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Charles Martinet
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Charles Martinet (born September 17, 1955, in San Jose, California) is a voice actor, best known for providing the voice of Mario, the star of Nintendo's flagship video game franchise. He also voices Luigi, Wario, Waluigi, and Toadsworth, all from the same series.

Contents
1 Audition for Mario
2 Trade shows
3 Video games
4 Filmography
5 Video Games
6 References
6.1 External links

[edit] Audition for Mario
Charles Martinet was told by his friend that there was going to be an audition for a trade show in which you "talk to people as a plumber". He went to the audition at the last minute as the casting directors were already putting away their equipment. Charles Martinet walked in and said "Can I please read for this?". The directors let him audition and explained "You're a plumber from Brooklyn". At first Martinet planned to talk like a stereotypical Italian-American with a rather raspy voice. But then thought to himself that it would be too harsh for little children to hear. So he made it a little more soft hearted and friendly resulting in what Mario's voice is today. Martinet has also stated that he kept on talking with his Mario voice until the audition tape ran out.[1]

[edit] Trade shows
Working for Nintendo since 1990, Martinet started voicing Mario at video game trade shows in which attendees would walk up to a TV screen displaying a 3-D Mario head that moved around the screen and talked. This system was called "Mario in Real-Time," or "MIRT." Martinet could see the attendees by means of a hidden camera setup, and a facial motion capture rig recorded his mouth movements in order to synchronise Martinet's mouth movement with the on-screen Mario mouth movement. This digital puppetry, with Martinet's comic performance, was a novelty at the time.

[edit] Video games
Martinet's video game voiceover debut was as Mario in the 1995 Windows release of Interplay's game Mario's FUNdamentals. However, most were first exposed to Mario's voice in the landmark 1996 game Super Mario 64. He has voiced Mario, Luigi, Wario, Waluigi, Toadsworth, Baby Mario, and Baby Luigi in most games wherein these characters speak. He also voiced the enemies Wart, Mouser, Tryclyde, and Clawgrip in Super Mario Advance. His voice work appears in the English and Japanese-language versions of the games.

Martinet also provided voiceover acting for the boxers and the announcer in the Super NES title Super Punch-Out!!. He also voiced the character Vigoro in Sega's Dreamcast and GameCube RPG, Skies of Arcadia. He is also the voice of Homunculus in the Konami PlayStation 2 game Shadow of Destiny, and provided voices for Reader Rabbit and The ClueFinders games.

Martinet has also worked as a voice actor in commercials, cartoons, and promotions. At the E3 trade show in 2005, Charles (as an Animal Crossing character) could be found roaming the virtual village featured in the playable demo of Animal Crossing: Wild World. Martinet also did Mario's voice as the voice announcer for Pac-Man Vs. on the GameCube.

Other than Mario, Charles has done work for the video game Cel Damage as the voice of Fowl Mouth.

Martinet has also done the primary voice work in several educational game series such as Leap Frog.

During E3, 2006, Martinet appeared on a human height LCD screen doing the Mario voices, this can be seen on Gamespot's coverage of the Wii at E3.

On August 18, 2006, Martinet appeared as a guest celebrity at Nintendo Power's annual event, Camp Hyrule.

On September 15, 2006, Martinet made a public appearance at the Game Store at Oxford Street, London.

On March 9, 2007, Martinet appeared as a guest at the Video Games Live Concert in San Francisco, California, USA (alongside with Koji Kondo and Shigeru Miyamoto), entering on stage using his trademark Mario and Luigi voices.

[edit] Filmography
The Californians (2005) .... City Councilman
NYPD Blue .... Court Officer (1 episode, 2003)
ER .... Eddy (1 episode, 2002)
Air America .... David Dixon (1 episode, 1998)
Sheer Passion (1998) .... Lou
A Thousand Men and a Baby (1997) (TV) .... Seattle cab driver
The Game (1997) .... Nicholas' Father
Death in Granada (1997) .... Gravedigger
Nash Bridges .... Hermsdorf (1 episode, 1996)
Nine Months (1995) .... Arnie
Compromising Situations .... Sal (1 episode, 1995)
Criminal Hearts (1995) (as Charles Martinez) .... Juan
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure (1993) .... Pilot B
Reasonable Doubts .... Bartender (1 episode, 1992)
The Last of His Tribe (1992) (TV) .... Assistant Museum Director
Mom (1990) .... Mr. Hernandez
Matlock .... Bo Edmunds (1 episode, 1989)
Midnight Caller .... Mark Heller (1 episode, 1989)
Harry in the Dead Pool (1988) .... Police Station Reporter #1
Hard Traveling (1986) .... Dist. Atty. Cobb
Brotherhood of Justice (1986) (TV) .... Deputy

