Anthony Christian Potenza is a Canadian actor and comedian. He has voiced Jude Lizowski on ''

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'' as well as Brando Beaver and both of the Bison Brothers in ''

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''. From 2007 to 2014, Potenza was also the original voice actor for Chris McLean in ''

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''.

Early life

Potenza was born in

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to Doris (née Heimann) and Joseph Potenza.

Career

Potenza has been on television since 1997, when he first appeared in the television series '' Riverdale'' as the character Jimmy. His performances include appearing as Doug in the

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hockey comedy series '' The Tournament'', as well as CSA Agent Joel in the 2002

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movie ''

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''. Most of Potenza's roles are in television commercials, including a giant yellow toothbrush in the "evil gingivitis" commercials for

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, a dog in the Fido commercials "The Office" and "The Promotion", as well as a sunflower in Canadian

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ads. He performed the voice for Jude Lizowski on ''

''; another cartoon character is Trevor Troublemeyer on the show ''

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''. He also guest starred in the show ''

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'' as Party Danimal and performed the voice for Chris McLean in the ''

'' series. He also appeared in an episode of '' Colin and Justin's Home Heist'' in 2007, in which the suburban Oakville home he shares with his daughter Teagan was remodelled. Potenza also portrays Ryan Archer in the

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''. He is the voice of Brando Beaver and both of the Bison Brothers in ''

''. His

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channel, The Infinity Forge (originally called "SwitchBoardNetwork"), largely features videos of his experiences as a voice actor for

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, and has gathered a respectable fan following. He has also guest-starred on various independent animated series on YouTube. In 2023, Potenza began co-hosting a bi-weekly podcast segment on ''The Corcoran Entertainment Show'' in which he and his co-host, Franky Corcoran are pitched content ideas from a series of guests.

Personal life

Allegations

In February 2022, Potenza was accused of drugging and sexually assaulting his acting students in a

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post by actress Sonya Côté. These allegations gained publicity in March 2023 when it was announced that Potenza would not be returning as the voice of Chris McLean in the Total Drama revival, having been replaced by

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Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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Potenza's YouTube channel
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