History Creator / CharlieAdler

* ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'' -- Gazeem

* ''WesternAnimation/SonicSatAM'' -- Snively

* ProductionPosse: He was a main character in no less than EIGHT Hanna-Barbera tv shows (TEN if you count the spinoffs). Most of his voice directing was for Nickelodeon.

Charles Michael "Charlie" Adler (born October 2, 1956 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American voice actor and voice director. He's voiced a ton of characters over the years, most notably as the original voice for Buster Bunny from ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'', and about half the cast for Creator/CartoonNetwork's ''WesternAnimation/CowAndChicken'' and spinoff ''WesternAnimation/IAmWeasel''. [[{{Irony}} He's also been]] the voice of [[TheStarscream Starscream]][[note]]Originally voiced by Chris Latta in [[WesternAnimation/TheTransformers the original G1 animated series]].[[/note]] in the ''[[Franchise/TransformersFilmSeries Transformers]]'' movies.

* ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'' -- Spike the dragon ([[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTVSpecials TV specials]] and ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyAndFriends'')

* ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' -- Buster Bunny and Roderick Rat

Charles Michael "Charlie" Adler (born October 2, 1956 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American voice actor and voice director. He's voiced a ton of characters over the years, most notably as the original voice for Buster Bunny from ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'', and about half the cast for Creator/CartoonNetwork's ''WesternAnimation/CowAndChicken'' and spinoff ''WesternAnimation/IAmWeasel''. He's also been the voice of [[TheStarscream Starscream]] in the ''[[Franchise/TransformersFilmSeries Transformers]]'' movies.

[[caption-width-right:200:''[[WesternAnimation/CowAndChicken Hello!]]'' It's ''me'', Charlie Adler...]]

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally, Charlie Adler wanted to be a painter, but abandoned that dream when he was diagnosed with colorblindness.

* TheOtherDarrin: Replaced Chris Latta as Cobra Commander.

* BreakthroughHit: For directing, ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheRugratsMovie'' in 1998.
* CrossDressingVoices: As Cow in ''WesternAnimation/CowAndChicken'', Bev Bighead and Gladys Hippo in ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'' and numerous others. He also uses his Cow voice whenever Buster Bunny crossdresses.
* TheDanza: Played a recurring character called Mr. Adler in ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead''. Also the Adler Tree in ''WesternAnimation/IAmWeasel''.

* GutturalGrowler: As Starscream, Cobra Commander, Super Skrull, and Dr. Doom. Somewhat with T-Bone, as he also speaks normally, but, being an anthro cat, he tends to growl his words as well.

* LargeHam: Often when he plays spastic characters with high voices, like Ickis, Buster Bunny, or Chicken, and ''especially'' when he voices smug asshole characters, like Mr. Bighead and the Red Guy.

* NonSingingVoice: Averted in the ''Tiny Toons'' movie where he does sing for Buster Bunny. However, Buster's Dueling Banjos musical number was done by Creator/RobPaulsen.
* OldShame: He's said that the one role he regrets was for ''WesternAnimation/TheTwistedTalesOfFelixTheCat''. As with everyone else working on the show, he had no idea what kind of show it was supposed to be and called the experience "dreadful."
* TheOtherDarrin: Replaced Thom Adcox as the voice of Felix in ''WesternAnimation/TheTwistedTalesOfFelixTheCat'' and Chris Latta as Cobra Commander.
* PlayingAgainstType:
** Since 2007 he mostly plays serious villains like Starscream.
** Also occurred earlier, when he voiced T-Bone, a vigilante/mechanic who takes his crime-fighting seriously (''WesternAnimation/SWATKats'' itself was a sort of example: an action-adventure series with implied onscreen deaths... from Creator/HannaBarbera).
** and being the Gorn {{Ambadassador}} in ''VideoGame/StarTrekOnline''.

* StarMakingRole: Nat Smurfling from ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'' and Eric Raymond from ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}'' in 1985.
* TalkingToHimself: Happens in ''SWAT Kats'', ''WesternAnimation/CowAndChicken'', ''WesternAnimation/IAmWeasel'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Bravestarr}}'', ''Monster Tails'', ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Jem}} Jem and the Holograms]]'', ''WesternAnimation/GIJoeResolute'', ''WesternAnimation/PetAlien'', and ''WesternAnimation/ShurikenSchool''. In ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'' (the BannedEpisode "Leap Frogs") he even had G rated sex with himself.

* [[LargeHam Largest Ham Ever]]: While he's definetly capable of more subtle acting, when he goes big, he goes ''really'' big. The Red Guy is the best example: ''[[ChewingTheScenery nothing]]'' [[ChewingTheScenery that character does is subtle]].

