Joseph Motiki (born July 31, 1972) is a Canadian host, actor, and performer with an extensive resume in the world of Canadian television, from hosting TV shows and blocks to voicing cartoon and anime characters.
His first gig was as the host of What, a late night phone-in show for youth audiences that first aired on TVOntario in 1994. Afterwards, he also became the host of TVOntario children's block The TVOKids Crawlspace alongside Patty Sullivan and Kevin Brauch in 1995, where they read viewer mail promoted TV shows, and performed various characters. The block achieved its highest ratings during his time until he left in 1999.
Even after his initial gigs hosing on TVOntario, Joseph Motiki has since hosted several more shows, including the first two seasons of CBC's 2002 revival of the academic quiz show Reach for the Top, the sports show POV Sports (from the same year and same channel), the award-winning 2004 documentary Sports from the Edge, YTV's 2007 game show Game Gurus the 2012 Food Network game show Ice Cold Cash, and the 2004 travel show Get Outta Town (as a co-host with Barbara Mamabolo). He's even hosted Miss World Canada beauty pageant and the Spelling Bee of Canada!
Joseph Motiki has also appeared in many Canadian animated series, including Rescue Heroes as Rocky Canyon, Life's a Zoo as Doctor D, Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race as Ryan, Hotel Transylvania: The Series as Pedro, Urban Vermin as Madman, and Magi-Nation as Ugger. He's also done dubbing for several anime series, with his most iconic roles being Metabee from Medabots and Shadow from Spider Riders. He also has a couple live-action appearances under his belt too, such as She's the Mayor, Degrassi: The Next Generation, Wingin' It, Blindness, and Phantom Punch.
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Selected Filmography
- 6teen: voice of Tad ("Waiting to Ex-sale")
- 90th Grey Cup: Pre-game show reporter
- American Gothic (2016): role of Marc Stone ("The Artist in His Museum")
- Atomic Puppet: voice of Chief Kevlar ("Atomic Weakness")
- Bakugan: voice of Ingram, Akwimos, and Druman
- Braceface: voice of Isaac ("Lorenza" and "Working Girl")
- Canada's Smartest Person Live: Host
- The Casting Room: As Himself ("Joseph Motiki")
- Clifford the Big Red Dog: voice of Mr. Morgan
- Corn & Peg: voice of Handyhoof Hal
- Degrassi: The Next Generation: As Himself ("Time Stands Still: Part 1")
- Get Outta Town: Host
- Hero Elementary: voice of Mr. Scoop
- Hotel Transylvania: The Series: voice of Pedro
- Ice Cold Cash: Host
- Life's a Zoo: voice of Doctor D
- Magi-Nation: voice of Ugger
- Medabots: voice of Metabee
- Metal Fight Beyblade: voice of Dan Sado
- Murdoch Mysteries: role of Colin Dunn ("Great Balls of Fire: Part 2")
- Odd Squad: role of Mr. Lightning
- Off the Record: Host
- PAW Patrol: voice of Otis Goodway (replacing James Rankin from Season 7 onwards) and The Whoosh
- Pirates: Adventures in Art: voice of Captain Leonardo
- POV Sports: Host
- Quints: Cameraman
- Reach for the Top: Host
- Rescue Heroes: voice of Rocky Canyon
- The Spelling Bee of Canada: Host
- Spider Riders: voice of Shadow
- Top Wing: voice of Oscar
- Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race: voice of Ryan
- Totally Spies!: voice of Boogie Gus ("Forward to the Past")
- The Amazing Spiez!: voice of Boogie Gus ("Operation Gus Jr.")
- Transformers: BotBots: voice of Spudmuffin
- Turbo Dogs: voice of Five ("The Muffled Up Mess" and "Best Buds Forever")
- The TVOKids Crawlspace: Host
- Urban Vermin: voice of Madman
- Wild Card: role of Max ("Bada Bing, Bada Busiek")
- World Youth Championships in Athletics: Host
- Work It Out Wombats!: voice of Mr. E
