George Lowe
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| Birth name | George Lowe |
| Born | November 10, 1958 Dunedin, Florida, |
| Medium | Actor, Voice Actor, Writer, Executive Producer, Television, Films |
| Nationality | American |
| Years active | 1994 – present |
| Genres | Television, Films |
| Influences | Gary Owens |
| Notable works and roles | Works: Space Ghost Coast to Coast Cartoon Planet The Brak Show Aqua Teen Hunger Force / Aqua Unit Patrol Squad 1 Roles: Space Ghost Dad George Lowe |
George Lowe (born November 10, 1958 in Dunedin, Florida) is an American voice actor/comedian. He is perhaps best known for his role as the voice of Space Ghost on the Cartoon Network/Adult Swim, talk show Space Ghost Coast to Coast, a role which he played for all 110 episodes spanning fourteen years before the series ended in 2008, along with its spin-off Cartoon Planet.[1] He continued the role on Perfect Hair Forever.
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[edit] Acting roles
[edit] TBS and Cartoon Network
Lowe did occasional voice-over work for TBS throughout the late 1980s and early 1990s, as well as occasional voice-overs for Cartoon Network in the mid 1990s. Lowe's career as a voice actor officially began in 1994 with the premiere of Space Ghost Coast to Coast, in which he starred as the lead role of Space Ghost. Space Ghost Coast to Coast finished a ten year run of new episodes on Cartoon Network/Adult Swim in 2004, and was revived on Gametap for 2 seasons during 2006–2008 for an additional 16 episodes.
Lowe has performed Space Ghost's voice more than any other role in his acting career, and he has portrayed the character more often than any other actor. (Gary Owens is second and Andy Merrill is third.) In addition to Space Ghost Coast to Coast and its spin-off program Cartoon Planet, Lowe has made appearances as Space Ghost in Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film For Theaters, The Brak Show (he was also a series regular, providing the voice for Dad), Robot Chicken (among various other characters), Perfect Hair Forever, and other Adult Swim series. As Space Ghost, Lowe has served as the voice of the Cartoon Network's merchandise phone sales line.
Lowe performed live and in costume as Space Ghost during the Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film For Theaters premiere webcast for adultswim.com; it can also be found among the extras of the ATHF Volume 5 DVD. He's set to make another Space Ghost appearance in the Aqua Teen movie sequel Death Fighter.
[edit] Minor roles
Lowe appears as Dick, the chief executive officer of the fictional Bebop Cola company, in a live-action segment of the Sealab 2021 episode "All That Jazz."
Lowe is a recurring character on Aqua Teen Hunger Force where he plays himself. He has a different occupation in every episode.
Lowe is a recently recurring character in Artix Entertainment games. Lowe made a special guest voice appearance in the online game AdventureQuest Worlds for the Friday 13th event August 2010, in which he is revealed to be a park ranger who loves to tell campfire tales – in this case, telling ghost stories around a campfire. It was also eventually revealed that he is secretly not actually a park ranger but an ancient evil who feeds off of fear, and, after having gathered enough spooky vibes, transforms into the "George Lowe-viathan". He returned for the AQW birthday event, which he narrated. Throughout these events and other parts of the game that he narrates, Lowe refers to himself in the third person and as always shamelessly promotes himself which has become a recurring gag throughout his cameo appearances in games and television. Lowe has made another special guest voice appearance in the online game DragonFable for the Falconreach Idle event in November 2010, he voiced himself in a panel of three judges for the event. In the end Lowe is disgruntled by too many puns and transforms into "George Lowe-viathan". In December 2010, it was announced that Lowe would be a fightable character in EpicDuel, ArtixEntertainment's PvP MMO. It is now possible not only to fight Lowe, but you can hire him for mercenary work. Also, George Lowe aired at the RPG Mech Quest as GLaDERP, a super computer that operates an orbital station through the galaxy to spread the game Derizion, in which the loser gets his planet destroyed. After much trouble, the hero manages to free GLaDERP from an onboard virus. The station parodies the well known saga Tron, with the uniforms and several other extras.
Lowe has done announcing work for Sponsors vs. Freeloaders from Episode 2 forward.
[edit] Current work
In early 2006, George Lowe joined the staff of popular Boston classic rock radio station WZLX/100.7. Lowe is the current "Voice of WZLX" and handles most of the station's imaging voiceover duties.
[edit] Other roles
- Lowe can be heard in commercials aired during Atlanta Braves baseball radio broadcasts and on local Atlanta radio.
- Has been the voice of Dallas/Ft. Worth's MyNetworkTV station, KDFI TV 27, since 2004. Can also be heard occasionally on sister station KDFW.
- Was the voice of BridgeTown Grill's radio commercials in 1998–1999, in Atlanta, Georgia.
- Was the producer and announcer for the morning show on "Power 99" (WAPW-FM). At the end of each show, he would announce made-up sponsors, which were parodic and often quite ridiculous. His on-air name was "Don Lardo".
