Tony Anselmo | |
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Born | Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. | February 18, 1960
Alma mater | California Institute of the Arts |
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Years active | 1980–present |
Tony Anselmo (born February 18, 1960) [1] is an American voice actor and animator. He has been the official character voice of Donald Duck since 1985 following the death of the original voice actor, Clarence Nash. He has also provided voices for Donald's triplet nephews, Huey, Dewey, and Louie.
Prior to voicing for Disney projects, he became an animator for the company in 1980. As of 2023, he has been credited in 23 animation roles.
Anselmo was born on February 18, 1960, in Salt Lake City, Utah. [1]
Anselmo formed an early interest with Disney after attending a screening of Mary Poppins at the age of four. Anselmo says, "I remember leaving the theater and asking, 'How did they do this? Who did that?' and so on...So a seed was planted there, and from that time on I never wanted to be a fireman, an astronaut, or anything else. I wanted to work for Disney."
Anselmo's family moved to Sunnyvale in northern California when he was seven, and he continued to actively study Disney and animation. He began drawing, using the famed Preston Blair art book, Advanced Animation, built a light table of his own, and began creating animation with a Super 8 camera.
He attended Marian A. Peterson High School in Sunnyvale, California. He began night art classes at local colleges and began a regular correspondence with the artists who animated the Disney films, including Frank Thomas, Ollie Johnston, Eric Larson, and Milt Kahl. [2] Anselmo says, "Ollie wrote a lot and sent me drawings, advising me to learn quick sketch, life drawing, and design." [3]
Anselmo studied at the Character Animation Department of California Institute of the Arts on a full scholarship from the Disney Family in fall 1978. [3]
Anselmo's career as an animator began in 1980, at age 20. In subsequent years, Anselmo contributed to the animation of 20 Disney animated features, including The Black Cauldron, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, Tarzan and The Emperor's New Groove . [3] Anselmo was trained and mentored by the original voice of Donald, Clarence Nash, who died in 1985 and Anselmo inherited the role of Donald Duck just as Nash had wished. [4] He first voiced Donald on a 1986 D-TV Valentine special on The Disney Channel. [2]
Walt Disney insisted on character consistency and integrity. As long as Clarence Nash was alive no one other than Nash was permitted to provide Donald's voice. Continuing in that tradition, in 1988 Roy E. Disney created the department of Disney Character Voices to insure the continuation of character integrity, consistency, and quality in recording methods. [5]
During an interview, Anselmo stated that "Most people believe that Donald's voice is done squeezing air through the cheek, that is not true. I can't reveal how it's actually done, but it is definitely not done by squeezing air through the cheek. The Hanna-Barbera character 'Yakky Doodle' is done that way. Donald Duck is not." [3]
Anselmo is the only person to both animate, and voice Donald Duck in Mickey Donald Goofy: The Three Musketeers , Funny You Don't Look 200, The Prince and the Pauper , and the 60th Annual Academy Awards . [2]
He has voiced the nephews on the TV special Down and Out With Donald Duck and the shows Mickey Mouse Works and House of Mouse (while Russi Taylor (the voice of Minnie Mouse) voiced the nephews in DuckTales, Mickey's Once and Twice Upon a Christmas, Mickey's Speedway USA and the remastered DuckTales video game in 2013.). He also lent his voice to minor characters in The Great Mouse Detective , Mickey's Around the World in 80 Days and Phineas and Ferb . [2] [3]
Anselmo has also worked as a voice actor for the Kingdom Hearts series, which features Donald Duck as one of three main characters. He also provided the voice of Donald in the video game Kinect Disneyland Adventures in 2011.
