Dana Snyder

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Dana Snyder
Snyder in 2014
Born (1973-11-14) November 14, 1973 (age 50)
Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Other namesCarmine Decenzo
Dan Snyder
Dick Snyder
Dann Snyder
Danna Snyder
EducationLas Vegas High School
Alma materWebster University (BFA)
Occupations
  • Actor
  • voice actor
Years active2000–present
AgentNatanya Rose
Spouse
Christine Snyder
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(m. 2005)​
Children1

Dana Snyder (born November 14, 1973) is an American actor and voice actor. He is known for voicing Master Shake on Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Granny Cuyler on Squidbillies, and Baby Ball on Ballmastrz: 9009. He also voiced Dr. Whang on Adult Swim's Minoriteam, Dr. Colosso on Nickelodeon's comedy series The Thundermans, and Gazpacho on Cartoon Network's animated series Chowder.[1]

Early life

Snyder was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania[2] on November 14, 1973 and grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada.[3] He credits Don Rickles, Rip Taylor, and Phil Silvers as childhood influences.[4] Snyder graduated from Las Vegas High School in 1992[5] and he graduated with a BFA from the Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Webster University, Missouri in 1996.[6][7]

Career

Voice acting

Snyder was hired to voice Master Shake on Aqua Teen Hunger Force,[8] auditioning during a phone call to Dave Willis.[9] Snyder provided the voice of Gazpacho on Chowder, Todd and Benny Lee on the G4TV show Code Monkeys, "The Alchemist" on The Venture Bros., and Granny Cuyler on Squidbillies.[10] He voices Leonard the Koala in The Penguins of Madagascar and plays a teacher named "Mr. Baldwin" on the Disney series Fish Hooks.[11][12] He played Alistair in Open Season 3.[13][14] Snyder provided the voices of Sam as well as Cold Fusion Reactor Dad on the web series Suicide by Side.[15][16] He narrated the Adult Swim web series Sipes Stories that he co-produced with Andy Sipes. He has starred on Adventure Time as the Ancient Sleeping Magi of Life Giving from the episode "Little Dude" in the fifth season. He played the voice of Belcitane within the White Knight Chronicles, and the White Knight Chronicles II.[17] He also shows up in the web series "Bravest Warriors" in season 2 episode 6.[18] He voices the recurring character McSweats in the Disney XD animated series Pickle and Peanut. Snyder played Dr. Colosso on Nickelodeon's comedy The Thundermans from 2013 to 2018. He also played as Graballa the Hutt on the Disney XD animated series Lego Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures.

Stage acting

On April 15, 2010, Snyder and Dave Willis went on a multi-city[19] tour called Dave & Dana: Stars of Aqua Teen!.[20][21][22] In June 2010, he appeared as Max Bialystock in the Lyceum Theatre's production of Mel Brooks' The Producers in Arrow Rock, Missouri.[23] In February and March 2011, he again played Max Bialystock in The Producers at the Riverside Theatre in Vero Beach Florida.[11] Snyder has also been seen in the Lyceum Theatre 2011 productions of Run For Your Wife,[24] Damn Yankees, and The Sound of Music[25] and has worked at several other United States regional theaters, including Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, and Cleveland Play House.[1] Snyder was also a guest performer during several performances of the Atlanta-based burlesque revue "Dames Aflame" in 2010 and 2012.[26]

Film and television

Snyder has made guest appearances on ER,[27] Brothers and Sisters,[1] and Gary Unmarried.[28][29] Snyder also appeared in Saul of the Mole Men,[27][30] The Young Person's Guide to History[31], and Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell. He guest appeared on the Christian live action television show Come On Over.

