Stephen Stanton

Stephen Stanton
Stephen Stanton
Born	Stephen Walter Stanton; August 22, 1961 (age 63); Augsburg, Bavaria, West Germany
Nationality	American
Other names	Steve Stanton; Steven Stanton; Steven W. Stanton
Occupations	Voice actor; visual effects artist;
Years active	1985–present
Website	www.stephenstanton.com
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Last updated February 19, 2025

Stephen Walter Stanton (born August 22, 1961) is an American voice actor and visual effects artist. His roles include Sasha Nein in Psychonauts and Psychonauts 2 , Grand Moff Tarkin in the Star Wars franchise, Ben Kenobi in Star Wars Rebels , Admiral Raddus in Rogue One and Griff Halloran on Star Wars Resistance .^[1]

Early life

Stanton was born in Augsburg, Bavaria, West Germany on August 22, 1961.^[2]

Career

Stanton is well-known as a voice double for Tim Allen, Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, Peter Cushing, Robert Downey Jr., Roger Ebert, Jeff Goldblum, Alec Guinness, Clive Owen, Vincent Schiavelli and Bruce Willis, among others. He also provides original voices for Disney television series and theme park attractions.

He voiced Admiral Tarkin and Mas Amedda in Star Wars: The Bad Batch .^[3]^[4]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Titan A.E.	Colonist, Alien Prisoner
2004	Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation	FedNet	Direct-to-video
2004	Pink Five Strikes Back	Obi-Wan Kenobi	Short film
2005	Sith Apprentice	Yoda
2006	Return of Pink Five	Yoda
2008	Garfield's Fun Fest	Randy Rabbit, Stanislavsky	Direct-to-video
2009	Imagine That	Additional Voice-Over	Uncredited
2009	Garfield's Pet Force	Randy, News Guy, Skinny Guard	Direct-to-video
2010	Secretariat	Triple Crown Race Announcer	Uncredited
2010	Yogi Bear	Additional Voice-Over
2011	The Green Hornet	Breaking News Announcer
	Mr. Popper's Penguins	Security Guard
	Trespass	Additional Voices
2012	Foodfight!	Mr. Clean, Lord Flushington, Additional Voices
	Superman vs. The Elite	Bialyian Ambassador, Cartoon Superman, Manchester Black's Father	Direct-to-video
	The Amazing Spider-Man	Additional Voices	Uncredited
	Total Recall		Uncredited
	Looper
	The Reef 2: High Tide	Jack
	Playing for Keeps	Additional Voices	Uncredited
2013	47 Ronin	Additional Voices	Uncredited
2014	Life Itself	Roger Ebert	Documentary
	Godzilla	Muto Team Member, Soldier	Uncredited
	Unbroken	Olympics Radio Announcer
2015	My All American	Play-by-Play Broadcaster	Uncredited
2016	Get a Job	Additional Voices	Uncredited
2016	Rogue One	Admiral Raddus	Played on-set by Paul Kasey
2017	All About the Money	Voice Over
2017	The Dark Tower	Rat Man	Uncredited
2018	The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island	Captain Daniel
2018	Bad Times at the El Royale	J. Edgar Hoover	Uncredited
2019	Joker	Gotham City Health Commissioner, GCR Radio Announcer	Uncredited
2021	The Guilty	Additional Voices
2022	Tom and Jerry: Cowboy Up!	Virgil, Prairie Dog Dad	Direct-to-video
2022	Marmaduke	King Tut	Netflix film
2024	Wicked	Fiyero's Horse (voice)

