisEpisode: "Nick and Kevin Are Wack"
2017 Powerless Hot Dog TonyEpisode: "I'ma Friend You"
2018 Great News SteveEpisode: "Early Retirement"
2018Badge of a QuitterTroop Leader TonyMain role, post-production
2018 The Kids Are Alright Boxcar BenjiRecurring role
2019 Coop & Cami Ask the World Bobby BonafonteEpisode: "Would You Wrather Be the Heart or the Hammer?"

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2006 Driver: Parallel Lines Candy
Reservoir Dogs Nice Guy Eddie
2007 Dead Head Fred Omar Escobar, additional voices
2011 L.A. Noire Gianni Temperino
2013 Batman: Arkham Origins Thugs

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References

  1. Rocksteady Studios. Batman: Arkham Knight . Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. Scene: Credits, 13:05 in, Voiceover & Mocap Talent.
  2. 1 2 3 "Michael Cornacchia (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved August 27, 2023. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.