Charles Michael Adler (born October 2, 1956) is an American voice actor and voice director. He is known for his roles as Buster Bunny on ''

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'', the Bigheads on ''

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'', Ickis on ''

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'',

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, Wrecker, Sabertooth and others in ''

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'',

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in various

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media, Cobra Commander in '' GI Joe: Resolute'' and '' Renegades'',

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in the ''

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'' film series, Mr. Whiskers of

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's '' Brandy & Mr. Whiskers'', the titular characters of

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's '' Cow and Chicken'' along with its main antagonist, The Red Guy, Professor Monkey-for-a-Head in ''

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'', I.R. Baboon in '' I Am Weasel'', T-Bone in '' SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron'' and Tex Hex in ''

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''.

Early life

In the mid-1960s, Adler's family moved to

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and later to

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. He was given the nickname "Beanie" due to always wearing a Beanie cap. His sister Cheryl Adler is a psychotherapist who wrote the book ''Sober University''. Growing up, Adler was a self-described "TV junkie", and an avid fan of '' Rocky and Bullwinkle'', ''

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'' and Irene Ryan's Granny Moses from ''

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''.

Career

Adler's first professional acting job was in a commercial in 1971. Afterward, he took a hiatus from acting. During this time, he worked a variety of jobs, including waiter, janitor, paper delivery man, floor stripper, house painter, remedial reading teacher and caretaker for an Episcopal church. In 1984 and 1985, he starred as Arnold Beckoff in '' Torch Song Trilogy'', for which he was nominated for the 1985 Helen Hayes Best Actor Award, in

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before moving to

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in 1986. Adler's first animation role was recorded in New York City, voicing Spike in '' Rescue at Midnight Castle''. In 1985, after convincing the head of the Abrams, Rubiloff and Lawrence agency to allow him to audition for their voice-over department, Adler later attended a private audition for Ginny McSwain and Arlene Thornton. An agent had praised him in front of them as the "next

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". McSwain recalls that "he blew their minds" but he claims that initially they had no interest in him. Having no demo, they arranged for him to record an audition. He improvised characters during the tape, which impressed both McSwain and Thornton; however, Adler was so embarrassed with his performance that he performed with his back to them and his face hidden with a hat and sunglasses. His voice acting career took off when Adler landed the roles of Nat Smurfling in the fourth season of ''

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'', '' "Rowdy" Roddy Piper'' on '' Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling'', Silverbolt on '' The Transformers'' and Eric Raymond, Techrat and Zipper in '' Jem''. He was disenchanted with live-action acting after working on '' The Redd Foxx Show'', in which he portrayed Ralph/Rita. In an interview for The Magic Behind the Voices, Adler commented on the experience: "you spend your whole life going, "God, I just want to be in a TV show and have a parking space". Then I got it and it was just so not what I wanted to do." He became active in animation, his roles include reprising Spike on ''

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'', Low-Light on ''

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'', Mr. O'Greasy on ''

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'', Deputy Fuzz and Tex Hex on ''

'', Cavey Jr. on '' The Flintstone Kids'', Pinky Dalton on '' The Good, the Bad, and Huckleberry Hound'', Quark and Zappy on ''

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'', the TurkeyBoy and sometimes Hamburglar in

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commercials and The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald, Mad Dog, Hacksaw, and Howard Huge in ''

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'', Dripple on '' Tom and Jerry Kids'', and the titular character on ''

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''. In 1990, Adler lent his voice to Buster Bunny on ''

''. Producer

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recalled that he and voice director Andrea Romano insisted

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cast him due to the "great deal of energy" he brought to Buster. In 1992, during the show's third season, he abruptly left the show after a disagreement with the producers; while voice actors with smaller roles in the show were given starring roles in its successor ''

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'', he was offended when he was not offered a role in that series. John Kassir replaced him for the remainder of ''Tiny Toons''. In 1993, Adler went on to play Chance "T-Bone" Furlong on '' SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron'', Bill on '' The Terrible Thunderlizards'', Ickis on ''

