Cam Clarke is an American voice actor, known for his work in animation, video games, and commercials. Among his notable roles are Leonardo and Rocksteady in the 1987 ''

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'' animated series, Shotaro Kaneda in the 1989 original Streamline Pictures English dub of '' Akira'', and Liquid Snake in the '' Metal Gear'' series. He often serves as a voice double for Matthew Broderick and served as Broderick's singing voice of Simba in '' The Lion King II: Simba's Pride''.

Career

Clarke began his acting career in '' The Hollywood Palace'' as '' The King Family Show''. He continued to perform with his family on various television specials until the 1980s when he got his first voice acting roles in '' Snorks'' and ''

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''. He was taught by Michael Bell. To date, Clarke has voiced over four hundred titles. From 1987 until 1996, Cam Clarke would most notably portray Leonardo, the leader of the

as well as Rocksteady, one of the show's antagonists. Clarke would reprise the role of Leonardo in non-musical spoken portions of the first show of the '' TMNT: Coming Out of Their Shells'' concerts designed around the Ninja Turtle characters held at Radio City Music Hall, though the later VHS tape released of the event leaves him uncredited.

Personal life

Clarke is the nephew to guitarist Alvino Rey and pianist Buddy Cole, cousin to actress Tina Cole, actor and ''TMNT'' co-star

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, and writer Chris Conkling, half brother to musicians Ric and Lex de Azevedo, and uncle to voice actress Emilie Brown and actress Rachel Coleman. Clarke is gay, and his experiences inspired his album ''Inside Out'', which changed pronouns in lyrics of classic songs and his one-man autobiographical play ''Stop Me If I Told You This''. Clarke is a survivor of HIV, having lived with it for decades.

Filmography

Animation

Anime dubbing

Films

Feature films

Direct-to-video and television films

Video games

Live-action

Audio books

* ''The Mystery of Smuggler's Cove'' (1985) '' Hardy Boys''

Theater

* ''Noah: The Musical'' – Citizen of Land of Nod * ''Stop Me If I Told You This'' – Himself

Other

* '' The Dark Crystal'' – Jen (read-along cassette story recording) * "The World of Snoopy" – Snoopy (animatronic toy and read-along cassette series) * '' Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable'' – Simba * '' American Psycho'' – FanMoy

Staff work

* ''Christmas with the King Family'' – Consulting producer * ''Labyrinth of Crete'' – Casting director * ''Rachel & the TreeSchoolers'' – Casting director

Discography

* '' Inside Out'' (1999) * '' Return to Pride Rock: Songs Inspired by Disney's The Lion King II: Simba's Pride'' * '' Saturday's Warrior'' (Original Cast Recording) (1978)

References

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