Steve Mackall | |
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| Born | Stephen James Mackall December 9, 1959 |
| Occupation(s) | Voice actor, voice-over announcer, comedian, director, screenwriter, songwriter |
| Years active | 1980s–present |
| Website | www |
Stephen James "Steve" Mackall (born December 9, 1959) is a Canadian-American voice actor, voice-over announcer, comedian, director, screenwriter and songwriter. [1] He was known as the voice of NBC's Must See TV, [1] and performed the voice of the lead character Marsupilami in both the Disney animated television series Raw Toonage (1992) and Marsupilami (1993). [2]
Mackall graduated from Padua Franciscan High School and Ohio University. [3] After having won a trip to Los Angeles as first prize in a 1986 HBO comedy contest in Washington D.C., [3] he decided to leave Washington and live in Los Angeles, working as a copywriter while pursuing his comedy career. [1] [3] He began doing voice-over work in commercials in 1989. [1] Representative samples of his commercial work include being the voice of the cereal box for General Mills' 1993 Fingos promotion campaign, [4] and products and companies including CompUSA and Froot Loops, as well as being voice-over announcer for NBC, The WB, ABC Kids, and Fox Kids Network. [3]
He is also recognized as the voice of Hyperman in the Adventures of Hyperman CD-ROM game released in 1995 which was followed by the Hyperion Animation/CBS Television Series, The Adventures of Hyperman , that aired from November 4, 1995 to August 10, 1996. [5] [6]
Los Angeles Times writes that "Mackall is one of a small group of Hollywood artists who have achieved a faceless fame..." "probably best known as the voice of NBC's Must See TV", [1] and Cleveland Plain Dealer wrote that he was "valued as an artist who can improvise voices for anything from animals to inanimate objects." [3]
Of Mackall's one man show, Wherever I Go, There we Are. LA Weekly wrote that his "wealth of experience as a voiceover artist and comedy scribe manifests itself in his artfully layered, near flawlessly timed and often funny solo act." They noted that his personal enthusiasm connected with the audience in a manner that reminded of Will Rogers. [8] In their review, Backstage West wrote that when recounting the nine stories which made up his performance, "Mackall is a strong performer" whose "speaking ability commands the attention and carries the audience through captivating and well-detailed portraits of near-otherworldly scapes." [9]