Mario Cuitláhuac Castañeda Partida (born June 29, 1962 in Irapuato, Mexico), better known as Mario Castañeda, is a Mexican actor and voice actor. Most of his roles make good use of the Baritone of Strength trope, but he's also capable of using quite the falsetto and of shouting atop of his lungs. His father, Cuauhtémoc Castañeda, was a veteran actor. Although he was born in Irapuato, Castañeda moved to Mexico City with his family when he was one year old. He studied acting at the Andrés Soler Institute from 1979 to 1982 and began his acting career in 1983.
He is best-known in Latin America for voicing teen and adult Goku in the Dragon Ball franchise (a role he took at his son's insistence, as he was a fan of the show), but live-action fans will also recognize him as the semi-official LA-VA for roles played by either Bruce Willis, Jim Carrey, or Mark Ruffalo.
He also has quite the relationship with either René García or Gerardo Reyero.
He was once married to his Wonder Years co-star Rommy Mendoza and had two children, Arturo and Carla, who are also professional voice actors. He later married Susana Melgarejo Franco and had a daughter, Sofía Castañeda, who's also a voice actor. From 2013 to 2014, Castañeda served as creative director of the dubbing studio Iyuno • SDI Group; Mexico after its founder Eduardo Giaccardi left.
Anime roles
- Dragon Ball franchise: Colonel Silver, Pamput, teenage Goku (DB); Adult Goku, Bardock, Turles (DBZ)
- Death Note: Masahiko Kida
- Inazuma Eleven: Keita Kakuma
- Kengan Ashura: Mokichi Robinson
- Naruto: Hidan
- One Piece: Akainu/Sakazuki (Netflix dub)
- Sailor Moon: Masato Sanjoin/Nephrite
- Saint Seiya: Gemini/Sea Dragon Kanon (TV series, TV dub of the Hades saga), Harpy Valentine and Sagittarius Aioros (DVD dub of the Hades Saga).
- Slam Dunk: Tatsuhiko Aota, Tohru Hanagata
- Squid Girl: Clark
- Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie: Fei Long (Mexican Spanish dub)
- Super Crooks: Praetorian
Film roles
As the VA for Bruce Willis:- 12 Monkeys: James Cole (Redub)
- Armageddon: Harry Stamper
- Bruno the Kid: Bruno
- Cop Out: Jimmy Monroe
- Die Hard 4.0 : John McClane
- The Fifth Element: Korben Dallas
- The Kid: Russ Duritz
- The Last Boy Scout: Joe Hallenbeck
- Look Who's Talking: Mickey's voice
- Pulp Fiction: Butch Coolidge
- Sin City: John Hartigan
- The Sixth Sense: Dr. Malcolm Crowe
- Unbreakable, Split, and Glass: David Dunn
- The Whole Nine Yards: Jimmy Tudeski
As the VA for Jim Carrey:
- Ace Ventura: Ace Ventura
- Batman Forever: Edward "The Riddler" Nygma
- Bruce Almighty: Bruce Nolan
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: Joel Barish
- Fun with Dick and Jane: Dick Harper
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas!: The Grinch
- I Love You Phillip Morris: Steven Jay Russell
- Liar Liar: Fletcher Reed
- Me, Myself & Irene: Charlie and Hank
- Sonic the Hedgehog: Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik
As the VA for John Leguizamo
- The Pest: Pestario "Pest" Vargas
- William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet: Tybalt
- To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar: Chi-Chi Rodriguez
As the VA for Mark Ruffalo
- Marvel Cinematic Universe films: Dr. Bruce Banner/The Hulk
- Zodiac: Inspector David Toschi
As the VA for Tom Hanks
- Angels & Demons: Professor Robert Langdon
- Captain Phillips: Richard Phillips
- Sully: Sully
As the VA for other actors
- Amadeus: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Tom Hulce) (original dub)
- Beverly Hills Cop III: Det. William "Billy" Rosewoord (Judge Reinhold)
- Demolition Man: Simon Phoenix (Wesley Snipes)
- DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story: Peter LaFleur (Vince Vaughn)
- Empire of the Sun: Dr. Rawlins (Nigel Havers)
- Evil Dead 2: Ash (Bruce Campbell) (original dub)
- The English Patient: Kip (Naveen Andrews)
- Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald: Torquil Travers (Derek Riddell)
- Hero (2002): Broken Sword (Tony Leung Chiu Wai)
- The Hobbit movies: Bard the Bowman (Luke Evans)
- Inglourious Basterds: Hans Landa (Christopher Waltz)
- Justice League of America (1997): Barry Allen(?)The Flash (Kenny Johnston)
- Mission: Impossible (1996): Jack Harmon (Emilio Estevez)
- Nine Months: Samuel Porter (Hugh Grant)
- The Raven: Edgar Allan Poe (John Cusack)
- The Rock: Commander Charles Anderson (Michael Biehn)
- Small Soldiers: Larry Benson (Jay Mohr)
- Snow Dogs: Ted Brooks (Cuba Gooding Jr.)
