Corey Burton

Corey Burton
Born	Corey Gregg Weinberg (1955-08-03) August 3, 1955 Granada Hills, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Other names	Cory Burton
Occupation	Voice Actor
Years active	1972-present
Awards	Annie Award Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting by a Male Performer in an Animated Television Production 2003 for House of Mouse
Website
http://www.coreyburton.com/

Corey Burton (born Corey Gregg Weinberg; August 3, 1955) is an American voice actor, perhaps best known as the current voice of Captain Hook for numerous Disney projects, Brainiac in the DC animated universe, several central characters (Count Dooku, Cad Bane and Ziro the Hutt) for numerous Star Wars projects, and Spike Witwicky and Shockwave in the Transformers universe. He has worked on numerous cartoon series for major networks such as Cartoon Network and has worked extensively with The Walt Disney Company and Disney theme parks.

Early career

Corey Burton began his career at age 17 with an imitation performance of voice actor Hans Conried for Disney. He studied radio acting with Daws Butler (Time for Beany, Merrie Melodies, Yogi Bear) for four years and went on to work with nearly all of the original Hollywood radio actors in classic-style radio dramas.

Disney

Burton has done extensive voice work for Disney including feature animations and interactive sections of the company, as well as many attractions at the Disneyland Resort, Walt Disney World Resort and Tokyo Disney Resort. He provides the "Feature Presentation" voice on numerous Disney home video releases and can be heard as the tram narration voice at Disneyland park. He provided the voice of Captain Hook in Disney's Return to Never Land and overdubbed the voice of Deems Taylor, the Master of Ceremonies in Fantasia, for the film's 2000 and 2010 video and DVD releases, as some of Taylor's original soundtracks had been lost.

Burton has voiced sound-alikes and original characters for over 50 Disney Storyteller records. His roles include:

• Additional voices in Dinosaur (Activity Center CD Rom)
• Ludwig Von Drake in DuckTales, Raw Toonage, Bonkers, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Gus, Quack Pack, Mickey Mouse Works and Disney's House of Mouse.
• Dale in Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers.
• Mad Hatter in Bonkers and Disney's House of Mouse.
• Gruffi Gummi and Toadwart in Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears (following the death of Bill Scott).
• Sigmund Brock in American Dragon: Jake Long.
• Zeus in Hercules: The Animated Series.
• Quint and Speedy the Snail in The Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa.
• Mole in Atlantis: The Lost Empire and Atlantis: Milo's Return.
• Onus in Treasure Planet.
• Captain Hook in Return to Never Land, Disney's House of Mouse, Disney's Villains' Revenge and Jake and the Never Land Pirates.
• Captain Hook, Chip 'n Dale and Yen Sid in the Kingdom Hearts series.
  • The White Rabbit, The Doorknob and Flotsam and Jetsam in Kingdom Hearts.
  • Shan Yu, The Peddler, Santa Claus, Sark and The MCP in Kingdom Hearts II.
  • Magic Mirror and Grumpy in Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep.
  • Claude Frollo in Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance.
• The Narrator in Goofy appearances (1992–present).
• The opening Radio Voice in Kiki's Delivery Service (Walt Disney Studios dub).
• Professor Owl in Disney Sing Along Songs and the House of Mouse series.
• King Stefan in Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams.
• Mr. Smee in Disney's Villains' Revenge.
• The White Rabbit in Disney's Villains' Revenge and Disney's House of Mouse.
• The Ringmaster from Dumbo in Disney's Villains' Revenge.
• Mr. Harvey Fenner in The Princess and the Frog.
• Buzz Lightyear and other additional voices in the Disney On Ice adaptation of Toy Story 3.
• Yen Sid and Captain Hook (the latter through vocal effects) in Epic Mickey.
• Doc Hudson in the Cars video games and Radiator Springs Racers (replacing the late Paul Newman).

Paul Frees

Burton is perhaps best known to Disney fans for his imitation of the late voice actor Paul Frees as the Ghost Host in Disneyland's Haunted Mansion Holiday attraction, as well as providing the same voice for Walt Disney World's HalloWishes fireworks show during Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party event. Burton also recited the classic line "Welcome, foolish mortals" in the opening of the film version of The Haunted Mansion.

Burton was also approached to record a new safety spiel for the beginning of the original Haunted Mansion ride. He declined and the spiel was instead recorded by voice actor Joe Leahy.

