Ian James Corlett (born August 29, 1962)[1][3] is a Canadian voice actor, animator and author. He is the creator of the animated series Being Ian and Yvon of the Yukon with Studio B Productions. One of his best-known animation roles was the first English voice of adult Goku in the Ocean dub of Dragon Ball Z in 1996–1997, and the voice of Cheetor in Beast Wars: Transformers and Beast Machines: Transformers.

Ian James Corlett
Corlett in 2023
Born (1962-08-29) August 29, 1962 (age 61)[1]
Other namesIan Corlett
Occupations
  • Voice actor
  • animator
  • author
Years active1984–present
AgentAtlas Talent Agency
Children2, including Claire Corlett
Websitewww.ianjamescorlett.com Edit this at Wikidata

Early life edit

Corlett was born on August 29, 1962, in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.[1][2]

Career edit

Corlett began his career in 1984.[2] In addition to programming some drum tracks and helping with some computer sequences on Queensrÿche's album Operation: Mindcrime, and also selling the band some music gear in the 1980s, Corlett also lent his voice to several animated series produced/dubbed in Canada. His most notable voice roles included the title character of the Mega Man TV show, Cheetor in Beast Wars: Transformers, Glitch-Bob in ReBoot, and Andy Larkin in What's with Andy?. Another notable, yet brief starring role of Corlett's was Goku in Funimation/Saban's original dub of Dragon Ball Z. Corlett has also lent his voice to less known DIC Entertainment shows such as Super Duper Sumos. He also voiced Mr. Cramp in The Cramp Twins. In Salty's Lighthouse, he played Ten Cents, Otis, Zeebee, Zip, Lord Stinker, Frank, Eddie, and the Lighthouse Clock. He voiced Ransome the Clown in the video game Thimbleweed Park.

Through a coincidence, Corlett who voiced Dr. Wily in DIC's video-game oriented cartoon Captain N: The Game Master would later voice his nemesis Mega Man in the Ruby-Spears cartoon adaptation of the games.

He along with fellow Canadian voice actor Terry Klassen owned a production company who helped rewrite international shows.[4]

Corlett currently serves as the English voice of Miroku for the Japanese anime series Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon, replacing Kirby Morrow who was the original English voice actor for Miroku in the Inuyasha series until his death on November 18, 2020. In what would be his final voice role before his passing in November 2020, Morrow voiced Miroku in the first episode of Yashahime, which was released in English on June 27, 2021, seven months after Morrow's death.

Personal life edit

Corlett lives in Vancouver with his wife and two children, Philip (b. 1997) and Claire Corlett (b. 1999).[5] They have done voice work for two different animated series, Dinosaur Train and My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, respectively. He also has a home in Palm Springs, California. In addition to his work in Vancouver, he does voice work in Los Angeles, California, in the United States.

Filmography edit

Film edit

List of voice and dubbing performances in direct-to-video and television films
Year Title Role Notes Source
1996 Adventures of Mowgli Mowgli [6]
1997 Warriors of Virtue Mayor Keena [6]
Lapitch the Little Shoemaker Melvin [6]
The Fearless Four Dr. Greed, 1st Assistant, Additional Voices English dub [6]
2000 Help! I'm a Fish 1st fish waiting for bus [6]
Casper's Haunted Christmas Little Kid [6]
2001 Barbie in the Nutcracker Captain Candy [6]
2002 Barbie as Rapunzel Hobie, Palace Guard [6]
2003 Baby Looney Tunes' Eggs-traordinary Adventure Baby Taz [6]
Ben Hur Gesius, Andrew, Another Man [6]
Barbie of Swan Lake Ivan [6]
2004 Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper Wolfie, Guard #3 [6]
2005 Candy Land: The Great Lollipop Adventure Mr. Mint, Snow Beaver [6]
2007 Bratz Kidz: Sleep-Over Adventure Mr. Wisping [6]
Barbie as the Island Princess Pat [6]
Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale Paulie [6]
Bratz: Super Babyz Newsperson #2, Announcer [6]
2010 Altitude Center Controller [6]
2011 Quest for Zhu Mr. Squiggles, Stinker, Zhuquasha [6]
2013 Superman Unbound Kryptonian #1 [6]
2016 Ratchet & Clank Blarg
Sausage Party Apple, Bag of Dog Food, Ticklish Licorice, Relish [7]
2017 Bob the Builder: Mega Machines Mr. Bentley US dub
2020 Greyhound Voice of Dickie [8]
2022 Turning Red Additional Voices

