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Jim Ward (voice actor)
Jim Ward is an American retired voice actor, radio personality, and camera operator.
Jim Ward | |
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| Years active | 1976–2021 |
| Agent(s) | Arlene Thornton and Associates |
| Spouse | Janice Ward[1] |
| Awards | Daytime Emmy Awards 2009 – Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program Biker Mice from Mars |
Biography
Radio career
From 2004 to 2014, and again from 2015 to 2017, Ward was the co-host of The Stephanie Miller Show, a nationally syndicated liberal radio talk show that features a number of his impersonations of political figures and other celebrities and news makers.
Voice over career
Ward is known for his dozens of roles in animation and video games. During his long career, he has voiced Captain Copernicus Leslie Qwark in the Ratchet & Clank franchise, Mannimarco in The Elder Scrolls Online, Diamondhead in Ben 10 and Ben 10: Destroy All Aliens, Henry Peter Gyrich in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, newscaster Chet Ubetcha and Doug Dimmadome, Owner Of The Dimmsdale Dimmadome on The Fairly OddParents, Angus on The Secret Files of the Spy Dogs, and Professor Xavier in Wolverine and the X-Men.
In 2006, Ward played Eyemore, Crusher, and Stoker on Biker Mice from Mars, which was a remake of the 1990s show of the same name. The character Stoker had been played by Peter Strauss on the show, but after he left the series, Ward took over. In 2009, for his roles on the show, he was nominated and won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program.
Health problems and retirement
In 2021, it was reported that Ward had developed symptoms of Alzheimer's disease and contracted a severe case of COVID-19, leaving him unable to continue voice acting.[2]
Dubbing roles
Anime
- Yojimbo of the Wind – Master of Tonbo, Tanida
- Gokudo
Film
- Spirited Away – River Spirit
Filmography
Animation
- Avatar: The Last Airbender - Headmaster (Episode 3.2)[3]
- The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes - Baron Strucker, Henry Peter Gyrich, additional voices[3]
- Ben 10 - Diamondhead, XLR8, Wildvine, Mr. Beck, additional voices[3]
- Biker Mice From Mars - Stoker Van Rotten (replacing Peter Strauss)[3]
- The Brothers Flub - Additional Voices
- Crash Nebula - Pa Speevak/Dif
- Catscratch - William Champsley
- Danny Phantom - Bertrand, Operative L, Additional Voices[3]
- The Emperor's New School - Additional voices
- The Fairly OddParents - Chet Ubetcha, Doug Dimmadome, Additional voices[3]
- Hard Drinkin' Lincoln - Abraham Lincoln
- Hey Arnold! - Announcer (Ep. Harold vs. Patty)
- Higglytown Heroes - Grandpop Krank
- Justice League Action - Brain[3]
- Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness – Kwan[3]
- Last Chance - Marine
- Legion of Super Heroes - Mordru (Ep. "Trials")
- Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures - Additional voices
- My Life as a Teenage Robot - Krackus, Additional voices[3]
- New Looney Tunes - Squint Eatswood[3]
- Quick Change - Police Artist
- Reader Rabbit - Sam the Lion
- The Secret Files of the Spy Dogs - Angus, Dog Chow and one of the Space Slugs
- The Super Hero Squad Show - Professor Xavier[3]
- Tapeheads - Dutch Reagan
- We Bare Bears - Movie Theater Manager (Episode: Shush Ninjas)
- Wolverine and the X-Men - Professor X, Sentinels, Warren Worthington II, Abraham Cornelius, Rover[3]
- Xyber 9: New Dawn - Additional voices
Film
- Area 88 - Mickey Simon
- Ben 10: Secret of the Omnitrix - Diamondhead, Ripjaws Alien, Fourarms Alien, Radio Announcer, Additional voices
- Ben 10: Destroy All Aliens - Diamondhead
- Casper: A Spirited Beginning - Stretch
- Casper Meets Wendy - Stretch
- Cars - Additional voices
- Cheetah - Announcer
- Chillerama - Anne Frank's Father
- Despicable Me 2 - Additional voices
- Despicable Me 3 - Additional voices
