Mark Acheson

Canadian voice actor
Mark Acheson
Born (1957-09-19) September 19, 1957 (age 66) [1]
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
NationalityCanadian
OccupationActor
Years active1976–present

Mark Acheson (born September 19, 1957) is a Canadian voice, film and television actor.

Career

Acheson began studying acting at Langara College’s Studio 58 at the age of 15.[2] He is a founding member of Janus Theatre and appeared on stage for eight years including a full season at the Arts Club as well as The NewPlay center, Carousel Theatre, Western Canada Theatre in Kamloops, Sunshine Theatre in Kelowna, The Belfry in Victoria and StageWest in Edmonton. In his 30s, he started an extensive career in film and television, mostly in supporting roles. Some of his most notable roles are the Mailroom Guy in Elf[3] and Mr. Tripoli in Fargo.[4] His other film credits include The 13th Warrior[2] and Watchmen.[2]

Acheson has also amassed a large body of work in voice acting, where he tends to be cast as villains. He voiced the characters of Lord Tirek from My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic,[1] Sabretooth from Hulk Vs. Wolverine,[5] and has provided the voice of many characters in the TV show Transformers.[5]

Filmography

Animation

  • Fat Dog Mendoza (1998, TV Series) as Fat Dog
  • Weird-Oh's (1999, TV Series) as Leaky Boat Louie
  • Donner (2001, TV Series) as Blitzen / Cupid / Santa Claus
  • Alienators: Evolution Continues (2001-2002, TV Series) as SCOPES
  • The Amazing Zorro (2002, TV Series) as Don Carlos Pulido
  • Stargate Infinity (2002-2003, TV Series) as Da'Kyll
  • He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (2003-2004, TV Series) as Fisto / Chadaz
  • Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes (2006, TV Series) as Attuma
  • Class of the Titans (2007, TV Series) as Orion
  • Barbie and the Diamond Castle (2008) as Slyder
  • Hot Wheels Battle Force 5 (2009) as Rawkus
  • Hulk Vs (2009) as Sabretooth
  • Dinosaur Train (2013, TV Series) as Marvin Mosasaurus
  • My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (2014-2019, TV Series) as Lord Tirek
  • Tobot (2018) as Giga 7

Anime Dubbing

Roles which were originally voiced in other languages by other people for whom Acheson provided English dubbing:

  • Transformers: Armada (2002-2003) as Unicron
  • Transformers: Energon (2004) as Unicron / Narrator
  • Transformers: Cybertron (2005) as Crumplezone
  • .hack//Roots (2006) as Tawalaya / Touta
  • Black Lagoon (2006) as Boris, Hotel Moscow Soldier
  • The Little Prince (2010) as Lux

Live-action

English dubbing roles

Animation

  • .hack//Roots as Tawalaya / Touta
  • Black Lagoon as Boris, Hotel Moscow Soldier
  • The Little Prince as Lux in "The Planet of Cublix" arc
  • Transformers: Armada as Unicron
  • Transformers: Cybertron as Crumplezone
  • Transformers: Energon as Unicron / Narrator
  • Glitter Force Doki Doki as Proto Mercenare

Video games

References

  1. ^ a b c "Mark Acheson (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "A Chat with Actor Mark Acheson: An Interview by Nate Hill". podcastingthemsoftly.com. 21 June 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  3. ^ "21 Things You Might Not Know About 'Elf'". Mental Floss. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  4. ^ Grubbs, Jefferson. "The 'Fargo' Season 2 Finale Connects To Season 1 In Surprising Ways". bustle.com. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  5. ^ a b "Mark Acheson". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 3 December 2016.

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