The son of American B-movie actor Robert Clarke, Cameron Arthur "Cam" Clarke (born November 6, 1957) is...well, he's kinda hard to track. Suffice it to say that if you watched cartoons at all in the 1980s or 1990s, you've probably heard his voice at least once. Often cast as young boys and teenagers, he is probably best known as alternately the voice of Leonardo in the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series that ran from the late 80s until about the mid 90s, and the voice of Max Sterling in Robotech in the mid 80s, though his voice work in video games have arguably come to eclipse these earlier break out roles.
His anime roles are less notable, but he's played some minor characters in both Bleach and Naruto as well as Lancer in, again, Robotech. He was also the voice of Liquid Snake and Kratos (Aurion). He contributed to another beloved 80s property, He-Man And The Masters of the Universe, when he played the lead role of He-Man/Adam in the 2002 remake of the cult favorite. Also provides the voice for Simba in most of The Lion King spin-off material. Disney Dossiers fails to credit him in their profile for Simba, though.
He released a CD in 1999 called Inside Out, which covered a number of songs, reworking them to be sung from a gay man's perspective. The covered songs are otherwise surprisingly faithful to the original versions, though whether this makes them good or bad, well... (Example: He makes "I Will Survive" less camp.)
Notable roles from Cam Clarke:
Anime
- Aoi in Naruto
- Caster of Black/Avicebron in Fate/Apocrypha
- Daniel J. D'Arby in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders' TV anime
- Dirk Daring in the G-Force adaptation of Science Ninja Team Gatchaman
- Fred Faraday & Geffrey Connor in Hero Mask
- Hitsujiro Munakata in Suzume
- Kaneda from the first dub of AKIRA ("TETSUO!")
- Masachika Kouda in March Comes in Like a Lion
- Max Sterling from Robotech
- Jack Archer in Robotech Battlecry
- Milo (Asbel) in Warriors of the Wind, the infamous first English dub of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
- Narutaki in Doomed Megalopolis
- Peggy in Hunter × Hunter (2011 version)
- Pope Sage in Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas
- Richard Braun in Monster
- Shori (Shobu's father), Maruo (Rekuta's father), and Toru in Duel Masters (first season)
- Takumi Mayama in Honey and Clover
- Yasochika Iemura and Kageroza Inaba in Bleach
Film
- Flounder in The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea
- Capt. Jyanix Bach in Troops, the Trope Codifier of Star Wars Fan Film
- Simba's singing voice in The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
- The Talking Cricket, Candlewick and The Wolf in Pinocchio (1992)
- The titular cat, Pelle/Peter, from the American dub of Peter No-Tail in America
- Freddy the Ferret in Barnyard
Live Action TV
- ART in Walker, Texas Ranger ("Brainchild")
Video Games
- The 9th Man aka Teruaki Kubota in The Nonary Games
- Agunim in Enter the Gungeon
- Alder in Pokémon Masters
- Andrei Ulmeyda in Killer7 ("These dudes have got energy to spare! We're talking guys who BEAT OFF FOUR TIMES A DAY!")
- Anthony in Eternal Darkness
- Blood Elf males, Medvih, Malygos, and Nexus-Prince Shaffar in World of Warcraft
- Cosmos, the Balloonists, and Agent Zero in Spyro Reignited Trilogy
- Daniel Garner in Painkiller
- Decadus in Drakengard 3
- Prince Crescendo in Eternal Sonata
- The Domovoi, Nikolai, and Gypsy Davy in Quest for Glory IV
- Generic Male Peasant in Neverwinter Nights (notable because you heard him constantly)
- Col. Halcyon in the Sega CD version of Wing Commander
- Herren in Dragon Age: Origins
- Dr. Jaming and The Dark Element in Dark Chronicle
- Jyuji Kabane in Gungrave: Overdose ("FLAMING TORPEDO!")
- Kenji Bakuryu Ogami and Cronos Orma in Bloody Roar Primal Fury and Extreme
- Kratos Aurion in Tales of Symphonia, Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World, Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology, and Tales of Vesperia (as the "Traitor to Heaven")
- Will Raynard in Tales of Legendia
- Krelian in Xenogears
- Leonardo in Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl
- Leonardo and Rocksteady in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge
- Liquid Snake/Master McDonnell Miller in Metal Gear Solid and Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (did not return for 4 though, despite Banjo Ginga taking over Liquid Ocelot's role after Kōji Totani's death)
- Male Corrin 1 and 3, Anankos, Hinata, and Arthur from Fire Emblem Fates; reprised for Corrin in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate; reprised Corrin, Arthur and Hinata in Fire Emblem Heroesnote
- Meathook in Escape from Monkey Island and The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
- Dr. Mobius in Fallout: New Vegas DLC: Old World Blues
- Neithhardt in The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel
- Puck in Sword of the Berserk: Guts' Rage
- Ronaldo Kuriki in Devil Survivor 2
- Ryudonote , Father Carius and Risotto in Grandia II
- Sage Yulyana in Bravely Default
- Kaiser Oblivion in Bravely Second
- Simba in Kingdom Hearts II
- Sky in Jade Empire
- Subject 16 and a lot of extras in Assassin's Creed II and Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
- Thor, Daredevil, and Weasel in Marvel Ultimate Alliance
- Trask Ulgo in Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
- William "Blade" Hunter in Rise of the Dragon (Sega CD version)
- Blobbers in Skylanders
Western Animation
- Prince Adam/He-Man in He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (2002)
- Beau Neville from Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island
- Mr. Bogus in Mr. Bogus
- Bron in the The Land Before Time TV series
- Chase Suno, Jeredy Suno, and Dr. Emmanual Klipse in Monsuno
- Die Fledermaus in The Tick
- Dogtanian in Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds
- Freddy The Ferret in Back at the Barnyard
- Lao Beifong in Avatar: The Last Airbender
- Poindexter in The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat
- Leonardo and Rocksteady from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1980s series), reprises both roles for the 2012 incarnation.
- Mac and Mr. Howard in the Clifford the Big Red Dog animated series
- Neppy Cat in High Guardian Spice
- Peewit in The Smurfs and the Magic Flute
- Putty Thing in The Mask: The Animated Series
- Rigodon in Around the World with Willy Fog
- Doc Samson and the Constrictor in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes
- Spooky Goopy in Creepy Crawlers
- Simba in Timon & Pumbaa
- Snoopy from Peanuts in Snoopy: the Musical, This Is America, Charlie Brown, and various audio tapes
- Stewart Waldinger in Pepper Ann
- Eddie Eagle in Learn Gun Safety with Eddie Eagle (a 1994 gun safety video by the NRA)
