George Edward Lowe (born November 10, 1957)
is an American voice actor and comedian whose voice roles include
Space Ghost on the animated series ''
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
''Space Ghost Coast to Coast'' is an American adult animation, adult animated comedy talk show created by Mike Lazzo for Cartoon Network and hosted by a re-imagined version of the 1960s Hanna-Barbera cartoon character Space Ghost. In contrast t ...
'' and its spin-off, ''
Cartoon Planet
''Cartoon Planet'' is an American animated variety show that originally ran from 1995 to 1998 and 2012 to 2014 on Cartoon Network. A spin-off of ''Space Ghost Coast to Coast'', the series centered on Space Ghost recruiting his imprisoned evil neme ...
''.
[Episode Listing for ''Space Ghost: Coast to Coast'']
TVTome.com . Retrieved September 25, 2006. He continued to voice Space Ghost in several cameos in other programs for several years following the conclusion of the series.
Lowe has made recurring voice appearances on ''
Aqua Teen Hunger Force'' and ''
Robot Chicken
''Robot Chicken'' is an American adult animated stop motion sketch comedy television series, created and executive produced for Adult Swim by Seth Green and Matthew Senreich along with co-head writers Douglas Goldstein and Tom Root. The writers, ...
''.
Early life
Born in
Dunedin, Florida
Dunedin is a city in Pinellas County, Florida, United States. The name comes from ''Dùn Èideann'', the Scottish Gaelic name for Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. Dunedin is part of the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metropolitan area and is ...
, Lowe grew up in nearby
Brooksville.
At age 15, Lowe got his first radio job with local station
WWJB
WWJB (1450 AM, "103.9 The Boot") is an American radio station licensed to serve the community of Brooksville, Florida. The station, established in 1958 as WKTS, is currently owned and operated by Hernando Broadcasting Company, Inc. WWJB is also ...
.
He graduated from
Hernando High School in 1975 and attended the Radio Engineering Institute of Sarasota and
Pasco–Hernando Community College.
Career
Space Ghost
Lowe did occasional voice-over work for
TBS throughout the late 1980s and early 1990s, as well as occasional voice-overs for Cartoon Network in the mid 1990s. Lowe's career as a voice actor officially began in 1994 with the premiere of ''
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
''Space Ghost Coast to Coast'' is an American adult animation, adult animated comedy talk show created by Mike Lazzo for Cartoon Network and hosted by a re-imagined version of the 1960s Hanna-Barbera cartoon character Space Ghost. In contrast t ...
'', in which he starred as the lead role of
Space Ghost. ''Space Ghost Coast to Coast'' finished a ten-year run of new episodes on Cartoon Network/Adult Swim in 2004, and was revived on
GameTap for 2 seasons during 2006–2008 for an additional 16 episodes.
Lowe has performed
Space Ghost's voice more than any other role in his acting career, and he has portrayed the character more often than any other actor. (
Gary Owens is second and
Andy Merrill
Andrew Merrill (born November 27, 1966) is an American voice actor best known for his portrayal of the character Brak on ''Space Ghost Coast to Coast'' and ''Cartoon Planet''.
Personal life
Merrill is a graduate of Asbury University, where h ...
is third.) In addition to ''
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
''Space Ghost Coast to Coast'' is an American adult animation, adult animated comedy talk show created by Mike Lazzo for Cartoon Network and hosted by a re-imagined version of the 1960s Hanna-Barbera cartoon character Space Ghost. In contrast t ...
'' and its spin-off program ''
Cartoon Planet
''Cartoon Planet'' is an American animated variety show that originally ran from 1995 to 1998 and 2012 to 2014 on Cartoon Network. A spin-off of ''Space Ghost Coast to Coast'', the series centered on Space Ghost recruiting his imprisoned evil neme ...
'', Lowe has made appearances as Space Ghost in ''
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters'', ''
The Brak Show
''The Brak Show'' is an American Adult animation, adult animated sitcom created by Andy Merrill, Jim Fortier, and Pete Smith for Cartoon Network's late-night programming block, Adult Swim. ''The Brak Show'' serves as a Spin-off (media), spin-off ...
