"Phil LaMarr, as everyone ever."
Remember Marvin? Apparently he's still alive and is doing voice-acting now.
One of the original cast members on the sketch comedy series MADtv (along with fellow voice actors, David Herman and Nicole Sullivannote ), Phillip LaMarr (born January 24, 1967 in Los Angeles, California) is also known for his voice acting on the animated series Futurama as Hermes Conrad and about a million minor recurring characters and background voices, Static Shock as Virgil "Static" Hawkins, the title character of Samurai Jack, Hector Con Carne in Evil Con Carne, Judge Brown and Blaccu-Weather meteorologist Ollie Williams in Family Guy, Green Lantern John Stewart in Justice League and Justice League Unlimited, Wilt in Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Carver Descartes in The Weekenders, Reddas in Final Fantasy XII, Jazz in Transformers: Animated, and Vamp in Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty & 4. And according to one source "Evil Barack Obama" in Make My Video C+C Music Factory. He replaced Chris Rock's role, Osmosis Jones, from the film for the short-lived television series Ozzy & Drix. He also had a minor role in Pulp Fiction, playing the character who was the Trope Namer for I Just Shot Marvin in the Face. As well as one of the commentators during the final fight in Real Steel.
He has a very versatile voice range. His range can be shown in Jak and Daxter, where he voices both secondary and minor characters.
On MADtv, his most popular recurring characters included Desperation Lee (a Dirty Old Man who hosted a 1970s public access show called Funky Walker, Dirty Talker), Jaq (an over-enthusiastic delivery man for UPS expy UBS with a surfer dude accent), Savante (an R&B singer with more sex appeal than talent), and Rick (a Casanova Wannabe). His celebrity impressions on the show included Princenote , Moe Howard (on a Three Stooges parody that had Moe, Larry, and Curly as drug-dealing gangstersnote ), Spike Lee, Chris Rock, Sherman Hemsley (as George Jefferson from The Jeffersons), Sammy Davis Jr., Bill Maher (in so much white make-up that no one knew it was him), Billy Crystal (also in so much white make-up that it was impossible to tell it was him)note , Chris Tucker, Michael Jackson, and Louis Farrakhan.
Phil LaMarr's roles include:
- Woody Daniels in Mister T (his debut role)
- Marvin from Pulp Fiction
- The title character of Samurai Jack
- Donald from Samurai Western
- Hermes Conrad, Preacherbot, Ethan "Bubblegum" Tate, Dwight Conrad (whenever Bumper Robinson is unavailable), and various others from Futurama
- Wilt, Jackie Khones, and Red from Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
- Green Lantern John Stewart, Steel, S.T.R.I.P.E. and Angle Man from Justice League and Justice League Unlimited
- Virgil "Static" Hawkins from Static Shock
- Vamp in Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty & 4
- Kevin Washington in Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
- Ollie Williams and Judge Brown from Family Guy
- Sig, Count Veger, Kaeden and G.T. Blitz/Mizo from Jak and Daxter
- The cat in Lost Cat
- Dracula, Irwin's Granmama, Irwin's Dad, and Judge Roy Spleen from The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy
- Hector Con Carne from Evil Con Carne
- Leroy from Meet the Millers
- Carver Descartes from The Weekenders
- Reddas from Final Fantasy XII
- Osmosis Jones in Ozzy & Drix
- Jazz, Jetstorm, Omega Supreme and Oil Slick from Transformers: Animated
- Virgil "Bull" Sharkowski, Phineas Porpoise, and Endugu Elephant from My Gym Partner's a Monkey
- Kotal Kahn from Mortal Kombat X and Mortal Kombat 11
- Geras in Mortal Kombat 1
- Jamie-O Johansen from Hey Arnold!
- Numbuh Infinity from Codename: Kids Next Door
- Philly Phil from Class of 3000
- Bail Organa in Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels. Kit Fisto in the former too.
- Aquaman in Young Justice
- Baxter Stockman in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012)
- Gambit and Bolivar Trask in Wolverine and the X-Men (2009)
- Kirk Langstrom in Batman Unlimited: Animal Instincts
- Flurr, Chomly, and Tentro from Mixels
- Ramza Beoulve from Final Fantasy Tactics and Dissidia Final Fantasy NT
- Pangolier from DOTA 2
- Denzel Washington, Announcer on The Fairly OddParents!
- Gabe, Carny, and many male characters on Kaijudo
- Doc Magnus, Lucius Fox, and Killer Moth on DC Super Hero Girls
- Various incidental characters on Curious George
- Goigoi on The Lion Guard
- Mr. Goodsie the food critic and Murray the zombie on Vampirina
- Doctor Spectrum, Dormammu and Baron Mordo on Avengers Assemble, repises Dormammu in Ultimate Spider-Man (2012), Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite, Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. and Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order
- Cloak on Ultimate Spider-Man (2012)
- Bernard Williams and Paintball Mike on Craig of the Creek
- Bolbi in The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius
- Krushauer and He-Lectrix in Incredibles 2
- Temper in the Best Fiends webseries (replacing Mark Hamill)
- Ma'alefa'ak in Supergirl
- Barack Obama, Dwayne Johnson and LeBron James in the 2020 Spitting Image revival
- Black Manta and Shark God in Harley Quinn (2019)
- J.A.R.V.I.S. and Wonder Man in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes
- Teenage Afro in Afro Samurai
- Marty the Zebra in most Madagascar tie-ins
- The Prawn Shop Owner in Shark Tale, also voices Oscar in the video game.
- Black Panther and Utau the Watcher in Marvel Ultimate Alliance
- Alphabittle in My Little Pony: A New Generation
- Sherlock Holmes in Moriarty: The Devils Game
- Riddle Key in Where's Waldo? (2019)
- Noah Switzer in The Freak Brothers
- Professor Exclamation in Hamster & Gretel
- Sam in Skull Island (2023)
Tropes associated with Phil LaMarr:
- Acting for Two: As Static and Green Lantern, especially in "Fallen Hero". He also voiced both Green Lantern (John Stewart) and Aquaman in Injustice 2.
- Creator Backlash: He's made no secret of his disappointment with MADtv giving up its ambitions to be the "alternative" Saturday Night Live as early as its second season to become "diet SNL" instead.
- Full Circle Portraying: He's been The Other Darrin for Chris Rock as the title character of Osmosis Jones in the spin-off series Ozzy & Drix, Roger "Booda" Sack in King of the Hill, and Marty in various Madagascar tie-in games.
- I Am Not Spock: Subverted. He has no problem being referred to as Samurai Jack because it was his favorite character to play (he's often joked that it was also the easiest).
- Man of a Thousand Voices: His vocal range is broad and varied, from the soft and dulcet tones of Ramza to the deep baritones of John Stewart. Lost Cat is a shining example, as the manic title character basically has a different voice every other line. He even voiced a lot of characters with different tones in Jak and Daxter.
- Promoted Fanboy: Since Phil LaMarr's favorite voice actor is Frank Welker, he got excited to work with him on Evil Con Carne.
- Written by Cast Member: He co-wrote the Evil Con Carne episode "Hector, King Of The Britons".