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Emily O'Brien

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{{Short description|British actress}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Emily O'Brien
| image = * Emily O'Brien * 2008 Daytime Emmy Awards.jpg
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| caption = O'Brien at the 2008 [[Daytime Emmy Awards]]
| birth_name = Emily O'Brien
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| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 2003–present
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[[File:Pernicious movie people.jpg|thumb|upright=1.35|Emily O'Brien, right, with people from the 2015 film ''[[Pernicious]]''.]]
'''Emily Roya O'Brien''' is an English actress and writer who is known for her role of [[Jana Hawkes|Jana Hawkes Fisher]] on ''[[The Young and the Restless]]'' from 2006 to 2011. She voiced The Woman in the ''[[Love, Death & Robots]]'' episode "The Witness", which won a [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation]]. She went on to voice Eve in the ''Love, Death & Robots'' episode "Pop Squad", part of the second season. She also portrayed Julia in the 2014 film ''[[Pernicious (2014 film)|Pernicious]]'' and provided the voices of Camille and Samira in ''[[League of Legends]]'', and Y'shtola in ''[[Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn]]''. Emily also voiced [[Gamora]] in ''[[Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series]]'' and Special Agent Iman Avesta in ''[[Batman: The Enemy Within]]''. In 2018, she became part of the main cast of the animated film ''Dagon Troll World Chronicles''. She also voiced Amelie and young Bridget Strand in the 2019 game ''[[Death Stranding]]''. In 2020, O'Brien joined the cast of ''[[Days of Our Lives]]'' and currently portrays the character [[Gwen Rizczech]], the daughter of [[Jack Deveraux]] ([[Matthew Ashford]]) on the daytime drama.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Thomas |first=Michael |title=Emily O'Brien's First Days of Our Lives Airdate Revealed! |url=https://www.soapoperanews.net/2020/05/emily-obriens-first-days-of-our-lives.html |access-date=22 June 2020 |archive-date=23 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200623073657/https://www.soapoperanews.net/2020/05/emily-obriens-first-days-of-our-lives.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> In October 2023, O'Brien took over the role of [[Theresa Donovan]], the daughter of [[Shane Donovan]] ([[Charles Shaughnessy]]) and [[Kimberly Brady]] ([[Patsy Pease]]).

==Life and career==
Emily O'Brien was in plays at [[Carlsbad High School (Carlsbad, California)|Carlsbad High School]], where she graduated in 2003, and at [[MiraCosta College]], where she completed a theater major in 2005. In 2005, she graduated with a degree in theater from Mira Costa College.

She was named a finalist in the [[Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival]]’s Irene Ryan Acting Competition in 2005, where she was pitted against several hundred students from colleges and universities across the country. She attended Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, England and wrote, produced and directed her first project ''Beatrice'' in 2011 which won best film at BIFF.

She portrayed [[Jana Hawkes|Jana Hawkes Fisher]] in ''[[The Young and the Restless]]''. O'Brien was nominated for three [[Daytime Emmy Awards]] for her performance in ''The Young and the Restless''. She portrayed the role again in November 2008, when a parody of the show was the theme of the 1st showcase on ''[[The Price Is Right (U.S. game show)|The Price Is Right]]''. O'Brien portrayed the role initially on a recurring status from 11 May to 5 September 2006,<ref name="TV.com 2006-05-11">{{Cite web |title=The Young and the Restless: Ep. #8386 |url=http://www.tv.com/shows/the-young-and-restless/ep-8386-758892/ |website=TV.com |access-date=25 December 2020 |archive-date=4 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200704055214/http://www.tv.com/shows/the-young-and-restless/ep-8386-758892/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> and then on contract from 10 October 2006 to 20 February 2007,<ref name="TV.com 2007-02-20">{{Cite web |title=The Young and the Restless: Ep. #8583 |url=http://www.tv.com/shows/the-young-and-restless/ep-8583-983328/ |website=TV.com |access-date=25 December 2020 |archive-date=3 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200703081128/http://www.tv.com/shows/the-young-and-restless/ep-8583-983328/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> when the character disappeared from the canvas temporarily until her return on 15 June 2007.<ref name="TV.com 2007-06-15">{{Cite web |title=The Young and the Restless: Ep. #8664 |url=http://www.tv.com/shows/the-young-and-restless/ep-8664-1095027/ |website=TV.com |access-date=25 December 2020 |archive-date=4 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200704033438/http://www.tv.com/shows/the-young-and-restless/ep-8664-1095027/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> O'Brien earned two [[Daytime Emmy Award]] nominations for [[Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series|Outstanding Younger Actress]] in 2008 and 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kroll |first=Dan J. |date=30 April 2008 |title=2008 Daytime Emmys - Nominations |url=http://soapcentral.com/emmys/news/2008/0430-emmy_noms.php |access-date=19 August 2012 |publisher=SoapCentral}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kroll |first=Dan J. |date=14 May 2009 |title=AMC tops all Emmy tallies, DAYS has a big showing |url=http://soapcentral.com/emmys/news/2009/0514-emmy_noms.php |access-date=19 August 2012 |publisher=SoapCentral}}</ref> In March 2011, news broke that O'Brien had been let go from ''The Young and the Restless'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kroll |first=Dan J. |date=22 March 2011 |title=Emily O'Brien let go from Y&R |url=http://soapcentral.com/yr/news/2011/0322-obrien.php |access-date=19 August 2012 |publisher=SoapCentral}}</ref> with her final airdate on 6 May 2011. Prior to her dismissal, O'Brien was pre-nominated for another Daytime Emmy in the same category.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kroll |first=Dan J. |date=26 February 2010 |title=2010 Daytime Emmys - Pre-Nominations Announced |url=http://soapcentral.com/soapcentral/news/2010/0226-emmy_prenoms.php |access-date=19 February 2012 |publisher=SoapCentral}}</ref>

O’Brien is in much demand as a voice actor, and provided the voices of Y'Shtola in ''[[Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn]]'', Camille in ''[[League Of Legends]]'', [[Faris Scherwiz]] in ''[[World of Final Fantasy]]'', and [[List of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory characters#Veruca Salt|Veruca Salt]] in ''[[Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory]]''.<ref name="btva">{{Cite web |title=Faris Scherwiz Voice - Final Fantasy franchise |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/characters/Final-Fantasy/Faris-Scherwiz/ |access-date=June 5, 2019 |website=behindthevoiceactors.com}}</ref>

Emily then portrayed Julia in the 2014 [[supernatural horror film]] ''[[Pernicious]]'', directed by [[James Cullen Bressack]].<ref name="Film in Thailand October 2013">{{Cite web |title=Production: Pernicious |url=http://www.films.in.th/fit/FITOct2013.pdf |website=Film in Thailand |publisher=[[Thailand Film Office]]}}</ref>

She also voiced [[Gamora]] in the [[Telltale Games|Telltale]] video game, ''[[Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Yin-Poole |first=Wesley |date=10 March 2017 |title=Nolan North is Rocket in Telltale's Guardians of the Galaxy game |newspaper=Eurogamer.net |url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-03-10-nolan-north-is-rocket-in-telltales-guardians-of-the-galaxy-game}}</ref> She voiced Special Agent Iman Avesta in ''[[Batman: The Enemy Within]]'', a fan of [[Batman]].<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |date=3 July 2017 |title=Catching Up With Emily O'Brien |url=https://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/catching-emily-obrien/}}</ref> O'Brien is partially deaf, and teared up having to voice a scene where Avesta can be rendered deaf by the [[Riddler]].

In 2018, she briefly played Jillian Marshall in the [[Focus on the Family]] radio program ''[[Adventures in Odyssey]]''. That same year, she provided the voice of Renee Chandler in the [[CW Seed]] animated series ''[[Constantine: City of Demons]]''.<ref name="BCrecap">{{Cite web |last=Wickline |first=Dan |date=24 March 2018 |title=Constantine: City of Demons Recap and Review |url=https://www.bleedingcool.com/2018/03/24/constantine-city-demons-recap-review/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180324215901/https://www.bleedingcool.com/2018/03/24/constantine-city-demons-recap-review/ |archive-date=24 March 2018 |access-date=24 March 2018 |publisher=[[Bleeding Cool]] |df=mdy-all}}</ref> She also appeared as the suspicious Portia in the thriller ''Dangerous Matrimony'', then signed on to play the voice of Ruth the human mother and wife of the Ambassador of Earth in the upcoming dark fantasy motion comic [http://magnusgov.wixsite.com/home Dagon Troll World Chronicles] that is set to be released in 2021. She reprised the role of Gamora in ''[[Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order]]''.

O'Brien appeared in [[Hideo Kojima]]'s 2019 game ''[[Death Stranding]]''<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bell |first=Brian |date=22 February 2018 |title=Troy Baker, Emily O'Brien Join Cast of Hideo Kojima's Death Stranding |work=[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]] |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2018/02/troy-baker-emily-obrien-join-cast-of-hideo-kojimas.html |access-date=15 March 2018}}</ref> as the voices of Bridget and the young Amelie Strand, characters using the likeness of [[Lindsay Wagner]]. She has several projects in hand that are currently in post-production, like ''Vampire Dad'', ''Iris'', and ''Beautifully Flawed''.

In May 2020, it was announced that O'Brien had joined the cast of ''[[Days of Our Lives]]'' in the role of [[Gwen Rizczech]]. She made her first appearance on 1 June of the same year.<ref>{{Cite web |author-link=Soap Opera Digest |date=27 May 2020 |title=Exclusive! Emily O'Brien to ''DAYS'' |url=https://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/exclusive-emily-obrien-to-days/ |access-date=27 May 2020 |website=[[Soap Opera Digest]] |publisher=[[American Media, Inc.]] |location=United States}}</ref>

On October 2, 2023, it was announced she would assume the role of [[Theresa Donovan]] on ''Days of Our Lives''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Fairman |first=Michael |author-link=Michael Fairman (journalist) |title=Emily O' Brien Confirmed as Theresa Donovan Replacement on ''Days of our Lives'' |url=https://michaelfairmantv.com/emily-o-brien-theresa-donovan-replacement-days-of-our-lives/2023/10/02/ |website=[[Michael Fairman TV]] |access-date=October 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231003063545/https://michaelfairmantv.com/emily-o-brien-theresa-donovan-replacement-days-of-our-lives/2023/10/02/ |archive-date=October 3, 2023 |location=United States |date=October 3, 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In November 2024, it was announced O'Brien would return to play Theresa in March 2025, before reprising her role as Gwen Rizczech in July 2025 on ''[[Days of Our Lives]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Emily O'Brien Brings Theresa and Gwen Back to DAYS |url=https://soapoperadaily.com/days-of-our-lives-comings-and-goingsemily-obrien-returns/ |website=SoapOperaDaily.com}}</ref>

==Filmography==
===Film===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Role
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2006 || ''Séance'' || Girl ||
|-
| ''Coma'' || Nurse || Video short
|-
| 2010 || ''New Glasses'' || || Short film
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2011 || ''Matchup'' || His Sweetheart || Short film
|-
| ''Beatrice'' || Beatrice || Short film; also writer and producer
|-
| 2012 || ''SuperWannabeHeroes'' || Super Sally || Short film
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2014 || ''Edgar Allan Poe's the Cask'' || || Short film
|-
| ''[[Pernicious (2014 film)|Pernicious]]'' || Julia ||
|-
| ''The Janus Project Preview'' || Lexi || Short film
|-
| ''On the Run'' || Amy || Short film
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2016 || ''Restoration'' || Rebecca Jordan ||
|-
| ''Honey Jar: Chase for the Gold'' || Ann Jordan ||
|-
| ''[[The Bad Batch (film)|The Bad Batch]]'' || Dream Girl ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2017 || ''The Bigfoot Project'' || Jamie Kerrigan ||
|-
| ''[[Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory]]'' || [[Veruca Salt (character)|Veruca Salt]] (voice) || Direct-to-video<ref name="btva2">{{cite web |title=Emily O'Brien (visual voices guide) |url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Emily-OBrien/ |access-date=May 19, 2025 |publisher=Behind The Voice Actors}} A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.</ref>
|-
| rowspan="5" | 2018 || ''Get Married or Die'' || Sandi ||
|-
| ''Too Close'' || The Girl || Short film
|-
| ''Vampire Dad'' || Natasha ||
|-
| ''Dangerous Matrimony '' || Portia ||
|-
| ''[[Constantine: City of Demons|Constantine: City of Demons – The Movie]]'' || Renee Chandler (voice) ||<ref name="btva2" />
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2019 || ''Iris'' || Iris || Short film
|-
| ''Dagon Troll World Chronicles'' || Ruth ||
|-
| ''The Cloud'' || Margerie ||
|-
| 2021 || ''[[Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms]]'' || [[Jade (Mortal Kombat)|Jade]], Lin Kang (voice) || Direct-to-video<ref name="btva2" />
|-
| 2022 || ''[[The Sea Beast (2022 film)|The Sea Beast]]'' || Villagers (voice) ||<ref name="btva2" />
|-
| 2023 || ''[[Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham (film)|Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham]]'' || [[Talia al Ghul]], [[Martha Wayne]] (voice) || Direct-to-video<ref>{{cite web |last=Couch |first=Aaron |date=6 December 2022 |title='Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham' Sets Voice Cast (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/batman-the-doom-that-came-to-gotham-cast-1235275547/ |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref><ref name="btva2" />
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Role
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
! scope="row"| 2006
| ''[[What About Brian]]''
| Girl at Club
| Episode: "Two in Twenty-Four"
|-
! scope="row"| 2006–2011
| ''[[The Young and the Restless]]''
| [[Jana Hawkes]]
| Series regular
|-
! scope="row"| 2016
| ''Rock in a Hard Place''
| Young Debbie
| Unknown episodes
|-
! scope="row"| 2017
| ''[[One Day at a Time (2017 TV series)|One Day at a Time]]''
| VO Operator
| Episode: "Hold, Please"
|-
! scope="row"| 2018–2019
| ''[[Constantine: City of Demons]]''
| Renee Chandler (voice)
| 2 episodes; web series<ref name="btva2" />
|-
! scope="row"| 2019–2025
| ''[[Love, Death & Robots]]''
| Eve, The Woman, Rose (voice)
| 3 episodes<ref name="btva2" />
|-
! scope="row"| 2019
| ''Beautifully Flawed''
| Susan
| Television film
|-
! scope="row"| 2020–present
| ''[[Days of Our Lives]]''
| [[Gwen Rizczech]], [[Theresa Donovan]]
| Regular role
|-
! scope="row"| 2024
| ''[[Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft]]''
| Young Agent, Passenger #2 (voice)
| Episode: "Whanaungatanga"<ref name="btva2" />
|}

===Video games===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Role
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 2013 || ''[[Final Fantasy XIV|Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn]]'' || Y'shtola || English dub<ref name="btva2" />
|-
| 2014 || ''[[Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor]]'' || Eryn ||
|-
| 2015 || ''[[The Order: 1886]]'' || Additional voices ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2016 || ''[[World of Final Fantasy]]'' || [[Faris Scherwiz]] || English dub<ref name="btva2" />
|-
| ''[[League Of Legends]]'' || Camille, Samira ||<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=842513903338713088 |user=emilyXObrien |title=Only in this world can I have blade legs}}</ref>
|-
| 2017 || ''[[Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series]]'' || [[Gamora]] ||<ref name="btva2" />
|-
| 2017–2018 || ''[[Batman: The Enemy Within]]'' || Iman Avesta, Bartender, Agency Female #3||<ref name="btva2" />
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2017 || ''Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul'' || The Witch ||
|-
| ''[[Dishonored: Death of the Outsider]]'' || Rats Whispers ||<ref name="btva2" />
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2018 || ''[[God of War (2018 video game)|God of War]]'' || Additional voices ||
|-
| ''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops 4]]'' || Additional voices ||
|-
| ''[[Thief of Thieves]]'' || Taraneh Jamshidi ||
|-
| rowspan="6" | 2019 || ''[[The Elder Scrolls Online]]'' || Khamira, additional voices ||
|-
| ''[[Days Gone]]'' || Additional voices ||
|-
| ''[[Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order]]'' || Gamora ||
|-
| ''[[Indivisible (video game)|Indivisible]]'' || Mary ||<ref name="btva2" />
|-
| ''[[Death Stranding]]'' || Amelie, young Bridget || [[Lindsay Wagner]] as model<ref name="btva2" />
|-
| ''[[Apex Legends]]'' || Additional voices ||
|-
| 2020 || ''[[Tell Me Why (video game)|Tell Me Why]]'' || Mary-Ann Ronan ||<ref name="btva2" />
|-
| 2021 || ''[[Nier Reincarnation]]'' || Mama || <ref name="btva2" />
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2022 || ''[[Saints Row (2022 video game)|Saints Row]]'' || Player Voice 6 ||
|-
| ''[[Gotham Knights (video game)|Gotham Knights]]'' || [[Talia al Ghul]] ||<ref name="btva2" />
|-
| ''[[God of War Ragnarök]]'' || [[Verðandi]]||<ref name="btva2" />
|-
| ''[[Marvel's Midnight Suns]]'' || [[Scarlet Witch]] ||<ref name="btva2" />
|-
| 2023 || ''[[Starfield (video game)|Starfield]]'' || Sarah Morgan ||<ref name="btva2" />
|-
| 2024 || ''[[Dead by Daylight]]'' || [[Lara Croft]] ||
|}

===Other===
* 2009: She is featured as the test subject in a [[TED talk]] about recreating human faces in digital, photo-realistic quality.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Debevec |first=Paul |title=Animating a photo-real digital face |url=http://www.ted.com/talks/paul_debevec_animates_a_photo_real_digital_face.html |access-date=March 30, 2017}}</ref>
* 2016: She voiced Scout Three in ''Rogue One: Recon A Star Wars 360 Experience''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 November 2016 |title=ILMxLAB's Mark Miller on Rogue One: Recon and Putting Fans in X-wings |url=https://www.starwars.com/news/ilmxlabs-mark-miller-on-rogue-one-recon-and-putting-fans-in-x-wings |website=StarWars.com}}</ref>
* 2018: She briefly played Jillian Marshall on ''[[Adventures in Odyssey]]''.
* 2024: O'Brien voiced [[Wonder Woman]] in the web series ''DC Heroes United''.<ref name="btva2" />

==Awards==
*ACTF Irene Ryans Theater festival Finalist and 2006 Nominee (2005)
*CHS Film Festival: Best Actress of 2003 Best Film ([[Pleasant Dreams]]) of 2003 (2003)
*DTASC Shakespeare Festival : 3rd place award for Othello (2003)
*BEST FEST San Diego Film Festival (2003) 3rd place award for Pleasant Dreams
*Team Power Award Don't Drink the Water from the city of Carlsbad (2002)
*Daytime Emmy Award Nomination: Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series (2008 Nominee)
*Daytime Emmy Award Nomination: Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series (2009 Nominee)
*Daytime Emmy Award Nomination: Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series (2011 Nominee)

== References ==
<references />

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|id=1386659|name=Emily O'Brien}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170606015442/http://gl.ict.usc.edu/Research/DigitalEmily/ The Digital Emily Project: Achieving a Photoreal Digital Actor]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070928193623/http://www.todayslocalnews.com/index.php?sect=tln&p=2540 Today’s Local News » Restless no more - Emily O'Brien]
* [http://www.tv.com/emily-obrien Emily O'Brien]{{Dead link|date=March 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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D3: The Mighty Ducks

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{{Short description|1996 film by Robert Lieberman}}
{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox film
| name = D3: The Mighty Ducks
| image = Dthree the mighty ducks.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Robert Lieberman]]
| producer = [[Jordan Kerner]] [[Jon Avnet]]
| screenplay = {{plainlist|
* [[Steven Brill (filmmaker)|Steven Brill]]
* Jim Burnstein
}}
| based_on = {{based on|Characters|Steven Brill}}
| story = {{plainlist|
* [[Kenneth Johnson (filmmaker)|Kenneth Johnson]]
* Jim Burnstein
}}
| starring = {{Plainlist|
* [[Emilio Estevez]]
* [[Jeffrey Nordling]]
* Heidi Kling
* [[Joss Ackland]]}}
| music = [[J. A. C. Redford]]
| cinematography = [[David Hennings]]
| editing = [[Patrick Lussier]]
| studio = [[Walt Disney Pictures]] Avnet-Kerner Productions
| distributor = [[Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures|Buena Vista Pictures Distribution]]
| released = {{Film date|1996|10|4}}
| gross = $22.9 million<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl4249781761/weekend/ |title=D3: The Mighty Ducks (1996) |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=4 April 2024}}</ref>
| runtime = 104 minutes
| language = English
| country = United States
}}
'''''D3: The Mighty Ducks''''' (also known as '''''The Mighty Ducks 3''''') is a 1996 American [[list of sports films|sports]] [[Comedy drama|comedy-drama film]] directed by [[Robert Lieberman]] and sequel to the 1994 film ''[[D2: The Mighty Ducks]]''. It is the third and final installment in [[The Mighty Ducks (franchise)|''The Mighty Ducks'' trilogy]] and was produced by [[Walt Disney Pictures]] and distributed by [[Buena Vista Pictures Distribution]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://time.com/mighty-ducks/ |title=The 'Mighty Ducks' Trilogy: An Oral History |website=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=2014-06-09 |access-date=2016-10-18}}</ref> The film stars [[Emilio Estevez]], [[Jeffrey Nordling]], Heidi Kling, and [[Joss Ackland]]. Estevez, Kling, Ackland, [[Joshua Jackson]], [[Elden Henson]], [[Shaun Weiss]], [[Matt Doherty (actor)|Matt Doherty]], [[Garette Ratliff Henson]], [[Marguerite Moreau]], [[Vincent Larusso]], [[Aaron Lohr]], [[Ty O'Neal]], [[Kenan Thompson]], [[Mike Vitar]], [[Colombe Jacobsen]], and Justin Wong reprise their roles from the previous films in the series with [[Scott Whyte]], who played Gunnar in the second film, returning in a different role. [[Brandon Adams (actor)|Brandon Adams]] who played Jesse Hall in the first two films was the only one who did not return for the third installment.

==Plot==
After their victory at the Junior Goodwill Games, youth ice-hockey team The Mighty Ducks and their captain Charlie Conway are awarded junior varsity hockey scholarships to Eden Hall Academy, a prestigious [[Minneapolis]]-area prep school that Coach Bombay attended. Charlie struggles with his transition from childhood to adolescence; he's outraged at Bombay, who is leaving the Ducks to take a job with the Junior Goodwill Games. In addition, Dean Portman and Jesse Hall have not accepted the scholarships, and thus will not be joining the team. Bombay informs Charlie prior to the start of classes that the team will be in good hands under the coaching of former NHL player Ted Orion.

The Ducks' start at the school begins unfavorably. The team faces new challenges, including bullying from the championship-winning Varsity team, the Warriors. Coach Orion is much sterner than Bombay, and insists on learning a new "two-way hockey" defensive style that abandons several Duck traditions and old in-game "trick" plays. These changes lead to Charlie and Orion butting heads, and Orion later strips Charlie of his team captaincy. The team loses Adam Banks when he qualifies to play for Varsity. The Ducks struggle in their opening game of the season, giving up a large lead to the other school. Later, Varsity challenges the Ducks to an unsanctioned early morning match to settle their differences; the Ducks are decisively routed. Witnessing this, Orion revokes the Ducks jerseys, declaring "The Ducks are dead". This causes Charlie and Fulton to quit the team, the former planning return to public school and seek a hockey career, but the latter backs out due to disinterest in continuing hockey.

Charlie's acting out alienates him from his mother, teammates, and an ailing Hans. Hans suddenly dies, and Bombay comes to Charlie's house the day after the funeral to take him back to Eden Hall. He tells Charlie that Orion's career with the [[Minnesota North Stars]] ended when the team moved to Dallas and he stayed to care for his [[Paraplegia|paraplegic]] daughter. Bombay tells Charlie the background story on [[The Mighty Ducks (film)|how he first came to coach the Ducks]] and says he told Orion that Charlie was the heart and soul of the team, and he hoped that both Orion and Charlie would learn something from each other. Emotionally touched by his words and feeling remorse over his behavior towards Orion and his fellow Ducks (including Fulton, who decided to play it by ear regarding hockey and rejoin), Charlie agrees to rejoin the team.

Arriving at the team bus for the next game, Charlie tells Orion he wants to play "two-way hockey". Surprised but pleased, Coach Orion welcomes him back. Before they depart, Dean Buckley, the school's headmaster, informs the team that its board of trustees wants to revoke the Ducks' scholarships and offers Orion a chance to start anew with a team of his choice. Satisfied with the team, Orion balks at the news, threatening resignation. At a board meeting the following day, Bombay, who was a practicing lawyer before coaching the Ducks, acts as the Ducks' attorney and fights successfully for their case, threatening the board with an injunction and promising to win the resulting lawsuit if the board expels the Ducks. The board reluctantly reinstates the Duck's scholarships due to Bombay putting them in a no-win situation. Banks subsequently returns to the Ducks.

Following Charlie's lead, the team starts following Orion's two-way strategy, and prior to the JV-Varsity game, Orion brings back the Duck jerseys, giving the team a renewed vigor. Throughout the game, the Varsity dominates on offense. However, the Ducks play good defense and manage to keep the game scoreless after two periods. During the second intermission, Dean Portman returns to the team, giving them a much-needed spark. Late in the game, the Ducks get two penalties and must play 5-vs.-3. With seconds left in the match, Charlie gets a breakaway and beats all the defensemen and goalie; he passes the puck back to Goldberg, now a defenseman, who scores into a wide-open net as time expires, securing a 1–0 victory for the Ducks.

Following the victory, Charlie embraces Orion and spots Bombay in the crowds, and they both look across the rink to a newly presented Eden Hall banner with the Ducks' logo. Bombay then departs the rink with a smile amid a sea of cheering fans.

==Cast==
{{castlist|
* [[Emilio Estevez]] as Gordon Bombay (Coach)
* [[Jeffrey Nordling]] as Coach Ted Orion (Eden Hall Warriors Coach for the Ducks)
* [[David Selby]] as Dean Buckley (Eden Hall Warriors Dean)
* Heidi Kling as Casey Conway (Charlie Conway's Mom)
* [[Joss Ackland]] as Hans (Gordon Bombay's friend and Sponsor)
* [[Joshua Jackson]] as Charlie Conway #96 (Player and 2nd Coach in Mighty Ducks 2)
* [[Elden Henson|Elden Ryan Ratliff]] as Fulton Reed #44 (1st Bash Brother and Player)
* [[Shaun Weiss]] as Greg "The Goalie" Goldberg #33 (The Goalie)
* [[Vincent Larusso|Vincent A. Larusso]] as Adam Banks #99 (The Top Mighty Ducks Player)
* [[Matt Doherty (actor)|Matt Doherty]] as Lester Averman #4 (Mighty Ducks Player)
* [[Garette Ratliff Henson]] as Guy Germaine #00 (Mighty Ducks Player)
* [[Marguerite Moreau]] as Connie Moreau #18 (Mighty Ducks Player)
* [[Michael Cudlitz]] as Cole (Eden Hall Warriors Player and Bully)
* Christopher Orr as Rick Riley (Eden Hall Warriors Player and Bully)
* [[Aaron Lohr]] as Dean Portman #21 (Bash Brother 2 and Player)
* [[Ty O'Neal]] as Dwayne Robertson #7 (Mighty Ducks Player)
* [[Kenan Thompson]] as Russ Tyler #56 (Mighty Ducks Player)
* [[Mike Vitar]] as Luis Mendoza #22 (Mighty Ducks Player)
* [[Colombe Jacobsen]] as Julie "The Cat" Gaffney #6 (The Goalie)
* Justin Wong as Ken Wu #16 (Mighty Ducks Player)
* [[Scott Whyte]] as Scott "Scooter" Holland (Eden Hall Warriors Player)
* Margot Finley as Linda (Charlie Conway's love interest)
* [[Benjamin Salisbury]] as Josh, the sports announcer (Announcer)
}}

[[Paul Kariya]], then-captain of the [[Anaheim Ducks|Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (now Anaheim Ducks)]] when the film was released, makes a cameo appearance during the second intermission of the Ducks/Varsity Warriors game. The film's co-writer Steven Brill was an attendant at an arcade.

==Production==
The third movie was originally going to be darker in tone, with the main antagonists written to be Bulgarians.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2141498-25-things-you-never-knew-about-the-mighty-ducks-trilogy|title=25 Things You Never Knew About the Mighty Ducks Trilogy|first=Amber|last=Lee|website=Bleacher Report|access-date=26 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=November 23, 2018 |title=In 'D3: The Mighty Ducks,' Team Iceland Nearly Got Redemption |url=https://www.wbur.org/onlyagame/2018/11/23/mighty-ducks-team-iceland-bulgaria |access-date=26 June 2019 |website=Wbur.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Soclof |first=Adam |date=June 11, 2014 |title='Mighty Ducks' nearly fought anti-Semites |url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/mighty-ducks-nearly-fought-anti-semites/ |access-date=26 June 2019 |website=Timesofisrael.com}}</ref> [[Brandon Quintin Adams|Brandon Adams]], who portrayed the character of Jesse Hall in the previous films, is the only actor to not reprise his role as a Duck. His absence in the film is explained as his character having moved away. Jesse appeared in the original script for the third film, but with minimal lines and screen time compared to the first two films.<ref>{{cite web |last=Burnstein |first=Jim |date=March 27, 1995 |title=d3-the-mighty-ducks-1996.pdf |url=https://www.scriptslug.com/assets/scripts/d3-the-mighty-ducks-1996.pdf |access-date=June 25, 2023 |website=Script Slug}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=April 2022}}

Parts of the movie were filmed at [[Carleton College]] in [[Northfield, Minnesota]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Filming 'Mighty Ducks 3' {{!}} Carleton College Archives |url=https://archivedb.carleton.edu/?p=digitallibrary/digitalcontent&id=84666 |access-date=2022-05-26 |website=archivedb.carleton.edu |archive-date=2022-08-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810012219/https://archivedb.carleton.edu/?p=digitallibrary/digitalcontent&id=84666 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Reception==

===Box office===
The movie debuted at No. 4 in the box office<ref>{{cite news |date=October 8, 1996 |title=Weekend Box Office |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-10-08-ca-51781-story.html |access-date=2011-01-01 |work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> and ended up grossing $22,936,273 in the US. It is the lowest-grossing film of the trilogy.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mighty Ducks Franchise Box Office History |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Mighty-Ducks |access-date= |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]}}</ref>

===Critical response===
Like its predecessors, the film received negative reviews, and holds a 20% rating based on 15 reviews with an average rating of 3.8/10 on review aggregate [[Rotten Tomatoes]].<ref>{{cite web |title=D3: The Mighty Ducks (1996) |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/d3_the_mighty_ducks |access-date=26 June 2019 |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]}}</ref>

John Anderson of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' called the film "a self-reverential salute to Ducks" while also saying that the film was "lazier" than its predecessors.<ref>{{cite news |last=Anderson |first=John |date=October 4, 1996 |title=Third Time's Not the Charm for 'Ducks' |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-10-04-ca-50168-story.html |access-date=2010-10-09 |work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> [[Roger Ebert]] of the ''[[Chicago Sun Times|Chicago Sun-Times]]'' described the film as predictable, saying that the "third version [is] more or less the same story: Evil, petty, vindictive, mean-spirited, cheating, lying snobs try to stop them, but the Ducks, after first dealing with cockiness, infighting, pride, anger and a new coach, redeem themselves in the big match."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ebert |first=Roger |date=October 4, 1996 |title=D3: The Mighty Ducks movie review (1996) |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/d3-the-mighty-ducks-1996 |access-date=2024-04-03 |website=RogerEbert.com |language=en}}</ref> Peter Stack of the ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'' said the film "struggles for laughs. Even its familiar, heavily orchestrated showdown-on-ice between the Ducks and a rude rival is little more than a tedious rehash of puckish mayhem".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Stack |first=Peter |date=October 4, 1996 |title='Ducks' Formula Frozen / Tedium prevails in hockey sequel |url=https://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Ducks-Formula-Frozen-Tedium-prevails-in-2964061.php |access-date=2024-04-03 |work=San Francisco Chronicle |language=en}}</ref>

==Home media==
The film was released on VHS on January 21, 1997, on DVD on September 2, 2002 and on Blu-ray as a Disney Movie Club exclusive on May 23, 2017. It was also released on the [[Disney+]] streaming platform on September 4, 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Watch D3: The Mighty Ducks | Full Movie |url=https://www.disneyplus.com/movies/d3-the-mighty-ducks/60MKBZyPVXSC |website=[[Disney+]]}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of films about ice hockey]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Wikiquote}}
* {{Official website|http://movies.disney.com/d3-the-mighty-ducks}}
* {{IMDb title|0116000}}
* {{Rotten-tomatoes|d3_the_mighty_ducks}}
* {{mojo title|d3themightyducks}}
* [https://www.scriptslug.com/assets/scripts/d3-the-mighty-ducks-1996.pdf ''D3: The Mighty Ducks'' Original screenplay] by Jim Burnstein

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D2: The Mighty Ducks

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{{Infobox film
| name = D2: The Mighty Ducks
| image = D two the mighty ducks.jpg
| alt = Two ice-hockey players head to head, both blowing bubblegum.
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Sam Weisman]]
| producer = [[Jon Avnet]] [[Jordan Kerner]]
| writer = [[Steven Brill (director)|Steven Brill]]
| based_on = {{based on|Characters|Steven Brill}}
| starring = {{Plainlist|
* [[Emilio Estevez]]
* [[Michael Tucker (actor)|Michael Tucker]]
* [[Jan Rubeš]]
* [[Kathryn Erbe]]
}}
| music = [[J. A. C. Redford]]
| cinematography = [[Mark Irwin]]
| editing = [[John F. Link]] Eric Sears
| studio = [[Walt Disney Pictures]] Avnet-Kerner Productions
| distributor = [[Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures|Buena Vista Pictures Distribution]]
| released = {{Film date|1994|3|25}}
| runtime = 106 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
| gross = $45.6 million<ref name="mojo">{{cite web |title=D2: The Mighty Ducks |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=d2.htm |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] }}</ref>
}}

'''''D2: The Mighty Ducks''''' (also known as '''''The Mighty Ducks 2''''') is a 1994 American family [[list of sports films|sports]] [[Comedy drama|comedy-drama film]] directed by [[Sam Weisman]]. It is the second installment in [[The Mighty Ducks (franchise)|''The Mighty Ducks'' trilogy]], and a sequel to the 1992 film ''[[The Mighty Ducks (film)|The Mighty Ducks]]'' produced by [[Walt Disney Pictures]], [[Jordan Kerner|The Kerner Entertainment Company]] and Avnet–Kerner Productions. [[Emilio Estevez]], [[Joshua Jackson]], [[Elden Henson]], [[Shaun Weiss]], [[Brandon Adams (actor)|Brandon Adams]], [[Matt Doherty (actor)|Matt Doherty]], [[Garette Ratliff Henson]], [[Marguerite Moreau]], [[Vincent Larusso]], [[Brock Pierce]], Robert Hall, and [[Bob Miller (sports announcer)|Bob Miller]] reprise their roles in the film with [[Michael Tucker (actor)|Michael Tucker]], [[Jan Rubeš]] and [[Kathryn Erbe]] joining the cast. It was followed by the final film of the series, ''[[D3: The Mighty Ducks]]'', in 1996.

==Plot==
Former [[Minor ice hockey|Pee-Wee hockey]] coach Gordon Bombay is a star in the minor leagues, expected to reach the [[National Hockey League]]. However, a career-ending knee injury brings him back to the Blukeville{{efn|A fictitious name for the fifth district created for the trilogy, just like how the Junior Goodwill Games, not to mention the Eden Hall Academy from ''[[D3: The Mighty Ducks]]'' (1996), were fictional.}} district of [[Minneapolis]]. Bombay is offered a chance to coach a team representing the United States in the Junior [[Goodwill Games]] in [[Los Angeles]]. He manages to reunite most of his former Ducks players, including Charlie Conway, Jesse Hall, Lester Averman, Connie Moreau, Guy Germaine, Greg Goldberg, and Adam Banks while the Hawks see the former Ducks rollerblading in the park, and try to enact revenge for their humiliating loss two years earlier. Their plans are foiled by Fulton Reed, who leaves them tied up in their underpants, and joins the other Ducks. Team USA consists of many of the old Ducks, in addition to five new players from across the country, with special talents: Luis Mendoza, from [[Miami]], [[Florida]], a speedster, Dwayne Robertson, from [[Austin, Texas]], an expert puck handler with a cowboy edge, Julie "The Cat" Gaffney, from [[Bangor, Maine]], a championship Goalie, Ken Wu, from [[San Francisco]], [[California]], a junior Olympic figure skater, and Dean Portman, from [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], a tough enforcer. Under Bombay's coaching, the Ducks and their new teammates quickly become unified, and head out to L.A.

In Los Angeles, the lure of celebrity distracts Bombay, who begins to neglect the team for a luxurious lifestyle. The team wins easy victories over [[Trinidad and Tobago]] and [[Italy]] in the double-elimination tournament. Fulton Reed and Dean Portman gain recognition for their [[Enforcer (ice hockey)|enforcer]] skills, and are dubbed the "Bash Brothers". Backup goaltender Julie Gaffney asks Bombay for a chance to play, but is told to wait as goalie Greg Goldberg is on a hot streak.

However, the team suffers an embarrassing 12–1 defeat against [[Iceland]], coached by ex-NHL player Wolf "The Dentist" Stansson. USA plays badly, Dean and Julie are ejected from the game for unsportsmanlike conduct, and star center Adam Banks is slashed in the wrist, after scoring Team USA's only goal. Frustrated, and realizing one more loss will mean elimination, and the end of his celebrity status, Bombay drives his players even harder, but they begin to suffer from complete exhaustion. Realizing the children are too tired to complete their school work or even stay awake in class, the team's tutor Michelle McKay intervenes, cancelling practice and confronting Bombay over his thoughtlessness. Once better rested, the players encounter a street hockey team, led by frequent game attendee Russ Tyler, who teaches them to play like "the real Team USA". Russ impresses the team, with his unique play: the "knucklepuck" – which rotates end over end rather than spinning around its centerline.

Bombay continues to suffer from the pressure until Jan, brother of Bombay's mentor Hans, visits and reminds him of his love for the game. In their match against Germany, Bombay fails to arrive on time, forcing Charlie to tell the referee Michelle is the team's assistant coach. The team struggles, entering the third period tied, until Bombay arrives and apologizes to the team for his behavior. Inspired by the true return of their coach, the players win the game with their signature "Flying V", and advance to the next round.

The renewed Bombay finally realizes Banks' wrist injury and benches him despite his complaints. To fill the open roster spot, Charlie recruits Russ Tyler, with his knucklepuck, which secures USA's victory over Russia, advancing them to the championship game for a rematch against Iceland. On the day of the game, Banks returns, his injury healed, only to find Team USA with a full roster. Knowing the team needs Russ's knucklepuck and Banks' skill against Iceland, Charlie gives up his own spot, cementing his leadership as true team captain. Bombay recruits Charlie to assist in coaching.

In the final game, the physically imposing Iceland initially dominates as the Ducks incur penalties: Ken picks a fight with an opposing player, after scoring a goal, the Bash Brothers fight the entire Iceland bench and Dwayne lassos an opposing player before he can check Connie. An annoyed Bombay observes, "this isn't a hockey game, it's a circus." as the second period ends, with Iceland ahead 4-1.

After a rousing locker room speech from Bombay and new Duck jerseys from Jan, the team emerges rejuvenated. The Ducks tie the game with goals from Connie, Banks, Luis, and finally Russ, who was targeted by Iceland but disguised himself as Goldberg to pull off a successful "knucklepuck". The game is forced to go to a five-shot [[Overtime (ice hockey)|shootout]]. Jesse, Guy, Fulton (with his signature slapshot), and Banks successfully score. With a 4–3 score in favor of the Ducks, Gunnar Stahl, the tournament's leading scorer, is Team Iceland's final shooter. Bombay replaces Goldberg with Julie, who has a faster glove. Gunnar fires a hard [[slapshot]], and Julie falls to the ice. The entire stadium waits in breathless anticipation as she opens her glove and drops the puck, revealing the game-winning save and the Ducks' triumph over Iceland to win the tournament. Despite his disappointment, Stannson congratulates Bombay, and Gunnar congratulates Charlie stating "Good work, Captain Duck."

The team returns to [[Minnesota]], and sing [[Queen (band)|Queen]]'s "[[We Are the Champions]]" around a campfire.

==Cast==
* [[Emilio Estevez]] as Coach Gordon Bombay
** [[Brock Pierce]] as Young Gordon
* [[Michael Tucker (actor)|Michael Tucker]] as Don Tibbles
* [[Jan Rubeš]] as Jan
* [[Kathryn Erbe]] as Michelle McKay
* [[Joshua Jackson]] as Charlie Conway, #96
* [[Elden Henson|Elden Ryan Ratliff]] as Fulton Reed, #44
* [[Shaun Weiss]] as Greg Goldberg, #33
* [[Matt Doherty (actor)|Matt Doherty]] as Lester Averman, #4
* [[Brandon Adams (actor)|Brandon Adams]] as Jesse Hall, #9
* [[Vincent Larusso|Vincent A. Larusso]] as Adam Banks, #99
* [[Marguerite Moreau]] as Connie Moreau, #18
* [[Garette Ratliff Henson]] as Guy Germaine, #00
* [[Aaron Lohr]] as Dean Portman, #21
* [[Ty O'Neal]] as Dwayne Robertson, #7
* [[Kenan Thompson]] as Russ Tyler, #56
* [[Mike Vitar]] as Luis Mendoza, #22
* [[Colombe Jacobsen]] as Julie "The Cat" Gaffney, #6
* Justin Wong as Ken Wu, #16
* [[Carsten Norgaard]] as Coach Wolf "The Dentist" Stansson
* [[Maria Ellingsen]] as Maria
* [[Scott Whyte]] as Gunnar Stahl, #9 of Team Iceland
* [[Vicellous Reon Shannon]] as James Tyler, Russ' Older Brother
* Robert Pall as Gordon's Father
* [[Bob Miller (sports announcer)|Bob Miller]] as Announcer
* [[Nancy Stephens]] as Coliseum Reporter

There are several cameo appearances in ''D2: The Mighty Ducks''. [[Kristi Yamaguchi]], [[Greg Louganis]], [[Kareem Abdul-Jabbar]], [[Cam Neely]], [[Chris Chelios]], [[Luc Robitaille]] and [[Steven Brill (filmmaker)|Steven Brill]] were spectators at the party. [[Wayne Gretzky]], [[Darren Pang]] and [[Mike Emrick]] also made cameo appearances in the film.

===Departures===
Mighty Duck players that were in the first film but not this one:
* Tammy Duncan (Jane Plank; her figure skating skills were replaced with those of Ken Wu)
* Tommy Duncan ([[Danny Tamberelli]])
* Terry Hall ([[Jussie Smollett]], despite the continuation of the character's brother, Jesse)
* Dave Karp ([[Aaron Schwartz (American actor)|Aaron Schwartz]])
* Peter Mark ([[J.D. Daniels]]; his street punk goon image was replaced with those of Dean Portman)
* Phillip Banks (Hal Fort Atkinson III)
* Hans ([[Joss Ackland]]; Bombay's mentor was replaced by his brother, Jan, though Ackland reprises his role in the [[D3: The Mighty Ducks|third film]])

==Production==
''[[The Mighty Ducks (film)|The Mighty Ducks]]'' spawned a sequel and Iceland was chosen instead of Russia as enemies.<ref>{{cite web |date=20 April 2018 |title=How Iceland Became The Mighty Ducks' No. 1 Villain |url=https://www.wbur.org/onlyagame/2018/04/20/mighty-ducks-d2-iceland |access-date=26 June 2019 |website=[[WNYC]]}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite web |last=Dodds |first=Eric |date=9 June 2014 |title=Quack, Quack, Quack: An Oral History of the Mighty Ducks Trilogy |url=https://time.com/mighty-ducks/ |access-date=26 June 2019 |website=[[Time.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Lee |first=Amber |date=28 July 2014 |title=25 Things You Never Knew About the Mighty Ducks Trilogy |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2141498-25-things-you-never-knew-about-the-mighty-ducks-trilogy |access-date=26 June 2019 |website=Bleacher Report}}</ref>

The filming of the final game was the very first event to take place at the then brand new [[Arrowhead Pond]], which attracted approximately 15,000 people. As the filming would span over several days, the production team was aware that the crowd would not be as consistent. To accommodate the dwindling crowd, cardboard stand-ups were brought in and moved around to fill-in shots.<ref name=":0" />

[[Scott Whyte]] originally auditioned for the role of Dean Portman, but the role was given to [[Aaron Lohr]] instead.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thehockeywriters.com/q-scott-whyte-k-gunnar-stahl/|title=Q & A With Scott Whyte a.k.a Gunnar Stahl|author=THW Archives|website= www.hockeywriters.com|date=May 25, 2018|accessdate=June 25, 2025}}</ref>

==Reception==
===Box office===
In its opening weekend, the film grossed $10,356,748 domestically.<ref>{{cite news |last=Fox |first=David J. |date=28 March 1994 |title=Oscar Winners Pick Up at the Box Office |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-04-12-ca-45151-story.html |access-date=24 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Fox |first=David J. |date=12 April 1994 |title=Weekend Box Office: A Good Turnout for Four Weddings |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-03-28-ca-39477-story.html |url-status=live |access-date=24 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328215255/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-04-12-ca-45151-story.html |archive-date=28 March 2019}}</ref> It earned a final domestic box office total gross of $45.6 million.<ref name="mojo" />

===Critical response===
Like its predecessor, the film received negative reviews.<ref>{{cite web |title=D2: The Mighty Ducks |url=https://ew.com/article/2012/08/01/d2-mighty-ducks/ |access-date=26 June 2019 |website=[[EW.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Johnson |first=Malcolm |date=25 March 1994 |title=THIS QUACKED-'DUCKS' SEQUEL IS ALL WET |url=https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-1994-03-25-9403250099-story.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626154240/https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-1994-03-25-9403250099-story.html |archive-date=26 June 2019 |access-date=24 March 2022 |website=[[Hartford Courant]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-03-25-ca-38188-story.html|title=MOVIE REVIEW : 'D2 the Mighty Ducks' Takes On a Mighty Big Challenge : Underdog peewee hockey players take another slap at glory--but slip up in pursuit of the original's success.|date=25 March 1994|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=26 June 2019}}</ref> It has a 20% rating on [[Rotten Tomatoes]] from 15 critics and a 59% rating from audiences, with an average rating of 4.2/10.<ref>[http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/d2_the_mighty_ducks/ "D2: The Mighty Ducks (1994)"]. ''Rottentomatoes.com''. Retrieved 2010-11-03.</ref> [[Desson Thomson|Desson Howe]] of ''[[The Washington Post]]'' wrote: "''D2: The Mighty Ducks'' reaches an extraordinary low – even for a Disney sequel. This unctuous barrage of flag-waving, message-mongering, counterfeit morality, which contains the stalest kiddie-team heroics in recent memory, makes the original, innocuous 'Ducks' look like one of the Great Works."<ref>{{cite news
| last = Howe
| first = Desson
| title = D2: The Mighty Ducks
| newspaper = The Washington Post
| date = 1994-03-25
| url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/d2themightyduckspghowe_a0b044.htm
| access-date = 2009-02-05}}</ref>

Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Home - Cinemascore|url=https://www.cinemascore.com|access-date=July 13, 2020|website=CinemaScore}}</ref>

=== Year-end worst-of lists ===
* 9th – Glenn Lovell, ''[[San Jose Mercury News]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=Lovell|first=Glenn|date=December 25, 1994 |title=The Past Picture Show the Good, the Bad and the Ugly -- a Year Worth's of Movie Memories|newspaper=[[San Jose Mercury News]]|page=3|edition=Morning Final}}</ref>

==Home media==
The film was released on VHS on August 17, 1994, on DVD on September 3, 2002 and was also released on Blu-ray Disc on May 23, 2017 as Disney Movie Club exclusive.

