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Townsend
Coleman
Voice of
Jason Whittaker
As a busy Hollywood voice-actor,
Townsend Coleman is perhaps one of the most recognizable
voices on TV. Since 1993, he's been the voice of NBC's
Must See TV and Comedy Night Done Right
promos and promos for The Tonight Show starring
Jay Leno, Saturday Night Live, Late Night with
Conan O'Brien and Last Call with Carson Daily.
He also voices the daily promos for the long-running
Live with Regis and Kelly. But the character behind
the voice really came to life in 1985, when Coleman,
having just moved to Los Angeles from Cleveland, Ohio,
won a chance audition for 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 on the original, long-running cartoon
series, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. He also
played Waldo on Where's Waldo?, Gobo on NBC's
animated Fraggle Rock, Scott on Teenwolf,
Scratch on Spacecats, the voice of Wayne Gretzky
on Prostars, Riot on Jem, Dragonflyer on
Glofriends, Rewind on Transformers and
many others.
In addition to his active animation career, Coleman has
also been the voice behind numerous national TV ad
campaigns for clients such as Home Depot, Kellogg's
Frosted Flakes, Mattel Hot Wheels, Sunny Delight,
Colgate, Jenny Craig, Blockbuster Video, Greyhound,
AT&T, Eggo Waffles, Taco Bell and "Spot", the precocious
red 7-Up dot... even a few "Keebler elves" and "Raid
bugs". Townsend is best known on Adventures in
Odyssey as the voice of Jason Whittaker.
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