Burton provides many others Paul Frees-like voices for Disneyland park, including several newer pirates in the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction (like the "Pooped Pirate" and the pirate voice that guides you on and off the boat) and almost every voice in Mr. Toad's Wild Ride.

Burton performed another Frees imitation for comedian Stan Freberg's album Stan Freberg Presents the United States of America, Volume Two. He also impersonated Frees as the voice of the alien foreheads in Larry Blamire's period science fiction spoof Trail of the Screaming Forehead.

Burton performed a Frees imitation as the voice of the announcer in the 1999 film Dudley Do-Right.

Animation

Transformers

Burton appeared as Shockwave, Sunstreaker, Brawn and Spike Witwicky in the 1984-86 Transformers cartoon series by Sunbow Productions & Marvel Productions. He later appeared as Megatron, Ratchet, Ironhide, Brawn, Cyrus "The Colossus" Rhodes, Spike Witwicky and Longarm Prime/Shockwave in the Transformers Animated series by Cartoon Network.

Burton stated in an interview that Shockwave was by far his favorite character to perform in the original show. However, he turned down the offer to reprise the role in Transformers: Dark of the Moon, so the part was given to Frank Welker, the voice of Soundwave.

Christopher Lee

Burton is also known to fans as the audio double for Christopher Lee:

For Star Wars, he has voiced Count Dooku in Star Wars: Clone Wars, Star Wars: The Clone Wars and several Star Wars video games.

For the Kingdom Hearts series, he voiced Ansem the Wise/DiZ in Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories, Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep and Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance.

Brainiac

Burton has portrayed Brainiac in the DC animated universe. He appeared as Brainiac in six episodes of Superman: The Animated Series, two episodes of Justice League, two episodes of Static Shock and five episodes of Justice League Unlimited. Although not set within the DCAU, he also voiced Brainiac in three episodes of Legion of Super Heroes and reprises his role in the online game DC Universe Online.

Other television highlights

• The Scarecrow, The Russian and Marshall in Batman: Gotham Knight.
• V.V. Argost and Van Rook in The Secret Saturdays.
• James Bond, Jr. in the animated series of the same name.
• The Pupununu in Tak and the Power of Juju
• Invisibo in Freakazoid.
• Captain Marvel in Superman/Batman: Public Enemies.
• Red Tornado, Silver Cyclone, Doctor Mid-Nite, Doc Magnus, Mercury and Thomas Wayne in Batman: The Brave and the Bold.
• Ziro the Hutt in the 2008 Star Wars: The Clone Wars film and Cad Bane in the television series.
• Tomax in G.I. Joe.
• The evil antagonist Kanawk in the cult 1980s cartoon Robotix as well as the roles of Goon and Tauron.
• Law in G.I. Joe: Renegades.
• Brain, Uncle Marvel in Young Justice.
• Mookie in Baby Felix & Friends.
• Burglar in The Powerpuff Girls episode "Burglar Alarmed".
• Dash Whippet and Al in the Pound Puppies episode "Barlow".
• Brainstorm, Malware and Mr. Baumann in Ben 10: Omniverse.

Other work

• Burton has done work for the Universal Studios - Islands of Adventure theme park in Orlando, Florida in addition to the Universal Studios Japan theme park.
• Burton does voice-overs for many commercials and promos; for instance, Burton's voice is featured in some Old Navy commercials, a role he inherited after the death of Bill Wendell. He recently provided his voice for the Final Fantasy XII TV promo.
• In the WWE, Burton provided voice overs for the WrestleMania XXV Recap segments.
• Almost all character roles in the 1980 Cult Classic Closet Cases of the Nerd Kind.
• In the Critters film series, he provided the voices for the Crites, but he was only credited for the first one, and he also developed their language (as revealed on his website).
• The narwhal in the live-action film Elf.
• The narrator for the video game Brütal Legend.
• Trommel Guado and Maester Kelk Ronso in the PlayStation 2 video game Final Fantasy X.
• Volteer the Electric Guardian Dragon, Exhumor and Mason in The Legend of Spyro Trilogy.
• Zeus in the video game God of War II for the PlayStation 2, and God of War III for the PlayStation 3.
• Cheester in Reader Rabbit Math Adventures Ages 6–9.
• The Footman, Bricabrac, Goggles, the Fluffy Show Announcer and the WACME Quiz Master in the 1996 adventure game Toonstruck.
• Numerous supporting roles on Focus on the Family's radio drama Adventures in Odyssey, voicing over 90 characters, most notably Jesus Christ, Walter Shakespeare, Cryin' Bryan Dern, and The Great Wishy Woz.
• Doctor N. Gin and Dr. Nefarious Tropy in the PlayStation video game Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex.
• Jack the animated pumpkin that narrates the haunted attraction The House at Haunted Hill.
• Narrator of The A-Team.
• Hugo Strange in the videogame Batman: Arkham City.
• John Grey (Jean Grey's father) for two episodes of Wolverine and the X-Men.
• Sylvester McMonkey McBean and the Sneetches in Storybook Weaver.
• Sylvester McMonkey McBean and the Sneetches in Storybook Weaver Deluxe.
• Provided voice samples for a some songs, most famously in DJ Hazard's drum and bass track entitled 'Machete', he is also working with Australian producer Shockone to provide voice samples for his new album named 'Universus'