==Soundtrack==
# [[Queen (band)|Queen]] – "[[We Will Rock You]]"
# Poorboys – "[[You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet (Bachman–Turner Overdrive song)|You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet]]" ([[Bachman-Turner Overdrive]] Cover)
# [[Gary Glitter]] – "[[Rock and Roll (Gary Glitter song)|Rock and Roll]]"
# [[Martha Wash]] – "[[Mr. Big Stuff]]"
# [[David Newman (composer)|David Newman]] – "Mighty Ducks Suite"
# [[Tag Team (group)|Tag Team]] – "[[Whoomp! (There It Is)]]"
# [[The Troggs]] – "[[Wild Thing (The Troggs song)|Wild Thing]]"
# [[Gear Daddies]] – "[[Zamboni (song)|Zamboni]]"
# Queen – "[[We Are the Champions]]"
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* [[List of films about ice hockey]]

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Chantelle Barry

2025-06-29T02:59:32Z

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'''Chantelle Barry''' (born 18 March 1980) is an Australian musician and actress from [[Perth, Western Australia|Perth]], best known for being in the original line-up of [[girl group]] [[Bardot (Australian band)|Bardot]] before leaving the group suddenly under controversial circumstances.

==Career==
===Music===
In 1999, Barry auditioned for the first series of the Australian version of the talent show ''[[Popstars]]'', competing against over 2,500 hopefuls who turned up to auditions around the country which required both singing and dancing experience. After a series of elimination rounds Barry, along with [[Belinda Chapple]], [[Sophie Monk]], Sally Polihronas and [[Katie Underwood]] were chosen to form a group and moved in together in Sydney to work on their debut single [[Poison (Bardot song)|"Poison"]].

However after only a few weeks Barry was asked to resign from the nascent, still-unnamed girl group after stealing money from Sophie Monk, but the reason for her departure was not revealed at the time.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/nsw/chantelle-barry-hits-hollywood-high-with-part-in-90210-spin-off-ng-092afa23d10350583dbb97b9131ce3ec|title=Theft accused stunner back|date=26 August 2008|website=Perthnow.com.au|accessdate=19 February 2019}}</ref> She first confirmed the circumstances around her departure in a 2006 appearance on the TV show ''[[Where Are They Now? (Australian TV program)|Where Are They Now?]]'', and further elaborated on the incident in later interviews.<ref name=news2/><ref name=herald/> Barry states that she had taken Monk's weekly $100 money allowance from an envelope left in Barry's room with the intention of giving it back to her, but forgot to do so and was therefore removed from the group. Subsequently she was paid $1000 and offered a solo record deal to leave the group and to stay silent on the matter at the time, leading to the widespread speculation over her firing.<ref name=herald>{{cite web|url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/coronavirus/hibernation/chantelle-barry-on-what-really-happened-when-she-left-bardot/news-story/2c848631eab64ee1f076cb9d43910d11|title=Chantelle Barry on what really happened when she left Bardot|date=19 May 2020|website=Herald Sun|accessdate=16 May 2022}}</ref> She blamed the incident on her youth and naivety, and felt burdened by it for years afterwards.<ref name=news2>{{cite web|url=https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/books-magazines/magazines/former-bardot-member-chantelle-barry-confirms-she-left-the-band-after-stealing-from-sophie-monk/news-story/f248d791d5e8c5028ef75aa7fd72431a|title=Bardot: Chantelle Barry confirms she left the band after 'stealing' from Sophie Monk|website=News.com.au|accessdate=19 February 2019}}</ref><ref name=herald/> She was replaced by [[Tiffani Wood]] in the final line-up of what would become Bardot. Polihronas would later state that Barry was "exploited" by the show and made out to be "the villain".<ref name=herald/>

She later left Australia, and placed third in the Song of the Year songwriting contest,<ref name=ms>{{cite web |url=http://www.mediasearch.com.au/music/wrap/chantellebarry |title=What is Chantelle Barry doing these days? |website=Mediasearch.com.au |date=6 May 2007 |accessdate=12 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303230559/http://www.mediasearch.com.au/music/wrap/chantellebarry |archive-date=3 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and reached the quarter-finals in the Music Nation online music competition.<ref name=news/>

In August 2009, she officially launched her debut solo album ''Simple Things'' in the U.S., followed by albums ''Songbird'' in 2012, and more recently, ''Lovers Gonna Love'' in 2018.

In 2020, Barry recorded her own version of "Poison".<ref name=herald/>

===Acting===

Barry has appeared in several independent films and in small roles on the television series ''[[Water Rats (TV series)|Water Rats]]'', ''[[General Hospital]]'', ''[[Entourage (U.S. TV series)|Entourage]]'', ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'', ''[[The Paul Reiser Show]]'' and ''[[NCIS (TV series)|NCIS]]''. In 2008 Barry played the recurring role of Nina, a friend of main character [[Naomi Clark (90210 character)|Naomi Clark]] on the television series ''[[90210 (TV series)|90210]]''.<ref name=news>{{cite web |url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0,26278,24248669-5013560,00.html |title=Chantelle Barry hits Hollywood high with part in 90210 spin-off |website=News.com.au |date=27 August 2008 |accessdate=12 August 2011 |archive-date=15 September 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915105411/http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0,26278,24248669-5013560,00.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.watoday.com.au/entertainment/barry-in-the-new-90210-20080827-43t9.html |title=Barry in the new 90210 |website=Watoday.com.au |date=28 August 2008 |accessdate=12 August 2011}}</ref>

In 2016 she played the character of Tri in the web series ''Miss 2059''. In 2018 Barry played the [[Valiant Comics]] character [[Roku (comics)|Roku]], the main antagonist of the ''[[Ninjak vs. the Valiant Universe]]'' live-action miniseries.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/watch-chantelle-barry-as-villain-roku-in-this-ninjak-vs-the-valiant-universe-exclusive-clip|title=Exclusive: Chantelle Barry is Roku in Ninjak vs. The Valiant Universe clip|first=Ernie|last=Estrella|date=24 August 2017|website=Syfy.com|accessdate=19 February 2019}}</ref>

Barry also works as a voice actor. In 2016, she played Ava Thorne in the [[Oculus Rift]] video game ''[[Edge of Nowhere]]'',<ref>{{cite web|title=For all my gamer friends- Edge Of Nowhere was released today!!!|url=https://www.facebook.com/chantellegence/photos/a.368255256543517.74833.154445634591148/1014550675247302/?type=3&theater|website=Facebook.com}}</ref> and is credited as the voice of the "Narrator" in an episode of the 2018 [[Netflix]] series ''[[Disjointed]]''. Barry also did additional voice work for the video games ''[[Mad Max (2015 video game)|Mad Max]]'', ''[[Agents of Mayhem]]'', ''[[Spider-Man (2018 video game)|Marvel's Spider-Man]]'', ''[[Days Gone]]'' and voiced the character Chloe in ''[[Metal Gear Survive]]''.

In 2019, Barry voiced Baphomet on the [[DC Universe (streaming service)|DC Universe]] web television series ''[[Doom Patrol (TV series)|Doom Patrol]]'', and provided the voice of Sheila in ''[[Spyro Reignited Trilogy]]''. She voiced [[Ghost (Marvel Comics)|Ghost]] in 2020's ''[[Iron Man VR]]'' and Shael in 2021's ''[[Horizon Forbidden West]]''. In 2024, Barry voiced [[Catwoman|Selina Kyle]] in ''[[Batman: Arkham Shadow]]'' and Maya in ''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops 6]]'''s Zombies mode.

===Other===
Barry has appeared in two pictorials for ''[[FHM]]'', one in the months after leaving Bardot and another in 2007.<ref name=ms/>

==Personal life==
Barry has been married to actor [[Scott Whyte]], since December 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thewest.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-gossip/perth-raised-star-chantelle-barry-celebrates-wedding-and-booming-career-ng-b881039895z |title=Perth-raised star Chantelle Barry celebrates wedding and booming career |website=The West |date=15 December 2018 |accessdate=12 July 2021}}</ref> She has been based in [[Los Angeles]] since 2002.<ref name=herald/>

Barry is of [[Burmese Australians|Burmese]] and [[Italian Australians|Italian]] heritage.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BIO |url=https://www.chantellebarry.com/bio |access-date=2023-08-30 |website=Chantellebarrysite |language=en}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080831051611/http://musicnation.com/music/chantellebarry Barry's Music Nation profile]
*[http://www.chantellebarry.com Chantellebarry.com]

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Des McAnuff

2025-06-27T22:13:57Z

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{{Short description|American-Canadian film director}}
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'''Desmond Steven McAnuff''' {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|CM}} (born June 19, 1952) is the [[Canadians of American origin|American-Canadian]] former artistic director of Canada's [[Stratford Festival]] and director of such Broadway [[musical theatre]] productions as ''[[Big River (musical)|Big River]]'', ''[[Tommy (musical)|The Who's Tommy]]'' and ''[[Jersey Boys]]''.

==Biography==
Born in [[Princeton, Illinois]] to John Nelson and Ellen Boyd, McAnuff is a citizen of the United States and Canada.<ref>{{cite web|title=Des McAnuff profile at|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/64/Des-McAnuff.html|work=filmreference|year=2008|access-date=2008-09-01}}</ref> He lived briefly in [[Guelph]], [[Ontario]], attending grade 4 at St. George's Public School. His family then moved to [[Scarborough, Toronto|Scarborough]], [[Ontario]], at the time a suburb of [[Toronto]], and attended high school at [[Woburn Collegiate Institute]] where he made his first theatrical appearance in the school's production of ''[[The Sound of Music]]'', playing the role of Kurt. Later, with the help of two friends, he wrote the music and lyrics to a [[rock musical]] called ''Urbania'', which was performed by the high school drama club. He attended [[Ryerson Polytechnical Institute]], but never completed his degree. In June 2011, he was awarded an honorary degree by the [[Ryerson Theatre School]]. {{citation needed|date=April 2014}}

McAnuff worked with the Toronto Free Theatre as a director, and after several plays that had limited success, he left the Canadian scene for [[New York City]], where he co-founded the Dodger Theatre Company in 1978, where he also directed the first production, entitled ''[[Gimme Shelter]]''. He is a former faculty member of the [[Juilliard School]]. {{citation needed|date=April 2014}}

McAnuff was [[artistic director]] of the [[La Jolla Playhouse]], which he revived in 1983, during which time the theatre won more than 200 awards.{{Citation needed|date=February 2008}} For the Playhouse, he directed ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'', ''[[A Mad World, My Masters]]'', ''[[Big River (musical)|Big River]]'','' [[As You Like It]]'', ''[[The Seagull|The Sea Gull]]'', ''[[The Matchmaker]]'', ''[[A Walk in the Woods (play)|A Walk in the Woods]]'', ''Two Rooms'', ''80 Days'', ''[[Macbeth]]'', ''[[A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum]]'', ''[[Twelfth Night]]'', ''[[Three Sisters (play)|Three Sisters]]'', ''[[Elmer Gantry]]'', ''[[Much Ado About Nothing]]'', ''[[The Who's Tommy]]'' and ''[[How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (musical)|How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying]]''.

He turned over his leadership of the playhouse in 2005 to [[Michael Greif]] in order to take a position of leadership at Canada's [[Stratford Shakespeare Festival]].<ref>{{cite web|author=WW News Desk|title=Des McAnuff to Depart from La Jolla Playhouse in 2007|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=10505|work=BroadwayWorld|date=June 21, 2006|access-date=2008-09-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|title=New Artistic Team at the Stratford Festival of Canada|publisher=Stratford Festival of Canada|url=http://www.stratfordfestival.ca/about/pdf/NR28A2006.pdf|date=June 26, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 4, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081004045045/http://www.stratfordfestival.ca/about/pdf/NR28A2006.pdf}}</ref> In 2008, after a year sharing power with [[Don Shipley (stage director)|Don Shipley]] and [[Marti Maraden]], McAnuff became the sole artistic director at Stratford.

McAnuff has directed two motion pictures, ''[[The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (film)|The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle]]'' (2000) and ''[[Cousin Bette (1998 film)|Cousin Bette]]'' (1998), both of which failed critically and at the box-office. However, the animated version of ''[[The Iron Giant]]'', which he served as producer, earned several awards.

In 2010 McAnuff was the subject of a documentary special entitled ''Des McAnuff: A Life In Stages'' which was a part of the broadcast schedule on [[CTV Drama Channel|Bravo!]] in Canada for February 7, 2010.<ref>{{cite press release|title=Homegrown Cultural Icons Honoured in Seven-Part, Original Bravo! Series GREAT CANADIAN BIOGRAPHIES, Premiering January 10|publisher=CTV Media|url=http://ctvmedia.ca/bravo/releases/release.asp?id=11994&yyyy=2009|date=December 17, 2009|access-date=2010-01-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727122851/http://ctvmedia.ca/bravo/releases/release.asp?id=11994&yyyy=2009|archive-date=July 27, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>

During the 2011-12 Season at the [[Metropolitan Opera]] he directed a new production of [[Charles Gounod]]'s ''[[Faust (opera)|Faust]]'' starring soprano [[Marina Poplavskaya]] and tenor [[Jonas Kaufmann]].<ref>{{Cite web|language=en|url=https://www.metopera.org/season/on-demand/opera/?upc=811357015018|title=Gounod's Faust. Starring Marina Poplavskaya, Jonas Kaufmann, and René Pape, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin. From December 10, 2011}}</ref> On Sunday, October 23, 2011, a tribute for McAnuff was given by staff and students from Ryerson's Theatre School. {{citation needed|date=April 2014}}

==Personal life==
McAnuff married actress [[Susan Berman (actress)|Susan Berman]] in 1984; the couple has one daughter, Julia McAnuff, who played a young Karen Sympathy in ''[[The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (film)|The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle]]''. The couple divorced in 2009. In 2012, McAnuff married Bryna McCann.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hebert|first1=James|title=Catching up with Des McAnuff|url=http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/oct/22/des-mcanuff-zhivago-yoshimi-interview/|publisher=U-T San Diego|access-date=12 February 2015}}</ref>

==Filmography==
===Feature films===
* ''[[Cousin Bette (1998 film)|Cousin Bette]]'' (1998) (director)
* ''[[The Iron Giant]]'' (1999) (producer)
* ''[[The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (film)|The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle]]'' (2000) (director)
* ''Caesar and Cleopatra'' (2009) (director)
* ''The Tempest'' (2010) (director)

===Stage productions===
* ''[[Big River (musical)|Big River]]'' (1985)
* ''[[A Walk in the Woods (play)|A Walk in the Woods]]'' (1988)
* ''Dangerous Games'' (1989)
* ''[[The Who's Tommy]]'' (1993)
* ''[[How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (musical)|How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying]]'' (1995)
* ''Tartuffe'' (2002)
* ''[[Dracula, the Musical]]'' (2004)
* ''[[700 Sundays (film)|700 Sundays]]'' (2004)
* ''[[Jersey Boys]]'' (2005)
* ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' (2008)
* ''[[Caesar and Cleopatra (play)|Caesar and Cleopatra]]'' (2008)
*''[[Guys and Dolls]]'' (2009)
* ''[[Macbeth]]'' (2009)
* ''[[A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum]]'' (2009)
* ''[[As You Like It]]'' (2010)
* ''[[The Tempest]]'' (2010)
* ''[[Jesus Christ Superstar]]'' (2011)
* ''[[Twelfth Night]]'' (2011)
* ''A Word or Two'' (2012)
* ''[[Henry V (play)|Henry V]]'' (2012)
* ''[[Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots]]'' (2012)
* ''The Who's Tommy'' (2013)
* ''700 Sundays'' (2014)
* ''[[Summer: The Donna Summer Musical]]'' (2017) (book writer and director)
*''[[Ain't Too Proud (musical)|Ain't Too Proud]]'' (2017)
* ''[[The Who's Tommy]]'' (2024 Revival)

==Awards and nominations==
McAnuff has won two Tony Awards: as Best Director (Musical) in 1985 for ''Big River'' and again in 1993 for ''The Who's Tommy''. He was nominated in 1993 for Best Book (Musical), with [[Pete Townshend]] on ''The Who's Tommy'', and in 1995 as Best Director (Musical) for ''How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying''. He was nominated again in 2006 for Best Direction of a Musical, for ''Jersey Boys'', based on the story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. Although he did not win, the production won Best Musical that year.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005197/bio IMDb profile], imdb.com; accessed April 26, 2014.</ref> In 2019 he received another Tony nomination for Best Direction of a Musical for ''Ain't Too Proud''.

He was awarded the [[Laurence Olivier Theatre Award]] for Best Director of 1996 for ''The Who's Tommy'' at the Shaftesbury Theatre. In May 2012, McAnuff received the [[National Arts Centre]] Award, a companion award of the [[Governor General's Performing Arts Awards]], Canada's highest honour in the performing arts.<ref>{{cite web|title=Des McAnuff biography|url=http://ggpaa.ca/award-recipients/2012/mcanuff-des.aspx|publisher=Governor General's Performing Arts Awards Foundation|access-date=12 February 2015}}</ref> He was invested as a [[Order of Canada|Member of the Order of Canada]] (CM) in 2013.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.gg.ca/en/honours/recipients/146-11325|title = Mr. Des McAnuff| newspaper=The Governor General of Canada }}</ref>

==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite book | last=Napoleon | first=Davi | title=[[Chelsea on the Edge: The Adventures of an American Theater]] | edition=First | location=Ames | year=1991 | isbn=0-8138-1713-7 |publisher=Iowa state university press}}

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*[https://soundcloud.com/american-theatre-wing/episode33 Des McAnuff ''Downstage Center'' interview at AmericanTheatreWing.org]
* [http://www.nfb.ca/film/mise-en-scene/ ''Mise en Scène''], a short film tribute for McNuff's National Arts Centre Award, [[National Film Board of Canada]] website

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Jon St. John

2025-06-23T23:57:24Z

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'''Jon St. John''' is an American voice actor. He is best known for his voice roles such as [[Duke Nukem (character)|Duke Nukem]] in the ''[[Duke Nukem (series)|Duke Nukem]]'' video game series and [[Big the Cat]] and [[E-123 Omega]] in the ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' video game franchise.<ref name="jonstjohn.audio"/>

==Career==
He started his career in voice work in 1975, when he was a radio DJ in [[North Carolina]].{{citation needed|date=February 2025}}

He has provided the voice for numerous video game characters, such as the voice for the [[drill instructor]] Dwight T. Barnes as well as various other [[US Marine Corps|Marines]] in ''[[Half-Life: Opposing Force]]''. He has done the voices for [[Big the Cat]] in ''[[Sonic Adventure]]'' and ''[[Sonic Heroes]]'', Trash Man, General Warthog and other characters in ''[[Twisted Metal 4]]'', [[E-102 Gamma]] in ''[[Sonic Battle]]'', the announcer in ''[[Sonic Advance 3]]'', [[E-123 Omega]] in ''Sonic Heroes'', Bolt Logan in ''[[Chrome (video game)|Chrome]]'' and ''[[Chrome: SpecForce]]'' and Agent Michael Ford in ''[[Conduit 2]]''.<ref name="jonstjohn.audio"/>

St. John is best known for being the voice of [[Duke Nukem (character)|Duke Nukem]] in the ''Duke Nukem'' video game series from 1996 onwards, starting with ''[[Duke Nukem 3D]]''.<ref name="jonstjohn.audio"/> During the audition, voice director [[Lani Minella]], told him "I want you to think of [[Dirty Harry (character)|Dirty Harry]] when he goes 'Do you feel lucky, do you punk?” After he performed the line verbatim, Broussard suggested St. John approach the voice as "a much bigger guy, much bigger than, say, [[Clint Eastwood]],” Dirty Harry's actor. St. Jon lowered the pitch of his voice, and Broussard was impressed, hiring him to voice the character.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/a/brittany-vincent/interview-john-st-john-talks-being-the-voice-of-duke-nukem |website=[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]] |first=Brittany |last=Vincent |title=Interview: Jon St. John Talks Being The Voice Of Duke Nukem |date=2012-08-03 |accessdate=2024-01-18}}</ref>

He dubs the voice of professor Simon and Archibald in ''[[Runaway 2: The Dream of the Turtle]]''.<ref name="jonstjohn.audio"/> He provided the narrator's voice in ''[[Forsaken (video game)|Forsaken]]''. He voiced Jack Boyd in the video games ''[[This Is The Police]]'' and its sequel.

In 2019, he took on the role of the Postal Dude for ''[[Postal 4: No Regerts]]''.

== Filmography ==
===Video games===
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|''[[Big Red Racing]]''
|Jack "Bad" Jackson, Georgio Macchio, Ivan Smirnoff, Derek Derek "Rabid Dog" Simpkins, Menu Announcer
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|''[[Avengers in Galactic Storm]]''
|Captain America, Thunderstrike, Announcer, Korath, Black Knight, Supremor, Shatterax
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|''[[Starwinder]]''
|Barlow Lenz
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|''[[Balls of Steel (video game)|Balls of Steel]]''
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|rowspan="2"|1998
|''[[Duke Nukem: Time to Kill]]''
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|<ref name="jonstjohn.audio"/>
|-
|''[[NFL Xtreme]]''
|Football Players
|
|<ref name="jonstjohn.audio"/>
|-
|rowspan="8"|1999|| ''[[Duke Nukem: Zero Hour]]'' ||[[Duke Nukem (character)|Duke Nukem]] || ||<ref name="btva"/><ref name="jonstjohn.audio"/>
|-
| ''[[Evil Zone]]'' || Sho Mikagami – Danzaiver || ||<ref name="btva"/>
|-
|| ''[[Twisted Metal 4]]'' || Trash Man, Gen. Warthog, Ralph Jones, Rob Zombie, Orbital, Sweet Tooth's Spokes-Clown || ||<ref name="btva"/><ref name="jonstjohn.audio"/>
|-
|''[[Blue Stinger]]''
|Tim, additional voices
|
|<ref name="btva" /><ref name="jonstjohn.audio"/>
|-
| ''[[Half-Life: Opposing Force]]''
|Drill Instructor Dwight T. Barnes, Drill Instructor Sharpe, MPs, HECU Soldiers
|
|<ref name="jonstjohn.audio"/>
|-
|''[[Revenant (video game)|Revenant]]''
|Additional voices
|
|<ref name="jonstjohn.audio"/>
|-
|''[[Tony Tough and the Night of Roasted Moths]]''
|Clown
|
|<ref name="jonstjohn.audio"/>
|-
|| ''[[Sonic Adventure]]'' ||rowspan="2"|Big the Cat || ||<ref name="jonstjohn.audio">{{cite web |title=Filmography |url=http://www.jonstjohn.audio/video-games.html |website=Jon St. John |access-date=31 January 2021 |archive-date=January 31, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210131025539/http://www.jonstjohn.audio/video-games.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="2"|2000
|''[[Sonic Shuffle]]''
|
|<ref name="jonstjohn.audio"/>
|-
|''[[Duke Nukem: Land of the Babes]]''
|[[Duke Nukem (character)|Duke Nukem]], Silverback, additional voices
|
|<ref name="jonstjohn.audio"/>
|-
|rowspan="5"|2001
|''[[Clive Barker's Undying]]''
|Additional Voices
|
|<ref name="jonstjohn.audio"/>
|-
|''[[Half-Life: Blue Shift]]''
|Dr. Rosenberg, Harold, HECU Soldier
|
|<ref name="jonstjohn.audio"/>
|-
|''[[Half-Life: Decay]]''
|Dr. Rosenberg, HECU Soldier
|
|<ref name="jonstjohn.audio"/>
|-
| ''[[NASCAR Racing 4]]''
|Crew Chief
|
|<ref name="jonstjohn.audio"/>
|-
|''[[Runaway: A Road Adventure]]''
|Otto
|
|<ref name="jonstjohn.audio"/>
|-
|rowspan="3"|2002 || ''[[Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project]]'' ||rowspan="2"|[[Duke Nukem (character)|Duke Nukem]] || ||<ref name="btva"/>
|-
|''[[Duke Nukem Advance]]''
|
|<ref name="jonstjohn.audio"/>
|-
|| ''[[NASCAR Racing 2002 Season]]'' ||rowspan="2"|Crew Chief || ||<ref name="btva"/><ref name="jonstjohn.audio"/>
|-
|rowspan="5"|2003
|''[[NASCAR Racing 2003 Season]]''
|
|<ref name="jonstjohn.audio"/>
|-
|''[[Chrome (video game)|Chrome]]''
|Bolt Logan
|
|<ref name="jonstjohn.audio"/>
|-
|''[[Rogue Ops]]''
|Additional voices
|
|<ref name="jonstjohn.audio"/>
|-
|''[[Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut]]''
|Big the Cat
|Archive recordings
|<ref name="jonstjohn.audio"/>
|-
|''[[Spy Fiction]]''
|Lysander, Scarface/Dimitri Vedernikov
|
|<ref name="jonstjohn.audio"/>
|-
|rowspan="4"|2004
|''[[Sonic Battle]]''
|Chaos Gamma
|
|<ref name="jonstjohn.audio"/>
|-
|''[[Sonic Heroes]]''
|Big the Cat, E-123 Omega
|
|<ref name="jonstjohn.audio"/>
|-
|''[[Sonic Advance 3]]''
|Menu Announcer
|
|<ref name="jonstjohn.audio"/>
|-
|''[[Gangland (video game)|Gangland]]''
|Black Priest, Chief of Police, FBI, Gunman, Jew Boss, Vincenzo, Romano
|
|<ref name="jonstjohn.audio"/>
|-
|rowspan="3"|2005
|''[[Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth]]''
|Charles Gilman, Joe Sergeant, Sgt. Sam Carter, Chief Constable Andrew Martin, Cutter Urania Seaman, Capt. Stephen Hearst, FBI Agent
|
|<ref name="jonstjohn.audio"/>
|-
|''[[Cold War (video game)|Cold War]]''
|President, Spetsnaz
|
|<ref name="jonstjohn.audio"/>
|-
|''[[High Seize]]''
|Wallace Stevenson
|
|<ref name="jonstjohn.audio"/>
|-
|2006
|''[[Runaway 2: The Dream of the Turtle]]''
|Archibald, Otto, Professor Simon
|
|
|-
|rowspan="3"|2007
|''[[America's Army: True Soldiers]]''
|Sgt. Alan Smith
|
|<ref name="jonstjohn.audio"/>
|-
|''[[Jack Keane (video game)|Jack Keane]]''
|Agent Montgomery, Butcher, Eric
|
|
|-
|''[[Tabula Rasa (video game)|Tabula Rasa]]''
|Various voices
|
|<ref name="jonstjohn.audio"/>
|-
|2008
|''[[Drakensang: The Dark Eye]]''
|Yandrik, Nolddroken, Dwarves, Troll, Orc
|
|
|-
|2009
|''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games]]''
|Big the Cat
|DS version only; archive footage
|<ref name="btva" />
|-
|rowspan="3"|2010 || ''[[Amnesia: The Dark Descent]]'' || Victor, Basile || Justine DLC ||<ref name="btva"/><ref name="jonstjohn.audio"/>
|-
| ''[[Heroes of Newerth]]''||Bad Ass Pack Announcer || ||<ref name="jonstjohn.audio"/>
|-
| ''[[Star Trek Online]]''
|Chancellor J'mpok, Ambassador B'Vat, Commander Ethan Burgess
|
|<ref name="jonstjohn.audio"/>
|-
|rowspan="3"|2011
|''[[Conduit 2]]''
|Michael Ford
|
|<ref name="jonstjohn.audio"/>
|-
|''[[Duke Nukem Forever]]''
|[[Duke Nukem (character)|Duke Nukem]], Guy on Throne
|
|<ref name="btva" /><ref name="jonstjohn.audio"/>
|-
|''[[Rochard]]''
|John Rochard
|
|<ref name="jonstjohn.audio"/>
|-
|rowspan="3"|2012
|''[[Counter-Strike: Global Offensive]]''
|Commander
|
|<ref name="jonstjohn.audio"/>
|-
|''[[Guild Wars 2]]''
|PVP Narrator, Knut Whitebear
|
|<ref name="jonstjohn.audio"/>
|-
|''[[Painkiller: Hell & Damnation]]''
|Daniel Garner
|
|<ref name="jonstjohn.audio"/>
|-
|2013
|''[[Dota 2]]''
|Enigma, Bloodseeker, Axe, Kunkka
|
|<ref name="jonstjohn.audio"/>
|-
|rowspan="5"|2016
|''[[Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games]]''
|E-123 Omega
|3DS version only; archive footage
|<ref name="btva" />
|-
|''[[This Is the Police]]'' ||rowspan="2"|Jack Boyd || ||<ref name="btva" />
|-
|''[[This Is the Police 2]]''
|
|
|-
|| ''Rad Rodgers: World One'' || Dusty || ||<ref name="btva"/>
|-
|''[[Bombshell (video game)|Bombshell]]''
|Professor Jadus Heskel || ||
|-
|2017
|''[[Bulletstorm#Remastered version|Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition]]''
|[[Duke Nukem (character)|Duke Nukem]] || Duke Nukem's Bulletstorm Tour DLC ||
|-
|2019 ||''[[Ion Fury]]''||Dr. Jadus Heskel || ||
|-
|2022 ||''[[Postal 4: No Regerts]]''||The Postal Dude|| ||<ref name="btva" />
|-
|Unreleased||''[[Dudebro II]]''||John Dudebro || ||
|-
|2023 ||''[[Ion Fury|Ion Fury - Aftershock]]''||Dr. Jadus Heskel, General Rocco "The Rock" Rockford ||Ion Fury DLC||
|}

===Web===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="width=95%; font-size: 95%;"
|+ List of voice performances in web series
! style="background:#b0c4de; width:60px;"| Year
! style="background:#b0c4de; width:290px;"| Title
! style="background:#b0c4de; width:290px;"| Role(s)
! style="background:#b0c4de;" class="unsortable"| Notes
! style="background:#b0c4de;"| Source
|-
|2013 || Aficionados Chris ([[YouTube]]) || [[Roger Rabbit]] || Voice ||<ref name="jonstjohn.audio"/>
|}

===Theme parks===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="width=95%; font-size: 95%;"
|+ List of voice performances in theme parks
! style="background:#b0c4de; width:60px;"| Year
! style="background:#b0c4de; width:290px;"| Title
! style="background:#b0c4de; width:290px;"| Role(s)
! style="background:#b0c4de;" class="unsortable"| Notes
! style="background:#b0c4de;"| Source
|-
|2007 || [[Dollywood]] || Buzz the Vulture || [[Mystery Mine]] ride ||<ref name="btva"/><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/rides-attractions/Mystery-Mine/Buzzard/|title=Behind the Voice Actors – Buzzard |website=Behind The Voice Actors | access-date=March 9, 2025}}</ref>
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://jsjpresents.com/ Official website]
* [http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,431/ Jon St. John] at [[MobyGames]]
* {{IMDb name|id=0820652|name=Jon St. John}}

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Jason Alexander

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{{short description|American actor (born 1959)}}
{{about|the American actor|other people named Jason Alexander|Jason Alexander (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Jason Alexander
| image = Jason Alexander - 2009 (cropped).jpg
| alt = Jason Alexander
| caption = Alexander in 2009
| birth_name = Jay Scott Greenspan
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|9|23}}
| birth_place = [[Newark, New Jersey]], U.S.
| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|comedian|director|podcaster|presenter}}
| years_active = 1981–present
| spouse = {{marriage|Daena Title|1982}}
| children = 2
| relatives =
| module = {{Listen |embed= yes |filename= Jason Alexander thanks Cantor Jack for teaching him. (320kbps).ogg |title= Alexander's speaking voice |type= speech |description=Celebrating the retirement of Cantor Jack of [[Parsippany–Troy Hills, New Jersey]]{{'s}} Adath Shalom.}}
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'''Jay Scott Greenspan'''<ref name="kevinpollakschatshow">{{Citation|last=kevinpollakschatshow|title=KPCS: Jason Alexander #86|date=January 13, 2015|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-w8WD9zDing| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/-w8WD9zDing| archive-date=2021-12-11 | url-status=live|access-date=October 9, 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="Jason Alexander Biography">{{cite web|url=http://www.biography.com/people/jason-alexander-9542168|title=Jason Alexander Biography: Film Actor, Theater Actor, Television Actor, Comedian (1959–)|publisher=[[Biography.com]] ([[FYI (TV channel)|FYI]] / [[A&E Networks]])|date=September 23, 1959|access-date=February 13, 2011|archive-date=March 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321143003/https://networthfree.com/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800021433/bio|title=Jason Alexander |publisher = [[Yahoo!|Yahoo! Movies]]| archive-date=January 14, 2012| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120114172847/http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800021433/bio}}</ref> (born September 23, 1959),<ref name="Jason Alexander Biography"/> known professionally as '''Jason Alexander''', is an American actor and comedian. Over the course of his career he has received an [[Emmy Award]] and a [[Tony Award]] as well as nominations for four [[Golden Globe Awards]]. He gained stardom for his role as [[George Costanza]] in the [[NBC]] [[sitcom]] ''[[Seinfeld]]'' (1989–1998), for which he won a [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series]] and was nominated for seven consecutive [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series|Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series]] and four [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film|Golden Globe Awards for Best Supporting Actor in Television]].

Alexander made his [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] debut originating the role of Joe in [[Stephen Sondheim]]'s ''[[Merrily We Roll Along (musical)|Merrily We Roll Along]]'' in 1981. He remained active on Broadway acting in the musicals ''[[The Rink (musical)|The Rink]]'' in 1984 and the [[Neil Simon]] play ''[[Broadway Bound]]'' in 1986. He then starred in ''[[Jerome Robbins' Broadway]]'' in 1989, for which he won the [[Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical]]. His subsequent theatre roles include the touring production of ''[[The Producers (musical)|The Producers]]'' from 2003 to 2004 and replacing [[Larry David]] in the original 2015 Broadway production of ''[[Fish in the Dark]]''. He has also directed several plays such as the original 2023 Broadway production of ''[[The Cottage (play)|The Cottage]]''.

His film roles include ''[[Pretty Woman]]'' (1990), ''[[Jacob's Ladder (1990 film)|Jacob's Ladder]]'' (1990), ''[[Coneheads (film)|Coneheads]]'' (1992), ''[[The Paper (film)|The Paper]]'' (1994), ''[[Dunston Checks In]]'' (1996), ''[[Shallow Hal]]'' (2001), and ''[[Hachi: A Dog's Tale]]'' (2009). He voiced the [[gargoyle]] Hugo in the Disney film ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996 film)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]'' (1996) and the titular role in ''[[Duckman]]'' (1994–1997). He was the narrator for the documentary film [[Sideshow: Alive on the Inside|''Sideshow: Alive on the Inside'']] (1999). For his role in ''[[Dream On (TV series)|Dream On]]'' (1994) he was nominated for a [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series]].

==Early life and education==
[[File:Jason-Alexander-1977.jpg|thumb|Alexander as a senior at [[Livingston High School (New Jersey)|Livingston High School]] in 1977]]
Greenspan was born on September 23, 1959, in [[Newark, New Jersey]] to a [[Jewish]] family, the son of Ruth Minnie (née Simon), a nurse and health care administrator, and Alexander B. Greenspan, an accounting manager. Greenspan later borrowed his father's first name to create his stage name, Jason Alexander.<ref name="kevinpollakschatshow"/>

Alexander grew up in [[Maplewood, New Jersey|Maplewood]] and [[Livingston, New Jersey]], and is a 1977 graduate of [[Livingston High School (New Jersey)|Livingston High School]].<ref>Weinraub, Bernard. [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A00E6D81039F931A15753C1A96F958260 "At the Movies"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200502175354/https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A00E6D81039F931A15753C1A96F958260 |date=May 2, 2020 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', October 22, 1999. Retrieved February 24, 2011. "I was born in 1959 and grew up in [[Livingston, New Jersey]], but I felt I knew these people very well"</ref> Interested in magic from an early age, he initially hoped to be a magician, but while attending a magic camp was told that his hands were too small for card magic. He became interested in theater, eventually realizing, "Wait a minute—the whole thing's an illusion. Nothing up there is real" and that theater itself was "a magic trick". He then decided to pursue a theater career.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jason Alexander discusses how he got into acting and his early career- EMMYTVLEGENDS.ORG |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYhEp_sAfKE | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/dYhEp_sAfKE| archive-date=2021-12-11 | url-status=live|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

After high school, he studied theater at [[Boston University]]. He wanted to pursue classical acting, but a professor redirected him toward comedy after noticing his physique, remarking, "I know your heart and soul are [[Hamlet]], but you will never play Hamlet."<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Laskowski|first1=Amy|title=Seinfeld's Costanza Gives Master Class in Acting at CFA|journal=Bostonia|date=February 2015|page=4|publisher=Boston University}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Master Class with Alumnus Jason Alexander | date=October 9, 2014 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_d-Ga2Ro1Y |access-date=2023-07-17 |language=en |archive-date=July 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230717185058/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_d-Ga2Ro1Y |url-status=live }}</ref> Alexander left Boston University without a degree after his third year to take a full-time acting job in New York City. The university awarded him an honorary degree in 1995.

==Career==
===1980–1999: Broadway debut and ''Seinfeld'' ===
Alexander began his acting career on the New York stage and is an accomplished singer and dancer. Alexander made his film debut in 1981 in the summer camp [[slasher film]] ''[[The Burning (1981 film)|The Burning]]''. On [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] he appeared in [[Stephen Sondheim]]'s ''[[Merrily We Roll Along (musical)|Merrily We Roll Along]]'' in 1981, [[John Kander|Kander]] & [[Fred Ebb|Ebb]]'s ''[[The Rink (musical)|The Rink]]'' in 1984, [[Neil Simon]]'s ''[[Broadway Bound]]'' in 1986, ''Accomplice'' in 1990, and ''[[Jerome Robbins' Broadway]]'' in 1989, for which he garnered the 1989 [[Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical]]. [[Frank Rich]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote of his performance "Jason Alexander, the evening's delightful narrator, accomplishes the seemingly impossible: he banishes the memory of [[Zero Mostel]] from the role of [[Pseudolus]] in ''[[A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum]]''".<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.nytimes.com/1989/02/27/theater/review-theater-from-jerome-robbins-20-years-of-broadway-the-way-it-was.html|title= Review/Theater; From Jerome Robbins, 20 Years of Broadway the Way It Was|work= The New York Times|date= February 27, 1989|accessdate= June 8, 2024|last1= Rich|first1= Frank}}</ref>

In addition to his roles as an insensitive, money-hungry lawyer in ''[[Pretty Woman]]'' in 1990, Alexander has appeared in ''[[Jacob's Ladder (1990 film)|Jacob's Ladder]]'' in 1990, ''[[Coneheads (film)|Coneheads]]'' in 1993, ''[[The Paper (film)|The Paper]]'' and ''[[North (1994 film)|North]]'' in 1994, ''[[The Last Supper (1995 film)|The Last Supper]]'' in 1995, ''[[Dunston Checks In]]'' in 1996, ''[[Love! Valour! Compassion! (film)|Love! Valour! Compassion!]]'' in 1997, ''[[Denial (1998 film)|Denial]]'' in 1998, and ''[[Love and Action in Chicago (film)|Love and Action in Chicago]]'' in 1999. Alexander starred in several commercials during the 1980s. Among them were commercials for [[Hershey's Kiss]]; Delta Gold [[potato chips]]; [[Miller Lite]] beer; [[McDonald's]] [[McDLT]] hamburger; [[Pabst Blue Ribbon]] beer; [[Levi's]] 501 jeans; [[Sony Watchman]] TV; and [[Western Union]] wire transfer.<ref>{{cite web | last = Efrem | first = Maia | url = https://forward.com/schmooze/346229/jason-alexander-had-hair-when-he-starred-in-these-8-hilarious-80s-commercia/ | title = Jason Alexander Had Hair When He Starred in These 8 Hilarious '80's Commercials | via = Forward.com | date = July 27, 2016 | access-date = July 15, 2020 | archive-date = July 16, 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200716034830/https://forward.com/schmooze/346229/jason-alexander-had-hair-when-he-starred-in-these-8-hilarious-80s-commercia/ | url-status = live }}</ref> Before ''Seinfeld'', Alexander appeared in commercials for John Deere and McDonald's and in the short-lived [[CBS]] sitcom ''[[Everything's Relative (1987 TV series)|Everything's Relative]]'' (1987).

Alexander is best known as one of the key cast members of the award-winning television sitcom ''[[Seinfeld]]'', where he played the bumbling [[George Costanza]] ([[Jerry Seinfeld]]'s character's best friend since childhood). He was nominated for seven [[Primetime Emmy Awards]] and four [[Golden Globe Awards]] for the role, but did not win any, mainly due to his co-star [[Michael Richards]] winning for his role as [[Cosmo Kramer]]. He did, however, win the 1995 [[Screen Actors Guild Award|Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/inaugural-screen-actors-guild-awards|title=The Inaugural Screen Actors Guild Awards | Screen Actors Guild Awards|website=sagawards.org|access-date=August 18, 2022|archive-date=July 27, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727231454/https://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/inaugural-screen-actors-guild-awards|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000598/1995/1/|title = Screen Actors Guild Awards (1995)|publisher = IMDb|access-date = March 28, 2020|archive-date = August 18, 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200818031908/https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000598/1995/1/|url-status = live}}</ref>

Concurrently with his ''Seinfeld'' role, he had a part in the ABC sitcom ''[[Dinosaurs (TV series)|Dinosaurs]]'' as Al "Sexual" Harris (who frequently engaged in [[sexual harassment]]) as well as other characters from 1991 to 1994. For his role in an episode of ''[[Dream On (TV series)|Dream On]]'', Alexander was nominated for a [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series]] in 1994. Alexander voiced the lead character in the animated series ''[[Duckman]]'' (1994–1997) and voiced [[Catbert]], the evil director of human resources, in the short-lived animated series ''[[Dilbert (TV series)|Dilbert]]'' from 1999 to 2000, based on the then-popular comic strip.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dilbert (1999-2000) Full Cast & Crew|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118984/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast|access-date=June 20, 2020|publisher=IMDb|archive-date=November 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112024350/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118984/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Catbert|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Dilbert/Catbert/|access-date=2021-10-04|website=Behind The Voice Actors|language=en-US|archive-date=October 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004153918/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Dilbert/Catbert/|url-status=live}}</ref> In January 1995, he did a commercial for [[Rold Gold]] pretzels to be broadcast during the [[Super Bowl]]. The commercial depicts him with ''[[Frasier]]'' dog Eddie jumping out of an airplane with a parachute over the stadium. After the commercial, the audience is brought back to a supposedly live feed of the playing field hearing startled sports commentators as Alexander and the dog land in the field to wild applause.

Alexander appeared in the 1995 TV version of the [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] musical ''[[Bye Bye Birdie (1995 film)|Bye Bye Birdie]]'', as Conrad Birdie's agent, Albert Peterson. He guest-starred in episode 8 of the 1996 variety show ''[[Muppets Tonight]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/tv/muppets-tonight/season-1/episode-8-jason-alexander|title=Muppets Tonight|publisher=Metacritic|access-date=August 18, 2022|archive-date=August 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818092638/https://www.metacritic.com/tv/muppets-tonight/season-1/episode-8-jason-alexander|url-status=live}}</ref> He voiced the [[gargoyle]] Hugo in [[Disney]]'s 1996 [[animated film]] ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996 film)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]'' and its direct-to-video sequel, ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame II]]''. Alexander voiced the character [[List of Aladdin characters#Abis Mal|Abis Mal]] in the 1994 film ''[[The Return of Jafar]]'' and the 1994-1995 [[Aladdin (animated TV series)|TV series]] based on the 1992 film ''[[Aladdin (1992 Disney film)|Aladdin]]''.

