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Cameron A. Clarke (born November 6, 1957 in Burbank, California) is an American voice actor, made famous for his many starring roles in popular video games and animated television and film. He is the son of horror B movie actor and director Robert Clarke. His mother is Alyce Driggs, one of the famous "King Sisters" (a stage name the family used), the Mormon singing quartet from Salt Lake City, who had their own television variety show from 1965-69. In Latter Day Saint circles, Cam Clarke is best known as the original "Jimmy Flinders" character during the 1970s, from the hit LDS musical, Saturday's Warrior.
Clarke is perhaps best known for his roles as Shotaro Kaneda in Katsuhiro Otomo's Akira (1988), Max Sterling and Lancer in the 1985 Robotech series, Rigadon in Around the World with Willy Fog in 1986, Dogtanian in Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds in 1987, Leonardo and Rocksteady in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series, and Liquid Snake in the popular Metal Gear Solid series of video games. It has been confirmed by Ryan Payton that he will not reprise the role in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (source: http://mp.i-revo.jp/user.php/kp-ryan/entry/128.html). Clarke is also the voice of Prince Adam and He-Man in the 2002 relaunch of Masters of the Universe, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe. He is also known to RPG fans as Ryudo in "Grandia II", Kratos Aurion in "Tales of Symphonia" and Will Raynard in "Tales of Legendia." He voices the male Blood Elf in World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade. He uses a voice similar to Liquid Snake's for this portrayal. To date, Clarke has voiced over one hundred titles. Cam is easily recognizable by his distinct voice which can fluctuate from adolescent sounding (Leonardo) to deep and soothing (Kratos) and to a faux British (Liquid Snake).
He is a part-time announcer for Disney Channel.
Selected works
Anime Roles
Animated Roles
- Aladdin - Additional Voices
- Attack of the Killer Tomatoes - Igor, Tomacho
- Avatar the Last Airbender - Lao Bei Fong (in "The Blind Bandit")
- Back at the Barnyard - Freddy the Ferret
- Captain Planet and the Planeteers - Ooze (1990-1993), Additional Voices
- Clifford the Big Red Dog - Machavelli, Mr. Mark Howard, Mr. Dink, Ad Announcer
- Cow and Chicken - Additional Voices
- Denver, the Last Dinosaur - Mario, Shades
- Dino-Riders - Additional Voices
- Disney's House of Mouse - Simba
- EEK! The Cat (1992) TV Series (voice) Additional Voices
- Gargoyles - Young Gillecomgain
- God, the Devil and Bob -
- Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer (TV special) - Austin Bucks
- He-Man and the Masters of the Universe - He-Man/Prince Adam
- Mr. Bogus - Mr. Bogus
- Spider-Man - Mister Fantastic
- The California Raisins - Bebop
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Leonardo, Rocksteady, Mung
- The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show - Singerm Additional Voices
- The Land Before Time - Bron
- The Mask: The Animated Series - Putty Thing
- The Tick - Die Fledermaus, Fishboy: Lost Prince of Atlantis
- The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat - Additional Voices
- Timon and Pumbaa - Simba
- Where's Waldo? - Additional Voices
- W.I.T.C.H. - Dean Collins
- The Spectacular Spider-Man - Molten Man
Live-Action Roles
Two Movie Roles
Video Game Roles
- Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance - Fayard, Vahn
- Baldur's Gate 2 - Drizzt Do'Urden, Aran Linvail.
- Bloody Roar: Primal Fury - Bakuryu, Cronos
- Call of Duty: United Offensive - Pvt. Anderson, Additional Voices
- Champions of Norrath -
- Champions: Return to Arms -
- Crimson Sea - Shahanai
- Dark Cloud 2 - Dark Element, Dr. Jamming
- Doom 3 - IPN Newscaster, Additional Voices
- Dynasty Warriors 4: Empires - Zhou Yu
- EOE: Eve of Extinction - Josh Calloway
- Escape from Monkey Island - Clive the Jambalaya Tourist, Meathook
- Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem - Anthony the Paige, Custodian
- Eternal Sonata - Prince Crescendo
- EverQuest II - Assistant Tillheel, Captain Santis, Vondorinsarnoo, Generic Male Kerran Merchant, Generic Male High Elf Merchant, Generic Male Wood Elf Merchant, Generic Male Halfling Merchant, Generic Male Amygdalan Enemy, Generic Male Dark Elf Enemy, Generic Male Dragon Enemy, Generic Male Ettin Enemy, Generic Male Froglok Enemy, Generic Male Ghost Enemy, Generic Male Golem Enemy
- Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel - Vault Man, Patrol, Plasma, Kamikaze Robot
- Galleon - Sultan
- God of War II - Hercules
- Grandia II - Ryudo, Father Carius, Risotto
- Gungrave Overdose - Juji Kabane, Richard Wong
- Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction - General Ross and Doc Samson
- Jade Empire - Sky, Si Pat, Additional Voices
- Kessen II - Zhou Yu.
