Pete Capella is an American actor, stand-up comedian, producer and artistic director, who is best known for voicing
Silver the Hedgehog
The ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' video game franchise began in 1991 with the game ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' for the Sega Genesis, which pitted a blue anthropomorphic hedgehog named Sonic against a rotund male human villain named Doctor Eggman (or Doctor ...
Red Bank, New Jersey
Red Bank is a borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. Incorporated in 1908, the community is on the Navesink River, the area's original transportation route to the ocean and other ports. Red Bank is in the New York Metropolitan ...
. As a
Middletown Township, New Jersey
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resident, Capella has been acting his whole life. He graduated from college with a BA in Theater and Communications.
Career
In 1993, he became a performer in Improvision Jam Comedy Labs, it was here he got the nickname "The Sniper". He is co-owner and artistic director of the troupe, performing every weekend in
Eatontown, New Jersey
Eatontown is a borough in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2010 Census, the borough's population was 12,709, Capella has been featured in an array of commercials (for cough medicine and toys such as Dance N Sing Pablo from the Backyardigans).
Capella got his first acting job as Jock in the 1999 film, ''
Big Helium Dog
''Big Helium Dog'' is a 1999 comedy film. It is produced by Kevin Smith's View Askew production company and also features the Broken Lizard comedy troupe in starring ( Kevin Heffernan) and supporting (Jay Chandrasekhar, Steve Lemme, and Erik St ...
''. He would go and appear in more feature films, such as ''Never Among Friends'', ''Obsession'', ''Road to Marakesh'', ''Chatter'' and ''
The Night Is Young
''The Night Is Young'' is a 1935 American romantic musical film starring Ramon Novarro and Evelyn Laye. The film is based on a story written by Vicki Baum and directed by Dudley Murphy.
Plot
When ballerina Fanni learns that the Vienese archduk ...
''.
In television, he played Angelo in two episodes of ''The Subpranos''.
As a
voice actor
Voice acting is the art of performing voice-overs to present a character or provide information to an audience. Performers are called voice actors/actresses, voice artists, dubbing artists, voice talent, voice-over artists, or voice-over talent ...
, he voiced Nabu in the English dub of '' Winx Club'' and most notably for voicing
Silver the Hedgehog
The ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' video game franchise began in 1991 with the game ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' for the Sega Genesis, which pitted a blue anthropomorphic hedgehog named Sonic against a rotund male human villain named Doctor Eggman (or Doctor ...
Sonic and the Secret Rings
is a 2007 platform video game developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega for the Wii. A spin-off from the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' series, it is the first title in the franchise for the system, and follows Sonic the Hedgehog's quest to stop an ...
The Most Popular Girls in School
''The Most Popular Girls in School'' (abbreviated ''MPGIS'') is an American adult stop-motion animation, animated comedy web series that debuted on YouTube on May 1, 2012. Created by Mark Cope and Carlo Moss, the series animates Barbie, Ken (dol ...
''. In 2020, he reprised the role as Silver the Hedgehog in the fan-made
YouTube
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