- You, Me and Dupree: Carl (Matt Dillon)
Live-action TV roles
- Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Agent Phil Coulson (Clark Gregg) (Sony version)
- The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.: Brisco County Jr. (Bruce Campbell)
- Arrowverse: Harrison Wells, Eobard Thawne/Reverse-Flash, Harrison "Harry" Wells, H.R Wells and his multiple other counterparts across the multiverse (Tom Cavanagh)
- Baywatch: Craig Pomeroy (Parker Stevenson), Narration
- Diff'rent Strokes: Willis Jackson (Todd Bridges) (third voice, succeeding Alfonso Obregón Inclán)
- Due South: Constable Benton Fraser (Paul Gross)
- Dynasty (1981): Adam Carrington (Gordon Thomson)
- Friends: Ross Gellert (David Schwimmer) (Seasons 6-10)
- Hannah Montana: Billy Ray Cyrus
- Isaura the Slave (2004): Leoncio Almeida (Leopoldo Pacheco)
- MacGyver: Angus MacGyver (Richard Dean Anderson)
- Miami Vice: Ricardo "Tico" Tubbs (Philip Michael Thomas) (first voice)
- Moon Lighting: David Addison (Bruce Willis)
- Power Rangers Ninja Storm: Bop-A-Roo, Perry and Motodrone.
- Shaka Zulu: Dr. Henry Finn (Robert Powell)
- Saved by the Bell: Max (Ed Alonzo) and additional voices
- Sherlock (BBC): John Watson (Martin Freeman)
- Six Feet Under: Nate Fisher (HBO dub)
- Smallville: Dan Turpin (David Paetkau)
- The Wonder Years: Narrator/Kevin Arnold (teenager and adult) (Fred Savage)
- Wishbone: Wishbone
- Zorro: Don Diego de la Vega aka El Zorro (Duncan Regehr)
Video Games roles
- Batman: Arkham Origins: Additional voices
- Call of Duty: Black Ops II: Alex Mason
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 4: Alex Mason
- Crackdown: Los Muertos
- Dance Central: Angel (with his children Carla and Arturo as Dare and Mo, respectively)
- Dead Rising 3: Dylan
- Fable II: Charlie
- Fable III: Mark
- Forza Horizon: Duke Maguire
- Injustice 2: Gorilla Grodd
- League of Legends: Xin Zhao, Shen, Urgot (Pre-rework)
- Mortal Kombat X: Johnny Cage note
- Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4: Hidan
- Saint Seiya: Soldiers Soul: Sea Dragon/Gemini Kanon
- Smite: Sun Wukong
Western Animation roles
- 9: 6 (original dub)
- Anastasia: Adult Dimitri (whose younger self is voiced by Enzo Fortuny)
- The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes: Hank Pym
- Captain Planet and the Planeteers: Captain Planet (starting in season 2)
- Cars 2: Acer
- The Mask: Stanley Ipkiss/The Mask note
- El Chavo Animadonote : Don Ramón, Ñoño
- Hercules: Bacchus
- Futurama: Zapp Brannigan
- Gravedale High: Max Schneider
- Iron Man: The Animated Series: Tony Stark/Iron Man
- My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic: Night Light (Twilight Sparkle and Shining Armor's father)note
- Tom & Jerry Kids: McWolf
- The Addams Family (1992): Norman Normanmeyer
- Wreck-It Ralph: Tapper
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Chi Cho
- Street Sharks: Bobby Bolton Jr./Streex (season 3)
- Zootopia: Gideon Grey
