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Charles Martinet
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American actor and voice actor (born 1955)
Film & TV
San Jose, California, USA
Charles Andre Martinet (born September 17, 1955) is an American actor, who formerly portrayed both Mario and Luigi in the Super Mario video game series. Martinet developed the voices of the Mario brothers first used in mainline entries from 1996 to 2022. He also voiced other characters in the series such as Wario, Waluigi, and their baby equivalents, prior to stepping down as voice actor to…
Known for
- Mario, le Plombier qui voulait détrôner Mickey2024
- The Super Mario Bros. Movie — Mario's Dad / Giuseppe (voice)2023
- High Score — Self - Narrator (voice)2020
- Square Eyes: Tales from the Retro Game Culture of Sweden — Self2015
- Super Mario Bros. Z — Mario / Luigi (voice)2006
- The Californians — City Councilman2005
- Reader Rabbit: Wordville Soup — Captain Ratbeard (voice)2005
- The Legend of Atlantis — Gryphos2004
- Reader Rabbit: The Great Alphabet Race — Captain Ratbeard (voice)2004
- Sheer Passion — Lou1998
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Key facts
- Born
- Charles Andre Martinet , ( 1955-09-17 ) September 17, 1955 (age 70) , San Jose, California , U.S.
- Alma mater
- University of California, Berkeley Drama Studio London
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1986–present
- Title
- Mario Ambassador
- Website
- charlesmartinet .com
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Andre
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- San Jose
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Official website
- www.charlesmartinet.com
- Image
- Charles Martinet Photo Op GalaxyCon Raleigh 2023 (cropped 2).jpg
- Height
- 1.92
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- notable role
- Mario
- social media followers
- 144277
- date of birth
- 1955-09-17
- Commons category
- Charles Martinet
- birth name
- Charles Andre Martinet
- start of work period
- 1982-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Charles Andre Martinet (born September 17, 1955) is an American actor. From 1991 to 2023, Martinet was the voice of Mario in the Mario franchise. He also voiced other characters in the series such as Luigi, Wario, Waluigi, and the baby equivalents of Mario and Luigi, prior to retiring as voice actor to become an official brand ambassador for the series.
Martinet is also known for his portrayal of Paarthurnax in 2011's The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, as well as Magenta in the Dragon Ball franchise since 2022.
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