'' (he was also a series regular, providing the voice for Dad), ''
Robot Chicken
''Robot Chicken'' is an American adult animated stop motion sketch comedy television series, created and executive produced for Adult Swim by Seth Green and Matthew Senreich along with co-head writers Douglas Goldstein and Tom Root. The writers, ...
'' (among various other characters), ''
Perfect Hair Forever'', and other
Adult Swim
Adult Swim (AS; stylized as dult swim
Dult is a village in Batala in Gurdaspur district of Punjab State, India. It is located from sub district headquarter, from district headquarter and from Sri Hargobindpur. The village is administrated by Sarpanch an elected representati ...
and often abbreviated as s is an American adult-oriented night-time cable television Television channel, channel that shares channel space with the basic cable network Cartoon Network and is programme ...
series. As Space Ghost, Lowe has served as the voice of the Cartoon Network's merchandise phone sales line.
Lowe performed live and in costume as Space Ghost during the ''
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters'' premiere
webcast
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for
Adult Swim
Adult Swim (AS; stylized as dult swim
Dult is a village in Batala in Gurdaspur district of Punjab State, India. It is located from sub district headquarter, from district headquarter and from Sri Hargobindpur. The village is administrated by Sarpanch an elected representati ...
and often abbreviated as s is an American adult-oriented night-time cable television Television channel, channel that shares channel space with the basic cable network Cartoon Network and is programme ...
; it can also be found among the extras of the ''Aqua Teen Hunger Force Volume Five'' DVD set. Lowe reprised his role as Space Ghost in the 2011 game ''
Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion'' (where Space Ghost is the announcer), but did not in the 2012 revival of ''
Cartoon Planet
''Cartoon Planet'' is an American animated variety show that originally ran from 1995 to 1998 and 2012 to 2014 on Cartoon Network. A spin-off of ''Space Ghost Coast to Coast'', the series centered on Space Ghost recruiting his imprisoned evil neme ...
''.
Other roles
Lowe recorded dialog for the film ''
Radioland Murders'', produced by
George Lucas
George Walton Lucas Jr. (born May 14, 1944) is an American filmmaker. Lucas is best known for creating the ''Star Wars'' and ''Indiana Jones'' franchises and founding Lucasfilm, LucasArts, Industrial Light & Magic and THX. He served as chairm ...
, but his scenes were cut from the final film. Lowe appeared as Dick, the chief executive officer of the fictional Bebop Cola company, in a live-action segment of the ''
Sealab 2021
''Sealab 2021'' is an American adult animated television series created by Adam Reed and Matt Thompson for Cartoon Network's late-night programming block, Adult Swim. Cartoon Network aired the show's first three episodes in December 2000 before t ...
'' episode "All That Jazz." He also plays the recurring character of himself on ''
Aqua Teen Hunger Force'', in which he has a different occupation in every episode; he also played the character "Jet Chicken" on the show. Lowe also provides voices on multiple episodes of ''
Robot Chicken
''Robot Chicken'' is an American adult animated stop motion sketch comedy television series, created and executive produced for Adult Swim by Seth Green and Matthew Senreich along with co-head writers Douglas Goldstein and Tom Root. The writers, ...
'', his most well-known role being the recurring perverted Unicorn.
Lowe is a recurring character in
Artix Entertainment games. Lowe made a special guest voice appearance in the online games ''
AdventureQuest Worlds
''AdventureQuest Worlds'' (often shortened to ''AQ Worlds'' or simply ''AQW'') is a browser-based massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) released by Artix Entertainment in 2008.
Gameplay
Players are asked to choose from one of f ...
'' and ''
Mech Quest
''MechQuest'' is an online Flash based single-player sci-fi role-playing video game developed by Artix Entertainment. MechQuest centers on mecha combat and was updated on a weekly basis. Players can play for free or pay a one time fee which gran ...
