Chris Phillips is an American voice actor and musician. He is known for his roles in Rockstar games such as Marty Chonks and El Burro in ''

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'' and his role as Alex Balder, Mercenary and Killer Suit in '' Max Payne''. He is also well known for his roles in Atari games including Nolaloth, Thunderbelly, Lorne Starling, Koraboros and Prison Leader in ''

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'' and Crowley in '' Alone in the Dark''.

Biography

Chris Phillips might also be well known as the voice of Face, the former mascot of Nickelodeon's

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block. Phillips voiced Face from September 5, 1994 until August 29, 2003, with Phillips returning to voice him for a surprise appearance on the New Year's countdown with ''Stick Stickly'' on TeenNick's The '90s Are All That block in 2011. In Easter (March 27), 2016, Phillips also returned to voice Face on NickSplat's YouTube video "Are You An Easter Bunny?". Phillips was also one of Cartoon Network's

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s from 1992 to 1997 and returned to the network in 2007 as the announcer for its "Invaded" event. Phillips voiced many characters on the animated series '' Doug'' (Disney) and also became the voice of Roger Klotz and Boomer Bledsoe as

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left. Other animated series Phillips has worked on include ''

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'' for Disney, '' Beavis and Butt-Head'' for MTV, ''

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'' for CBS, and ''

Bubble Guppies ''Bubble Guppies'' is a CGI-animated children's television series produced for Nickelodeon and created by Jonny Belt and Robert Scull. The series is a combination of the sketch comedy, edutainment, and musical genres, and revolves around the un ...

'' and ''

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'' for Nickelodeon. Phillips did voice work for the award-winning PBS show ''

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'' and has been in numerous " TV Funhouse" episodes for ''

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''. Animated film credits include '' Felix the Cat: The Movie'' as the Professor, and Grumper, Roger Klotz and various voices in '' Doug's 1st Movie'', and various voices in ''

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'', directed by Bobby and Peter Farrelly. Phillips has provided voice work for a number of video games, including ''

'', ''

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'' & '' Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne'', '' Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven'', ''

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'', '' Alone in the Dark'' and ''

''. His voice has appeared on TV and radio commercials for Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon,

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, Lucky Charms,

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, FedEx, and

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, to name a few. He appeared in the

Denis Leary Denis Colin Leary (born August 18, 1957) is an American actor and comedian. A native of Massachusetts, Leary first came to prominence as a stand-up comedian, especially through appearances on MTV (including the comedic song " Asshole") and thro ...

specials ''

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'', '' Lock 'n Load'', and '' Douchebags and Donuts'', and directed and appeared in the off-Broadway version of ''No Cure for Cancer''. He was also in Leary's holiday special '' Merry F %$in' Christmas'' for Comedy Central, (Phillips wrote and produced the title song) and was also co-author of the book of the same name. Phillips also writes all of Leary's songs with him and produces his CDs. He has received a platinum album for the single "

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" and a gold record for ''No Cure for Cancer''. Phillips has written and produced music for American Motors cars and Ethan Allen Furniture commercials. He co-wrote and performed the theme for '' Shorties Watching Shorties'' for Comedy Central and is in the house band for The Comedy Central specials ''Comics Come Home''. Phillips and his band The Enablers are the backup band for Denis Leary; they released their own CD entitled ''Everest''. Chris Phillips is currently the secondary

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Filmography

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Chris Phillips at Filmbug
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