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Brendan O'Brien (actor)
American actor (1962–2023) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Brendan James O'Brien[1] (May 9, 1962 – March 23, 2023)[1] was an American actor. He served as the original voice of Crash Bandicoot and various other character voices for the Crash Bandicoot video games during the Naughty Dog years.[2]
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Early life
Brendan James O'Brien was born in Hollywood, California, on May 9, 1962.[1] He was the son of actor Edmond O'Brien (1915–1985) and actress Olga San Juan (1927–2009).[3][4] His two sisters are television producer Bridget O'Brien Adelman and actress Maria O'Brien.[4]
He attended Loyola High School in East Los Angeles where he played guitar in various high school bands throughout his early years.[1] He was also a graduate of the Loyola Marymount University.[1]
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O'Brien began his acting career in 1972 at ten years old, he was discovered by director Bernard L. Kowalski who cast him in his first acting role in the first episode of the television series The Streets of San Francisco, along with his father.[1] His other live action credits was in the television film Honor Thy Father. He also acted in 3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain, P.U.N.K.S., Race to Space, and Grindhouse.[citation needed]
He got the role of Crash Bandicoot after Joe Pearson suggested that he call Jason Rubin (who was looking for a voice artist). After going to the studio for the call (where his parents used to work), he got the role. The recordings that O'Brien did for Crash Bandicoot were done in an intimate setting at the Alfred Hitchcock Theater.[2]
O'Brien also performed additional voices for the animated series adaptation of Spawn and Ralph Bakshi's Spicy City. He has also acted in several live action television shows such as Candid Camera and The Amazing Live Sea-Monkeys.[citation needed]
He went on a hiatus from acting in 2003; he returned to acting sixteen years later and appear in an episode of Riverdale as a math teacher and also had a small part in the TV mini-series The Slowest Show as a Male Millionaire.[citation needed] He was also in talks to have a role in Antonblast, a video game partly inspired by Crash Bandicoot; however, O'Brien died before this could occur.[5]
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Personal life
Brendan O'Brien met his wife Ingrid K. Behrens in 1995; they married five years later in 2000 and remained married until his death.[1]
Death
He died on March 23, 2023, at his home in California at the age of 60.[1][6]
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