- Kessen III - Mitsuhide Akechi (Uncredited)
- Killer7 - Andrei Ulmeyda
- Kingdom Hearts II - Simba
- Kingdom Of Paradise - Kairoku, Hokaku
- La Pucelle: Tactics - Yattanya
- Legaia 2: Duel Saga - Lang
- Lord Of The Rings: Battle For Middle Earth II - Rise Of The Witch King - King Arveleg
- Mass Effect - Private Fredericks, Additional Voices
- Medal of Honor: Allied Assault - Additional Voices
- Marvel: Ultimate Alliance - Thor, Daredevil, Weasel
- Metal Gear Solid - Liquid Snake, "Master" McDonnell Miller
- Metal Gear Solid: Integral - Liquid Snake / "Master" McDonnell Miller
- Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes - Liquid Snake, "Master" McDonald Miller
- Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty - Liquid Snake
- Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance - Liquid Snake
- Neverwinter Nights - Various
- Painkiller - Daniel
- Painkiller: Battle Out Of Hell - Daniel
- Quest for Glory IV - Domovoi, Gypsy Davy, Nikolai
- Return to Castle Wolfenstein - Nazi Soldier #4
- Rise of the Dragon - William Blade Hunter
- Robotech: Battlecry - Jack Archer
- Shadow Of Rome - Marcus Brutus
- Shark Tale - Eel Boss, Teenboy Fish, Paper-Sales Fish
- Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix - Anthony Michaels
- Sword of the Berserk: Guts' Rage - Puck
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic - Additional Voices
- Tales of Legendia - Will Raynard
- Tales of Symphonia - Kratos Aurion
- Tales Of The World: Radiant Mythology - Kratos Aurion
- Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven -
- Wild Arms 4 - Scythe, Tony, Goblins
- World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade - Blood Elf Male, Medivh, Nexus-Prince Shaffar
- Yakuza - Additional Voices
Other
- The Mystery of Smuggler's Cove (1985) Hardy Boys audiobook - All characters
Trivia
- Frequently works alongside fellow voice actor Quinton Flynn. As of mid-2005, he and Flynn have appeared in fourteen projects together.
- Nephew of jazz pianist and orchestra leader Buddy Cole. Half-brother of composer and pianist Lex DeAzevedo.
- Life long friend of Shawn Southwick, the wife of television talk show host Larry King.
- Currently the national spokesman for online service NetZero.
- Though he frequently does voiceovers for video games, Clarke claims the last video game he spent any significant amount of time playing was Pong in the early 1970s. In one interview, when asked if he plays video games, Cam claims that he does not have the dexterity to play them because at the time he was growing up, video games were either scarce or simply did not exist. That is why he decided to do voices for various entertainment mediums including video games instead of choosing to play video games.
- His favorite role has been that of Die Fledermaus in The Tick.
- Because of limitations placed upon voice actors by their unions, they often must take work under pseudonyms to avoid penalties. Clarke has been credited under the names James Flinders, Jimmy Flinders, and Cam Clark in various roles.
- Cam Clarke's music CD "Inside Out" is an interpretation work, reworking old songs from a gay perspective for Male ferrat in Barnyard
Quotes
- There are love songs in everyone's life that have special meaning, especially those we heard when we "came of age". Well, when coming of age also includes the realization that you are gay, you learn to overlook the fact that every love song has a man singing about a woman, or vice versa, and your experience is from the outside looking in. I often thought, wouldn't it be nice if I could hear love songs from my perspective?
External links
fi:Cam Clarke sv:Cam Clarke
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