In 1997, he appeared in ''[[Cinderella (1997 film)|Cinderella]]'', a remake of ''Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella,'' alongside [[Whitney Houston]], [[Brandy Norwood]], and [[Whoopi Goldberg]]. His other Disney voice work includes ''[[House of Mouse]]'' in 2001 and the 2012 video game ''[[Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://i.imgur.com/SPgIW.jpg|title=Jason Alexander to debut in ''Kingdom Hearts''|publisher=I.imgur.com|access-date=February 20, 2013|archive-date=November 10, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110101411/http://i.imgur.com/SPgIW.jpg|url-status=live}}</ref> He has dabbled in directing, starting with 1996's ''[[For Better or Worse (film)|For Better or Worse]]'' and 1999's ''[[Just Looking]]''. In 1999, Alexander presided over the ''New York Friars Club Roast'' event honoring [[Jerry Stiller]], who played his father on ''Seinfeld''; it featured appearances by [[Kevin James]] and [[Patton Oswalt]], both Stiller's costars on ''[[The King of Queens]]''. Alexander appeared in the 1999 ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' episode "[[Think Tank (Star Trek: Voyager)|Think Tank]]" as Kurros, a genius alien trying to get [[Seven of Nine]] to serve on his ship.

In 1999, he provided narration for the documentary film ''[[Sideshow: Alive on the Inside]].''<ref>{{Citation |last=Dougherty |first=Lynn |title=Sideshow: Alive on the Inside |type=Documentary |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1934391/ |access-date=2025-05-21 |others=Percilla Bejano, Ronnie Galyon, Donnie Galyon}}</ref>

===2000–2009: Solo-lead sitcoms and return to theatre ===
Despite a successful career in film and stage, Alexander did not repeat his ''Seinfeld''-level of success in television. The year 2001 marked his appearance as inept womanizer Mauricio in ''[[Shallow Hal]]'' and his first post-''Seinfeld'' return to prime-time television: the heavily promoted but short-lived [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] sitcom ''[[Bob Patterson (TV series)|Bob Patterson]]'', which was canceled after five episodes. Alexander partially blames the show's failure on the country's mood after [[September 11 attacks|9/11]].<ref name=parade>{{cite news | title = In Step With: Jason Alexander | work = Parade Magazine | date = April 3, 2005 | url = http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2005/edition_04-03-2005/in_step_with_0 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060322095902/http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2005/edition_04-03-2005/in_step_with_0 | archive-date=March 22, 2006}}</ref> Alexander made cameo appearances as himself in 2001 in the second season of ''[[Curb Your Enthusiasm]]'', and he appeared in the show's seventh season with his three principal ''[[Seinfeld]]'' co-stars.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2009/03/seinfeld-cast-t.html |author=Rice, Lynette |title=Exclusive: 'Seinfeld' cast to appear on 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=March 5, 2009 |access-date=July 26, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090703123616/http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2009/03/seinfeld-cast-t.html |archive-date=July 3, 2009 }}</ref> He was featured in the ''[[Friends]]'' 2001 episode "[[The One Where Rosita Dies]]" as Earl, a suicidal [[Procurement#Roles in procurement|supply manager]]. [[Phoebe Buffay|Phoebe]] calls him trying to sell him [[toner (printing)|toner]], learns about his problem, and tries to persuade him not to commit suicide. This is referenced in an episode of ''[[Malcolm in the Middle]]'' where Alexander appears as Leonard, a neurotic and critical loner. He describes himself as "free" and says he makes money "selling toner over the phone". Later in the episode, he is repeatedly harassed by a man named George.

He appeared in "[[One Night at Mercy]]", the first episode of the short-lived [[The Twilight Zone (2002 TV series)|2002 revival of ''The Twilight Zone'']], playing [[Personifications of death|Death]]. He played the toymaker [[A.C. Gilbert]] in the 2002 film ''[[The Man Who Saved Christmas (film)|The Man Who Saved Christmas]]''. He appeared in [[Kentucky Fried Chicken]] (KFC) commercials in 2002, including one with [[Barry Bonds]] of the [[San Francisco Giants]] and another with [[Trista Rehn]] of ''[[The Bachelorette (American TV series)|The Bachelorette]]''. It was rumored that he quit doing these commercials due to KFC suppliers and [[slaughterhouse]]s' alleged [[cruelty to animals]], but he denied that in an interview with ''[[Adweek]]'', saying, "That's [[PETA]] bullcrap. I loved working for KFC. I was targeted by PETA to broker something between them. I think KFC really stepped up to the plate; unfortunately PETA did not." In 2007, Alexander appeared in a commercial for the [[ASPCA]] that aired on cable TV stations.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDCP75iz22M| title = Logan, a victim of animal cruelty| via = YouTube| access-date = December 30, 2010| archive-date = July 30, 2013| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130730122850/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDCP75iz22M| url-status = live}}</ref> In 2018, Alexander portrayed [[Colonel Sanders]] in commercials for [[Kentucky Fried Chicken|KFC]], reprising his role from the 2002 campaign.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://deadline.com/2018/08/jason-alexander-is-latest-kfc-celebrity-col-sanders-imitator-in-new-ads-1202442231/ | title=Jason Alexander Is Latest KFC Celebrity Col. Sanders Imitator in New Ads | first=Bruce | last=Haring | date=August 7, 2018 | work=Deadline Hollywood | access-date=September 3, 2018 | archive-date=August 28, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180828015126/https://deadline.com/2018/08/jason-alexander-is-latest-kfc-celebrity-col-sanders-imitator-in-new-ads-1202442231/ | url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2003, he was cast opposite [[Martin Short]] in the Los Angeles production of [[Mel Brooks]]'s ''[[The Producers (musical)|The Producers]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Jones |first=Kenneth |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/mel-brooks-gets-jason-alexander-and-martin-short-for-la-producers-starting-may-2-2003-com-107118 |work=Playbill |date=July 17, 2002 |title=Mel Brooks Gets Jason Alexander and Martin Short for L.A. ''Producers'', Starting May 2, 2003 |access-date=April 1, 2022 |archive-date=April 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220402002028/https://www.playbill.com/article/mel-brooks-gets-jason-alexander-and-martin-short-for-la-producers-starting-may-2-2003-com-107118 |url-status=live }}</ref> He appeared with [[Kelsey Grammer]] in the 2004 [[A Christmas Carol (2004 film)|musical adaptation]] of [[Charles Dickens]]'s ''[[A Christmas Carol]]'', as [[Jacob Marley]]. He voiced Lil' Lightning in ''[[101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure]]'' (2003), which went on to become one of his most signature roles. Alexander's second chance as a TV series lead, the [[CBS]] sitcom ''[[Listen Up (TV series)|Listen Up]]'' (2004–05), also fell short of a second season. Alexander was the principal executive producer of the series, based very loosely on the life of the popular sports-media personality [[Tony Kornheiser]]. He performed on the ''[[Family Guy: Live in Vegas]]'' 2005 album. Alexander continued to appear in live stage shows, including [[Barbra Streisand]]'s memorable birthday party in 2005 for Stephen Sondheim at the Hollywood Bowl, where he performed selections from ''[[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street]]'' with [[Angela Lansbury]].<ref name="Gallo 2005">{{cite web | last1=Gallo | first1=Phil | title=Stephen Sondheim's 75th: The Concert | website=Variety | date=2005-07-10 | url=https://variety.com/2005/music/markets-festivals/stephen-sondheim-s-75th-the-concert-1200524633/ | access-date=2024-01-12}}</ref> He featured in the 2005 ''[[Monk (TV series)|Monk]]'' episode "[[Mr. Monk and the Other Detective]]" as Monk's rival, [[Marty Eels]].

[[File:Jason Alexander Fourth of July (cropped).jpg|thumb|Alexander in 2006]]

In a 2006 appearance on ''[[Jimmy Kimmel Live!]]'', Alexander demonstrated several self-defense techniques. Also that year, he hosted the [[PBS]] "A Capitol Fourth" celebrations in Washington, D.C., singing, dancing, and playing tuned drums. Alexander was featured as a recurring cast member in the second season of ''[[Everybody Hates Chris]]''. He hosted the [[Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner]]. He was the artistic director of Reprise Theatre Company in Los Angeles from 2007 until it went defunct in 2013,<ref name="Ng 2013">{{cite web | last=Ng | first=David | title=Jason Alexander on the end of Reprise Theatre Company | website=Los Angeles Times | date=2013-06-28 | url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-xpm-2013-jun-28-la-et-cm-reprise-jason-alexander-20130628-story.html | access-date=2024-01-12}}</ref> where he previously directed ''[[Sunday in the Park with George]]'', and directed its 2007 revival of ''[[Damn Yankees]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Gans|first=Andrew|title=Reprise! ''Damn Yankees'', with Derricks, Gillentine, Page, Taylor and White, Begins Nov. 6|url=https://www.playbill.com/article/reprise-damn-yankees-with-derricks-gillentine-page-taylor-and-white-begins-nov-6-com-145140|date=2007-11-06|website=Playbill|access-date=2021-01-02|archive-date=August 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809235617/https://www.playbill.com/article/reprise-damn-yankees-with-derricks-gillentine-page-taylor-and-white-begins-nov-6-com-145140|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2007, Alexander was a guest star in the third episode of the [[improv comedy]] series ''[[Thank God You're Here (US TV series)|Thank God You're Here]]''.

He has been a frequent guest and panelist on [[Bill Maher]]'s ''[[Politically Incorrect]]'' in 1995, 1997 and 2000<ref name="Mann 1997">{{cite web | last=Mann | first=Bill | title=Maher makes the correct move | website=SFGATE | date=1997-01-01 | url=https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/maher-makes-the-correct-move-3143822.php | access-date=2024-01-12}}</ref> and ''[[Real Time with Bill Maher|Real Time]]'' in 2006, 2009 and 2012;<ref name="Guthrie 2012">{{cite web | last1=Guthrie | first1=Marisa | title=HBO's Bill Maher Pulls in Largest Audience in Eight Years Amid Presidential Conventions | website=The Hollywood Reporter | date=2012-09-05 | url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/hbo-bill-maher-presidential-convention-368124/ | access-date=2024-01-12}}</ref> ''[[Hollywood Squares]]'' in 1999, 2002 and 2004;<ref name="Wang 2022">{{cite web | last=Wang | first=Jessica | title=Jason Alexander, Jon Stewart, Jennifer Tilly, and more remember Gilbert Gottfried: 'What a gift' | website=Yahoo News | date=2022-04-12 | url=https://news.yahoo.com/jason-alexander-jon-stewart-jennifer-214536057.html | access-date=2024-01-12}}</ref> the ''[[The Late Late Show (CBS TV series)|Late Late Show]]'' in 2003, 2012, 2014 and 2015, with [[Craig Kilborn]], [[Craig Ferguson]], and [[James Corden]];<ref name="Playbill 2003">{{cite web | title=Talk Show Watch: "Camp" on "Letterman," Jason Alexander on "Kilborn," Melanie Griffith on "The View" | website=Playbill | date=2003-08-03 | url=https://playbill.com/article/talk-show-watch-camp-on-letterman-jason-alexander-on-kilborn-melanie-griffith-on-the-view-com-114613 | access-date=2024-01-12}}</ref><ref name="Rahman 2012">{{cite web | last=Rahman | first=Ray | title=Jason Alexander apologizes for calling cricket a 'gay sport' on 'The Late Late Show' | website=EW.com | date=2012-06-03 | url=https://ew.com/article/2012/06/03/jason-alexander-gay-cricket-apology/ | access-date=2024-01-12}}</ref><ref name="Levin 2014">{{cite web | last=Levin | first=Sydney | title=Jason Alexander defends his very obvious toupee | website=Yahoo News | date=2014-02-12 | url=https://ca.news.yahoo.com/2014-02-12-jason-alexander-defends-his-very-obvious-toupee-20828457.html | access-date=2024-01-12}}</ref> ''[[Late Show with David Letterman]]'' in 1989, 2000, and 2002; ''[[The Late Show with Stephen Colbert]]'' in 2015;<ref name="Fierberg 2017">{{cite web | last=Fierberg | first=Ruthie | title=Jason Alexander Shares the Time He Got in Trouble With Stephen Sondheim | website=Playbill | date=2017-10-03 | url=https://playbill.com/article/jason-alexander-shares-the-time-he-got-in-trouble-with-stephen-sondheim | access-date=2024-01-12}}</ref> and ''[[The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon]]'' in 2015.<ref name="Gorenstein 2015">{{cite web | last=Gorenstein | first=Colin | title=Watch Larry David and Jason Alexander gang up on Jimmy Fallon during "Tonight Show" appearance | website=Salon | date=2015-06-09 | url=https://www.salon.com/2015/06/09/watch_larry_david_and_jason_alexander_gang_up_on_jimmy_fallon_during_tonight_show_appearance/ | access-date=2024-01-12}}</ref><ref name="Fox 2015 q152">{{cite web | last=Fox | first=Jesse David | title=Larry David and Jason Alexander Appeared on Fallon Together: Imagine Seinfeld With Two Georges | website=Vulture | date=June 9, 2015 | url=https://www.vulture.com/2015/06/david-alexander-appeared-on-fallon-together.html | access-date=January 31, 2024}}</ref> In 2008, Alexander guest-starred in the [[List of Criminal Minds episodes (season 4)|season four]] episode "Masterpiece" of the [[CBS]] show ''[[Criminal Minds]]'' as Professor Rothschild,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1256105/|title="Criminal Minds" Masterpiece|year=2008|publisher=IMDb|access-date=March 8, 2015|archive-date=April 30, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150430235910/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1256105/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/criminal-minds-2008/episode-8-season-4/masterpiece/192244 |title=Criminal Minds Episode Guide 2008 Season 4 – Masterpiece, Episode 8 |work=TV Guide |access-date=February 13, 2011 |archive-date=March 3, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110303065611/http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/criminal-minds-2008/episode-8-season-4/masterpiece/192244 |url-status=live }}</ref> a well-educated [[serial killer]] obsessed with the [[Fibonacci number|Fibonacci sequence]] who sends the team into a race against time to save his last victims.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.insider.com/celebrities-who-guest-starred-on-criminal-minds-2019-1|title=21 celebrities you forgot guest starred on 'Criminal Minds'|first=Jillian|last=Selzer|website=Insider|access-date=August 18, 2022|archive-date=August 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230811105007/https://www.insider.com/celebrities-who-guest-starred-on-criminal-minds-2019-1|url-status=live}}</ref> He returned in the same season to direct the episode "Conflicted", featuring the actor [[Jackson Rathbone]].

Alexander hosted the LOL Sudbury opening night gala in [[Greater Sudbury|Sudbury]], Ontario, Canada in 2008, which was simulcast throughout Canada at 60 Cineplex theaters, a first for any comedy festival. He has lent his voice to several episodes of the ''[[The Twilight Zone (radio series)|Twilight Zone Radio Dramas]]''. In 2008 and again in 2009, Alexander fronted ''Jason Alexander's Comedy Spectacular'', a routine exclusive to Australia. The show consists of stand-up and improvisation and incorporates Alexander's musical talent. He is backed up by several well-known Australian comedians. His first time performing a similar show of this nature was in 2006's ''Jason Alexander's Comedy Christmas''. In February/March 2010, Alexander starred in his show, ''The Donny Clay Experience'', at the [[Planet Hollywood Resort]] in [[Las Vegas Valley|Las Vegas]], [[Nevada]]. Donny Clay, whom he has portrayed in a tour of the United States and Orillia, Ontario, is a [[self-help]] guru in a similar mold to his ''[[Bob Patterson (TV series)|Bob Patterson]]'' character. In 2009, he played [[Joseph (son of Jacob)|Joseph]] in the [[Thomas Nelson (publisher)|Thomas Nelson]] audio Bible production ''The Word of Promise''. The project featured a large ensemble of actors, including [[Jim Caviezel]], [[Lou Gossett Jr.]], [[John Rhys-Davies]], [[Jon Voight]], [[Gary Sinise]], [[Christopher McDonald]], [[Marisa Tomei]], and [[John Schneider (screen actor)|John Schneider]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The Official Resource Site For WORD OF PROMISE | url = http://wordofpromise.thomasnelson.com/cast.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141029002922/http://wordofpromise.thomasnelson.com/cast.php |archive-date=October 29, 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-nov-16-me-beliefs16-story.html |title=BELIEFS : Stars lined up for elaborate audio Bible : Michael York, Jason Alexander and many others gave voice to a 79-CD reading of Old and New Testaments |work=Los Angeles Times |first=Martha |last=Groves |date=November 16, 2009 |access-date=April 1, 2022 |archive-date=February 14, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214194441/http://articles.latimes.com/2009/nov/16/local/me-beliefs16 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2009, Alexander had a small role in the film ''[[Hachi: A Dog's Tale]]'' as a train station manager.

===2010–present===
[[File:AlanHornJasonAlexanderMay10.jpg|thumb|Alexander with [[Alan F. Horn]] in May 2010]]
He starred as [[Cosmo and Wanda|Cosmo]] in the 2011 live action film ''[[A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner!]]''. In 2011, Alexander was the guest star in an episode of ''[[Harry's Law]]'', playing a high school teacher bringing a wrongful dismissal suit.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2044305/|title=Harry's Law|publisher=IMDb|access-date=March 8, 2015|archive-date=April 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160403073744/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2044305/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tvline.com/2011/08/25/tvline-items-jason-alexander-harrys-law-elvira-ringer/|title=TVLine Items: Seinfeld Vet to Harry's Law, Tim Allen Meets Elvira, Y&R Star to Ringer and More|first1=Megan|last1=Masters|date=August 25, 2011|access-date=August 18, 2022|archive-date=August 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818091206/https://tvline.com/2011/08/25/tvline-items-jason-alexander-harrys-law-elvira-ringer/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2015, he replaced [[Larry David]] as the lead in David's [[Broadway (theatre)|Broadway]] play ''[[Fish in the Dark]].''<ref>{{cite web|url= https://archive.nytimes.com/artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/03/26/jason-alexander-will-succeed-larry-david-in-fish-in-the-dark/|title= Jason Alexander Will Succeed Larry David in 'Fish in the Dark'|website= The New York Times|date= March 26, 2015|accessdate= June 8, 2024}}</ref> He co-starred opposite [[Sherie Rene Scott]] in the 2017 world premiere of [[John Patrick Shanley]]'s ''The Portuguese Kid'' at the [[Manhattan Theatre Club]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://manhattantheatreclub.com/2017-18-season/|title=Manhattan Theatre Club – 2017–18 Season|website=Manhattan Theatre Club|access-date=September 28, 2017|archive-date=May 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200505180448/https://www.manhattantheatreclub.com/2017-18-season/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2018, Alexander played Olix the bartender in ''[[The Orville]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7587318/fullcredits|title="The Orville" Ja'loja (TV Episode 2018)|publisher=IMDb|access-date=December 31, 2018|archive-date=March 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329065325/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7587318/fullcredits|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sbs.com.au/guide/article/2019/01/11/wild-and-interesting-guest-stars-orville|title=The wild and interesting guest stars of 'The Orville'|date=January 11, 2019|website=Guide|access-date=August 18, 2022|archive-date=August 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818091206/https://www.sbs.com.au/guide/article/2019/01/11/wild-and-interesting-guest-stars-orville|url-status=live}}</ref> The same year, he portrayed Gene Lundy, a drama teacher, on two episodes of ''[[Young Sheldon]]''. In 2020, 2021 and 2022, he reprised the role of Gene Lundy on one episode.

In 2019, Alexander appeared on ''[[The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel]]'' as Asher Friedman, a blacklisted Broadway playwright who is an old friend of Midge Maisel's father Abe Weissman.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Smail|first=Gretchen|url=https://www.bustle.com/p/jason-alexanders-mrs-maisel-character-helps-to-set-abe-on-a-new-career-path-19431871|title='Marvelous Mrs. Maisel' Season 3 Includes A Surprising Cameo From A 'Seinfeld' Favorite|website=Bustle|language=en|date=December 6, 2019|access-date=2020-02-17|archive-date=December 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191207124315/https://www.bustle.com/p/jason-alexanders-mrs-maisel-character-helps-to-set-abe-on-a-new-career-path-19431871|url-status=live}}</ref> He won the [[Daytime Emmy Award]] for Outstanding Original Song for "The Bad Guys?" on ''Brainwashed By Toons'' (2020). In 2020, Alexander hosted the ''[[Saturday Night Seder]]'', an online Passover Seder that featured many celebrities and benefited the [[CDC Foundation]].

From February 2023 he co-presented ''[[Really? No, Really?]]'', a weekly podcast in which he, co-host Peter Tilden, and their guests attempt to find answers "to life’s most baffling, intriguing, confusing and annoying questions".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2022/11/30/52182/curb_stars_to_make_a_new_podcast_about_the_show|title=Curb stars to make a new podcast about the show|publisher=Chortle|date=30 November 2022|accessdate=20 December 2022|archive-date=December 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221220003420/https://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2022/11/30/52182/curb_stars_to_make_a_new_podcast_about_the_show|url-status=live}}</ref> In July 2023, he made his Broadway directing debut with Sandy Rustin's comedy ''[[The Cottage (play)|The Cottage]]''. The cast includes [[Eric McCormack]], [[Laura Bell Bundy]] and [[Lilli Cooper]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2023/02/jason-alexander-broadway-the-cottage-eric-mccormack-laura-bell-bundy-lilli-cooper-1235261889/|title=Jason Alexander Sets Broadway Directing Debut With 'The Cottage' Starring Eric McCormack, Laura Bell Bundy & Lilli Cooper|publisher=Deadline|date=16 February 2023|accessdate=6 March 2023|archive-date=March 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306142846/https://deadline.com/2023/02/jason-alexander-broadway-the-cottage-eric-mccormack-laura-bell-bundy-lilli-cooper-1235261889/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2023, on the December 21 primetime CBS special ''Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic'', Alexander performed two songs in conjunction with dance-performers and closed the show with a spoken tribute to Van Dyke.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Solzman |first=Danielle |date=December 21, 2023 |title=dick-van-dyke-98-years-of-magic-airs-on-cbs |url=https://www.solzyatthemovies.com/2023/12/21/dick-van-dyke-98-years-of-magic-airs-on-cbs/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231228164217/https://www.solzyatthemovies.com/2023/12/21/dick-van-dyke-98-years-of-magic-airs-on-cbs/ |archive-date=December 28, 2023 |access-date=December 28, 2023}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Alexander has been married to Daena E. Title, cousin of director [[Stacy Title]], since May 31, 1982.<ref>{{cite web |last=Wallace |first=Amy |title=Director Stacy Title's Mission to Make 'Walking Time Bomb' |url=https://www.vulture.com/2019/05/stacy-title-director-walking-time-bomb.html |website=Vulture |date=May 14, 2019 |access-date=May 25, 2019 |archive-date=May 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190514151256/https://www.vulture.com/2019/05/stacy-title-director-walking-time-bomb.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Biography.com">{{cite news | url=http://www.biography.com/people/jason-alexander-9542168#personal-life&awesm=~oBHYuHajasoqYd | work=[[The Biography Channel]] | title=Jason Alexander Biography – Facts, Birthday, Life Story – Biography.com | access-date=April 17, 2014 | archive-date=March 21, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321143003/https://www.biography.com/people/jason-alexander-9542168#personal-life&awesm=~oBHYuHajasoqYd | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Jason Alexander Biography"/> They have two sons, Gabriel<ref name="Biography.com" /><ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news-article/alexander.s-son-unimpressed-with-seinfeld|title=Alexander's Son Unimpressed With Seinfeld|date=November 26, 2004|magazine=[[Contactmusic.com]]|access-date=May 24, 2012}}</ref> and Noah.<ref name="Biography.com" />

Alexander performed a [[mentalism]] and magic act at [[The Magic Castle]] in Hollywood, California, from April 24 to 30, 2006, and he was later named The Academy of Magical Arts Parlor Magician of the Year for this act. He won the academy's Junior Achievement Award in 1989.<ref name="Hall of Fame">{{cite web|url=http://www.magiccastle.com/hall_of_fame/|title=Hall of Fame|website=The Academy of Magical Arts|date=July 2, 2014 |access-date=January 11, 2018|archive-date=September 23, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923215304/http://www.magiccastle.com/hall_of_fame/|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Charity ===
Alexander was the national spokesman for the [[Scleroderma]] Foundation, a leading organization dedicated to raising awareness of the disease and assisting those who are afflicted.<ref>{{cite news | first=Gina | last=DiNunno | title=Jason Alexander Becomes Jenny Craig Spokesperson | date=January 6, 2010 | url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/jason-alexander-jenny-1013433/ | work=TV Guide | access-date=April 1, 2022 | archive-date=April 2, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220402002028/https://www.tvguide.com/news/jason-alexander-jenny-1013433/ | url-status=live }}</ref> In summer 2005, he appeared with [[Lee Iacocca]] in ads for [[DaimlerChrysler]]. Iacocca did the ads as part of a way to raise money for [[Denise Faustman]]'s research on [[autoimmunity]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.faustmanlab.org/ |title=faustmanlab.org |publisher=faustmanlab.org |access-date=February 20, 2013 |archive-date=March 29, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130329012104/http://www.faustmanlab.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Iacocca and Alexander both have loved ones whose lives have been adversely affected by autoimmunity.

Alexander competed on televised poker shows and in various tournaments. He appeared twice on [[Bravo (US TV channel)|Bravo's]] ''[[Celebrity Poker Showdown]]'', winning the final table of the 8th season. Alexander won the $500,000 prize for the charity of his choice, The [[United Way of America]], to help benefit the New Orleans area. Alexander played in the [[2007 World Series of Poker]] main event, but he was eliminated on the second day. He returned in 2009, making it to day 3 of the event and finishing in the top 30% of the field. Alexander has appeared on NBC's ''[[Poker After Dark]]'' in the "Celebrities and Mentors" episode, finishing in 6th place after being eliminated by professional poker player [[Gavin Smith (poker player)|Gavin Smith]]. He signed with [[PokerStars]], where he plays under the screen name "J. Alexander". In 2021, Alexander competed in a virtual National Poker Tournament, hosted by the [[Children's Tumor Foundation]], to raise money for [[Neurofibromatosis]] research.

===Political views===
Alexander has been a prominent public supporter of the [[OneVoice Movement|OneVoice]] initiative, which seeks out opinions from moderate [[Israelis]] and [[Palestinian people|Palestinians]] who want to achieve a mutual peace agreement, through what it states is the silent majority of Israelis and Palestinians. On ''[[Real Time with Bill Maher]]'', he said he had visited [[Israel]] many times and spoke about progress toward peace he had observed.

On December 6, 2012 Alexander emceed his third<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Kamaras |first=Jacob |date=October 12, 2012 |title=Millions raised, Stevie Wonder absence, Jason Alexander encore mark IDF gala |url=https://www.jns.org/millions-raised-stevie-wonder-absence-jason-alexander-encore-mark-idf-gala/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241004235416/https://www.jns.org/millions-raised-stevie-wonder-absence-jason-alexander-encore-mark-idf-gala/ |archive-date=4 October 2024 |access-date=5 October 2024 |website=Jewish News Syndicate}}</ref> gala event for non-profit group [[Friends of the Israel Defense Forces]], a charity supporting the [[Israel Defense Forces]].<ref name=":1" /> Musician [[Stevie Wonder]] canceled his performance at the event following a recommendation from the UN,<ref name=":1" /> and a public petition from [[Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions]] (BDS) requesting that he not attend the event.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Abunimah |first=Ali |date=2013-01-16 |title=Israeli fake peace group One Voice reveals its anti-Palestinian bigotry in Facebook graphics |url=https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/israeli-fake-peace-group-one-voice-reveals-its-anti-palestinian-bigotry-facebook |access-date=2024-10-05 |website=The Electronic Intifada |language=en}}</ref>{{bsn|date=December 2024}} Alexander, who was interviewed at the event by Jewish News Syndicate, stated he supported the [[OneVoice Movement]], and acknowledged an occupation of Palestine and called for a two-state solution,<ref name=":1" /> which was later criticized by Roz Rothstein, CEO of the pro-Israel education group StandWithUs.<ref name=":1" /> When asked about the IDF, Alexander stated that they were humane and noble, stating "some of the finest, most humane, most admirable, most noble-serving soldiers that I've ever seen" and that "there can never be any doubt that I am also an advocate for Israel".<ref name=":1" /> When asked about why he had repeatedly emceed the event, Alexander stated, "They don't understand first of all what [FIDF] is, and they see it as just a blanket support for Israeli military, and they don't understand how I can say that I'm an advocate for both sides. And given the fact that there are eyes on this event tonight, I thought it was important to get up and say, 'This is why I can advocate for this group and I can advocate for Israel, and I'm not blind to the fact that we're in conflict, and I hold everyone equally accountable, and I hold everyone equally to my heart.'"<ref name=":1" /> On November 6, 2015 he again emceed an event at [[The Beverly Hilton|The Beverly Hilton Hotel]] in California, which raised $31 million for "provid[ing] educational, cultural and recreational programs and facilities for IDF soldiers."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-11-07 |title=IN PICTURES: Star-studded LA fundraiser rakes in $31 million for IDF |url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/star-studded-la-fundraiser-rakes-in-31-million-for-idf-432285 |access-date=2024-10-04 |website=The Jerusalem Post {{!}} JPost.com |language=en}}</ref>

Alexander is a supporter of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]].<ref name="twitter.com">{{Cite tweet|number=1314089877848219648|user=ijasonalexander|title=Once again, I am proud to stand with Joe Biden and Kamala Harris and the slate of Democratic candidates for House and Senate. The lies, the cheating, the corruption and the destruction of our nation, institutions and citizens must end.#VoteBlueToSaveAmerica|first=Jason|last=Alexander|date=October 8, 2020|access-date=June 22, 2023}}</ref> Alexander supports [[same-sex marriage]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-06-24 |title=New York Gay Marriage Ruling: What Hollywood Is Saying on Twitter |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/new-york-gay-marriage-ruling-205558/ |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US |archive-date=January 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130053847/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/new-york-gay-marriage-ruling-205558/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and an [[Assault weapons ban (USA)|assault weapons ban]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-07-23 |title=Jason Alexander's amazing gun rant |url=https://www.salon.com/2012/07/22/jason_alexanders_amazing_gun_rant/ |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=Salon |language=en |archive-date=January 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130053847/https://www.salon.com/2012/07/22/jason_alexanders_amazing_gun_rant/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2020, he campaigned for the [[Texas Democratic Party|Texas Democrats]] with former ''Seinfeld'' colleagues [[Julia Louis-Dreyfus]] and Larry David.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Strause |first=Jackie |date=2020-10-20 |title=A 'Fundraiser About Something': 'Seinfeld' Stars to Reunite for Texas Democrats |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/a-fundraiser-about-something-seinfeld-stars-to-reunite-for-texas-democrats-4079472/ |access-date=2022-04-26 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US |archive-date=April 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220426001858/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/a-fundraiser-about-something-seinfeld-stars-to-reunite-for-texas-democrats-4079472/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He endorsed [[Barack Obama]] in [[2012 United States presidential election|2012]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-03-21 |title=Obama Receives a Celebrity Endorsement at FSU |url=https://www.wjhg.com/home/headlines/Obama-Receives-a-Celebrity-Endorsement-at-FSU-173577571.html |access-date=2022-04-26 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321143004/https://networthfree.com/|archive-date=21 March 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and [[Joe Biden]] in [[2020 United States presidential election|2020]].<ref name="twitter.com"/> Alexander has been an outspoken critic of the Trump administration<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-02-22 |title='Seinfeld' Alum Jason Alexander Spars With Trump Supporters Over Gen. McMaster's George Costanza Reference |url=https://www.thewrap.com/jason-alexander-seinfeld-trump-general-mcmaster/ |access-date=2022-04-26 |language=en-US |archive-date=April 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220426001857/https://www.thewrap.com/jason-alexander-seinfeld-trump-general-mcmaster/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="twitter.com"/> and he has ridiculed [[Donald Trump]] over his dancing.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Parker |first=Ryan |date=2020-10-18 |title=Jason Alexander Compares Trump's Dance Moves to Those of Elaine Benes |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/jason-alexander-compares-trumps-dance-moves-to-those-of-elaine-benes-4078752/ |access-date=2022-04-26 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US |archive-date=April 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220426001857/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/jason-alexander-compares-trumps-dance-moves-to-those-of-elaine-benes-4078752/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He has called [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] senator [[Ted Cruz]] a jerk from the "jerk store" in reference to a joke from ''Seinfeld''.<ref>{{Cite news|url = https://www.ccn.com/seinfeld-actor-jason-alexander-slams-jerk-ted-cruz-2020-presidential-burn/|title = Seinfeld Actor Jason Alexander Slams 'Jerk' Ted Cruz in 2020 Presidential Burn|date = May 7, 2019|newspaper = CCN.com|access-date = November 24, 2020|archive-date = November 8, 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201108000455/https://www.ccn.com/seinfeld-actor-jason-alexander-slams-jerk-ted-cruz-2020-presidential-burn/|url-status = live}}</ref>

==Filmography==
===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
! class=unsortable|Ref.
|-
| 1981
| ''[[The Burning (1981 film)|The Burning]]''
| Dave
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1986
| ''[[The Mosquito Coast (film)|The Mosquito Coast]]''
| Clerk
|
|
|-
| ''[[Brighton Beach Memoirs (film)|Brighton Beach Memoirs]]''
| Pool Player
|
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1990
| ''[[Pretty Woman]]''
| Philip Stuckey
|
|
|-
| ''[[White Palace (film)|White Palace]]''
| Neil
|
|
|-
| ''[[Jacob's Ladder (1990 film)|Jacob's Ladder]]''
| Mr. Geary
|
|
|-
| 1992
| ''[[I Don't Buy Kisses Anymore]]''
| Bernie Fishbine
|
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1993
| ''[[Sexual Healing (film)|Sexual Healing]]''
| Frank
| Short subject
|
|-
| ''[[Coneheads (film)|Coneheads]]''
| Larry Farber
|
|
|-
| ''[[For Goodness Sake]]''
| VCR Customer
| Short subject
|
|-
| rowspan="4" | 1994
| ''[[The Paper (film)|The Paper]]''
| Marion Sandusky
|
|
|-
| ''[[North (1994 film)|North]]''
| North's Father
|
|
|-
| ''[[The Return of Jafar]]''
| [[List of Aladdin characters#Abis Mal|Abis Mal]]
| Voice; [[direct-to-video]]
|
|-
| ''[[Blankman]]''
| Larry Stone
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1995
| ''[[For Better or Worse (film)|For Better or Worse]]''
| Michael Makeshift
| Also director
|
|-
| ''[[The Last Supper (1995 film)|The Last Supper]]''
| The Anti-Environmentalist
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1996
| ''[[Dunston Checks In]]''
| Robert Grant
|
|
|-
| ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996 film)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]''
| Hugo
|Voice
| <ref name="btva">{{cite web |title=Jason Alexander (visual voices guide) |url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Jason-Alexander/ |access-date=November 17, 2023 |publisher=Behind The Voice Actors}} A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.</ref>
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Love! Valour! Compassion! (film)|Love! Valour! Compassion!]]''
| Buzz Hauser
|
|
|-
| 1998
| ''[[Denial (1998 film)|Denial]]''
| Art Witz
|
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1999
| ''[[Madeline: Lost in Paris]]''
| Henri / Uncle Horst
| Voice; direct-to-video
| <ref name="btva" />
|-
| ''[[Love and Action in Chicago]]''
| Frank Bonner
|
|
|-
| ''[[Just Looking]]''
|Radio Announcer
| Voice, uncredited; also director
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2000
| ''[[The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (film)|The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle]]''
| [[Boris Badenov]]
|
|
|-
| ''Let's Rap Fire Safety''
| Smoke Detector
| Voice; short subject
| <ref name="btva" />
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2001
| ''[[The Trumpet of the Swan (film)|The Trumpet of the Swan]]''
| Father
|Voice
| <ref name="btva" />
|-
| ''On Edge''
| Zamboni Phil
|
|
|-
| ''[[Shallow Hal]]''
| Mauricio Wilson
|
|
|-
| 2002
| ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame II]]''
| Hugo
| Voice, direct-to-video
| <ref name="btva" />
|-
| 2003
| ''[[101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure]]''
| Lil' Lightning
| Voice, direct-to-video
| <ref name="btva" />
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2006
| ''[[Ira & Abby]]''
| Dr. Morris Saperstein
|
|
|-
| ''[[Hood of Horror]]''
| British Record Mogul
|
|
|-
| ''How to Go Out on a Date in Queens''
| Johnny
|
|
|-
| ''[[Farce of the Penguins]]''
| Penguin on Belly
| Voice, direct-to-video
|
|-
| 2007
| ''[[The Grand (film)|The Grand]]''
| Dr. Yakov Achmed
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2009
| ''[[Rock Slyde]]''
| Mailman Stan
|
|
|-
| ''[[Hachi: A Dog's Tale]]''
| Carl Bollins
|
|
|-
| 2010
| ''[[Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey]]''
| Major Moron
|Voice
| <ref name="btva" />
|-
| 2011
| ''[[Doctor Dolittle#Adaptations|The Voyages of Young Doctor Dolittle]]''
| Eugene
| Voice; direct-to-video
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2012
| ''[[Stars in Shorts]]''
| Sid Rosenthal
|
|
|-
|''[[Delhi Safari]]''
|Male Flamingo, Hyena Cook
|Voice; English dub
|<ref name="btva" />
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Lucky Stiff (2014 film)|Lucky Stiff]]''
| Vinnie DiRuzzio
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2015
| ''[[Wild Card (2015 film)|Wild Card]]''
| Pinchus "Pinky" Zion
|
|
|-
| ''[[Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant]]''
| Mr. Gaye
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2016
| ''[[Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz]]''
| Mr. Bibb / The [[Nome King]]
| Voice; direct-to-video
| <ref name="btva" />
|-
| ''[[Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened]]''
| Himself
| Documentary
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2020
| ''[[My Boyfriend's Meds]]''
| Dr. Sternbach
|
|
|-
| ''[[Faith Based (film)|Faith Based]]''
| Nicky Steele
|
|
|-
| 2023
| ''[[Leo (2023 American film)|Leo]]''
| Jayda's Dad
| Voice
| <ref>{{Cite web |date=August 23, 2023|title=Everything You Need to Know About ''Leo'' |url=https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/leo-adam-sandler-release-date-photos |access-date=2023-10-12 |website=[[Tudum]] |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| 2024
| ''[[Stealing Pulp Fiction]]''
| Dr. Mendelbaum
|
|
|-
| 2025
| ''[[The Electric State (film)|The Electric State]]''
| Ted Finister
|
|
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
! class=unsortable|Ref.
|-
| 1981
| ''[[Senior Trip (1981 film)|Senior Trip]]''
| Pete
| Television film
|
|-
| 1984–1985
| ''[[E/R]]''
| Harold Stickley
| 15 episodes
|
|-
| 1986
| ''[[Rockabye (1986 film)|Rockabye]]''
| Lt. Ernest Foy
| Television film
|
|-
| 1987
| ''[[Everything's Relative (1987 TV series)|Everything's Relative]]''
| Julian Beeby
| 10 episodes
|
|-
| 1988
| ''[[Newhart]]''
| Ramming
| Episode: "Courtin' Disaster"
|
|-
| 1989–1998
| ''[[Seinfeld]]''
| [[George Costanza]]
| Main role; 178 episodes
|
|-
| 1992–1993
| ''[[Dinosaurs (TV series)|Dinosaurs]]''
| Various voices
| Recurring role; 7 episodes
|
|-
| 1993
| ''[[Dream On (TV series)|Dream On]]''
| Randall Townsend
| Episode: "Oral Sex, Lies and Videotape"
|
|-
|1993–1998
| ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''
| Himself
| 2 episodes
|
|-
| 1994–1997
| ''[[Duckman]]''
| Eric Duckman (voice)
| Main role; 70 episodes
|
|-
| 1994, 1998
| ''[[The Larry Sanders Show]]''
| Himself
| 2 episodes
|
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Aladdin (animated TV series)|Aladdin]]''
| Abis Mal (voice)
| Recurring role; 14 episodes
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1995
| ''[[Bye Bye Birdie (1995 film)|Bye Bye Birdie]]''
| Albert Peterson
| Television film
|
|-
| ''[[47th Primetime Emmy Awards]]''
| Himself (co-host)
| Television special
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1996
| ''[[Muppets Tonight]]''
| Himself
| Episode: "Jason Alexander"
|
|-
| ''[[The Nanny]]''
| Jack
| Episode: "The Tart with Heart"
|
|-
| ''[[Sesame Street]]''
| Himself
| Episode 3557
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1997
| ''[[Remember WENN]]''
| Alan Ballinger
| Episode: "Nothing Up My Sleeve"
|
|-
| ''[[Cinderella (1997 film)|Cinderella]]''
| Lionel
| Television film
|
|-
| 1998–1999
| ''[[Hercules (1998 TV series)|Hercules]]''
| [[Poseidon]] (voice)
| Recurring role; 7 episodes
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1999
| ''Jingle Bells''
| Elf
| Voice; Television film
|
|-
| ''Ultimate Trek: Star Trek's Greatest Moments''
| Captain [[James T. Kirk]]
|Television special
|
|-
| ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]''
| Kurros
| Episode: "[[Think Tank (Star Trek: Voyager)|Think Tank]]"
|
|-
| 1999–2000
| ''[[Dilbert (TV series)|Dilbert]]''
| [[Catbert]] (voice)
| Main role; 9 episodes
|
|-
| 2001, 2009
| ''[[Curb Your Enthusiasm]]''
| Himself
| Recurring role; 5 episodes
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2001
| ''[[Friends]]''
| Earl
| Episode: "The One Where Rosita Dies"
|
|-
| ''[[Bob Patterson (TV series)|Bob Patterson]]''
| Bob Patterson
| Main role; 10 episodes; also executive producer
|
|-
| ''[[The Legend of Tarzan (TV series)|The Legend of Tarzan]]''
| Zutho
| Voice, episode: "Tarzan and the Face from the Past"
|
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2002
| ''[[Son of the Beach]]''
| Tex Finklestein
| Episode: "Penetration Island"
|
|-
| ''[[House of Mouse]]''
| Hugo
| Voice; Episode: "Donald Wants to Fly"
|
|-
| ''[[The Twilight Zone (2002 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]''
| [[Personifications of death|Death]]
| Episode: "One Night at Mercy"
|
|-
| ''[[The Man Who Saved Christmas]]''
| [[A.C. Gilbert]]
| Television film
|
|-
| 2003
| ''[[Malcolm in the Middle]]''
| Leonard
| Episode: "Future Malcolm"
|
|-
| 2004–2005
| ''[[Listen Up (TV series)|Listen Up]]''
| Tony Kleinman
| Main role; also producer
|
|-
| 2004
| ''[[A Christmas Carol (2004 film)|A Christmas Carol]]''
| [[Jacob Marley]]
| Television film
|
|-
| 2005
| ''[[Monk (TV series)|Monk]]''
| Marty Eels
| Episode: "[[Mr. Monk and the Other Detective]]"
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2006
| ''[[Odd Job Jack]]''
| Don
| Voice; episode: "Twenty-One You're Dead"
|
|-
| ''[[Campus Ladies]]''
| Professor
| Episode: "A Very Special Episode"
|
|-
| 2006–2007
| ''[[Everybody Hates Chris]]''
| Principal Edwards
| 2 episodes
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2008
| ''[[The New Adventures of Old Christine]]''
| Dr. Palmer
| Episode: "One and a Half Men"
|
|-
| ''[[Criminal Minds]]''
| Prof. Rothchild
| Episode: "Masterpiece"
|
|-
| 2009
| ''[[Meteor (miniseries)|Meteor]]''
| Dr. Chetwyn
| 2 episodes
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2010–2013
| ''[[Fish Hooks]]''
| Mr. Nibbles
| Voice; 3 episodes
| <ref name="btva" />
|-
| ''[[The Cleveland Show]]''
| Saul Friedman
| Voice; 2 episodes
|
|-
| 2010, 2023
| ''[[American Dad!]]''
| Sal / Mr. Orlando
| Voice; 2 episodes
|
|-
| rowspan="5" | 2011
| ''[[Glenn Martin, DDS]]''
| Brandon
| Voice; episode: "GlenHog Day"
|
|-
| ''[[Franklin & Bash]]''
| Carter Lang
| Episode: "Big Fish"
|
|-
| ''[[Harry's Law]]''
| Richard Cross
| Episode: "Bad to Worse"
|
|-
| ''[[China, IL]]''
| Harold
| Voice; 2 episodes
|
|-
| ''[[A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner!]]''
| Human Cosmo
| Television film
|
|-
| 2011–2012
| ''[[Dora the Explorer (TV series)|Dora the Explorer]]''
| Owl
| Voice; 3 episodes
| <ref name="btva" />
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2012
| ''[[Two and a Half Men]]''
| Dr. Goodman
| Episode: "The Straw in My Donut Hole"
|
|-
| ''Clipaholics''
| Narrator
| Voice; main role
|
|-
| 2013
| ''[[Community (TV series)|Community]]''
| Mountain Man
| Episode: "[[Intro to Felt Surrogacy]]"
|
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2014
| ''[[Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee]]''
| George Costanza
| Episode: "George Costanza: The Over-Cheer"
|
|-
| ''[[Kirstie (TV series)|Kirstie]]''
| Stanford Temple
| Episode: "Maddie's Agent"
|
|-
| ''[[Comedy Bang! Bang! (TV series)|Comedy Bang! Bang!]]''
| Inspector Gantlet
| Episode: "[[Jenna Fischer]] Wears a Floral Blouse & Black Heels"
|
|-
| ''[[How Murray Saved Christmas]]''
| Doc Holiday
| Voice; Television film
|
|-
| 2014–2017
| ''[[The Tom and Jerry Show (2014 TV series)|The Tom and Jerry Show]]''
| Rick (voice)
| Voice; 11 episodes
| <ref name="btva" />
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2015
| ''[[Big Time in Hollywood, FL]]''
| Himself
| Episode: "The Hand That Feeds"
|
|-
| ''[[Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero]]''
| Coach Wallace
| Voice; episode: "Ultrahyperball"
| <ref name="btva" />
|-
| ''[[Drunk History]]''
| [[William M. Tweed|William "Boss" Tweed]]
| Episode: "Journalism"
|
|-
| ''League of Legends with Videogamedunkey''
| Himself
| Episode: "Brucer Zin Zow"
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2015–2016
| ''[[The Grinder (TV series)|The Grinder]]''
| Cliff Bemis
| 4 episodes
|
|-
| ''[[TripTank]]''
|Various voices
|6 episodes
|<ref name="btva" />
|-
| 2016
| ''The Mark Lembeck Technique''
| Mark Lembeck
| Pilot
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2017
| ''[[Animals.]]''
| Algae
| Voice, episode: "Rats"
|<ref name="btva" />
|-
| ''[[The Simpsons]]''
| Bourbon Verlander
| Voice; episode: "[[The Caper Chase]]"
|
|-
| ''[[Hit the Road (TV series)|Hit the Road]]''
| Ken Swallow
| Main role; also co-creator, writer and executive producer
|
|-
| 2017–2018
| ''Kody Kapow''
| Goji
| Voice; recurring role
|
|-
| 2017, 2019
| ''[[Robot Chicken]]''
| [[Krampus]]
| Voice; 2 episodes
|
|-
| 2018–2022
| ''[[Young Sheldon]]''
| Gene Lundy
| 5 episodes
|
|-
| 2018
| ''Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age''
| Himself
| Documentary
|
|-
| 2018–2019
| ''[[The Orville]]''
| Olix
| 2 episodes
|
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2019
| ''The Bug Diaries''
| Cicada
| Voice; episode: "Worm's New Digs"
|
|-
| ''Richard Lovely''
| Mr. Mouse
| Voice; Pilot
|
|-
| ''[[Pinky Malinky]]''
| Mayor Hop
| Voice; recurring role
| <ref name="btva" />
|-
| ''[[Mad About You]]''
| Himself
| Episode: "Real Estate for Beginners"
|
|-
| 2019–present
| ''[[Harley Quinn (TV series)|Harley Quinn]]''
| [[Sy Borgman]]
| Voice, 13 episodes
| <ref name="btva" />
|-
| 2019–2022
| ''[[The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel]]''
| Asher Friedman
| 4 episodes
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2021
| ''[[The Conners]]''
| Pastor Phil
| 2 episodes
|
|-
| ''[[The Problem with Jon Stewart]]''
|[[Jeff Bezos]]
|Episode: "Working-Class Economy"
|
|-
| 2022
| ''[[Out of Office]]''
| Eliza's Dad
| Television film
|
|-
| 2022–2024
| ''[[Star Trek: Prodigy]]''
| Doctor Noum
| Voice; 23 episodes
|
|-
| 2023
| ''[[History of the World, Part II]]''
| Maurice Cheeks
| Episode: "VI"
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2024
| ''[[Rock Paper Scissors (TV series)|Rock, Paper, Scissors]]''
| Jonathan Fartjoke
| Voice; Episode: "Potato/The Fart Joke Debate"
|
|-
| ''[[Y llegaron de noche]]''
| [[Carl Laemmle]]
| 4 episodes
|
|}

