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Chris Phillips (voice actor)

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Chris Phillips
Occupation(s)Voice actor, musician
Years active1981–present

Chris Phillips is an American voice actor and musician. He has had roles in Rockstar games such as Marty Chonks and El Burro in Grand Theft Auto III and voiced Alex Balder, Mercenary and Killer Suit in Max Payne. He has had roles in Atari games, including Nolaloth, Thunderbelly, Lorne Starling, Koraboros and Prison Leader in Neverwinter Nights 2 and Crowley in Alone in the Dark.

Career

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Phillips was the voice of Face, the former mascot of Nickelodeon's Nick Jr. block. Phillips voiced Face from September 5, 1994, until August 29, 2003, and returned to voice him for an appearance on the New Year's countdown with Stick Stickly on TeenNick's The '90s Are All That block in 2011. In Easter (March 27), 2016, Phillips returned to voice Face on NickSplat's YouTube video "Are You An Easter Bunny?". Phillips was one of Cartoon Network's continuity announcers from 1992 to 1997 and returned to the network in 2007 as the announcer for its "Invaded" event.

Phillips voiced many characters on the animated series Doug, (Disney) and became the voice of Roger Klotz and Boomer Bledsoe when Billy West left. Other animated series Phillips has worked on include PB&J Otter for Disney, Beavis and Butt-Head for MTV, Generation Jets for CBS, and Bubble Guppies and Team Umizoomi for Nickelodeon.[1] Phillips did voice work for the PBS show Between the Lions and has been in numerous "TV Funhouse" episodes for Saturday Night Live.

Animated film credits include Felix the Cat: The Movie as the Professor, and Grumper, Roger Klotz, various voices in Doug's 1st Movie,[2] and various voices in Osmosis Jones, directed by Bobby and Peter Farrelly.

Phillips has provided voice work for a number of video games, including Grand Theft Auto III, Max Payne 1 & Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne, Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven, Red Dead Revolver, Alone in the Dark and Neverwinter Nights 2.

His voice has appeared on TV and radio commercials for Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, Comcast, Honey Nut Cheerios, eBay, Rolaids, Arby’s, Cocoa Puffs, Miller Lite, Lucky Charms, New York Lottery, Cingular, FedEx and Pepto-Bismol.

He appeared in the Denis Leary specials No Cure for Cancer, Lock 'n Load, and Douchebags and Donuts, and directed and appeared in the off-Broadway version of No Cure for Cancer. He was in Leary's holiday special Merry F %$in' Christmas for Comedy Central, wrote and produced the title song and was co-author of the book of the same name. Phillips writes all of Leary's songs with him and produces his CDs. He has received a platinum album for the single "Asshole" and a gold record for No Cure for Cancer.

Phillips has written and produced music for American Motors cars and Ethan Allen Furniture commercials. He co-wrote and performed the theme for Shorties Watching Shorties for Comedy Central and is in the house band for The Comedy Central specials Comics Come Home. Phillips and his band The Enablers are the back-up band for Denis Leary; they released their own CD entitled Everest. Phillips is the secondary continuity announcer for the Nick Jr. Channel.

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role
1982 Beach House Nudge
1988 Felix the Cat: The Movie The Professor
Grumper
1990 Street Hunter Radio Commentator
1994 The Ref Old Baybrook Policeman
1995 To Die For High School Soccer Player (uncredited)
1999 Doug's 1st Movie Roger Klotz
Boomer
Larry
Mr. Chiminy
2001 Osmosis Jones Doug The Firefighter, Additional Character Voice
2002 The Lovers Additional voices
2003 A Very Wompkee Christmas Scout
2011 Top Cat: The Movie (English Dub) Vinny
Spectrum
2012 Ice Age: Continental Drift Additional voices
2013 Epic Additional voices