* TheImmodestOrgasm: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mg2uhwTeitg This video]] from a ''Talking Toons'' live special has Adler doing this as The Red Guy. Even the David Feiss, who ''[[WesternAnimation/CowAndChicken created]]'' [[WesternAnimation/CowAndChicken the character]],[[EveryoneHasStandards was hiding his face in embarrassment (and to keep from laughing)]].

* ''Droopy, Master Detective'' -- Dripple, Screwball Squirrel

Charles Michael "Charlie" Adler (born October 2, 1956 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American voice actor and voice director. He's voiced a ton of characters over the years, most notably as the original voice for Buster Bunny from ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'', and about half the cast for Creator/CartoonNetwork's ''WesternAnimation/CowAndChicken'' and spinoff ''WesternAnimation/IMWeasel''. He's also been the voice of [[TheStarscream Starscream]] in the ''[[Franchise/TransformersFilmSeries Transformers]]'' movies.

Charles Michael "Charlie" Adler (born October 2, 1956 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American voice actor and voice director. Two time Annie Award Nominee Charlie Adler, named one of the "top thirteen all time voice-over artists" by Animation Magazine and "Voice Of The Decade" by Animation World News, is at the undisputed top of the world of voice for animation.

He is also the director, writer and star of the independent live action short film ''No Prom For Cindy'', a teen dramedy about a high school girl, played by the then-middle-aged, muscular Mr. Adler with no attempts to make him look like a girl aside from being dressed like one, and [[WeirdnessCensor no one in-story noticing or caring that "Cindy" is a man]]. In the film, Cindy tries to make sense of her sexuality after kissing her best female friend during a slumber party, refusing to make out with a boy who asked her to the prom, and being sent to a religious-based corrective therapy program by her intolerant parents.

One of the hottest and most sought-after voice directors in the entertainment business, Adler directed Creator/WhoopiGoldberg, Creator/AndreaMartin, and Creator/DavidSpade in the feature ''WesternAnimation/TheRugratsMovie'' as well as Creator/SusanSarandon, Creator/DebbieReynolds, and Creator/JohnLithgow in the feature sequel ''WesternAnimation/RugratsInParis''. He was the voice director for ''WesternAnimation/TheWildThornberrys''; ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' the series; ''Rugrats Kwanzaa''; the cast of ''Series/OneHundredDeedsForEddieMcDowd''; Nickelodeon's ''WesternAnimation/RocketPower'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheBrothersFlub''. He's also directed pilots ''Psycho Ferret'' and ''WesternAnimation/AsToldByGinger'' for highly regarded studio Klasky Csupo.

As an actor, Charlie Adler starred on Broadway in ''Theatre/TorchSongTrilogy'' as a successor to Creator/HarveyFierstein. He also toured in the first national company, for which he earned a Helen Hayes Award best actor nomination. Off-Broadway, Charlie starred in ''Theatre/FamilyBusiness'' at the Astor Place Theater for a year, as well as appearing in Creator/AlanAlbert's acclaimed improv company, ''Theatre/TheProposition''. Adler co-starred with Creator/ImogeneCoca and Creator/RitaRudner in ''Theatre/OnceUponAMattress'', with Professor Creator/IrwinCorey in Creator/NeilSimon's ''Theatre/GodsFavorite'', and toured as Creator/EdwardAlbee's psycho in ''Theatre/ZooStory''. In addition, he has played Creator/IsraelHorowitz's Hero in ''Theatre/DrZero'' as well as the Emcee in ''{{Theatre/Cabaret}}''.

On television, Charlie was a regular on very short-lived ''Series/ReddFoxxShow'', assumed the roles of three generations of sons for Creator/{{PBS}} in ''Series/ThenAndNow'', and played an obsessive photographer in ''Series/FirstAndTen''. Adler has also been a familiar face in over 100 television commercials for Coca-Cola, UsefulNotes/McDonalds, IBM, G.E., Big Red Gum and Safeguard Soap. As a writer, Charlie has co-written several ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' episodes and his critically acclaimed one main show ''There Used To Be Fireflies'' won him a Dramalogue Award For Best Actor. E!, ''Series/EntertainmentTonight'', TV Guide, Creator/{{PBS}}, ''The Los Angeles Times'', and ''The New York Daily Post'' have profiled him, so too the ''Times''. He's been a guest on the Joan Rivers Show and in 1991 Charlie was one of hundreds of guests invited by Barbara Bush to a White House reception in honor of their contributions to the First Lady's literacy program.

