Jack Angel

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Jack Angel
Born (1930-10-24) October 24, 1930 (age 82)
Modesto, California, U.S.
Occupation Voice actor
Years active 1969–present
Agent Arlene Thornton and Associates
Spouse(s) yes
Website
http://www.jackangel.com/

Jack Angel (born October 24, 1930) is an American voice actor, who has worked on many animated television series, movies and video games.

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Life and career [edit]

Angel was born in Modesto, California. His father was a greek immigrant who had arrived in America during the 1900s, and years later became famous as the Bean King of Central California. The future actor attended San Francisco State University, however at the same time, he landed the position of disc jockey on a California radio station and decided to focus on a career in radio programs. A decade later, he was one of the most popular radio personalities. Jack Angel's popular radio programs were heard on stations KMPC and KFI, Los Angeles. In the early years of his career, he landed roles in stage productions in The Actor's Ring and the Portland Civic Theater.

His first jobs in the voice-over industry included guest appearances in various Scooby-Doo cartoons as well as in the series Super Friends, in which he played Hawkman, he also voiced The Flash and Samurai.

In the Transformers series, he was the voice of Astrotrain, Smokescreen, Ramjet, Cyclonus (following the death of Roger C. Carmel), Omega Supreme, Sentinel Prime, and Ultra Magnus (animated television series only). He did reprise Ramjet and Astrotrain in The Transformers: The Movie.

He also lent his voice to the character Dr. Zachary Darret in the 1984 CBS cartoon series Pole Position.

In 1995 he was the voice of Nikki in Balto, an animated film produced by Universal Studios and Amblin Entertainment, and also appeared in Dino-Riders and G.I. Joe. In these three cartoons, he often acts alongside Frank Welker, Chris Latta, Michael Bell, Peter Cullen and Charlie Adler. He also voices the SWATbots on Sonic the Hedgehog.

Also, he played the Liquidator on Darkwing Duck, the Chief of Police in Goof Troop and also voiced Nick Fury on Spider-Man: The Animated series.

In 2001, Angel was the voice of "Teddy" in the movie A.I. Artificial Intelligence and provided additional voices in animated films such as A Bug's Life, Monsters, Inc, Ice Age: The Meltdown, Cars, Horton Hears a Who, The Prince of Egypt, The Iron Giant and Aladdin.

Angel has also ventured into video games, and narrating the cult hit killer7 as well as playing Wonkers the Watilla in Dreamfall: The Longest Journey, The Mayor in Ratchet & Clank, and Captain Teague in the video game version of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.

In 2007, he voiced an alien called Technorg on Ben 10 and Comrade Chaos on El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera and the Pirate Captain in an episode of Avatar: The Last Airbender. Angel also voiced Papa Smurf in the 2011 special, The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol. In 2005, he voiced Smokey the Bear in a few public service announcements and radio spots.

He has also played several characters in the Pixar film Toy Story franchise; Rocky Gibraltar in Toy Story, The Shark in Toy Story 2 and Chunk in Toy Story 3.

Filmography [edit]

Animated series [edit]

Animated films [edit]

Video games [edit]

Other [edit]

References [edit]

  • Angel, Jack (2012), The Book of Jack, Hardcover, ISBN 14-582-03891 
  • Angel, Jack (2012), How To Succeed in Voice-Overs: Without Ever Losing, AbbottPress, ISBN 14-582-03212 

External links [edit]

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