Line #79 Creator/JeffreyCombs


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6	->''"Jeffrey Combs plays camp slimy bastards, camp computery bastards, camp crazy bastards, camp mental bastards, camp money-grabbing bastards, and camp brain-damaged bastards."''
7	-->-- ''WebVideo/DiamandaHagan''
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9	A character actor born September 9, 1954 in Oxnard, California, Jeffrey Alan Combs attracted distinct fandoms for his work in four separate franchises:
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11	# Appearing in {{horror films}}, his best-known role being [[Film/ReAnimator Dr. Herbert West]].
12	# Playing a number of characters in ''Franchise/StarTrek'' franchise, most notably Weyoun and Shran.
13	# Voicing DC projects, notably in the Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse as Vic "ComicBook/TheQuestion" Sage, and in ''VideoGame/Injustice2'' as [[Characters/InjusticeBrainiac Brainiac]].
14	# Voicing Ratchet in ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'' and ''WesternAnimation/TransformersRobotsInDisguise''.
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16	He starred in ''Film/ReAnimator'' and its sequels as Creator/HPLovecraft's {{mad scientist}} AntiHero Herbert West. Combs also appeared in ''Re-Animator'''s companion piece, ''Film/FromBeyond'', and in many lesser [[LovecraftOnFilm Lovecraftian projects]] of varying quality. He's also known for portraying Creator/EdgarAllanPoe in Television films such as ''The Black Cat'' and in his critically acclaimed one-man show ''Nevermore''.
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18	Combs' most notable of his numerous roles in ''Franchise/StarTrek'' are Weyoun ([[ExpendableClone several times over]]) in ''[[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine DS9]]'' and Shran in ''[[Series/StarTrekEnterprise Enterprise]]''. He also plays the Ferengi Brunt in ''[=DS9=]'' as well as several one-shot roles throughout the series - in one episode of that series, he even played both Brunt ''and'' Weyoun (though the two were never onscreen at the same time). He was so well-received as Weyoun that the idea of the Vorta being clones was created specifically to bring him back.
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20	Combs lent his voice to ComicBook/TheQuestion in the Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse, portrayed as a nervous-brilliant ConspiracyTheorist in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Unlimited''. (He would go on to voice two characters who ''work'' for the conspiracy, Headmaster Hayden Montag and Dr. Charles Zurn, in ''VideoGame/TheSecretWorld''.) Combs also voiced the redesigned Scarecrow in ''[[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries The New Batman Adventures]]''.
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22	One of his most well known voiced roles is Ratchet in ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'' and ''WesternAnimation/TransformersRobotsInDisguise''. He also voiced [[WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes The Leader]], [[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated H.P. Hatecraft]], [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold Kite Man]], [[WesternAnimation/ThunderCats2011 Soul Sever]], and [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012 Rat King]].
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24	Jeffrey Combs is particularly recognized for his distinctively creepy voice, which has led him to an increasing amount of work in animation over the last decade. The ironic thing? ''That's not his real voice.'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7CvyJGgMyQ Watch any interview with Combs]] and you'll hear that his natural speaking voice sounds nothing like the idiosyncratic intonation and slimy tone of his "acting voice" that he uses in every single role, regardless of whether he's playing an intentionally creepy character or even a heroic badass. That's right, Jeffrey Combs has been '''vocally {{typecast\|ing}}'''.
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26	Now has a [[Quotes/JeffreyCombs Quotes]] page in progress.
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29	!This actor has appeared in:
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31	!!Film
32	* 1983 ''Film/{{Frightmare\|1983}}'' as Stu.