[edit] Video Games
Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008) (VG) .... Mario, Wario, Luigi
World in Conflict (2007) (VG) (voice)
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (2007) (VG) .... Mario, Luigi, Wario
Mario Party 8 (2007) (VG) .... Mario, Luigi, Wario, Waluigi, MC Ballyhoo
Mario Strikers Charged (2007) (VG) .... Mario, Luigi, Wario, Waluigi
Super Paper Mario (2007) (VG) .... Mario, Luigi
Wario Ware Smooth Moves (2007) (VG) .... Wario
New Super Mario Bros. (2006) (VG) (voice) .... Mario, Luigi
Super Princess Peach (2006) (VG) (voice) .... Mario
Super Mario Strikers (2005) (VG) .... Mario, Luigi, Wario, Waluigi
Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time (2005) (VG) .... Mario, Luigi, Baby Mario, Baby Luigi
Mario Kart Arcade GP (2005) (VG) .... Mario, Luigi, Wario, Waluigi
Mario Kart DS (2005) (VG) (voice)
SSX on Tour (2005) (VG) .... Mario, Luigi
Mario Superstar Baseball (2005) (VG) .... Mario, Luigi, Baby Mario, Baby Luigi, Wario, Waluigi, Toadsworth
Wario Ware Twisted (2005) (VG) .... Wario
Yoshi Touch & Go (2005) (VG) (voice) .... Baby Mario, Baby Luigi
Super Mario 64 DS (2004) (VG) .... Mario/Luigi/Wario
Mario Power Tennis (2004) (VG) .... Mario, Luigi, Wario, Waluigi
Mario Pinball Land (2004) (VG) .... Mario
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004) (VG) .... Mario
Mario vs. Donkey Kong (2004) (VG) .... Mario
Mario Golf: Advance Tour (2004) (VG) (voice)
Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga (2003) (VG) .... Mario, Luigi
Mario Party 5 (2003) (VG) .... Mario/Luigi/Wario/Waluigi
Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (2003) (VG) .... Mario, Luigi, Wario, Waluigi, Baby Mario, Baby Luigi
WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$! (2003) (VG) .... Wario
Gladius (2003) (VG) (voice) .... Additional Voices
Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour (2003) (VG) .... Mario, Luigi, Wario, Waluigi
WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! (2003) (VG) .... Wario
Shinobi (2002) (VG) .... Voice
Mario Party 4 (2002) (VG) .... Mario, Luigi, Wario, Waluigi
Super Mario Sunshine (2002) (VG) .... Mario, Toadsworth
Star Wars: Jedi Knight II - Jedi Outcast (2002) (VG) .... Bespin guard 2/Civilian Male/Imperial Officer 2/Rebel Shock *Troop 3 .... Voice
JSRF: Jet Set Radio Future (2002) (VG) .... Gouji Rokkak
Wario World (2002) (VG) .... Wario
Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 (2001) (VG) .... Mario, Luigi
Cel Damage (2001) (VG) .... Various
Super Smash Bros. Melee (2001) (VG) .... Mario/Luigi/Dr. Mario
Mad Dash Racing (2001) (VG)
Luigi's Mansion (2001) (VG) .... Luigi\Mario
Forever Kingdom (2001) (VG) .... Darsul
Super Mario Advance (2001) (VG) .... Mario/Luigi/Wart/Clawgrip/Tryclyde/Mouser
Wario Land 4 (2001) (VG) .... Wario
Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds (2001) (VG) .... 2-1B, AT-AT driver/OOM-9
Shadow of Destiny (2001) (VG) .... Homunculus
Mario Party 3 (2000) (VG) .... Mario, Luigi, Wario, Waluigi
Skies of Arcadia Legends (2000) (VG) .... Vigoro
Mario Tennis (2000) (VG) (voice) .... Mario/Luigi/Wario/Waluigi
Mario Party 2 (1999) (VG) (voice) .... Mario, Luigi, Wario
Slave Zero (1999) (VG) .... Old One, Sangonar
Carmen Sandiego's Great Chase Through Time (1999) (VG) .... William Shakespeare/Ludwig van Beethoven
Mario Golf (1999) (VG) .... Mario/Luigi/Wario
Super Smash Bros. (1999) (VG) (as Charles Martinee) .... Mario/Luigi
Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance (1999) (VG) .... Adm. Holtz
Rising Zan: The Samurai Gunman (1999) (VG) .... Master Suzuki
Mario Party (1998) (VG) .... Mario, Luigi, Wario
Mario Kart 64 (1996) (VG) .... Mario/Luigi/Wario
Super Mario 64 (1996) (VG) .... Mario
Solar Eclipse (1995) (VG) .... Spinner
Space Quest VI: The Spinal Frontier (1995) (VG) .... Pa Conshohocken/Ray Trace/PiTooie
Charles Martinet
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search
Charles Martinet (born September 17, 1955, in San Jose, California) is a voice actor, best known for providing the voice of Mario, the star of Nintendo's flagship video game franchise. He also voices Luigi, Wario, Waluigi, and Toadsworth, all from the same series.

