Beau Weaver
 |
This biographical article needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. (January 2011) |
 |
This article includes a list of references, related reading or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. Please improve this article by introducing more precise citations. (January 2011) |
Beau Weaver (born January 19, 1952; Tulsa, Oklahoma) is an American voice actor and narrator in television and film, heard widely in trailers for feature films, network television promos, documentaries, national radio and television commercials and animated cartoons. He became a disc jockey at age 15 and is sometimes known as Beauregard Rodriquez Weaver. He was raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
In the 1960s and '70s, he was on the air at some of America's top pop music stations, such as KHJ in Los Angeles, KFRC in San Francisco, KILT in Houston, KCBQ in San Diego, KNUS in Dallas, and KAKC in Tulsa. He was also one of the pioneers of satellite broadcasting as an original member of the air staff of the Transtar Radio Network.
By the 1980s, Weaver had left radio and began working as a freelance voice actor in Los Angeles. Today, he is the voice of the CBS Domestic Television programs, The Insider and The Doctors. He is the narrator on Animal Planet's doc series, Weird, True and Freaky, National Geographic's "Known Universe" and "American Loggers and "Heartland Thunder" on the Discovery Channel. Some recent movie trailers and television campaigns voiced by Weaver include: "Into The Wild" and "Revolutionary Road."
In television animation, Beau's most memorable roles include Superman/Clark Kent in the 1989 Ruby-Spears production of Superman, a revival of the series timed to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of the creation of the character. In 1996, he played the lead role of Reed Richards a.k.a. "Mister Fantastic" in Marvel's Fantastic Four. Weaver was also the announcer of the first ever video newsmagazine, Real TV from 1996-1999 and again from 2000-2001.
Beau works primarily from home studios in Los Angeles and Ojai, California.
Contents |
[edit] Filmography
[edit] Animation roles
- Bonkers - Jingle
- Duckman - God
- Fantastic Four - Mister Fantastic, Trapster
- Superman - Clark Kent/Superman
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Additional Voices
- The Flintstone Kids - Additional Voices
- The Incredible Hulk - Mister Fantastic
- The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse - Fractured Narrator, Additional Voices
- The Transformers - Octane
- Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light - Feryl
[edit] Live-action roles
- The Weird Al Show - Channel Hopping Announcer
[edit] Movie roles
- Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland - 1st Teacher
- Rockin' with Judy Jetson - Ramm, Dee-Jay
- The Substitute - Janus Showreel Narrator
[edit] Videogame roles
- Marvel: Ultimate Alliance - Scorpion, Tiger Shark, Starbolt
- Fallout: New Vegas (Old World Blues DLC)