Anselmo has been honored with several awards and nominations. He was a winner of the 2014 BTVA Television Voice Acting Award for Best Vocal Ensemble in a Television Series — Children's/Educational for Mickey Mouse Clubhouse , as well as the BTVA Video Game Voice Acting Award for Best Vocal Ensemble in a Video Game - Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance .[ citation needed ]
In September 2009, Tony Anselmo was named a Disney Legend by Roy E. Disney. [6]
Anselmo began collecting Disney merchandise at an early age, and is known for his comprehensive collection of Disney posters relating to the works of Walt Disney. This expertise resulted in a 2002 art book, The Disney Poster Book featuring the Collection of Tony Anselmo.[ citation needed ] Anselmo's collection was used in exhibits at The Walt Disney Family Museum in San Francisco. [3]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1986 | The Great Mouse Detective | Thug Guard No. 3 | |
1987 | Down and Out with Donald Duck | Donald Duck, Daisy Duck, Huey, Dewey, Louie | |
1988 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | Donald Duck | |
1990 | The Prince and the Pauper | ||
Disney Sing-Along Songs: Disneyland Fun | Direct-to-video | ||
1994–1995 | Mickey's Fun Songs series | Direct-to-video series | |
1998 | The Spirit of Mickey | Direct-to-video film | |
1999 | Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas | ||
Fantasia 2000 | |||
2001 | Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse | Donald Duck, Huey, Dewey, Louie | Direct-to-video film |
2002 | Mickey's House of Villains | ||
2004 | The Lion King 1½ | Donald Duck | |
Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers | Nominated - Annie Award for Voice Acting in a Feature Production Direct-to-video film | ||
Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas | Direct-to-video film | ||
2023 | Once Upon a Studio | Short film |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1986 | The Real Ghostbusters | The Mayor of Morrisville | 1 episode |
D-TV Valentine | Donald Duck | Television special | |
1987–1988 | DuckTales | 8 episodes | |
1988 | Totally Minnie | Television special | |
Mickey's 60th Birthday | |||
1989–1990 | Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color | ||
1993 | Bonkers | Episode: "Going Bonkers" | |
1995 | Gargoyles | Additional voices | |
1996 | Quack Pack | Donald Duck | 39 episodes |
1999–2000 | Mickey Mouse Works | Donald Duck, Huey, Dewey, Louie | 31 episodes |
2001–2003 | House of Mouse | 48 episodes | |
2006–2016 | Mickey Mouse Clubhouse | Donald Duck | 122 episodes |
2007 | Mickey's Great Clubhouse Hunt | Season 1, episode 24 | |
2009 | Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Choo-Choo Express | Season 2, episode 33 | |
Mickey's Adventures in Wonderland | Season 2, episode 38 | ||
2010 | Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Road Rally | Season 3, episode 9 | |
2011 | Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Space Adventure | Season 3, episode 22 | |
Phineas and Ferb | Additional voices | Episode: "Mommy Can You Hear Me?/Road Trip" | |
2012–2016 | Minnie's Bow-Toons | Donald Duck | 40 episodes |
2013 | Wheel of Fortune: Making Disney Memories Week | ||
2013–2019 | Mickey Mouse | 38 episodes | |
2016 | Duck the Halls: A Mickey Mouse Christmas Special | Television special | |
2017 | The Scariest Story Ever: A Mickey Mouse Halloween Spooktacular | Television special | |
2017–2021 | DuckTales | Main cast | |
2018 | Legend of the Three Caballeros | ||
2020–2023 | The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse | ||
2021–present | Mickey Mouse Funhouse | ||
2025–present | Mickey Mouse Clubhouse+ |
Year | Title | Role | Note |
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2024 | Hot Ones | Donald Duck | Episode: "Donald Duck Tries to Keep His Cool While Eating Spicy Wings" [8] |
Year | Title | Role |
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1993 | Mickey's Movie Barn | Donald Duck |
2002 | Animagique | |
2003 | Mickey's PhilharMagic | |
2007 | Gran Fiesta Tour Starring The Three Caballeros | |
2020 | Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway |
Year | Film | Animation | Characters |
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1985 | The Black Cauldron | Assistant Animator | |
1986 | The Great Mouse Detective | Key Assistant Animator | |
1988 | Oliver & Company | Animating Assistant | |
1989 | The Little Mermaid | Character Animator | |
1990 | The Prince and the Pauper (Short) | ||
1991 | Beauty and the Beast | Supervising Animator | Wardrobe |
1992 | Aladdin | Assistant Animator | Jasmine |
1994 | The Lion King | Key Assistant Animator | Additional Young Simba and Miscellaneous Characters |
1995 | Pocahontas | Flit | |
1996 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Associate Lead Key Assistant Clean-Up Animator | Gypsies, Guards and Others |