Podcasts

Snyder co-hosted the Ken P.D. Snydecast with Ken "Plumey" Plume, which was a free podcast. The first episode of the show appeared on the internet on January 11, 2006 with the last episode appearing September 18, 2017.[32] The show was initially produced out of IGN[33] and was produced out of Fred Entertainment before its finale in 2017.[33] In addition to Snyder and Plume, guests have included Doc Hammer, Paul Sabourin, and Jay Wade Edwards.[32] In late 2013, Dana began co-hosting the podcast Drunk on Disney[34] with Guy Hutchinson.[35] Since 2018, Snyder started hosting Dino and Dana's Safe Space Starring Spencer and Tish with Dino Stamatopoulos, Spencer Crittenden and Tish Burns. Occasional guests include Jeff B. Davis and Cassandra Church.

Personal life

He married Christine "Sweety" Snyder (née Ciccone) in August 2005. They have one daughter born in June 2014.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2007 Dante's Inferno Ulysses, Strom Thurmond (voices)
2007 Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters Master Shake (voice)
2010 Open Season 3 Alistair (voice) Direct-to-video
2011 A Letter to Momo Kawa (voice) English dub
2015 Batman Unlimited: Animal Instincts The Penguin (voice) Direct-to-video
2015 Hell and Back Garthog (voice)
2016 Batman Unlimited: Mechs vs. Mutants The Penguin (voice) Direct-to-video
2018 Scooby-Doo! and the Gourmet Ghost Skip Taylor (voice) Direct-to-video

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2000–2015 Aqua Teen Hunger Force Master Shake (voice) Main role
2001 Sealab 2021 Master Shake (voice) Episode: "Murphy Murph & the Feng Shui Bunch"
2005–present Squidbillies Granny Cuyler (voice) 85 episodes
2006 Minoriteam Dr. Wang (voice) 20 episodes
2006 Robot Chicken Master Shake, Twinkie the Kid, Various Voices 4 episodes
2006–2007 Come On Over Dr. FullOvit (voice) 3 episodes
2006–present The Venture Bros. The Alchemist, The President (voices) 15 episodes
2007 ER Paranoid Man Episode: "Lights Out"
2007 Saul of the Mole Men Kiko, Strata Operator, Benjamin Franklin (voices) 20 episodes
2007 Brothers & Sisters Office Worker Episode: "Home Front"
2007–2008 Code Monkeys Todd, Benny (voices) 24 episodes
2007–2010 Chowder Gazpacho (voice) 48 episodes
2008 Young Person's Guide to History Benjamin Franklin Television special
2010 Robotomy Dreadnot, Thunderbyte (voices) 10 episodes
2010–2013 Mad Various Voices 29 episodes
2010–2011 The Penguins of Madagascar Leonard (voice) 4 episodes
2010–2015 Fish Hooks Mr. Baldwin, Bud (voices) 31 episodes
2012 Superjail! Prison Pee Dee (voice) 5 episodes
2012–2015 Adventure Time Ancient Sleeping Magi of Life Giving, The Train (voices) 5 episodes
2013–present Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell Lucas, Troy 13 episodes
2013, 2015 Bob's Burgers Pud, Sheldon (voices) 2 episodes
2013–2018 The Thundermans Dr. Colosso (voice) Recurring role
2014 The Haunted Hathaways Dr. Colosso (voice) Episode: "The Haunted Thundermans"
2014 Bravest Warriors The Thing, Puppet Characters (voices) Episode: "The Puppetyville Horror"
2015 DC Super Friends The Penguin (voice) 7 episodes
2015–2018 Pickle and Peanut McSweats (voice) 9 episodes
2016 Lego Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures Graballa the Hutt (voice) 8 episodes
2016 Harvey Beaks Blargus (voice) Episode: "Technoscare"
2016 Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn Dr. Colosso 1 episode
2016 Gamer's Guide to Pretty Much Everything Mr. Funkus 3 episodes
2016–2018 Justice League Action Plastic Man, The Penguin (voices) 7 episodes
2017–2019 OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes Doctor Greyman (voice) 7 episodes
2017 Welcome to the Wayne Wendell (voice) Recurring role
2018–present Ballmastrz: 9009 Baby Ball (voice) Main role
2018–present Paradise PD Stanley Hopson, Dusty Marlow (voices) 10 episodes
2018 12 oz. Mouse Buzby (voice) Episode: "Invictus"
2019 Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart Medatatin' Melvin (voice) Episode: "Flyaway"

