Arturo Mercado facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Arturo Mercado
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Arturo Mercado Chacón
December 7, 1940 Acámbaro, Guanajuato, Mexico
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| Occupation | Voice actor |
| Years active | 1963–present |
| Children | Arturo Mercado, Jr. Carmen Mercado, Angeles Mercado |
Arturo Mercado Chacón (born December 7, 1940) is a famous Mexican voice actor. He has given his voice to many well-known movie and TV characters in Spanish for audiences in Latin America since 1963. He is the father of Arturo Mercado Jr., Carmen Mercado, and Angeles Mercado.
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Who is Arturo Mercado?
Arturo Mercado is a talented voice actor. He is known for changing his voice to play many different characters. This means when you watch a movie or TV show that was originally in English, and it's dubbed into Spanish, there's a good chance you've heard his voice! He started his career in 1963 and has been working ever since.
His Amazing Voice Work
Arturo Mercado has voiced hundreds of characters. He is especially famous for voicing characters in animated movies and TV shows. He often voices the main characters or very important ones.
Voicing Movie Characters
Arturo Mercado has lent his voice to many memorable movie characters. For example, he voiced Winnie the Pooh in Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree. He was also the voice of Beast in Disney's Beauty and the Beast.
Another famous role is Adult Simba in The Lion King. He also voiced Hamm the piggy bank in the Toy Story movies. If you've seen Finding Nemo, you might recognize his voice as Gill. He also voiced Mack in Cars and Raymond in The Princess and the Frog.
Arturo Mercado has also voiced characters in live-action movies. He was the Spanish voice of Yoda in the Star Wars prequel movies. He also voiced characters played by actors like George Clooney and Matt Dillon in many films.
Voicing TV Characters
On television, Arturo Mercado has voiced many popular cartoon characters. He was the voice of Scrooge McDuck in DuckTales. He also voiced Shaggy in Scooby-Doo for a long time.
He played several characters in The Smurfs, including Clumsy, Brainy, Jokey, and Grandpa Smurf. He also voiced Simba in the Timon & Pumbaa TV series. In Phineas and Ferb, he was the voice of Lawrence Fletcher. He even voiced Yoda in the Star Wars: The Clone Wars TV series.
See Also
In Spanish: Arturo Mercado para niños
- List of Mexican voice actors
