George Newbern
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| George Newbern | |
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| Born | George Young Newbern December 10, 1964 Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1982–present |
| Spouse | Marietta DePrima (1990–present) |
George Young Newbern (born December 10, 1964) is an American television and film actor best known for his roles as Bryan MacKenzie in Father of the Bride (1991) and its sequel Father of the Bride Part II as well as Danny (The Yeti) in Friends. He is also well known for providing the voices of Superman from the Justice League and Justice League Unlimited animated series, as well as Sephiroth from the Final Fantasy series and the Kingdom Hearts series. He is also known for having appeared in Saw VI. He married actress Marietta DePrima in 1990, and together have three children—Emma, Mae, and Ben.
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[edit] Life and career
Born in Little Rock, Arkansas, the son of Betty, a teacher of Spanish, and David Newbern, a radiologist,[1] he began his acting career at the Arkansas Arts Center in Little Rock, in the role of the younger brother in Life With Father, based on Clarence S. Day Jr.'s autobiographical novels. This first acting role spurred him on to other acting roles and eventually on to movie roles. Newbern's first lead role was in 1987's Double Switch, a retelling of The Prince and the Pauper that aired as a part of the Wonderful World of Disney television series. Newbern had a recurring role as the son of designer Julia Sugarbaker (played by Dixie Carter) on the 1990s series Designing Women. He has since guest-starred on television in such series as Providence, Chicago Hope, Friends, Bull, CSI, Medium, Ghost Whisperer, Criminal Minds, and Private Practice.
He starred as Neal Morris, father of Melissa Morris (Emily Osment), in the 2009 Disney Channel movie Dadnapped, and portrayed Apollo 14 astronaut Stu Roosa in the HBO mini-series From The Earth To The Moon.
His movie acting credits include Adventures in Babysitting (1987) with Elisabeth Shue; Double Switch (1987); Switching Channels (1988) with Kathleen Turner, Burt Reynolds and Christopher Reeve; and Father of the Bride (1991) and its sequel Father of the Bride Part II with Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, Kimberly Williams, and Martin Short. In 2009 he appeared in Locker 13.
[edit] Superman
As a voice actor, Newbern is notable for his role as Superman on the Cartoon Network series Static Shock, Justice League and its sequel Justice League Unlimited, replacing actor Tim Daly, who had contractual obligations elsewhere. Newbern reprised his role as Superman in The Batman's fifth season two-part opener, "The Batman/Superman Story" and the series finale episode "Lost Heroes", even though that series was described as existing in a different continuity. He recently reprised his role as Superman in the DC Showcase short, Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam.[citation needed]
[edit] Other roles
Newbern's voice acting career began in 1991 with the cartoon series The Pirates of Dark Water, and he has also done voiceovers on a number of video games and game-related productions. He has also voiced in the infamous Theodore Rex as the character of the same name. In 2003, Newbern provided the voice of Mevyn Nooj in Final Fantasy X-2. His performance as Nooj reportedly impressed the developers at Square-Enix enough for them to cast him as Sephiroth in the English version of Kingdom Hearts II, replacing Lance Bass (and co-starring with Haley Joel Osment, the brother of his previous co-star, Emily), and he would also go on to reprise the role in the English-language releases of Final Fantasy VII Advent Children, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII, Dissidia: Final Fantasy and Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy. He later appeared in the second season of Jericho as the President of the Allied States of America. In 2009, he sent a DNA sample into space to preserve the Newbern genome. Newbern also narrated Toyota's commercials for the 2010 model year of the Prius, one of the car company's younger automotive models, and portrayed Harold in Saw VI.
