Robert Tinkler

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Robert Tinkler
BornMay 12 [1]
NationalityCanadian
Education Ryerson University [2]
OccupationVoice actor
Years active1993–present
SpouseAlexis Tinkler
Website robtinkler.com

Robert Tinkler (born May 12), is a Canadian actor, writer, and podcaster who provides voices for a number of cartoons and anime shows. He voiced Max in The Adventures of Sam & Max: Freelance Police , Delete in the children's animated series Cyberchase , Pelswick Eggert in Pelswick, and Howie in Almost Naked Animals .

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In anime, he provides the voice of Crimson Rubeus in the DIC Entertainment dub of Sailor Moon , Gingka Hagane, the main protagonist in the Beyblade: Metal Saga series and Brooklyn Masefield in Beyblade G-Revolution . [3] In feature films, he voiced Buddy in The Nut Job .

Early life and career

Tinkler became involved in community theatre, performing in plays and musicals and was subsequently accepted into the Theatre program into Ryerson University, from which he graduated. At Ryerson, he met future sketch comedy collaborators Mike Beaver, Jason Jones, and Stacey DePass. He made his first acting career in It's Alive! as an unknown character. Then, he voiced Max in The Adventures of Sam & Max: Freelance Police . Tinkler voiced many characters in many Canadian television shows such as Pelswick as the title character, Medabots as Spike and Seaslug, Cyberchase as Delete, and Jacob Two-Two as Daniel. In The Nut Job , he voiced Buddy, the friend of Surly Squirrel, and Redline. A role he later reprised in The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature just as Buddy. In Franny's Feet , he voiced Salsa the Monkey. Starting from 2019, Tinkler is the current voice of Woodstock, a character in the Peanuts comic strips created by Charles M. Schulz.

Earlier before voicing Woodstock, Tinkler also voiced Fish and Thing 1 and 2 in The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! , including the unnamed Teacher in PJ Masks and The Bobroom as sketch characters with Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs voicing Steggy, Rover in Lunar Jim , various characters in Inspector Gadget , Howie in Almost Naked Animals , and Beyblade: Metal Fusion as Ginga Hagane. For his performance as Delete in Cyberchase, Tinkler won an Outstanding New Approaches — Daytime Children's at the 36th Daytime Emmy Awards. In his late teens, Tinkler became involved in community theatre, performing in plays and musicals, and was subsequently accepted into the Theatre program at Ryerson University (later acquiring his BFA hons). At Ryerson, he met future sketch comedy collaborators Mike Beaver, Jason Jones, and Stacey DePass. His first gig out of school was a series on YTV called "It's Alive". The show was of the sketch comedy variety, and while acting on the series Rob was introduced to and became interested in writing.

After the show's cancellation, and growing frustrated with a dwindling influx of acting work at that time, Rob and his then roommates Mike Beaver and Shaun Majumder decided to form the comedy troupe "Beaver, Tinkler, Majumder". This triumvirate soon welcomed Jason Jones, and then Stacey Depass and Jennifer Baxter (who were also on "It's Alive") and the troupe was renamed "The Bobroom". Also during this period, Rob realized an affinity for voice-overs and he booked several animated series including The Adventures of Sam & Max Freelance Police, X-Men and Sailor Moon . After writing, mounting and performing in many live sketch shows with The Bobroom at clubs across Toronto and excursions into Chicago and New York City, the troupe was soon approached by Milan Curry-Sharples about doing the comedy showcase series Comedy Now . Although this show was more of a vehicle for stand-up comedians, this endeavor ultimately led to the development and creation of the sketch comedy series "The Bobroom" for the Comedy Network. Although the series ran only for a limited time, it was a learning ground for Rob as he not only amassed characters but honed skills in writing for the screen.

Also around this time, Rob landed several roles on feature film productions, including The Tuxedo and the cult classic Harold And Kumar Go To White Castle . After embarking on a couple of pilot seasons in Los Angeles, Rob received the accreditation to relocate to the US on a full-time basis. There, he has written for several animated series ( "Wayside , Pandalian Almost Naked Animals ) and did voices on video games ( Superman Returns , Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 ), and several pilots and series ( Celebrity Deathmatch ), including the Fox prime time animated series "American Dad!". He's also performed in countless commercials and had a recurring role as Rachael Harris' whipping boy in ABC's Notes From The Underbelly . Rob plays too many characters to name on PBS's The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!, as well as voices leading danger dog Howie in Cartoon Network's Almost Naked Animals and Gingka in Beyblade: Metal Fusion . Rob divides his time between LA and Toronto as he continues to develop series and films. In addition to acting, writing, and directing, he is also a Creative Consultant on Almost Naked Animals.

