Cam Clarke

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Cam Clarke
Born Cameron Arthur Clarke
(1957-11-06) November 6, 1957 (age 55)
Burbank, California, U.S.[1]
Other names James Flinders, Jimmy Flinders, Kelly Brewster, Cameron Charles, Cameron A. Clarke
Occupation Voice Actor/Singer
Years active 1970–present
Agent Sutton, Barth and Vennari
Notable credit(s)

Robotech
as Max Sterling and Lance "Lancer" Belmont
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
as Leonardo and Rocksteady

Metal Gear Solid
as Liquid Snake
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (2002 TV series)
as Prince Adam/He-Man
Painkiller
as Daniel Garner
Tales of Symphonia
as Kratos Aurion
Tales of Legendia
as Will Raynard
Religion Latter-Day Saint[1]
Family Lex de Azevedo (half-brother)
Website
http://www.camclarke.com/

Cameron Arthur "Cam" Clarke (born November 6, 1957) is a prolific American voice actor and singer, well known for his work in animation and video games. Clarke is well known for providing the voices of Leonardo in the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series and Shotaro Kaneda in the 1989 original English-dub of Akira. He often voices teenagers and other similarly young characters. He also voices Liquid Snake in the Metal Gear video game series.

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Career [edit]

Cam Clarke began his acting career in the show The Hollywood Palace as the The King Family Show. He continued to perform with his family on various TV specials until the 1980s when he got his first voice acting roles in the animated shows Snorks and Robotech. Clarke was taught by established voice actor Michael Bell. Clarke is best known for his roles as Kaneda in Katsuhiro Otomo's Akira (Streamline-dub), Max Sterling and Lancer in the 1985 Robotech series, Rigadon in Around the World with Willy Fog, Dogtanian in Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds, Leonardo and Rocksteady in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series, and Liquid Snake in the popular Metal Gear Solid series of video games. Clarke is also the voice of Prince Adam and He-Man in the 2002 version of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe TV series. He is also known to RPG fans as Ryudo in Grandia II, Kratos Aurion in "Tales of Symphonia" and Will Raynard in "Tales of Legendia." He voices the male Blood Elf in World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade. He uses a voice similar to Liquid Snake's for this portrayal. To date, Clarke has voiced over one hundred titles. Cam is easily recognizable by his distinct voice which can fluctuate from adolescent sounding (Leonardo) to deep and soothing (Kratos) and to a faux British (Liquid Snake). Also acts as Pavel - In the popular Neverwinter Nights PC release.

Personal life [edit]

Born in 1957 to actor Robert Clarke and singer Alyce King, he is nephew to guitarist Alvino Rey and pianist Buddy Cole, cousin to actress Tina Cole and writer Chris Conkling and half brother to musicians Ric and Lex de Azevedo.

Clarke is openly gay.[1]

Filmography [edit]

Anime [edit]

American/Canadian Animation [edit]

Live-Action [edit]

Stage [edit]

Movies [edit]

Video Games [edit]

Audiobook [edit]

  • The Mystery of Smuggler's Cove (1985) Hardy Boys audiobook – all characters

Discography [edit]

  • Inside Out (1999) [1]

References [edit]

  1. ^ a b c d "Inside Out". Amazon. Archived from the original on 25 April 2007. Retrieved 3 September 2011. 

External links [edit]

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