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Patrick Cullen Pinney (born June 30, 1952)[1] is an American singer and television, film and voice actor.
Patrick Pinney | |
|---|---|
| Born | Patrick Cullen Pinney June 30, 1952 San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of the Pacific |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, singer |
| Years active | 1979–present |
| Agent | William Morris Agency |
Pinney was born in San Francisco County, California.[1] His mother's maiden name is his middle name.[1]
He attended college at University of the Pacific in Stockton, California, where producer and director Dennis Jones was a classmate and roommate of his.[2][3] Pinney's friends included assistant director Michele Panelli Venetis[citation needed] and San Francisco Bay area costumer Alison Barnwell Morris,[citation needed] with whom he costarred in The Deputy at the school's Rotunda Theatre.
Pinney has performed in theaters in the United States and in Europe. After relocating to Los Angeles, he played three characters in a play. Afterwards he was approached by a producer who offered him a role in a Hanna-Barbera animation. From there he made the transition from a serious stage actor to voice.[4]
He has also done work on the television series Harry & the Hendersons.[5]
Voice-over career
Pinney has provided voices for a number of animated characters, including Mighty Mouse in the short-lived Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures (1987–1988), Pa Gorg, Uncle Traveling Matt, Flange Doozer, and additional voices in the animated version of Fraggle Rock, Chico the Bouncer in the hybrid live-action/animated film Cool World (1992), the speaking voice of Painty the Pirate from the opening theme of SpongeBob SquarePants (1999–present) and Wormguy and Idikiukup in Men in Black: The Series.
He supplied the voice of the Fish Ghoulie in the Ghoulies sequel Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go to College (1987) and voiced Stan in the video game The Curse of Monkey Island.
Pinney has appeared on the stop-motion animation series Robot Chicken as He-Man, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester, Monterey Jack, Ted Kennedy, Dick Cheney, and O. J. Simpson.
In the late 1980s, he worked on a number of projects. One was providing the voice for Mainframe in G.I. Joe: The Movie in 1987.[6][7] A couple of years later, he was involved in another project. It was on the X-Men in 1989. He provided the voice for Wolverine in Pryde of the X-Men which was the pilot episode for an animated series which was never produced.[8] He had given the character an Australian sounding accent instead of the Canadian one that was expected.[9] An article by Simone Pozzoli for the Italian language OverNewsMagazine website notices that Pinney's Australian accent interpretation of the character could be interpreted as prophetic as Australian Hugh Jackman has played the part.[8] He has worked in the Phil Nibbelink and Simon Wells directed animation An American Tail: Fievel Goes West.[10] From 1997 to 2001, he worked on Men in Black: The Series in episodes which include The Long Goodbye Syndrome in 1997, The Buzzard Syndrome, also in 1997 and The Big Bad Bug Syndrome in 1998.[11][12]
Acting career (physical)
Film and television
Although Pinney's voiceover work is his primary career, he has appeared in some television and film roles. In 1979, he played the Captain of the Guards in the Ken Annakin-directed feature film The Fifth Musketeer which starred Beau Bridges, Sylvia Kristel and Ursula Andress.[13] In 1983, he played a heckler in the Fantasy Island episode "God Child/Curtain Call".[14][15] He appeared in The Terminator in 1984.[16] In 2014, he played the part of Eugene Dugan in Atwill Web Series which was directed by Charles Dennis.[17][18]
He also voiced characters in Disney films such as Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Toy Story, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hercules, Mulan, Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Treasure Planet, and Brother Bear.