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005–present	Robot Chicken	Various
2006	Medium	Monkeyheads
2007	All Grown Up!	Mantooth, Mr. Plank, Announcer	Ep. "Super Hero Worship"
2007–17	Family Guy	Various
2008	Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy	Jeff Goldblum	Ep. "Jeff Goldblum Wafers"
2008–09	Wolverine and the X-Men	Fred Dukes / Blob, William Drake
2009	Random! Cartoons	Frank	Ep. "Mr. Flavio"
2009	King of the Hill	Heck Dorland	Ep. "Born Again on the Fourth of July"
2010	Black Panther	Klaw
2010–12	Hero Factory	Jimi Stringer
2010–13	Mad	Various
2010–20	Star Wars: The Clone Wars	Wilhuff Tarkin, Moralo Eval, Meebur Gascon, others
2010, 2016	Archer	Captain Lammers, Ken Hinkins, Narrator
2011	G.I. Joe: Renegades	Tomax and Xamot
2011	It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia	Barry	Ep. "The Gang Gets Trapped"
2012	Parks and Recreation	Political Ad Announcer	Ep. "Campaign Shake-Up"
2012	Doc McStuffins	Gustav	Ep. "Gulpy Gulpy Gators!/One Note Wonder"
2013	The Legend of Korra	Air Lion Turtle, Old Wan	Ep. "Beginnings, Part 2"
2013	Raising Hope	Voiceover, Narrator
2014	Kirstie	Tony Award Announcer	Ep. "When They Met"
	Girl Meets World	Frank Mantucci	Ep. "Girl Meets Father"
	Sofia the First	Jade Jaguar	Ep. "Princess to the Rescue!"
	Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever	Jojo the Dog	Television film
2014–16	The 7D	Sleepy
2015	Tosh.0	Football Radio Announcer	Ep. "High School Football Fan"
2015	Halt and Catch Fire	Commercial Announcer	Ep. "SETI"
2015–16	Breadwinners	Judge Pobun, Helmsman Rock, Mr. Chert
2015–18	Star Wars Rebels	AP-5, Grand Moff Tarkin, Ben Kenobi
2016–18	Bunnicula	Knight Owl	2 episodes
2016	All the Way	Newscaster, Convention Announcer	Television film
2016	Stuck in the Middle	Man vs. Dumpster Announcer	Ep. "Stuck with My Sister's Boyfriend"
2016–21	The Tom and Jerry Show	Rick, Muscles Mouse, Uncle Pecos, others	Replacing Jason Alexander
2016–18	Lost In Oz	Chief Advisor Scarecrow, Xandort
2017	Disjointed	Narrator
2017	Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie	Pigeon Man	Television film
2018	Supernatural	Cosgood Creeps	Ep. "Scoobynatural"
2018–20	Star Wars Resistance	Griff Halloran, Namua
2020	Tacoma FD	Pipey	Ep. "A Christmas Story"
2020	Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?	Various
2021–present	Star Wars: The Bad Batch	Admiral Tarkin
	Tom and Jerry in New York	Additional Voices
	Monsters at Work	Smitty, Needleman	Replacing Dan Gerson ^[5]^[6]
2021–23	Looney Tunes Cartoons	Pete Puma, Baby Bear
2022	The Book of Boba Fett	Pyke Traveler	Uncredited Ep. "Chapter 2: The Tribes of Tatooine"
	Cyberpunk: Edgerunners	Additional Voices	English dub
	Oddballs	Chef Throgbort	Ep. "Line Cutters"
	American Dad!	John Cena	Ep. "Jambalaya"

