Richard Newman (actor)

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Richard Newman
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Newman in 2015
BornNovember 2
OccupationActor
Years active1970 - present
Children1

Richard Newman (born November 2) [1] is an American-born voice, film and television actor based in Canada.

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Career

Newman started his voice-over career in 1990 with Dragon Warrior . He has also had roles in Dragon Ball Z , RoboCop: Alpha Commando , Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century , and Spider-Man Unlimited as well as InuYasha , Oban Star Racers , MegaMan NT Warrior , and Bucky O'Hare and the Toad Wars . He is perhaps best known for his portrayals of Rhinox in Beast Wars: Transformers (Beasties in Canada) and M. Bison in the Street Fighter cartoon series. Newman also provided arch-villain Phaeton's voice in the animated television series Exosquad . Among his most recent roles are Bear Hugger (a Canadian boxer) in Punch-Out!! , and Cranky Doodle Donkey in My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic . [2]

In the late 1990s, Newman went over to Toronto to work with the successful animation company Nelvana and lent his voice to some of their projects including Franklin , Donkey Kong Country and Pippi Longstocking . [3]

Newman's credits also include theatre work. During the 2011 season of Vancouver's Bard on the Beach festival, he was acclaimed for his performance as Shylock in The Merchant of Venice and was nominated for a Jessie Award for "Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role, Large Theatre". [4] His more recent work includes playing the title character in City Stage New West's 2012 production of King Lear , [5] as well as playing Tosca in Neworld Theatre's production of Doost (Friend). [6]

Filmography

Film

List of voice performances in films
YearTitleRoleNotes
1994 The NeverEnding Story III Photographer
1994The Story of ChristmasFathead, additional voices
1997 The Fearless Four AckermanEnglish dub
1998 The Mighty Kong Ship CaptainDirect-to-video
1998The Animated Adventures of Tom SawyerMayorDirect-to-video
1999Little WitchJohn and Mr. Lond-SingerTelevision film
2000 A Chinese Ghost Story: The Tsui Hark Animation White Cloud / Reverend Bai YunEnglish dub
2000 Help! I'm a Fish Bus DriverEnglish dub
2000 Franklin and the Green Knight Mr. TurtleTelevision film
2001A Christmas Adventure ...From a Book Called Wisely's TalesWisely OwlDirect-to-video
2001 Franklin's Magic Christmas Mr. Turtle
Great-Great Grandfather Turtle
Television film
2002 Inspector Gadget's Last Case: Claw's Revenge OttoTelevision film
2002Dennis the Menace in Cruise ControlJinksTelevision film
2003 Ben Hur Quintus ArriusDirect-to-video
2003 Back to School with Franklin Mr. TurtleTelevision film
2003Jester TillAdalbert
2004 Dragons: Fire and Ice ThoronDirect-to-video
2004 In Search of Santa NarratorDirect-to-video
2005 Ark UmadaEnglish dub
2005 Inuyasha the Movie: Swords of an Honorable Ruler TōtōsaiEnglish dub
2005 Inspector Gadget's Biggest Caper Ever: The Case of the Giant Flying Lizard Mayor Morty Markum
2005Dragons II: The Metal AgesThoronTelevision film
2006 Franklin and the Turtle Lake Treasure Mr. Turtle
2006Kong: Return to the JungleMayor
2007 Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale ToymakerDirect-to-video
2008At Jesus' SideCaiaphus / MerchantDirect-to-video
2008 Sword of the Stranger ZekkaiEnglish dub
2017Bob the Builder: Mega MachinesTwo-TonneEnglish dub
2018 Dragged Across Concrete Feinbaum

Television

Video games

List of voice performances in video games
YearTitleRoleNotes
1998 Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack Eiphar Synapse / Yuri Hasler
2000 Kessen Jyosui Kuroda English version
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2004 InuYasha: The Secret of the Cursed Mask TōtōsaiEnglish version
2004 Under the Skin Master ItazuraEnglish version
2005 Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Winter Assault Commissar / Priest
2006 The Godfather: The Game Virgil Sollozzo
2009 Punch-Out!! Bear Hugger
2018 The Long Dark Methuselah
2018 Dragalia Lost GauldEnglish version
2020 Legends of Runeterra Nautilus

Staff work

References

  1. 1 2 "Richard Newman (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved September 18, 2022.
  2. "Top 10 'My Little Pony' Episodes, Ranked (Photos)". TheWrap. October 7, 2017. Retrieved April 13, 2020.
  3. Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 219. ISBN   978-1538103739.
  4. The 30th Annual Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards. Monday, June 25, 2012, The Commodore Ballroom. jessies.ca
  5. "Canada.Com | Homepage | Canada.Com".
  6. "Beautiful images and stray narrative collide in Doost (Friend)". Georgia Straight Vancouver's News & Entertainment Weekly. March 23, 2016.