Corey Burton facts for kids

Corey Burton is an American voice actor. He is famous for giving voices to many characters you might know! He is the current voice of Captain Hook and Ludwig Von Drake for The Walt Disney Company. He also voiced Shockwave in The Transformers, Brainiac in the DC Animated Universe, and characters like Count Dooku and Cad Bane in the Star Wars movies and shows. He was also Zeus in Hercules: The Animated Series and the God of War games, and Hugo Strange in Batman: Arkham City.

Corey's Voice Acting Journey

Starting Out

Corey Burton began his career when he was 17 years old. He used the name Corey Weinman at first. He even did a voice that sounded like another famous actor, Hans Conried, for Disney! He learned a lot about radio acting from Daws Butler for four years. Corey worked with many original radio actors from Hollywood.

At first, Corey was a bit shy and has a condition called Autism Spectrum Disorder. This made him unsure about voice acting. But he found inspiration in Disney's The Haunted Mansion attraction. He loved the different characters and worlds there, and it made him want to move forward. He voiced many characters, 169 to be exact, in a series called Adventures in Odyssey.

Working with Disney

Corey Burton has done a lot of voice work for Disney. This includes animated movies and fun theme park rides at places like Disneyland Resort, Walt Disney World, and Tokyo Disney Resort. You might hear his voice as the "Feature Presentation" announcer on Disney videos or as the narrator at Disneyland.

He voiced Captain Hook in Disney's Return to Never Land. He also re-recorded the voice of Deems Taylor for the movie Fantasia when it was re-released.

Corey has voiced characters for over 50 Disney Storyteller records. Some of his roles include:

• Ludwig Von Drake (since 1987)
• Dale and Zipper in Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers
• The How-to Narrator in Goof Troop
• The White Rabbit and Mad Hatter in House of Mouse
• Gruffi Gummi and Toadwart in Adventures of the Gummi Bears
• Zeus in the animated series Hercules
• Quint and Speedy the Snail in Timon & Pumbaa
• Gaetan "Mole" Molière in Atlantis: The Lost Empire
• Ansem the Wise in the Kingdom Hearts games
• Professor Owl in the Disney Sing-Along Songs series
• Doc Hudson in various Cars media

Following Paul Frees' Footsteps

For many years, Corey learned from another famous voice actor named Paul Frees. After Paul Frees passed away, Corey took over some of his most famous roles. He imitated Frees' voice as the Ghost Host in Disneyland's Haunted Mansion Holiday attraction. He also said the classic line "Welcome, foolish mortals" in the 2003 Haunted Mansion movie. Today, he is the voice of the Ghost Host in almost all Haunted Mansion shows and events.

Corey also provides other voices that sound like Paul Frees at Disneyland Park. These include some new pirates in the Pirates of the Caribbean ride and Grumpy on the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train attraction.

Corey's Role in Fantasia

In the special editions of Disney's Fantasia, Corey Burton re-recorded all the parts spoken by Deems Taylor.

Voicing Transformers Characters

Corey Burton was the voice of Shockwave, Sunstreaker, Brawn, and Spike Witwicky in the original Transformers cartoon. Later, he voiced Megatron, Ratchet, Ironhide, and Shockwave in Transformers: Animated.

Corey once said that Shockwave was his favorite character to voice in the original series. However, he decided not to voice Shockwave again in the movie Transformers: Dark of the Moon because he felt he had voiced the character enough. So, another actor, Frank Welker, took over the role.

His Work in Star Wars

For Star Wars, Corey Burton voiced Count Dooku, Cad Bane, and Ziro the Hutt in Star Wars: The Clone Wars. He has continued to voice Cad Bane in Star Wars: The Bad Batch and The Book of Boba Fett. He has also voiced many characters in Star Wars video games.

Characters in Kingdom Hearts

In the Kingdom Hearts game series, Corey Burton voiced Ansem the Wise. He took over this role because the original actor, Christopher Lee, had health problems. Corey re-recorded Lee's lines for some of the games. He returned to voice Ansem the Wise in Kingdom Hearts III.

The Voice of Brainiac

Corey Burton has played the supervillain Brainiac in the DC Animated Universe. He voiced Brainiac in shows like Superman: The Animated Series, Justice League, and Justice League Unlimited. He also voiced Brainiac in other games like DC Universe Online and Lego DC Super-Villains.

Other Cool Roles

Corey Burton has voiced many other characters, including:

• Scarecrow in Batman: Gotham Knight
• V.V. Argost in The Secret Saturdays
• The main character in James Bond Jr.
• Invisibo in Freakazoid!
• Captain Marvel and Solomon Grundy in Superman/Batman: Public Enemies
• Red Tornado, Joker (Scooby-Doo version), and Thomas Wayne in Batman: The Brave and the Bold
• Brain and James Gordon in Young Justice
• Dracula in Avengers Assemble and Ultimate Spider-Man
• Ranger Smith in Boo Boo Runs Wild
• Zeus in the God of War game series
• Doctor N. Gin and Doctor Nefarious Tropy in the Crash Bandicoot games
• Hugo Strange in Batman: Arkham City
• The Narrator for the movie The A-Team
• The Announcer for the Bounty Law promo in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Theme parks

• Alice in Wonderland – White Rabbit, Playing Cards
• Fantasmic! – Chernabog, Captain Hook, Magic Mirror
• Haunted Mansion Holiday – Ghost Host
• Mickey and Friends Parking Tram – Spiel
• Mr. Toad's Wild Ride – Cop, Judge, Farmer
• Peter Pan's Flight – Captain Hook, Mr. Smee
• Pirates of the Caribbean – Stuffed Pirate, Safety Spiel
• Radiator Springs Racers – Doc Hudson
• Seven Dwarfs Mine Train – Grumpy

Awards and Nominations

See also

In Spanish: Corey Burton para niños