Bill Lobley (born in Bronxville, New York) is an American comic

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known for his work in animation, commercials, and

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s for film, radio, and television; including

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'', Discovery's Animal Planet, and many best selling video games. He has voiced characters for both children's and adults' cartoons and audiobooks, as well as promos and narrations on cable, streaming and digital platforms.

Biography

An alumnus of Fordham University, Lobley's background is in sketch comedy and improvisation. He additionally voiced many celebrity opponents on MTV's ''

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,'' further establishing himself as a versatile and talented performer in both recreated and original characterizations. His most familiar role, however is Sparks, the sarcastic communications officer from the

series ''

''. He has also recorded many audio books. These include ''

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from the movie ''

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''), the popular ''

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'' series and dozens of children's titles as well. His commercial work covers a wide range of on-camera and voiceover projects, including the one-time voice of the Parkay Margarine Tub and the current voice of McDonald's '' Hamburglar''. In 2009, his work in the ''Geronimo Stilton'' series earned the prestigious Benjamin Franklin Award for Best Children's Audio Book from the Independent Book Publishers' Association. Additionally, his voice can be heard on a number of successful video games, including "Fallout 76" ''

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'' series, the ''

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'' series, '' The Bureau: XCOM Declassified'', '' Borderlands 2'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Star Wars: The Old Republic'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Earth Defense Force: Iron Rain'' and '' Alone in the Dark''. In 2011, he performed the voice of Officer Dibble in '' Top Cat: The Movie'' and reprises the role in the 2015 ''Top Cat Begins''. Other animation credits include Netflix's "

". " Entergalactic", Nickelodeon's Butterbean's Cafe, '' Ice Age: Continental Drift'' and many Anime titles. A food and cocktail enthusiast, he is the creator and host of the "Newsmeals.com" website. As the site's head chef, Lobley tackles trending news as well as cultural events and combines them with irreverent humor and creative recipes. This results in unusual dinner themes, like Local Food at Home, Pandemic Feasts, Lobster Romance, Empty Nesting, The Mueller Report, North Korean Disarmament, Government Shutdowns, Transgender Bathrooms, Gun Control,

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, and TSA Patdowns as well as his frequent Crazy Oscar Dinners, which cleverly incorporated the names of Academy Award nominees into the menu. He recently prepared "Candidate Cocktails" lampooning the 2016 Republican Presidential Field on Fox News' late night program ''Redeye''. He's had pieces on NBC's Today Food, and has parodied Food Trends on networks like, CNN, MSNBC, and News 12. He earned a Gourmet Cooking Certification in 2016. Lobley recently reunited with his college rock group The Richie Beakman Band and has played venues across the tri-state area. The Band combines original tunes with intriguing covers of 80's classics. Along with recent comedic on-camera work in commercials, he appeared with Academy Award-winner

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playing a clueless, philandering Senator for the popular

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website.

Filmography

Actor

*''You Are Here'' (1997) - Docile *''Billy & Bobby: The Hollywood Years (Short 1998) - Billy Lowell *'' Devil in the Flesh 2'' (2000) - Janitor 1, Janitor 2 *''

'' (TV Series 2000-2005) - Jodene Sparks, President, Various (voices) *''

'' (TV Series 2001) - George Clooney,

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(voices) *'' NYPD Blue'' (TV Series 2001) - Car Owner *'' Ed'' (TV Series 2003) - District Attorney *''

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'' (TV Series 2003) - David Letterman (voice) *'' Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories'' (Video Game 2006) - Ernest Keigel, The Time Ranger (voices, uncredited) *''

'' (Video Game 2006) - Georg Redfell, Judge Oleff (voices) *''

Grand Theft Auto IV ''Grand Theft Auto IV'' is a 2008 action-adventure game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It is the sixth main entry in the ''Grand Theft Auto'' series, following 2004's '' Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas'', and the e ...

