George Young Newbern (born December 30, 1964) is an American actor who's worked as both an on-screen actor and a voice actor. As an on-screen actor, he's best known as Bryan MacKenzie in the
Father of the Bride movies, Danny the Yeti on
Friends, and Charlie in
Scandal. As a voice actor he started his career as Ren on
The Pirates of Dark Water. However, as a voice actor, he's best known as the voice of
Superman and
Sephiroth.
His tenure as Superman started on
Justice League,
when he replaced Tim Daly, who'd voiced the character on
Superman: The Animated Series, but was busy with other obligations. After a rough start during the first season of
Justice League and a lot of complaining from fans, Newbern found his footing during the show's second season and was then embraced by fans as being a perfectly good Superman in his own right. Much like Daly did in
Superman: Brainiac Attacks, the
Superman/Batman movies and
Justice League: Doom, Newbern has also reprised the role of Superman in
The Batman,
Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam,
Superman vs. the Elite,
Injustice: Gods Among Us and
its sequel, and later DLC for
DC Universe Online.
As Sephiroth, he first got the role for
Kingdom Hearts II after he impressed the producers as Mevyn Nooj in
Final Fantasy X-2, replacing
Lance Bass, who voiced him in the first
Kingdom Hearts. Newbern also voiced Sephiroth in
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children,
Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII,
Dissidia: Final Fantasy,
Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy, and
Dissidia Final Fantasy NT.
Other credits include Apollo 14 astronaut Stu Roosa in
From the Earth to the Moon and the voice of the title character of the infamous
Theodore Rex.
Notable Roles from George Newbern:
- Justice League, The Batman, Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam, Superman vs. the Elite, Injustice: Gods Among Us, Injustice 2, and (later on) DC Universe Online: Superman
- Kingdom Hearts II, Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII, Dissidia: Final Fantasy, Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy, and Dissidia Final Fantasy NT: Sephiroth
- Father of the Bride (1991): Bryan MacKenzie
- Scandal: Charlie
- The Pirates of Dark Water: Ren
- Friends: Danny the Yeti
- Final Fantasy X-2: Mevyn Nooj
- Saw VI: Harold Abbott
- From the Earth to the Moon: Stu Roosa
- Theodore Rex: Theodore Rex
- Justice League: War: Steve Trevor
Tropes associated with George Newbern:
Andrea Romano, he was unavailable, so ironically, Tim Daly voiced Superman.