=== Theatre ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Venue
! class=unsortable| {{Abbreviation|Ref.|References}}
|-
| 1981
| ''[[Merrily We Roll Along (musical)|Merrily We Roll Along]]''
| Joe Josephson
| [[Neil Simon Theatre]], Broadway
| <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.playbill.com/production/merrily-we-roll-along-alvin-theatre-vault-0000000877|title= Merrily We Roll Along (Broadway, 1981)|website= Playbill|accessdate= June 8, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 1982
| ''[[Forbidden Broadway]]''
| Performer
| [[Stage 72]], Off-Broadway
| <ref name=stagecredits>{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Jason-Alexander/|title=Jason Alexander Theatre Broadway and Theatre Credits|website=broadwayworld|access-date=January 25, 2020|archive-date=December 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191218140503/https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Jason-Alexander/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 1984
| ''[[The Rink (musical)|The Rink]]''
| Lino/Lenny/Punk/Uncle Fausto
| [[Al Hirschfeld Theatre]], Broadway
| <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.playbill.com/production/the-rink-martin-beck-theatre-vault-0000008222|title= The Rink (Broadway, 1984)|website= Playbill|accessdate= June 8, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 1985–1986
| ''[[Personals (musical)|Personals]]''
| Louis/Others
| [[Minetta Lane Theatre]], Off-Broadway
| <ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.iobdb.com/production/1834|title= Personals|website= IOBDB|accessdate= June 8, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 1986–1988
| ''[[Broadway Bound]]''
| Stanley Jerome
| [[Broadhurst Theatre]], Broadway
| <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.playbill.com/production/broadway-bound-broadhurst-theatre-vault-0000002012|title= Broadway Bound (Broadway, 1986)|website= Playbill|accessdate= June 8, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 1989–1990
| ''[[Jerome Robbins' Broadway]]''
| Narrator
| [[Imperial Theatre]], Broadway
| <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.playbill.com/production/jerome-robbins-broadway-imperial-theatre-vault-0000006034|title= Jerome Robbins' Broadway|website= Playbill|accessdate= June 8, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1990
| ''Accomplice''
| Performer
| [[Richard Rodgers Theater]], Broadway
| <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.playbill.com/production/accomplice-richard-rodgers-theatre-vault-0000003084|title= Accomplice (Broadway, 1990)|website= Playbill|accessdate= June 8, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Light Up the Sky (play)|Light Up the Sky]]''
| Sidney Black
| [[Union Square Theatre]], Off-Broadway
| <ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.iobdb.com/Production/5137|title= Light Up the Sky|website= IOBDB|accessdate= June 8, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 2000
| ''Defiled''
| Harry Mendelssohn
| [[Geffen Playhouse]], Los Angeles
| <ref>{{cite web|url= https://playbill.com/article/jason-alexander-and-peter-falk-to-be-defiled-in-geffen-world-preem-may-23-com-88463|title= Jason Alexander and Peter Falk To Be Defiled in Geffen World Preem May 23|website= Playbill|accessdate= June 8, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 2003–2004
| ''[[The Producers (musical)|The Producers]]''
| [[Max Bialystock]]
| National Tour
| <ref>{{cite web|url= https://playbill.com/article/mel-brooks-gets-jason-alexander-and-martin-short-for-la-producers-starting-may-2-2003-com-107118|title= Mel Brooks Gets Jason Alexander and Martin Short for L.A. Producers, Starting May 2, 2003|website= Playbill|accessdate= June 8, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 2006
| ''[[The God of Hell]]''
| Director only
| Geffen Playhouse, Los Angeles
| <ref>{{cite web|url= https://playbill.com/article/tv-stars-head-la-debut-of-the-god-of-hell-directed-by-jason-alexander-june-20-com-133287|title= TV Stars Head L.A. Debut of The God of Hell Directed by Jason Alexander, June 20|website= Playbill|accessdate= June 8, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 2008
| ''[[The Odd Couple (play)|The Odd Couple]]''
| Oscar Madison
| Stage Reading
| <ref>{{cite web|url= https://playbill.com/article/reprise-may-do-odd-couple-reading-with-jason-alexander-com-141665|title= Reprise! May Do Odd Couple Reading with Jason Alexander|website= Playbill|accessdate= June 8, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=2|2013
| ''[[Finding Neverland (musical)|Finding Neverland]]''
| [[Charles Frohman]]
| Workshop
| <ref>Healy, Patrick. [http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/09/04/weinstein-lands-a-big-name-executive-producer-for-finding-neverland/?ref=theater&_r=0 "Weinstein Lands a Big-Name Executive Producer for ‘Finding Neverland’ "] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328232234/http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/09/04/weinstein-lands-a-big-name-executive-producer-for-finding-neverland/?ref=theater&_r=0 |date=March 28, 2014 }} ''The New York Times'' (artsbeat.blogs), 4 September 2013</ref>
|-
| ''[[Broadway Bound]]''
| Director only
| Odyssey Theatre
| <ref name=stagecredits/>
|-
| 2015
| ''[[Fish in the Dark]]''
| Norman Drexel (replacement) 
| [[James Earl Jones Theatre|Cort Theatre]], Broadway
| <ref name=stagecredits/>
|-
| 2017
| ''[[The Portuguese Kid]]''
| Barry Dragonetti
| [[Manhattan Theatre Club]]
| <ref name=stagecredits/>
|-
| 2019
| ''[[The Last Five Years]]''
| rowspan="2" | Director only
| [[Syracuse Stage]]
|<ref>{{cite news |title='Last Five Years' at Syracuse Stage a unique, gorgeous and innovative production (Review) |last=Lowen |first=Linda |date=June 2, 2019 |work=Syracuse Post-Standard |url=https://www.syracuse.com/entertainment/2019/06/last-five-years-at-syracuse-stage-a-unique-gorgeous-and-innovative-production-review.html |access-date=June 15, 2019 |archive-date=June 7, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607203107/https://www.syracuse.com/entertainment/2019/06/last-five-years-at-syracuse-stage-a-unique-gorgeous-and-innovative-production-review.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2023
| ''[[The Cottage (play)|The Cottage]]''
| [[Helen Hayes Theater]], [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]]
|<ref>[https://www.fox5ny.com/news/the-cottage-jason-alexander-broadway ''Fox5NY Alexander Directs''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230724040546/https://www.fox5ny.com/news/the-cottage-jason-alexander-broadway |date=July 24, 2023 }}accessed 07/24/23</ref>
|-
|''[[Gutenberg! The Musical!]]''
|Producer (one night only) 
|James Earl Jones Theatre, Broadway
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Levy |first=Matt |date=2023-12-18 |title=Surprise celebrity appearances at 'Gutenberg' on Broadway: Get tickets |url=https://nypost.com/2023/12/18/ticket-sales/surprise-celebrity-appearances-at-gutenberg-on-broadway-get-tickets/ |access-date=2025-02-07 |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2024
| ''[[Judgment Day (Ulin play)|Judgment Day]]''
| Sammy Campo
| [[Chicago Shakespeare Theater]]
| <ref>{{cite web|url= https://abc7chicago.com/post/seinfeld-actor-jason-alexander-stars-with-daniel-breaker-in-judgement-day-at-the-yard-chicago-shakespeare-theater/14790663/|title= Jason Alexander stars in 'Judgment Day' at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater|website= ABC7|date= May 9, 2024|accessdate= June 8, 2024}}</ref>
|-
|''[[Fiddler on the Roof]]''
|[[Tevye]]
|La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reilly |first=Jennifer |date=2022-05-27 |title=Fiddler on the Roof |url=https://lamiradatheatre.com/current_events/fiddler/ |access-date=2024-11-18 |website=La Mirada Theatre |language=en-US}}</ref>
|}

===Music videos===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
!Artist
! Role
! class=unsortable|{{Abbreviation|Ref.|References}}
|-
| 2007 || "[[Celebrity (Brad Paisley song)|Celebrity]]"
| rowspan="2" |[[Brad Paisley]]|| Himself || rowspan="3" |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://imvdb.com/n/jason-alexander|title=Jason Alexander|website=IMVDb|language=en|access-date=2020-02-17|archive-date=January 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200125145751/https://imvdb.com/n/jason-alexander|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 2007 || "[[Online (Brad Paisley song)|Online]]" || Geek; also director
|-
| 2012 || "[[Trying Not to Love You]]"
|[[Nickelback]]|| Bud
|-
|2021
|"''[[Cinderella (1997 film)|Cinderella]]'' Medley"
|[[Todrick Hall]] & [[Brandy Norwood|Brandy]]
|Lionel
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Watch Todrick Hall Join Brandy & More to Pay Tribute to Cinderella with Delightful Medley |url=https://www.broadway.com/buzz/200387/watch-todrick-hall-join-brandy-more-to-pay-tribute-to-cinderella-with-delightful-medley/ |access-date=2025-02-07 |website=Broadway.com |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|}

===Video games===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Voice role
! class=unsortable|Ref.
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1996
| ''[[Disney's Animated Storybook: The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]''
| Hugo
|<ref name="btva" />
|-
| ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame: Topsy Turvy Games]]''
| Hugo
|<ref name="btva" />
|-
| 2012
| ''[[Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance]]''
| Hugo
|<ref name="btva" />
|}

===Director===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Notes
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Seinfeld]]''
| Episode: "[[The Good Samaritan (Seinfeld)|The Good Samaritan]]"
|-
| 2006
| ''[[Campus Ladies]]''
| Episode: "A Very Special Episode"
|-
| 2007–2008
| ''[[Everybody Hates Chris]]''
| 2 episodes
|-
| 2009
| ''[[Criminal Minds]]''
| Episode: "Conflicted"
|-
| 2010
| ''[['Til Death]]''
| Episode: "Snore Loser"
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2012
| ''[[Franklin & Bash]]''
| Episode: "Last Dance"
|-
| ''[[Mike & Molly]]''
| Episode: "Vince Takes a Bath"
|-
| 2023
| ''[[Young Sheldon]]''
| Episode: "A Frat Party, a Sleepover and the Mother of All Blisters"
|}

== Awards and nominations ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Association
! Category
! Performance
! Result
! class=unsortable|{{Abbreviation|Ref.|References}}
|-
| rowspan=2|[[47th Daytime Emmy Awards|2020]]
| rowspan=2|[[Daytime Emmy Awards]]
| Outstanding Original Song
| rowspan=2|''Brainwashed By Toons''
| {{won}}
| rowspan=2|<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004517/awards|title=Jason Alexander|publisher=IMDb|access-date=2020-02-17|archive-date=September 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920020720/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004517/awards|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| Outstanding Writing for a Special Class Series
| {{nom}}
|-
| 1986
| rowspan=2|[[Drama Desk Award]]s
| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical|Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical]]
| ''[[Personals (musical)|Personals]]''
| {{nom}}
| rowspan=2| <ref>{{Cite web |title=Jason Alexander |url=https://www.playbill.com/person/jason-alexander-vault-0000026044 |website=Playbill}}</ref>
|-
| 1989
| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical|Outstanding Actor in a Musical]]
| ''[[Jerome Robbins' Broadway]]''
| {{won}}
|-
|[[44th Primetime Emmy Awards|1992]] || rowspan=8|[[Primetime Emmy Awards]] || rowspan=3|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series|Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series]] || ''[[Seinfeld]]'' (episode: "[[The Note (Seinfeld)|The Note]]" + "[[The Tape]]") || {{nom}} || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1992|title= Nominees / Winners 1992 Emmy Awards|website= Television Academy|accessdate= June 8, 2024}}</ref>
|-
|[[45th Primetime Emmy Awards|1993]] || ''[[Seinfeld]]'' (episode: "[[The Contest]]" + "[[The Outing (Seinfeld)|The Outing]]") || {{nom}} || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1993|title= Nominees / Winners 1993 Emmy Awards|website= Television Academy|accessdate= June 8, 2024}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=2|[[46th Primetime Emmy Awards|1994]] || ''[[Seinfeld]]'' (episode: "[[The Hamptons (Seinfeld)|The Hamptons]]" + "[[The Opposite]]") || {{nom}} || rowspan=2|<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1994|title= Nominees / Winners 1994 Emmy Awards|website= Television Academy|accessdate= June 8, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series|Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series]] || ''[[Dream On (TV series)|Dream On]]'' (episode: "Oral Sex, Lies, and Videotape") || {{nom}}
|-
|[[47th Primetime Emmy Awards|1995]] || rowspan=4|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series|Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series]] || ''[[Seinfeld]]'' (episode: "[[The Gymnast (Seinfeld)|The Gymnast]]" + "[[The Race (Seinfeld)|The Race]]") || {{nom}} || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1995|title= Nominees / Winners 1995 Emmy Awards|website= Television Academy|accessdate= June 8, 2024}}</ref>
|-
|[[48th Primetime Emmy Awards|1996]] || ''[[Seinfeld]]'' (episode: "[[The Pool Guy]]" + "[[The Invitations]]") || {{nom}} || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1996|title= Nominees / Winners 1996 Emmy Awards|website= Television Academy|accessdate= June 8, 2024}}</ref>
|-
|[[49th Primetime Emmy Awards|1997]] || ''[[Seinfeld]]'' (episode: "[[The Comeback (Seinfeld)|The Comeback]]") || {{nom}} || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1997|title= Nominees / Winners 1997 Emmy Awards|website= Television Academy|accessdate= June 8, 2024}}</ref>
|-
|[[50th Primetime Emmy Awards|1998]] || ''[[Seinfeld]]'' (episode: "[[The Strike (Seinfeld)|The Strike]]") || {{nom}} || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1998|title= Nominees / Winners 1998 Emmy Awards|website= Television Academy|accessdate= June 8, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[50th Golden Globe Awards|1992]] || rowspan=4|[[Golden Globe Awards]] || rowspan=4|[[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film|Best Supporting Actor – Television]] || ''[[Seinfeld]]'' ([[Seinfeld season 3|season 3]]) || {{nom}} ||rowspan=4|<ref name=":0" />
|-
| [[51st Golden Globe Awards|1993]] || ''[[Seinfeld]]'' ([[Seinfeld season 4|season 4]]) || {{nom}}
|-
| [[52nd Golden Globe Awards|1994]] || ''[[Seinfeld]]'' ([[Seinfeld season 5|season 5]]) || {{nom}}
|-
| [[55th Golden Globe Awards|1997]] || ''[[Seinfeld]]'' ([[Seinfeld season 8|season 8]]) || {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=2|[[1st Screen Actors Guild Awards|1994]] || rowspan=9|[[Screen Actors Guild Awards]] || [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series|Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series]] || rowspan=9|''[[Seinfeld]]'' || {{win}} || rowspan=2|<ref>{{cite web|url= https://sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/inaugural-screen-actors-guild-awards|title= 1st Screen Actors Guild Awards|website= [[Screen Actors Guild Awards|sagawards.org]]|accessdate= June 8, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series|Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series]] || {{win}}
|-
| rowspan=2|[[2nd Screen Actors Guild Awards|1995]] || [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series|Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series]] || {{nom}} || rowspan=2|<ref>{{cite web|url= https://sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/2nd-screen-actors-guild-awards|title= 2nd Screen Actors Guild Awards|website= [[Screen Actors Guild Awards|sagawards.org]]|accessdate= June 8, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series|Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series]] || {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=2|[[3rd Screen Actors Guild Awards|1996]] || [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series|Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series]] || {{win}} || rowspan=2|<ref>{{cite web|url= https://sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/3rd-screen-actors-guild-awards|title= 3rd Screen Actors Guild Awards|website= [[Screen Actors Guild Awards|sagawards.org]]|accessdate= June 8, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series|Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series]] || {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=2|[[4th Screen Actors Guild Awards|1997]] || [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series|Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series]] || {{win}} || rowspan=2|<ref>{{cite web|url= https://sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/4th-screen-actors-guild-awards|title= 4th Screen Actors Guild Awards|website= [[Screen Actors Guild Awards|sagawards.org]]|accessdate= June 8, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=1|[[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series|Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series]] || {{nom}}
|-
| [[5th Screen Actors Guild Awards|1998]] ||[[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series|Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series]]|| {{nom}} || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/5th-screen-actors-guild-awards|title= 5th Screen Actors Guild Awards|website= [[Screen Actors Guild Awards|sagawards.org]]|accessdate= June 8, 2024}}</ref>
|-
|[[43rd Tony Awards|1989]]
| [[Tony Awards]]
| [[Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical|Best Actor in a Musical]]
| ''[[Jerome Robbins' Broadway]]''
| {{won}}
| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/tonyawardspersoninfo.php?nomname=Jason%20Alexander%20|title=Jason Alexander Tony Awards Info - Browse by Nominee|website=broadwayworld|access-date=January 25, 2020|archive-date=June 11, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220611162704/https://www.broadwayworld.com/tonyawardspersoninfo.php?nomname=Jason%20Alexander%20|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|}

==References==
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Boris and Natasha: The Movie

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{{short description|1992 film by Charles Martin Smith}}
{{Multiple issues|
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{{All plot|date=May 2021}}
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{{use American English|date=March 2020}}
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{{Infobox television
| image = BorisandNatasha(movie).jpg
| caption = DVD cover
| genre = [[Comedy film|Comedy]]
| director = [[Charles Martin Smith]]
| screenplay = {{ubl|Charles Fradin|Linda Favila|Anson Downes}}
| story = {{ubl|Charles Fradin|[[Brad Hall]]}}
| based_on = {{based on|Characters|[[Jay Ward]]}}
| starring = {{ubl|[[Dave Thomas (actor)|Dave Thomas]]|[[Sally Kellerman]]|[[Andrea Martin]]|[[Paxton Whitehead]]|[[John Travolta]]}}
| narrated = [[Corey Burton]]
| music = [[David Kitay]]
| country = United States
| language = English
| executive_producer = Sally Kellerman
| producer = [[Jonathan D. Krane]]
| cinematography = [[Daryn Okada]]
| editor = {{ubl|[[Maysie Hoy]]|Patrick Kennedy}}
| company = Management Company Entertainment Group [[Sterling Entertainment Group]]
| network = [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]]
| released = {{Start date|1992|04|17}}<ref name="TCMnotes">'{{Cite web|title=Boris and Natasha (1992)|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/456088/boris-and-natasha#notes|access-date=2023-07-18|website=Turner Classic Movies|language=en}}</ref>
| runtime = 88 minutes
| budget = $1 million
}}

'''''Boris and Natasha: The Movie''''' is a 1992 American [[comedy film|comedy]] [[television film]] that was loosely based on the [[animated television series]] ''[[The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends|The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title= A Cold-War Couple With a Couple of Peculiarities (Don't Tell)|work= The New York Times|date=April 17, 1992|url= https://www.nytimes.com/1992/04/17/news/a-cold-war-couple-with-a-couple-of-peculiarities.html?scp=1&sq=Beetlejuice%20cartoon&st=cse|accessdate=2010-08-12 | first=John J. | last=O'Connor}}</ref> [[Rocky J. Squirrel|Rocky]] and [[Bullwinkle J. Moose|Bullwinkle]] are reimagined as two minor human characters with the codenames "Agent Moose" and "Agent Squirrel". This was due to the production company's inability to secure the rights to the animated characters' likenesses for this film.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-09-25-ca-3700-story.html|title=Films now going into production: Boris & Natasha...|last=Pecchia|first=David|date=September 25, 1988|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=2010-11-06}}</ref> Originally intended for a theatrical release, this film was produced by Management Company Entertainment Group for [[Showtime Networks]], and aired on [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]] on April 17, 1992.

==Plot==
{{Long plot|date=August 2015}}
The movie opens in the tiny country of [[Pottsylvania]], where [[Fearless Leader]] concocts a plan to obtain a time-reversal microchip, invented by Professor Anton Paulovitch. He asks his top agent, Agent X, to find the professor, but Agent X suggests they send some patsies instead. [[Boris Badenov]] and [[Natasha Fatale]] accept the assignment and are told to defect to America. After a number of failed attempts, they arrive in America. The head of the CIA, Sheldon Kaufman, decides to have tests run on them to see if they are truly defecting. After the test, it is obvious to everyone that they should be deported, but a worker, Willie, points out they had not had any defections in a while, and thinks they should play along and spy on them in the meantime to see what they are after.

Boris and Natasha are given an apartment and money, while being secretly watched by Agent X, who himself is being followed by a mysterious figure. The duo have to meet with a secret assassin named Kalishak, who supposedly knows who they should seek, but first have to deal with their next-door neighbors, Toots and Harve, who are very interested in knowing about them. Toots assumes Boris and Natasha are a couple, and when Natasha denies it, Toots figures she is wrong. Natasha, who has become fascinated with America, also learns from Toots that American couples usually help each other, something Boris and Natasha do not.

They find Kalishak, who denies that he knows anything about the professor. After accepting a bribe, Kalishak acts as a shoe-shine boy and tells Boris "Search your sole," which Boris does not understand. After they leave, one of Kalishak's potatoes is replaced with a bomb, killing him. Natasha later sees information written on the sole of Boris' shoe, telling them to find "Minelli". Disguised as rug cleaners, they go to the location on the shoe, where they learn that the "Minelli" they are looking for is Sal Minelli, a photographer. Natasha then gets an offer for a photo shoot and a party, which Boris figures will be a good opportunity to meet Minelli. To pass the time before the party they go shopping at a mall, but the next day Natasha returns, going shopping with Toots, behind Boris' back. She learns that Toots does not need Harve's permission to do things, and learns more about their married life. Boris says a code phrase to many photographers, to no avail, before not being allowed in, but Natasha soon hits celebrity status.

Boris gets annoyed at Natasha for acting like such a celebrity, especially since Fearless Leader had ordered them to keep a low profile. But Natasha remembers what Toots had told her, and points out that she has been responsible for Boris' success before leaving for the party. Boris starts to feel bad about their argument, while at the party Natasha keeps seeing Boris. She leaves the party, and finds Boris sleeping outside.

Minelli calls their home and arranges a photo session with Natasha. It turns out Minelli is a spy, and they are being spied on by Kaufman, Agent X, and the man who had been following Agent X. He informs her that Fearless Leader had sent them as patsies and that they will be killed when they find the professor. Just when he is about to tell her the name of Agent X, Agent X kills Minelli. Boris, disguised as a cop, finds out that Agent X is actually Willie. Boris and Natasha leave their apartment right as an assassination attempt on them occurs. Disguised as overweight Irishmen, they stay at a hotel, where they find Willie dead, and also find that he had an 11:30 train schedule. They leave with Willie, intent on hiding his body, but they encounter Harve and Toots attending a party at the hotel, and convince them Willie has had too many drinks. Boris and Natasha eventually send Willie's body down a laundry chute, only to remember that they had left the train schedule at the hotel room. When they get back, they see Paulovitch, who is revealed to be the one who had been following Agent X. He asks that they discuss the chip, which Boris and Natasha still know nothing about, but Toots and Harve suddenly arrive with Willie's body, which they decided to return him to them. When questioned about being at a hotel when they have an apartment, they claim that they are there for relationship counseling. Once Toots and Harve are gone, they find Paulovitch missing, along with the train schedule.

They chase after Paulovitch, eventually catching a taxi, where they see Paulovitch and question him, who claims he does not know what they are talking about. Boris then discovers lit dynamite in the taxi, and that the driver is actually a [[Counterfeit|dummy]]. The car explodes, but the explosion reverses. After a few explosions and reverses, they jump out of the taxi. Paulovitch tells them about the time-reversing chip and reveals that that was his first life-and-death experiment with it. He explains that his evil twin brother Kreeger is also after the chip. Boris and Natasha decide to help make sure it does not fall into the wrong hands. However, Paulovitch gets kidnapped, but Boris and Natasha find a penny, which they instantly see as a clue. They go to [[Mount Rushmore]], where they notice a ladder going into Lincoln's nose.

There, they find Paulovitch's secret laboratory. They discover millions of time-reverse microchips, and find Anton tied up. He tells them he was kidnapped by Kreeger, but then they learn that he is in fact Kreeger, while Anton is tied up. They learn that once Anton realized the microchip could be disastrous in the wrong hands, he tried to destroy it, only for its effect to protect it from destruction, so he had them mass-produced with the intention of sending them to every country with the goal of ending wars. Kaufman enters and reveals that he is not actually working for the government, but the auto industry and insurance companies, and knows that the chip could put an end to his business. Harve and Toots then show up with guns, and reveal themselves to be Agents [[Bullwinkle J. Moose|Moose]] and [[Rocky the Flying Squirrel|Squirrel]]. Fearless Leader shows up and takes over, taking the pile of microchips. After Natasha manages to temporarily disable the power, a fight ensues. Boris takes out a stick of dynamite, which he was "saving for a rainy day", and throws it at the pile of microchips, which sends them back to the very beginning of the movie. Knowing what will happen, Boris realizes that Fearless Leader must know what will happen as well, so Boris decides they will go to Tahiti (a place Natasha had earlier expressed desire to visit) instead. When Paulovitch realizes that he had not been properly introduced to them, Boris introduces Natasha as his girlfriend.

The narrator wonders aloud if they really are safe from the danger they had avoided by going to Tahiti, asking all kinds of questions, before Boris tells him to shut up. The narrator then tells viewers to tune in to their next episode, "'Goodbye Mr. Chip', or 'The Megabytes Back!'"

==Cast==
{{cast listing|
* [[Dave Thomas (actor)|Dave Thomas]] as [[Boris Badenov]]
* [[Sally Kellerman]] as [[Natasha Fatale]]
* [[John Calvin (actor)|John Calvin]] as Harve / [[Bullwinkle J. Moose|Agent Moose]]
* [[Andrea Martin]] as Toots / [[Rocky the Flying Squirrel|Agent Squirrel]]
* [[Paxton Whitehead]] as Anton / Kreeger Paulovitch
* [[Christopher Neame]] as [[Fearless Leader]]
* [[Alex Rocco]] as Sheldon Kaufman
* [[John Candy]] as Kalishak
* José Eber as himself
* [[Sid Haig]] as Col. Gorda
* [[Anthony Newley]] as Sal Minelli
* [[John Travolta]] as Himself
* Amy Brandis as Olga Badenov
* Steve Como as Gerald Fatale
* [[Rance Howard]] as Polygraph Man
* [[Charles Martin Smith]] as Hotel Clerk
* [[Corey Burton]] as Narrator
}}

[[June Foray]], the original voice of Natasha and Rocky from the ''Rocky and Bullwinkle Show'', makes a cameo appearance as a woman who wants Natasha's autograph.

==Production==
Screenwriter Charles Fradin wrote the initial treatment and brought it to producer [[Jonathan D. Krane]] who greenlit the project on the condition his wife, [[Sally Kellerman]], play Natasha.<ref name="BorisNatashaProd">{{cite magazine |last=Schweiger|first=Daniel|date=May 1990|title= Boris & Natasha|url= https://archive.org/details/cinefantastique_1970-2002/Cinefantastique%20Vol%2020%20No%205%20%28May%201990%29/page/n10/mode/1up?view=theater|magazine=[[Cinefantastique]]|location= |publisher= Fourth Castle Micromedia|access-date=July 18, 2023}}</ref> After negotiating with creator [[Jay Ward]] for the rights to the characters, the screenplay went through 20 revisions.<ref name= "BorisNatashaProd"/> At Kellerman's suggestion, [[Dave Thomas (actor)|Dave Thomas]] was cast as Natasha's counterpart Boris.<ref name= "BorisNatashaProd"/> [[Charles Martin Smith]] was given the position of director with Thomas' help, and Smith was enthused about the project as his father was an animator and he grew up with fond memories of the Jay Ward produced cartoons.<ref name= "BorisNatashaProd"/> Using his connections as a talent agent, Krane was able to secure [[John Travolta]] and [[John Candy]] for cameos in the film.<ref name= "BorisNatashaProd"/> The film began shooting in September 1988.<ref name= "TCMnotes"/> Following a test screening where audience reaction to the film was negative with particular confusion at the humor and pacing of the film, the filmmakers spent 18 months trying to re-edit the film to make it work.<ref name= "BorisNatashaProd"/> According to Thomas, a number of scenes were never shot, which made it impossible to properly edit the film.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/035/035847p1.html | last=Plume | first=Kenneth | title=Interview with Dave Thomas (Part 3 of 5) | publisher=[[IGN]] | date=February 10, 2000 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051210172951/http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/035/035847p1.html | archive-date=December 10, 2005}}</ref>

==Home media==
The film was released on VHS in December 1992 by Academy Entertainment and on DVD from Platinum Disc in 1999. The DVD contained no bonus material. MGM later re-released it on DVD on June 26, 2012, as part of their "Limited Edition Collection".

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0101500}}
* {{Rotten Tomatoes}}

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The Fantastic Four (unreleased film)

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{{Short description|Unreleased superhero film completed in 1994 directed by Oley Sassone}}
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{{Infobox film
| image = Fantastic-four-movie-poster.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Oley Sassone
| producer = Steven Rabiner
| screenplay = {{Plainlist|
* [[Craig J. Nevius]]
* Kevin Rock
}}
| based_on = {{based on|[[Fantastic Four]]|[[Stan Lee]]|[[Jack Kirby]]}}
| starring = {{Plainlist|
* [[Alex Hyde-White]]
* [[Jay Underwood]]
* [[Rebecca Staab]]
* [[Michael Bailey Smith]]
* [[Carl Ciarfalio]]
* [[Ian Trigger]]
* [[Joseph Culp]]
* [[Kat Green]]
* [[George Gaynes]]
}}
| music = {{Plainlist|
* David Wurst
* Eric Wurst
}}
| cinematography = Mark Parry
| editing = Glenn Garland
| studio = [[Constantin Film]]
| distributor = [[New Concorde]]
| released = {{Film date|1994|05|31|unreleased}}
| runtime = 90 minutes
| country = [[Germany]]
| language = English
| budget = $1 million<ref>{{cite web |url=https://adamcadre.ac/calendar/17/17318.html |title=Fantastic Four |website=Adam Cadre |access-date=September 8, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://archive.laist.com/programs/offramp/2015/08/04/43964/roger-corman-tells-us-about-his-original-1994-fant/ |title=Roger Corman tells us about his original 1994 'Fantastic Four' that was never released |website=LAist |date=August 4, 2015 |access-date=September 8, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.avclub.com/the-fantastic-four-roger-corman-1994-oral-history-1851489671 |title=An oral history of Roger Corman's unreleased Fantastic Four movie |website=The A.V. Club |access-date=September 8, 2024}}</ref>
}}

'''''The Fantastic Four''''' is an unreleased English-language German [[superhero film]] based on the [[Marvel Comics]] [[Fantastic Four|superhero team of the same name]], created by [[Stan Lee]] and [[Jack Kirby]]. The film features the team's origin and first battle with [[Doctor Doom]]. Executive-produced by low-budget specialists [[Roger Corman]] and [[Bernd Eichinger]], it was made to allow Eichinger to keep the Fantastic Four film rights. It was [[List of unproduced Marvel Comics adaptations|not officially released]], although [[Pirated movie release types|pirated]] copies have circulated since 1994 as well as various clips being available online.

==Plot==
[[Mister Fantastic|Reed Richards]] and [[Doctor Doom|Victor Von Doom]] are college friends who use the opportunity of a passing comet called Colossus to try an experiment. It goes horribly wrong, leaving Victor believed dead. [[Invisible Woman|Susan]] and [[Human Torch|Johnny Storm]] are two children living with their mother, who owns a [[boarding house]] where Reed lives. [[Thing (comics)|Ben Grimm]] is a family friend and a college buddy of Reed's.

Ten years later, Reed, Susan, Johnny and Ben participate in a mission in an experimental spacecraft of Reed's as the same comet passes Earth. Unbeknownst to them, a crucial diamond component designed to protect them from the comet's cosmic rays, has been replaced with an imitation by a criminal named The Jeweler, leaving them exposed to the radiation.

After crash-landing on Earth they discover that the cosmic rays have given them [[Superpower (ability)|special powers]]: Reed's bodily structure has become elastic, Susan can become invisible, Johnny can generate fire on demand and Ben has transformed into a creature with stone-like skin.

They are later captured by men posing as Marines and are taken to Victor who has become the villainous monarch Dr. Doom. They escape and meet at the [[Baxter Building]], trying to decide how to move forward with their superpowers. An angry Ben leaves them to go out on his own, feeling he has become a freak. He is found by homeless men and joins them in the lair of the Jeweler.

The Jeweler has his henchmen kidnap blind artist [[Alicia Masters]] whom he plans to force into being his bride, intending to use the stolen diamond as his wedding gift to her. Doom, who has his own plans for the diamond, sends his henchmen to The Jeweler to make a deal for it but to no avail. Doom seizes the diamond himself, and a gun battle breaks out between his men and The Jeweler's. When Ben enters the fray, Doom takes Alicia hostage. When Ben threatens to 'clobber' Doom, Alicia begs him not to risk it and confesses her love for him. Her confession changes Ben back to human form and he flees into the city streets. Frustrated at his helplessness he reverts to the Thing.

When Ben returns to his friends, Reed has learned that Doom is actually Victor. Doom contacts them and threatens to use the diamond to power a laser cannon that will destroy [[New York City]] unless they surrender to him. Realizing they are the only ones who can stop him, they don costumes and travel to Doom's castle where they confront waves of his military forces. As Reed battles him, Doom manages to fire his laser but is knocked off a balcony wall. As he clings to the wall Reed tries to rescue him but Doom's gauntlet comes loose and he falls into the fog below. His gauntlet (still on the balcony) starts to move on its own. Meanwhile, Johnny has become the Human Torch and flies off to intercept the laser's shot, deflecting away from the city and into outer space. Ben frees Alicia and finally introduces himself to her. She feels the rocky surface of his face but is not fazed by his altered appearance. The Fantastic Four dedicate themselves to fighting evil, and Reed and Susan marry.

==Cast==
* [[Alex Hyde-White]] as [[Mister Fantastic|Reed Richards / Mr. Fantastic]]
* [[Rebecca Staab]] as [[Invisible Woman|Susan Storm / Invisible Woman]]
:* [[Mercedes McNab]] as Young Susan Storm
* [[Jay Underwood]] as [[Human Torch|Johnny Storm / Human Torch]]
:* [[Phillip Van Dyke]] as Young Johnny Storm
* [[Michael Bailey Smith]] as [[Thing (comics)|Ben Grimm]]
:* [[Carl Ciarfalio]] as [[Thing (comics)|The Thing]]
* [[Joseph Culp]] as [[Doctor Doom|Victor Von Doom / Dr. Doom]]
* [[Kat Green]] as [[Alicia Masters]]
* [[Ian Trigger]] as The Jeweler
* Annie Gagen as May Storm

==Production==
In 1983, German producer [[Bernd Eichinger]] met with [[Marvel Comics]]' [[Stan Lee]] at Lee's [[Los Angeles]] home to explore obtaining an option for a movie based on the [[Fantastic Four]].<ref name=itop109>{{cite news |title=Fantastic Faux! |first=Robert |last=Ito |work=[[Los Angeles (magazine)|Los Angeles]] |date=March 2005 |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=SF8EAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22selling+the+character%27s+option+to+Universal%22&pg=PA109 109]}}</ref> The option was not available until three years later, when Eichinger's production company [[Constantin Film]] obtained it for a price the producer called "not enormous" and which has been estimated to be $250,000.<ref name=Itop110>Ito, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=SF8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA110 110]</ref> Despite some interest from [[Warner Bros. Pictures]] and [[Columbia Pictures]], budget concerns precluded any production, and with the option scheduled to expire on December 31, 1992, Constantin asked Marvel for an extension. With none forthcoming, Eichinger planned to retain his option by producing a low-budget ''Fantastic Four'' film.<ref name=Itop110 /> In September 1992, he teamed with [[B-movie]] specialist [[Roger Corman]], who agreed to produce the film on a $1 million budget, to be released by his distribution company [[New Horizons Pictures]].<ref name=Itop110 />

[[Principal photography]] began on December 28, 1992, under direction of music video director Oley Sassone, lasting for 21 days<ref name=Itop111 /> or 25 days.<ref name=Gorep40>Gore, p. 40</ref>

[[Storyboards]] were drawn by artist Pete Von Sholly.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.filmthreat.com/features/37428/ |work=[[Film Threat]] |date=October 1993 |issue=12 |volume=2 |page=30 (sidebar: "Stunning Storyboards") |title=What Do You Take Us 4? |first=Christian |last=Gore |access-date=January 1, 2012}}</ref> The movie was shot on the [[New Concorde#Beginnings|Concorde Pictures]] sound stage in [[Venice, California]], as well as in [[Agoura, California]] for a spacecraft-crash scene, the [[Loyola Marymount University]] campus for a lab-explosion scene, and the former [[Pacific Stock Exchange]] building in downtown Los Angeles for team-meeting scenes.<ref name=Itop111>Ito, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=SF8EAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22the+thing.+This+would+be+his+second+movie.%22&pg=PA111 111]</ref>

Costume designer Réve Richards recalled in 1993 going to [[Golden Apple Comics]] on [[Melrose Avenue]] in Los Angeles to buy ''Fantastic Four'' comic books for research. Upon explaining his task, "these people in the store just swarmed me and said, 'You are going to be faithful to it?' And I told them, 'This is why I am buying these books.'"<ref name=Gorep31>Gore, p. 31</ref> Paul Ahern was hired as weapons consultant,<ref name=Gorep31 /> and Scott Billups for computer visual effects.<ref name=Gorep33side>Gore, p. 33 (sidebar: "FF FX")</ref> The special-effects makeup was by John Vulich and Everett Burrell of Optic Nerve.<ref name=Gorep33>Gore, p. 33</ref> Stuntman [[Carl Ciarfalio]], who wore a rubber suit to portray the monstrous superhero [[Thing (comics)|Thing]], worked with actor [[Michael Bailey Smith]], who played the Thing's human self, Ben Grimm, so that their mannerisms would match.<ref name=Gorep33 /> During the months of post-production, music composers David and Eric Wurst personally contributed $6,000 to finance a 48-piece orchestra for the soundtrack.<ref name=Itop111 />

==Marketing and release plans==
A 1993 magazine article gave a tentative release date of [[Labor Day]] weekend 1993.<ref name=Gorep41>Gore, p. 41</ref> During that summer, [[Trailer (promotion)|trailers]] ran in theaters and on the video release of Corman's ''[[Carnosaur (film)|Carnosaur]]'' and ''[[Little Miss Millions]]''. The cast members hired a publicist, at their own expense, to help promote the film at a clips-screening at the [[Shrine Auditorium]] in Los Angeles and at [[San Diego Comic-Con]], and the film appeared as a cover story on an issue of ''[[Film Threat]]'' magazine.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Fantastic 4 Marvel Won't let You to See |url=https://proudlyresents.com/fantastic_4/ |website=Proudly Resents: The cult movie podcast |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190831033530/https://proudlyresents.com/fantastic_4/ |archivedate=August 31, 2019 |date=August 10, 2014}}</ref> By this time, the world premiere was announced to take place at the [[Mall of America]] in [[Bloomington, Minnesota|Bloomington]], [[Minnesota]], on January 19, 1994, with proceeds from the event earmarked for the charities [[Ronald McDonald House]] and [[Children's Miracle Network]].<ref name=itop218>Ito, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=SF8EAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22the+film+switches+from+live+action+to+cartoon%22&pg=PA218 218]</ref>

Suddenly, the premiere was halted, the actors received a cease and desist order on all promotion from the producers, and the studio confiscated the negatives.<ref>{{cite web |date=August 10, 2015 |author=Steve Huff |title=Fantastic Four Fizzled at the Box Office But Roger Corman's 'Lost' Version is Here to Save The Day |url=https://www.maxim.com/entertainment/fantastic-four-fizzled-box-office-roger-cormans-lost-version-here-save |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180422211441/https://www.maxim.com/entertainment/fantastic-four-fizzled-box-office-roger-cormans-lost-version-here-save |archive-date=April 22, 2018 |work=Maxim |access-date=May 17, 2017}}</ref> Eichinger then informed Sassone that the film would not be released. Speculation arose that the film had never been intended for release, but had gone into production solely as a way for Eichinger to retain rights to the characters; Stan Lee said in 2005 that this was indeed the case, insisting, "That movie was never supposed to be shown to anybody," and adding that the cast and crew had been left unaware.<ref name=itop108>Ito, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=SF8EAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22lee+is+talking+about+a+far+different+movie%22&pg=PA108 108]</ref> Corman dismissed Lee's claims, stating "We had a contract to release it, and I had to be bought out of that contract [by Eichinger]".<ref name=itop218 /> Eichinger called Lee's version of events "definitely not true. It was not our [original] intention to make a B movie, that's for sure, but when the movie was there, we wanted to release it."<ref name=itop218 /> He said future [[Marvel Studios]] founder [[Avi Arad]], at this point, in 1993, a Marvel executive,

{{blockquote|...calls me up and says, "Listen, I think what you did was great, it shows your enthusiasm for the movie and the property, and ... I understand that you have invested so-and-much, and Roger has invested so-and-much. Let's do a deal." Because he really didn't like the idea that a small movie was coming out and maybe ruining the franchise.... So he says to me that he wants to give me back the money that we spent on the movie and that we should not release it.<ref name=itop218 />}}

Arad recalled in 2002 that while on a trip to [[Puerto Rico]] in 1993, a fan noticing Arad's Fantastic Four shirt expressed excitement over the film's upcoming premiere, of which Arad said he was unaware. Concerned how the low-budget film might cheapen the brand, he said he purchased the film "for a couple of million dollars in cash" and, not having seen it, ordered all prints destroyed, to prevent its release.<ref name=itop219>Ito, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=SF8EAAAAMBAJ&q=%22So+what+happened%2C+really%3F+Arad%22&pg=PA219 219]</ref>

Although never officially released to the general public, but exhibited once on May 31, 1994, ''The Fantastic Four'' has been subject to [[bootleg recordings]]. The film is available to be watched on [[YouTube]] and [[Dailymotion]] for free.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newsarama.com/20178-doomed-the-untold-story-of-roger-cormans-the-fantastic-four.html |title=DOOMED! The Untold Story of Roger Corman's THE FANTASTIC FOUR |publisher=[[Newsarama]] |date=January 29, 2014 |access-date=May 17, 2016 |archive-date=August 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190814193225/https://www.newsarama.com/20178-doomed-the-untold-story-of-roger-cormans-the-fantastic-four.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Critical reception==
On the review aggregation website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film has an approval rating of 27%, based on 11 reviews, with an average rating of 4.00/10.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10005582-fantastic_four/ |title=Fantastic Four (1994) |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date=August 28, 2023 }}</ref> Clint Morris of ''Film Threat'' magazine said of a copy of the film he obtained, "[Y]es it's terribly low-budget and yes it's derisorily campy and feebly performed, but at the same time there's also something inquiringly irresistible about this B comic tale that makes you wonder why it didn't get a release somewhere along the line. Even if it does resemble ''[[The Toxic Avenger (1984 film)|Toxic Avenger]]'' [more] than, say, ''[[Spider-Man (2002 film)|Spider-Man]]'' ... The script isn't actually all that bad and some of the actors—notably Michael Bailey Smith—are actually quite good here, and with an extra polish I think they might have been able to release this thing."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.filmthreat.com/reviews/3839/ |work=[[Film Threat]] |title=The Fantastic Four |first=Clint |last=Morris |date=November 5, 2002 |access-date=January 1, 2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130214023804/http://www.filmthreat.com/reviews/3839/ |archivedate=February 14, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> Neil Calloway of Flickering Myth said "the production values are of a 1990s [[daytime soap]], with some rather clunky dialogue."<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.flickeringmyth.com/2015/08/the-fantastic-four-film-you-werent-meant-to-see/ |title=The Fantastic Four Film You Weren't Meant To See |date=August 2, 2015 |work=Flickering Myth |access-date=February 7, 2018 |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Aftermath==
{{main|Fantastic Four in film}}
Eichinger continued negotiations to produce a big-budget adaptation, speaking with directors including [[Chris Columbus (filmmaker)|Chris Columbus]], [[Peyton Reed]], and [[Peter Segal]]. After pre-production briefly went underway in 1996, Eichinger and his company began production in 2004 of ''[[Fantastic Four (2005 film)|Fantastic Four]]'' (2005), released by [[20th Century Fox]], with an estimated $90 million budget.<ref name=itop219 /> Following that film's 2005 release, Eichinger and Constantin produced a $130 million [[sequel]], ''[[Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer]]'' (2007).<ref name="mojo">{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=fantasticfour2.htm |title=Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer |publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=January 1, 2013}}</ref> A critically panned [[Fantastic Four (2015 film)|reboot]] for the film series was released by 20th Century Fox in 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://screenrant.com/fantastic-four-release-date-2015/ |title='Fantastic Four' Reboot Gets A 2015 Release Date |date=December 8, 2012 |website=[[Screen Rant]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612162422/http://screenrant.com/fantastic-four-release-date-2015/ |archive-date=June 12, 2018 |access-date=January 14, 2014}}</ref> [[The Walt Disney Company]], through its [[Acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney|acquisition of]] 20th Century Fox's owner [[21st Century Fox]], gained the film rights to the Fantastic Four in 2019.<ref name="DisneyFoxDealClose">{{Cite web |last=Szalai |first=Georg |date=March 19, 2019 |title=Disney Closes $71.3 Billion Fox Deal, Creating Global Content Powerhouse |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/disney-closes-fox-deal-creating-global-content-powerhouse-1174498 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190320053600/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/disney-closes-fox-deal-creating-global-content-powerhouse-1174498 |archive-date=March 20, 2019 |access-date=March 21, 2019 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> Disney's Marvel Studios subsidiary subsequently produced a reboot set in its franchise, the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]] (MCU), entitled ''[[The Fantastic Four: First Steps]]'' (2025).<ref name="SDCC2024">{{Cite web |last1=Grobar |first1=Matt |last2=D'Alessandro |first2=Anthony |date=July 27, 2024 |title='The Fantastic Four: First Steps' Unveiled As Official Title Of Marvel Pic; Core Four Will Appear In Next Two Avengers' Movies – Comic-Con |url=https://deadline.com/2024/07/the-fantastic-four-first-steps-marvel-comic-con-1236021939/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240728023326/https://deadline.com/2024/07/the-fantastic-four-first-steps-marvel-comic-con-1236021939/ |archive-date=July 28, 2024 |access-date=July 28, 2024 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref> Joseph Culp, who portrayed Doctor Doom in the unreleased film, released a petition on [[Change.org]] in February 2024 in an attempt to have the film released by Marvel Studios.<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 27, 2024 |title='The Truth Must Be Told': Canceled Fantastic Four Movie Star Calls for Release 30 Years Later |url=https://www.cbr.com/original-doctor-doom-fantastic-four-film/}}</ref>

==''Doomed'' documentary==
{{main|Doomed!: The Untold Story of Roger Corman's The Fantastic Four}}
A documentary about the film was released on July 10, 2015.<ref>{{cite web |title=Doomed! The Untold Story of Roger Corman's the Fantastic Four |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3113456/ |publisher=IMDb |access-date=May 1, 2017 |date=July 10, 2015}}</ref> Titled ''[[Doomed!: The Untold Story of Roger Corman's The Fantastic Four]]'', it featured interviews with Corman and others in the cast and crew explaining what transpired with the film and its production.

