Patrick Pinney

Patrick Pinney (born June 30, 1952) is an American television, film and voice actor.

Patrick Pinney
Born	June 30, 1952 Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Alma mater	University of the Pacific
Occupation	Actor, voice actor
Years active	1979–present
Agent	William Morris Agency

Pinney has provided voices for a number of animated characters, including Mighty Mouse in the short-lived Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures (1987–1988), Pa Gorg, Uncle Traveling Matt, Flange Doozer, and "Additional Voices" in the animated version of Fraggle Rock, Chico the Bouncer in the hybrid live-action/animated film Cool World (1992), the speaking voice of Painty the Pirate from the opening theme of SpongeBob SquarePants (1999–present) and Wormguy and Idikiukup in Men in Black: The Series.

He supplied the voice of the Fish Ghoulie in the sequel Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go to College (1987) and voiced Stan in the video game The Curse of Monkey Island.

Pinney has appeared on the stop-motion animation series Robot Chicken as He-Man, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester, Monterey Jack, Ted Kennedy, Dick Cheney, and O. J. Simpson.

Background

He attended college at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California, where he had many friends including assistant director Michele Panelli Venetis and San Francisco Bay area costumer Alison Barnwell Morris, with whom he costarred in "The Deputy" at the UOP Rotunda Theatre.

He studied theatre along with producer / director Dennis Jones at University of the Pacific in Stockton where the two of them were room mates.[1][2] As well as performing in theaters in the United States, he had also done theaters in Europe. He came to Los Angeles. Some time later, he played three characters in a play. Afterwards he was approached by a producer who offered him work in animation. It was a role in a Hanna-Barbera animation. From there he made the transition from a serious stage actor to voice.[3]

He has also done work on Harry & the Hendersons.[4]

Voice-over career

In the late 1980s, he worked on a number of projects. One was providing the voice for Mainframe in G.I. Joe: The Movie in 1987.[5][6] A couple of years later, he was involved in another project. It was on the X-Men in 1989. He provided the voice for Wolverine in Pryde of the X-Men which was the pilot episode for the cartoon series.[7] He had given the character an Australian sounding accent instead of the Canadian one that was expected.[8] An article by Simone Pozzoli for the Italian language OverNewsMagazine Italian stated, molti oggi la vedono come “una profezia” which meant that Pinney's Australian accent interperatation of the character would be seen as prophetic as Hugh Jackman has played the part.[9] He is the first voice actor to provide the voice for the Wolverine character in animation.[10] He has worked in the Phil Nibbelink and Simon Wells directed animation An American Tail: Fievel Goes West.[11] From 1997 to 2001, he worked on Men in Black: The Series in episodes which include The Long Goodbye Syndrome in 1997, The Buzzard Syndrome, also in 1997 and The Big Bad Bug Syndrome in 1998.[12][13]

Filmography

Film (animated)