Anime edit

List of dubbing performances and production work in anime television series.
Year Title Role Notes Source
1993 Ranma ½ Dr. Tofu Ono, Mikado Sanzenin, Jusenkyo Guide Viz dub [6]
1995 Dragon Ball Monster Carrot Episode 9, script writer, BLT dub
1996–97 Dragon Ball Z Goku, Master Roshi, Cui Saban dub [9]
1997–98 Key the Metal Idol Shuichi Tataki OVA, Episodes 1-9
2002 Project A-Ko Hikari Daitokuji OVA
2021–present Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon Miroku Viz dub, replacing Kirby Morrow [10]
2022 Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Pilar Netflix dub [11]
List of dubbing performances in anime films.
Year Title Role Notes Source
1997 Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might Goku, Master Roshi Saban dub, Edited
1998 Ranma ½: Big Trouble in Nekonron, China Mikado Sanzenin Viz dub

Animation edit

List of voice performances in animation
Year Title Role Notes Source
1989–91 Captain N: The Game Master Dr. Wily [12]
1993–94 The Bots Master Dr. Hiss [2][13]
1993 Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog Coconuts, Robotnik Jr., Additional Voices [2][13]
1994–01 ReBoot Bob / Glitch-Bob Seasons 3 and 4 [2]
1994–95 Mega Man Mega Man, Rush, Additional Voices
1995 The Littlest Pet Shop Elwood [2][14]
1996 Pocket Dragon Adventures Filbert [6]
1996–98 Stickin' Around Additional Voices [6]
1996–99 Beast Wars: Transformers Cheetor, Sentinel, Maximal Computer and Sea Clamp [2]
1996 Vor-Tech: Undercover Conversion Squad Hardfire [15]
Captain Zed and the Zee Zone Mutter [2]
1998 Fat Dog Mendoza Onion Boy, others [6]
Salty's Lighthouse Ten Cents, Otis, Zeebee, Zip, Lord Stinker, Frank, Eddie, Lighthouse Clock [6]
1998–99 The Wacky World of Tex Avery Pompeii Pete, Einstone [2]
1999–01 NASCAR Racers Mark "Charger" McCutchen
1999 Sonic Underground Cyrus
1999-2005 Dragon Tales 11 episodes
1999 Yvon of the Yukon Willy Tidwell, King Louis, Gym Coach, others [6]
1999–02 Weird-Ohs Wade [2]
2000–01 Action Man Quake
2000 D'Myna Leagues Paully, Bart [6]
2001 The Zeta Project Lowe Episode: "Lost and Found" [6]
2001–02 Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat Wong Ton [6]
2001–03 Sitting Ducks (TV Series) Bill [6]
2001–06 Baby Looney Tunes Baby Taz [6]
2001–07 What's with Andy? Andy Larkin Main role [6]
2001 Justice League Thug, Sarge 2 episodes [6]
2002–09 Make Way for Noddy Mr. Jumbo, Mr. Wobblyman, Clockwork Clown, Additional Voices US Re-Dub
2002–03 Yakkity Yak Mr. Highpants, Rondo Jr., others [16]
2003 The Cramp Twins Horace Cramp, others [6][17]
2003 Something Else Something Else [6]
2003 Silverwing Mercury, Scirocco, others [6]
2004–05 Dinosaur Baby Holy Heroes Erick Moreau Recurring role
2005–08 Being Ian Odbald, others Also creator and producer [6]
2005–2013 Totally Spies! Captain Hayes, James, others Recurring role [6]
2005 Alien Racers Vakkon, Skrash [18]
2005–14 Johnny Test Hugh Test, others [6][19]
2007–08 Care Bears: Adventures in Care-a-Lot Funshine Bear Recurring role [6][20]
Edgar and Ellen Poe, Slug, others [6][20]
2007–09 GeoTrax Bunsen [6][20]
2008 3-2-1 Penguins Wait Your Turner Episode: "Invasion of the Body Swappers"
2008–09 Monster Buster Club Mark, Mr. Fusster, others [21]
2009 League of Super Evil Line Master Recurring role [6]
2009–2020 Dinosaur Train The Conductor, others [22]
2010 Hero: 108 ApeTrully, Mr. No Hands, Mighty Ray, others [6]
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Silver Shill Episode: "Leap of Faith" [6]
2011–2021 Ninjago Skales, Chen, Clancee, Clutch Powers, others [6]
2012 Action Dad Baron Von Dash, Major Break, others [6]
Slugterra Gar Revelle, Straggus 5 episodes [6]
2013 Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures Blinky, Sir Cumference, others [6]
2013 Beware the Batman Joe Braxton Episode: "Secrets" [6]
2013–14 Sabrina: Secrets of a Teenage Witch Salem, others [6]
2014 Nerds and Monsters Skur, others [6]
2014–15 Dr. Dimensionpants The Cortex [6]
2015 Pirate Express Poseidon, Gordon [6]
2015–17 Bob the Builder Roley and Mr. Bentley US dub
2016–19 Ready Jet Go! Uncle Zucchini and Mr. Peterson
2016–present The Loud House Jeffery, Lincoln's Double, Various voices
2017–2021 Vampirina Chef Remy Bones
2018–2020 The Hollow Benjamin
2021–present Sharkdog Mr. Heubel
2023 Family Guy Additional voices