==In popular culture==
In 2013, a main story arc in [[Arrested Development (season 4)|fourth season]] of the television series ''[[Arrested Development]]'' concerned the character [[Tobias Fünke]]'s attempt to stage a musical based on The Fantastic Four. The setup for the story concerned his romantic relationship with DeBrie Bardeaux ([[Maria Bamford]]), an actress who had played Susan Storm in an unreleased ''Fantastic Four'' movie. This backstory parodies the development of the 1994 Corman movie<ref>{{cite web |url=http://comicbook.com/blog/2013/05/27/arrested-development-pokes-fun-at-fantastic-four-rights-situation/ |title=Arrested Development Pokes Fun at Fantastic Four Rights Situation |access-date=April 23, 2015}}</ref> and the storyline is an extended satire on various comic book rights battles.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0109770|The Fantastic Four}}
* {{Internet Archive film|id=youtube-28EyQ4a3OEA}}
* {{cite AV media |url=http://www.wnyc.org/shows/lopate/episodes/2005/04/01 |title=The B Side (Roger Corman interview) |publisher=The Leonard Lopate Show, New York Public Radio |date=April 1, 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110127112028/http://www.wnyc.org/shows/lopate/2005/apr/01/ |archive-date=January 27, 2011 |url-status=live}}

{{Fantastic Four in popular media}}
{{Marvel comics films}}

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Rene Russo

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{{short description|American actress and model (born 1954)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Rene Russo
| image = Rene Russo 1996.jpg
| caption = Russo in 1996
| birth_name = Rene Marie Russo
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|2|17}}
| birth_place = [[Burbank, California]], U.S.
| occupation = Actress, model
| years_active = {{hlist|1972–2005|2010–present}}
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Dan Gilroy]]|March 14, 1992}}
| children = 1
| relatives = [[Frank D. Gilroy]] (father-in-law)
}}
'''Rene Marie Russo''' (born February 17, 1954)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.familytreelegends.com/records/39461 |title=Free Family Tree, Genealogy and Family History – MyHeritage |publisher=Familytreelegends.com |access-date=November 2, 2015}}</ref> is an American actress and model. She began her career as a fashion model in the 1970s, appearing on magazine covers such as ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'' and ''[[Cosmopolitan (magazine)|Cosmopolitan]]''. She made her film debut in the 1989 comedy ''[[Major League (film)|Major League]]'', and rose to international prominence in a number of thrillers and action films throughout the 1990s, including ''[[Lethal Weapon 3]]'' (1992), ''[[In the Line of Fire]]'' (1993), ''[[Outbreak (1995 film)|Outbreak]]'' (1995), ''[[Get Shorty (film)|Get Shorty]]'' (1995), ''[[Ransom (1996 film)|Ransom]]'' (1996), ''[[Lethal Weapon 4]]'' (1998), and ''[[The Thomas Crown Affair (1999 film)|The Thomas Crown Affair]]'' (1999).

After headlining the family comedy ''[[Yours, Mine & Ours (2005 film)|Yours, Mine & Ours]]'' (2005), Russo took a five-year break from acting. She returned to the screen as [[Frigga (comics)|Frigga]], the mother of the titular hero, in the superhero film ''[[Thor (film)|Thor]]'' (2011), a role she reprised in ''[[Thor: The Dark World]]'' (2013) and ''[[Avengers: Endgame]]'' (2019). In 2014, Russo starred in the acclaimed crime thriller ''[[Nightcrawler (film)|Nightcrawler]]'', for which she won the [[Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress]] and was nominated for the [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role]].<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Leo Barraclough |url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/bafta-to-unveil-nominations-on-facebook-1201396510/ |title='Grand Budapest Hotel,' 'Birdman,' 'Theory of Everything' Lead BAFTA Nominations |magazine=Variety |date=January 8, 2015 |access-date=November 2, 2015}}</ref> She has also appeared in ''[[The Intern (2015 film)|The Intern]]'' (2015), ''[[Just Getting Started (2017 film)|Just Getting Started]]'' (2017), and ''[[Velvet Buzzsaw]]'' (2019).

== Early life and education ==
Russo was born in 1954 in [[Burbank, California]], to Shirley (née Balocca), a factory worker and barmaid, and Nino Russo, a sculptor and car mechanic who left the family when Russo was two.<ref>{{cite web | title=Star Rene's Runaway Dad Died of Guilt; Actress Refused to Speak to Him After He Dumped Young Family.| website=HighBeam Research | date=May 17, 2011 | url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-60360179.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517011147/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-60360179.html | archive-date=May 17, 2011 | url-status=unfit | access-date=August 26, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CSTB&p_theme=cstb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB422B7B9868B2C&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM | title=Chicago Sun-Times:: Search | first=CINDY PEARLMAN | last=Date | date=August 11, 1996 | work=Chicago Sun-Times}}</ref><ref name=euttotroeht>{{Cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HP0fAAAAIBAJ&pg=1120,4957436|title=Then and Now Shirley Balocca Russo Returns for Reunion|last=Coleman|first=Darlene Magee|date=May 3, 1998|work=The Fort Scott Tribune|page=3|issn=8755-3171|via=Google News}}</ref> Russo has [[Italian Americans|Italian]] ancestry.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://movies.about.com/od/twoforthemoney/a/moneyrr100105.htm |title=Rene Russo on Two for the Money, Al Pacino and Matthew McConaughey |publisher=About Movies |access-date=November 2, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071231125601/http://movies.about.com/od/twoforthemoney/a/moneyrr100105.htm |archive-date=December 31, 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-28137579_ITM | work=Good Housekeeping | title=A little older, a lot wiser.(Rene Russo) | date=August 1, 2000}}</ref> Russo grew up with her mother and her sister, Toni (who was married to lyricist [[Bernie Taupin]] between 1979 and 1991),<ref>{{cite book|last1=Bernardin|first1=Claude|last2=Stanton|first2=Tom|title=Rocket Man: Elton John from A-Z|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eJGcZSyBflwC&pg=PA89|year=1996|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-275-95698-1|page=89}}</ref> and attended [[John Burroughs High School|Burroughs High School]], where her classmates included director [[Ron Howard]]. She was afflicted with [[scoliosis]] and had to wear a full-torso brace. Her height also earned her the nickname "Jolly Green Giant" from her classmates.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/rene-russo-teacher-kept-me-from-killing-myself-in-high-school-201532/|title=Rene Russo: Teacher Kept Me From "Killing Myself" in High School|date=February 3, 2015|website=Us Weekly|access-date=February 9, 2019}}</ref> In a 2019 interview with ''Financial Times'', she indeed described herself as a "geek", and admitted that the bullying she endured during high school made her drop out in the [[tenth grade]].<ref name="interview">{{Cite news |last=Lacey |first=Hester |date=1 February 2019 |title=Q&A with actress Rene Russo |website=Financial Times |url=https://www.ft.com/content/68efb9ec-2352-11e9-8ce6-5db4543da632 |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/68efb9ec-2352-11e9-8ce6-5db4543da632 |archive-date=December 10, 2022}}</ref> Growing up, Russo did not have any "ambitions", remarking that she "was too busy just trying to survive, along with my sister and my mom —money was tight, my mom worked two jobs".<ref name="interview" /> She began taking a variety of part-time jobs to help her family, including working in an eyeglass factory and as a movie theater cashier.<ref name="interview" /> She eventually got scouted for modelling and went to [[New York City]], which she described as a "scary place compared to where I grew up".<ref name="interview" />

== Modeling ==
After allegedly being spotted at a 1972 [[Rolling Stones]] concert by John Crosby, an agent from [[International Creative Management]],<ref>{{cite news|title='LETHAL WEAPON 3' ROLE BRINGS STARDOM TO RENE RUSSO|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1992-05-24-9202160443-story.html|publisher=Chicago Tribune|date=May 24, 1992}}</ref> Russo originally began her career as a model. With Crosby's encouragement, Russo applied to, and was signed by, [[Ford Modeling Agency]]. She became one of the top models of the 1970s and early 1980s,<ref name="Yahoo">{{cite web | url=https://movies.yahoo.com/person/rene-russo/ | title=Rene Russo | publisher=Yahoo Movies | access-date=September 6, 2014}}</ref> appearing on magazine covers for ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'', ''[[Mademoiselle (magazine)|Mademoiselle]]'', and ''[[Cosmopolitan (magazine)|Cosmopolitan]]'', as well as advertisements for perfume and cosmetics.<ref name="vogue">{{Cite web|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/rene-russo-vogue-model-flashback-friday|title=In the '70s, Rene Russo Made American Beauty Exciting in Vogue|website=Vogue|date=July 2016 |access-date=February 9, 2019}}</ref> ''Vogue'' in a 2016 article, wrote: "In the '70s, Russo stood for a sexiness that was both accessible and aspirational: She could vamp it up with the best of them, posing for [[Francesco Scavullo]] in decadent furs, or swathed in [[Versace]] for [[Richard Avedon]], but Russo wasn't your average pinup. The poise she brought to her images made her the first choice for editorial shoots that demanded models with tenacity, whether she was bound for the boardroom in a power suit or posing on a beach with Tony Spinelli".<ref name="vogue"/>

== Acting ==
=== 1980s ===
Modeling assignments began to wane for Russo as she entered her 30s. She did a few more commercials and then turned her back on modeling for a period of time. She studied theater and acting, and began appearing in theater roles at small theaters in Los Angeles and elsewhere in California. At one point, she took acting lessons from veteran actor [[Allan Rich]], whom she credits with introducing her to the craft of acting.<ref>{{cite book|last=Rich|first=Allan|title=A Leap from the Method: An Organic Approach to Acting|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m2g6fumdcOUC&pg=PA120|year=2007|publisher=AuthorHouse|isbn=978-1-4208-2223-6|page=120}}</ref> Russo made her debut in a television series in 1987, with a supporting role in the short-lived ABC production ''[[Sable (TV series)|Sable]],'' based on the comic book, ''[[Jon Sable]]: Freelance'' by [[Mike Grell]]. She made her feature film debut as the girlfriend of a former baseball star in ''[[Major League (film)|Major League]]'', a comedy written and directed by [[David S. Ward]]. The film was a critical success.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl4183852545/weekend/|title=Major League (1989)|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=March 2, 2022}}</ref>

===1990s===
In 1990, Russo appeared in the fantasy comedy film ''[[Mr. Destiny]]'', with [[Jim Belushi]], playing the wife in what was an alternate reality of an ordinary guy's life. In 1991, she had her first leading film role in ''[[One Good Cop]]'', as the wife of a [[New York City Police Department]] detective (played by [[Michael Keaton]]). In 1992, Russo achieved breakout success with her role as internal affairs detective Lorna Cole, opposite [[Mel Gibson]] and [[Danny Glover]], in the action film ''[[Lethal Weapon 3]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title= Lethal Weapon 3 Role Brings Stardom to Rene Russo|work= [[Chicago Tribune]]|date=May 24, 1992|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1992-05-24-9202160443-story.html|access-date=March 2, 2022}}</ref> The film made US$320 million worldwide, becoming the fifth highest-grossing film of 1992 and the highest-grossing film in the ''Lethal Weapon'' film series.<ref name="IMDBPro">{{cite web | url=https://pro.imdb.com/name/nm0000623?ref_=mojo_nm_name&rf=mojo_nm_name | title=Rene Russo | website=IMDBPro | access-date=March 2, 2022}}</ref> Her other 1992 film release was the science fiction film ''[[Freejack]]'', which despite an overall negative response, earned Russo a nomination for the [[Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress]].

Throughout the 1990s, Russo took on major roles in a number of commercially and critically successful films. In 1993, she starred with [[Clint Eastwood]] in the thriller film ''[[In the Line of Fire]],'' directed by [[Wolfgang Petersen]], playing a federal agent involved with the sole active-duty Secret Service agent remaining from the detail guarding [[John F. Kennedy]] in [[Dallas]], [[Texas]], at the time of his [[John F. Kennedy assassination|assassination]] in 1963. The film made US$176.9 million globally,<ref>{{cite web | title=In the Line of Fire (1993) - Financial Information | website=The Numbers | date=September 3, 1993 | url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/In-the-Line-of-Fire | access-date=August 26, 2019}}</ref> and received three [[Academy Awards]] nominations.<ref>{{cite web| title=In the Line of Fire (1993) |publisher=Flixster |work= Rotten Tomatoes |url= https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/in_the_line_of_fire/ |access-date= September 26, 2012}}</ref> In 1995, Petersen cast her as a medical doctor, who uncovers a newly discovered [[Ebola]]-like virus which came to the United States from Africa in an infected monkey, in the medical disaster film ''[[Outbreak (1995 film)|Outbreak]]'', with [[Dustin Hoffman]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/exec/dustin-hoffman|title=Dustin Hoffman|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170901171353/http://variety.com/exec/dustin-hoffman/|archive-date=September 1, 2017|date=November 7, 2013}}</ref> The film grossed over US$189 million worldwide.<ref name="IMDBPro" /> She starred as a B movie actress, opposite [[John Travolta]], in the crime comedy ''[[Get Shorty (film)|Get Shorty]],'' directed by [[Barry Sonnenfeld]]. Upon its release, ''Get Shorty'' opened atop at the North American box office and remained number one for three consecutive weeks.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/1995W45/ |title=Weekend Box Office November 10–12, 1995 |work=Box Office Mojo |access-date=March 2, 2022}}</ref>

In 1996, Russo played a clinical psychologist and the love interest of a former golf prodigy with little ambition in the romantic comedy ''[[Tin Cup]]'', with [[Kevin Costner]], and reunited with Mel Gibson to play his wife in the crime thriller ''[[Ransom (1996 film)|Ransom]],'' directed by [[Ron Howard]]. While ''Tin Cup'' was a moderate commercial success, ''Ransom'' was the 6th highest-grossing film of 1996, with a worldwide gross of US$309.5 million.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl3261761025/weekend/|title=Ransom (1996)|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=March 2, 2022}}</ref> In 1997, Russo portrayed exotic animal owner [[Gertrude Lintz]] in the little-seen comedy ''[[Buddy (1997 film)|Buddy]]'',<ref name="IMDBPro" /><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1078022-buddy/ | title=Buddy (1997)|publisher=Rotten Tomatoes | access-date=September 6, 2014}}</ref> and in 1998, reprised her role in ''[[Lethal Weapon 4]]'', the final film in the series, which made US$285.4 million.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl1633584641/weekend/|title=Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=March 2, 2022}}</ref> In 1999, she starred as an insurance investigator and the lover of a billionaire, alongside [[Pierce Brosnan]], in the heist film ''[[The Thomas Crown Affair (1999 film)|The Thomas Crown Affair]]'' directed by [[John McTiernan]]. Critic [[Kenneth Turan]], in his review for the film, wrote: "[Her] smart, gritty performance is the best thing about this remake of the stylish caper movie ''Thomas Crown''."<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-aug-06-ca-63014-story.html | title=Just Call It the Rene Russo Affair | newspaper=Los Angeles Times | date=August 6, 1999 | access-date=March 2, 2022}}</ref> The production grossed US$124.3 million worldwide.<ref name="IMDBPro"/>

===2000s===
In 2000, Russo obtained the role of villain [[Natasha Fatale]], opposite [[Robert De Niro]] and [[Piper Perabo]], in the adventure comedy ''[[The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (film)|The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle]]'', directed by [[Des McAnuff]] and based on the [[television]] [[cartoon]] [[The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends|of the same name]] by [[Jay Ward]]. The film received mixed reviews from critics and went largely unnoticed at the box office.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/2000W26/ | title=Weekend Box Office Results for June 30-July 2, 2000 | work=[[Box Office Mojo]] | date=July 3, 2000 | access-date=March 2, 2022}}</ref> For her portrayal, she received a [[Saturn Award]] nomination for [[Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/2001/04/04/Nominees-for-27th-annual-Saturn-Awards/9791986356800/|title=Nominees for 27th annual Saturn Awards|website=UPI|access-date=February 9, 2019}}</ref> and conversely, a [[Razzie Award]] nomination for Worst Supporting Actress.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.allocine.fr/article/fichearticle_gen_carticle=514740.html|title=Nominations aux Razzie Awards|last=AlloCine|website=AlloCiné|date=February 13, 2001 |access-date=February 9, 2019}}</ref> She reunited with De Niro to play the producer of a reality police show in the comedy ''[[Showtime (film)|Showtime]]'' (2002), also starring [[Eddie Murphy]]. Budgeted at US$85 million, the film grossed US$77.7 million.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl259098113/|title=Showtime (2002)|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=March 2, 2022}}</ref>

The comedy ''[[Big Trouble (2002 film)|Big Trouble]]'', which was based on the novel by [[Dave Barry]] and featured her as a devoted mother, was originally scheduled for release on September 21, 2001, and had a strong advertising push. The events of [[September 11 attacks|September 11]] of that year cast a pall over the movie's comedic smuggling of a nuclear device onto an airplane. Consequently, the film was pushed back until 2002, and the promotion campaign was toned down almost to the point of abandonment. The film came to theaters and left quickly afterwards, without generating much of an impact.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl1766295041/|title=Big Trouble (2002)|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=March 2, 2022}}</ref>

Russo starred in and produced the film ''[[Two for the Money (2005 film)|Two for the Money]]'' (2005), with [[Al Pacino]] and [[Matthew McConaughey]], playing the wife of a sports gambling agent. In ''[[Yours, Mine & Ours (2005 film)|Yours, Mine & Ours]]'' (also 2005), Russo starred with [[Dennis Quaid]], as a widowed handbag designer with ten kids. ''Film Journal International'' felt that the "secret to the film's modest success can be summed up" in Russo and Quaid's performances,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.filmjournal.com/node/15977|title=YOURS, MINE & OURS|website=Film Journal International|access-date=February 9, 2019}}</ref> and ''Daily Radar'' wrote that "the able-bodied actors fulfill the slapstick demands of this run-of-the-mill family comedy".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.colesmithey.com/capsules/2005/12/yours_mine_ours.html|title=Capsules: Yours, Mine & Ours|website=Cole Smithey|access-date=February 9, 2019}}</ref> Despite receiving overwhelmingly negative reviews from critics,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/yours_mine_and_ours |title=Yours, Mine & Ours |publisher= [[Fandango Media]] | work = [[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date=2010-12-05}}</ref> the film made over US$72 million worldwide and marked her only commercial success in the decade.<ref name="IMDBPro"/> Following its release, Russo took a five-year hiatus from acting, opting to focus on her health and personal life.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-rene-russo-conversation-nightcrawler-20141019-story.html|title='Nightcrawler' actress Rene Russo is a reluctant star|last=Kaufman|first=Amy Kaufman, By Amy|website=Los Angeles Times|access-date=February 9, 2019|date=October 18, 2014}}</ref>

===2010s===
[[File:Rene Russo 2011.jpg|thumb|upright|Russo at the premiere of ''Thor'' in May 2011]]
In 2010, Russo returned to the screen in the superhero film ''[[Thor (film)|Thor]]'', released in 2011, after being persuaded by director [[Kenneth Branagh]] in December 2009, who asked her to portray [[Frigga (comics)|Frigga]], the mother of the titular hero.<ref name="frigga">{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2009/film/markets-festivals/rene-russo-joins-cast-of-thor-1118012860/|title=Rene Russo joins cast of 'Thor'|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=December 16, 2009|access-date=March 2, 2022 | first=Marc | last=Graser}}</ref> However, most of her scenes were removed in editing. She received more screen time in ''[[Thor: The Dark World]]'' (2013). She credited those films, which made more than US$1 billion combined,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=thor.htm|title=Thor Movies at the Box Office|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=February 9, 2019}}</ref> with introducing her to a new generation of filmgoers. "The funny thing is now I have kids coming up to me, and I'm thinking, 'how do you know my movies?' And they say, 'That's ''Thor'''s mummy'."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/rene-russo-interview-actress-back-with-a-bang-in-new-film-nightcrawler-9801210.html|title=Rene Russo, interview: Actress back with a bang in new film|date=October 17, 2014|website=The Independent|access-date=February 9, 2019}}</ref>

In 2014, Russo appeared as a morning news director, alongside [[Jake Gyllenhaal]], in the crime thriller ''[[Nightcrawler (film)|Nightcrawler]]'', written and directed by her husband [[Dan Gilroy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/news/a476468/jake-gyllenhaal-rene-russo-unite-for-noir-movie-nightcrawler.html |title=Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo unite for noir movie 'Nightcrawler'|website=Digital Spy |date=April 26, 2013 |access-date=September 29, 2013}}</ref> The film was met with widespread praise and several critics listed it as one of the best films of 2014.<ref name="gdaw">{{cite web|url=http://www.goldderby.com/news/7449/oscars-mvp-rene-russo-nightcrawler-jake-gyllenhaal-entertainment-13579086-story.html|title=Gold Derby Oscar MVP: Don't overlook Rene Russo in 'Nightcrawler'|access-date=October 15, 2014|date=October 13, 2014}}</ref> ''[[Indiewire]]'' asserted: "Russo is an integral part of the narrative and she gives as good as she gets. The role is easily her finest in several years and the rich material uncorks a wealth of inventiveness from the actress. There's not a lot of imaginatively drawn roles for aging women, but Russo sinks her teeth into the role of a coldblooded vampiress protective of her own uncertain hold in the newsroom."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.indiewire.com/2014/09/tiff-review-dan-gilroys-nightcrawler-starring-jake-gyllenhaal-rene-russo-272806/ | title=TIFF Review: Dan Gilroy's 'Nightcrawler' Starring Jake Gyllenhaal & Rene Russo | date=September 6, 2014 | access-date=March 2, 2022| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140906132536/http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/tiff-review-dan-gilroys-nightcrawler-starring-jake-gyllenhaal-rene-russo-20140906 | archive-date=September 6, 2014| df=mdy-all }}</ref> Budgeted at US$8.5 million, the film grossed US$50.3 million.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Nightcrawler|title=Nightcrawler (2014) - Financial Information|website=The Numbers|access-date=February 9, 2019}}</ref>

Russo portrayed a groupie and the mother of director G.J. Echternkamp in his independent comedy ''[[Frank and Cindy]]'' (2015), based on the 2007 documentary of the same name.<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://ew.com/article/2011/02/23/rene-russo-frank-and-cindy/| title=Rene Russo to play real-life groupie in 'Frank and Cindy' -- EXCLUSIVE | magazine=Entertainment Weekly | date=February 23, 2011 | access-date=March 2, 2022}}</ref> In 2015, she reunited once again with Robert De Niro, playing an in-house massage therapist and his love interest, in the comedy ''[[The Intern (2015 film)|The Intern]]'', directed by [[Nancy Meyers]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/mulaney-actor-joins-anne-hathaway-714118/ | title='Mulaney' Actor Joins Anne Hathaway, Robert De Niro in 'The Intern' |work=The Hollywood Reporter| date=June 23, 2014 | access-date=March 2, 2022}}</ref> Both ''[[The Washington Post]]'' and ''[[New York Post]]'' found her to be a highlight in her role,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://nypost.com/2015/09/24/de-niro-and-hathaway-should-be-fired-for-the-intern/|title=De Niro and Hathaway should be fired for 'The Intern'|last=Stewart|first=Sara|date=September 24, 2015|work=[[New York Post]]|access-date=February 9, 2019}}</ref> and the film grossed US$194.6 million globally.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl861570561/|title=The Intern (2015)|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=March 2, 2022}}</ref> Russo starred with [[Morgan Freeman]] and [[Tommy Lee Jones]] in another comedy, ''[[Just Getting Started (2017 film)|Just Getting Started]]'' (2017), as the regional director of the luxury resort Villa Capri in [[Palm Springs]], California.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/06/rene-russo-movie-morgan-freeman-tommy-lee-jones-villa-capri-1201769810/|title=Rene Russo Negotiating To Join Morgan Freeman, Tommy Lee Jones In 'Villa Capri'|first=Anita|last=Busch|date=June 9, 2016|access-date=November 1, 2016}}</ref> ''Variety'' felt that the three actors "do little more than embarrass themselves here",<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/reviews/just-getting-started-review-1202632595/|title=Film Review: 'Just Getting Started'|last1=Leydon|first1=Joe|date=December 8, 2017|website=Variety|access-date=February 9, 2019}}</ref> as part of an overall negative response.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Just Getting Started (2017)|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/just_getting_started|access-date=February 9, 2019}}</ref>

In ''[[Velvet Buzzsaw]]'' (2019), Russo worked again with Jake Gyllenhaal and Dan Gilroy, playing a tough art gallery owner haunted by the mysterious nature of a series of paintings by an unknown artist. The film was released by [[Netflix]], to positive reviews.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Velvet Buzzsaw (2019)|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/velvet_buzzsaw|access-date=February 9, 2019}}</ref> She briefly reprised her role of [[Frigga (comics)|Frigga]] in ''[[Avengers: Endgame]]''.

== Personal life ==
Russo married screenwriter [[Dan Gilroy]] on March 14, 1992.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.filmcomment.com/blog/interview-dan-gilroy-nightcrawler-dan-gilroy/|title=Interview: Dan Gilroy|date=February 10, 2015|website=Film Comment|access-date=February 9, 2019}}</ref> They met while working on the film ''Freejack'' (1992). They have one daughter, Rose, who has ventured into modelling,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/rose-gilroy-rene-russo-second-generation-model|title=Will Rene Russo's Daughter Be Fashion's New Favorite Face?|last=Okwodu|first=Janelle|website=Vogue|date=July 19, 2016|access-date=February 9, 2019}}</ref> and live in [[Brentwood, Los Angeles]].

Russo revealed during a 2014 taping of ''[[The Queen Latifah Show]]'' that she has [[bipolar disorder]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/588484/rene-russo-reveals-battle-with-bipolar-disorder|title=Rene Russo Reveals Battle With Bipolar Disorder|date=October 14, 2014|work=E! Online|access-date=October 15, 2014}}</ref> While the condition has plagued her since childhood, an emotionally turbulent time prompted her to start taking medication, despite initial apprehension.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://people.com/tv/rene-russos-startling-revelation-i-am-bipolar/|title=Rene Russo's Startling Revelation: I Am Bipolar|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201034553/http://people.com/tv/rene-russos-startling-revelation-i-am-bipolar/|archive-date=December 1, 2017|work=PEOPLE.com|date=October 14, 2014|access-date=March 2, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.ew.com/article/1999/08/06/rene-russo-fights-her-right-act-buff|title=Rene Russo fights for her right to act in the buff|date= August 6, 1999|access-date=November 1, 2016|magazine=Entertainment Weekly}}</ref>

== Filmography ==
=== Film ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1989
| ''[[Major League (film)|Major League]]''
| Lynn Wells
|
|-
| 1990
| ''[[Mr. Destiny]]''
| Cindy Jo Bumpers/Burrows
|
|-
| 1991
| ''[[One Good Cop]]''
| Rita Lewis
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1992
| ''[[Freejack]]''
| Julie Redlund
|
|-
| ''[[Lethal Weapon 3]]''
| Lorna Cole
|
|-
| 1993
| ''[[In the Line of Fire]]''
| Lilly Raines
|
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Major League II]]''
| Lynn Wells
| Cameo
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1995
| ''[[Outbreak (1995 film)|Outbreak]]''
| Robby Keough
|
|-
| ''[[Get Shorty (film)|Get Shorty]]''
| Karen Flores
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1996
| ''[[Tin Cup]]''
| Molly Griswold
|
|-
| ''[[Ransom (1996 film)|Ransom]]''
| Kate Mullen
|
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Buddy (1997 film)|Buddy]]''
| [[Gertrude Lintz]]
|
|-
| 1998
| ''[[Lethal Weapon 4]]''
| Lorna Cole
|
|-
| 1999
| ''[[The Thomas Crown Affair (1999 film)|The Thomas Crown Affair]]''
| Catherine Banning
|
|-
| 2000
| ''[[The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (film)|The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle]]''
| [[Natasha Fatale]]
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2002
| ''[[Showtime (film)|Showtime]]''
| Chase Renzi
|
|-
| ''[[Big Trouble (2002 film)|Big Trouble]]''
| Anna Herk
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2005
| ''[[Two for the Money (2005 film)|Two for the Money]]''
| Toni Morrow
| Also executive producer
|-
| ''[[Yours, Mine & Ours (2005 film)|Yours, Mine & Ours]]''
| Helen North
|
|-
| 2011
| ''[[Thor (film)|Thor]]''
| rowspan=2 | [[Frigga (comics)|Frigga]]
|
|-
| 2013
| ''[[Thor: The Dark World]]''
|
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Nightcrawler (film)|Nightcrawler]]''
| Nina Romina
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2015
| ''[[Frank and Cindy]]''
| Cindy
|
|-
| ''[[The Intern (2015 film)|The Intern]]''
| Fiona
|
|-
| 2017
| ''[[Just Getting Started (2017 film)|Just Getting Started]]''
| Suzie Quinces
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2019
| ''[[Velvet Buzzsaw]]''
| Rhodora Haze
|
|-
| ''[[Avengers: Endgame]]''
| Frigga
|
|}

=== Television ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1987–1988
| ''[[Sable (TV series)|Sable]]''
| Eden Kendell
| 7 episodes
|}

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Work
! Award
! Category
! class="unsortable" | Result
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1993
| ''[[Freejack]]''
| [[Saturn Award]]
| [[Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| ''Lethal Weapon 3''
| [[MTV Movie Award]]
| Best Kiss (shared with Mel Gibson)
|{{nom}}
|-
| 1996
| ''Get Shorty''
| [[Screen Actors Guild Award]]
| [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture|Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture]]
|{{nom}}
|-
| 1999
| ''Lethal Weapon 4''
| Broadcast Entertainment Award
| Favorite Supporting Actress–Action
|{{nom}}
|-
| 2000
| ''[[The Thomas Crown Affair (1999 film)|The Thomas Crown Affair]]''
| Broadcast Entertainment Award
| Favorite Actress–Drama
| {{nom}}
|-
|rowspan="3"| 2001
|rowspan="3"| ''The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle''
| Saturn Award
| Best Supporting Actress
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[21st Golden Raspberry Awards|Razzie Award]]
| Worst Supporting Actress
|{{nom}}
|-
| [[Stinkers Bad Movie Awards]]
| Worst Supporting Actress
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="9"| 2014
| rowspan="9"| ''[[Nightcrawler (film)|Nightcrawler]]''
| [[AARP]] Award
| Best Supporting Actress
| {{won}}
|-
| [[San Diego Film Critics Society Awards]]
| [[San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress]]
| {{won}}
|-
| Saturn Award
| Best Supporting Actress
| {{won}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Film Award]]
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role|Best Actress in a Supporting Role]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| Denver Film Critics Society Award
| Best Supporting Actress
| {{nom}}
|-
|[[Detroit Film Critics Society]] Award
| Best Supporting Actress
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award]]
| [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] (2nd place)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2014/12/los-angeles-film-critics-winners-boyhood.html?mid=imdb |title=Los Angeles Film Critics Give Boyhood Top Honors |date=December 7, 2014 |publisher=Vulture |access-date=November 2, 2015}}</ref> 
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[National Society of Film Critics Award]]
| Best Supporting Actress (3rd place)<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Justin Chang |url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/goodbye-to-language-named-best-picture-by-national-society-of-film-critics-1201391770/ |title='Goodbye to Language' Named Best Picture by National Society of Film Critics |magazine=Variety |date=January 3, 2015 |access-date=November 2, 2015}}</ref> 
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Village Voice Film Poll]]
| Best Supporting Actress
| {{nom}}
|}

== See also ==
*[[List of people with bipolar disorder]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Wikiquote}}
* {{IMDb name|623}}
* {{Cite web |last=Murray |first=Rebecca |title=Rene Russo Discusses "Two for the Money" |url=http://movies.about.com/od/twoforthemoney/a/moneyrr100105.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607033040/http://movies.about.com/od/twoforthemoney/a/moneyrr100105.htm |archive-date=June 7, 2011 |access-date=August 26, 2019 |website=About.com Hollywood Movies |ref=none}}
* {{Cite web |last=Jacobs |first=Evan |date=October 7, 2005 |title=Rene Russo Goes Two For the Money |url=https://movieweb.com/rene-russo-goes-two-for-the-money/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311042809/http://www.movieweb.com/news/91/9491.php |archive-date=March 11, 2007 |access-date=March 2, 2022 |website=MovieWeb |ref=none}}

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Fearless Leader

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{{short description|American animated television character}}
{{use American English|date=January 2020}}
{{use mdy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox character
| name = Fearless Leader
| series = [[The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show|Rocky and Bullwinkle]]
| image = Fearless Leader.png
| caption =
| first = Jet Fuel Formula (1959)
| creator = {{ubl|[[Jay Ward]]|[[Alex Anderson (cartoonist)|Alex Anderson]]|[[Bill Scott (voice actor)|Bill Scott]]}}
| portrayer = {{ubl|[[Christopher Neame]] (1992 film)|[[Robert De Niro]] (2000 film)}}
| voice = {{plainlist|
* [[Bill Scott (voice actor)|Bill Scott]] (1959–1964)
* [[Keith Scott (voice actor)|Keith Scott]] (1998–2000)<ref name="btva">{{cite web | title=Voice Of Fearless Leader - Rocky and Bullwinkle | url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/characters/Rocky-and-Bullwinkle/Fearless-Leader/ | work=Behind The Voice Actors | access-date=September 6, 2017| postscript=. Check mark indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources}}</ref>
* [[Thomas Lennon]] (2014)
* [[Piotr Michael]] (2018–present)
}}
| nickname = F.L.
}}
'''Fearless Leader''' is the main [[antagonist]] in the 1959–1964 [[animated television series]] ''[[The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show|Rocky and His Friends]]'' and ''[[The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show|The Bullwinkle Show]]'', both shows often collectively referred to as ''[[The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show]]''. He is the employer of fellow primary [[villain]]s [[Boris Badenov]] and [[Natasha Fatale]], serving as an overarching antagonist in some episodes of the series. He was originally voiced by [[Bill Scott (voice actor)|Bill Scott]].

==Character overview==
Fearless Leader is a dictator from the [[fictional country]] [[Pottsylvania]], and the employer of the inept spies [[Boris Badenov]] and [[Natasha Fatale]]. He could always be found in his underground hideout, "Central Control." However, it seems evident that he did answer to one man himself: the diminutive Mr. Big. Mr. Big appears in two storylines of the series, "Upsidaisium" and "Metal Munching Moon Mice."

Fearless Leader has a notable [[Dueling scar|face scar (possibly a dueling scar)]], much like the Nazi [[Otto Skorzeny]], who may have been the inspiration for the character.{{citation needed|date=April 2019}} As expected from his given position and name, Fearless Leader is a strict, ruthless character, and often harshly criticizes the incompetence of his main minion Gerald. He is usually shown with a long scar on his cheek and a [[monocle]], both associated with German military officers in the first half of the 20th century, and he is sometimes shown to possess sharp [[carnivore|carnivorous]] teeth. He is distrustful of his own employees, and is known to carry the Pottsylvania treasury with him wherever he goes. Although Pottsylvania's chief spies are given [[ersatz]] [[Russian language|Russian]] accents, Fearless Leader's accent seems more in keeping with the Prussian militarist [[German people|German]] [[stereotype]]. His monocle and sharply angled features closely resemble [[Erich von Stroheim]] and characters from a 1942 anti-Nazi propaganda poster circulated during [[World War II]].{{efn|''cf:'' {{cite web|title=Winning Entry in War Poster Competition|url=http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/this-is-the-enemy-by-karl-koehler-and-victor-ancona-of-new-news-photo/517732664#this-is-the-enemy-by-karl-koehler-and-victor-ancona-of-new-york-city-picture-id517732664|website=Getty Images|access-date=23 February 2017}} }} He uses some German such as "Achtung" and "schweinhund," typical of German stereotypes in film and TV.

==In other media==
* Fearless Leader appears in live-action in two films: he is portrayed by [[Christopher Neame]] in ''[[Boris and Natasha: The Movie]]'' (1992) and by [[Robert De Niro]] in ''[[The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (film)|The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle]]'' (2000).
* Fearless Leader was also the background picture seen hanging on the wall in the old newspaper cartoon, "[[Grin and Bear It]]" by Lichty, whenever the [[Kremlin]] or [[politburo]] was being lampooned.
* Fearless Leader appears in the short film ''Rocky & Bullwinkle'', which was released with ''[[Mr. Peabody & Sherman]]'' on Blu-ray 3D on October 14, 2014, in which he was voiced by [[Thomas Lennon (actor)|Thomas Lennon]] who also wrote the short along with [[Robert Ben Garant]].<ref>{{cite magazine| url= http://www.ew.com/article/2014/10/02/rocky-and-bullwinkle-mr-peabody-sherman| title=Rocky and Bullwinkle return in new short on 'Mr. Peabody & Sherman' 3-D Blu-ray|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]}}</ref>
* In the [[Amazon Video]] series ''[[The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (TV series)|The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle]]'', Fearless Leader is voiced by Piotr Michael. In the series, he has more participation that in the original, as he usually decides to carry on his plans by himself after Boris and Natasha are outsmarted by Rocky and Bullwinkle. He is given a more comical and accident-prone personality.

==References==
;Footnotes
{{notelist}}
;Sources
{{reflist}}

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Boris Badenov

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{{Short description|Antagonist of The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show}}
{{lead too long|date=December 2024}}
{{Infobox character
| name = Boris Badenov
| series = [[The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show|Rocky and Bullwinkle]]
| image = Boris Badenov.png
| image_size = 220px
| caption =
| creator = [[Jay Ward]]
| gender = Male
| species = Human
| occupation = Spy Criminal
| significant_other = [[Natasha Fatale]]
| voice = [[Paul Frees]] (1959–1986) [[Frank Welker]] ([[Bullwinkle's Restaurant]])<ref name="Restaurant">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPQZ4FIrHro&t=57s |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/iPQZ4FIrHro| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|title=AVG's Rocky And Bullwinkle - Happy Show|date=2 April 2020 |publisher=YouTube|access-date=June 30, 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref> [[Joe Alaskey]] (1987–1993) [[Keith Scott (voice actor)|Keith Scott]] (1993–2008)<ref name="Boris Badenov at BTVA">{{cite web|url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/characters/Rocky-and-Bullwinkle/Boris-Badenov/|title=Voice(s) of Boris Badenov|website=Behind the Voice Actors|language=en-US|access-date=2017-09-06|archive-date=2017-09-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170906135212/http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/characters/Rocky-and-Bullwinkle/Boris-Badenov/|url-status=live}}</ref> Fred Frees ([[Cartoon Network]] commercial)<ref name="Cartoon Network">{{Cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/commercials/Cartoon-Network/Boris-Badenov/|title=Voice(s) of Boris Badenov in Cartoon Network|website=Behind The Voice Actors|language=en-US|access-date=2021-02-16|archive-date=2020-07-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200705001120/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/commercials/Cartoon-Network/Boris-Badenov/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Dan Milano]]/[[Mark Hamill]] (''[[Robot Chicken]]'')<ref name="Robot Chicken">{{Cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Robot-Chicken/Boris-Badenov/|title=Voice(s) of Boris Badenov in Robot Chicken|website=Behind The Voice Actors|language=en-US|access-date=2017-09-06|archive-date=2023-07-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230731181347/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Robot-Chicken/Boris-Badenov/|url-status=live}}</ref> Robert Cait (2014 short) [[Benjamin Diskin]] (2018–2019)
| portrayer = [[Dave Thomas (actor)|Dave Thomas]] (1992 film) [[Jason Alexander]] (2000 film)
| nationality = [[Pottsylvania]]n
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'''Boris Badenov''' is an [[antagonist]] character in the 1959–1964 animated series [[The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends|''Rocky and His Friends'' and ''The Bullwinkle Show'']], so often appearing with his devious accomplice, [[Natasha Fatale]], that the two are usually grouped together, as Boris and Natasha, a reference to [[List_of_War_and_Peace_characters#D|Boris Drubetskoy]] and [[Natasha Rostova]] in [[Tolstoy]]’s ''[[War and Peace]]''. He was originally voiced by [[Paul Frees]].<ref name=Scott>{{cite book |first=Keith |last=Scott |title=The Moose that Roared |publisher=St. Martin's Publishing Group |date=April 8, 2014 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2KvcAgAAQBAJ |isbn=9781466867437 |access-date=March 18, 2023 |archive-date=October 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001133749/https://books.google.com/books?id=2KvcAgAAQBAJ |url-status=live }}</ref> The character was created by [[Bill Scott (voice actor)|Bill Scott]], who based his appearance on that of [[Gomez Addams]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cagle.msnbc.com/hogan/interviews/anderson/home.asp|title=Alex Anderson interview|date=26 October 2010|work=Hogan's Alley |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101026035438/http://cagle.msnbc.com/hogan/interviews/anderson/home.asp|archive-date=26 October 2010}}</ref>

Badenov's name is a pun on that of 16th-century Russian [[tsar]] [[Boris Godunov]] (i.e., "good enough" vs. "bad enough"). His accent and explosive temper are a homage to Hollywood actor [[Akim Tamiroff]],<ref>[https://www.avclub.com/low-rated-and-barely-animated-rocky-bullwinkle-becam-1798239117 Low-rated and barely animated, Rocky & Bullwinkle became a TV touchstone] . Tv.avclub.com. Retrieved on July 8, 2013.</ref><ref name=Scott/> especially his role in ''[[The Great McGinty]]''.

