Michael Lawrence Yarmush (born June 19) is an American-Canadian actor. He is known for providing the original voice of Arthur Read in the

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children's animated television series ''

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''.

Career

He was the very first voice actor of Arthur Read for the first five seasons of the

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, and ''Arthur's Perfect Christmas''. Since his voice became too deep to perform the title character's voice, Yarmush later played the recurring voice role of the Tough Customer member named Slink starting with the ninth season of the show. Twenty-two years after his departure from the role, he provided the voice of the adult Arthur in the series finale. In 2007, he became a voice actor in the animated series ''Tripping The Rift'', where he had the opportunity to use his voice for various characters in the series. He won a

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in 1998 for the television series ''My Life as a Dog'', and a Young Star Award in 1999 for his work in ''Arthur''.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

References

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