Maurice LaMarche

Maurice LaMarche (2010)

Maurice LaMarche (born March 30, 1958 in Toronto ) is a Canadian voice actor and stand-up comedian . He gained international fame through his synchronization of Kif Kroker in the animated series Futurama , for which he won the Emmy for best speaker twice in a row.

Life

Maurice LaMarche was born in Toronto , Ontario and soon after moved his family to Timmins . It wasn't until the end of his high school days that the cartoon-crazy teenager discovered his comic talent at a school party when he was performing a skit for the best.

At 19, he tried his hand at an open mic event in New York City for the first time . Other Canadian comedians advised him not to try any further.

Three years later, LaMarche moved to Los Angeles nonetheless and continued to try his hand at stand-up. LaMarche performed in the United States for the next five years and had initial successes. He performed with Merv Griffin and An Evening At The Improv . In 1985 he recorded on the HBO production Rodney Dangerfield Hosts the 9th Annual Young Comedians Special , with Bob Saget , Rita Rudner , Louie Anderson , Yakov Smirnoff and Sam Kinison (who made his debut).

LaMarche has opened events and concerts by Rodney Dangerfield , George Carlin , Howie Mandel , David Sanborn and Donna Summer , mostly in Las Vegas and Atlantic City .

On March 9, 1987, LaMarche's father was murdered by one of his best friends. The killer shot LaMarche's father in a hotel lobby in Toronto in front of dozens of witnesses. LaMarche subsequently suffered from depression and alcoholism . In 1989, after rehab, he started a comeback as a stand-up. But just as he was starting to be successful again, his 18-year-old sister died in a car accident. After this stroke of fate, he ended his stand-up career.

After 1989 he tried himself as a voice actor . He had his first roles in Dennis , Popeye, Son and Co. and The Real Ghostbusters . The latter was his breakthrough and from then on he dubbed well-known series such as Tiny Toon Adventure , GI Joe: A Real American Hero , Attack of the Killer Tomatoes , Ariel, the Mermaid and Bonkers, the cunning lynx of Hollywood . In 1993 he took on one of his most famous roles: the intelligent super mouse The Brain from the Animaniacs series . He also appeared in the spin-off Pinky and the Brain as well as Pinky, Elmyra and the Brain . He won an Annie Award and was nominated for an Emmy for his dubbing of The Brain .

This was followed by The Critic , in which he dubbed no fewer than 29 characters in one episode. It was followed by Freakazoid! and The Tick before he acted again as Egon in Extreme Ghostbusters . Another recurring role was Mortimer Mouse in New Mickey Mouse Stories and Mickey's Clubhouse .

In 1999 he started as Kif Kroker and Calculon in the series Futurama and also dubbed The Simpsons , including an Orson Welles parody.

Maurice LaMarche won the Emmy twice in a row in the category Outstanding Voice-Over Performance in 2011 and 2012 .