Boris is a [[spy]] from the fictional nation of [[Pottsylvania]], and takes orders from the [[Strongman (politics)|strongman]] known as [[Fearless Leader]] (and occasionally the rarely seen Mr. Big). Boris's missions range from trying to steal a secret rocket fuel [[formula]] to eliminating all television from the [[United States]] as part of Pottsylvania's various attempts to seize power. Boris, who is thoroughly dedicated to (and takes delight in) all manners of nefarious deeds, also sometimes engages in his own schemes, such as starting his own [[organized crime]] gang and hiring himself out as a professional executioner, and frequently conspires schemes simply to get rich (such as by posing as a [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]] director to bilk [[Bullwinkle J. Moose|Bullwinkle]] out of his life savings in "[[The Last Angry Moose]]" or usurping [[Santa Claus]] by taking advantage of a freak [[polar drift]] in "[[Topsy Turvy World (Rocky and Bullwinkle)|Topsy Turvy World]]"). Separately from the television series, a commercial for the ''Rocky and Bullwinkle Show'' featuring Boris established that he was an active member of Local 12 of the Villains, Thieves, and Scoundrels Union.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxtQ0S8Cy8E|title=Rocky and Bullwinkle Promos|date=2 August 2012 |via=www.youtube.com|access-date=2016-11-27|archive-date=2016-04-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160411174736/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxtQ0S8Cy8E|url-status=live}}</ref> During this commercial, Boris also claims to be "the world's greatest [[-nik|nogoodnik]]". Boris is also quite proud that the nicest thing Fearless Leader ever did for him was sending a picture of himself to Boris inscribed "Drop Dead — Fearless Leader". He is a master of disguise and aliases.<ref name=Scott/>

According to the Rialto Theater's "[[Playbill|Moosebill]]" for "Downhill: The Musical" (a special table of contents insert created for the [[DVD]] box set ''Rocky and Bullwinkle & Friends, The Third Season''), Boris was educated in the Pottsylvania public schools before taking a scoundrelship to U.S.C. (the University of Safe Cracking), from which he graduated [[magna cum laude|magna cum louse]]. He has a strong stomach and because of it was one of only three survivors of the ruling clique of Pottsylvania, the other two being his superiors [[Fearless Leader]] and Mister Big. Boris enjoys light reading; his favorite book is an anthology of fiendish plans called the ''Fireside Crook Book''. He is also a charter member of the [[Vincent van Gogh|Van Gogh]] Society, a Pottsylvanian club whose members collect human ears.

Early in the series, Boris was taller and had red eyes. After the first episodes, he changed to his normal short stature, but still retained the red eyes until a few episodes afterwards. Humorously, they changed from red to white after he had woken up from a long slumber, as if the redness was caused by sleep deprivation.

Boris is nearly always accompanied by his fellow spy, Natasha Fatale, an iconic [[femme fatale]] with an icy smile who wears a slit dress. The first time he appeared without her was in the story arc "Buried Treasure". The first story arc in which neither appeared was "[[The Three Moosketeers]]".

Usually, Boris' misdeeds are thwarted by [[Rocky the Flying Squirrel]] and Bullwinkle the Moose. Boris's attempts at killing "moose and squirrel" (as he refers to them) also always end in failure, usually by his own scheme backfiring on him. "Of course, I've got plan!" he says. "I've always got plan! They don't ever work, but I've always got one!" As Boris expresses his plight in one promo: "I send in lady spy with package which is really bomb. Door gets locked, she can't get out, who gets blown up? Me!"<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxtQ0S8Cy8E |title=Rocky and Bullwinkle Promos |publisher=YouTube |date=2012-08-02 |access-date=2014-04-15 |archive-date=2016-04-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160411174736/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxtQ0S8Cy8E |url-status=live }}</ref>

Boris appeared in all but three ''Rocky and Bullwinkle'' storylines: ''[[The Three Moosketeers]]'', ''The Ruby Yacht'', and ''Mucho Loma''. Boris often appeared in segments of ''[[Bullwinkle's Corner]]'', ''[[Mr. Know-It-All]]'', and ''The Rocky and Bullwinkle Fan Club''.

==Catch phrases==
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Boris's main [[catch phrase]] (spoken when frustrated) is "[[Raskolnikov]]!" (a reference to the novel ''[[Crime and Punishment]]'' by [[Dostoevsky]]), spoken in his Pottsylvanian accent (a mock-[[Russian language|Russian]] accent).

Boris would also say, "Sharrup you mouth!" to Natasha when his schemes failed. However, in the final segment of "[[Greenpernt Oogle]]", when he and Natasha were stuck in their own mine field, he says to her, "Natasha, next time I get fiendish plan, do me big favor? Sharrup my mouth!" She does indeed do this in one episode, saying those very words to Boris as the car they were in dropped over a cliff to the ground in the 8-segment story arc "[[The Treasure of Monte Zoom]]". Also, whenever his superior gives him an order, he utters the line "You sair it!"

Boris would usually greet a new acquaintance by saying, "Allow me to introducing myself. I am Boris Badenov, world's greatest no-goodnik".

==In other media==
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*In the 1992 [[Showtime (TV channel)|Showtime Network]] film ''[[Boris and Natasha: The Movie]]'', the live-action Boris was played by [[Dave Thomas (actor)|Dave Thomas]].
*In the 2000 theatrical film ''[[The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (film)|The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle]]'', the live-action Boris was played by [[Jason Alexander]].
*Boris reappears in the 2014 3D [[DreamWorks Animation]] short film ''[[Rocky & Bullwinkle (2014 film)|Rocky & Bullwinkle]]'', voiced by Robert Cait.
*Boris appears in the 2018 [[Amazon Video]] series ''[[The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (TV series)|The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle]]'', where he is voiced by [[Benjamin Diskin]]. This incarnation, while still mean and selfish, is also ditzy, easily distracted and somewhat childlike, almost an evil version of Bullwinkle. Instead of usurping Santa, he shows great admiration for him. ("I talk about Santa all I want. He's very magical man.") He's also a surprisingly gifted keytar player, although it appears his mother didn't approve of the instrument. He was sent to spy school because his mother had hoped for him to be Pottsylvania's next top model, but as time went on she realized that wasn't possible.
*Boris has appeared in two ''[[Robot Chicken]]'' sketches.


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Fred Flintstone

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{{Infobox character
| series = [[The Flintstones]]
| image = Fred Flintstone.png
| first = ''[[The Flintstones]]'': "The Flagstones" (pilot) (as Fred Flagstone) 1959 "The Flintstone Flyer" (1.01) (as Fred Flintstone) September 30, 1960
| creator = [[William Hanna]] [[Joseph Barbera]]
| lbl1 = Appearance
| data1 = [[Caveman]], orange shirt, blue tie, black hair, [[barefoot]]
| lbl2 = Voiced by
| data2 = [[Daws Butler]] (pilot; 1959, 1973)<ref name="Safety">{{cite web|url=https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/hanna-barbera-characters-talk-safety-on-records/|title=Hanna-Barbera Characters Talk 'Safety'-on Records|last=Ehrbar|first=Greg|date=July 26, 2016|website=Cartoon Research|access-date=June 26, 2020|archive-date=June 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200626172510/https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/hanna-barbera-characters-talk-safety-on-records/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Alan Reed]] (1960–1977) [[Duke Mitchell]] (1960–1961) [[Jerry Wallace]] (1962) [[Henry Corden]] (1965–2005)<ref name="Record 1">{{cite web|url=https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/saving-mr-flintstone/|title=Saving Mr. Flintstone|last=Ehrbar|first=Greg|date=March 18, 2014|website=Cartoon Research|access-date=June 25, 2020|archive-date=August 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805225101/https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/saving-mr-flintstone/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Jeff Bergman]] (1984, 1994–present) [[Lennie Weinrib]]/[[Scott Menville]] (''The Flintstone Kids'') [[James Arnold Taylor]] (2005–2011, 2016) Rick Zieff (2021) [[Stephen Root]] (''Bedrock'')
| lbl3 = Portrayed by
| data3 = [[John Goodman]] ([[The Flintstones (film)|1994 film]]) [[Alan Blumenfeld]] (look-alike, 1994 film) [[Mark Addy]] ([[The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas|2000 film]])
| full_name = Frederick Joseph Flintstone Fred W. Flintstone
| nickname = Fred "Twinkletoes" (bowling alley nickname)
| alias = Muscles Flintstone Jake Steel
| gender = Male
| species = [[Human]] [[Caveman]]
| occupation = Crane operator Police officer<ref name="comedyshow">''The Flintstone Comedy Show'', 1980–1982, NBC</ref>
| spouse = [[Wilma Flintstone]] (wife)
| family = Ed "Pops" Flintstone (father)<ref name="kids">''The Flintstone Kids'', 1986–1988, ABC</ref> Eithne "Edna" Flintstone (mother)<ref name="kids" /> Rockbottom K. "Rocky"/Stony Flintstone (paternal grandfather)<ref name="kids season 1">"The Little Visitor / Grandpa for Loan", ''The Flintstone Kids'', season 1</ref><ref name="raiders">"The Story of Rocky's Raiders", ''The Flintstones'', season 6</ref> Granny Flintstone (paternal grandmother){{Citation needed|date=June 2019}} Jed Flintstone (great-grandfather)<ref name="hillbillies" /> James Hardrock (maternal grandfather){{Citation needed|date=June 2019}} Lucille Fangstone-Hardrock (maternal grandmother){{Citation needed|date=June 2019}} Tex Hardrock (uncle)<ref name="tex">"Baby Barney", ''The Flintstones'', season 3</ref> Jemina (aunt){{Citation needed|date=June 2019}} Giggles Flintstone (uncle)<ref name="haunted">"A Haunted House is Not a Home", ''The Flintstones'', season 5</ref> Hatrock (uncle)<ref>"They Went That Away", ''[[The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show]]'', CBS</ref> Zeke Flintstone (great-great-uncle)<ref name="hillbillies">"Bedrock Hillbillies", ''The Flintstones,'' season 4</ref> Davy Crockery (maternal great-grandfather)<ref>"Deep in the Heart of Texarock", ''The Flintstones'', season 5</ref> Tumbleweed (cousin)<ref name="droop">"Droop Along Flintstone", ''The Flintstones'', season 2</ref> Mary Lou Jim (cousin)<ref name="droop" /> [[Pearl Slaghoople]] (mother-in-law) Ricky Slaghoople (father-in-law)<ref name="kids" /> [[Bamm-Bamm Rubble]] (godson/son-in-law) Roxy Rubble (granddaughter)<ref name="hollyrock">''Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby'', 1993, ABC</ref> Chip Rubble (grandson)<ref name="hollyrock" />
| children = [[Pebbles Flintstone]] (daughter) Stoney Flintstone (adopted son)<ref>''A Flintstone Family Christmas'', 1993, ABC</ref>
| lbl22 = Catchphrase
| data22 = "Yabba-Dabba-Doo!"
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'''Fred Flintstone''' is the main character of the [[animated cartoon|animated]] [[sitcom]] ''[[The Flintstones]]'', which aired during [[prime-time]] on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] during the original series' run from 1960 to 1966.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Erickson |first1=Hal |title=Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 |date=2005 |edition=2nd |publisher=McFarland & Co |isbn=978-1476665993 |pages=333–344}}</ref> Fred is the husband of [[Wilma Flintstone]] and father of [[Pebbles Flintstone]] and together the family live in their homely cave in the town of Bedrock. His best friend is his next door neighbor, [[Barney Rubble|Barney]], who has a wife named [[Betty Rubble|Betty]].

Fred lives in the fictional [[prehistoric]] town of [[Bedrock (The Flintstones)|Bedrock]], a world where [[dinosaur]]s coexist with modernized [[caveman|cavepeople]] and the cavepeople enjoy "primitive" versions of [[modern conveniences]] such as [[telephone]]s, [[automobile]]s, and [[washing machine]]s. Fred's trademark catchphrase yell is "yabba dabba doo!", a phrase that was originally his club's cheer, and later adopted as part of the theme song from the third season on and used in the [[The Flintstones (film)|1994 live-action ''Flintstones'' film]].

Since the original series' run, Fred has appeared in various other cartoon spinoffs, live action adaptations, music videos, video games, and [[television commercial|commercial]]s.

==Biography==
While the mid-1980s [[Spin-off (media)|spin-off]] series ''[[The Flintstone Kids]]'' depicts Fred as a child, the series may be [[apocryphal]] due to its presenting Wilma as a childhood friend of Fred and Barney; the original series asserts that they first met as young adults.<ref name="bachelor">"Bachelor Daze", ''The Flintstones'', season 4</ref> Still, the series' depiction of Fred as the only child of Ed (a handyman) and Edna (homemaker) Flintstone might be [[Canon (fiction)|canon]]. ('''Pops Flintstone''' was in a comic strip.)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uixhK3mS6Yw/VwQXPSOzfBI/AAAAAAABj9A/ypZWn57gvkk750lJj5CtofFfQyRLU6Uag/s1600/Flintstones-1967-08-26.jpg|format=JPG|title=Photographic image of cartoon|website=4.bp.blogspot.com|access-date=2021-10-24|archive-date=2022-05-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220507072926/https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uixhK3mS6Yw/VwQXPSOzfBI/AAAAAAABj9A/ypZWn57gvkk750lJj5CtofFfQyRLU6Uag/s1600/Flintstones-1967-08-26.jpg|url-status=live}}</ref>

As young adults, Fred and Barney worked as bellhops at a resort. There, they met and fell in love with Wilma and Betty, who were working there as [[cigarette girl]]s. Fred met Wilma's mother, [[Pearl Slaghoople]], and the two took an instant dislike to each other.<ref name="bachelor"/> An unspecified amount of time later, Fred married Wilma.

Fred is a typical [[blue-collar worker]], who works as a "[[Brontosaurus|bronto]] crane operator" at Slate Rock and Gravel Company (also known as Rockhead and Quarry Cave Construction Company in earlier episodes). Fred's job title in the second-season episode "Divided We Sail" is "geological engineer".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0580165/|title=Divided We Sail|date=6 April 1962|website=IMDb.com|access-date=2019-12-08|archive-date=2021-09-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210905013019/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0580165/|url-status=live}}</ref>

During the original series' third season, Wilma gives birth to the couple's daughter, Pebbles. Years later, when Pebbles is a teenager, Fred and Barney join the Bedrock [[police]] force for a time as part-time [[police officer]]s.<ref name="comedyshow" /> Eventually, Fred becomes a [[grandfather]] to the adult Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm's twins, Chip and Roxy. Fred's family grew again in ''[[A Flintstone Family Christmas]]'', when he and Wilma adopted an orphaned caveboy named Stony, and despite a rough start, Fred and his new son bonded well.

==Relatives==
The Flintstone family's paternal side originally came from the prehistoric state of Arkanstone in Camp Mastodon, where they had been engaged in a feud similar to the [[Hatfield–McCoy feud]]. The feud was originally started by an ancestor of Fred's making a joke about a Hatrock family portrait ("I don't know what the artist got for doing that painting, but he should've gotten life!"). In the fourth-season episode "Bedrock Hillbillies", the feud is ended when Fred helps rescue Pebbles and a Hatrock baby, only to start up again when Fred makes the same joke as his ancestor. The Hatrocks later appear in the follow-up fifth-season episode "The Hatrocks and the Gruesomes", where they visit Bedrock. The last of the Camp Mastodon Arkanstone Flintstones was Fred's great-great-granduncle Zeke Flintstone who lived to 102.

Other relatives of Fred include: Rocco Rockbottom "Rocky/Stony" Flintstone, Fred's grandfather, who was a Camp Mastodon veteran of Air Force Stone World War One;<ref name="raiders" /> Uncle Giggles Flintstone, a rich, eccentric practical joker whose jokes drive Fred into a mad rage;<ref name="haunted" /> James Hardrock, Edna's father; Uncle Tex Hardrock, Fred's rich Texan uncle;<ref name="tex" /> Tumbleweed and Mary Lou Jim, Fred's rich Texan cousins.<ref name="droop" />
[[File:Jackie Gleason - 1966.jpg|thumb|upright|''The Flintstones'' character was based on the character Ralph Kramden ([[Jackie Gleason]]) from ''[[The Honeymooners]]'']]

==Personality==
Fred's personality was based on those of early television's Ralph Kramden of ''[[The Honeymooners]]'' and Chester A. Riley of ''[[The Life of Riley]]'', both roles held at various times by [[Jackie Gleason]]. (Riley was more closely associated with [[William Bendix]], who originated the role, though Gleason replaced Bendix due to a contract dispute for ''The Life of Riley's'' first season on television.) Much like Ralph, Fred tends to be loud-mouthed, aggressive, temperamental and constantly scheming ways to improve his family's working class lot in life, often with unintended results. Also like Ralph, despite his harshness, he is friendly, and has a loving heart, who is very devoted to his family and cares a lot about his best friend and next door neighbor [[Barney Rubble]]. Fred loses his temper easily and is very impatient, but he seems free of malice and never holds a grudge. Although his loudness irritates the people around him, Fred proves friendly, often going out of his way to help others. Also, although Fred often annoys Wilma with his immaturity, he is known to go to great lengths to please his family and apologize when he goes too far. Other known characters from other programs may also be known to have personalities based on Fred Flintstone including [[Archie Bunker]] from ''[[All in the Family]]'' and ''[[Archie Bunker's Place]]'' (both played by [[Carroll O'Connor]]), [[George Jefferson]] from ''[[The Jeffersons]]'' (played by [[Sherman Hemsley]]), Mel Sharples from ''[[Alice (American TV series)|Alice]]'' (played by [[Vic Tayback]]) and Frank DeFazio from ''[[Laverne & Shirley]]'' (played by [[Phil Foster]]).

Fred's interests include [[bowling]], playing [[Billiards|pool]], [[golf]], [[poker]] and lounging around the house. Fred has won championships with his bowling skills; in one episode, he goes so far as to take [[ballet]] lessons in order to improve his game (hence his trademark bowling delivery).<ref>"Bowling Ballet", ''The Flintstones'', season 3</ref> The nickname of "Twinkletoes" stuck with him when Fred attended a local university and became eligible to play on their football team, and it became his [[call sign]].<ref>"Flintstone of Prinstone", ''The Flintstones'', season 2</ref> Fred is also an excellent golfer. Fred is a member of the Loyal Order of Water Buffalos Lodge (named "the Loyal Order of Dinosaurs" in an early episode).<ref name="hotlips">"Hot Lips Hannigan", ''The Flintstones'', season 1</ref> Fred also has a serious [[gambling problem]]; the mere mention of the word "bet" causes Fred to stammer "bet" over and over again (sounding like a clucking chicken) and go on gambling binges.<ref>"The Gambler", ''The Flintstones'', season 2</ref> Fred is also an avid driver. In the fifth-season episode "Indianrockolis 500", Fred entered the [[Indianapolis 500|famed prehistoric auto race]] under the [[pseudonym]] "Goggles Paisano".<ref>{{YouTube|GmQoWQb4tx0}}</ref>

Fred's [[catchphrase]] is "Yabba-Dabba-Doo!"; [[Alan Reed]], voice actor who provided Fred's voice from 1960 to 1977, reportedly said the inspiration for the phrase came from his mother, who used to say, "A little dab'll do ya," probably borrowed from a [[Brylcreem]] commercial. When the script called for a simple ''yahoo'', Alan either asked if he could alter the phrase or he ad-libbed. It inspired, in the 1970s a short-lived fruit drink called "Yabba Dabba Dew" and may or may not have also inspired [[George Jetson]]'s similar-sounding catchphrase, "Hooba-dooba-dooba" (or "Hooba-Dooba"). It does, however, become the subject of a song by [[Hoagy Carmichael]] which the singer-songwriter performs in one episode of ''The Flintstones''.<ref>In "The Hit Song Writers", ''The Flintstones'', season 2</ref> Fred's ability to carry a tune was quite good in his younger years. One early episode<ref name="hotlips" /> sees Fred (with Barney, who is a skilled [[drummer]]) perform at a nightclub with his musician friend "Hot Lips Hannigan" where his singing caused teenage girls to swoon over him; on this occasion, he was nicknamed the "[[Mel Torme|Golden Smog]]". In another first-season episode, "Girls' Night Out", Fred recorded a demo record at a [[carnival]] of the song "[[Listen to the Mockingbird|Listen to the Rocking Bird]]", which ended up making him a teenage singing idol named "Hi Fye". As the series progressed, however, his voice became worse and worse (even during his success as a singer, Wilma was never impressed by Fred's voice), eventually to the point that a temporary maid the Flintstones hired quit rather than having to hear Fred sing.<ref>"Wilma, the Maid", ''The Flintstones'', season 3</ref> (Alan Reed himself was not a good singer; in instances where he was expected to sing well, a stand-in—usually Henry Corden from 1965 onward—would be used.)<ref name="m">{{cite book| last1=Lawson| first1=Tim| last2=Persons| first2=Alisa| title=The Magic Behind the Voices: A Who's Who of Cartoon Voice Actors| date=December 4, 2004| publisher=Univ. Press of Mississippi| isbn=978-1578066964| page=289| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6ffdBDDBUYsC&q=%22Henry+Corden%22+actor&pg=PA289| access-date=15 August 2017| language=en}}</ref>

Due to his impulsive and short-tempered behavior and stubborn and somewhat selfish nature, Fred seems to be accident-prone. Even his most innocent and mundane actions often cause widespread confusion. At the end of the closing credits, Fred puts the Flintstones housecat "Baby Puss" outside; the cat however jumps back inside and puts Fred out who begins to knock on the door of his house and starts yelling "Wilma", to open the door.

According to the original series' third-season episode "The Birthday Party" (originally aired April 5, 1963), Fred's birthday is February 2. Fred's address has varied through the series' run, with addresses given for the Flintstone residence including, 201 Cobblestone Lane (October 21, 1960 - "No Help Wanted" episode), 345 Cave Stone Road, 39 Stone Canyon Way, and 1313 Cobblestone Way. Fred's address was cited as "35 Cobblestone Rd" in the 1961 episode "The X-Ray Story".

==Animated media==
===Television shows===
* ''[[The Flintstones|The Flagstones]]'' (1959)
* ''[[The Flintstones]]'' (1960–1966)
* ''[[The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show]]'' (1971–1972)
* ''[[The Flintstone Comedy Hour]]'' (1972–1974)
* ''[[Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics]]'' (1977–1978)
* ''[[Fred Flintstone and Friends]]'' (1977–1978)
* ''[[The New Fred and Barney Show]]'' (1979)
* ''[[Fred and Barney Meet the Thing]]'' (1979)
* ''[[Fred and Barney Meet the Shmoo]]'' (1979–1980)
* ''[[The Flintstone Comedy Show]]'' (1980–1982)
* ''[[The Flintstone Funnies]]'' (1982–1984)
* ''[[The Flintstone Kids]]'' (1986–1988)
* ''[[What a Cartoon!]]'', featuring ''[[Dino: Stay Out!]]'' (1995)
* ''[[The Rubbles]]'' (2002)
* ''[[Yabba Dabba Dinosaurs]]'' (2020)
* ''[[Jellystone!]]'' (2021)
* ''Bedrock'' (Cancelled)

===Films and specials===
* ''[[Alice in Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This?]]'' (1966)
* ''[[The Man Called Flintstone]]'' (1966)
* ''[[The Flintstones on Ice]]'' (1973)
* ''[[Energy: A National Issue]]'' (1977)
* ''[[A Flintstone Christmas]]'' (1977)
* ''[[Hanna-Barbera's All-Star Comedy Ice Revue]]'' (1978)
* ''[[The Flintstones: Little Big League]]'' (1978)
* ''[[Hanna-Barbera Educational Filmstrips]]'' (1980); featuring ''A Weighty Problem'', ''Fire Alarm'', ''Fire Escape'' and ''Driving Guide''
* ''[[The Flintstones' New Neighbors]]'' (1980)
* ''[[The Flintstones Meet Rockula and Frankenstone]]'' (1980)
* ''[[The Flintstones: Fred's Final Fling]]'' (1980)
* ''[[The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera Arena Show]]'' (1981)
* ''[[The Flintstones: Wind-Up Wilma]]'' (1981)
* ''[[The Flintstones: Jogging Fever]]'' (1981)
* ''[[Yogi Bear's All Star Comedy Christmas Caper]]'' (1982)
* ''[[The Flintstones' 25th Anniversary Celebration]]'' (1986)
* ''[[The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones]]'' (1987)
* ''[[The Flintstone Kids' "Just Say No" Special]]'' (1988)
* ''[[Hanna-Barbera's 50th: A Yabba Dabba Doo Celebration|A Yabba Dabba Doo Celebration: 50 Years of Hanna-Barbera]]'' (1989)
* ''[[I Yabba-Dabba Do!]]'' (1993) (voiced by [[Henry Corden]])
* ''[[Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby]]'' (1993)
* ''[[A Flintstone Family Christmas]]'' (1993)
* ''[[The Flintstones (film)|The Flintstones]]'' (1994) (portrayed by [[John Goodman]])
* ''[[A Flintstones Christmas Carol]]'' (1994)
* ''[[What a Cartoon!]]'', featuring ''[[Dino: Stay Out!]]'' (1995)
* ''[[The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas]]'' (2000) (portrayed by [[Mark Addy]])
* ''[[The Flintstones: On the Rocks]]'' (2001) (voiced by [[Jeff Bergman]])
* ''[[The Flintstones & WWE: Stone Age SmackDown!]]'' (2015)
* ''[[Space Jam: A New Legacy]]'' (2021) (briefly voiced by Jeff Bergman)

===Video games===
* ''[[The Flintstones: The Rescue of Dino & Hoppy]]''
* ''[[The Flintstones (1993 video game)|The Flintstones]]''
* ''[[The Flintstones: Surprise at Dinosaur Peak]]''
* ''[[The Flintstones: The Treasure of Sierra Madrock]]''
* ''[[The Flintstones: Bedrock Bowling]]''
* ''The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas''

==Portrayal==
[[George O'Hanlon]] originally auditioned for the role of Fred Flintstone.<ref name=AP/> He later went on to voice [[George Jetson]], another Hanna-Barbera character in the animated sitcom ''[[The Jetsons]]''.<ref name=AP>{{cite news |title=George O'Hanlon, 76, George Jetson's Voice |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=February 15, 1989 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/02/15/obituaries/george-o-hanlon-76-george-jetson-s-voice.html |agency=Associated Press |page=24 |access-date=September 21, 2022 |archive-date=September 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220921030201/https://www.nytimes.com/1989/02/15/obituaries/george-o-hanlon-76-george-jetson-s-voice.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Alan Reed]] was the original voice artist of Fred (minus the original short pilot where he was voiced by [[Daws Butler]], who also voiced him on a 1973 record<ref name="Safety"/>) until Reed's death in 1977.<ref>{{cite news|title= Voice of Fred Flintstone, Henry Corden dies at 85|work= [[Houston Chronicle]]|url= http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ae/3191577.html|access-date= 2010-10-03|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110211220449/http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ae/3191577.html|archive-date= 2011-02-11}}</ref>

[[Henry Corden]] occasionally voiced Fred on records throughout the 1960s,<ref name="Record 1"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/the-day-alice-fell-through-her-tv-the-1966-hb-special/ |title=The Flintstones' Meet The Orchestra Family (1968) |last=Ehrbar |first=Greg |date=March 25, 2014 |website=Cartoon Research |access-date=June 25, 2020 |archive-date=March 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305165543/https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/the-day-alice-fell-through-her-tv-the-1966-hb-special/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/the-flintstones-meet-the-orchestra-family-1968/ |title=The Day "Alice" Fell Through Her TV: The 1966 HB Special |last=Ehrbar |first=Greg |date=November 11, 2014 |website=Cartoon Research |access-date=June 25, 2020 |archive-date=August 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803210630/https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/the-flintstones-meet-the-orchestra-family-1968/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and also provided the singing voice for Fred in ''[[The Man Called Flintstone]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/the-spy-who-rock-ed-me-celebrating-the-man-called-flintstone/ |title=The Spy Who "Rock"-ed Me: Celebrating "The Man Called Flintstone" |last=Lyons |first=Michael |date=July 17, 2023 |website=Cartoon Research |access-date=June 20, 2025 }}</ref> In 1972-1975, [[Lionel Wilson (voice actor)|Lionel Wilson]] and [[Jackson Beck]] provided Fred's voice for two ''Flintstones'' record albums produced by [[Peter Pan Records]].<ref name="Peter Pan Records">{{cite web|url=https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/sam-singer-and-hanna-barberas-sinbad-jr-on-records/|title=Sam Singer and Hanna-Berbera's "Sinbad Jr." on Records|last=Ehrbar|first=Greg|date=October 11, 2016|website=Cartoon Research|quote=Peter Pan did two Flintstones without any original cast members, but instead New York actors like Jackson Beck and Lionel Wilson. I haven't covered them yet on Spin.|postscript=Lionel Wilson and Jackson Beck voiced Fred in Peter Pan Records' 1972-1975 Flintstones albums.|access-date=April 1, 2025|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241015215614/https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/sam-singer-and-hanna-barberas-sinbad-jr-on-records/|archive-date=October 15, 2024}}</ref> Following Reed's death, Corden officially took over the role until his retirement in 2000, although he continued to voice him in Post Pebbles commercials until his death in 2005.<ref>{{cite news|title=Henry Corden, 85; Played Film and TV Heavies, Was Voice of Fred Flintstone|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=2005-05-21|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-may-21-me-corden21-story.html|access-date=2010-08-24|first=Dennis|last=McLellan|archive-date=2012-10-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026100853/http://articles.latimes.com/2005/may/21/local/me-corden21|url-status=live}}</ref> Corden voiced Fred's father and mother in ''[[The Flintstone Kids]]'', while young Fred was voiced by both [[Lennie Weinrib]] and [[Scott Menville]] at different points.

Australian voice actor [[Keith Scott (voice actor)|Keith Scott]] provided Fred's voice in various commercials throughout the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s and the live show ''[[Wonderland Sydney|Hanna-Barbera Gala Celebrity Nite]]'' at the [[Wonderland Sydney]] amusement park in Australia.<ref name="Amber Tiles">{{Cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/commercials/Amber-Tiles/|title=Amber Tiles|website=Behind The Voice Actors|language=en-US|access-date=2020-08-22|archive-date=2020-07-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200705001443/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/commercials/Amber-Tiles/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Wonderland">{{Cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/commercials/Wonderland/|title=Wonderland|website=Behind The Voice Actors|language=en-US|access-date=2020-09-18|archive-date=2020-07-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200706125534/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/commercials/Wonderland/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Gala Celebrity Nite">{{Cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/rides-attractions/Hanna-Barbera-Celebrity-Gala-Night/|title=Hanna-Barbera Gala Celebrity Nite|website=Behind The Voice Actors|language=en-US|access-date=2020-08-22|archive-date=2020-11-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124123457/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/rides-attractions/Hanna-Barbera-Celebrity-Gala-Night/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="demo">{{cite web|title=Keith Scott|url=https://www.blah.com.au/artistdetails&id=36|publisher=Blah Artists|access-date=21 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200704084801/https://www.blah.com.au/artistdetails&id=36|archive-date=4 July 2020}}</ref>

[[Jeff Bergman]] voiced Fred in the fourth episode of ''[[The New Show]]'' and ''Flintstones/Jetsons: Timewarp'' and performed the character throughout the 1990s and 2000s for various [[Cartoon Network]] and [[Boomerang (TV network)|Boomerang]] commercials and bumpers,<ref name="New Show">{{Cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/The-New-Show/|title=The New Show|website=Behind The Voice Actors|language=en-US|access-date=August 28, 2023|archive-date=August 28, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230828143002/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/The-New-Show/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Timewarp">{{Cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/video-games/Flintstones-Jetsons-Timewarp/|title=Flintstones/Jetsons: Timewarp|website=Behind The Voice Actors|language=en-US|access-date=2020-11-15|archive-date=2020-10-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021103224/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/video-games/Flintstones-Jetsons-Timewarp/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Cartoon Network">{{Cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/commercials/Cartoon-Network/Fred-Flintstone/|title=Voice(s) of Fred Flintstone in Cartoon Network|website=Behind The Voice Actors|language=en-US|access-date=2020-10-10|archive-date=2020-10-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017021720/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/commercials/Cartoon-Network/Fred-Flintstone/|url-status=live}}</ref> and voiced him in ''[[The Flintstones: On the Rocks]]'', his guest appearance in ''[[Johnny Bravo]]'', some episodes of ''[[Family Guy]]'', and ''[[The Flintstones & WWE: Stone Age SmackDown!]]''. [[James Arnold Taylor]] voiced Fred in commercials following Corden's death, up until 2011, as well as his guest appearance in ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy]]''. Taylor returned to voice Fred in 2016 for a [[Columbus Zoo and Aquarium|Columbus Zoo]] commercial.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9vYv1AJK-A|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/E9vYv1AJK-A|archive-date=2021-12-12|url-status=live|title=Day in the Life of a Voice-Actor: The Fred Flintstone Session|date=29 September 2016 |publisher=[[YouTube]]|access-date=2019-12-08}}{{cbignore}}</ref> He was also voiced by [[Scott Innes]] in a [[Toshiba]] commercial.<ref name="Toshiba">{{Cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/commercials/Qosmio/|title=Qosmio|website=Behind The Voice Actors|language=en-US|access-date=2020-08-22|archive-date=2022-05-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220507072926/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/commercials/Qosmio/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Other voices include [[Maurice LaMarche]] (in ''[[Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law]]''),<ref name="Harvey Birdman">{{Cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Harvey-Birdman-Attorney-at-Law/Fred-Flintstone/|title=Voice of Fred Flintstone in Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law|website=Behind The Voice Actors|language=en-US|access-date=2021-07-21|archive-date=2021-07-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210721113924/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Harvey-Birdman-Attorney-at-Law/Fred-Flintstone/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Stephen Stanton]] (in ''[[Robot Chicken]]''),<ref name="Robot Chicken">{{Cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Robot-Chicken/Fred-Flintstone/|title=Voice(s) of Fred Flintstone in Robot Chicken|website=Behind The Voice Actors|language=en-US|access-date=2020-08-22|archive-date=2021-04-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429024940/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Robot-Chicken/Fred-Flintstone/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Dave Coulier]] (in ''Robot Chicken''),<ref name="Robot Chicken"/> [[Fred Tatasciore]] (in ''[[Mad (TV series)|MAD]]''),<ref name="Mad">{{Cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Mad/Fred-Flintstone/|title=Voice of Fred Flintstone in Mad|website=Behind The Voice Actors|language=en-US|access-date=2020-08-22|archive-date=2021-07-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210721113925/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Mad/Fred-Flintstone/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Seth Green]] (in ''Robot Chicken''),<ref name="Robot Chicken"/> and Rick Zieff (in ''[[Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve|Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve 2021]]'').<ref name="Rockin' Eve">{{cite web|title=Rick Zieff on Twitter: "Thrilled to be the voice of Fred Flintstone for Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve! Thanks, Tyler Shamy, Warner Brothers, Post Cereal. Let's bid 2020 Yabba-Dab-ADIEU! 8pm/7pm Central on ABC."|url=https://twitter.com/MrCar2n/status/1344775653594288128|publisher=Twitter|access-date=July 3, 2021|archive-date=July 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210704150249/https://twitter.com/MrCar2n/status/1344775653594288128|url-status=live}}</ref> In various Italian dubs, Fred's voice was provided by Italian voice actor [[Carlo Bonomi]].<ref name="History Press">{{cite book |last1=Wahlgren |first1=Yens |title=The Universal Translator |date=2 February 2021 |publisher=[[The History Press]] |isbn=978-0-7509-9592-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OXkLEAAAQBAJ&dq=Carlo+Bonomi+pingu+linea&pg=PT23 |language=en}}</ref> [[Stephen Root]] was planned to voice Fred Flintstone in the scrapped [[Fox Broadcasting Company|FOX]] series ''Bedrock''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://deadline.com/2023/03/elizabeth-banks-flintstones-bedrock-pilot-presentation-fox-1235285122/ | title=Elizabeth Banks Leads Voice Cast of 'The Flintstones' Animated Series 'Bedrock' as Comedy Scores Pilot Presentation at Fox | date=10 March 2023 | access-date=10 March 2023 | archive-date=10 May 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510091257/https://deadline.com/2023/03/elizabeth-banks-flintstones-bedrock-pilot-presentation-fox-1235285122/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://tvline.com/news/bedrock-cancelled-fox-adult-flintstones-sequel-elizabeth-banks-1235283443/ | title=Adult Flintstones Sequel Bedrock No Longer in Development at Fox }}</ref>

===Live action portrayal===
In the first live-action film, ''[[The Flintstones (film)|The Flintstones]]'', Fred was played by [[John Goodman]], who also provided his voice for the film's [[The Flintstones (pinball)|pinball adaptation]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Will 'Flintstones' Bolster Goodman's Rocky Film Career?|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=1994-04-24|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-04-24-ca-49830-story.html|access-date=2010-08-24|first=Judy|last=Brennan|archive-date=2014-01-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102193343/http://articles.latimes.com/1994-04-24/entertainment/ca-49830_1_john-goodman|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Pinball">{{Cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/video-games/The-Flintstones-Pinball/|title=The Flintstones (Pinball)|website=Behind The Voice Actors|language=en-US|access-date=2020-10-10|archive-date=2020-10-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201015074040/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/video-games/The-Flintstones-Pinball/|url-status=live}}</ref> In the prequel film, ''[[The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas]]'', in which Fred is portrayed as younger than he was in the original, he was played by British actor [[Mark Addy]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Meet the Young Flintstones in Livelier Prequel|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=2000-04-28|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-apr-28-ca-24189-story.html|access-date=2010-08-24|first=Eric|last=Harrison|archive-date=2012-10-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026101026/http://articles.latimes.com/2000/apr/28/entertainment/ca-24189|url-status=live}}</ref>

==In other media==
===Commercials===
Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble were pitchmen for [[Winston (cigarette)|Winston]] cigarettes, the show's sponsor at the time. In one ad, Fred and Barney saw the men working hard at the quarry and decided to retire out of sight for a smoke break. After extolling the virtues of their favorite brand, Fred lit up and delivered the catch phrase: "[[Winston tastes good like a cigarette should]]." A similar ad featured Wilma and Betty as well. By the original series' third season, Winston had been dropped in favor of [[Welch's]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://legendsrevealed.com/entertainment/2012/12/09/did-the-flintstones-do-commercials-for-winston-cigarettes/|title=Did the Flintstones Do Commercials for Winston Cigarettes?|date=2012-12-09|access-date=2019-12-09|archive-date=2019-07-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190708053706/http://legendsrevealed.com/entertainment/2012/12/09/did-the-flintstones-do-commercials-for-winston-cigarettes/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Reception==
Fred Flintstone was ranked 3rd on the 10 Best Hanna-Barbara Characters Ranked List<ref>{{Cite web |last=Protheroe |first=Ben |date=2024-03-06 |title=10 Best Hanna-Barbera Characters, Ranked |url=https://screenrant.com/best-hanna-barbera-characters-ranked/ |access-date=2024-08-25 |website=ScreenRant |language=en}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Flintstones Chewable Vitamins]]
* [[Pebbles (cereal)|Pebbles Cereal]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
* ''Yabba Dabba Doo! The Alan Reed Story'', by Alan Reed and Ben Ohmart. Albany, 2009. {{ISBN|1-59393-313-4}}

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List of The Jetsons characters

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[[File:Jetsons.jpg|right|frame|''The Jetsons'' family: (left to right, top row) Rosie (the robot maid), George, Jane, and Judy; (bottom row) Astro (the dog), Elroy.]]
The following is a '''list of major characters in ''[[The Jetsons]]''''', an American animated [[comic science fiction]] [[Animated sitcom|sitcom]] produced by [[Hanna-Barbera]] Productions and first broadcast in prime-time on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] as part of the [[1962–63 United States network television schedule]]. Additional episodes were produced from 1985 to 1987 in syndication, with the same cast of characters.

==The Jetsons family==
===George Jetson===
{{main|George Jetson}}
'''George J. Jetson'''<ref>{{cite web| title=Jetsons, The (1962) – TV Series – Season 1, Episode 2 |url=http://movie.subtitlr.com/subtitle/show/284054#line11 | work=Database of Movie Dialogs | publisher=BelaZebra | access-date=2010-11-14| quote=What's your name, speedy? George J. Jetson. George Jetson, eh? Well, Georgie, let's see what we got here.}}</ref> (voiced by [[George O'Hanlon]] in the TV series and ''[[Jetsons: The Movie]]'', Herb Duncan in ''The Jetsons: New Songs of the TV Family of the Future'',<ref name="Record">{{cite web|title="The Jetsons" Golden 'New York Cast' Album (1962)|url=https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/the-jetsons-golden-new-york-cast-album-1962/|website=cartoonresearch.com|access-date=23 February 2021}}</ref> [[Jeff Bergman]] since 1990, [[Wally Wingert]] in ''[[Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law]]'' and an [[LG Electronics]] commercial<ref name="LG 1">{{Cite web|title=LG and 'The Jetsons' Boost Your Home IQ With Smart Appliances|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/lg-and-the-jetsons-boost-your-home-iq-with-smart-appliances-300474807.html|publisher=PR Newswire|access-date=December 11, 2020}}</ref><ref name="Wally Wingert">{{Cite web|title=Wally voices George Jetson and Astro in new LG spot|url=http://www.wallyontheweb.com/news/wally-voices-george-jetson-astro-in-new-lg-spot/|publisher=Wally Wingert|access-date=December 11, 2020}}</ref>) is a fictional character and the 40-year-old head of the Jetson family. He is the husband of [[Jane Jetson]] and the father of teenage daughter Judy and elementary school aged son Elroy.{{Citation needed|date=December 2009}}

George resides with his family in the Skypad Apartments<ref>{{cite web| title=Jetsons, The (1962) |url=http://movie.subtitlr.com/subtitle/show/284069#line391 | work=Database of Movie Dialogs | publisher=BelaZebra | access-date=2010-11-14| quote=Car 88 calling in. What's up, Sarge? Investigate complaint of trouble over at the Skypad Apartments. Right, Sarge. I'm on my way.}}</ref> in Orbit City, in a future with the trappings of [[science fantasy]] depictions of American life in the future, such as robot servants, flying saucer-like cars, and moving sidewalks. All the apartment buildings are set on giant poles, resembling [[Seattle]]'s [[Space Needle]]; the ground is almost never seen, though in ''[[Jetsons: The Movie]]'', it is suggested that the earth is extremely polluted, thus everyone lives in the sky.

When George was a kid, he had to fly through ten miles of asteroid storms to go to Orbit High School, where he was the star pitcher of its Spaceball team. At Orbit High School, he was labeled as an outsider and a geek. George is now an employee at Spacely Space Sprockets, a manufacturer of "sprockets" and other high tech equipment. His job title is "digital index operator."<ref>{{cite thesis| title= The Information Society in Science Fiction | degree=Master of Science in Library Science |url= http://ils.unc.edu/MSpapers/3548.pdf | page=52 |date=July 2009 | first=Patrick D. |last= Holt| publisher=School of Information and Library Science, [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]] | access-date=2010-11-14| quote=Although George Jetson does commute to work as a “darn good digital index operator” (a job that apparently involves push the buttons that start and stop the procedure), the rest of the Dyson/Bel Geddes vision is complete – to no avail. Just about everything is automated, but no one seems aware that life is easier...}}</ref> His boss is [[Cosmo G. Spacely]], noted for being short in both height and temper. Spacely usually treats his employees (particularly George) in a rather tyrannical fashion. George's job primarily requires him to repeatedly push a single button (or on occasion a series of buttons) on a computer (named ''RUDI'' {Short for: Referential Universal Digital Indexer} in the 1980s series of ''Jetsons'' episodes). George complains of his heavy work load: pushing a button as many as five times<ref>{{cite episode| title=Rosey the Robot |series=[[The Jetsons]] |season=1 |number=1 |network=[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] |date=23 September 1962}}</ref> for three hours,<ref>{{cite episode| title=Elroy's Pal |series=The Jetsons |season=1 |number=14 |network=ABC |date=23 December 1962}}</ref> three days a week.<ref>{{cite episode| title=The Flying Suit |series=The Jetsons |season=1 |number=7 |network=ABC |date=4 November 1962}}</ref> Often, Mr. Spacely will fire George in a fit of anger, only to hire him back by the end of the same episode.

