Joey Camen
Description
Joey Camen is an American voice actor, comedian, and writer with a career spanning several decades in animation, video games, and live-action television. He was born on January 16, 1957, and began his entertainment career as a stand-up comedian in the 1970s after moving to Hollywood from his native Detroit, Michigan. A formative influence on his voice-over work was the mentorship of Daws Butler, the legendary voice artist known for characters such as Yogi Bear and Huckleberry Hound. This foundation led to a prolific career providing voices for numerous animated series, films, and video games.
Camen's work in the anime genre includes a variety of roles in English-dubbed productions. He is specifically known for voicing the character Dino Tricera in the series Dinozaurs: The Series. His other credits in anime and anime-influenced animation include roles such as Dr. Greg Egan in Eureka Seven, Watanabe in Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, and multiple characters in Samurai Champloo, including Kuroihara and Kogoro. He also contributed voices to the English adaptations of Digimon Adventure and Digimon Adventure 02, as well as series like Black Jack, El Hazard: The Magnificent World, and Gungrave.
Beyond his focused work in anime, Camen has an extensive and varied voice-acting portfolio. He voiced the character Stegmutt in the popular Disney series Darkwing Duck and was the voice of Natural Smurf in The Smurfs. In film, he is recognized as Bang the Monstar in Space Jam. He has also had a significant presence in the video game industry, with prominent roles including Morrison and Goliath in Devil May Cry 5, Terrafin in the Skylanders series, Leon in Mafia II, and Bosco and the Jimmy Two-Teeth family in the Sam & Max games.
Camen's career is marked by its breadth across different media, and his work demonstrates a long-standing commitment to character performance rooted in his early comedy and vocal training. His achievements include not only his extensive performance credits but also work as an author and filmmaker, having written a memoir and a pet memoir, as well as writing, directing, and producing award-winning short films.
Camen's work in the anime genre includes a variety of roles in English-dubbed productions. He is specifically known for voicing the character Dino Tricera in the series Dinozaurs: The Series. His other credits in anime and anime-influenced animation include roles such as Dr. Greg Egan in Eureka Seven, Watanabe in Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, and multiple characters in Samurai Champloo, including Kuroihara and Kogoro. He also contributed voices to the English adaptations of Digimon Adventure and Digimon Adventure 02, as well as series like Black Jack, El Hazard: The Magnificent World, and Gungrave.
Beyond his focused work in anime, Camen has an extensive and varied voice-acting portfolio. He voiced the character Stegmutt in the popular Disney series Darkwing Duck and was the voice of Natural Smurf in The Smurfs. In film, he is recognized as Bang the Monstar in Space Jam. He has also had a significant presence in the video game industry, with prominent roles including Morrison and Goliath in Devil May Cry 5, Terrafin in the Skylanders series, Leon in Mafia II, and Bosco and the Jimmy Two-Teeth family in the Sam & Max games.
Camen's career is marked by its breadth across different media, and his work demonstrates a long-standing commitment to character performance rooted in his early comedy and vocal training. His achievements include not only his extensive performance credits but also work as an author and filmmaker, having written a memoir and a pet memoir, as well as writing, directing, and producing award-winning short films.
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- EnglishAnime overview: Dinozaurs: The Series