Joe Lala (November 3, 1947 - March 18, 2014) was an American musician, singer, actor, and voice actor.
He started out as co-founder of a rock band called Blues Image and landed some roles on Miami Vice, General Hospital, Seinfeld, and other shows because of his mastery of Spanish, Cuban, and Puerto Rican accents.
Known roles:
- The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius - Mr. Estevez, replacing Carlos Alazraqui from the Pilot Movie Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius.
- Time Squad - Leonardo da Vinci
- Killer7 - Kun Lan
- Monsters, Inc. - Additional voices
- Oh Yeah! Cartoons - Speaking voice of Max in the short "The Feelers" (the short's co-creator Bill Burnett did Max's singing voice)
- Hey Arnold! - Miller in the episode "Veterans Day"
- Batman Beyond - Jokerz member Spike
- All Grown Up! - Enrique and a doctor in an Soap Within a Show featured in the "Dude, Where's My Horse?" two-parter
- ChalkZone - Santas 2, 5, and 8 in "When Santas Collide", Toe Fu in "The Ballad of Toe Fu".
- Ozzy & Drix - Hector's Dad
- Extreme Ghostbusters - Additional voices
- Pinky and the Brain - Francois in the episode "Napoleon Brainaparte"
- It Came from the Desert (1992) - Koolman.