Physically, George is a rather slim man of average height with short red hair and a cartoonishly large nose. His personality is that of a well-meaning, caring father, but he is often befuddled and stressed out by the problems of both his work and family lives. As ''The Jetsons'' was partially based on the comic strip ''[[Blondie (comic strip)|Blondie]]'', George himself was probably based on that strip's lead character, [[Dagwood Bumstead]].{{Citation needed|date=September 2007}} His wife Jane is voiced by [[Penny Singleton]] who played the movie version of Blondie in the 1930s to 1950s.<ref>[[Penny Singleton]]</ref>

George's most famous catchphrase is "Jane! Stop this crazy thing!" seen at the end credits of the 1960s ''Jetsons'' episodes, but is also known for frequently uttering the phrase "Hooba-dooba-dooba!" to express wonder or astonishment (probably inspired by [[Fred Flintstone]]'s similar-sounding "Yabba Dabba Doo!!").

O'Hanlon was known for his portrayal of [[everyman]] characters in film and television. O'Hanlon once said of his character: "George Jetson is an average man. He has trouble with his boss, he has problems with his kids, and so on. The only difference is that he lives in the next century."<ref>{{cite news|title = George O'Hanlon; Father's voice on Jetsons|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-02-14-mn-1955-story.html |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] | date=February 14, 1989}}</ref> O'Hanlon last did the voice for George Jetson in ''[[Jetsons: The Movie]]'', which was released posthumously.

In the ''Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law'' episode "[[List of Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law episodes#Back to the Present|Back to the Present]]", George leads the Jetsons in returning to Earth to sue the planet for causing global warming.

George Jetson also appeared in a cameo appearance on ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'' episode "Mime for a Change".

In ''[[The Jetsons & WWE: Robo-WrestleMania!]]'', George Jetson is assigned by Mr. Spacely to supervise a project that involves robots drilling through the surface of the Earth.

George Jetson also appears at the [[Cedar Fair Entertainment Company]] and formerly [[Universal Studios Florida]] as a [[meetable character]] seen in 1996 video called "Kids for Character".

He also appears on [[Kanye West]]'s music video "[[Heartless (Kanye West song)|Heartless]]". He is also seen along with his family, Rosie, and Mr. Spacely in a [[MetLife]] commercial that aired in 2012.

The inspiration for George's name sake (aside from its voice actor) is believed to be a tribute to the prolific Danish designer, [[Georg Jensen]], who defined modern design in the early and mid twentieth century.

===Jane Jetson===
{{Infobox character
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|first_minor = Rosie the Robot
|first_date = September 23, 1962
|creator = [[William Hanna]] [[Joseph Barbera]]
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*[[Penny Singleton]] (1962–1993)<ref name="Environmental">{{cite web|title=Happy Earth Day from Yogi Bear and His Hanna-Barbera Pals!|url=https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/happy-earth-day-from-yogi-bear-and-his-hanna-barbera-pals/|website=cartoonresearch.com|access-date=29 May 2025}}</ref>
*Rose Mary Jun (''The Jetsons: New Songs of the TV Family of the Future'')
*[[B.J. Baker]] (singing voice)
*Jo Hayden (''[[The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones#Video game|Flintstones/Jetsons: Timewarp]]'')
*Danie Michelle (''[[Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law]]'')
*Andi Gibson ([[LG Electronics]] commercial)
*[[Annie Mumolo]] (''[[Jellystone!]]'')
}}
}}
'''Jane Jetson''' (voiced by [[Penny Singleton]] in the TV series, ''[[The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones]]'', ''[[Rockin' with Judy Jetson]]'', ''[[Jetsons: The Movie]]'' and various other media, Rose Mary Jun in ''The Jetsons: New Songs of the TV Family of the Future'',<ref name="Record"/> [[B. J. Baker]] (singing voice), Jo Hayden in ''[[The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones#Video game|Flintstones/Jetsons: Timewarp]]'',<ref name="Timewarp">{{Cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/video-games/Flintstones-Jetsons-Timewarp/|title=Flintstones Jetsons: Timewarp|website=Behind The Voice Actors|language=en-US|access-date=2022-03-06}}</ref> Lauri Fraser in ''The Jetsons: The Best Son'', [[Diane Michelle]] in ''[[Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law]]'', [[Grey DeLisle]] in ''The Jetsons & WWE: Robo-WrestleMania!'', Andi Gibson in an [[LG Electronics]] commercial,<ref name="LG 1"/><ref name="LG 2">{{Cite web|title=Andi Gibson on Twitter: "Thanks LG Electronics and TalkShop for casting me as Jane Jetson in this awesome spot!"|url=https://twitter.com/andi_gibson1/status/877566908907651072|access-date=December 11, 2020|publisher=Twitter}}</ref><ref name="LG 3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/commercials/LG/|title=LG|website=Behind The Voice Actors|language=en-US|access-date=2021-02-18}}</ref> [[Annie Mumolo]] in ''[[Jellystone!]]'') is George's 33-year-old wife, mother of their two children, and a homemaker. Jane is obsessed with fashion and new gadgetry. Her favorite store is Mooning Dales. She is also a dutiful wife who always tries to make life as pleasant as possible for her family. Although she is usually pleasant natured, she is quite protective of her family, and she can be angered whenever they are threatened. She is also unafraid to stand up to Mr. Spacely, especially when he antagonizes her family and her husband.

Outside of the home, she is a member of the Galaxy Women Historical Society and is a fan of Leonardo de Venus and Picasso Pia. Although this wife of the future has both a robot maid and automated apartment appliances, even pushing buttons for housework gets to be too much for her and she has to take a vacation ("Dude Planet"). A running gag is that she has terrible driving skills, turning her driving instructor, and her husband into nervous wrecks (''"The Space Car" and "Jane's Driving Lesson"'').

Jane has since appeared in popular culture. Jane appears, with [[Wilma Flintstone]] and [[Velma Dinkley]], in a commercial for [[Dove (toiletries)|Dove shampoo]]. She appears on [[Kanye West]]'s music video "[[Heartless (Kanye West song)|Heartless]]". In one episode of ''[[Animaniacs]]'', a female space alien resembling Jane appears twice; once as a receptionist, and then again when a male alien trapped on a treadmill calls out the famous catchphrase "Jane! Stop this crazy thing!" where she comes to his aid. Jane Jetson appears in the ''[[Jellystone!]]'' season 3 episode "Meet the Jetsons".

She was included in [[Yahoo!]]'s Top 10 TV Moms from Six Decades of Television.<ref>{{cite web|last=Adair |first=Aly |title=Top 10 Favorite TV Moms |url=http://voices.yahoo.com/top-10-favorite-tv-moms-2778263.html?cat=25 |publisher=Yahoo! |access-date=June 17, 2012 |date=February 27, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021092742/http://voices.yahoo.com/top-10-favorite-tv-moms-2778263.html?cat=25 |archive-date=October 21, 2012 }}</ref>
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===Judy Jetson===
{{Infobox character
|name = Judy Jetson
|series = The Jetsons
|image = Judyjetson.jpg
|first_major = The Jetsons
|first_minor = Rosie the Robot
|first_date = September 23, 1962
|creator = [[William Hanna]] [[Joseph Barbera]]
|last_major = Jellystone!
|last_minor = Meet the Jetsons
|last_date =
|voice = {{plainlist|
*[[Janet Waldo]] (1962–2002)
*[[B. J. Ward (actress)|B.J. Ward]] (singing voice in ''[[Rockin' with Judy Jetson]]'')
*[[Tiffany Darwish]] (''[[Jetsons: The Movie]]'')
*[[Danica McKellar]] (''[[The Jetsons & WWE: Robo-WrestleMania!]]'')
*Georgie Kidder (''[[Jellystone!]]'')
}}
}}
'''Judy Jetson''' (voiced by [[Janet Waldo]] in the TV series, ''[[The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones]]'', ''[[Rockin' with Judy Jetson]]'' and various other media, Rose Mary Jun in ''The Jetsons: New Songs of the TV Family of the Future'',<ref name="Record"/> [[B. J. Ward (actress)|B.J. Ward]] in ''[[Rockin' with Judy Jetson]]'' (singing voice), [[Tiffany Darwish]] in the film,<ref>{{cite news|title= For Some Readers, Tiffany Is No Jetson |work= The Los Angeles Times|date=July 15, 1990|url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-07-15-me-353-story.html|access-date=2014-09-06}}</ref><ref name=amg>Eder, Bruce [http://www.allmovie.com/artist/janet-waldo-p74183 "Janet Waldo" (Allmovie biography)]</ref> [[Danica McKellar]] in ''The Jetsons & WWE: Robo-WrestleMania!'') is the daughter of George and Jane Jetson who acts just like a typical teenage girl only with more futuristic tastes. In the first episode of the original series, it is revealed that Judy is 16 years old, by her mother Jane Jetson.

Despite Judy still keeping modern-day "teenage girl" likes and dislikes, such as seemingly never-ending conversations on the telephone and shopping for futuristic outfits, she does not live exactly like a modern teenager. For example, she enjoys taking advantage of the many technology gadgets at her grasp such as controllable zero-gravity switches (made for accomplishing popular dance moves of the show's time or for other uses). She also gives a summary of how her day went and the problems which she faced to a floating robotic diary, appropriately named, "DiDi" (voiced by [[Selma Diamond]] later by [[Brenda Vaccaro]]).

Judy is also very fond of a rock singer named Jet Screamer, whom George despises at first until Judy wins a date with him as the grand prize in a songwriting contest. George had secretly switched Judy's song with her younger brother Elroy's secret code, hoping to sabotage her entry, but she won, nonetheless. When George accompanies Judy on the date in an attempt to call it off, he instead winds up playing drums during a live performance of the song and soon develops a liking for Jet and his music.

Judy is depicted wearing a deep pinkish-purple, futuristic slight [[crop top]] outfit and, like a few other Hanna-Barbera cartoon characters (such as [[Bamm-Bamm Rubble]] from ''The Flintstones'' and some background characters in various cartoons) has [[white hair]] that is colored to resemble [[Blond#Varieties|platinum blonde]] or [[bleached blonde]] hair, which she wears in a [[ponytail]] on top of her head. She attends Orbit High School, which her father had also attended.

Judy went unvoiced in her appearance in ''[[Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law]]'', due to the fact a voice actress could not be secured for her (Waldo by this point was in her 80s and retired from voice acting).

Judy Jetson appears in the ''[[Jellystone!]]'' season 3 episode "Meet the Jetsons".
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===Elroy Jetson===
{{Infobox character
|name = Elroy Jetson
|series = The Jetsons
|image =
|first_major = The Jetsons
|first_minor = Rosie the Robot
|first_date = September 23, 1962
|creator = [[William Hanna]] [[Joseph Barbera]]
|last_major = Jellystone!
|last_minor = Meet the Jetsons
|last_date =
|voice = {{plainlist|
*[[Daws Butler]] (1962–1988)
*Herb Duncan (''The Jetsons: New Songs of the TV Family of the Future'')
*[[Billy West]] ([[WBCN (FM)|WBCN]] commercial)
*[[Patric Zimmerman]] (''[[Jetsons: The Movie]]'', [[Cartoon Network]] bumpers)
*[[Jeff Bergman]] ([[RadioShack]] commercials, ''[[List of Spümcø works#Cartoon Network short films|The Jetsons: Father & Son Day]]'' and ''[[List of Spümcø works#Cartoon Network short films|The Jetsons: The Best Son]]'')
*[[Tom Kenny]] (''[[Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law]]'', Cartoon Network bumper)
*[[Trevor Devall]] (''[[The Jetsons & WWE: Robo-WrestleMania!]]'')
}}
}}
'''Elroy Jetson''' (voiced by [[Daws Butler]] in the TV series, ''[[The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones]]'' and ''[[Rockin' with Judy Jetson]]'', Herb Duncan in ''The Jetsons: New Songs of the TV Family of the Future'',<ref name="Record"/> [[Billy West]] in a [[WBCN (FM)|WBCN]] commercial,<ref name="WBCN 1">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Qih8LKJoNk&t=3s|title=WBCN Jetsons commercial 1984 Radioactive T Shirt Store 24 Billy West|publisher=YouTube|access-date=November 1, 2020}}</ref> [[Patric Zimmerman]] in ''[[Jetsons: The Movie]]'' and [[Cartoon Network]] bumpers, [[Jeff Bergman]] in two [[RadioShack]] commercials, ''[[List of Spümcø works#Cartoon Network short films|The Jetsons: Father & Son Day]]'' and ''[[List of Spümcø works#Cartoon Network short films|The Jetsons: The Best Son]]'', [[Tom Kenny]] in ''[[Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law]]'', and a Cartoon Network bumper, and [[Trevor Devall]] in ''The Jetsons & WWE: Robo-WrestleMania!'') is a {{frac|6|1|2}}-year-old (self-reported in the first episode) boy who is the younger of the two children in the Jetson family. He is highly intelligent and an expert in all space sciences. Elroy attends Little Dipper School, where he studies space history, astrophysics and star geometry. He is a mild-mannered and good child.

Elroy Jetson appears in the ''[[Jellystone!]]'' season 3 episode "Meet the Jetsons". Elroy is mute in this version.
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==Jetson family household==
===Astro===
{{Infobox character
|name = Astro
|series = The Jetsons
|image = Astro Saluting (AATSM).JPG
|image_caption = Astro's appearance as a galactic police dog from ''Astro and the Space Mutts'' (1981)
|first_major = The Jetsons
|first_minor = Rosie the Robot
|first_date = September 23, 1962
|creator = [[William Hanna]] [[Joseph Barbera]]
|last_major = JellyStone!
|last_minor = Meet the Jetsons
|last_date =
|voice = {{plainlist|
*[[Don Messick]] (1962–1990)
*[[Daws Butler]] (''The Jetsons in First Family On The Moon'')
*[[Scott Innes]] ([[RadioShack]] commercials)
*[[Wally Wingert]] (''[[Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law]]'', [[LG Electronics]] commercial)
*[[Jeff Bergman]] ([[Tums]] commercial)
*[[Frank Welker]] (''[[The Jetsons & WWE: Robo-WrestleMania!]]'')
*[[Ron Funches]] (''[[Jellystone!]]'')
}}
}}
'''Astro''' (voiced by [[Don Messick]] in the TV series, ''[[The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones]]'', ''[[Rockin' with Judy Jetson]]'', ''Astro and the Space Mutts'' and ''[[Jetsons: The Movie]]'', [[Daws Butler]] in ''The Jetsons in First Family On The Moon'',<ref name="Jetsons Records">[https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/the-jetsons-on-the-record/ "“The Jetsons” on the Record"]. Retrieved 2021-02-23.</ref><ref name="Family Moon">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bj9-33gKiNM|title=Jetsons First Family On The Moon Album|publisher=YouTube|access-date=February 23, 2021}}</ref> [[Scott Innes]] in several [[RadioShack]] commercials, [[Wally Wingert]] in ''Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law'' and an [[LG Electronics]] commercial,<ref name="LG 1"/><ref name="Wally Wingert"/> [[Jeff Bergman]] in a [[Tums]] commercial,<ref name="Tums">{{Cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/commercials/Tums/|title=Tums|website=Behind The Voice Actors|language=en-US|access-date=2020-12-11}}</ref> [[Frank Welker]] in ''The Jetsons & WWE: Robo-WrestleMania'', 2017, [[Ron Funches]] in ''Jellystone!'') is the Jetson family's [[Great Dane]]. He was designed by [[Iwao Takamoto]], and originally voiced by [[Don Messick]]. Despite the stress he tends to cause him, George often regards Astro as his genuine best friend. Astro, despite being clumsy and dim-witted, was very loyal (to a fault) to the Jetsons, particularly George and Elroy. A [[GMO]] he was more advanced than present-day dogs, in that he had a rudimentary grasp of the English language.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rovin |first1=Jeff |title=The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Cartoon Animals |date=1991 |publisher=Prentice Hall Press |isbn=0-13-275561-0 |access-date=8 April 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/illustratedencyc00rovi/page/10/mode/2up/ |page=10}}</ref> In a recurring gag, while George is walking Astro on a gravity-suspended treadmill, Astro begins chasing a cat that stumbles onto it, eventually forcing it to go at speeds too fast for George to keep up with, trapping him. This led to George's trademark phrase "Jane! Stop this crazy thing!".

Don Messick would usually give Astro a speech pattern involving replacing the first letter of any word with an R, such as "I love you, George" becoming "I ruv roo, Reorge". Astro is similar to [[Scooby-Doo (character)|Scooby-Doo]] in the cartoon ''[[Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!]]''; which was also voiced by Messick (of the two voices, Astro's was slightly higher and raspier than Scooby's).<ref name="ReferenceA">CD liner notes: Saturday Mornings: Cartoons’ Greatest Hits, 1995 MCA Records</ref>

Astro was introduced in the season one episode, "The Coming of Astro". When Jane, Judy, and Elroy proposed keeping him to George, he was against it, claiming an apartment is no place for a dog. In an effort to make his family happy, he gets an electronic dog, 'Lectronimo. Through mishaps, 'Lectronimo fails to catch a burglar whom Astro inadvertently stops. The family gives 'Lectronimo to the police and keeps Astro. In Season 1, Episode 16, a millionaire named J.P. Gottrockets shows up and claims to be Astro's original owner and his original name was Tralfaz. Astro had no memory of his past life with the millionaire, but understood why he ran away, with Elroy rescuing him from the dog catcher - he didn't want wealth and privilege, he wanted a real family. After seeing how much he loved the Jetsons, Gottrockets gives Astro back to them. Despite this, Astro makes an appearance in the ending credits prior to the episode.

Astro was also in 11 episodes of a 1981 spin-off called ''[[Space Stars#Astro and the Space Mutts|Astro and the Space Mutts]]''.

Astro makes five cameo appearances as a portrait in the music video for the 2008 [[Kanye West]] song "[[Heartless (Kanye West song)|Heartless]]", which takes place in West's actual apartment den.

Most recently, Astro appears in the ''[[Jellystone!]]'' season 3 episode "Meet the Jetsons".
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===Rosie===
{{redirect|Rosie the Robot|the RocketLab bot|RocketLab Rosie the Robot}}
{{See also|Domestic robot}}
{{Infobox character
|name = Rosie
|series = The Jetsons
|image =
|image_caption =
|first_major = The Jetsons
|first_minor = Rosie the Robot
|first_date = September 23, 1962
|creator = [[William Hanna]] [[Joseph Barbera]]
|last_major = Jellystone!
|last_minor = Meet the Jetsons
|last_date =
|voice = {{plainlist|
*[[Jean Vander Pyl]] (1962–1990)
*Ann Thomas (''The Jetsons: New Songs of the TV Family of the Future'')
*[[Jeff Bergman]] (''[[The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones#Video game|Flintstones/Jetsons: Timewarp]]'')
*[[Tress MacNeille]] (''[[The Jetsons & WWE: Robo-WrestleMania!]]'')
*[[Annie Mumolo]] (''[[Jellystone!]]'')
}}
}}
'''Rosie'''<ref>{{cite episode |title=Rosie Come Home |number=26 |series=The Jetsons}}</ref> (voiced by [[Jean Vander Pyl]] in the TV series, ''[[The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones]]'', ''[[Rockin' with Judy Jetson]]'' and ''[[Jetsons: The Movie]]'', Ann Thomas in ''The Jetsons: New Songs of the TV Family of the Future'',<ref name="Record"/> [[Jeff Bergman]] in ''[[The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones#Video game|Flintstones/Jetsons: Timewarp]]'',<ref name="Timewarp"/> [[Grey DeLisle]] in an [[AT&T]] commercial,<ref name="AT&T">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftG_3NqBQA0&t=11s|title=AT&T Voice Technology Commercial (2006)|publisher=YouTube|access-date=December 11, 2020}}</ref> [[Tress MacNeille]] in ''[[The Jetsons & WWE: Robo-WrestleMania!]]'', [[Annie Mumolo]] in ''[[Jellystone!]]'')<ref name='JFF'>{{cite news | title = Jetsons Hold Onto Their Space as Our Favorite Flying Family | date = May 19, 1989 | work=[[Miami Herald]] }}</ref> is the Jetson family's robotic [[maid]] and [[Housekeeper (domestic worker)|housekeeper]]. Rosie is depicted as wearing a frilly apron and was often seen using a separate vacuum cleaner. Her torso is mounted atop a single leg, and she rolls about on a set of [[caster]] wheels. She frequently calls George Jetson "Mr. J" in a Brooklyn accent (a nod to the character of Hazel the maid on the TV sitcom ''[[Hazel (TV series)|Hazel]]'' calling her boss "Mr. B."). In seasons 1 and 3 her name is spelled as '''Rosey''' on the episode title cards.

Rosie was an old demonstrator model hired by the Jetson family from U-Rent a Maid. The series' first episode, "Rosey the Robot", gives her model number as XB-500. She was in fact outdated when introduced, and her obsolescence was the focus of several episodes focused on her. In one episode, Rosie became depressed because she had never seen her "mother" [a prototype]. George cheered her up when he found a set of prototype plans of the (First) Rosie robot. In the episode "Rosie's Boyfriend", we learn she has a boyfriend, the robot Mac, a helper for Henry Orbit. Rosie clearly cares a great deal for Mac, but is obviously the more intelligent between them, often chiding him for his childish behavior.

She was spoofed in the ''[[Futurama]]'' movie ''[[Bender's Game]]'', with a robot that looked like her was a patient in a robot insane asylum while saying "Everything must be clean. Very clean. That's why the dog had to die. He was a dirty dog. Also, that boy Elroy. Dirty. Dirty."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theinfosphere.org/Rosie_the_Robot_Maid |title=Rosie the Robot Maid - The Infosphere, the Futurama Wiki |publisher=Theinfosphere.org |date=2014-05-18 |access-date=2014-06-05}}</ref> She was voiced by [[Tress MacNeille]] in this parody.

In 2017, a ''Jetsons'' comic was published by DC Comics. In it, Rosie is re-imagined as George's mother who was placed in a robotic body by Nexlyfe.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/jetsons-1-review-dc-comics-2017/|title=REVIEW: DC's The Jetsons #1 Confronts Climate Change, Existential Dread|date=November 7, 2017|website=cbr.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=THE JETSONS #1|url=https://www.dccomics.com/comics/the-jetsons-2017/the-jetsons-1|publisher=dccomics.com|access-date=5 April 2018}}</ref> She only informed Judy that she was going through with the procedure prior to it.

Rosie appears in the Jellystone! season 3 episode "Meet the Jetsons".

===Orbitty===
'''Orbitty''' (voiced by [[Frank Welker]] in the TV series, [[Diane Michelle]] in ''Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law'') is the 2nd pet of the Jetson family. Orbitty is an alien with springlike legs and suction-cup feet. He has the ability to express his emotions by changing color. He is also excellent in fixing and repairing things. This character was introduced in the 1980s version of the series, but didn't appear in the third season (aside from one cameo) or any of the movies that came after it.

==Other characters==
===Mr. Spacely===
{{Primary sources|section|date=December 2007}}
'''Cosmo G. Spacely''' (voiced by [[Mel Blanc]] in the TV series and ''[[Jetsons: The Movie]]'', [[Daws Butler]] in ''The Jetsons in First Family On The Moon'',<ref name="Jetsons Records"/><ref name="Family Moon"/> [[Billy West]] in a [[WBCN (FM)|WBCN]] commercial,<ref name="WBCN 2">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Qih8LKJoNk&t=26s|title=WBCN Jetsons commercial 1984 Radioactive T Shirt Store 24 Billy West|publisher=YouTube|access-date=May 11, 2021}}</ref> [[Frank Welker]] as a teenager in ''The Jetsons Christmas Carol'', [[Jeff Bergman]] since 1990, and [[Greg Burson]] in ''[[Cartoon Network|Bloopers of the Cartoon Stars]]'' (1997)) is George's moneygrubbing and arrogant boss.

Spacely is president and owner of Spacely Space Sprockets, where [[George Jetson]] works. He frequently yells at George for perceived poor work performance, or just when he feels like it. A typical videophone call from Spacely starts with him yelling "''JETSON!!!''" He attempts to fire George for the slightest offense, though Spacely gives George his job back at the end of the episode or before the beginning of the next episode. Though money is often the sole objective of his life, Spacely is not completely heartless, and will at times empathize or go out of his way to genuinely help George (albeit rarely). Spacely also often finds excuses to get involved in George's personal life, with the same vindictive peril for George Jetson's job in the event of mishap.

He appears as an [[antihero]] in the TV series.

===Mrs. Spacely===
'''Mrs. Petunia Spacely''' (voiced by [[Jean Vander Pyl]]) is Mr. Spacely's wife whom he loves, but lives in constant fear of. In the pilot episode, Mr. Spacely calls her by the name Stella.

===Arthur Spacely===
Arthur Spacely (voiced by [[Dick Beals]]) is Mr. Spacely's son who is extremely snobbish and is a rival to Elroy.

===Orwell Spacely===
'''Orwell Spacely''' (voiced by [[Howard Morris]]) is Mr. Spacely's nephew. He is an inventor and works at his uncle's factory, where he is constantly inventing things to help his uncle Cosmo out. Orwell once invented a spot remover spray that turned George Invisible. He also clones George Jetson on one occasion.

===R.U.D.I.===
'''R.U.D.I.''' (voiced by [[Don Messick]]) is George's work computer as well as his best friend in the workplace. R.U.D.I. is sentient, free thinking and openly fond of George, recognizing his value as an employee and friend. His name is an acronym for Referential Universal Digital Indexer. He has a human personality and is a member of the Society Preventing Cruelty to Humans. Though capable and loyal, R.U.D.I. is implied to be antiquated technology, as George mentions his model is no longer made.

In the episode "Family Fallout", the Jetsons are up against the Spacelys on a game show. The last question to come up was "what does R.U.D.I. stand for?" George's response was Referential Universal Differential Indexer – this was accepted by the game show host as the correct answer, even though earlier episodes had it as Digital instead of Differential.

===Mr. Cogswell===
'''Mr. Cogswell''' (voiced by [[Daws Butler]] in the TV series) is Spacely's big competitor. He owns Cogswell's Cosmic Cogs company and causes a lot of trouble for Spacely and George. To a lesser extent, Cogswell is another of the series' antagonists. He and Spacely are always finding ways to bring each other's businesses down. Cogswell has often tried to steal Spacely's ideas and make them his own to gain an advantage (only for it to backfire on both bosses). Just like Spacely, he is also cheap and greedy and not above firing his employees when any little thing goes wrong. Mr. Cogswell's first name of "Spencer" is revealed in the second season of ''The Jetsons''.

He bears something of a resemblance to [[Fred Flintstone]]'s boss Mr. Slate.

===Harlan===
'''Harlan''' (voiced by [[Howard Morris]]) is Mr. Cogswell's sycophant right-hand man. His name may be a nod to science-fiction writer [[Harlan Ellison]].

===Sentro===
'''Sentro''' is a robotic dog used by Mr. Cogswell.

In his first appearance in "Solar Snoops", Sentro was operated by the Galactic Sneak where he and Cogswell controlled Sentro into stealing the prototype Microchip Cookie that Mr. Spacely was working on where Sentro posed as a security guard dog that was delivered to Mr. Spacely.

In ''[[The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones]]'', Sentro is used again by Mr. Cogswell to steal the information about the prehistoric car that Mr. Spacely plans to market. Sentro is thwarted by both the Flintstones and the Jetsons.

Sentro later appeared as a boss in the video game ''[[The Jetsons: Cogswell's Caper]]''.

===Henry Orbit===
'''Henry Orbit''' (voiced by [[Daws Butler]]) is the apartment [[building superintendent]] of the Skypad Apartments. He has an assistant robot M.A.C.C. who is also dating Rosie the Jetson's housekeeper robot. Henry is known for giving George advice and is a part-time inventor, although both more often than not tend to backfire on him.

===M.A.C.C.===
'''M.A.C.C.''' (voiced by [[Don Messick]]) is the robotic assistant of Henry Orbit who started dating Rosie after Elroy figured out that they fell in love.

===Montague Jetson===
'''Montague Jetson''' (voiced by [[Howard Morris]]) is the 110-year-old grandfather of George Jetson and the great-grandfather of Elroy and Judy.

===Marcia Van Marsdale===
'''Marcia Van Marsdale''' is Judy's high school rival. Marcia is a snobbish girl who tries to outdo Judy, be it by trying to get a boy that Judy fancies or beating Judy and her father at the Father-Daughter Dance.

===Uniblab===
'''Uniblab''' (voiced by [[Don Messick]]) is George's mortal enemy, an obnoxious robot who was also his supervisor at work. Appearing in "Uniblab", he becomes George's supervisor and exposes information that caused Mr. Spacely to fire George. Thanks to the meddling of George and Henry, Uniblab went haywire and Mr. Spacely threw Uniblab out. Henry later hired Uniblab only for George to throw Uniblab out. In "G.I. Jetson", Uniblab becomes the Sergeant of George's platoon. General Missile stated that "Cost the government millions ... enough for two officers' clubs". George and Henry swapped out his A/C pack with a D/C pack which caused Uniblab to malfunction.

Uniblab later appeared in the 1980s episode, "Wedding Bells for Rosey", where he reveals to Rosie that the new "B.E.B.O.P." law enforcement was a ruse. Uniblab later made a cameo in "The Jetsons Christmas Carol" attending an office Christmas party at Spacely Sprockets before Mr. Spacely put an end to it and ordered everybody to get back to work.

His name is a pun of [[UNIVAC]].

===Di-Di===
'''Di-Di''' (voiced by [[Selma Diamond]] in "Di-Di's Birthday Surprise", [[Brenda Vaccaro]] in "9 to 5 to 9" and ''[[The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones]]'') is Judy's interactive digital diary.

===Miss Galaxy===
'''Miss Galaxy''' (voiced by [[Jean Vander Pyl]]) is a secretary at Spacely Sprockets.

===Miss Brainmocker===
'''Miss Brainmocker''' (voiced by [[Janet Waldo]]) is Elroy's robot teacher at Little Dipper School.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Further reading==
* ''Hanna-Barbera Cartoons'', by [[Michael Mallory]], 1998, published by [[Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, Inc.]], distributed by [[Publishers Group West]]. {{ISBN|0-88363-108-3}}

==External links==
* [http://www.toonopedia.com/jetsons.htm The Jetsons] at [[Toonopedia]]

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Mark Henn

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{{Short description|American animator (born 1958)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Mark Henn
| image = Mark Henn at D23 2024.jpg
| image_caption = Henn delivering his acceptance speech at the 2024 [[Disney Legends]] Ceremony
| birth_name = Mark Alan Henn
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|4|6}}
| birth_place = [[Dayton, Ohio|Dayton]], [[Ohio]], U.S.
| occupation = Animator, film director
| employer = [[Walt Disney Animation Studios]] (1980–2023)
| years_active = 1978–2023
| spouse = {{marriage|Deborah Lou Hall|1981}}
| children = 2
| awards = [[Winsor McCay Award]], 2013, [[Disney Legend]], 2024
}}
'''Mark Alan Henn''' (born April 6, 1958) is an American animator and film director. His work includes animated characters for [[Walt Disney Animation Studios]] films, most notably leading or titular characters and heroines. He served as the lead animator for Basil, Dr. David Q. Dawson, and Olivia in ''[[The Great Mouse Detective]]'' (1986), Oliver, Jenny, and Dodger in ''[[Oliver & Company]]'' (1988), [[Ariel (The Little Mermaid)|Ariel]] in ''[[The Little Mermaid (1989 film)|The Little Mermaid]]'' (1989), Bernard and Bianca in ''[[The Rescuers Down Under]]'' (1990), [[Belle (Disney character)|Belle]] in ''[[Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)|Beauty and the Beast]]'' (1991), [[Jasmine (Aladdin)|Jasmine]] in ''[[Aladdin (1992 Disney film)|Aladdin]]'' (1992), Young [[Simba]] in ''[[The Lion King]]'' (1994), [[Mulan (Disney character)|the title character]] in ''[[Mulan (1998 film)|Mulan]]'' (1998), Grace, Wesley, Rusty, and Pearl Gesner in ''[[Home on the Range (2004 film)|Home on the Range]]'' (2004), Ronno in ''[[Bambi]]'' (2006), [[Tiana (The Princess and the Frog)|Tiana]] in ''[[The Princess and the Frog]]'' (2009), and [[Winnie the Pooh (Disney character)|Winnie the Pooh]] and [[Christopher Robin]] in ''[[Winnie the Pooh (2011 film)|Winnie the Pooh]]'' (2011). Since many of these characters are [[Disney Princess|Disney Princesses]], he came to be known as the "princess guy" around the studio.<ref name="Kurtz">{{cite news |last1=Kurtz |first1=Jackson |title=Disney 100: Meet the man behind characters from 'The Lion King', 'Aladdin' and other Disney films |url=https://www.kmbc.com/article/disney-100-kansas-city-man-behind-characters-from-the-lion-king-aladdin/60779213 |access-date=August 15, 2024 |work=KMBC 9 News |date=May 13, 2024}}</ref> He directed the [[short films]] ''[[John Henry (2000 film)|John Henry]]'' (2000) and ''[[D.I.Y. Duck]]'' (2024). Henn spent a total of 43 years at [[Walt Disney Animation Studios]], from 1980 until his retirement in 2023.

==Early life==
Henn grew up in Dayton, Ohio. At seven years old, Henn watched a reissue of ''[[Cinderella (1950 film)|Cinderella]]'' (1950) and decided to become an animator.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1998/07/19/chairman-of-the-storyboard/ |title=Chairman of the Storyboard |work=[[Orlando Sentinel]] |date=July 7, 1998 |access-date=January 9, 2024 |url-access=limited}}</ref> He also viewed ''[[The Reluctant Dragon (1941 film)|The Reluctant Dragon]]'' remembering a scene of "[[Ward Kimball]] drawing a scene of Goofy. He picked up all that paper, started flipping and everything kind of came to life. From then on, the animation bug beats hard for me."<ref name="AnimatedViews">{{cite interview|url=http://animatedviews.com/2009/the-princess-and-the-frog-supervising-animator-mark-henn-part-1-it-all-started-with-a-mermaid/|title=The Princess And The Frog's Supervising Animator Mark Henn – Part 1: It All Started With A...Mermaid!|last=Noyer|first=Jeremie|date=December 18, 2009|website=Animated Views|access-date=February 24, 2014}}</ref>

In 1976, Henn graduated from [[Trotwood-Madison High School]]. He next attended [[Bowling Green State University]] and sent an animation portfolio to the Disney studios, but did not accept it though they recognized his potential. He then attended [[Sinclair Community College]] and sent a second portfolio, which was rejected. He sent a third portfolio a semester later, to which he received a rejection letter from Don Duckwall, the studio's production manager. Henn recalled, "[Duckwall] sent a nice rejection letter back and he wrote a sentence that was burned into my memory saying that it wasn't that I wasn't a good artist, but they just didn't think I had what it took to travel the narrow roads that their animators travel."<ref>{{cite web |last=Armijo |first=Victoria |url=https://simplytodaylife.com/mark-henn-interview/ |title=Mark Henn Interview—Inspiring Future Animators |website=Simply Today Life |date=February 12, 2019 |access-date=January 9, 2024}}</ref>

In 1978, he attended the [[California Institute of the Arts]] (CalArts) and was accepted into the Character Animation program.<ref>{{cite news |last=Moss |first=Khalid |url=https://www.daytondailynews.com/lifestyles/princess-and-the-frog-animator-dayton-native/f86rMJ5XdnFWUdokShOS1H/ |title='Princess and the Frog' animator a Dayton native |work=[[Dayton Daily News]] |date=December 10, 2009 |access-date=January 9, 2024}}</ref> His professors there included former Disney animators [[Jack Hannah]], [[Elmer Plummer]], [[Jack Kinney]], [[T. Hee]], Bob McCrea, and Ken O'Connor, while his fellow classmates included [[Joe Ranft]], [[Mark Dindal]] and [[John Lasseter]].<ref name="AnimatedViews" />

==Career==
===1980–1988: Initial years===
In 1980, Henn was hired by Walt Disney Productions and entered the animation training program where he was mentored by [[Eric Larson]]. He began work as an inbetweener for [[Glen Keane]] on ''[[The Fox and the Hound]]'' (1981). According to Henn, Keane was finishing the climactic bear fight scene and Henn worked with him on that.<ref name="AnimatedViews" /> He was promoted to animator less than a year later for ''[[Mickey's Christmas Carol]]'' (1983), in which he animated [[Mickey Mouse]]. Henn looked to past Mickey Mouse shorts animated by [[Fred Moore (animator)|Freddie Moore]], [[Frank Thomas (animator)|Frank Thomas]], and [[Ollie Johnston]] for inspiration; overall, he remembered, "He [Mickey] was an easy character to get, for me at least. Putting him in the role of [[Bob Cratchit]] was a perfect match as far as casting goes."<ref name="AnimatedViews" />

On ''[[The Black Cauldron (film)|The Black Cauldron]]'' (1985), Henn was initially assigned the role of Creeper, the Horned King's assistant. He also animated scenes of Gurgi and Fflewddur Fflam.<ref name="AnimatedViews" /> He next joined ''[[The Great Mouse Detective]]'' (1986), primarily animating Basil, Dawson and Olivia, as well as Ratigan in a few scenes where he confronts Basil. On the next animated film ''[[Oliver & Company]]'' (1988), Henn mainly animated Oliver and his human owner, Jenny.<ref name="AnimatedViews" /> For the [[60th Academy Awards]] telecast, in April 1988, Henn, along with [[Rob Minkoff]] and Nancy Beiman, animated Mickey Mouse as he presented the [[Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Solomon |first=Charles |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-04-13-ca-930-story.html |title=Mickey's Special Effect at the Oscar Telecast |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=April 13, 1988 |access-date=January 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240104001209/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-04-13-ca-930-story.html |archive-date=January 4, 2024 |url-access=limited}}</ref>''

===1989–1998: Move to Orlando, animating Disney Princesses===
In 1988, Henn was selected by directors [[John Musker]] and [[Ron Clements]] as one of the two supervising animators for the character [[Ariel (The Little Mermaid)|Ariel]] in ''[[The Little Mermaid (1989 film)|The Little Mermaid]]'' (1989), alongside Glen Keane.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Friedman |first=Mark |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kvgDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA26 |title=The Warm Wacky World Witty Wistful Wonderful World of Walt Disney's Animation |magazine=[[Scout Life|Boys' Life]] |page=26 |date=February 1990 |access-date=January 9, 2024 |issn=0006-8608 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> The animation workload was divided by Keane, who mostly animated Ariel during the underwater scenes, whereas Henn animated her in the film's opening scene and when she was a human.<ref name="AnimatedViews" /> A year later, Henn moved to [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]], [[Florida]] to work at the newly-opened Feature Animation Florida studio at the [[Disney's Hollywood Studios|Disney-MGM Studios]]. His first assignment there was ''[[The Rescuers Down Under]]'' (1990) animating the lead characters Bernard and Miss Bianca, as well as the villain Percival C. McLeach.<ref name="Rescuers">{{cite news |last=Hinman |first=Catherine |url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1990-11-19-9011180479-story.html |title=Disney Dips Into Local Inkwell Florida Animation Team Lends Hand To 'Rescuers' |newspaper=[[Orlando Sentinel]] |date=November 19, 1990 |access-date=January 9, 2024 |url-access=limited}}</ref> For the mice characters, Henn studied the mannerisms of [[Bob Newhart]] and [[Eva Gabor]] during voice recording sessions, and looked to [[George C. Scott]]'s performance in ''[[Dr. Strangelove]]'' (1964) for inspiration while animating McLeach.<ref name="Rescuers" />

For ''[[Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)|Beauty and the Beast]]'' (1991), Henn was next assigned as the supervisor animator for [[Belle (Disney character)|Belle]], sharing the role with [[James Baxter (animator)|James Baxter]].<ref name="AnimatedViews2">{{cite interview|last=Noyer|first=Jérémie |url=http://animatedviews.com/2010/the-princess-and-the-frog-supervising-animator-mark-henn-part-2-the-disney-decade/ |title=The Princess And The Frog's Supervising Animator Mark Henn – Part 2: The "Disney Decade"|date=January 8, 2010|access-date=January 9, 2024|website=Animated Views|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150423215944/http://animatedviews.com/2010/the-princess-and-the-frog-supervising-animator-mark-henn-part-2-the-disney-decade/|archive-date=April 23, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.animationschooldaily.com/?p=3608|title=Meet the Disney Animator Who Helped Create Some of Your Favorite Princesses: Mark Henn|last=Chan|first=J|date=November 14, 2014|work=Animation School Daily |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150119233537/http://www.animationschooldaily.com/?p=3608 |archive-date=January 19, 2015|access-date=January 9, 2024}}</ref> For character reference, Henn decorated his studio with photographs of famous women, specifically Hollywood actresses [[Natalie Wood]], [[Elizabeth Taylor]], [[Grace Kelly]], and [[Audrey Hepburn]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Bean |first=Jason |date=April 21, 2013 |title=More than 20 years after 'Beauty and the Beast', Paige O'Hara still remembered as voice of Disney princess |url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/entertainment/arts-culture/more-20-years-after-beauty-and-beast-paige-ohara-still-remembered-voice |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130425082850/http://www.reviewjournal.com/entertainment/arts-culture/more-20-years-after-beauty-and-beast-paige-ohara-still-remembered-voice |archive-date=April 25, 2013 |access-date=May 20, 2013 |work=[[Las Vegas Review-Journal]]}}</ref><ref name="NewHomeSameMagic">{{cite news|url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1993-12-26/features/9312060472_1_mgm-studios-animated-disney-feature-animation-studio/|title=New Home, Same Magic|last=King|first=Jonathon|newspaper=Orlando Sentinel|date=December 26, 1993|access-date=September 8, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151119203936/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1993-12-26/features/9312060472_1_mgm-studios-animated-disney-feature-animation-studio|archive-date=November 19, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> However, Henn hardly met the character's voice actress [[Paige O'Hara]] apart from rare occasions when he would travel to California for production meetings. Regardless, he incorporated O'Hara's mannerisms during the recording sessions into the animation, including her pushing a lock of hair off her forehead.<ref name="NewHomeSameMagic" /> Meanwhile, Glen Keane was the supervising animator for the Beast at the studio's California division. To coordinate the staging of the characters, Keane and Henn agreed the characters who were most dominant in their scenes would be animated first. For scenes in which the Beast was most dominant, Keane animated first and placed scribbles for Belle. The animation was then exchanged through the 3000–mile distance via an overnight courier.<ref>{{cite book|last=Thomas |first=Bob |year=1991 |title=Disney's Art of Animation: From Mickey Mouse to Beauty and the Beast |url=https://archive.org/details/disneysartofanim00thom |pages=[https://archive.org/details/disneysartofanim00thom/page/130/mode/2up 130–131] |url-access=registration |publisher=Hyperion |location=New York |isbn=1-56282-899-1}}</ref>

Having animated two previous Disney heroines—Ariel from ''The Little Mermaid'' and Belle from ''Beauty and the Beast'', respectively—Henn was afraid he had been typecast when he was assigned his third heroine, [[Jasmine (Aladdin)|Jasmine]].<ref name="Culhane">{{cite book |last=Culhane |first=John |title=Disney's Aladdin: The Making Of An Animated Film |url=https://archive.org/details/disneysaladdinma0000culh/ |year=1993 |publisher=Disney Editions |isbn=978-1-56282-757-1 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/disneysaladdinma0000culh/page/38/mode/2up 39–40] |url-access=registration}}</ref> By this point, he had been dubbed as the "[[Julia Roberts]] of Disney animation".<ref name="NewHomeSameMagic" /> In search for new inspiration, Henn stated, "I just reached into my pocket, and I still had my sister's high-school graduation picture. I looked at it, and at the time her hair was a roundish haircut shape that surrounded her face, and we were playing with things like that, so I essentially modeled Jasmine on my younger sister Beth."<ref name="Yahoo">{{cite web |last=Zakarin |first=Jordan |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/meet-the-disney-animator-who-helped-create-some-of-your-101931064897.html |title=Meet the Disney Animator Who Helped Create Some of Your Favorite Princesses: Mark Henn |website=[[Yahoo!]] |date=November 7, 2014 |access-date=January 9, 2024}}</ref> [[Linda Larkin]] was hired to provide Jasmine's speaking voice and discussed the role with Henn during a dinner meeting at the Disney-MGM studios. Robina Ritchie, a model, was hired to provide live-action reference for the animation, pantomiming actions to the recording of Larkin's voice-overs so, in Henn's words, "the animator gets the feeling of what the real human movement would be."<ref name="Culhane" />

In 1993, Henn starred as himself in ''[[Full House]]'' for "[[The House Meets the Mouse]]" episode. Henn remembered [[Max Howard]], then the head of the Feature Animation Florida studio, called him into his office and asked if he was willing to appear in the episode. Henn agreed and was handed his dialogue pages.<ref>{{cite news |last=Taylor |first=Drew |url=https://www.thewrap.com/disney-sketchbook-mark-henn-interview-full-house/ |title=Disney Animator Mark Henn Still Gets Recognized for His Surprise Role on 'Full House' |website=[[TheWrap]] |date=April 28, 2022 |access-date=January 9, 2024}}</ref>

When he became involved with ''[[The Lion King]]'' (1994), Henn initially expressed interest in animating the film's villain, [[Scar (The Lion King)|Scar]], because he wanted to do "something different."<ref name="AnimatedViews2" /> However, producer Don Hahn felt that he was better suited for animating [[Simba]]. Before animating the character, Henn and his animators visited the [[Zoo Miami|Miami Metrozoo]] to observe African lions.<ref name="NewHomeSameMagic" /> His colleague [[Ruben Aquino]] handled the animation for adult Simba at the studio's California division. To ensure a smooth transition between the cub and adult versions, Henn animated adult Simba at the end of the "[[Hakuna Matata]]" sequence.<ref name="AnimatedViews2" /> Before the film's release, during the summer of 1994, Henn was slated to work on ''[[Mulan (1998 film)|Mulan]]'' (1998), in which he accompanied [[Pam Coats]], [[Barry Cook]], Ric Sluiter, and [[Robert Walker (animator)|Robert Walker]] on a research trip to [[China]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Kurtti|first=Jeff|title=The Art of Mulan|pages=46–67|publisher=[[Hachette Books|Hyperion Books]]|year=1998|isbn=0-7868-6388-9|url=https://archive.org/details/the-art-of-mulan|url-access=registration}}</ref>