33	* 1983 ''Film/TheManWithTwoBrains'' as Dr. Jones
34	* 1985 ''Film/ReAnimator'' as Dr. Herbert West
35	* 1986 ''Film/FromBeyond'' as Crawford Tillinghast
36	* 1987 ''Film/{{Cyclone}}'' as Rick Davenport
37	* 1988 ''Film/CellarDweller'' as Colin Childress
38	* 1988 ''Film/PulsePounders'' as The Evil Clergyman
39	* 1989 ''Film/BrideOfReAnimator'' as Dr. Herbert West
40	* 1991 ''Film/ThePitAndThePendulum1991'' as Francisco the Inquisitor
41	* 1991 ''Film/{{Trancers}} II'' as Dr. Pyle
42	* 1992 ''Film/DoctorMordrid'' as Doctor Mordrid
43	* 1992 ''Film/{{Fortress\|1992}}'' as D-Day
44	* 1993 ''Film/{{Necronomicon}}'' as Creator/HPLovecraft
45	* 1996 ''Film/TheFrighteners'' as Special Agent Milton Dammers
46	* 1998 ''Film/IStillKnowWhatYouDidLastSummer'' as Mr. Brooks
47	* 1999 ''Film/{{House on Haunted Hill\|1999}}'' as Dr. Vannacut
48	* 2000 ''Film/FaustLoveOfTheDamned'' as Lt. Dan Margolies
49	* 2003 ''Film/BeyondReAnimator'' as Dr. Herbert West
50	* 2006 ''Film/{{Abominable}}'' as Buddy, the Clerk
51	* 2007 ''Film/ReturnToHouseOnHauntedHill'' as Dr. Vannacut
52	* 2007 ''Film/TheWizardOfGore'' as The Geek
53	* 2012 ''Film/WouldYouRather'' as Shepard Lambrick
54	* 2014 ''Film/SuburbanGothic'' as Dr. Carpenter
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56	!!Television
57	* 1987 ''Series/{{Beauty and the Beast\|1987}}'' as Python
58	* 1989 ''Series/FreddysNightmares'' as Ralph
59	* 1989 ''Series/LifeGoesOn'' as Burk Clifton
60	* 1989 ''Series/{{Hunter\|1984}}'' as James Wilkins
61	* 1991 ''Series/{{The Flash\|1990}}'' as Jimmy Swain
62	* 1994 ''Series/BabylonFive'' as Harriman Gray
63	* 1994-99 ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' as Weyoun, Brunt
64	* 1997 ''WesternAnimation/TheNewBatmanAdventures'' as Scarecrow
65	* 2000 ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' as Penk
66	* 2001-05 ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' as Shran
67	* 2002 ''Series/{{The Twilight Zone\|2002}}'' as Harry Radditch
68	* 2003 ''Series/CSICrimeSceneInvestigation'' as Dr. Dale Sterling
69	* 2003 ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheNewAnimatedSeries'' as Dr. Zellner
70	* 2004-06 ''WesternAnimation/SuperRobotMonkeyTeamHyperforceGo'' as Gyrus Krinkle
71	* 2005-06 ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited'' as The Question
72	* 2005 ''Series/MastersOfHorror'' as Creator/EdgarAllanPoe
73	* 2005-07 ''Series/TheFortyFourHundred'' as Dr. Kevin Burkhoff
74	* 2008 ''Series/ColdCase'' as Sly Borden
75	* 2009 ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' as Kite Man
76	* 2010-13 ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'' as Ratchet
77	* 2010-11 ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'' as Professor Hatecraft
78	* 2010-12 ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'' as The Leader
79	* 2012 ''WesternAnimation/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles\|2012}}'' as The Rat King
80	* 2012 ''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats\|2011}}'' as Soul Sever
81	* 2013 ''WesternAnimation/DCNation: Doom Patrol'' as Chief
82	* 2014 ''Series/CriminalMinds'' as John Nichols
83	* 2014 ''WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse'' as Kuphulu
84	* 2015 ''Series/{{Gotham}}'' as Office Manager
85	* 2015 ''WesternAnimation/HulkAndTheAgentsOfSmash'' as Mainframe
86	* 2016 ''[[WesternAnimation/TransformersRobotsInDisguise2015 Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' as Ratchet
87	* 2019 ''Series/{{Creepshow}}'' as Kommandant Reinhard Schmelzgerat
88	* 2021 ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks'' as AGIMUS
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90	!!Video Games
91	* 2003 ''Videogame/BatmanRiseOfSinTzu'' as The Scarecrow
92	* 2012 ''VideoGame/TheSecretWorld'' Charles Zurn and Hayden Montag
93	* 2017 ''VideoGame/Injustice2'' as Brainiac
94	* 2018 ''VideoGame/LegoDCSuperVillains'' as The Scarecrow and Kite Man (reprising his roles from ''WesternAnimation/TheNewBatmanAdventures'' and ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' respectively)
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96	!!Other
97	* 2001 ''Theatre/PoseidonsFury'' as Lord Darkenon

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