Video games edit

List of voice performances in video games
Year Title Role Notes Source
1999 Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals Cheetor, Sentinel, Quickstrike
2005 Devil Kings Chōsokabe Motochika (Arslan) English dub [6]
2017 Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite Firebrand [23]
Thimbleweed Park Ransome [24]
2019 ReadySet Heroes Sully
2020 G.I. Joe: Operation Blackout Duke, Crew Man, Wild Bill
Cobra Kai: The Karate Kid Saga Continues Tom Cole, Mitch, Big Boned Skeleton [6]
2021 Nier Reincarnation Carrier, Substitute Carrier English dub
2022 Destiny 2: The Witch Queen Fynch [25]
2024 Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Dio English dub [26]

Bibliography edit

  • E is for Ethics (Simon & Schuster, Atria Books, 2009; ISBN 9781416596691)[27]
  • E is for Environment (Simon & Schuster, Atria Books, 2011; ISBN 9781439194577)[27]

References edit

Citations edit

  1. ^ a b c Ian James Corlett [@IanJames007] (August 29, 2020). "We visited #leocarrillo #dogbeach in #Malibu on my birthday today. lucyecorlett LOVES the water... @ Leo Carrillo Beach, Malibu" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Interviews: Ian James Corlett (8/99)". bwtf.com. Archived from the original on February 3, 2020. Retrieved July 12, 2016.
  3. ^ Ian James Corlett [@IanJames007] (August 29, 2020). "#thisis58 - Thanks for all the birthday wishes from Malibu. https://instagram.com/p/CEfKxZOgFiO/?igshid=1ualio4dlb0ir" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  4. ^ Trevor Devall. "Voiceprint with Trevor Devall and Guests Episode 11 - Ian Corlett". YouTube. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  5. ^ "Home Page: Claire Margaret Corlett". Ian Corlett. Archived from the original on January 24, 2018. Retrieved September 26, 2017. Claire Margaret Corlett (born July 9, 1999) is a Canadian teen voice actress, singer and live action actress.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd "Ian James Corlett (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved July 12, 2016. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.
  7. ^ Ian James Corlett [@IanJames007] (January 28, 2016). "@Phreak_91 doing a bunch of voices! So thrilled to be involved! #sausagepartymovie"" (Tweet). Retrieved July 12, 2016 – via Twitter.
  8. ^ "Greyhound (2020)". IMDb.
  9. ^ "Dragon Ball cast to return or not?". animenewsnetwork.com. Retrieved July 12, 2016.
  10. ^ @VIZMedia (February 9, 2021). ". @Kirby_Morrow is forever in our hearts. But we are so thrilled and excited to announce the new voice of Miroku in #Yashahime, @IanJames007 !" (Tweet). Retrieved February 9, 2021 – via Twitter.
  11. ^ Dempsey, Liam (September 6, 2022). "Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Anime Reveals English Dub Cast, NSFW Trailer". Crunchyroll. Retrieved September 6, 2022.
  12. ^ Terrace 2008, p. 160
  13. ^ a b Terrace 2008, p. 127
  14. ^ Terrace 2008, p. 614
  15. ^ Terrace 2008, p. 1145
  16. ^ Terrace 2008, p. 1201
  17. ^ Terrace 2008, p. 217
  18. ^ Terrace 2008, p. 25
  19. ^ Terrace 2008, p. 542
  20. ^ a b c Terrace 2008, p. 299
  21. ^ Terrace 2010, p. 239
  22. ^ Terrace 2008, p. 263
  23. ^ Capcom. Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite. Capcom. Scene: Credits, "Cast".
  24. ^ Ron Gilbert, Gary Winnick. Thimbleweed Park. Terrible Toybox. Scene: Credits, "Cast".
  25. ^ Nair, Rupesh (February 25, 2022). "Who Is Ian James Corlett? The Destiny 2 Witch Queen Voice Actor Who Plays 'Fynch' and Has Voiced Goku". IGN India. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
  26. ^ Romano, Sal (December 7, 2023). "Final Fantasy VII Rebirth 'Theme Song' trailer; Gold Saucer, Corel Prison, Vincent Valentine, Cid Highwind, and more detailed". Gematsu. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
  27. ^ a b "Ian James Corlett". simonandschuster.com. Retrieved July 12, 2016.

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External links edit

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