* ProductionPosse: He was a main character in no less than EIGHT Hanna-Barbera tv shows (TEN if you count the spinoffs). Most of his voice directing was for Nickelodeon.

Charles Michael "Charlie" Adler (born October 2, 1956 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American voice actor and voice director. Two time Annie Award Nominee Charlie Adler, recently named one of the "top thirteen all time voice-over artists" by Animation Magazine and "Voice Of The Decade" by Animation World News, is at the undisputed top of the world of voice for animation.

[[SwatKats Let's kick some tail!]]

* TheImmodestOrgasm: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mg2uhwTeitg This video]] from a ''Talking Toons'' live special has Adler doing this as The Red Guy. Even David Feiss--who created [[WesternAnimation/CowAndChicken two Cartoon Network shows]] [[WesternAnimation/IAmWeasel of dubious content]]--[[EveryoneHasStandards was hiding his face in embarrassment (and to keep from laughing)]].

'''Charles Michael "Charlie" Adler''' (born October 2, 1956 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American voice actor and voice director. Two time Annie Award Nominee Charlie Adler, recently named one of the "top thirteen all time voice-over artists" by Animation Magazine and "Voice Of The Decade" by Animation World News, is at the undisputed top of the world of voice for animation.

* ''Franchise/HeroFactory'' -- Corroder

* ActingForTwo: See TalkingToHimself. Much like Creator/BillyWest, Creator/TressMacNeille, and Creator/MelBlanc, Adler is one of those voice actors who could conceivably voice every character (male and female) in an animated show if given the chance.
* BreakthroughHit: For directing, ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheRugratsMovie'' in 1998.
* CrossDressingVoices: As Cow in ''WesternAnimation/CowAndChicken'', Bev Bighead and Gladys Hippo in ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'' and numerous others. He also uses his Cow voice whenever Buster Bunny crossdresses.
* TheDanza: Played a recurring character called Mr. Adler in ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead''. Also the Adler Tree in ''WesternAnimation/IAmWeasel''.
* DoingItForTheArt: The short film ''No Prom for Cindy'' was conceived when Adler was talking with David Feiss (the creator of ''WesternAnimation/CowAndChicken'' and ''WesternAnimation/IAmWeasel'') and Michael Ryan (one of the writers of the two aforementioned shows) about [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/people/davefeiss.html "the power of acting, and specifically, what if something were horribly cast, but through the power of acting, you could pull it off"]], which explains why Adler was cast in the lead role.

* NonSingingVoice: Averted in the ''Tiny Toons'' movie where he does sing for Buster Bunny. However, Buster's Dueling Banjos musical number was done by Creator/RobPaulsen.
* StarMakingRole: Nat Smurfling from ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'' and Eric Raymond from ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}'' in 1985.
* TheImmodestOrgasm: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mg2uhwTeitg This video]] from a ''Talking Toons'' live special has Adler doing this as The Red Guy. Even David Feiss--who created [[WesternAnimation/CowAndChicken two Cartoon Network shows]] [[WesternAnimation/IAmWeasel of dubious content]]--[[EveryoneHasStandards was hiding his face in embarrassment (and to keep from laughing)]].
* TheOtherDarrin: Replaced Thom Adcox as the voice of Felix in ''WesternAnimation/TheTwistedTalesOfFelixTheCat'' and Chris Latta as Cobra Commander.
* PlayingAgainstType:
** Since 2007 he mostly plays serious villains like Starscream.
** Also occurred earlier, when he voiced T-Bone, a vigilante/mechanic who takes his crime-fighting seriously (''WesternAnimation/SWATKats'' itself was a sort of example: an action-adventure series with implied onscreen deaths... from Creator/HannaBarbera).
** and being the Gorn {{Ambadassador}} in ''VideoGame/StarTrekOnline''.
* RelationshipVoiceActor: Has played roles alongside Creator/JimCummings and Creator/TomKenny many times.
* TalkingToHimself: Happens in ''SWAT Kats'', ''WesternAnimation/CowAndChicken'', ''WesternAnimation/IAmWeasel'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Bravestarr}}'', ''Monster Tails'', ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Jem}} Jem and the Holograms]]'', ''WesternAnimation/GIJoeResolute'', ''WesternAnimation/PetAlien'', and ''WesternAnimation/ShurikenSchool''. In ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'' (the BannedEpisode "Leap Frogs") he even had G rated sex with himself.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally, Charlie Adler wanted to be a painter, but abandoned that dream when he was diagnosed with colorblindness.