1997 | Hercules | Key Assistant Animator: Additional Clean-Up Animation | |
1998 | Mulan | Additional Key Assistant Clean-Up Animator | |
1999 | Tarzan | Lead Key Assistant Animator | Professor Archimedes Quincy Porter |
Fantasia 2000 | Key Assistant Animator / Additional Animator | ||
2000 | The Emperor's New Groove | Key Assistant Animator | Pacha |
2002 | Treasure Planet | Sarah Hawkins and Miscellaneous Characters | |
2004 | Home on the Range | Key Assistant Animator | Miscellaneous Characters |
Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers (Video) | Animation Clean-Up / Key Clean-Up Artist | Donald Duck | |
2005 | Pooh's Heffalump Movie | Clean-Up Artist | |
2006–07 | Mickey Mouse Clubhouse | Storyboard Revisionist / Prop Designer | Episodes: "A Surprise for Minnie", "Mickey's Great Clubhouse Hunt" |
2008 | The Replacements | Storyboard Revisionist | Episode: "Tasumi Unmasked" |
2010 | Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil | Prop Designer | Episode: "Mellowbrook Drift"/"The Gift of Wacky" |
Year | Award | Category | Title | Result |
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2005 | Annie Awards | Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production | Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers | Nominated |
2009 | Disney Legend Award | Animation — Voice | Won | |
2009 | Behind the Voice Actors Television Voice Acting Award | Best Vocal Ensemble in a Television Series — Children's/Educational | Mickey Mouse Clubhouse | Nominated |
2014 | Behind the Voice Actors People's Choice Voice Acting Award | Best Male Vocal Performance in a Television Series — Children's/Educational | Nominated | |
2014 | Best Vocal Ensemble in a Television Series — Children's/Educational | Nominated | ||
2015 | Nominated | |||
2015 | Best Male Vocal Performance in a Television Series — Children's/Educational | Nominated | ||
2018 | Best Vocal Ensemble in a New Television Series | DuckTales | Nominated | |
2018 | Won |
Daisy Duck is an American cartoon character created by the Walt Disney Company. She is an anthropomorphic white duck that has large eyelashes and ruffled tail feathers around her lowest region to suggest a skirt. She is often seen wearing a hair bow, blouse and heeled shoes. The girlfriend of Donald Duck, Daisy was introduced in the short film Mr. Duck Steps Out (1940) and was incorporated into Donald's comic stories several months later. Carl Barks, the screenwriter and lead storyboard artist for the film, was inspired by the 1937 short, Don Donald, that featured a Latin character named Donna Duck, to revive the concept of a female counterpart for Donald.
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Goofy is a cartoon character created by the Walt Disney Company. He is a tall, anthropomorphic dog who typically wears a turtle neck and vest, with pants, shoes, white gloves, and a tall hat originally designed as a rumpled fedora. Goofy is a close friend of Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck, and is Max Goof's father. He is normally characterized as hopelessly clumsy and dim-witted, yet this interpretation is not always definitive; occasionally, Goofy is shown as intuitive and clever, albeit in his own unique, eccentric way.
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Quack Pack is an American animated sitcom produced by Walt Disney Television Animation, featuring Donald Duck and his nephews Huey, Dewey, and Louie. The show debuted on September 3, 1996 as a part of the "Disney Afternoon" programming block, following the success of Goof Troop, and ran for one season with 39 episodes.
Mickey's Christmas Carol is a 1983 American animated Christmas fantasy featurette directed and produced by Burny Mattinson. The cartoon is an adaptation of Charles Dickens's 1843 novella A Christmas Carol, and stars Scrooge McDuck as Ebenezer Scrooge. Many other Disney characters, primarily from the Mickey Mouse universe, as well as Jiminy Cricket from Pinocchio (1940), and characters from The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949) and Robin Hood (1973), were cast throughout the film. The featurette was produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by Buena Vista Distribution on December 16, 1983, with the re-issue of The Rescuers (1977). In the United States, it was first aired on television on NBC, on December 10, 1984.
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse is an American animated interactive television series for preschoolers. Produced by Disney Television Animation, the series was created by Disney veteran Bobs Gannaway. The series originally aired 125 episodes from May 5, 2006, to November 6, 2016, on the Disney Channel's preschool block, Playhouse Disney, making it the longest-running original series to air on the block. It received positive reviews from critics.