Video games

Year Title Role
2007 Aqua Teen Hunger Force Zombie Ninja Pro-Am Master Shake
2010 White Knight Chronicles II Belcitane
2012 Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two Gremlin Jamface

Other

Year Title Role Notes
2007 Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters Master Shake Writer, performer: "Nude Love", & Voice Actor
2009 G4 Presents Comic-Con '09 Live Belcitane Performer: "Nature's Bounty" and "Yellowcake"

References

  1. ^ a b c "Riverside Theatre". riversidetheatre.com. Archived from the original on 15 October 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  2. ^ The Morning Call (18 August 2006). "Famous People from The Lehigh Valley". themorningcall.com. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  3. ^ "An actor who plays with his food". The Washingtion Times. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  4. ^ "An actor who plays with his food". The Washingtion Times. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  5. ^ http://www.lvhsaa.com/SNYDER,%20DANA%20-%20BIO.pdf
  6. ^ "Code Monkeys". TV.com. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  7. ^ "Dana Snyder". Metacritic. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  8. ^ "Breaking News - The Aqua Teen Hunger Force Movie Film for Theatres to Debut This Fall - TheFutonCritic.com". Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  9. ^ Aqua Teen Hunger Force is a Movie! – TeenHollywood.com
  10. ^ "Florida Supercon Adds Rikki Simmons, Greg Horn, George Lowe and Dana Snyder – Comic Book Resources". Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  11. ^ a b Marilyn Bauer. "Riverside Theatre to stage Tony Award-winning 'The Producers'". TCP. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  12. ^ "Disney Channel: Fish Hooks – The Paley Center for Media". The Paley Center for Media. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  13. ^ "Open Season 3". Movie Insider. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  14. ^ "Open Season 3". 1 September 2011. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  15. ^ Dana Snyder Archived 2011-08-27 at the Wayback Machine
  16. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-05-09. Retrieved 2011-11-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  17. ^ Dana Snyder and Andy Sipes to Launch Web Series on AdultSwim.com – Los Angeles – Arts – Public Spectacle Archived 2010-10-28 at the Wayback Machine
  18. ^ POSSESSED WARRIORS?!?! in "The Puppetyville Horror" – (Bravest Warriors Season 2 Ep. 6). YouTube. 23 January 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  19. ^ "Adult Swim Takes Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Squidbillies on Tour". pastemagazine.com. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  20. ^ "'Aqua Teen' kicks off live tour". Digital Spy. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  21. ^ "Dave Willis and Dana Snyder of Aqua Teen Hunger Force Talk Tour". pastemagazine.com. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  22. ^ "The Chicago Maroon — If you want some Aqua Teen, Lakeshore will give it to ya". Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  23. ^ "Marshall Democrat-News: Local News: Lyceum Theatre launches season with 'The Producers' (05/31/10)". Marshall Democrat-News. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  24. ^ "Marshall Democrat-News: Local News: "Run for Your Wife" comes to the Lyceum Theatre (07/18/11)". Marshall Democrat-News. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  25. ^ "Lyceum Theatre: News". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  26. ^ "Dames Aflame". Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  27. ^ a b "Aqua Teen's' Master Shake found his voice in Easton". tribunedigital-mcall. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  28. ^ "Listings – TheFutonCritic.com – The Web's Best Television Resource". Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  29. ^ Dana Snyder – About This Person – Movies & TV – NYTimes.com
  30. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2011-11-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  31. ^ Watch Young Person's Guide to History Episodes and Clips for Free from Adult Swim
  32. ^ a b "iTunes – Podcasts – Ken P.D. Snydecast – FRED Entertainment by FRED Entertainment". iTunes. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  33. ^ a b "Ken P. D. Snyde-Cast #8". IGN. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  34. ^ "Drunk On Disney Podcast". Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  35. ^ "ACPN". Retrieved 2 April 2015.

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