Filmography

• 1985: Inspector Gadget as Chief Quimby
• 1986: The Real Ghostbusters as Egon Spengler
• 1986: Transformers as Six-Gun
• 1986: Dennis as George Wilson and Henry Mitchell
• 1987: Popeye, son and Co. as Popeye
• 1989: GI Joe: A Real American Hero (various roles)
• 1990: Captain Planet as Verminous Skumm
• 1990: Tiny Toon Adventures as Dizzy Devil, Orsen Whales and Yosemite Sam
• 1990: Captain Balu and his daring crew as General Patton
• 1990: Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: The Animated Series as Zoltan, Ketchuck and Tomato Guy
• 1991: Tazmania as Hugh Tasmanian Devil and Daffy Duck
• 1991: Felix the cat as a grandfather
• 1992: Cool World as a narrator, mash, pub host and Dr. Vincent "Vegas Vinnie" Whiskers
• 1993: Animaniacs as Brain, Spartacus, Bob Hope , Squit and Wakko (burp)
• 1993: Bonkers, the cunning lynx of Hollywood as Mr. Blackenblue, March Hare, Smarts and Tuttle Turtle
• 1994: The Tick as Human Ton & Handy, Pigleg, Mr. Smartypants and Various other characters
• 1994: The Critic as Jeremy Hawke, Orson Welles and Additional Voices
• 1994: Ed Wood as Orson Welles only voice
• 1995: Freakazoid! Longhorn, Dan and Captain "K"
• 1995: Sylvester and Tweety as Yosemite Sam and others
• 1995: Pinky and the Brain as Brain
• 1996: Space Jam as Pepe Le Pew
• 1996: Dexter's laboratory as Simion
• 1996: Rocko's modern life as a Conglomo Lizard
• 1996: Hey Arnold! as Big Bob Pataki and others
• 1997: Extreme Ghostbusters as Egon Spengler
• 1999: New Mickey Mouse Stories as Mortimer Mouse and Professor Ratigan
• 1999: Sonic Underground as Sleet, SWATbots and Athair
• 1999: Simsalabim Sabrina (various roles)
• 1999–2003, 2008–2013: Futurama as Kif Kroker, Calculon and others
• 2000: The Adventures of Santa Claus (The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus)
• 2001: Gadget and the Gadgetinis as Lt. Gadget
• 2001: Baby Felix & Friends as Master Cylinder
• 2001: Mickey's Clubhouse as Mortimer Mouse and Professor Ratigan
• 2002–2004: Teamo Supremo as Baron Blitz
• 2002: Code name Kids next door as father
• 2003: 101 Dalmatians part 2 - On small paws to a big star! as Horace
• 2004: Team America: World Police as Alec Baldwin
• 2004: Micky, Donald, Goofy - The three musketeers as one of the tank crackers
• 2005: Tripping the Rift as Gus
• 2005: Katzenkratz as Hovis
• 2005: Pom Poko as a narrator
• 2006: Tak and the power of juju as chief
• 2006: Generation Ninja as Mr. No, Naginata, Kubo Utamaro, Zumichito and Daisuke Togakame
• 2006: Tekkon Kinkreet as Fujimura
• 2006: The crazy farm as Igg
• 2006: The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror XVII as Orson Welles
• 2007: Futurama: Bender's Big Score as Kif Kroker, Morbo, Calculon, Lrrr and others
• 2008: Futurama: Bender's Game (various roles)
• 2008: Guild Wars: Eye of the North as Vekk, Lork (computer game)
• 2008: Dead Space: Downfall as White and Bavaro
• 2008: Futurama: The Era of the Tentacle as Kif Kroker and others
• 2009: Futurama: Leela and the Encyclopedias as Kif Kroker and others
• 2011: Pound Puppies as Jean Luc Glaciaire
• since 2011: The Looney Tunes Show as Yosemite Sam
• since 2011: Mission Scooby-Doo as Vincent Van Ghoul
• 2011: Batman: Arkham City as Mr. Freeze and Calendar Man (computer game)
• 2012: Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance as Panzerknacker (computer game)
• 2012: The penguins from Madagascar (various roles)
• 2012: Ralph is enough as a tapper
• 2012: Robot Chicken as Brain and Ricky Recycle Bin
• since 2012: The Ultimate Spider-Man (TV series) as Victor from Doom / Doctor Doom
• since 2012: Transformers: Rescue Bots as Chief Charlie Burns and others
• 2013: The Fantastic World of Gumball as William
• 2013: Avengers Assemble as Doctor Doom
• 2013: Hulk and the Agents of SMASH as Doctor Doom
• 2013: The Ice Queen - Completely unabashed as King of Arendelle
• since 2013: Rick and Morty (TV series, voice)
• 2017: Hey Arnold! The jungle movie (voice)
• since 2018: Disenchantment (TV series, voice)

Web links

• Maurice LaMarche in theInternet Movie Database(English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Interview with Quick Stop Entertainment (5th question) ( Memento of the original from June 30, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Interview with Quick Stop Entertainment (8th question) ( Memento of the original dated June 30, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.   
2. ↑ Ken Plume: Interview with Quick Stop Entertainment (18th question) . Quickstopentertainment.com. Archived from the original on June 30, 2012. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 26, 2010. 
3. ↑ Ken Plume: Interview with Quick Stop Entertainment (questions 19-21) . Quickstopentertainment.com. Archived from the original on June 30, 2012. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 26, 2010. 
4. ↑ Ken Plume: Interview with Quick Stop Entertainment (40th question) . Quickstopentertainment.com. Archived from the original on June 30, 2012. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 26, 2010. 
5. ↑ Ken Plume: Interview with Quick Stop Entertainment (Questions 42-43) . Quickstopentertainment.com. Archived from the original on June 30, 2012. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 26, 2010. 
6. ↑ Ken Plume: Interview with Quick Stop Entertainment (45th question) . Quickstopentertainment.com. Archived from the original on June 30, 2012. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 26, 2010. 
7. ↑ Ken Plume: Interview with Quick Stop Entertainment (43rd question) . Quickstopentertainment.com. Archived from the original on June 30, 2012. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 26, 2010. 
8. ↑ ^{a b} Ken Plume: Interview with Quick Stop Entertainment (51st question) . Quickstopentertainment.com. Archived from the original on June 30, 2012. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 26, 2010. 
9. ↑ Maurice LaMarche at behindthevoiceactors.com, accessed on May 9, 2015.
10. ↑ Interview with Quick Stop Entertainment (4th page, 19th question) . Quickstopentertainment.com. Archived from the original on October 16, 2007. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 26, 2010. 
11. ↑ Biography. Emmy , accessed December 1, 2013 .