[edit] Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | The Blue and the Gray | Deserting Union Soldier | TV Miniseries |
| 1986 | My Little Girl | Woody | |
| 1986 | Family Ties | Eric | 1 episode |
| 1986–1992 | Designing Women | Payne McIlroy | 4 episodes |
| 1987 | Adventures in Babysitting | Dan Lynch | |
| 1987 | Paramedics | Uptown | |
| 1987 | Double Switch | Bart Holton and Matt | TV Movie |
| 1988 | Switching Channels | Siegenthaler | |
| 1988 | It Takes Two | Travis Rogers | |
| 1990 | The Designing Women Special: Their Finest Hour | TV Special | |
| 1990 | Working Girl | Everett Rutledge | TV Series |
| 1991 | Father of the Bride | Bryan MacKenzie | |
| 1991-1993 | The Pirates of Darkwater | Ren | Animated Series |
| 1992 | Little Sister | Mike | |
| 1993 | Doorways | Dr. Thomas Mason | TV Movie |
| 1993 | Doppelganger | Patrick Highsmith | TV Movie |
| 1993 | Torch Song | Wedge | TV Movie |
| 1994 | I Spy Returns | Bennett | TV Movie |
| 1994 | A Part of the Family | Marc | TV Movie |
| 1994 | Witness to the Execution | Phillip Tyler | TV Movie |
| 1994 | The All-American Thanksgiving Parade | the Host | |
| 1994-1995 | The Boys are Back | TV Series | |
| 1995 | Father of the Bride Part II | Bryan MacKenzie | |
| 1995 | Theodore Rex | Theodore Rex | |
| 1995 | Courthouse | Sean | TV Series |
| 1996 | Far Harbor | Jordan | |
| 1996 | The Evening Star | Tommy Horton | |
| 1997 | Gold Fever | Will Patterson | Documentary |
| 1997 | Promised Land | Michael Burns (1 episode) | TV Series |
| 1997 | Touched by an Angel | Michael Burns (2 episodes) | TV Series |
| 1997 | The Outer Limits | Ryan Unger (1 episode) | TV Series |
| 1997 | Perversions of Science | Walter (1 episode) | TV Series |
| 1997-1998 | Chicago Hope | Dr. Scott Frank | TV Series |
| 1998 | From the Earth to the Moon | Astronaut Stu Roosa | TV Miniseries |
| 1998 | Twice Upon a Time | Joe | TV Movie |
| 1998 | Friends | Danny (3 episodes) | TV series |
| 1998 | The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn | Christian Nelson | TV Movie |
| 1999 | Friends and Lovers | Ian Wickam | |
| 2000 | If These Walls Could Talk | Tom | TV movie |
| 2000 | Bull | Robert "Ditto" Roberts III | TV series |
| 2001 | Sons of Mistletoe | Jimmy Adams | TV movie |
| 2002 | Providence | Owen Frank (2002, Series) | TV series |
| 2003 | Static Shock | Clark Kent/Superman | Animated series |
| 2004 | Boston Legal | Dr. Allen Konigsberg (1 episode) | TV series |
| 2004 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Dr. Todd Coombs (1 episode) | TV series |
| 2005 | Buffalo Dreams | Dr.Nick Townsend | TV Movie |
| 2006 | Kingdom Hearts II | Sephiroth (voice: English version) | Video game |
| 2006 | Final Fantasy VII Advent Children | Sephiroth | |
| 2007-2008 | The Batman | Clark Kent/Superman (4 episodes) | TV series |
| 2008 | CSI: Miami | Kevin Weaver (1 episode) | TV series |
| 2008 | Ben 10: Alien Force | Frank Tennyson (1 episode) | TV series |
| 2008 | Batman: Gotham Knight | Voices: Man in Black / Guido / Man / Youth 3 | |
| 2008 | Grey's Anatomy | Stan Mercer (1 episode) | TV series |
| 2008 | Dissidia Final Fantasy | Sephiroth (voice: English version) | Video Game |
| 2008 | Ghost Whisperer | Roger Gardner (1 episode) | TV series |
| 2009 | The Patient | George | |
| 2009 | Criminal Minds | Steven Baleman (1 episode) | TV series |
| 2009 | CSI: NY | Alex Sheridan (1 episode) | TV series |
| 2009 | Dadnapped | Neal Morris | TV movie |
| 2009 | Castle | Howard Peterson (1 episode) | TV series |
| 2009 | Locker 13 | Robert Diener (segment "Midnight Blues") | |
| 2009 | The Cleaner | Perry (1 episode) | TV series |
| 2009 | Saw VI | Harold Abbott | |
| 2009 | Private Practice | Brian Reynolds (1 episode) | TV series |
| 2010 | Nip/Tuck | Dr. Curtis Ryerson (4 episodes) | TV series |
| 2010 | The Mentalist | Dr. Cliff Edmunds (1 episode) | TV series |
| 2010 | Miami Medical | Frank (1 episode) | TV series |
| 2010 | NCIS | Arthur Haskell (1 episode) | TV series |
| 2010-2011 | Hot in Cleveland | Jordan (2 Episodes) | TV series |
| 2010 | The Assignment | John Baird | post-production |
| 2010 | Transformers: Prime | Animated series | |
| 2010 | Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam | Superman | Direct-to-DVD animated short film |
| 2011 | Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy | Sephiroth (voice: English version) | Video Game |
| 2011 | The Heart of Christmas | Dr. Sandler | TV movie |
| 2012 | Superman Versus The Elite | Clark Kent/Superman | Direct-to-DVD animated film |