Stage
In June 2015, Pinney appeared at the Sierra Repertory Theatre in the play Unnecessary Farce. The play also starred Daniel Hines, Kristin Howell, Ty Smith and Nick Ferruci. The story which was set in a small town motel with an embezzling mayor with undercover police trying to catch him.[19] Pinney played the part of a 6.4 Scottish assassin. The reviewer for the Sierra Lodestar magazine said that audiences might recognize Pinney from his part as Painty the Pirate.[2] Pinney and director Dennis Jones have a history that goes back to 1972 when they worked together at the theatre company for Fallon House.[20]
Film (animated)
| Year | Title | Role | Note(s) | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | G.I. Joe: Arise, Serpentor, Arise! | Mainframe | Television film | |
| 1987 | G.I. Joe: The Movie | Mainframe | Direct-to-video | [7] |
| 1987 | The Chipmunk Adventure | Additional voices | Credited as Pat Pinney | |
| 1988 | Christmas in Tattertown | Television film | ||
| 1989 | The Little Mermaid | Additional voices | [7] | |
| 1990 | DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp | Additional voices | [7] | |
| 1991 | Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go to College | Fish Ghoulie | Direct-to-video | [7] |
| 1991 | Beauty and the Beast | Additional voices | [7] | |
| 1991 | An American Tail: Fievel Goes West | Additional voices | [7] | |
| 1992 | Aladdin | Additional voices | [7] | |
| 1993 | Look Who's Talking Now | Dog voices | [7] | |
| 1995 | Toy Story | Pizza delivery guy, angry driver #2 | [7] | |
| 1996 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Quasimodo's father, additional voices | [7] | |
| 1997 | Hercules | Cyclops, Rock Titan's Left Head | [7] | |
| 1998 | Mulan | Fa Deng | [7] | |
| 1998 | A Bug's Life | Grasshopper | [7] | |
| 1998 | The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald: Scared Silly | Phantom head | Direct-to-video | [7] |
| 2001 | Atlantis: The Lost Empire | Smithsonian board member #2 | [7] | |
| 2002 | Lilo & Stitch | Firefighter | [7] | |
| 2002 | Treasure Planet | Aquanoggin | [7] | |
| 2003 | Brother Bear | Male bear #1 | [7] |
Television (animated)
| Year | Title | Role | Note(s) | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series | Uncle Traveling Matt, Pa Gorg, Flange Doozer | 13 episodes | |
| 1987–88 | Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures | Mighty Mouse | Main role | |
| 1989 | X-Men: Pryde of the X-Men | Wolverine | TV pilot | |
| 1997 | Cow and Chicken | Superhero #2 | Ep. "Who Is Super Cow?" | [7] |
| Spider-Man | The Thing / Ben Grimm | 2 episodes | ||
| 1999 | The Wild Thornberrys | MacWhirter, Radio Voice | Ep. "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yeti" | [7] |
| 1999–present | SpongeBob SquarePants | Painty the Pirate | Performer: "SpongeBob SquarePants Theme" | |
| 2000 | Johnny Bravo | Bailiff, Defense Attorney, Juror #1 | Ep. "I Dream of Johnny/One Angry Bravo/Carnival of the Darned" | [7] |
| 2001 | The Powerpuff Girls | Cop #1, Actor Cop, Guard #3, Male Actor, Male Teller, Crook #3 | Ep. "Film Flam" | [7] |
| 2003 | My Life as a Teenage Robot | Dismal, Soggy, Rich Guy | Ep. "Attack of the 5 1/2 Ft. Geek/Doom with a View" | [7] |
| 2007–present | Robot Chicken | He-Man / Prince Adam, Arnold Schwarzenegger / Terminator, Sylvester, Monterey Jack, Ted Kennedy, Dick Cheney, O. J. Simpson, Carl Fredricksen | 14 episodes | |
| 2018 | Trolls: The Beat Goes On! | Nangus | Ep. "Royal Review/Funishment" | [7] |
Acting roles (screen)
| Title | Role | Director | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicanery | Mannheim Hofflung | Charles Dennis | 2014 | [21] |
| Atwill Web Series Episode: Judge Joanie |
Eugene Dugan | Charles Dennis | 2014 | [22][21] |
| Dead Men Don't Die | Announcer | Malcolm Marmorstein | 1990 | |
| The Terminator | Bar customer | James Cameron | 1984 | [23] |
| Fantasy Island Episode "God Child / Curtain Call" |
Heckler | Ted Lange | 1983 | [15] |
| The Fifth Musketeer | Captain of the Guards | Ken Annakin | 1979 | [24] |
Acting roles (stage) (Selective)
| Title | Role | Director | Venue | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Golden Fleece | The Hub Theatre | August 5, 2007 | Adaptation of A.R. Gurney's The Golden Fleece; co-starring with Becky Bonar[25] | ||
| The Alchemist of Cecil Street | Charles Dennis | Radio Ranch, Sherman Oaks, California | March 31, 2009 | [26] | |
| Tolstoy Was Never There | Brian Mayhew | Charles Dennis | 2010 | Cast included Kevin Dunn, Ed Begley Jr., John O'Hurley, Ron Orbach, Enn Reitel[27][28][29] | |
| Unnecessary Farce | Todd | Dennis Jones | Sierra Repertory Theatre | 2015 | [30][2] |
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