- The same thing we do every night, Niclas [Wahlgren]. Try to take over the world!
Lars Gunnar Birger Ernblad (31 March 1946 - 3 October 2021) was a Swedish voice actor, translator and director, and one of the oldest and most significant in the Swedish dubbing industry, having been active since 1971 and being highly active in the eighties and nineties.
Well known for his distinctly deep and raspy voice which incidentally made him voice mostly villainous roles though he did voice heroic characters on occasion, but always with a big serving of ham in tow. Basically he was Sweden's answer to Tony Jay and Jamieson Price.
Ernblad passed away from complications after a cancer sickness on October 3rd in 2021 at the age of 75.
A small selection of the roles he was known for:
Anime
- Dragon Ball - Ox King
- Sonic X - Dr. Eggman
Film - Animated
- Asterix in Britain - Various voices
- Hotel Transylvania - Frank (His role in Hotel Transylvania: Transformania was his final role before his death)
Film - Live-Action
- Aladdin (2019) - The Sultan
- The Smurfs - Papa Smurf
Live-Action TV
- Bananas in Pyjamas - B1
Video Games
- Crash Bandicoot (Radical era) - Aku Aku
- The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon - Volteer
- Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves - The Panda King
Western Animation
- The Addams Family (1992) - Intro singer
- Chowder - Schnitzel
- Count Duckula - Igor
- Donkey Kong Country - Cranky Kong
- DuckTales (1987) and DuckTales (2017) - Duckworth
- He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (1983) - Skeletor (Media Dub)
- Inspector Gadget - Dr. Claw
- The Legend of Zelda - Ganon
- Pinky and the Brain - The Brain
- Samurai Jack - Aku and the Scotsman
- Sonic the Hedgehog (SatAM) - Naugus
- Spider-Man: The Animated Series - Kingpin, The Punisher, Professor X
- SpongeBob SquarePants - The Tattletale Strangler
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Yoda
- The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! - Koopa (Media Dub), Luigi (a few episodes in the Videobolaget dub)
- Time Squad - Tuddrussel
- Totally Spies! - Jerry
- Transformers: Prime - Starscream
