Rob Paulsen
Rob Paulsen
Robert Fredrick "Rob" Paulsen IIIis an American voice actor and singer who has done many voice roles in various films, television shows and video games. He is known for voicing Raphael and Donatello from the 1987 cartoon and 2012 cartoon respectively of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Yakko Warner and Dr. Otto Scratchansniff from Animaniacs, Jack Fenton from Danny Phantom, Pinky from Pinky and the Brain and the title character in The Mask. In total, Paulsen has been the voice of...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth11 March 1956
CityDetroit, MI
CountryUnited States of America
One of the greatest things about my job is that I can enjoy all the successes of a show, but can still go out in public, not like say, Michael Jordan.
It's a treat to portray a complex character. Besides... where else could I find a job where emotional outbursts and odd exclamations like 'Egad!', 'Narf!', 'Poit!', 'Splonk!' and 'Zort!' are allowed?
I absolutely love what I do and thank my lucky stars for twenty-five years of full-time employment in this business.
The greatest thing is nobody cares that I'm fifty years old. They only care what I sound like.
My goal is to leave the producer with so many good takes, that he or she has a tough time deciding on the best one.
I know a lot of successful people and none of them are stupid.
Learn as much as you can about performing. Live theater, improv classes, music, stand up comedy, dance, anything to make yourself confident and comfortable in front of an audience. It'll all come in handy when auditioning for producers and performing with other actors. The best voice actors all have a live performance background. And are competent, fearless, incredibly creative actors.
The best voice actors all have a live performance background. And are competent, fearless, incredibly creative actors.
I'm getting paid to do what I got in trouble for in the 7th grade. I absolutely love what I do and thank my lucky stars for twenty-five years of full-time employment in this business.
I'm one of those fortunate actors who gets to work pretty much every day. I've had a run of good fortune and work with some terrific people who have hired me.
Work hard in school and listen to your parents. They really do want the very best for you and have been where you're going.
The nuances and organic characteristics of a character become second nature if I'm doing my job well.
Just because there are celebrities in a movie, it doesn't mean anything. I don't think The Ant Bully did all that well the first week at the box office. Compare the movies that have a lot of celebrities with the Jimmy Neutron movie, which had no celebrity voices and grossed almost one hundred million dollars.
I love to improvise when it's appropriate and encouraged by a producer.