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1988 Care Bears Mr. Space Clown, President of Gamma #1, Melvin 3 episodes; Uncredited
1990 1/2 Hour Comedy Hour Animated Character - Opening Sequence
1991–95 Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? Character Voices 5 episodes
1992–97 Cartoon Network Channel Announcer
1993 Denis Leary: No Cure for Cancer Himself
1994–2003; 2004–present Nick Jr. Channel Face (1994–2003)
Promo Announcer (2004–present)
1995–2013 Nickelodeon Channel Announcer
1996–99 Doug (Disney) Roger M. Klotz, Boomer Bledsoe (Disney version, replacing Billy West), Larry the A.V. Nerd (Disney version, replacing Steve Higgins) Main role 65 episodes
1997 Denis Leary: Lock 'n Load Himself
1998–2000 PB&J Otter Ernest Otter, Munchy Beaver, Cap'n Crane, Walter Raccoon Main role 65 episodes
1999 KaBlam! Additional voices Episode: "Going the Extra Mile" (segment: "Little Freaks")
2000–10 Between the Lions Cliff Hanger, additional voices 16 episodes
2001–05 Saturday Night Live Various Saturday TV Funhouse shorts
2002 Contest Searchlight Himself
2003–04 Generation Jets Willie, Spike, Blitz 13 episodes
2004 The Wrong Coast Various Celebrity Voices 2 episodes; TV mini-series
2004 Davey and Goliath's Snowboard Christmas Additional voices TV movie
2004 Mighty Bug 5 Mr. Bigsnail Interstitial series
2005 Merry F#%$in' Christmas Additional voices
2005 The Buzz On Maggie French waiter Episode: "Le Termite"
2005–09 Nicktoons Network Channel Announcer
2007 Cartoon Network Invaded Announcer For May 2007 only.
2009 Rescue Me Rep. Gerard 1 episode
2011 Beavis and Butt-Head Various 3 episodes
2011 The 90's Are All That Face "Stick Clark's New Year's Sticking Eve"
2011–23 Bubble Guppies Mr. Grouper (singing voice), Clam, Mr. Grumpfish, Various snails, lobsters and crabs 131 episodes
2011–14 Team Umizoomi Doormouse, Silly Bear, Zilch, Squiddy, Additional Voice Talent 21 episodes
2014–17 Wallykazam! Cake Monster, Jingle Troll, Goblin Guard 4 episodes
2016 NickSplat Face Promo
2018–21 Pinkalicious & Peterrific Mr. Crunk, Zookeeper, Penguin, Spritely, Lucky Ducky, Pink Ducks, Ringmaster Gnome 14 episodes
2018–20 Butterbean's Cafe Spork and Spatch 18 episodes
2018 44 Cats Gas, Little Baddy 5 episodes
2019 Welcome to the Wayne Meshughnah Episode: "Welcome to the Wassermans"

Video games

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Year Title Role
1996 Nick Jr. Play Math! Face
2001 Max Payne Alex Balder, Mercenary, Killer Suit
Grand Theft Auto III El Burro, Marty Chonks
2002 Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven Additional Voice Over Talent
2003 Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne Cleaner
2004 Red Dead Revolver Carnaby Peabody, Hanz Kenyan, Gabby Brennan
2006 Neverwinter Nights 2 Nolaloth, Thunderbelly, Lorne Starling, Koraboros, Prison Leader
2008 Alone in the Dark Crowley
Order Up! Jimbo Jambo, Tex Porterhouse
Goosebumps Horrorland Carnival Barker

Other

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Year Title Role Notes
2012 Captain Cornelius Cartoon's Cartoon Lagoon Captain Cornelius Cartoon
2014 Tennessee Tuxedo and Chumley Tennessee Tuxedo, Chumley, Baldy, Phineas J. Whoopee Video short
2017 Nickelodeon Animated Shorts Program Rabbit Episode: "Mini Cops"
Captain D's commercials Dave the "D-Gull" Television

References

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  1. ^ Perlmutter, D. (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 96. ISBN 978-1-5381-0374-6. Retrieved November 9, 2024.
  2. ^ Hischak, T.S. (2011). Disney Voice Actors: A Biographical Dictionary. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 238. ISBN 978-0-7864-8694-6. Retrieved November 9, 2024.
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