Contents
1 Audition for Mario
2 Trade shows
3 Video games
4 Filmography
5 Video Games
6 References
6.1 External links

[edit] Audition for Mario
Charles Martinet was told by his friend that there was going to be an audition for a trade show in which you "talk to people as a plumber". He went to the audition at the last minute as the casting directors were already putting away their equipment. Charles Martinet walked in and said "Can I please read for this?". The directors let him audition and explained "You're a plumber from Brooklyn". At first Martinet planned to talk like a stereotypical Italian-American with a rather raspy voice. But then thought to himself that it would be too harsh for little children to hear. So he made it a little more soft hearted and friendly resulting in what Mario's voice is today. Martinet has also stated that he kept on talking with his Mario voice until the audition tape ran out.[1]

[edit] Trade shows
Working for Nintendo since 1990, Martinet started voicing Mario at video game trade shows in which attendees would walk up to a TV screen displaying a 3-D Mario head that moved around the screen and talked. This system was called "Mario in Real-Time," or "MIRT." Martinet could see the attendees by means of a hidden camera setup, and a facial motion capture rig recorded his mouth movements in order to synchronise Martinet's mouth movement with the on-screen Mario mouth movement. This digital puppetry, with Martinet's comic performance, was a novelty at the time.

[edit] Video games
Martinet's video game voiceover debut was as Mario in the 1995 Windows release of Interplay's game Mario's FUNdamentals. However, most were first exposed to Mario's voice in the landmark 1996 game Super Mario 64. He has voiced Mario, Luigi, Wario, Waluigi, Toadsworth, Baby Mario, and Baby Luigi in most games wherein these characters speak. He also voiced the enemies Wart, Mouser, Tryclyde, and Clawgrip in Super Mario Advance. His voice work appears in the English and Japanese-language versions of the games.

Martinet also provided voiceover acting for the boxers and the announcer in the Super NES title Super Punch-Out!!. He also voiced the character Vigoro in Sega's Dreamcast and GameCube RPG, Skies of Arcadia. He is also the voice of Homunculus in the Konami PlayStation 2 game Shadow of Destiny, and provided voices for Reader Rabbit and The ClueFinders games.

Martinet has also worked as a voice actor in commercials, cartoons, and promotions. At the E3 trade show in 2005, Charles (as an Animal Crossing character) could be found roaming the virtual village featured in the playable demo of Animal Crossing: Wild World. Martinet also did Mario's voice as the voice announcer for Pac-Man Vs. on the GameCube.

Other than Mario, Charles has done work for the video game Cel Damage as the voice of Fowl Mouth.

Martinet has also done the primary voice work in several educational game series such as Leap Frog.

During E3, 2006, Martinet appeared on a human height LCD screen doing the Mario voices, this can be seen on Gamespot's coverage of the Wii at E3.

On August 18, 2006, Martinet appeared as a guest celebrity at Nintendo Power's annual event, Camp Hyrule.

On September 15, 2006, Martinet made a public appearance at the Game Store at Oxford Street, London.

On March 9, 2007, Martinet appeared as a guest at the Video Games Live Concert in San Francisco, California, USA (alongside with Koji Kondo and Shigeru Miyamoto), entering on stage using his trademark Mario and Luigi voices.

[edit] Filmography
The Californians (2005) .... City Councilman
NYPD Blue .... Court Officer (1 episode, 2003)
ER .... Eddy (1 episode, 2002)
Air America .... David Dixon (1 episode, 1998)
Sheer Passion (1998) .... Lou
A Thousand Men and a Baby (1997) (TV) .... Seattle cab driver
The Game (1997) .... Nicholas' Father
Death in Granada (1997) .... Gravedigger
Nash Bridges .... Hermsdorf (1 episode, 1996)
Nine Months (1995) .... Arnie
Compromising Situations .... Sal (1 episode, 1995)
Criminal Hearts (1995) (as Charles Martinez) .... Juan
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure (1993) .... Pilot B
Reasonable Doubts .... Bartender (1 episode, 1992)
The Last of His Tribe (1992) (TV) .... Assistant Museum Director
Mom (1990) .... Mr. Hernandez
Matlock .... Bo Edmunds (1 episode, 1989)
Midnight Caller .... Mark Heller (1 episode, 1989)
Harry in the Dead Pool (1988) .... Police Station Reporter #1
Hard Traveling (1986) .... Dist. Atty. Cobb
Brotherhood of Justice (1986) (TV) .... Deputy

