Earl Boen
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| Earl Boen | |
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| Born | November 7, 1945 New York City, New York, United States |
| Other names | Eril Bowen, Earl Bowen, Earl Brown |
| Occupation | Actor/voice actor |
| Years active | 1972–2003 (screen acting) 1985–present (voice acting) |
| Spouse(s) | Carole Kean (1970–2001) (her death) |
Earl Boen (born November 7, 1945 in New York City) is an American actor and voice actor.[1] He is perhaps best known as criminal psychologist Dr. Peter Silberman in the Terminator series. Boen reprised the role in both Terminator 2: Judgment Day, in which Silberman works at a mental institute where Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) is held, and Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, where he appears in a cameo as he tries to console Kate Brewster (Claire Danes) before fleeing in panic at the sight of the Terminator. He is the only actor besides Arnold Schwarzenegger to appear in all of the first three films and portray the same character.
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Career [edit]
Boen is also known to many TV viewers as the Harper family's pastor, Reverend Lloyd Meechum on the 1980s sitcom Mama's Family. His character was featured in several of the most memorable episodes (on both the network and syndicated versions). He also appeared as a clergyman in episodes of The Golden Girls, The Golden Palace, The Wonder Years, Boy Meets World, Seinfeld and Three's Company. He also appeared as Willie's boss in ALF. Other films in which he appeared include 9 to 5 (1980), Soggy Bottom, U.S.A. (1981), The Man with Two Brains (1983), Alien Nation (1988), Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult (1994), and Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000). Boen commonly plays doctors in movie and television roles. He may also be noted for his role as Jim Petersen, Angela Bower's boss on the show Who's The Boss?
He is also a prolific voice actor. In 1987, came his first voice role as Taurus in the direct to video G.I. Joe: The Movie. Some of his most well known voice roles have been villainous pirate LeChuck from the Monkey Island series of adventure games. He has also provided the introductions for World of Warcraft and its expansions, voiced Magtheridon in World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade and King Terenas Menethil II in World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, including the opening cinematic. Boen's trademark baritone voice is often mistaken to be that of the late Tony Jay, even though the former of which is not as distinctive as his.
Boen retired from screen acting in 2003, but continues his work as a voice actor in radio, television cartoons and video games.
Personal life [edit]
He was married to Carole Kean from 1970 until her death in 2001 from ovarian cancer.
Voice work [edit]
- Balzac in the Sword of the Berserk: Guts' Rage
- Miscellaneous voices in the animated series The Jetsons
- Dr. Regis Blackgaard, R. Edwin Blackgaard, among other voices for Adventures in Odyssey
- Montaron in Bioware's Baldur's Gate series of computer role-playing games
- LeChuck (Fester Shinetop/Charles L. Charles) in LucasArts's Monkey Island series of computer adventure games
- The Butcher in Double Fine Productions' Psychonauts
- General in Dexter's Laboratory (specifically in the third season episode "Smells Like Victory")
- Nagilum in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Where Silence Has Lease"
- Nemesis in Black & White
- Magneto in Pryde of the X-Men
- Red Skull and the Beyonder in Spider-Man: The Animated Series
- Colossus in X-Men Legends
- Police Chief Kanifky in Bonkers
- Inspector LeGrasse in Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem
- Horace Bleakman in Clifford the Big Red Dog
- The blond Lugg Brother in The Pirates of Dark Water
- Sergei Gurlukovich in Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
- The Sarafan Lord in Legacy of Kain: Blood Omen 2
- Beneras in 3x3 Eyes
- Narrator of Tenchu 2
- Señor Senior Sr. in various Kim Possible episodes (a role which he has shared with Ricardo Montalbán)
- Racial introductions in World of Warcraft and its expansions
- Magtheridon in World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade
- Narrator (King Terenas) in the opening cinematic of World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King
- Sergei Dekker in the video game Soldier of Fortune
- Sam Gladstone in the video game Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix
- Taurus in the G.I. Joe Direct to Video movie.
- Jack the Grave Robber in SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron
- Simon Stagg in Justice League
- Zeus in the Animaniacs episode "Hercules Unwound"
- Rex in Toy Story Racer
References [edit]
- ^ "The New York Times". The New York Times.
