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Maurice LaMarche
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Maurice LaMarche

Age
55
Birthday
Mar. 30th, 1958
Born in
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height
6'

Maurice LaMarche's Main TV Roles

Show Character(s)
Futurama TV Show
Futurama
Pinky and the Brain TV Show
Pinky and the Brain
Animaniacs TV Show
Animaniacs
Tiny Toon Adventures TV Show
Tiny Toon Adventures
Tripping the Rift (CA) TV Show
Tripping the Rift (CA)
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law TV Show
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius TV Show
The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
House of Mouse TV Show
House of Mouse
The Real Ghostbusters TV Show
The Real Ghostbusters
Taz-Mania TV Show
Taz-Mania
The Incredible Hulk TV Show
The Incredible Hulk
The Looney Tunes Show (2011) TV Show
The Looney Tunes Show (2011)
Dennis the Menace TV Show
Dennis the Menace
Catscratch TV Show
Catscratch
Sonic Underground TV Show
Sonic Underground
The Little Mermaid TV Show
The Little Mermaid
My Gym Partner's a Monkey TV Show
My Gym Partner's a Monkey
The Critic TV Show
The Critic
Extreme Ghostbusters TV Show
Extreme Ghostbusters
Tak and the Power of JuJu TV Show
Tak and the Power of JuJu
The Beany and Cecil Show TV Show
The Beany and Cecil Show
Slimer! And the Real Ghostbusters TV Show
Slimer! And the Real Ghostbusters
Mickey Mouse Works TV Show
Mickey Mouse Works
Popples TV Show
Popples
Sabrina's Secret Life TV Show
Sabrina's Secret Life
Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain TV Show
Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain
The Plucky Duck Show TV Show
The Plucky Duck Show
Gravedale High TV Show
Gravedale High
Popeye and Son TV Show
Popeye and Son
Space Goofs TV Show
Space Goofs
Captain Simian & The Space Monkeys TV Show
Captain Simian & The Space Monkeys
Sexiest TV Show
Sexiest
The Chimp Channel TV Show
The Chimp Channel
The Adventures of Hyperman TV Show
The Adventures of Hyperman
The Wacky World Of Tex Avery TV Show
The Wacky World Of Tex Avery
Gadget and the Gadgetinis TV Show
Gadget and the Gadgetinis
 

Main Movie Roles

2007 - The Comebacks
2006 - Tekkon kinkurîto
2006 - Barnyard
2004 - Team America: World Police
2002 - Hey Arnold! The Movie
1997 - As Good As It Gets
1996 - Space Jam
1996 - All Dogs Go to Heaven 2
1994 - Ed Wood
1992 - Cool World
1983 - Rock & Rule

Guest TV Roles

Show Name
Characters Played
Ep Count
Dr. Vanderveen (Voiced)
34
Chief Quimby (Voiced)
21
Master Fung (Voiced)
19
Various
17
Father (Voiced)
16
Verminous Skumm (Voiced)
16
Leonard (Voiced)
13
Garbage Man (Voiced)
11
The Brain (Voiced)
10
TV Announcer
9
[Complete List]



BIOGRAPHY:

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TRIVIA:
  • Comes from a TV background. His father, Guy LaMarche, was a local TV newscaster, first in 1961 in Timmins, Ontario, Canada, then in from 1962 to 1963 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. During the senior LaMarche's short tenure at the Ottawa TV station, his fellow on-camera newscasters were a young Peter Jennings and Alex Trebek. Forty years later, in 2003, Maurice LaMarche was part of an answer on Trebek's game show, Jeopardy, when the question was, "What is The Brain?". Trebek and Maurice LaMarche have never met.
  • Went to elementary school with 'Mike Myers (I)' (qv) in Toronto, Canada. Although they were four grades apart, they both have brothers named Paul who were best friends and in the same class in their fourth grade year.
  • Went to high school with 'Howie Mandel (I)' (qv) for a year, and even though they would become close friends as adults, they never met during the entire time they were in school together.
  • His most famous character, "The Brain," from the Emmy-winning _"Pinky and the Brain" (1995)_ (qv), is a take-off on actor 'Orson Welles' (qv) (the inspiration for his impression came from a recording of Orson ranting during the taping of a British frozen peas commercial).
  • Voted "Most Likely to Be Someone Else" by his Toronto high school classmates. Only the third person in history, and the second in the last 50 years, to be the official voice of Popeye. Voices Toucan Sam, Fruit Loops' animated spokes-bird.
  • Dubbed the voice of 'Orson Welles' (qv) (played by 'Vincent D'Onofrio' (qv)) in the film _Ed Wood (1994)_ (qv), but was not credited.
  • Has played 'Orson Welles' (qv) three times, and arguably a forth time. The Brain's voice was based on 'Orson Welles' (qv). He voiced 'Orson Welles' (qv) on an episode of _"The Critic" (1994)_ (qv), in which Welles reads the video will of Jay's parents, and he provided his voice in _Ed Wood (1994)_ (qv). He portrayed Welles again in a segment on The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror XVII in 2006. He also provided voices for the _"Transformers" (1984)_ (qv) series, the film of which was Welles' last performance.
  • Voice of Egon Spengler in _"The Real Ghost Busters" (1986)_ (qv), which he reprised for _"Extreme Ghostbusters" (1997)_ (qv) in the late 1990s. He claims that the producers asked him not to impersonate 'Harold Ramis' (qv) (the live action Egon of the films), but he did so anyway and got the job. He and 'Frank Welker' were the only two Ghostbuster voice actors to stay with the series throughout its entire run ('Arsenio Hall' (qv) and the late 'Lorenzo Music' were replaced by 'Buster Jones' (qv) and 'Dave Coulier' (qv), respectively).


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