'' (Video Game 2008) - Commander, Alien (voices) *'' Alone in the Dark'' (Video Game 2008) - Additional voices (voice) *''

'' (Video Game 2008) - Crispin Brown, Larry Cheezler, Generic Patric (voices) *''

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'' (Video Game 2009) - Animal Vocalizations (voice) *'' Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony'' (Video Game 2009) - Commander (voice) *'' Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned'' (Video Game 2009) - Commander, HR Officer, President Zane (voices) *'' BioShock 2'' (Video Game 2010) - Stanley Poole (voice) *''

'' (Video Game 2010) - Deputy Thornton (voice) *''

'' (Video Game 2010) - Prison Guard 1, DJ (voices, as Bill Lobely also) *''

'' (Video Game 2011) - Radio Voice (voice) *'' Star Wars: The Old Republic'' (Video Game 2011) - Additional voices (voice) *''

'' (Video Game 2012) - Bragg, additional voices (voice) *'' Ice Age: Continental Drift'' (2012) - Additional voices (voice) *'' BioShock: Infinite'' (Video Game 2013) - Jeremiah Fink (voice) *'' The Bureau: XCOM Declassified'' (Video Game 2013) - Officer Rose, additional voices (voice) *'' Top Cat: The Movie'' (2013) - Officer Dibble (English version, voice) *'' Grand Theft Auto V'' (Video Game 2013) - Redwood Indian, Paperboy, Sebastian, Teacher, Commander, President Zane (voices, as Bill Lobeley also) *''Scandalous with

'' (Video short 2013) - Senator *''The Unfortunate Death of Major Andre'' (Short 2013) - Joseph Stansbury *'' BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea'' (Video Game 2014) - Jeremiah Fink, Lonnie (voices) *''

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'' (Video short 2014) - Flowershirt, George the Doorman (voices) *''

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'' (2015) - Captain Simon (voice) *''

'' (Video Game 2015) - Sheldon (voice) *'' Underdogs'' (2016) - ADR Loop Group *'' BioShock 2: Remastered'' (Video Game 2016) - Stanley Poole (voice) *'' Lastman'' (TV Series 2017) - Eric Rose, additional voices (voice) *'' The Guardian Brothers'' (2017) - Deputy 3 (voice) *'' Top Cat Begins'' (2017) - Officer Dibble (voice) *''

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'' (2018) - Norimichi's Father, Yusuke's Father, additional voices (English version, voices, as Colin A. Favor) *'' MFKZ'' (2018) - Professor Fagor (English version, voice) *''

'' (Video Game 2018) - The Local Pedestrian Population (voice) *'' Mazinger Z: INFINITY'' (2019) - Count Brocken, additional voices (English version, voice, as Colin A. Favor) *'' Earth Defense Force: Iron Rain'' - (Video Game 2019) - Soldiers (English version, voice, as Colin A. Favor) *'' Fallout 76: Wastelanders'' (Video Game 2020) - Narrator, Automated System, Crane, Radical Ganger, Skinner, Vault-Tec Spokesman (voices) *'' Fallout 76: Steel Dawn'' (Video Game 2020) - Red Rocket Robot (voice) *''

'' (TV Series 2021) - Huck (voice)

Miscellaneous

*''

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'' (2016) - (voice) *''

'' (2018) - (Additional Motion Capture)

Writer

*''Billy & Bobby: The Hollywood Years'' (Short 1998) - (writer)

Soundtrack

*'' BioShock: Infinite'' (Video Game 2013) - (" Goodnight Irene")

Archive Footage

*'' Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City'' (Video Game 2010) - Commander (voice)

Commercials

*''

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'' (1998-2000) - Zeke (voice) *''

Parkay Parkay is a margarine made by ConAgra Foods and introduced in 1937. It is available in spreadable, sprayable, and squeezable forms. Parkay was made and sold under the Kraft brand name by National Dairy Products Corporation from 1937 to 1969, then ...

'' (1999-2002) - Voice of the Parkay Margarine Tub *''

Eight Legged Freaks ''Eight Legged Freaks'' (originally titled ''Arach Attack'', under which it was released in some parts of Europe and other countries around the world) is a 2002 monster comedy film directed by Ellory Elkayem and starring David Arquette, Kari Wu ...

'' (2002) - Jodene Sparks (voice) *''

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'' (2015) - Fox, Snail, Possum (voices) *'' GEICO'' (2017) -

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(voice) *''

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'' (2022) - Hamburglar (voice)

References

https://news.fordham.edu/fordham-magazine/the-beakman-band-is-coming-back-to-fordham-for-jubilee/

External links

Bill Lobley's website
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