George Newbern
| George Newbern | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Newbern at the Muppets Most Wanted premiere on March 11, 2014 | |
| Born |
George Young Newbern December 30, 1964 Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor, voice actor |
| Years active | 1982–present |
| Spouse(s) | Marietta DePrima (m. 1990) |
| Children | 3 |
George Young Newbern (born December 30, 1964) is an American television and film actor and voice actor best known for his roles as Bryan MacKenzie in Father of the Bride (1991) and its sequel Father of the Bride Part II as well as Danny (The Yeti) in Friends. He is also well known for his recurring role as Julia's son Payne in Designing Women and for providing the voices of Superman from the Justice League and Justice League Unlimited animated series, as well as Nooj and Sephiroth from the Final Fantasy series and the Kingdom Hearts series. He is also known for having appeared in Saw VI as well as his role as "Charlie" on the hit TV show Scandal.
Life and career
Born in Little Rock, Arkansas, the son of Betty, a Spanish teacher, and David Newbern, a radiologist,[1] he began his acting career at the Arkansas Arts Center in Little Rock, in the role of the younger brother in Life With Father, based on Clarence S. Day Jr.'s autobiographical novels. This first acting role spurred him on to other acting roles and eventually on to movie roles. Newbern's first lead role was in 1987's Double Switch, a retelling of The Prince and the Pauper that aired as a part of the Wonderful World of Disney television series.
From 1986-1992, Newbern had a recurring role as Payne McElroy, the son of designer Julia Sugarbaker (played by Dixie Carter), on the series Designing Women. He has since guest-starred on television in such series as Providence, Chicago Hope, Friends, Bull, CSI, Medium, Ghost Whisperer, Touched by an Angel, Criminal Minds, and Private Practice. He has a recurring role as a former CIA operative in Scandal.
He starred as Neal Morris, father of Melissa Morris (Emily Osment), in the 2009 Disney Channel movie Dadnapped, and portrayed Apollo 14 astronaut Stu Roosa in the HBO mini-series From The Earth To The Moon. Film credits include Adventures in Babysitting (1987) with Elisabeth Shue; Double Switch (1987); Switching Channels (1988) with Kathleen Turner, Burt Reynolds and Christopher Reeve; and Father of the Bride (1991) and its sequel Father of the Bride Part II. In 2009 he appeared in Locker 13.
Superman
As a voice actor, Newbern is notable for his role as Clark Kent/Superman on the Cartoon Network series Justice League, Static Shock and Justice League Unlimited (as a replacement for Tim Daly due to his contractual obligations elsewhere). He also reprised his role as Superman in The Batman fifth season two-part opener "The Batman/Superman Story" and the series finale episode "Lost Heroes" even though that series was described as existing in a different continuity. He recently reprised his role as Superman in the DC Showcase short Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam and as well as Superman vs The Elite. He also provides the voice of Superman in the game Injustice: Gods Among Us. On February 26, 2016, the DC Universe Online Facebook page reported that Newbern would be taking over the role of Superman from Adam Baldwin.
Other roles
Newbern's voice acting career began in 1991 with the cartoon series The Pirates of Dark Water, and he has also done voiceovers on a number of video games and game-related productions. He has also voiced in the infamous Theodore Rex as the character of the same name. In 2003, Newbern provided the voice of Mevyn Nooj in Final Fantasy X-2.
His performance as Nooj reportedly impressed the developers at Square Enix enough for them to cast him as Sephiroth in the English version of Kingdom Hearts II (replacing Lance Bass) and he would also go on to reprise the role in the English-language releases of Final Fantasy VII Advent Children, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII, Dissidia: Final Fantasy and Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy. He later appeared in the second season of Jericho as the President of the Allied States of America. In 2009, he sent a DNA sample into space to preserve the Newbern genome. Newbern also narrated Toyota's commercials for the 2010 model year of the Prius, one of the car company's younger automotive models, and portrayed Harold in Saw VI.
Personal life
He married actress Marietta DePrima in 1990; the couple have three children.