However, ''Mulan'' (1998) was pushed back into development due to unresolved story problems. Henn then joined ''[[Pocahontas (1995 film)|Pocahontas]]'' (1995), which was already in production, and animated several scenes of the title character.<ref name="AnimatedViews2" /> When ''Mulan'' was ready for production, Henn animated Fa Mulan and her father Fa Zhao.<ref name="AnimatedViews3">{{cite interview |last=Noyer|first=Jérémie |url=https://animatedviews.com/2010/the-princess-and-the-frog-supervising-animator-mark-henn-part-3-the-orlando-features/|title=The Princess And The Frog's Supervising Animator Mark Henn — Part 3: The Orlando Features|date=January 22, 2010|access-date=January 9, 2024|website=Animated Views}}</ref> During production, Henn stated: "I was asked to not only animate Mulan, but I was also asked by the directors to animate her father as well, Fa Zhou because it was that relationship which was the heart and soul of that picture. That was the tension."<ref>{{cite podcast |url=https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-139-mark-henn-on-disney-series-disney-sketchbook/id1477239212?i=1000560731659 |title=Episode 139: Mark Henn on Disney+ Series "Disney Sketchbook" |website=[[Apple Podcasts]] |access-date=January 9, 2024}}</ref>

===1999–2006: Directorial debut, transition to computer animation===
In 1999, Henn made his directorial debut with the animated short ''[[John Henry (2000 film)|John Henry]]'' (2000).<ref name="AnimatedViews4">{{cite interview|last=Noyer|first=Jérémie|url=https://animatedviews.com/2010/the-princess-and-the-frog-supervising-animator-mark-henn-part-4-americana/ |title=The Princess And The Frog's Supervising Animator Mark Henn – Part 4: Americana|date=January 29, 2010|access-date=January 9, 2024|website=Animated Views}}</ref> Afraid it would offend Black American audiences, the film's release was suppressed by Disney. It premiered at the [[Heartland International Film Festival]], where Henn was awarded the Crystal Heart Award. Afterwards, it was screened for three days as a double feature with a re-release of ''[[The Nightmare Before Christmas]]'' (1993) at the [[El Capitan Theatre]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Hill |first=Jim |url=https://www.orlandoweekly.com/arts/a-black-hero-comes-up-short-2262183 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231217160413/https://www.orlandoweekly.com/arts/a-black-hero-comes-up-short-2262183 |title=A black hero comes up short |work=[[Orlando Weekly]] |date=February 22, 2001 |archive-date=December 17, 2023 |access-date=January 9, 2024}}</ref>

During early development on ''[[Lilo & Stitch]]'' (2002), Henn was initially meant to animate Stitch, but after ten years in Florida, he decided to relocate to Burbank, California. Despite this, Henn was asked to animate female hula dancers during the opening scene, in which he returned to Orlando.<ref name="AnimatedViews3" /> Back in California, Henn animated on ''[[Home on the Range (2004 film)|Home on the Range]]'' (2004) animating several characters such as the cow Grace, the dog Rusty, Wesley, and the farm owner Pearl Gesner (shared with [[Bruce W. Smith]]).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.awn.com/animationworld/home-sweet-home|last=Singer|first=Gregory|title=Home Sweet Home|website=[[Animation World Network]]|date=April 2, 2004|access-date=January 9, 2024}}</ref>

Henn began his first CG animation role on ''[[Meet the Robinsons]]'' (2007), animating Lewis and the family members. However, he struggled with the transition to computer animation and found the assignment very difficult.<ref name="AnimatedViews5">{{cite interview |last=Noyer |first=Jérémie |url=https://animatedviews.com/2010/the-princess-and-the-frog-supervising-animator-mark-henn-part-5-down-in-new-orleans/ |title=The Princess And The Frog's Supervising Animator Mark Henn – Part 5: Down In New Orleans |date=February 5, 2010 |access-date=January 9, 2024 |website=Animated Views}}</ref> Shortly after, Henn, along with [[Andreas Deja]] and other 2D animators, were loaned out to James Baxter Animation to animate Giselle for the live-action/animated film ''[[Enchanted (film)|Enchanted]]'' (2007).<ref name="AnimatedViews4" />

===2007–2023: Return to traditional animation===
In 2006, [[John Lasseter]] and [[Ed Catmull]] became the new management heads of Walt Disney Animation Studios. Lasseter and Catmull reopened a new shorts program to experiment with the new animation techniques. Henn returned to Disney to animate Goofy on the 2007 animated short ''[[How to Hook Up Your Home Theater]]''. The short implemented a paperless technique by using Harmony and [[Wacom]] [[Cintiq]] pressure-sensitive tablets, but Henn found the approach too difficult and resumed using pencil and paper.<ref>{{cite web |last=Desowitz |first=Bill |url=https://www.awn.com/animationworld/how-hook-your-animated-short-disney |title=How to Hook Up Your Animated Short at Disney |website=[[Animation World Network]] |date=November 16, 2007 |access-date=January 9, 2024}}</ref>

In 2007, he was assigned his next heroine [[Tiana (The Princess and the Frog)|Tiana]] for ''[[The Princess and the Frog]]'' (2009). In an interview, Henn stated he animated her human form "fairly naturalistically" while he went more broad when animating her as a frog.<ref name="AnimatedViews5" /> Following this, he was the supervising animator of [[Winnie the Pooh (Disney character)|Winnie the Pooh]] and [[Christopher Robin]] in the 2011 film ''[[Winnie the Pooh (2011 film)|Winnie the Pooh]]''.<ref name="AnimatedViews5" /> In December 2011, the long-gestating ''[[The Snow Queen|Snow Queen]]'' project, initially planned to be a 2D animated film, was rechristened into a CG animated film titled ''[[Frozen (2013 film)|Frozen]]'' (2013). Henn remained on the project as an animation consultant, providing 2D character tests for the CG animation team to improve the performance and timing.<ref>{{cite interview |last=Belz |first=Emily |url=https://www.crosswalk.com/culture/features/disney-animator-mark-henn-talks-faith-and-frozen.html |title=Disney Animator Mark Henn talks Faith and ''Frozen'' |website=[[Crosswalk.com]] |date=December 9, 2013 |access-date=January 9, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite interview |last=Noyer |first=Jérémie |url=https://animatedviews.com/2013/author-charles-solomon-puts-the-chill-to-us-with-the-art-of-frozen/ |title=Author Charles Solomon puts the chill to us with The Art Of ''Frozen'' |website=Animated Views |date=December 9, 2013 |access-date=January 9, 2024 |quote=Disney used two of its very talented 2D artists, Mark Henn and Randy Haycock, to draw test animation of the main characters that suggested how to move them to the CG artists.}}</ref> During the same time, he animated [[Pete (Disney)|Pete]] on the [[short film]] ''[[Get a Horse!]]'' (2013), which was attached with ''Frozen''.<ref name="Yahoo" /> He again served as an animation consultant on ''[[Big Hero 6 (film)|Big Hero 6]]'' (2014) and ''[[Ralph Breaks the Internet]]'' (2018).

On ''[[Moana (2016 film)|Moana]]'' (2016), Henn animated Maui's tattoos, as well the prologue and the stylized visuals on the [[tapa cloth]] for several sequences. In 2022, Henn, along with [[Eric Goldberg (animator)|Eric Goldberg]], [[Jin Kim (animator)|Jin Kim]], and others, were featured in the [[Disney+]] documentary series ''Sketchbook''.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://press.disneyplus.com/news/disney-plus-presents-sketchbook-available-to-stream-april-27 |title=If You Can Dream It, You Can Draw It... Disney+ Presents The One-Of-A-Kind Drawing Experience, 'Sketchbook,' Available To Stream April 27 |agency=Disney+ |date=March 16, 2022 |access-date=January 9, 2024}}</ref>

In December 2023, Henn retired from Disney Animation Studios, having worked there for 43 years. His last project for the studio was ''D.I.Y Duck'', a short film starring [[Donald Duck]], which he directed.<ref>{{cite web |last=Amidi |first=Amid |author-link=Amid Amidi |url=https://www.cartoonbrew.com/animators/animation-legend-mark-henn-retires-after-43-year-run-at-disney-235890.html |title=Animation Legend Mark Henn Retires After 43-Year Run At Disney |website=Cartoon Brew |date=December 16, 2023 |access-date=December 20, 2023}}</ref><ref name=":0" />

==Accolades==
Throughout his career, Henn has been nominated for an [[Annie Award]] four times: three times for Character Animation for ''The Lion King'', ''Mulan'', and ''Winnie the Pooh'', and once for Short Animated Film Direction for ''John Henry''.

In 2013, Henn was the recipient of the [[Winsor McCay Award]] for lifetime achievement in animation.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Flores |first=Terry |url=https://variety.com/2012/film/awards/disney-pics-populate-annie-noms-1118062991/|title=Disney pics populate Annie noms |work=Variety |date=December 3, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Beck |first=Jerry |url=https://www.cartoonbrew.com/events/annie-award-nominations-2012-74101.html |title=Annie Award Nominations 2012 |website=Cartoon Brew |date=December 3, 2012}}</ref>

On August 11, 2024, Henn was honored by the Walt Disney Company as a [[Disney Legends|Disney Legend]] at the [[Honda Center]] in [[Anaheim, California]] at the conclusion of that year's [[D23 (Disney)|D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event]]. The actresses who played the five Disney Princesses for whom he had served as the supervising animator―[[Jodi Benson]], [[Paige O'Hara]], [[Anika Noni Rose]], [[Linda Larkin]], and [[Ming-Na Wen]]―appeared together on stage to express their gratitude to Henn for creating such memorable animated characters.<ref name="Havens">{{cite magazine |last1=Havens |first1=Lyndsey |title=Inside the 2024 Disney Legends Ceremony: Miley Cyrus, Jamie Lee Curtis & More Best Music Moments |url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/miley-cyrus-jamie-lee-curtis-best-music-moments-disney-legends-ceremony/disney-3/ |magazine=Billboard |date=August 12, 2024}}</ref>

==Personal life==
In 1981, Henn married Deborah Lou Hall and has two children.<ref name="About"/> In 1998, he started a hobby in [[Sculpture|sculpting]] to celebrate American history.<ref name="About">{{cite web |url=https://markhenn.com/about-mark/ |title=Mark Henn—About |website=Mark Henn |access-date=January 9, 2024}}</ref> He is a [[Christians|Christian]].<ref>{{cite interview |last=Goodwyn |first=Hannah |url=https://www2.cbn.com/article/christian-life/mark-henn-disney-animator-frozen-christian-faith-and-fairy-tales |title=Mark Henn: Disney Animator on Frozen, Christian Faith and Fairy Tales |website=[[Christian Broadcasting Network]] |date=December 10, 2012 |access-date=January 9, 2024}}</ref>

==Filmography==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
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! Year
! Title
! Credits
! Characters
! Notes
|-
| 1983 || ''[[Mickey's Christmas Carol]]'' (Short) || rowspan="2" | Animator || [[Mickey Mouse]] ||
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| 1985 || ''[[The Black Cauldron (film)|The Black Cauldron]]'' || ||
|-
|| 1986 || ''[[The Great Mouse Detective]]'' || Supervising Animator || Basil, Dr. David Q. Dawson, Olivia ||
|-
| 1987 || ''[[The Brave Little Toaster]]'' || Animator || Kirby and Plugsy ||
|-
||1988 || ''[[Oliver & Company]]'' || Supervising Animator || Oliver, Jenny, Dodger ||
|-
||1989 || ''[[The Little Mermaid (1989 film)|The Little Mermaid]]'' || Directing Animator / Supervising Animator, Florida || [[Ariel (The Little Mermaid)|Ariel]] ||
|-
|rowspan="3"|1990 || ''[[Roger Rabbit short films|Roller Coaster Rabbit]]'' (Short) || Animator || ||
|-
| ''[[The Prince and the Pauper (1990 film)|The Prince and the Pauper]]'' (Short) || Character Animator || ||
|-
|| ''[[The Rescuers Down Under]]'' || rowspan="3" | Supervising Animator || Bernard and Bianca ||
|-
|| 1991 || ''[[Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)|Beauty and the Beast]]'' || [[Belle (Disney character)|Belle]] ||
|-
|| 1992 || ''[[Aladdin (1992 Disney film)|Aladdin]]'' || [[Princess Jasmine|Jasmine]] ||
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1993 || ''[[Trail Mix-Up]]'' (Short) || Character Animator || ||
|-
|''[[Full House]]'': "[[The House Meets the Mouse]]" (Part 1) (TV episode) || Himself || Animator ||
|-
|| 1994 || ''[[The Lion King]]'' || Supervising Animator || [[Simba|Young Simba]]||
|-
|| 1995 || ''[[Pocahontas (1995 film)|Pocahontas]]'' || Animator || [[Pocahontas (character)|Pocahontas]] ||
|-
|| 1996 || ''[[Quack Pack]]'' (TV Series) || Supervising Animator - ''[[List of Quack Pack episodes|1 Episode]]'' || ||
|-
|| 1998 || ''[[Mulan (1998 film)|Mulan]]'' || Supervising Animator || [[Mulan (Disney character)|Fa Mulan]] and Fa Zhou ||
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2000 || ''[[John Henry (2000 film)|John Henry]]'' (Short) || Director || ||
|-
| ''[[The Emperor's New Groove]]'' || Additional Animator || ||
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2002 || ''[[Disney's American Legends|American Legends]]'' (Video) || Director - Segment "''John Henry''" || ||
|-
| ''[[Lilo & Stitch]]'' || Lead Animator || Hula Dancers ||
|-
|| 2004 || ''[[Home on the Range (2004 film)|Home on the Range]]'' || Supervising Animator || Grace, Wesley, Rusty and Pearl Gesner ||
|-
|| 2006 || ''[[Bambi II]]'' (Video) || Supervising Animator || Ronno ||
|-
|rowspan="3"| 2007 || ''[[Meet the Robinsons]]'' || rowspan="3" | Animator || ||
|-
|''[[Enchanted (2007 film)|Enchanted]]'' || Giselle ||
|-
|''[[How to Hook Up Your Home Theater]]'' (Short) || [[Goofy]]||
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2009 || ''Pups of Liberty'' (Short) || rowspan="4" | Supervising Animator || ||
|-
|''[[The Princess and the Frog]]'' || [[Tiana (The Princess and the Frog)|Tiana]] ||
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2011 || ''[[The Ballad of Nessie]]'' (Short) || ||
|-
|''[[Winnie the Pooh (2011 film)|Winnie the Pooh]]'' || [[Winnie the Pooh (Disney character)|Winnie the Pooh]] and [[Christopher Robin]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dlrpmagic.com/interviews/down-in-new-orleans-with-princess-tianas-supervising-animator-mark-henn/ |title=Interview with Mark Henn, Supervising Animator (The Princess and the Frog) • DLRP Magic! - Disneyland Paris at the click of a mouse! |website=www.dlrpmagic.com |access-date=6 June 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120728112659/http://www.dlrpmagic.com/interviews/down-in-new-orleans-with-princess-tianas-supervising-animator-mark-henn/ |archive-date=28 July 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> ||
|-
| 2012 || ''[[Wreck-It Ralph]]'' || Additional Visual Development || ||
|-
|rowspan="4"| 2013 || ''[[Saving Mr. Banks]]'' || Animator: [[Walt Disney Animation Studios]] || [[Tinker Bell]] ||
|-
|''[[Get a Horse!]]'' (Short) || Animator || ||
|-
|''[[Frozen (2013 film)|Frozen]]'' || Lead 2D Animator || ||
|-
|''Twisted: The Untold Story of a Royal Vizier'' (TV Movie) || Special Thanks || ||
|-
| 2014 || ''[[Big Hero 6 (film)|Big Hero 6]]'' || Lead 2D Animator || ||
|-
| 2015 ||''Pups of Liberty: The Dog-claration of Independence'' (Short) || Supervising Animator || ||
|-
|rowspan="3"| 2016 || ''[[Zootopia]]'' || Animator || Judy Hopps and Bellwether ||
|-
|''[[Disney Art Academy]]'' (Video Game) || Special Thanks || || [[Maui (Moana)|Maui]] ([[Tattoo]]s)
|-
|''[[Moana (2016 film)|Moana]]'' || Animator || ||
|-
| 2018 || ''[[Ralph Breaks the Internet]]'' || 2D Animation Supervisor/Animator || Mickey Mouse [[Humphrey the Bear|Humphrey Bear]] ||
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2021 || ''[[Space Jam: A New Legacy]]'' || rowspan="2" | Supervising Animator ||
|| uncredited
|-
|''Binge Watching'' (Short) || Goofy ||
|-
| rowspan="3" |2022
|''[[Zootopia+]]''
| 2D Animator/Opening Sequence Animator
|
|
|-
| ''[[Mickey: The Story of a Mouse|Mickey in a Minute]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thewrap.com/mickey-story-of-mouse-film-review-walt-disney-documentary/ |title='Mickey: The Story of a Mouse' Film Review: Disney Doc Explores Character, Icon, Ubiquitous Mascot |website=[[TheWrap]] |first=Fran |last=Hoepfner |date=March 19, 2022 |access-date=March 20, 2022}}</ref> || rowspan="3" | Animator || [[Mickey Mouse]] ||
|-
| ''Oswald the Lucky Rabbit'' (Short)<ref>{{cite press release |author= |title=Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Stars in a New Walt Disney Animation Studios Short for Disney 100 Years of Wonder|url=https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/oswald-the-lucky-rabbit-stars-in-a-new-walt-disney-animation-studios-short-for-disney-100-years-of-wonder/ |publisher=The Walt Disney Company |date=December 1, 2022 |access-date=June 25, 2023}}</ref> || ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2023 || ''[[Once Upon a Studio]]'' || Tinker Bell, Snow White, Grumpy, Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather ||
|-
| ''[[Wish (film)|Wish]]''
| Additional 2D Animator
|
|
|-
|2024
|''[[D.I.Y. Duck]]''<ref name=":0">{{cite press release |url=https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/donald-duck-walt-disney-company-90-years-celebration |title=The Walt Disney Company Kicks Off Global Celebration Honoring 90 Years of Donald Duck |website=The Walt Disney Company |date=June 7, 2024 |access-date=June 7, 2024}}</ref>
| Director / Writer / Animator
|
|
|-
|}

==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://markhenn.com/ Personal website]

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Eric Goldberg (animator)

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{{Short description|American animator (b. 1955)}}
{{other people||Eric Goldberg (disambiguation){{!}}Eric Goldberg}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Eric Goldberg
| image = Eric Goldberg.jpg
| caption = Goldberg at the 2013 [[Annecy International Animated Film Festival]]
| birth_name = Eric Allen Goldberg
| birth_place = [[Levittown, Pennsylvania]], U.S.
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1955|05|01}}
| occupation = {{flatlist|
*Animator
*voice actor
*film director
*producer
}}
| years active = 1973–present
| spouse = {{marriage|Susan Goldberg|1982}}<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://d23.com/qa-with-eric-and-susan-goldberg-about-the-magical-musical-world-of-fantasia-2000/|title=Q&A with Eric and Susan Goldberg About the Magical, Musical World of Fantasia 2000|date=January 28, 2020|website=D23}}</ref>
| employer = {{Unbulleted list|[[Richard Williams (animator)|Richard Williams Productions]] (1977–92)|[[MPL Communications]] (1984)|[[Walt Disney Animation Studios]] (1992–present)|[[Chuck Jones Enterprises]] (1993-97)|[[20th Century Fox]] (1993; 1997; 2004–06)|[[Warner Bros. Animation]] (1994–2011)|Dedica Group (2006)|Picnic Pictures (2007–09)}}
| awards = {{Unbulleted list |[[Annie Award]], 1993, 2000, 2010 |[[National Cartoonists Society|NCS Division Award]], 2000 |[[Winsor McCay Award]], 2011}}
}}
'''Eric Allen Goldberg''' (born May 1, 1955) is an American [[animator]], voice actor, film director, and producer known for his work at [[Walt Disney Animation Studios]] and [[20th Century Animation]], as well as [[Warner Bros. Animation]].

==Life and career==
Goldberg was born and raised in [[Levittown, Pennsylvania]], and moved to [[Cherry Hill, New Jersey]] as a child, where he attended [[Cherry Hill High School East]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Gaul|first1=Lou|title=Animator Eric Goldberg: This 'Pooh' is an uplifting work|url=http://www.phillyburbs.com/entertainment/animator-eric-goldberg-this-pooh-is-an-uplifting-work/article_314cb2ff-89be-5350-9ff3-ca14f49743e4.html|access-date=April 26, 2017|work=Burlington County Times|date=July 12, 2011|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120919101334/http://www.phillyburbs.com/entertainment/animator-eric-goldberg-this-pooh-is-an-uplifting-work/article_314cb2ff-89be-5350-9ff3-ca14f49743e4.html|archive-date=September 19, 2012|quote=According to Goldberg, who was born in Levittown, Bucks County, and in 1961 moved to Cherry Hill, much of the visual beauty in ''Winnie the Pooh'' results from employing an artistic old-school process.|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>Staff. [https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courierpostonline/access/1818065981.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+14%2C+2003&author=&pub=Courier+Post&desc=Cherry+Hill+native+puts+toon+in+%22Looney+Tunes'&pqatl=google "Cherry Hill native puts toon in 'Looney Tunes'"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107105725/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courierpostonline/access/1818065981.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS%3AFT&type=current&date=Nov+14%2C+2003&author=&pub=Courier+Post&desc=Cherry+Hill+native+puts+toon+in+%22Looney+Tunes%27&pqatl=google |date=2012-11-07 }}, ''[[Courier-Post]]'', November 14, 2003. Accessed August 25, 2011. "When Eric Goldberg was a student at Cherry Hill High School East in the early 1970s, he used to decorate classmates' notebooks with Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck."</ref> Goldberg later studied at [[Pratt Institute]], where he majored in illustration. He first entered the industry in the mid-1970s working on ''[[Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure]]'' for the [[Richard Williams (animator)|Richard Williams]] studio, eventually moving to Williams' [[London]] studio and rising through the ranks from assistant to director. During the 1980s, Goldberg started his own London-based studio, Pizazz Pictures, to produce television commercials.

In 1982, Goldberg married his longtime girlfriend Susan.<ref name="auto"/>

Later, Goldberg closed his studio to work at Disney Animation Studios, [[Burbank, California]], to work on the film ''[[Aladdin (1992 Disney film)|Aladdin]]'', for which he became the lead animator on the character [[Genie (Disney)|Genie]], and later the lead animator on [[List of Disney's Hercules characters#Phil|Phil]] in ''[[Hercules (1997 film)|Hercules]]'' (1997). Goldberg also was one of the directors of Disney's 1995 feature ''[[Pocahontas (1995 film)|Pocahontas]]''. During his time as the lead animator for the [[Genie (Disney)|Genie]], he also provided the majority of the original animation for [[MC Skat Kat]]'s "[[The Adventures of MC Skat Kat and the Stray Mob|Big Time]]" music video, which was finished in 1992 but left unaired.

In December 1998, Goldberg began plans to produce an animated short set to the music of [[George Gershwin]]'s ''[[Rhapsody in Blue]]''. His film eventually became part of Disney's ''[[Fantasia 2000]]'' after Goldberg was allowed to use the Disney staff to complete the film during a production hiatus. He also served as director for ''[[Fantasia 2000]]''{{'s}} "[[The Carnival of the Animals]]" segment. Goldberg's wife Susan served as art director on both segments.<ref name="auto"/>

Goldberg served as the director of animation for [[Warner Bros.]]' 2003 live-action/animation hybrid feature ''[[Looney Tunes: Back in Action]]'', and also provided the voices of [[Bugs Bunny]] (one line), [[Marvin the Martian]], [[Tweety]], and [[Speedy Gonzales]]. Although the film was not commercially successful at the box office, it was met with relatively positive reviews from film critics, and Goldberg was nominated for an Annie Award for Outstanding Directing in an Animated Feature Production for his animation direction. He animated the title sequence of [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]]'s 2006 remake of ''[[The Pink Panther (2006 film)|The Pink Panther]]'', with [[Bob Kurtz (animator)|Bob Kurtz]] of Kurtz and Friends, and provided some additional animation for ''[[Fat Albert (film)|Fat Albert]]''. Goldberg was offered to direct an animated opening sequence for [[Wes Craven]]’s ''[[Cursed (2005 film)|Cursed]]'', but Goldberg declined twice. He was also attached to direct a CG adaptation of [[Where The Wild Things Are]] at [[Universal Pictures]], but due to creative differences, Goldberg left the project & Universal decided to make it a [[Where The Wild Things Are (film)|live-action adaptation]] directed by [[Spike Jonze]].

In 2006, Goldberg returned to Disney,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00005372.html |title=08/18/2006: "Exclusive! Another Conversation with Eric Goldberg" |website=www.animated-news.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061025194012/http://www.animated-news.com/archives/00005372.html |archive-date=25 October 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref> where he directed four minutes of animation for the [[Epcot]] attraction [[Gran Fiesta Tour Starring The Three Caballeros]] and contributed to the 2007 animated short ''[[How to Hook Up Your Home Theater]]'', which starred [[Goofy]]. Most recently, he was the supervising animator for [[The Princess and the Frog#Voice cast|Louis]] in ''[[The Princess and the Frog]]'' (2009), [[Rabbit (Winnie-the-Pooh)#Disney adaptations|Rabbit]] in ''[[Winnie the Pooh (2011 film)|Winnie the Pooh]]'' (2011), and [[Maui (Moana)|Maui]]'s [[tattoo]]s in ''[[Moana (2016 film)|Moana]]'' (2016).

Goldberg has also animated [[Mickey Mouse]] on Nighttime Spectaculars in DisneyParks and Resorts, including ''Disney Gifts of Christmas and Celebrate!'' Tokyo Disneyland in [[Tokyo Disneyland]], and "We Love Mickey" Main Street Projection Show in [[Hong Kong Disneyland]].

In April 2022, Goldberg confirmed plans within the Disney studio to once again return to hand-drawn animation.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://wdwnt.com/2022/04/disney-animator-says-studio-will-bring-back-2d-hand-drawn-animation/ | title=Disney Animator Says Studio Will Bring Back 2D Hand-Drawn Animation - WDW News Today | date=27 April 2022 }}</ref>

In August 2024, Goldberg wrote and directed the special [[Donald Duck]] episode of the popular internet series [[Hot Ones]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Donald Duck Tries to Keep His Cool While Eating Spicy Wings |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQse2ml5UXY |website=YouTube |access-date=29 August 2024}}</ref>

==Preservation==
Two of Goldberg's early films, ''For Sale'' and ''Good Old Fashioned Cartoon Violence'', were preserved by the [[Academy Film Archive]] in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|title=Preserved Projects|url=https://www.oscars.org/academy-film-archive/preserved-projects|website=Academy Film Archive}}</ref>

==Awards==
*1993 [[Annie Award]] Outstanding Individual Achievement in the Field of Animation<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://annieawards.org/|title=48th Annual Annie Awards|website=annieawards.org}}</ref>
*2000 [[Annie Award]] Outstanding Individual Achievement for Character Animation for [[Fantasia 2000]]<ref name="auto1"/>
*2000 [[National Cartoonists Society|NCS Division Award]] Feature Animation for ''Rhapsody in Blue''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.reuben.org/ncs/archive/divisions/feature.asp|title=NCS Awards|website=www.reuben.org}}</ref>
*2010 [[Annie Award]] Character Animation in a Feature Production for ''[[The Princess and the Frog]]''<ref name="auto1"/>
*2010 [[Winsor McCay Award]] for lifetime achievement in animation.<ref name="auto1"/>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#b0c4de; text-align:center;"
! Year
! Film
! Director
! Animator
! Voice Actor
! Voice Role
! Animation Role
! Notes
|-
|1973
|''For Sale''
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|
|-
|1973
|''Good Old Fashioned Cartoon Violence''
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|
|-
|1977
|''[[Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure]]''
|
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|Assistant Animator
|-
|1982
|''[[Ziggy's Gift]]''
|{{Yes}} (art director)
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|
|-
|1985
|''[[Rupert and the Frog Song]]''
|
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|
|-
|1992
|''[[Aladdin (1992 Disney film)|Aladdin]]''
|
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|[[Genie (Disney)|Genie]]
|Character Designer/Supervising Animator
|-
|1993
|''[[The Thief and the Cobbler]]''
|
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|Additional animator On Mad Witch And Death Machine Sequences; Uncredited
|-
|1993
|''[[Mrs. Doubtfire]]''
|
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|Daniel Hillard ([[Robin Williams]]) Voice Acting Sequence Animator (As Claude Raynes), Along With [[Chuck Jones]]
|-
|1994
|''[[Chariots of Fur]]''
|
|{{yes}}
|
|
|
|As Claude Raynes
|-
|1995
|''[[Pocahontas (1995 film)|Pocahontas]]''
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|1996
|''Superior Duck''
|
|
|{{yes}}
|[[Tweety]], [[Marvin the Martian]], [[Porky Pig]], [[Superman]]
|
|As Claude Raynes
|-
|1997
|''[[Hercules (1997 film)|Hercules]]''
|
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|[[List of Disney's Hercules characters#Phil|Phil]]
|Supervising Animator
|-
|1997
|''[[Pullet Surprise]]''
|
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|Additional Animator As Claude Raynes
|-
|1997
|''[[From Hare to Eternity]]''
|
|{{yes}}
|
|
|
|As Claude Raynes
|-
|1997
|''[[Anastasia (1997 film)|Anastasia]]''
|
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|Character Animator
|-
|rowspan=3|2000
|rowspan=2|''[[Fantasia 2000]]''
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|
|''[[Fantasia 2000#Rhapsody in Blue|Rhapsody in Blue]]''
|-
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|''[[The Carnival of the Animals|The Carnival of The Animals, Finale]]''
|-
|''[[Dinosaur (2000 film)|Dinosaur]]''
|
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|Additional Visual Development
|-
|2001
|''[[Tokyo DisneySea|The Magic Lamp 3D]]''
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|rowspan=2|2003
|''[[Looney Tunes: Back in Action]]''
|{{Yes}} (Animation Director)
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|[[Bugs Bunny]] (one line), [[Tweety]], [[Marvin the Martian]], [[Speedy Gonzales]]
|
|Storyboard Artist
|-
|''Boys Night Out''
|
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|Additional animation
|-
|rowspan=2|2004
|''[[Green Screen Show]]''
|
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|
|-
|''[[Fat Albert (film)|Fat Albert]]''
|
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|
|-
|rowspan=2|2005
|''[[Son of the Mask]]''
|
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|Animated Dream Sequence
|-
|''[[Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry]]''
|
|{{yes}}
|
|
|
|Character Layout
|-
|rowspan=4|2006
|''[[The Pink Panther (2006 film)|Pink Panther]]''
|
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|Title Sequence
|-
|''A Monkey's Tale''
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|''[[Tom and Jerry Tales]]''
|
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|[[TV series]] Opening Titles
|-
|''[[The Fox and the Hound 2]]''
|
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|[[Direct-to-video]]
|-
|rowspan=3|2007
|''[[The Chestnut Tree]]''
|
|
|
|
|
|Special Thanks
|-
|''[[Gran Fiesta Tour Starring The Three Caballeros]]
|
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|[[Short film]] Theme Park
|-
|''[[How to Hook Up Your Home Theater]]''
|
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|[[Short film]]
|-
|2008
|''[[Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Academy Awards Animation Collection]]''
|
|
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|Audio Commentaries On ''[[The Cat Concerto]]'', ''[[The Dot and the Line]]'' And ''[[Blitz Wolf]]''
|-
|rowspan=2|2009
|''[[Pups of Liberty]]''
|
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|Governor
|
|Lead Animator
|-
|''[[The Princess and the Frog]]''
|
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|[[The Princess and the Frog#Voice cast|Louis the Alligator]] And Miscellaneous Characters
|Character Designer/Supervising Animator/[[37th Annie Awards|Annie Award]] For Best Character Animation In A Feature Production
|-
|rowspan=2|2010
|''[[82nd Academy Awards|The 82nd Annual Academy Awards]]''
|
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|[[The Princess and the Frog#Voice cast|Louis the Alligator]]
|Archive Footage
|-
|''[[Iron Man 2 (video game)|Iron Man 2]]''
|
|
|{{Yes}}
|A.I.M Soldiers (voice)<ref>[http://voicechasers.com/database/showactor.php?actorid=3926 Eric Goldberg - Voice Chasers] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100104162356/http://voicechasers.com/database/showactor.php?actorid=3926 |date=2010-01-04 }} VoiceChasers.com Retrieved May 31, 2012</ref>
|
|[[Video game]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2011
|''[[Winnie the Pooh (2011 film)|Winnie the Pooh]]''
|
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|[[Rabbit (Winnie-the-Pooh)#Disney adaptations|Rabbit]], The Backson
|Supervising Animator
|-
|''[[Tom and Jerry Golden Collection|Tom and Jerry: Golden Collection, Volume One]]''
|
|
|{{Yes}} (Archival Aecording On Disc Two)
|
|
|Audio Commentary on ''[[The Cat Concerto]]''
|-
|rowspan=2|2012
|''[[Paperman]]''
|
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|Final Line Animator/[[85th Academy Awards|Academy Award]] Winning Short
|-
|''[[Wreck-It Ralph]]''
|
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|Additional Visual Development
|-
|2013
|''[[Get a Horse!]]''
|
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|Head of Animation/Short Film
|-
|rowspan=2|2016
|''[[The Simpsons]]''
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|Couch gag for [[Fland Canyon]]
|-
|''[[Moana (2016 film)|Moana]]''
|
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|[[Maui (Moana)|Maui]] ([[Tattoo]]s)
| Hand-Drawn Animation Supervisor
|-
|-
| 2018
|''[[Ralph Breaks the Internet]]''
|
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
| Additional Animator
|-
| 2021
| ''[[How to Stay at Home]]''
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|[[Goofy]]
|Supervising Animator On "How To Wear A Mask", Writer
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2022
| ''[[Mickey: The Story of a Mouse|Mickey in a Minute]]''
|
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|[[Mickey Mouse]]
|Animated short Ahead of The Documentary ''[[Mickey: The Story of a Mouse]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thewrap.com/mickey-story-of-mouse-film-review-walt-disney-documentary/ |title='Mickey: The Story of a Mouse' Film Review: Disney Doc Explores Character, Icon, Ubiquitous Mascot |website=[[TheWrap]] |first=Fran |last=Hoepfner |date=March 19, 2022 |access-date=March 20, 2022}}</ref>
|-
|''Oswald The Lucky Rabbit''
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|[[Oswald the Lucky Rabbit]]
|Animated Web Short, Also Producer
|-
| rowspan="2" |2023
|''[[Once Upon a Studio]]''
|
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|Mickey Mouse, Genie, [[Cheshire Cat (Disney)|Cheshire Cat]], [[Mad Hatter]], [[Jiminy Cricket]]
|Head of hand-drawn animation<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://assets.gettyimages.com/bf-boulder-whitelabelbucket-getty-prod/j3btkptgtgmrs5g39m9knh/v/1123659799/original/ONCE%20UPON%20A%20STUDIO%20production%20brief%20with%20bios%20FINAL%2009-21-23.pdf|title=Once Upon a Studio: Behind the Scenes}}</ref>/Additional Voices
|-
|''[[Wish (film)|Wish]]''
|
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|Additional 2D Animation
|-
|2024
|''[[Moana 2]]''
|
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|[[Maui (Moana)|Maui]] ([[Tattoo]]s)
|Hand-Drawn animation supervisor
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|325196|Eric Goldberg}}
* [http://www.animatedbuzz.com/journal/05-06/01.html#Anchor-46708 Eric Goldberg's first visit to CalArts' Character Animation Program (Fall '05)]
* [http://www.animatedbuzz.com/journal/05-06/02.html#Anchor-36282 Eric Goldberg's second visit to CalArts' Character Animation Program (Spring '06)]
* [http://animatedviews.com/2005/a-conversation-with-eric-goldberg/ Animated News' Interview with Goldberg (2005)]
* [http://www.fromscripttodvd.com/eric_goldberg.htm From Script to DVD interview]
* [http://voicechasers.com/database/showactor.php?actorid=3926 Eric Goldberg on Voice Chasers] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100104162356/http://voicechasers.com/database/showactor.php?actorid=3926 |date=2010-01-04 }}

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Kermit Love

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| image = Kermit Love as Willy.jpg
| caption = Love as [[List of Sesame Street characters|Willy the Vendor]]
| birthname = Kermit Ernest Hollingshead Love
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| birth_place = [[Spring Lake, New Jersey]], U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2008|6|21|1916|8|7}}
| death_place = [[Poughkeepsie, New York]], U.S.
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| occupation = {{hlist|Puppet maker|[[puppeteer]]|[[costume design]]er|actor}}
| yearsactive = 1935–2008
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'''Kermit Ernest Hollingshead Love''' (August 7, 1916 – June 21, 2008) was an American [[puppet]] maker, [[puppeteer]], [[costume design]]er, and actor in children's television and on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]]. He was best known as a designer and builder with the [[The Muppets|Muppets]], in particular those on ''[[Sesame Street]]''.

==Early life==
Love was born in [[Spring Lake, New Jersey|Spring Lake]], [[New Jersey]] on August 7, 1916, to Ernest and Alice Love.<ref name=NYTObit>{{cite news | last=Hevesi | first=Dennis | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/24/arts/24love.html | title=Kermit Love, Costume Creator, Dies at 91 | newspaper=[[The New York Times]] | date=June 24, 2008 | access-date=July 14, 2011 | quote=Despite his assumed English (and sometimes French) accent, Kermit Ernest Hollingshead Love was born in Spring Lake, N.J., on Aug. 7, 1916. His father, Ernest Love, was a decorative plasterer. His mother, Alice, died when he was 3, and he was raised by a grandmother and a great-grandmother.}}</ref> He was raised by his grandmother and great-grandmother following his mother's death when he was three years old.<ref name=NYTObit />

==Career==
===Theater===
Love began his theatrical career working as a [[marionette]] maker<ref name=lat-obit>{{cite news| url= http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-love26-2008jun26,0,1027932.story |title= Influential designer had hand in 'Sesame'| date= June 26, 2008| first= Jocelyn Y. |last= Stewart | work= [[Los Angeles Times]]| access-date= April 20, 2016}}</ref> for a federal [[Works Progress Administration]] theater in [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]], [[New Jersey]] in 1935.<ref name=MSNBC>{{cite news| url= http://www.today.com/id/25375721| publisher= Today.com| agency= Associated Press| title= 'Big Bird' costume creator Kermit Love dies| date= June 25, 2008| access-date= April 20, 2016| archive-date= March 14, 2016| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160314151829/http://www.today.com/id/25375721| url-status= dead}}</ref><ref name=ChiTribGift>{{cite news| title= A gift of Love: The man who made Big Bird a star| url= http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1983/12/15/page/257/article/a-gift-of-love | work= [[Chicago Tribune]]| date= December 15, 1983| first= Jim| last= Spencer| access-date= April 20, 2016}}</ref> He was also a costume designer for [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] and other stage productions as in the 1930s, including the [[Mercury Theatre]] troupe with [[Orson Welles]].<ref name=TimesObit>{{cite news| url= http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article4212818.ece |work= [[The Times]]| date= June 26, 2008| title= Kermit Love: costume designer, puppeteer and creator of Big Bird| url-status= dead| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081012035719/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article4212818.ece| archive-date= October 12, 2008| access-date= April 20, 2016}}</ref> Love also appeared on stage in a [[bit part]] as a student for the 1937 play ''Naught Naught 00''.

Love worked with many of the great figures of mid-century Broadway and American [[ballet]]. He was the costumer for the [[Agnes de Mille]] ballet ''[[Rodeo (ballet)|Rodeo]]'' (1942), for the [[Kurt Weill]] musical ''[[One Touch of Venus]]'' (1943), and for [[Merce Cunningham]]'s ''The Wind Remains'' (1943) and [[Jerome Robbins]]'s ballet ''[[Fancy Free (ballet)|Fancy Free]]'' (1944). For [[George Balanchine]] he designed, amongst other items, a {{convert|28|ft|abbr=on}} marionette giant for ''[[Don Quixote (ballet)|Don Quixote]]'' (1965).<ref name=NYTObit/><ref name=lat-obit />

===Jim Henson and the Muppets===
During the early 1960s, Love first crossed paths with [[Jim Henson]] through [[Don Sahlin]], who urged him to meet with Henson. The three first collaborated on the [[La Choy]] Dragon for advertising the [[chow mein]] brand,<ref name=ChiTribGift /> which was a precursor to Big Bird.<ref name="TABB">{{cite news | title=Big Bird wings in with just one grouch: Oscar | newspaper=The Age | date=March 15, 1984 | page=40 | via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> Love's theatrical background had given him particular skill at handling full body-puppets and tailoring them to allow freedom for the performer's movements. From this, Love went on to build [[Oscar the Grouch]] and then [[Big Bird]]<ref name=ChiTribGift /> after a drawing was designed by Henson (though Sahlin had carved the first head). Love talked about how he designed Big Bird to subtly shed feathers in the course of normal movement,<ref name=metro-obit>{{cite news| url= http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=191093&in_page_id=34 |website=Metro.co.uk | title= Cookie Monster co-creator Kermit Love dies| date= June 25, 2008 | access-date= April 20, 2016}}</ref> "Not unlike a tree shedding leaves in the Fall." He believed this made Big Bird appear more natural to young viewers. Love co-designed [[Cookie Monster]] and he designed [[Mr. Snuffleupagus]].<ref name=MSNBC /><ref name=metro-obit /> He accompanied the Big Bird costume (Love preferred calling it a "puppet") when it traveled overseas for appearances.<ref name=TimesObit />

Despite popular rumor, Love was not the namesake of [[Kermit the Frog]]; the character was created and named in 1955, before Henson met Love in the 1960s.<ref name=lat-obit /><ref name=TimesObit />

Though he also worked on ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' and ''[[The Muppet Movie]]'', ''[[Sesame Street]]'' was Love's domain, along with [[Caroly Wilcox]], as one of the key supervisors. He portrayed Willy, the hot dog vendor, on ''Sesame Street''.<ref name=lat-obit /><ref name=MSNBC/><ref name=TimesObit /> He puppeteered on the special ''[[Julie on Sesame Street]]''. For the feature film ''[[Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird]]'', he served as special Muppet consultant, and appeared in many background scenes as Willy. He co-designed many of the ''Sesame Street'' puppets for the early international productions. For the special ''[[The Great Santa Claus Switch]]'', he contributed to the giant Thig.

In his memoir ''The Wit and Wisdom of Big Bird'', [[Caroll Spinney]] speaks affectionately of Love and his importance to the show, though noting an occasional cantankerous side.<ref name=MSNBC/>

===Beyond ''Sesame Street''===
In addition to his work on ''Sesame Street'', Love remained busy as freelancer, creating and building puppets for the non-Henson puppet series ''[[The Great Space Coaster]]''.<ref name=lat-obit />

One of his specials was watched by a young [[Kevin Clash]], whose parents contacted Love and told him about their son. Love worked as a mentor to Clash<ref name=lat-obit /> and introduced him to Jim Henson, and helped Clash get jobs on children's shows ''The Great Space Coaster'' and ''[[Captain Kangaroo]]''. After both shows were canceled, Clash moved on to ''Sesame Street''. Other works included building the [[Snuggle Bear]]<ref name=lat-obit /> puppet for the [[Snuggle]] fabric softener advertisements.<ref name=MSNBC/><ref name=ChiTribGift />

Love appeared as [[Santa Claus]] on the cover of ''[[New York (magazine)|New York]]'' magazine<ref name=ChiTribGift /><ref name=lat-obit /> in December 1982, 1984, and 1985.

Going into semi-retirement in the 1990s, Love remained active, building many full-body puppets for the [[Joffrey Ballet]]'s ''[[The Nutcracker]]'' performances, such as designing the mice and the {{convert|16|ft|abbr=on}}-tall Mother Ginger puppet, an association that continued to 2004. In 1993, he directed the ''Whirligig'' pilot for [[PBS]] at The Studios at [[Las Colinas, Irving, Texas]]. In 2001, he designed Aza, the bird-like mascot for the [[Association of Zoos and Aquariums]].

==Personal life and death==
Although he was American, Love often spoke with an English, and sometimes French, accent.<ref name=NYTObit/><ref name=lat-obit /> He resided in [[Stanfordville, New York]].<ref name=NYTObit/>

Love died on June 21, 2008, of congestive [[heart failure]]<ref name=metro-obit /> and [[pneumonia]] in [[Poughkeepsie (city), New York|Poughkeepsie]], [[New York (state)|New York]].<ref name=lat-obit /><ref name=MSNBC/> He was survived by Christopher Lyall, his partner of 50 years.<ref name=NYTObit/>

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.lyonpuppets.com/kermitlove.html Rick Lyon's Photos from Love's 85th Birthday Party]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050113013857/http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1083/is_1998_Dec/ai_53280637 Dance Magazine Profile]
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071014020231/http://www.tdf.org/TDF_SupportPage.aspx?id=54 profile at Theater Development Fund]

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