'' for their Friday 13th events in August 2010, in which he takes the role of a park ranger who tells stories around campfires – but is eventually revealed to be a spirit that feeds off of fear. Lowe further appears in ''Mech Quest'' as GLaDERP, a parody of
GLaDOS
GLaDOS (Genetic Lifeform and Disk Operating System) is a fictional artificial intelligence, artificially superintelligent computer, computer system from the video game series ''Portal (video game series), Portal''. GLaDOS later appeared in ''Th ...
from ''
Portal
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* Portal (architecture), an opening in a wall of a building, gate or fortification, or the extremities (ends) of a tunnel
Portal may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment Gaming
* ''Portal'' (series), two video games ...
''. Lowe narrated the ''AQW'' second year birthday event, and also made a special guest voice appearance in the online game ''
DragonFable
''DragonFable'' is a free-to-play, online, browser-based, single-player, fantasy, role-playing game developed by Artix Entertainment and updated on a weekly basis. Players may access locked game content by upgrading to a premium account for ...
'' for the Falconreach Idle event in November 2010; he voiced himself in a panel of three judges for the event. In December 2010, as part of the game's one year anniversary event, George Lowe, as himself, became a fightable
NPC in ''EpicDuel'', ArtixEntertainment's PvP MMO.
Lowe has done voice-over work for various media outlets and other companies. For example,
San Francisco Bay Area
The San Francisco Bay Area, often referred to as simply the Bay Area, is a populous region surrounding the San Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisun Bay estuaries in Northern California. The Bay Area is defined by the Association of Bay Area Go ...
active rock
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station
KSAN uses Lowe's voice in
station identification spots.
Lowe also has done voiceovers for
Cleveland
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rock station
WNCX, the
Fox
Foxes are small to medium-sized, omnivorous mammals belonging to several genera of the family Canidae. They have a flattened skull, upright, triangular ears, a pointed, slightly upturned snout, and a long bushy tail (or ''brush'').
Twelve sp ...
,
FX, and
FXX
FXX is an American basic cable channel owned by the Walt Disney Television unit of The Walt Disney Company through FX Networks, LLC. It is the partner channel of FX, with its programming focusing on original and acquired comedy series and fea ...
television networks, and commercials for
Dunkin' Donuts
Dunkin' Donuts LLC, also known as Dunkin' and by the initials DD, is an American multinational coffee and doughnut company, as well as a quick service restaurant. It was founded by Bill Rosenberg (1916–2002) in Quincy, Massachusetts, in 195 ...
and
Capital One.
George Lowe also played a small role in the animated series ''
Beetlejuice'' as Super Ego in the episode "
Super Zeros".
Recently Lowe is one of the guests in events in the
MMORPG
A massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) is a video game that combines aspects of a role-playing video game and a massively multiplayer online game.
As in role-playing games (RPGs), the player assumes the role of a Player charac ...
''
AdventureQuest Worlds
''AdventureQuest Worlds'' (often shortened to ''AQ Worlds'' or simply ''AQW'') is a browser-based massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) released by Artix Entertainment in 2008.
Gameplay
Players are asked to choose from one of f ...
'', mostly voicing his own lines along with any other guest, as well as voicing the Internet advertising for the game.
Lowe has done announcing work for ''Sponsors vs. Freeloaders'' from the second episode forward, and is the announcer for ''
The B.S. of A. with Brian Sack
''The B.S. of A. with Brian Sack'' was an American sketch comedy program that aired on TheBlaze television network. The show premiered on November 11, 2011. The show's name derived from the title of host Brian Sack's book, ''The B.S. of A.: A Pri ...
''.
Lowe can be heard introducing and closing each episode of Adult Swim Central Central Presents Colon Adult Swim Swimcast Intended for the Internet.
Filmography
Film
Television
Video games
References
Notes
External links
*
*
Nerds in Hell Podcast Interview (8/1/14)George Lowe Audio Interview
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1957 births
Living people
American male video game actors
American male voice actors
Radio personalities from Atlanta
People from Lakeland, Florida
People from Dunedin, Florida
People from Brooksville, Florida
Actors from Pinellas County, Florida
20th-century American male actors
21st-century American male actors
Male actors from Florida
American male web series actors
Television personalities from Florida