Kevin Zachary Afghani (born November 9, 1996) is an American voice actor. He is best known for being the current voice actor for
Mario
is a character created by Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. He is the title character of the ''Mario'' franchise and the mascot of Japanese video game company Nintendo. Mario has appeared in over 200 video games since his creat ...
,
Luigi
is a fictional character featured in video games and related media released by Nintendo. Created by Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto, Luigi is portrayed as the younger fraternal twin brother and sidekick of Mario, Nintendo's masc ...
, and
Wario
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, beginning with the
Nintendo Switch
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games ''
Super Mario Bros. Wonder'' and ''
WarioWare: Move It!'', following
Charles Martinet
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's retirement. He is also known for voicing
Raditz
'' Dragon Ball'' is a Japanese media franchise created by Akira Toriyama in 1984. The franchise features an ensemble cast of characters and takes place in the same fictional universe as Toriyama's other work, ''Dr. Slump''. While many of the c ...
in ''Dragon Ball R&R'', a
fan-made
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spin-off of ''
Dragon Ball
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'', Cuphead in the web comedy series ''Mashed'' and Arnold in the English dub of ''
Genshin Impact
''Genshin Impact'' is an action role-playing game developed and published by miHoYo. It was released for Android (operating system), Android, iOS, PlayStation 4, and Windows in 2020, on PlayStation 5 in 2021, and is set for release on Nintendo ...
''.
Prior to his current voice roles, Afghani provided voiceover work for
Nintendo Switch
The is a hybrid video game console developed by Nintendo and released worldwide in most regions on March 3, 2017. The console itself is a Tablet computer#Gaming tablet, tablet that can either be docking station, docked for use as a home video ...
commercials.
Filmography
Video games
Web
References
External links
Official website*
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1996 births
American male video game actors
American male voice actors
Living people
Nintendo people
21st-century American male actors