Richard Newman | |
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 Newman in 2015 | |
| Born | November 2 |
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| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1970–present |
| Spouse | Lisa Bunting |
| Children | 1 |
Richard Newman (born November 2) [1] is an American-born actor who is notable for his numerous voice roles in Transformers .
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]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | The NeverEnding Story III | Photographer | |
| 1994 | The Story of Christmas | Fathead, additional voices | |
| 1997 | The Fearless Four | Ackerman | English dub |
| 1998 | The Mighty Kong | Ship Captain | Direct-to-video |
| 1998 | The Animated Adventures of Tom Sawyer | Mayor | Direct-to-video |
| 1999 | Little Witch | John and Mr. Lond-Singer | Television film |
| 2000 | A Chinese Ghost Story: The Tsui Hark Animation | White Cloud / Reverend Bai Yun | English dub |
| 2000 | Help! I'm a Fish | Bus Driver | English dub |
| 2000 | Franklin and the Green Knight | Mr. Turtle | Television film |
| 2001 | A Christmas Adventure ...From a Book Called Wisely's Tales | Wisely Owl | Direct-to-video |
| 2001 | Franklin's Magic Christmas | Mr. Turtle Great-Great Grandfather Turtle | Television film |
| 2002 | Inspector Gadget's Last Case: Claw's Revenge | Otto | Television film |
| 2002 | Dennis the Menace in Cruise Control | Jinks | Television film |
| 2003 | Ben Hur | Quintus Arrius | Direct-to-video |
| 2003 | Back to School with Franklin | Mr. Turtle | Television film |
| 2003 | Jester Till | Adalbert | |
| 2004 | Dragons: Fire and Ice | Thoron | Direct-to-video |
| 2004 | In Search of Santa | Narrator | Direct-to-video |
| 2005 | Ark | Umada | English dub |
| 2005 | Inuyasha the Movie: Swords of an Honorable Ruler | Tōtōsai | English dub |
| 2005 | Inspector Gadget's Biggest Caper Ever: The Case of the Giant Flying Lizard | Mayor Morty Markum | |
| 2005 | Dragons II: The Metal Ages | Thoron | Television film |
| 2006 | Franklin and the Turtle Lake Treasure | Mr. Turtle | |
| 2006 | Kong: Return to the Jungle | Mayor | |
| 2007 | Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale | Toymaker | Direct-to-video |
| 2008 | At Jesus' Side | Caiaphus / Merchant | Direct-to-video |
| 2008 | Sword of the Stranger | Zekkai | English dub |
| 2017 | Bob the Builder: Mega Machines | Two-Tonne | English dub |
| 2018 | Dragged Across Concrete | Feinbaum |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack | Eiphar Synapse / Yuri Hasler | |
| 2000 | Kessen | Jyosui Kuroda | English version [1] |
| 2004 | InuYasha: The Secret of the Cursed Mask | Tōtōsai | English version |
| 2004 | Under the Skin | Master Itazura | English 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 | Gauld | English version |
| 2020 | Legends of Runeterra | Nautilus |
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