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Source
2003	Tales of Symphonia	Maxwell	^[7]
2003	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Uruk-Hai Warriors
2004	The Bard's Tale	Additional Voices	^[8]
	EverQuest II	Hunter Vannil, Bartender Coppershot, Galenus Vafia, Rori
	Armies of Exigo	Ancient One, Giant, Knight, Demon, Ogre, Orc
	The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth	Legolas
2005	Psychonauts	Sasha Nein, Bonita Soleil
	Madagascar	Melman, Wilbur
	Rogue Galaxy	Alekt Rosencaster, Robert
	Star Wars: Battlefront II	Alliance Officer #1, Ben Kenobi, Darth Maul
	The Matrix: Path of Neo	Agent Jackson, Doberman, Police, Security
	Gun	Alhambra Barkeeper
	The Outfit	Hans von Back
2006	Star Wars: Empire at War	Obi-Wan Kenobi, Captain Wedge Antilles
	The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II	Legolas
	Over the Hedge	RJ, Ozzie
	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	Admiral James Norrington
	Saints Row	Radio Voice
	Hot Shots Tennis	Big Chief	^[7]
	Destroy All Humans! 2	Agent Sergi, Blisk, Additional Voices
	Spider-Man: Battle for New York	Kingpin
	Jeanne d'Arc	Prince Charles VII	^[7]
2007	Spider-Man 3	Additional Voices
	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End	Admiral James Norrington
	Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer	Additional Voices
	BioShock	Big Daddy
	Conan	Additional Voices
	Disney Princess: Enchanted Journey	Happy
	Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock	Additional Voices
	Mass Effect	Additional Voices
2008	Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law	Phil Ken Sebben
	Iron Man	Iron Man, Pilot, Engineer, Afghan Soldier
	Boom Blox	Additional Voices
	The Incredible Hulk	Iron Man, Male Pedestrian #2
	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Melman
2009	Cars Race-O-Rama	Tater
	Brütal Legend	Fire Barons, Glitter Fist
	Madagascar Kartz	Melman
2010	Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep	Happy, Deep Space System
	Toy Story 3: The Video Game	Stinky Pete the Prospector, Additional Voices
	BioShock 2	Big Daddy
2011	Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine	Malus Darkblade
2011	Kinect: Disneyland Adventures	Additional Voices
2012	Madagascar 3: The Video Game	Melman
	Warhammer Online: Wrath of Heroes	Malus
	Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two	Scurvy Pat, Paulie, Blue Gremlin
2013	The Cave	The Cave, Shopkeeper
2013	Lego Marvel Super Heroes	Blob, Malekith the Accursed, Sentinel
2014	BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea	Big Daddy
2015	Disney Infinity 3.0	Ben Kenobi
2015	StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void	Mal'ash, Kaldalis (Reclamation Short)
2017	Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin	Sasha Nein
2020	Mafia: Definitive Edition	Llewellyn Greer, Tannoy Announcer
2021	Psychonauts 2	Sasha Nein
2022	Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga	Ben Kenobi	^[9]

Theme parks

Disney California Adventure Jessie's Critter Carousel – Stinky Pete
Disney California Adventure Toy Story Midway Mania! – Stinky Pete
Disney D23 Expo Carousel of Projects – Narrator
Disneyland Club 33 – Alfred the Vulture
Disneyland Paris – Woody & Jessie's Wild West Adventure (Lucky Nugget Saloon) – Stinky Pete
Disneyland Rivers of America – Mark Twain Riverboat Captain
Disneyland Snow White's Enchanted Wish – Safety Spiel (as Happy)
Disneyland The Haunted Mansion Phantom Radio app – Phineas
Hong Kong Disneyland Mystic Manor – Lord Henry Mystic
Shanghai Disneyland Celebration of Dreams Show (2016) – Happy
Walt Disney World D23 Destination D: Attraction Rewind – Father
Walt Disney World Seven Dwarfs Mine Train – Happy
Walt Disney World Tomorrowland Transit Authority – TTA Announcer

Visual effects work

Tippett Studio

Starship Troopers (1997) – Digital Scanner Operator
Armageddon (1998) – Digital Scanner Operator (Uncredited)
Virus (1999) – Digital Scanner Operator
Komodo (1999) – Digital Scanner Operator (Uncredited)
My Favorite Martian (1999) – Digital Scanner Operator
Hollow Man (2000) – Digital Scanner Operator
Mission to Mars (2000) – Digital Scanner Operator (Uncredited)
Cats & Dogs (2001) – Digital Scanner Operator (Uncredited)
Evolution (2001) – Digital Scanner Operator