Year	Title	Role	Note(s)	Source
1986	G.I. Joe: Arise, Serpentor, Arise!	Mainframe	Television film
1987	G.I. Joe: The Movie	Mainframe	Direct-to-video	[14]
1987	The Chipmunk Adventure	Additional voices	Credited as Pat Pinney
1988	Casual Sex?	Additional voices
1988	Care Bears Nutcracker Suite	Rats, Additional voices	Direct-to-video	[14]
1988	Christmas in Tattertown		Television film
1989	Star Street: The Happy Birthday Movie	Chuck McFarlane
1989	Asterix and the Big Fight	Additional voices	American dub
1989	The Little Mermaid	Sailor #2, Additional voices		[14]
1990	DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp	Additional voices		[14]
1990	The Rescuers Down Under	Additional voices		[14]
1991	Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go to College	Fish Ghoulie	Direct-to-video	[14]
1991	Beauty and the Beast	Walter, Additional voices		[14]
1991	An American Tail: Fievel Goes West	One-Eye, Additional voices		[14]
1992	Aladdin	Arab #2, Additional voices		[14]
1993	Happily Ever After	Goons, Additional voices		[14]
1993	Look Who's Talking Now	Dog and Wolf		[14]
1994	The Lion King	Hyenas, Additional voices		[14]
1995	Pocahontas	Sailor, Additional voices		[14]
1995	Toy Story	Pizza Delivery Guy, Angry Driver #2, Additional voices		[14]
1996	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	Quasimodo's Father, Guard, Additional voices		[14]
1997	Cats Don't Dance	Harry, Additional voices		[14]
1997	Hercules	Cyclops, Lythos at left head, Additional voices		[14]
1998	Mulan	Fa Deng, Parade Leader, Hun Twin 3, Additional voices		[14]
1998	Antz	Soldier Ants, Additional voices		[14]
1998	The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald: Scared Silly	Phantom Head	Direct-to-video	[14]
1998	The Prince of Egypt	Rameses' Soldiers, Additional voices		[14]
1999	Tarzan	Florentino, Additional voices		[14]
1999	The Iron Giant	Soldiers, Additional voices		[14]
1999	Toy Story 2	Soldier, Additional voices		[14]
2000	Chicken Run	Dogs, Additional voices		[14]
2000	The Emperor's New Groove	Townsman, Additional voices		[14]
2001	Shrek	Lord Farquaad's Guards, ADR Group		[14]
2001	Atlantis: The Lost Empire	Smithsonian Board Member #2, Viking Captain, Additional voices		[14]
2001	Help! I'm a Fish	Crab Soldiers, Additional voices	English dub	[14]
2002	Peter Pan in Return to Neverland	Conductor, Additional voices		[14]
2002	Cinderella II: Dreams Come True	Citizens, Additional voices	Direct-to-video	[14]
2002	Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron	Colonel's Soldiers, ADR Group		[14]
2002	Lilo & Stitch	Firefighter, Additional voices		[14]
2002	Treasure Planet	Aguanoggin, Additional voices		[14]
2003	Brother Bear	Male Bear #1, Additional voices		[14]
2003	The Little Polar Bear	Additional voices	English dub	[14]
2004	The Incredibles	Oliver Sansweet, Firefighters		[15]
2005	Robots	Gary Hickenbottom, Wrestling Announcer, Additional voices		[14]
2005	Madagascar	Crowd Member, ADR Group		[14]
2006	Curious George	Scared Chicken, Additional voices		[14]
2006	Cars	Various Reporters, Additional voices		[14]
2006	Flushed Away	Passerby #3, Additional voices		[14]
2007	Cinderella III: A Twist in Time	Citizens, Additional voices	Direct-to-video	[14]
2007	The Simpsons Movie	Truck Driver, Additional voices		[14]
2011	Cars 2	Various Reporters, Additional voices		[14]
2016	Sausage Party	Groceries, Additional voices		[14]
2017	Cars 3	Various Reporters, Additional voices		[14]
2019	The Lion King	Hyenas, Additional voices		[14]

Television (animated)

Year	Title	Role	Note(s)	Source
1989	X-Men: Pryde of the X-Men	Wolverine	TV Short
1997	Spider-Man	The Thing / Ben Grimm	2 Episodes
1999	The Wild Thornberrys	MacWhirter, Radio Voice	Ep. "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yeti"	[14]
1999-present	SpongeBob SquarePants	Painty the Pirate	Performer: "SpongeBob SquarePants Theme"
2000	Johnny Bravo	Bailiff, Defense Attorney, Juror #1	Ep. "I Dream of Johnny/One Angry Bravo/Carnival of the Darned"	[14]
2003	My Life as a Teenage Robot	Dismal, Soggy, Rich Guy	Ep. "Attack of the 5 1/2 Ft. Geek/Doom with a View"	[14]
2007-present	Robot Chicken	He-Man / Prince Adam, Arnold Schwarzenegger / Terminator, Sylvester, Monterey Jack, Ted Kennedy, Dick Cheney, O. J. Simpson, Carl Fredricksen	14 Episodes
2018	Trolls: The Beat Goes On!	Nagus	Ep. "Royal Review/Funishment"	[14]
2019	The Rocketeer	Stan, Raymond, Edward, Soldier, Demon Bot, Tough, Otto, Ratso, Butch, Jude, Mascumax, Gorrath, Zartok and Additional voices	109 episodes

Acting roles (physical)

Film and television

Even though Pinney's onscreen / physical acting roles are secondary to his voice over career, he has appeared in a few television and film roles. In 1979, he played the part of the Captain of the guards in the Ken Annakin directed feature film The Fifth Musketeer which starred Beau Bridges, Sylvia Kristel and Ursula Andress.[16] In 1983, he played a heckler in the God Child/Curtain Call episode of Fantasy Island. The episode which was directed by Ted Lange also featured Cassandra Peterson.[17][18] He appeared in The Terminator in 1984.[19] In 2014, he played the part of Eugene Dugan in Atwill Web Series which was directed by Charles Dennis.[20][21]

Stage

In June 2015, Pinney appeared at the Sierra Repertory Theatre in the play Unnecessary Farce. The play also starred Daniel Hines, Kristin Howell, Ty Smith and Nick Ferruci. The story which was set in a small town motel with an embezzling mayor with undercover police trying to catch him.[22] Pinney played the part of a 6.4 Scottish assassin. The reviewer for the Sierra Lodestar magazine said that audiences might recognize Pinney from his part as Painty the Pirate.[23] Pinney and director Dennis Jones have a history that goes back to 1972 when they worked together at the theatre company for Fallon House.[24]

