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Townsend Coleman

Townsend Coleman

Actor · b. 1954 · New York City, New York, USA

As a busy Hollywood voice-actor, Townsend Coleman is perhaps one of the most recognizable voices on TV. For 16 years, he was the voice of NBC's "Must See TV" and "Comedy Night Done Right" primetime comedy promos, including hits from Seinfeld and Frasier to 30 Rock and The Office, as well as the promos for "The Tonight Show" starring Jay Leno (then Conan), "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" (then Jimmy Fallon), "Last Call with Carson Daly" and "Saturday Night Live". He currently voices the daily on-air promos for the long-running "Live with Kelly and Michael" and radio spots for "Judge Judy", in addition to regularly voicing primetime promos for ABC Family, The Hub, and now, ABC-TV. But the character behind the voice really came to life in 1985, when Coleman, having just moved to Los Angeles from Cleveland, Ohio, auditioned for and got a part on the animated hit, "Inspector Gadget". As the voice of Corporal Capeman, Gadget's bumbling assistant, he embarked on an entirely new career, providing the voices for some of the most memorable characters in cartoons and commercials. In addition to thwarting evil as the voice of "The Tick", Fox Kids' hit animated series, he has provided the voices for many popular cartoon characters, including Michaelangelo, Rat King, and Usagi Yojimbo on the original, long-running cartoon series, "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles". He also voiced Waldo on "Where's Waldo?", Gobo, Architect, and Wrench on NBC's animated "Fraggle Rock", Scott/Teen Wolf on "Teen Wolf", Scratch on "Spacecats", the voice of Wayne Gretzky on "Prostars", Riot on "Jem and the Holograms", Dragonflyer on "Glofriends", Rewind on the 80's "Transformers", and 20 years later, Sentinel Prime on "Transformers: Animated" for Cartoon Network.

Series24

  • TV8.3
  • TV7.8
  • TV8.0

    Animaniacs

    1993 · 787 votes

  • TV8.6

    Batman: The Animated Series

    1992 · 1.9K votes

  • TV6.4

    Tom & Jerry Kids Show

    1990 · 135 votes

  • TV8.2

    Batman Beyond

    1999 · 635 votes

  • TV8.3

    Spider-Man

    1994 · 1.2K votes

  • TV7.7
  • TV7.1

    Cow and Chicken

    1997 · 533 votes

  • TV7.4

    Darkwing Duck

    1991 · 359 votes

  • TV8.0

    The Batman

    2004 · 513 votes

  • TV7.4

    TaleSpin

    1990 · 225 votes

  • TV8.1

    The New Batman Adventures

    1997 · 408 votes

  • TV8.0
  • TV7.7

    The Real Ghostbusters

    1986 · 299 votes

  • TV7.2

    I Am Weasel

    1997 · 215 votes

  • TV7.8
  • TV6.5
  • TV7.0

    The Tick

    2016 · 351 votes

  • TV7.7

    Pinky and the Brain

    1995 · 769 votes

  • TV6.9

    Inspector Gadget

    1983 · 452 votes

  • TV6.5
  • TV6.8
  • TV8.0

    Transformers: Animated

    2007 · 57 votes

Movies20

  • Movie7.1

    Sing

    2016 · 8.6K votes

  • Movie6.9

    The Grinch

    2018 · 4.5K votes

  • Movie7.9
  • Movie7.7
  • Movie6.4
  • Movie6.9
  • Movie6.8
  • Movie6.7

    Superman: Doomsday

    2007 · 722 votes

  • Movie5.5

    Black Moon Rising

    1986 · 176 votes

  • Movie7.4
  • Movie6.7
  • Movie5.9
  • Movie5.9
  • Movie6.2
  • Movie8.0
  • Movie7.3
  • Movie6.0
  • Movie8.0
  • Movie6.0

    The Crippled Lamb

    1999 · 2 votes

  • Movie6.0

    The Jungle King

    1994 · 5 votes