Mickey's House of Villains is a 2002 American direct-to-video animated comedy-horror film produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. It is based on the animated television series House of Mouse, and serves as a stand-alone sequel to the direct-to-video animated film Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse, starring Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Minnie Mouse, Goofy, Daisy Duck, and Disney Villains that appeared in past Disney productions. It was released on both VHS and DVD by Walt Disney Home Entertainment on September 3, 2002.
Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse is a 2001 animated direct-to-video Christmas comedy fantasy crossover film produced by Walt Disney Television Animation, with the animation production being done at Toon City Animation in Manila, Philippines. It is the first of two direct-to-video films spin off from the Disney Channel animated television series House of Mouse, the other being Mickey's House of Villains. The events of the film take place during the second season of House of Mouse.
Donald Duck's 50th Birthday is a television special broadcast on The Magical World of Disney on November 13, 1984 on CBS. As the title suggests, it was produced to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Donald Duck character, who first appeared in the Walt Disney short The Wise Little Hen in 1934.
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The Spirit of Mickey is an American animated direct-to-video anthology film, produced and released by Walt Disney Home Video on July 14, 1998. It features clips from The Mickey Mouse Club, The Wonderful World of Disney, and A Goofy Movie, in the introductory scene, and some of the namesake character's shorts, including The Band Concert, Lend a Paw, Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip and Steamboat Willie.
Donald's Crime is a 1945 American animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures. The cartoon, which parodies film noir crime dramas of the time, follows Donald Duck as he struggles with guilt after stealing $1.25 from his nephews. The film was directed by Jack King and features original music by Edward H. Plumb. The voice cast includes Clarence Nash as Donald, Huey, Dewey, and Louie, Ruth Clifford as Daisy Duck, and Harry E. Lang as the off-stage voice of Donald's conscience. This was Blondell's first performance as Daisy and marks the debut of the character's "normal" voice. Previously in Mr. Duck Steps Out, Daisy had been voiced by Nash using a voice similar to Donald's.
Mickey's PhilharMagic is a 4D film attraction found at several Disney theme parks around the world, including Magic Kingdom theme park at the Walt Disney World Resort, Hong Kong Disneyland, Tokyo Disneyland, Disneyland Park (Paris), and Disney California Adventure. The film was directed by George Scribner, who also directed Disney's 1988 animated film Oliver & Company. Mickey's PhilharMagic is a 12-minute-long show featuring 3D effects, scents, and water, as well as a number of characters from Disney movies. It is shown on the largest purpose-built 3D screen ever made, at 150 feet wide.
Moving Day is a 1936 American animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by United Artists. The cartoon, set during the contemporary Great Depression, follows the antics of Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Goofy as they frantically pack their belongings after being dispossessed from their home. The film was directed by Ben Sharpsteen and includes the voices of Walt Disney as Mickey, Clarence Nash as Donald, Pinto Colvig as Goofy, and Billy Bletcher as Sheriff Pete. It was the 85th Mickey Mouse short to be released, and the eighth of that year.
The Dognapper is a 1934 animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by United Artists. The cartoon stars Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck as police officers who chase Pegleg Pete after he dognaps Fifi, Minnie Mouse's pet Pekingese. The film was directed by David Hand and features the voices of Clarence Nash as Mickey and Donald. Pinto Colvig as Pete and Melvin J. Gibby as Fifi. It was the 70th Mickey Mouse short film to be released, and the eighth of that year. This was the first and only time that Mickey was voiced by Nash; Walt was in Europe at the time and was unavailable to record his lines for Mickey, thus, Nash took over.
The Fox Hunt is a 1938 animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures. The film stars Donald Duck and Goofy on a traditional English fox hunt. Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Horace Horsecollar, and Clara Cluck also make brief cameos. The film was directed by Ben Sharpsteen and features the voices of Clarence Nash as Donald and Pinto Colvig as Goofy.
Soup's On is a 1948 Donald Duck animated short film directed by Jack Hannah, produced in Technicolor by Walt Disney Productions and released to theaters by RKO Radio Pictures.
Donald's Dream Voice is a 1948 American animated short film featuring Donald Duck, the film was directed by Jack Hannah and produced by Walt Disney. In the short film, no one understands a word that salesman Donald says, so he takes voice pills to improve his speech.
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