- Escape from Planet Earth - Grey #1
- Finding Nemo (2003) - Additional voices
- The Fairly OddParents in Abra Catastrophe! - Chet Ubetcha
- The Grinch - Additional voices
- Happily N'Ever After - Additional voices
- Hercules (1997) - Ice Titan, Additional voices
- Home on the Range - Additional voices
- Jetsons: The Movie - Additional voices
- Jimmy Timmy Power Hour, The - Tour Guide
- Kangaroo Jack: G'Day U.S.A.! - Outback Ollie
- The Lorax - Additional voices
- Macahans, The - Mountain Man
- Monsters, Inc. (2001) - Additional voices
- Monsters University - Additional voices
- Mosaic - Tour Guide, Belligerent Detective
- Minions - Additional voices
- Party Central - Dad (credited as James Kevin Ward)
- Porco Rosso - Additional voices
- Ratchet & Clank - Captain Copernicus Qwark
- Spider-Man - Project Coordinator
- The Fairly OddParents in School's Out! The Musical - Chet Ubetcha, Flunky
- Toy Story 3 - Additional voices
- Superman/Batman: Apocalypse - Radio DJ
- Treasure Planet - Additional voices
- Ultimate Avengers - Herr Kleiser
- Ultimate Avengers 2 - Herr Kleiser
- WALL-E (2008) - Additional voices
Video games
- Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties - Tokugawa Ieyasu
- Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura - Arronax, Gar, Joachim, Nasrudin
- Batman: Arkham Knight - Firefighter Adamson, Officer Williams, Sergeant McAllister, additional voices[4]
- Ben 10: Protector of Earth - XLR8, Wildvine[3]
- Bionicle - Pohatu Nuva
- Call of Duty - German PA Officer, Additional voices
- Call of Duty: United Offensive - Cpl. Kulikov, Additional voices[3]
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - Ranger #1, Shadow Company Soldier #2, Additional voices
- Command & Conquer: Generals - Additional voices
- Command & Conquer: Generals Zero Hour - Additional voices
- Crusaders of Might and Magic - Additional voices
- Defense Grid: The Awakening - Fletcher
- Destroy All Humans! - Arkvoodle of the Sacred Crotch
- Destroy All Humans! - Bert Whither, Mayor, Power Suit Soldier, Worker 2[3]
- 2 - Additional voices[5]
- Big Willy Unleashed - Mr. Pork, Toxoplasma Gondii, Jimbo the Furontech Correspondent[3]
- Path of the Furon - American Males[3]
- Diablo III - Belial
- Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII - Incidental Characters
- Doom 3 - Additional voices
- Dota 2 - Defense Grid Announcer Pack (as Fletcher)
- Dragon Age II - Orsino, additional voices
- Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard - Sting Sniperscope
- The Elder Scrolls Online - Mannimarco
- Escape from Monkey Island - Drunk, Tony the Catapult Operator
- EverQuest II - Various voices
- Evil Dead: Regeneration - Dr. Vladimir Reinhard, Prof. Raymond Knowby
- Fairly Odd Parents: Shadow Showdown, The - Chet Ubetcha
- Fallout 4 - RobCo Battlezone Announcer (Nuka-World) & Old Longfellow (Far Harbor)
- Fallout: New Vegas - Dr. Klein, Sink Intelligence Unit, Sink Auto-Doc (Old World Blues)
- F.E.A.R. - Commissioner Betters
- Final Fantasy XIII - Additional voices[3]
- Guild Wars 2 - Tybalt Leftpaw
- Grim Fandango - Hector LeMans, Gunnar, Doug
- The Hobbit - Gandalf
- Killer7 - Toru Fukushima
- Kingdom of Paradise - Genra
- Lost Planet 2 - Various[6]
- Mercenaries 2: World in Flames - Ramon Solano
- King's Quest VIII: Mask of Eternity - Armor Seller Gnome, Hillman, Unseen Voice
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - Additional voices
- MadWorld - Agent XIII, Killseeker D, Police Chief[3]
- Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds - Sentinel
- Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order - Additional voices
- Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater - Director Aleksandr Leonovich Granin[3]
- Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance - Wilhelm "Doktor" Voigt[3]
- Nicktoons: Attack of the Toybots - Chad-bot, Biggest Genius Host, Evil Toy Co. Employee