- Was the voice for Atlanta's MARTA transit system radio commercials in the late 1990s.
- Does the between song interludes and program openers and closers for Louisiana radio station 99.5 WRNO-FM (The Rock of New Orleans)
- Lowe is occasionally a guest on Mancow's Morning Madhouse, a syndicated radio program.
- Lowe performed multiple bumpers and station IDs for Chicago's "Q101" back in the days when that station hosted Mancow.
- Lowe grew up in Brooksville, Florida, where he began learning radio skills at WWJB AM 1450, a 1 kW/250 watt AM station, in the early 1970s.
- Lowe counts The Firesign Theatre as one of his predominant comedy influences.
- Lowe often made guest appearances at Jacon (Orlando Anime Convention).
- Similarly, Lowe continues to make appearances at other conventions, where he is, more often than not, very approachable, and welcoming towards his fans.
- Lowe did radio spots for Atlanta radio station WKLS (during its "96 Rock" era), mostly advertising for the morning show Regular Guys.
- He had worked at WUSF-TV in the late '70s and early '80s as the anchorman for the student produced show Weekend.
- Created voice content for WMAX-FM (Grand Rapids, MI) for their promotions and station identification.
- He's voicing Beaver Boy on the Fairly Odd Parents from 2010 to present. His episodes were supposed to start 2009, but they were pushed back to 2010.
- Lowe is a frequent guest during the Lightning Round segment on WTVT's NewsEdge at 11.
- Lowe's voice made an appearance on MTV's Celebrity Deathmatch as Willard Scott during a match-up between Bryant Gumbel and Katie Couric.
- Lowe played the role of the Doctor in the Assy McGee episode "The Ballad of Blind Anthony".
- Lowe can be heard introducing and closing each episode of adult swim Central Presents Colon adult swim Swimcast Intended for the Internet.
- Lowe is the radio voice for MaC 93.1 & 94.7 (KMCS Muscatine and KMCN Clinton) two FM Adult hits radio stations that "MirrorCast" in Eastern Iowa.
- Lowe does the voice work for Fred's Southern Kitchen's radio advertisements in Lakeland, Florida
- Lowe voices promotions and station identification for 94.1 (KTSO The Sound) FM in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
- Lowe does commercials and promotions for WNCX/98.5.
- Lowe was in the AdventureQuest Worlds Friday the 13th event in August 2010
- Lowe voices commercials for the FX show The League starting in 2010.
- Lowe voices television commercials for Lego which began airing in November 2010 in the United States.
- Lowe appears in Adventure quest worlds as a park ranger
- Lowe will be voicing the Narrator/Announcer in the Nintendo 3DS game Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion.
[edit] Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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| 1994–2004; 2006–2008 |
Space Ghost Coast to Coast | Space Ghost, Salesman, Announcer, Himself, Narrator, Timmy, Singer, Cop | (SGC2C's TV run ended in 2004, acted in all 94 episodes, and had GameTap episodes from 2006–2008, acted in all 16 internet episodes). Voice role, Himself, Writer, Co-Executive Producer Lead Role |
| 1995–1999 | Cartoon Planet | Space Ghost | (voice) Lead Role |
| 2000 | Brak Presents the Brak Show Starring Brak | Various Characters | (voice) Supporting Role |
| The Brak Show | Dad, Space Ghost, Announcer, Judge | 2000–2003 (voice) Lead Role | |
| Aqua Teen Hunger Force | George Lowe (as various characters) | 2000–present (voices) | |
| 2001 | Sealab 2021 | Dick | One episode (voice) Special Guest |
| 2004 | Anime Talk Show | Space Ghost | TV Special |
| 2005 | Perfect Hair Forever | Space Ghost | 2005–2007, (voice) Supporting Role |
| Robot Chicken | Space Ghost, Various characters | 2005–2010, (voice) Special Guest | |
| 2007 | Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters | Space Ghost | (voice) Cameo |
| Lowe Country/Earth Ghost | Himself/CGI Space Ghost | Pilot, Lead Role | |
| 2008 | Assy McGee | doctor | (voice) Special Guest |
| The Drinky Crow Show | various voices | Uncredited in all episodes (voice) Special Guest | |
| 2009 | Squidbillies | off-stage voice | (voice) Special Guest |
| 2010–Present | Fairly Odd Parents | Beaver Boy | (voice) Special Guest/Supporting Role |
| 2012 | Death Fighter | Space Ghost | Confirmed role (voice) Filming Cameo |
[edit] References
- Notes
- ^ Episode Listing for Space Ghost: Coast to Coast TVTome.com . Retrieved September 25, 2006.
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[edit] External links
- George Lowe entry at the Internet Movie Database
- George Lowe Audio Interview
- Space Ghost Coast to Coast website
| Preceded by Andy Merrill |
Actors portraying Space Ghost 1994–Present |
Succeeded by none |
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