Mini-Wheat in the Mini-Wheats commercials in Canada.įrom 1987 to 1995, Paulsen voiced Raphael and various supporting characters in the original 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series. He can be currently heard as the voice of singing Mr. Paulsen continues to be one of the most sought-after commercial voice actors in the industry. The famous commercial, Who shot Alexander Hamilton in that famous duel?, aired in 1993, and launched the Got Milk? campaign into a monstrously successful enterprise. However, Paulsen's most famous advertising role was in the original commercial of the now ubiquitous Got Milk? campaign. He provided the voice of Dog in the Taco Bell kids meal commercials from 1996 to mid-1997, with Eddie Deezen as the voice of Nacho the cat. Opportunity, spokesman of Honda commercials on TV and radio, the announcer for Buffalo Dick's Radio Ranch, and the spokesman for Lucky Stores, a West Coast grocery store chain, before it was acquired by Albertsons in 1998. In the 1980s, he had been the announcer for the sitcom Cheers and continued to secure roles as an announcer. Paulsen became more prevalent in the world of advertising as well. He appeared in television shows during this time as well, such as MacGyver and St. He played supporting roles in Body Double, Stewardess School, Warlock, and Mutant on the Bounty.

His first movie was Eyes of Fire in 1983. Joe, Corky on The Snorks, Marco Smurf on the later seasons of The Smurfs, 'Boober' on the animated version of Fraggle Rock, Hadji in The New Adventures of Jonny Quest and the title character Saber Rider and the villain Jesse Blue on Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs.ĭuring the 1980s, Paulsen also explored the field of live action films.

A few years later, his career launched into more roles such as Cobra Slavemaster and reprising Snow Job and 'Tripwire' on G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, where he played Snow Job and Tripwire. Paulsen first voice acting role came in 1983 with the mini-series G.I. He worked his first job as a musician, before pursuing voice acting full time. He briefly attended the University of Michigan-Flint, but later dropped out and moved to Los Angeles in 1978 to pursue a career in show business, much to the disapproval of his father. He sang in choirs throughout his youth and adolescence and began performing in plays in school, but his childhood idol was ice hockey player Gordie Howe, and he considered the arts to be a secondary career choice due to his primary interest in becoming an NHL player.

He was raised in Grand Blanc, Michigan, where he graduated from Grand Blanc High School in 1974. Rob Paulsen was born in Detroit, Michigan on March 11, 1956, the son of Bob and Lee Paulsen.

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