Maurice LaMarche

Maurice LaMarche is a Canadian voice actor, comedian, and impressionist. He is the voice of Arno in Dragons: Rescue Riders.

Biography[]

LaMarche was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on March 30, 1958, to Guy LaMarche and Linda Bourdon. His family moved to Timmins, Ontario, soon after he was born. LaMarche's childhood was filled with his "own little world of cartoons and sixties television". It was in his second year of high school that he learned of the popularity his talent for mimicry could garner him. This realization came from a coincidental performance in a high school "variety night" when a couple of friends urged him to enter. The act he performed at the variety night was "celebrities as waiters" which he used until the end of his stand-up career.

One of his neighbors and schoolmates was future comedian, Mike Myers.

At the age of nineteen, LaMarche took his high school act to an open mic night in New York City, performing to a reaction in which, as he describes, "they just totally ignored me". This reaction was coupled with the backlash LaMarche received from fellow Canadian comedians who LaMarche describes as discouraging him from pursuing a career outside of Canada. He returned to Canada, continued to do stand-up, and also started a career in voice work.

Filmography[]


Year	Title	Role(s)	Type of Media
1980	Easter Fever	Don Rattles, Steed Martin, Peter Easter Bat	Television film
1983	Rock & Rule	The Sailor	Adult musical animated film
1985-86	Inspector Gadget	Chief Quimby	Animated science series
1986	The Transformers	Six-Gun	Animated series
1987	DuckTales (1987)	Count Roy	Animated series
1990-95	Tiny Toon Adventures	Dizzy Devil, Tasmanian Devil, Orsen Whales, Yosemite Sam	Animated comedy series
1991-95	Taz-Mania	Hugh Tasmanian Devil, Daniel Platypus, Daffy Duck, Drew Tasmanian Devil, Yosemite Sam	Animated series
1993-98	Animaniacs	The Brain, Squit, Wakko's Burps, Mel Gibson, Michelangelo, Jack Palance, Marvin the Martian, Spartacus, Additional Voices	Animated comedy musical series
1995	Rugrats	Store Clerk	Animated series
1995-98	Pinky and the Brain	The Brain	Animated series
1996	Space Jam	Pepé Le Pew	Live-action/animated sports comedy film
1996-2004	Hey Arnold!	Big Bob Pataki, Additional Voices	Animated series
1997-2004	Johnny Bravo	Dr. Alphonse, Squint Ringo, Fish Lips Malone, Additional Voices	Animated romantic comedy series
1999	Sonic Underground	Sleet	Animated series
2000	Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman	Lawrence Talbot, Wolfman	Animated horror musical comedy film
	102 Dalmatians: Puppies to the Rescue	Horace	Video game
	Looney Tunes Racing	Yosemite Sam	Video game
2002	Tom and Jerry: The Magic Ring	Spike, Butch	Direct-to-video film
2002	Kim Possible	Big Daddy Brotherson	Animated series
2002-08	Codename: Kids Next Door	Father	Animated series
2004	Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers	Medium Beagle Boy, Additional Voices	Direct-to-video musical film
2005	Loonatics Unleashed	Ophimius Sam	Animated series
2007	Guild Wars: Eye of the North	Vekk	Video game
2011-13	Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated	Vincent Van Ghoul	Animated series
2011-14	The Looney Tunes Show	Yosemite Sam	Animated series
2012	Wreck-It-Ralph	Root Beer Tapper	Animated film
2013	Frozen	King of Arendelle	Animated film
2013	Batman: Arkham Origins	Mr. Freeze, Cyrus Pinkney	Video game
2014	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	Atilla the Frog, Rasputin the Mad Frog	Animated series
2016	Zootopia	Mr. Big	Animated film
2018	My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic	Chancellor Neighsay	Animated series
	Lego DC Super Hero Girls: Super-Villain High	Oberon, Red Tornado	Direct-to-video film
	Ralph Breaks the Internet	Root Beer Tapper	Animated film
2018-20	Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	Foot Brute, Mobster No. 1, Voice Over Guy	Animated series
2019	The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part	Spike	Animated adventure comedy film
2019	Scooby-Doo! and the Curse of the 13th Ghost	Vincent Van Ghoul	Direct-to-video film
2020	Amphibia	Sal	Animated series
2020-22	Animaniacs (Reboot)	The Brain	Animated comedy musical streaming series