- Ninety-Nine Nights II - Zirrick
- Ninja Blade - Tojiro Kurokawa[7]
- Nuclear Strike - Additional voices
- Painkiller - Asmodeus
- PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale - Captain Copernicus Qwark, Resistance Soldier[3]
- Prey – Additional voices[3]
- Quake Champions - Ranger
- Ratchet & Clank (2002-2016) - Captain Copernicus Qwark
- 2002 - Deserter, Gadgetron CEO[3]
- 2016 Remake - Qwark Bot, Hoverboarder #1, Warbot #2, Blarg #3[3]
- Going Commando - Abercrombie Fizzwidget, UltraTech Announcer, Corp Announcer, Qwark Bot Galactic Greetings Announcer
- Up Your Arsenal - Tyrranoid Host, Scorpio, Skrunch
- Ratchet: Deadlocked - Shellshock, Groom
- Size Matters - Otto Destruct, PlantMan, Robot Head, Skrunch, Announcer
- Secret Agent Clank
- Ratchet & Clank Future subseries
- All 4 One - Commander Spog
- Full Frontal Assault
- 2002 - Deserter, Gadgetron CEO[3]
- Red Dead Redemption 2 – The Local Pedestrian Population
- Resident Evil - Jack Krauser
- Resonance of Fate - Rowen[3]
- Rise of Nightmares - Peter[3]
- SOCOM II U.S. Navy SEALs - Russian Spetznaz Operative Polaris
- SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis - Additional Voices[3]
- Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness - President Mutal[8]
- Star Trek: Armada II - Additional voices
- Star Wars - Mars Guo
- Bounty Hunter - Alien Thug #2, Dug, Meeko Ghintee
- Episode I Racer - Fud Sang
- Jedi Starfighter - Additional voices
- Knights of the Old Republic - Additional voices
- Racer Revenge - Scorch Zanales
- Starfighter - Pirate Ground Control, Wingman
- The Saboteur - Vittore
- The Sopranos: Road to Respect - Additional voices[3]
- The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie - Additional voices
- Tomb Raider: Anniversary - Pierre DuPont
- Transformers: Fall of Cybertron - Perceptor
- Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark - Perceptor
- Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines - additional voices[9]
- White Knight Chronicles - Sarvain[3]
- White Knight Chronicles II - Sarvain, Ledom[3]
- Wolfenstein - Scribe, Additional voices
- X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse - Colossus, James Hudson
Other
- Small Fry - Franklin the Eagle
- Super Mario Bros. Super Show - Patty's dad, Count Dracula
- Diff'rent Strokes - Voice of "Kit", the car on Knight Rider (1984)
- The Haunted Hathaways - Voice of Wags in episode "Haunted Dog" (2013)
References
- Young, Steve. "", American Politics Journal, April 30, 2006.
- ^ "Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart Won't Feature Jim Ward as Captain Qwark Due to Illness". 12 May 2021.
- ^ "Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart Won't Feature Jim Ward as Captain Qwark". 12 May 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae "Jim Ward (visual voices guide)". Behind the Voice Actors. Retrieved 22 May 2020. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link) - ^ Rocksteady Studios. Batman: Arkham Knight. Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. Scene: Credits, 13:05 in, Voiceover & Mocap Talent.
- ^ "Destroy All Humans! 2: Make War Not Love (2006 Video Game)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 25 September 2021. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link) - ^ Capcom. Lost Planet 2. Capcom. Scene: Ending credits, 4:18 in, Voice Over Talent.
- ^ FromSoftware. Ninja Blade. Microsoft Game Studios. Scene: Ending credits, 3:42 in, English Cast.
- ^ "Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness (2016 Video Game)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
- ^ Troika Games. Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines. Activision. Scene: Ending credits, 2:14 in, Voice Over Actors.
External links
- Official Web Site
- Jim Ward at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Jim Ward at IMDb
- The Stephanie Miller Show