William Ashton Switzer (born March 28, 1984) is an American-Canadian voice, film, and television actor. He is known for his work on the animated television series ''

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'' He had a leading role in '' Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension'' and he also performed in '' Sabrina: The Animated Series''. While he has voiced several roles in anime, he was also Philthy from ''

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'' and the voice of Harvey Kinkle from '' Sabrina: The Animated Series'' and Sam "Cannonball" Guthrie from '' X-Men: Evolution''. He also voiced Billy's former friend Nick in the second season of '' Billy the Cat'' which he took over from

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who also wrote one episode of the show.

Career

Switzer attended his first audition and won his first role, in a

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special, when he was a teenager. He voices the lead character; Presley Carnavon in the television show ''

'' Switzer was nominated for a

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for ''

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'' (1997). Switzer was noticed for his starring role in '' Mr. Rice's Secret'' (2000), in which he played a young cancer patient. He was in almost every scene of the film.

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of the ''

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'' wrote, "In the leading role, Mr. Switzer is fine as Owen, especially given that he has to spend a great deal of time talking to himself". ''

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'' wrote, " ere's an appealing freshness to the young cast of this Vancouver-filmed movie, especially Switzer in the lead role". He had a leading role in the television show '' Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension''. Switzer was reported to be directing a short film at age 17.

Personal life

Switzer, who lived in

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at the time ''Mr. Rice's Secret'' was in production, was reported to be a good swimmer and baseball player in his youth. He learned to ride a horse for his guest role in ''

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''.

Selected filmography

Film

* '' Mail to the Chief'' - Kenny Witkowski * ''

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'' - Garret * ''

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'' - Daniel * ''

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'' - Andrew Werden * ''

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'' - John * ''

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'' - Gary Fleming * ''

'' - Danny Skyler * ''

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'' - Sandy Halper * '' The Life'' - Jason * '' Mr. Rice's Secret'' - Owen Walters * ''

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'' - Sasaki (voice)

Television

* ''

'' - Matt * ''

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'' - Stewart * ''

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'' - JoJo * '' The Dead Zone'' - Doug Hirsh * '' Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension'' - Mitchell Taylor * '' First Wave'' - Nick Patterson * ''

'' - Philthy * '' The Sentinel'' - Edward Lazar

Anime roles

* ''

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'' -

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* '' Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack'' - Hathaway Noah * '' Zoids: New Century Zero'' - Jamie Hemeros, Lineback * ''

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'' - Eli Moon * '' MegaMan NT Warrior'' - Chaud Blaze * ''

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'' - Ikumi Oze * ''

Ranma ½ is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi. It was serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' from August 1987 to March 1996, with the chapters collected into 38 ''tankōbon'' volumes by Shogakukan. The st ...

'' - Harumaki's Grandson * ''

Master Keaton is a Japanese manga series created by Hokusei Katsushika, Naoki Urasawa, and Takashi Nagasaki. It was serialized in ''Big Comic Original'' from 1988 to 1994, with the 144 chapters collected into 18 ''tankōbon'' volumes by Shogakukan. An a ...

'' - Shinsuke Yunase * ''

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'' - Ichiro Sumishiba * ''

Trouble Chocolate is a comedy fantasy science fiction anime produced by AIC in 1999 and is licensed in the United States by Viz Media. The series features Cacao, a student at Micro-Grand Academy studying magic. One day, while his magic class teacher, Ghana, is ...

'' - Boy with Card, Raisin * ''

Boys Over Flowers , is a Japanese ''shōjo'' manga series written and illustrated by Yoko Kamio and set in Tokyo, Japan, and the fictional "Eitoku Academy" (an elite school for children from rich families). It tells the story of Tsukushi Makino, a girl fr ...

'' - Junpei Oribe

Voice Work

* '' Billy the Cat'' - Nick (Season 2) * ''

Extreme Dinosaurs ''Extreme Dinosaurs'' is an American animated series produced by DIC Productions, L.P. and Bohbot Entertainment in 1997 based on a 1996 toy line from Mattel. This show is a spin-off of ''Street Sharks'' (where they first appeared as the Dino Veng ...

'' - Additional Voices * '' Greatest Heroes and Legends of the Bible'' - Various characters * '' Mama, Do You Love Me?'' - Sam and Rascal * '' Milo's Bug Quest'' * ''

'' - Presley Carnavon * ''

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'' - Stingo * '' Sabrina: The Animated Series'' - Harvey Kinkle * '' Silverwing'' - Shade * '' X-Men: Evolution'' - Sam "Cannonball" Guthrie

Video Games

* '' Mobile Suit Gundam: Encounters in Space'' - Kou Uraki

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Switzer, Bill 1984 births Canadian male child actors Canadian male film actors Canadian male television actors Canadian male voice actors Living people Male actors from Houston Male actors from Vancouver