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George Edward Lowe (born November 10, 1957) is an American voice actor and comedian whose voice roles include
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on the animated series ''
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'' and its spin-off, '' Cartoon Planet''.Episode Listing for ''Space Ghost: Coast to Coast''
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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 ''
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'' and '' Robot Chicken''.


Early life

Born in Dunedin, Florida, Lowe grew up in nearby Brooksville. At age 15, Lowe got his first radio job with local station
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. 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 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 to the original ...
'', in which he starred as the lead role of
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. ''Space Ghost Coast to Coast'' finished a ten-year run of new episodes on Cartoon Network/Adult Swim in 2004, and was revived on
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for 2 seasons during 2006–2008 for an additional 16 episodes. Lowe has performed
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's voice more than any other role in his acting career, and he has portrayed the character more often than any other actor. (
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is second and
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is third.) In addition to ''
Space Ghost Coast to Coast ''Space Ghost Coast to Coast'' is an American 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 to the original ...
'' and its spin-off program '' Cartoon Planet'', Lowe has made appearances as Space Ghost in ''
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'', ''
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'' (he was also a series regular, providing the voice for Dad), '' Robot Chicken'' (among various other characters), ''
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'', and other
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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 ''
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'' premiere webcast for
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; 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''.


Other roles

Lowe recorded dialog for the film ''
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'', produced by George Lucas, 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 ''
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'' episode "All That Jazz." He also plays the recurring character of himself on ''
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'', 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'', his most well-known role being the recurring perverted Unicorn. Lowe is a recurring character in
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games. Lowe made a special guest voice appearance in the online games ''
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'' and '' Mech Quest'' 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
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from ''
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''. Lowe narrated the ''AQW'' second year birthday event, and also made a special guest voice appearance in the online game ''
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'' 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,
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active rock station KSAN uses Lowe's voice in
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spots. Lowe also has done voiceovers for
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rock station
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, the
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, FX, and
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television networks, and commercials for Dunkin' Donuts and
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. George Lowe also played a small role in the animated series ''
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'' as Super Ego in the episode " Super Zeros". Recently Lowe is one of the guests in events in the MMORPG ''
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''. 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

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