Filmography list

Acting roles (screen)

Film

Title	Role	Director	Year	Notes #
Chicanery	Mannheim Hofflung	Charles Dennis	2014	[25]
Atwill Web Series Episode: Judge Joanie	Eugene Dugan	Charles Dennis	2014	[26][27]
Dead Men Don't Die	Announcer	Malcolm Marmorstein	1990
The Terminator	Bar customer	James Cameron	1984	[28]
Fantasy Island Episode" God Child / Curtain Call	Heckler	Ted Lange	1983	[29]
The Fifth Musketeer	Captain of the Guards	Ken Annakin	1979	[30]

Acting roles (stage) (Selective)

Film

Title	Role	Director	Venue	Year	Notes #
The Golden Fleece			The Hub Theatre	Sunday August 5, 2007	Adaptation of A.R. Gurney's The Golden Fleece Co-starring with Becky Bonar[31]
The Alchemist of Cecil Street		Charles Dennis	Radio Ranch, Sherman Oaks, California	March 31, 2009	[32]
Tolstoy Was Never There	Brian Mayhew	Charles Dennis		2010	Cast included Kevin Dunn, Ed Begley Jr., John O'Hurley, Ron Orbach and Enn Reitel[33][34][35]
Unnecessary Farce	Todd	Dennis Jones	Sierra Repertory Theatre	2015	[36][37]

References

1. Sierra Lodestar May 27 - June 2, 2015 Page 16 Kilts and hit men make for laughs at Sierra Rep
2. The Modesto Bee May 20, 2015 Comedic ‘Unnecessary Farce’ slams into Sierra Rep By Marijke Rowland
3. Talent for Conventions Patrick Pinney
4. Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010, 2d ed. by Vincent Terrace Page 436 3835, Harry and the Hendersons
5. Oh My Gore ! > Database > G.I. Joe: The Movie - Acteurs : Cast
6. Behind The Voice Actors Patrick Pinney
7. OverNewsMagazine 11 novembre 2015 Marvel Eye – La Prim(issim)a Serie Animata degli X-Men by Simone Pozzoli
8. 411 Mania Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD 3.16 Review – ‘Paradise Lost’, The Review by Wayatt Beougher
9. OverNewsMagazine 11 novembre 2015 Marvel Eye – La Prim(issim)a Serie Animata degli X-Men by Simone Pozzoli
10. Silver Screen Hub 6/12/2011 Character of the Week (6/13/11-6/19/11): James Howlett/Logan/Wolverine
11. Film Cartoons: A Guide to 20th Century American Animated Features and Shorts By Douglas L. McCall Page 8 , Page 9 - 13, An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
12. Horrornews.net 05/01/2014 Film Review: Men In Black (1997) - Nigel Honeybone
13. Film Reference Patrick Pinney Biography ((?)-)
14. https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Patrick-Pinney/
15. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0317705/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast
16. Listal.com Cast and credits of The 5th Musketeer
17. Solar Movie God Child/Curtain Call / Episode 4, Fantasy Island < Season 7 Archived 2016-04-25 at the Wayback Machine
18. TV.com Patrick Pinney, Credits
19. Cineclick Participações Ltda O Exterminador Do Futuro (The Terminator, 1984)
20. Osobnosti.cz Hrají – Atwill Web Series| více (17), Hrají
21. Shorts Showcase Judge Joanie (2015 SS Fest Entry)
22. Recordnet.com June 18, 2015 Friday, Theater: “Unnecessary Farce”
23. Sierra Lodestar May 27 - June 2, 2015 Page 16 Kilts and hit men make for laughs at Sierra Rep
24. Pacific Review Fall 2015 Page 40 Together again, Former 70s classmates teamed up this year for the first time since they were together at Pacific
25. Osobnosti.cz Patrick Pinney
26. Shorts Showcase Judge Joanie (2015 SS Fest Entry)
27. Osobnosti.cz Patrick Pinney
28. Media Bang Patrick Pinney
29. TV.com Patrick Pinney
30. French Film Site The Fifth Musketeer (1979)
31. Goldstar A.R. Gurney's Drama The Golden Fleece
32. Charles Dennis The Alchemist of Cecil Street
33. Charles Dennis Tolstoy was Never There
34. The Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia Dennis, Charles
35. Verge Multimedia Paid to Dream
36. Recordnet.com June 18, 2015 Friday, Theater: “Unnecessary Farce”
37. Sierra Lodestar May 27 - June 2, 2015 Page 16 Kilts and hit men make for laughs at Sierra Rep

External links

• Patrick Pinney at IMDb