Charles Martinet was born on September 17, 1955 in San Jose, California, USA as Charles Andre Martinet. He is an actor and writer, best known for voicing in Nintendo games as many different Characters including Mario, Luigi, Wario, Waluigi, Toadsworth, Baby Mario, Baby Luigi, in video games including Super Mario series including Super Mario 64, Super Mario Sunshine, Super Mario Galaxy 1 and 2, Super Mario 3D World, Luigi’s Mansion Series, Super Mario Odyssey, Mario Kart series starting from Mario Kart 64, Super Smash Bros series, Mario & Luigi: RPG series, Yoshi’s Island series. He also voiced the Announcer, Referee, Boxers in Super Punch Out (1994).
He also voiced for Space Quest 6: The Spinal Frontier (1995) as Pa Conshohocken, Ray Trace, PiTooie, and voiced Coliey Joe, Big Moe, Lar-Man in the Stooge Fighter 3 Mini Game as a brief side job for Sierra-Online company in 1995 before moving on to work for Nintendo on Super Mario 64, a Nintendo 64 game.
Charles Martinet starred in cameo film roles including Matlock (1989) in the episode “The Captain”. He also played in The Dead Pool (1988), Nine Months (1995), and The Game (1997), he also did the character voices for Anastasia 1997. The non Disney animated movie Beauty and the Beast (1997) by Enchanted Tales.
Charles Martinet originally wanted to be in law school and wasn’t interested in voice acting due to the fear of speaking in public, during his school year, one of his friends convinced him to drop out of Law School and become a voice actor, he finally decided to drop out of Law School and pursue after acting and voice acting. He voiced for Mario in Mario Teaches Typing (1991), and practiced voice acting as Super Mario, he later voiced in Super Punch Out (1994) on a Super Nintendo game and in 1995 voiced the some of the characters at Sierra-Online company in the PC game Space Quest 6: The Spinal Frontier (1995).
One day while Charles was relaxing at the beach, he got a phone call from his agent and was told that he got the part to play Super Mario in Super Mario 64 in the English version. Since then he has been voice acting for Nintendo video games. He also voiced in other video games including Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance (1999), Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds (2001), Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time (2009), The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011).
Charles Martinet Biography / Wiki
| Name | Charles Martinet |
| Also Know | |
| Gender | Male |
| Known For | Acting |
| Place of Birth | San Jose, California, USA |
| Date of Birth | 1955-09-17 |
| Age(as in 2022) | 67 |
| Deathday |
Charles Martinet Acting Movies
| Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
| The Legend of Atlantis | 2004-03-30 | Enter the lost city of Atlantis. A place where four living crystals have the power to control the four elements of nature: Earth, Wind, Fire and Water… | |
| Beauty and the Beast | Red-Suited Ghost (voice) | 1997-07-13 | A kind hearted merchant found shelter from a storm in an enchanted palace. He becomes imprisoned for picking a single flower for his youngest daughter… |
| Hard Traveling | District Attorney Cobb | 1986-01-20 | Set during the Depression, Dan Bessie’s film (based on a novel by his father Alvah) stars Ellen Geer as a widow who begins a romance with an uneducate… |
| The Super Mario Bros. Movie | (voice) | 2023-03-29 | Animated film based on the world of Super Mario Bros…. |
| The Brotherhood of Justice | Deputy | 1986-05-18 | A group of high school students, led by a rich boy Derek, is sick of school violence and decides to become underground vigilantes named “Brotherhood o… |
| The Californians | City Councilman | 2005-10-21 | When real estate mogul Gavin Ransom announces his plan to cover California’s northern coast with scores of mini-mansions, his environmentalist sister,… |
| The Game | Nicholas’ Father | 1997-09-12 | In honor of his birthday, San Francisco banker Nicholas Van Orton, a financial genius and a cold-hearted loner, receives an unusual present from his y… |
| Sheer Passion | Lou | 1998-10-22 | A lingerie model has been strangled inside a wealthy fashion designer’s house, and the designer is the obvious suspect. When the police appear to be d… |
| Nine Months | Arnie | 1995-07-12 | When he finds out his longtime girlfriend is pregnant, a commitment-phobe realizes he might have to change his lifestyle for better or much, much wors… |
| The Dead Pool | Police Station Reporter #1 | 1988-04-14 | Dirty Harry Callahan returns for his final film adventure. Together with his partner Al Quan, he must investigate the systematic murder of actors and … |
Writing
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Anastasia | Screenplay | 1997-05-20 | Young Russian Princess Anastasia is the cherished daughter of the mighty Czar Nicholas. Anastasia’s perfect world changes forever when the evil monk… |
Sound
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| The Red Shoes | Vocals | 2000-03-01 | An animated retelling of the classic fairy tale…. |
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