[edit] Video Games
Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008) (VG) .... Mario, Wario, Luigi
World in Conflict (2007) (VG) (voice)
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (2007) (VG) .... Mario, Luigi, Wario
Mario Party 8 (2007) (VG) .... Mario, Luigi, Wario, Waluigi, MC Ballyhoo
Mario Strikers Charged (2007) (VG) .... Mario, Luigi, Wario, Waluigi
Super Paper Mario (2007) (VG) .... Mario, Luigi
Wario Ware Smooth Moves (2007) (VG) .... Wario
New Super Mario Bros. (2006) (VG) (voice) .... Mario, Luigi
Super Princess Peach (2006) (VG) (voice) .... Mario
Super Mario Strikers (2005) (VG) .... Mario, Luigi, Wario, Waluigi
Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time (2005) (VG) .... Mario, Luigi, Baby Mario, Baby Luigi
Mario Kart Arcade GP (2005) (VG) .... Mario, Luigi, Wario, Waluigi
Mario Kart DS (2005) (VG) (voice)
SSX on Tour (2005) (VG) .... Mario, Luigi
Mario Superstar Baseball (2005) (VG) .... Mario, Luigi, Baby Mario, Baby Luigi, Wario, Waluigi, Toadsworth
Wario Ware Twisted (2005) (VG) .... Wario
Yoshi Touch & Go (2005) (VG) (voice) .... Baby Mario, Baby Luigi
Super Mario 64 DS (2004) (VG) .... Mario/Luigi/Wario
Mario Power Tennis (2004) (VG) .... Mario, Luigi, Wario, Waluigi
Mario Pinball Land (2004) (VG) .... Mario
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004) (VG) .... Mario
Mario vs. Donkey Kong (2004) (VG) .... Mario
Mario Golf: Advance Tour (2004) (VG) (voice)
Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga (2003) (VG) .... Mario, Luigi
Mario Party 5 (2003) (VG) .... Mario/Luigi/Wario/Waluigi
Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (2003) (VG) .... Mario, Luigi, Wario, Waluigi, Baby Mario, Baby Luigi
WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$! (2003) (VG) .... Wario
Gladius (2003) (VG) (voice) .... Additional Voices
Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour (2003) (VG) .... Mario, Luigi, Wario, Waluigi
WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! (2003) (VG) .... Wario
Shinobi (2002) (VG) .... Voice
Mario Party 4 (2002) (VG) .... Mario, Luigi, Wario, Waluigi
Super Mario Sunshine (2002) (VG) .... Mario, Toadsworth
Star Wars: Jedi Knight II - Jedi Outcast (2002) (VG) .... Bespin guard 2/Civilian Male/Imperial Officer 2/Rebel Shock *Troop 3 .... Voice
JSRF: Jet Set Radio Future (2002) (VG) .... Gouji Rokkak
Wario World (2002) (VG) .... Wario
Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 (2001) (VG) .... Mario, Luigi
Cel Damage (2001) (VG) .... Various
Super Smash Bros. Melee (2001) (VG) .... Mario/Luigi/Dr. Mario
Mad Dash Racing (2001) (VG)
Luigi's Mansion (2001) (VG) .... Luigi\Mario
Forever Kingdom (2001) (VG) .... Darsul
Super Mario Advance (2001) (VG) .... Mario/Luigi/Wart/Clawgrip/Tryclyde/Mouser
Wario Land 4 (2001) (VG) .... Wario
Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds (2001) (VG) .... 2-1B, AT-AT driver/OOM-9
Shadow of Destiny (2001) (VG) .... Homunculus
Mario Party 3 (2000) (VG) .... Mario, Luigi, Wario, Waluigi
Skies of Arcadia Legends (2000) (VG) .... Vigoro
Mario Tennis (2000) (VG) (voice) .... Mario/Luigi/Wario/Waluigi
Mario Party 2 (1999) (VG) (voice) .... Mario, Luigi, Wario
Slave Zero (1999) (VG) .... Old One, Sangonar
Carmen Sandiego's Great Chase Through Time (1999) (VG) .... William Shakespeare/Ludwig van Beethoven
Mario Golf (1999) (VG) .... Mario/Luigi/Wario
Super Smash Bros. (1999) (VG) (as Charles Martinee) .... Mario/Luigi
Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance (1999) (VG) .... Adm. Holtz
Rising Zan: The Samurai Gunman (1999) (VG) .... Master Suzuki
Mario Party (1998) (VG) .... Mario, Luigi, Wario
Mario Kart 64 (1996) (VG) .... Mario/Luigi/Wario
Super Mario 64 (1996) (VG) .... Mario
Solar Eclipse (1995) (VG) .... Spinner
Space Quest VI: The Spinal Frontier (1995) (VG) .... Pa Conshohocken/Ray Trace/PiTooie