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2[[caption-width-right:200:''[[WesternAnimation/CowAndChicken Hello!]]'' [[WesternAnimation/IAmWeasel It's me]], Charlie Adler...]]
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8Charles Michael "Charlie" Adler (born October 2, 1956, in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American voice actor and voice director. He's voiced [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5C1L0Qy6Cj0 a ton of characters over the years]], most notably as the original voice for Buster Bunny from ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'', and about half the cast for Creator/CartoonNetwork's ''WesternAnimation/CowAndChicken'' and spinoff ''WesternAnimation/IAmWeasel''. [[{{Irony}} He's also been]] the voice of [[TheStarscream Starscream]][[note]]Originally voiced by Chris Latta in [[WesternAnimation/TheTransformers the original G1 animated series]].[[/note]] in the ''[[Film/TransformersFilmSeries Transformers]]'' movies.
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10He's also gotten into voice-directing: he's voice directed ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' and its [[WesternAnimation/TheRugratsMovie first]] two [[WesternAnimation/RugratsInParis movies]], ''WesternAnimation/TheWildThornberrys'', ''Series/OneHundredDeedsForEddieMcDowd'', ''WesternAnimation/RocketPower'', ''WesternAnimation/TheBrothersFlub'', and the pilot for ''WesternAnimation/AsToldByGinger''.
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12As an actor, Charlie Adler starred on Broadway in ''Theatre/TorchSongTrilogy'' as a successor to Harvey Fierstein. He also toured in the first national company, for which he earned a Helen Hayes Award best actor nomination. Off-Broadway, Charlie starred in ''Theatre/FamilyBusiness'' at the Astor Place Theater for a year, as well as appearing in Creator/AlanAlbert's acclaimed improv company, ''Theatre/TheProposition''. Adler co-starred with Creator/ImogeneCoca and Creator/RitaRudner in ''Theatre/OnceUponAMattress'', with Professor Creator/IrwinCorey in Creator/NeilSimon's ''Theatre/GodsFavorite'', and toured as Creator/EdwardAlbee's psycho in ''Theatre/ZooStory''. In addition, he has played Creator/IsraelHorowitz's Hero in ''Theatre/DrZero'' as well as the Emcee in ''{{Theatre/Cabaret}}''.
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14He was also the director, writer, and star of the independent live-action short film ''No Prom For Cindy'', a teen dramedy about a high school girl, played by the then-middle-aged, muscular Mr. Adler with no attempts to make him look like a girl aside from being dressed like one, and [[WeirdnessCensor no one in-story noticing or caring that "Cindy" is a man]]. In the film, Cindy tries to make sense of her sexuality after kissing her best female friend during a slumber party, refusing to make out with a boy who asked her to the prom, and being sent to a religious-based corrective therapy program by her intolerant parents.
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16In live-action TV, Charlie was a regular on the very short-lived ''The Redd Foxx Show'', assumed the roles of three generations of sons for Creator/{{PBS}} in ''Series/ThenAndNow'', and played an obsessive photographer in Creator/{{HBO}}'s ''Series/FirstAndTen'', as well as over 100 commercials. As a writer, Charlie has co-written several ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' episodes, and his critically acclaimed one-man show ''There Used To Be Fireflies'' won him a Dramalogue Award For Best Actor. E!, ''Series/EntertainmentTonight'', TV Guide, Creator/{{PBS}}, ''The Los Angeles Times'', and ''The New York Daily Post'' have profiled him. He's been a guest on ''The Joan Rivers Show'' and in 1991 Charlie was one of hundreds of guests invited by Barbara Bush to a White House reception in honor of their contributions to the First Lady's literacy program.