Filmography

Television

• Gravity Falls - Lawyer (in the episode "Little Dipper")
• Phineas and Ferb - Farmer, additional voices
• Ben 10: Omniverse - Malware/Brainstorm
• Timon & Pumbaa (TV series) - Quint

Films

Year	Film	Role
1980	Closet Cases of the Nerd Kind	Narrator Character voices
1981	Wolfen	ESS Voice
1982	Water Engine	Mag-Lev Man Farmer
	The Sword and the Sorcerer	Additional Voices
1983	Good-bye, Cruel World	Voice-Overs
1985	Robotix	Voice
1986	Critters	Critters
	Transformers: The Movie	Shockwave, Spike Witwicky, Brawn
	Poltergeist II: The Other Side	Reverend Henry Kane (uncredited)
1987	G.I. Joe: The Movie	Tomax
	Amazon Women on the Moon	Anchorman (segment: "Murray in Videoland") TV Announcer (segment: "Amazon Women on the Moon") Announcer (segment: "Silly Pete")
1988	Poltergeist III	Reverend Henry Kane
	Invasion Earth: The Aliens Are Here	Alien Voice
1989	Stanley and the Dinosaurs	Stanley
	Tummy Trouble	Orderly
	Kiki's Delivery Service	Radio Announcer
1990	Roller Coaster Rabbit	Droopy Dog
1991	Uncle Elephant	Additional Voices
1992	Boris and Natasha: The Movie	Narrator
	Porco Rosso	Additional Voices
	Aladdin	Additional Voices
1994	King of the 'B's	Additional Voices
1995	A Goofy Movie	Wendell Additional Voices
	Whisper of the Heart	Additional Voices
1996	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	Brutish Guard Additional Voices
	Aladdin and the King of Thieves	Additional Voices
	Black Mask	Commissioner
1997	Hercules	Titans Burnt Man End-of-the-World Man Tour Bus Guide
	Princess Mononoke	Additional Voices
1998	Mulan	Additional Voices
	Hercules: Zero to Hero	Zeus
1999	Dudley Do-Right	Voice of the Announcer
	Toy Story 2	Woody's Roundup Announcer
	Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas	Dale
2000	Bob's Video	Klaxon
	Gen 13	Additional Voices
2001	The Trumpet of the Swan	Senator
	Atlantis: The Lost Empire	Gaetan "The Mole" Molière
2002	Return to Never Land	Captain Hook
	Cinderella II: Dreams Come True	Gus
	Treasure Planet	Onus
2003	101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure	Additional Voices
	Atlantis: Milo's Return	Gaetan "The Mole" Molière
	Stitch! The Movie	Additional Voices
2004	The Lion King 1 1/2	Grumpy Additional Voices
	Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas	Elf #4
2005	Tom and Jerry: Blast Off to Mars	Martian Scientist Court Attendant Eyes at Gate
2006	Asterix and the Vikings	Doublehelix
2007	Cinderella III: A Twist in Time	Gus
	The School Fanfarre	Bo
	Planet Terror	Narrator
	Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams	King Stefan
	How to Hook Up Your Home Theater	Narrator
2008	Justice League: The New Frontier	Abin Sur
	Starship Troopers 3: Marauder	Official Voice
	Star Wars: The Clone Wars	General Loathsom Ziro the Hutt Kronos-327
2010	Freaknik: The Musical	Newscaster Dukes of Hazzard Announcer
	The A-Team	Narrator
2012	Partysaurus Rex	Captain Suds
	Hotel Transylvania	Additional Voices

External links

• Official website
• Corey Burton at the Internet Movie Database
• Corey Burton at AllRovi
• Corey Burton @ BehindTheVoiceActors
• Seibertron.com Interview with Cory Burton