Boss Film Studios

Solar Crisis (1990) – Production Assistant
The Last of the Mohicans (1992) – Computer Graphics Coordinator
Alien 3 (1992) – Digital Camera Operator
Batman Returns (1992) – Digital Camera Operator
Journey To Technopia (1993) - Digital Film I/O
Cliffhanger (1993) – Computer Graphics Coordinator
Last Action Hero (1993) – Computer Graphics Coordinator (Uncredited)

References

↑ Guerrasio, Jason (August 29, 2017). "The voice actor behind Obi-Wan Kenobi explains the work that went into bringing the legendary character back for 'Star Wars Rebels'". Business Insider .
↑ "Stephen Stanton Biography". Rotten Tomatoes . Fandango . Retrieved 2021-11-03.
↑ Whitbrook, James (March 30, 2021). "Star Wars: The Bad Batch's New Trailer Puts Clones on the Run". io9 . Archived from the original on March 30, 2021. Retrieved March 30, 2021.
↑ Cao, Caroline (May 29, 2022). "Commander Cody And Gungi Are Returning In The Bad Batch Season 2". /Film . Archived from the original on May 30, 2022. Retrieved May 29, 2022.
↑ Andreeva, Nellie (April 9, 2019). "'Monsters At Work': Billy Crystal & John Goodman To Reprise 'Monsters, Inc.' Voice Roles On Disney+ Animated Series". Deadline Hollywood .
↑ Goldberg, Lesley (April 9, 2019). "'Monsters, Inc.' Voice Cast to Return for Disney+ Series (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter .
1 2 3 "Stephen Stanton (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 21 April 2022. 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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
↑ InXile Entertainment. The Bard's Tale. InXile Entertainment. Scene: Ending credits, 2:10:25 in, More Great Talent.
↑ "LEGO Star Wars Skywalker Saga voice actors: Did any cast members return?". Radio Times. Retrieved 2022-04-07.

External links

Official website
Stephen Stanton at IMDb
Stephen Stanton at Behind The Voice Actors

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[1] Guerrasio, Jason (August 29, 2017). "The voice actor behind Obi-Wan Kenobi explains the work that went into bringing the legendary character back for 'Star Wars Rebels'". Business Insider .

[rottentomatoes-2] "Stephen Stanton Biography". Rotten Tomatoes . Fandango . Retrieved 2021-11-03.

[io9Trailer-3] Whitbrook, James (March 30, 2021). "Star Wars: The Bad Batch's New Trailer Puts Clones on the Run". io9 . Archived from the original on March 30, 2021. Retrieved March 30, 2021.

[S2CelebrationPanel-4] Cao, Caroline (May 29, 2022). "Commander Cody And Gungi Are Returning In The Bad Batch Season 2". /Film . Archived from the original on May 30, 2022. Retrieved May 29, 2022.

[5] Andreeva, Nellie (April 9, 2019). "'Monsters At Work': Billy Crystal & John Goodman To Reprise 'Monsters, Inc.' Voice Roles On Disney+ Animated Series". Deadline Hollywood .

[6] Goldberg, Lesley (April 9, 2019). "'Monsters, Inc.' Voice Cast to Return for Disney+ Series (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter .

[btva-7] 1 2 3 "Stephen Stanton (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 21 April 2022. 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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)

[tbtcredits-8] InXile Entertainment. The Bard's Tale. InXile Entertainment. Scene: Ending credits, 2:10:25 in, More Great Talent.

[9] "LEGO Star Wars Skywalker Saga voice actors: Did any cast members return?". Radio Times. Retrieved 2022-04-07.

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Stephen Stanton
Born	Stephen Walter Stanton (1961-08-22) August 22, 1961 (age 63) Augsburg, Bavaria, West Germany
Nationality	American
Other names	Steve Stanton Steven Stanton Steven W. Stanton
Occupations	Voice actor visual effects artist
Years active	1985–present
Website	www.stephenstanton.com
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