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19!!Roles:
20* ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'' -- Junkman
21* ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'' -- Gazeem
22** ''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheSeries'' -- Mechanicles
23* ''VideoGame/AtomicBomberman'' -- Announcer, with Creator/BillyWest
24* ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble'' -- MODOK
25* ''WesternAnimation/AaahhRealMonsters'' -- Ickis
26* ''WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse'' -- Hokestar, Cow and Chicken, Proctor Servantis
27* ''WesternAnimation/{{Bonkers}}'' -- Toon Siren
28* ''WesternAnimation/BrandyAndMrWhiskers'' -- Mr. Whiskers
29* ''WesternAnimation/{{Bravestarr}}'' -- Deputy Fuzz, Tex Hex
30* ''WesternAnimation/CapitolCritters'' -- Jammet
31* ''VideoGame/ClayFighter 63⅓'' (and ''[[UpdatedRerelease Sculptor's Cut]]'') -- T-Hoppy, Dr. Kiln
32* ''Film/CoolWorld'' -- Nails the Spider
33* ''WesternAnimation/CowAndChicken'' -- [[CrossDressingVoices Cow]], Chicken, Cousin Boneless Chicken, The Red Guy, various
34* ''WesternAnimation/DangerRangers'' - SAVO
35* ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' -- Andy Ape
36* ''WesternAnimation/DaveTheBarbarian'' -- Gormel, Molly, Jester Ghost
37* ''WesternAnimation/DinoRiders'' -- Rulon Hammerhead
38* ''WesternAnimation/DroopyMasterDetective'' -- Dripple, Screwball Squirrel
39* ''WesternAnimation/EarthwormJim'' TV series -- Professor Monkey-For-a-Head
40* ''WesternAnimation/EekTheCat'' -- JB, Bill
41* ''WesternAnimation/ElTigre'' -- Mano Negra
42* ''Franchise/{{Fallout}}'' game series -- Harold
43* ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstoneKids'' -- Cavey Jr.
44* ''Franchise/GIJoe'':
45** ''WesternAnimation/GIJoeARealAmericanHero'' -- Low-Light
46** ''WesternAnimation/GIJoeResolute'' -- Cobra Commander, Hard Master, Stalker, Flint, Gung-Ho
47** ''WesternAnimation/GIJoeRenegades'' -- Cobra Commander
48* ''WesternAnimation/TheGoodTheBadAndHuckleberryHound'' -- Stinky Dalton, Pinky Dalton
49* ''WesternAnimation/TheHauntedWorldOfElSuperbeasto'' -- Krongarr
50* ''Toys/HeroFactory'' -- Corroder
51* ''WesternAnimation/HulkHogansRockNWrestling'' -- [[Wrestling/RoddyPiper "Rowdy" Roddy Piper]]
52* ''WesternAnimation/IAmWeasel'' -- I.R. Baboon and I.B. Red Guy
53* ''Film/IKnowThatVoice'' -- Himself
54* ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Jem}} Jem and the Holograms]]'' -- Eric Raymond, Techrat and Zipper
55* ''WesternAnimation/LoonaticsUnleashed'' -- Optimatus
56* ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3'' -- Super-Skrull
57* ''WesternAnimation/TheMask'' -- Pete, the DirtyCoward leader of Lonnie the Shark's biker gang
58* ''WesternAnimation/MightyDucksTheAnimatedSeries'' -- Dr. Droid
59* ''WesternAnimation/MightyMax'' -- Ernie
60* ''WesternAnimation/MightyMouse: The New Adventures'' -- Batbat, Witch, additional voices
61* ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'' -- Spike the dragon (the [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTVSpecials TV specials]], [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTheMovie1986 the [original] movie]], and ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyAndFriends'')
62* ''Paddington Bear'' -- Paddington Bear
63* ''WesternAnimation/PetAlien'' -- Dinko, Flip, Dr Daffodil, Gepetto
64* ''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment'' -- Ignus
65* ''WesternAnimation/ProjectGeeKeR'' -- Dr. Maston
66* ''WesternAnimation/TheReplacements'' -- Prime Minister Ricobo
67* ''WesternAnimation/TheRocketeer'' - Orsino & Clyde
68* ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'' -- Ed Bighead, Bev Bighead, Mr. and Mrs. Fathead, Gladys the Big Hippo Lady, George Wolfe (Heffer's adopted father), Grandpa Wolfe (Heffer's adopted grandfather), Mr. Dupette (Mr. Bighead's boss, though the episode "Canned" had him as Rocko's boss at Super-Lot-O-Comics)
69* ''VideoGame/{{Sacrifice}}'' -- Charnel
70* ''The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show'' -- Chafe
71* ''WesternAnimation/ShurikenSchool'' -- Principle of Shuriken, Principle of Katana, Tetsuo, Cleaning Lady, Vlad
72* ''WesternAnimation/SkyCommanders'' -- Dreek
73* ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs1981'' -- Nat Smurfling
74* ''WesternAnimation/SpaceGoofs'' -- Candy
75* ''WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM'' -- Snively
76* ''VideoGame/StarTrekOnline'' -- Ambassador S'taass
77* ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperHeroSquadShow'' -- ComicBook/CaptainBritain, Doctor Doom, Doombots, Melter, Sabretooth, Wrecker, Super-Skrull
78* ''WesternAnimation/SWATKats'' -- T-Bone (Chance Furlong), Murray, Fango, Zed, various others
79* ''WesternAnimation/TaleSpin'' -- Mad Dog, Howard Huge
80* ''Timeless Tales'' -- The Ugly Duckling
81* ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' -- Buster Bunny[[note]]He left near the end of the series, and his role [[TheOtherDarrin was taken over by]] Creator/JohnKassir.[[/note]] and Roderick Rat
82* ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerryKids'' -- Dripple
83* ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'':
84** ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'' -- Decepticon Targetmaster Triggerhappy, Silverbolt, Duros, Vorath, and Dirk
85** ''Film/TransformersFilmSeries'' -- Starscream
86* ''WesternAnimation/TheTwistedTalesOfFelixTheCat'' -- WesternAnimation/FelixTheCat
87* ''WesternAnimation/TheWackyAdventuresOfRonaldMcDonald'' -- The Hamburglar
88* ''Wake, Rattle and Roll'' -- Catula, Igor Jr.
89* ''Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace'' -- A Talking Report Card
90* ''WesternAnimation/TheWizardOfOz'' -- The Cowardly Lion
91* ''WesternAnimation/WolverineAndTheXMen2009'' -- Mojo
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93!!Tropes applicable to him include:
94* ActingForTwo: Much like Creator/BillyWest, Creator/TressMacNeille, and Creator/MelBlanc, Adler is one of those voice actors who could conceivably voice every character (male and female) in an animated show if given the chance. ''WesternAnimation/CowAndChicken'' famously had him playing both leads ''and'' the villain.
95* TheImmodestOrgasm: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mg2uhwTeitg This video]] from a ''Talking Toons'' live special has Adler doing this as The Red Guy. Even David Feiss, who ''[[WesternAnimation/CowAndChicken created]]'' [[WesternAnimation/CowAndChicken the character]], [[EveryoneHasStandards was hiding his face in embarrassment (and to keep from laughing)]].
96* LargeHam: AND HOW?!?!? It borders on EvilIsHammy in his more villainous roles.
97* ManOfAThousandVoices: But it's usually easy to detect his characteristic voice.
98* MonsterOfTheWeek: Played this role numerous times for Disney; in ''WesternAnimation/APupNamedScoobyDoo'' he even played it literally.
99* ProductionPosse: He was a main character in 12 Hanna-Barbera tv shows, those being Smurfs, Flintstone Kids, Sky Commanders, A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, Paddington Bear, Tom and Jerry Kids, Wake Rattle and Roll, Capitol Critters, Droopy Master Detective, Swat Kats, Cow and Chicken and I Am Weasel.
100* TypeCast: Energetic goofs (Buster, Ickis, Chicken, Felix, Paddington, Nat, Dripple, Hamburglar, Cavey Jr, Screwy, Catula) and overdramatic villains (Mr Bighead, Red Guy, Mechanicles, Monkey-for-a-Head, Modok, Mad Dog, Snively).
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