Filmography

Animation

List of voice performances in animation
YearTitleRoleNotesSource
1995–1998 Sailor Moon (DIC Entertainment dub)Crimson Rubeus
1996–1998 Stickin' Around Additional voices
1997–1998 The Adventures of Sam & Max: Freelance Police Max [4]
1999–2001 Angela Anaconda Bill Anaconda, Mark and Derek Anaconda
2000–2002 Pelswick Pelswick Eggert [5]
2001 Undergrads Mump
2001–2004 Medabots Spike/Seaslug
2002–present Cyberchase DeleteNominated – Outstanding New Approaches – Daytime Children's (listed with Cyberchase cast and crew), 36th Daytime Emmy Awards [5] [6]
2003 Moville Mysteries Alonzo LongneckEpisode: "Just My Luck"
2003–2006 Jacob Two Two Daniel [5]
2003–2010 Franny's Feet Salsa the Donkey
2004 Beyblade G-Revolution Brooklyn
2004 Totally Spies! Arnold JacksonEpisode: "Morphing Is Sooo 1987"
2004–2008 Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends Grub
2005 Slam Dunk Hanamichi Sakuragi [5]
2006 Lunar Jim Rover
2008–2009 Rocket Boy and Toro (Nelvana's Dub)Rocket Boy
2009 Bakugan Battle Brawlers: New Vestroia Lync Volan, Helios
2010–2018 The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! Fish, Thing One, Thing Two
2010–2013 Beyblade: Metal Saga Gingka Hagane Four series ( Metal Fusion , Metal Masters , Metal Fury and Shogun Steel )
2010 Sidekick Nocturna [5]
2011–2013 Almost Naked Animals Howie [7]
2011 Bakugan: Mechtanium Surge Wiseman, Betadron, Tremblar, Balista [8]
2012 Mudpit Slime [9]
2013–2015 Grojband G'ORB, Captain Tighty Whitey, Shaven Beard, Barney [5]
Oh No! It's an Alien Invasion Shakes [5]
2013 Beyblade: Shogun Steel Gingka Hagane
2013–2015 Julius Jr. Shaka Brah Yeti [10]
2013 The Day My Butt Went Psycho! Deuce [11]
2014 Numb Chucks Hooves [5]
2014–2017TrucktownMax [5]
2015–present PJ Masks Teacher
2015 Inspector Gadget Various characters [5]
20162020 Rusty Rivets Ray, Botasaur, Bytes, Opera Singing Monkey [5]
2016–2021 Ranger Rob Chipper
2016–2017 The ZhuZhus Chunk, Bean [5]
2017–2018 Mysticons Ferrus and Halite Goldenbraid [5]
2016TrucktownMaxNominated Canadian Screen Award, Best Performance in an Animated Program or Series [12]
2018–2023 Total DramaRama Additional voices
2018–2023 Bakugan: Battle Planet Tiko, Additional voices
2019–2021 Snoopy in Space Woodstock [5]
2019DragamonzDax, Master Perros and Azakai
2019–2021 Alien TV Ixbee
2019–2021 Norman Picklestripes Additional voices
2020 Powerbirds Nibbles
Remy & Boo Boo
2021–present Go, Dog. Go! Early Ed
2021–present The Snoopy Show Woodstock, Spike [5]
2021 Snoopy Presents: For Auld Lang Syne Woodstock, Spike, and OlafTV special
2022 Snoopy Presents: It's The Small Things, Charlie Brown WoodstockTV special
Snoopy Presents: To Mom (and Dad), With Love Woodstock / Woodstock‘s MomTV special
My Little Pony: Make Your Mark Sparky Sparkeroni

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Film

List of voice performances in feature films
YearTitleRoleNotesSource
2014 The Nut Job Redline, Buddy [5] [14]
2017 The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature Redline
List of voice performances in direct-to-video and television films
YearTitleRoleNotesSource
2004 Care Bears: Journey to Joke-a-lot Grumpy Bear [5]
2005 The Care Bears' Big Wish Movie [5]
2000 MXP: Most Xtreme Primate Stanley [15]

Live-action

List of acting performances in film and television
YearTitleRoleNotesSource
1993–1997 It's Alive!
2000 The Bobroom Sketch characters
2004 Harold and Kumar: Go To White Castle JDUS Film

Awards and nominations

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