Select filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | The Blue and the Gray | Pvt Lawrence Jones (Union deserter at Bull Run) | TV Miniseries |
| 1986 | My Little Girl | Woody | |
| 1986 | Family Ties | Eric | 1 episode |
| 1986–1992 | Designing Women | Payne McIlroy | 4 episodes |
| 1987 | Adventures in Babysitting | Dan Lynch | |
| 1987 | Paramedics | Uptown | |
| 1988 | Switching Channels | Siegenthaler | |
| 1988 | It Takes Two | Travis Rogers | |
| 1990 | Poochinski | Det. Robert McKay | TV Pilot |
| 1990 | Working Girl | Everett Rutledge | TV Series |
| 1991 | Father of the Bride | Bryan MacKenzie | |
| 1991–1993 | The Pirates of Dark Water | Ren (voice) | Animated Series |
| 1992 | Little Sister | Mike | |
| 1993 | Doorways | Dr. Thomas Mason | TV Movie |
| 1993 | Doppelganger | Patrick Highsmith | TV Movie |
| 1993 | Torch Song | Wedge | TV Movie |
| 1994 | I Spy Returns | Bennett | TV Movie |
| 1994 | Witness to the Execution | Phillip Tyler | TV Movie |
| 1995 | Father of the Bride Part II | Bryan MacKenzie | |
| 1995 | Theodore Rex | Theodore Rex (voice) | |
| 1995 | Courthouse | Sean | TV Series |
| 1996 | The Evening Star | Tommy Horton | |
| 1997 | Gold Fever | Will Patterson | Documentary |
| 1997 | Promised Land | Michael Burns | 1 episode |
| 1997 | Touched by an Angel | Michael Burns | 2 episodes |
| 1997 | The Outer Limits | Ryan Unger | 1 episode |
| 1997 | Adventures from the Book of Virtues | Damon (voice) | 1 episode |
| 1997 | Perversions of Science | Walter | 1 episode |
| 1997–1998 | Chicago Hope | Dr. Scott Frank | TV Series |
| 1998 | From the Earth to the Moon | Astronaut Stu Roosa | TV Miniseries |
| 1998 | Friends | Danny | 3 episodes |
| 1998 | The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn | Christian Nelson | TV Movie |
| 1999 | Friends and Lovers | Ian Wickam | |
| 2000 | If These Walls Could Talk | Tom | TV movie |
| 2000 | Bull | Robert "Ditto" Roberts III | TV series |
| 2001 | The Sons of Mistletoe | Jimmy Adams | TV movie |
| 2001–2004 | Justice League | Clark Kent/Superman (voice) | Animated Series |
| 2002 | Providence | Owen Frank (2002, Series) | TV series |
| 2003 | Final Fantasy X-2 | Nooj (voice: English version) | Video Game |
| 2003 | Kids' Ten Commandments: Stolen Gearts | Matthew (voice) | Direct-to-DVD animated short film |
| 2003 | Static Shock | Clark Kent/Superman (voice) | Animated series |
| 2004 | Boston Legal | Dr. Allen Konigsberg | 1 episode |
| 2004 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Dr. Todd Coombs | 1 episode |
| 2004 | Johnny Bravo | Man/Waiter/Moustache Man (voices) | 1 episode |
| 2004–2006 | Justice League Unlimited | Clark Kent/Superman, Bizarro, Evil Star (voice) | Animated Series |
| 2005 | Buffalo Dreams | Dr.Nick Townsend | TV Movie |
| 2006 | Cold Case | Bill Huxley (1979) | 1 episode |
| 2006 | Kingdom Hearts II | Sephiroth (voice: English version) | Video Game |
| 2006 | Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children | Sephiroth (voice: English version) | Computer Animated Movie |
| 2007 | A Dennis the Menace Christmas | Henry Mitchell | |
| 2007–2008 | The Batman | Clark Kent/Superman (voice) | 4 episodes |
| 2007 | Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII | Sephiroth (voice: English version) | Video Game |
| 2008 | Fireflies in the Garden | Jimmy | |
| 2008 | CSI: Miami | Kevin Weaver | 1 episode |
| 2008 | Ben 10: Alien Force | Frank Tennyson (voice) | 1 episode |
| 2008 | Batman: Gotham Knight | Voices: Man in Black / Guido / Man / Youth 3 (voices) | |
| 2008 | Grey's Anatomy | Stan Mercer | 1 episode |
| 2008 | Dissidia Final Fantasy | Sephiroth (voice: English version) | Video Game |
| 2008 | Ghost Whisperer | Roger Gardner | 1 episode |
| 2008 | Jericho | President John Tomarchio | 1 episode |
| 2009 | The Patient | George | |
| 2009 | Criminal Minds | Steven Baleman | 1 episode |
| 2009 | CSI: NY | Alex Sheridan | 1 episode |
| 2009 | Dadnapped | Neal Morris | TV movie |
| 2009 | Castle | Howard Peterson | 1 episode |
| 2009 | Locker 13 | Robert Diener (segment "Midnight Blues") | |
| 2009 | The Cleaner | Perry | 1 episode |
| 2009 | Saw VI | Harold Abbott | |
| 2009 | Private Practice | Brian Reynolds | 1 episode |
| 2010 | Nip/Tuck | Dr. Curtis Ryerson | 4 episodes |
| 2010 | The Mentalist | Dr. Cliff Edmunds | 1 episode |
| 2010 | Miami Medical | Frank | 1 episode |
| 2010 | NCIS | Arthur Haskell | 1 episode |
| 2010–2011 | Hot in Cleveland | Jordan | 2 episodes |
| 2010 | Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam | Clark Kent/Superman (voice) | Direct-to-DVD animated short film |
| 2011 | Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy | Sephiroth (voice: English version) | Video Game |
| 2011 | The Heart of Christmas | Dr. Sandler | TV movie |
| 2012 | 3 Day Test | Martin Taylor | Direct-to-DVD film |
| 2012 | Monster High: Escape from Skull Shores | Andy Beast (voice) | TV animated film |
| 2012–present | Scandal | Charlie | TV series |
| 2012 | Superman vs. The Elite | Clark Kent/Superman (voice) | Direct-to-DVD animated film |
| 2013 | Injustice: Gods Among Us | Clark Kent/Superman (voice) | Video Game |
| 2014 | Justice League: War | Steve Trevor (voice) | Direct-to-DVD animated film |
| 2015 | Granite Flats | Scottie Andrews | TV series, season 3, 8 episodes |
| 2015 | Justice League: Throne of Atlantis | Steve Trevor (voice) | Direct-to-DVD animated film |
| 2016 | DC Universe Online | Clark Kent/Superman (voice) | Video Game |
| 2017 | Injustice 2 [2] | Clark Kent/Superman (voice) | Video Game |
References
- ↑ Profile at Film Reference.com
- ↑ "San Diego Comic-Con 2016 Injustice 2". Comic-Con 2016. Retrieved 2016-07-11.
External links
- George Newbern at the Internet Movie Database
- Voice chasers
- Interview with George Newbern on Voiceover Role in Superman vs the Elite