'', Ed and Bev Bighead on ''

'', Stalker Slaughter on '' Captain Planet and the Planeteers'' and Screwball Squirrel, as well as reprising Dripple for '' Droopy, Master Detective''. In 1995, Adler voiced several characters on '' What a Cartoon!''. In the latter, he played Cow, Chicken and The Red Guy. ''No Smoking'' was a pilot created by David Feiss, which was greenlit to be a series in 1997 with him on board to reprise his characters, for a new series, titled '' I Am Weasel''. '' Cow and Chicken'' ran from 1997 to 1999, receiving multiple awards and nominations, including an

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for "Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production" for Adler as Cow. Later on ''I Am Weasel'' was made into a spinoff series, in which he reprised the three characters and also voice I.R. Baboon. His voice directing career began in the late 1990s with ''

Rugrats ''Rugrats'' is an American animated television series created by Arlene Klasky, Gábor Csupó, and Paul Germain for Nickelodeon. The series focuses on a group of toddlers, most prominently Tommy, Chuckie, Phil, and Lil, and their day-to-d ...

'' and later collaborated with Klasky Csupo. Adler has directed ''

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'', '' Rocket Power'', '' All Grown Up!'', '' The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack'', '' The Replacements'', among others. In 2002, Adler, with David Feiss and Michael Ryan, directed his own short film ''No Prom for Cindy''. Adler also voiced Dr. Peacock in

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commercials, Padrig Winks and Mr. Hornsby on '' Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks'', SAVO on ''

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'', Mr. Whiskers on '' Brandy & Mr. Whiskers'', Optimatus on '' Loonatics Unleashed'' and

on ''

''. In 2007, Adler provided the voice of

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's live-action ''

'' film franchise. Just as Chris Latta voiced both Starscream and Cobra Commander in the Sunbow cartoons, Adler voiced Cobra Commander on '' G.I. Joe: Resolute'' and '' G.I. Joe: Renegades''. He also voiced the titular character in the webtoon ''Inspector Beaver''. Adler was the guest of honor at the 2017 edition of AnthroCon. His subsequent credits as voice director include

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's ''

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'', '' Wabbit'' (season 1), '' Kulipari: An Army of Frogs'' and '' Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny''. He also plays

on '' Avengers Assemble''.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Live-action

Casting and voice director

* '' All Grown Up!'' * '' As Told by Ginger'' * ''

'' * '' Bratz'' (Season 1) * '' Bratz Genie Magic'' * '' Bratz Rock Angelz'' * '' Bubble Guppies'' (Seasons 2–4) * '' Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic'' * '' Dead Space: Downfall'' * '' DreamWorks Dragons: Rescue Riders'' * ''

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'' * '' Holly Hobbie and Friends: Christmas Wishes'' * ''

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'' * '' Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius'' * '' Johnny Bravo Goes to Bollywood'' * '' Kite Man: Hell Yeah!'' * '' Kulipari'' * '' Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny'' * '' Madagascar: A Little Wild'' * '' Marvel Super Hero Squad: Comic Combat'' * '' Marvel Super Hero Squad: The Infinity Gauntlet'' * '' Me, Eloise'' * '' Rocket Power'' * ''

'' * '' Rugrats Go Wild'' * '' Rugrats in Paris: The Movie'' * '' Sabrina: Secrets of a Teenage Witch'' * '' Stressed Eric'' * '' Stripperella'' * '' The Bob's Burgers Movie'' * '' The Brothers Flub'' * '' The Buzz on Maggie'' * '' The Emperor's New School'' * '' The Happy Elf'' * '' The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack'' (Season 1) * '' The Nutty Professor'' * '' The Replacements'' * '' The Rugrats Movie'' * '' The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald'' * ''

'' * ''

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'' * '' Todd McFarlane's Spawn'' * '' Top Cat Begins'' * '' Wabbit'' (Season 1)

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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