Justin Shenkarow is an American actor, producer, director and writer, best known for his roles of Matthew Brock in Picket Fences, Simon Holmes in Eerie, Indiana, and the voice of Harold Berman from the Nickelodeon animated series, Hey Arnold!.[1][2][3]

Justin Shenkarow
Shenkarow at Kirk Baily's celebration of life in 2022
Occupations
  • Actor
  • producer
  • director
  • writer
Years active1986–present

Life and career edit

Shenkarow has starred in television and film for over 30 years. He received three Young Artist Award nominations for his work as an actor on Picket Fences. He has starred in television shows including Eerie, Indiana, Home Improvement, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Strong Medicine, and Boston Public.

Shenkarow's production company, Shake That Fro Productions, has produced three short films in 2006 which he wrote, produced, directed and starred in, Decoy, The Best Christmas Ever and Tears. In 2005 he appeared in two films, House of the Dead 2 and Comedy Hell co-starring Eric Roberts.

In 2004, he was elected to the Screen Actors Board and was recently elected to chair the Young Performer's Committee. In 2008, Shenkarow appeared on an episode of TLC's Flip That House where he flipped a home in Sherman Oaks, California. In 2010, he was on an episode of The Millionaire Matchmaker looking for love.

Filmography edit

Film edit

Year Title Role Notes
1992 The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them Buddy
2001 Recess: School's Out Soldier Kid, Gelman Voice[4]
2002 Hey Arnold!: The Movie Harold Berman Voice[4]
2006 Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties Additional voices
2006 Barnyard Additional voices
2006 Comedy Hell Hades
2009 Fuel Rick
2011 The American Dream Paul
2016 Max & Me Keith Voice
2017 The Star Additional voices
2018 Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Additional voices
2020 Bad President Anger
2021 The Mitchells vs. the Machines Additional Voices

Television edit

Year Title Role Notes
1989 Dad's a Dog Chip TV movie
1990 Who's the Boss? Jason Episode: "Take Me Back to the Ballgame"
1990 A Family for Joe Pete Brewster Jr. TV movie
1990 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Kevin Driscoll Episode: "Deck the Halls"
1991 Sons and Daughters Roy Sanders 2 episodes
1991 ProStars Tommy Voice, 13 episodes
1991–1992 Eerie, Indiana Simon Holmes, Charles Furnell, Self 19 episodes
1992 Batman: The Animated Series Jordan Hill Voice, episode: "Be a Clown"[4]
1992 It's Spring Training, Charlie Brown! Charlie Brown Voice, television film
1992–1996 Picket Fences Matthew Brock 88 episodes
1994 The Little Mermaid Daniel Voice, episode: "Island of Fear"
1994 Beethoven Roger Voice, episode: "The Guard Dog/Mr. Huggs' Wild Ride"
1994–1995 Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego? Player 11 episodes
1994–1998 Life with Louie Michael Grunewald, Glen Glenn, additional voices Voice, 36 episodes[4]
1996 Captain Planet and the Planeteers Joey Voice, episode: "101 Mutations"
1996 Gargoyles Dave Porter Voice, episode: "Runaways"[4]
1996–2004 Hey Arnold! Harold Berman, various voices Voice, 71 episodes[4]
1997 101 Dalmatians: The Series Patch Voice, 4 episodes
1997–1999 Recess Gelman Voice, 4 episodes
1998 Profiler Andrew Winslow Episode: "Dying to Live"
1998 Home Improvement Matt Episode: "The Write Stuff"
1998 The Lionhearts Voice, episode: "But Some of My Best Friends Are Clowns"
1999 Hercules Episode: "Hercules and the Odyssey Experience"
2001 Boston Public Warren Dickson Episode: "Chapter Twenty-Seven"
2001–2004 Lloyd in Space Eddie Horton Voice, 39 episodes[4]
2002 Totally Spies! Adam Voice, episode: "Silicon Valley Girls"
2003 Strong Medicine Dusty Episode: "PMS, Lies and Red Tape"
2004 Kim Possible Dexter Voice, episode: "Oh Boyz"
2005 House of the Dead 2 Samuel the Pledge TV movie
2005–2006 W.I.T.C.H. Eric, Guard 5 episodes
2007 The Emperor's New School Voice, episode: "Cool Summer/Prisoner of Kuzcoban"
2007 Aliens in America Chaz Palladino Episode: "Pilot"
2010–2011 Pound Puppies Freddie, Dragon Mascot, Freckle-Faced Kid Voice, 2 episodes[4]
2013 Vaughn Narrator Voice, television film
2015 Z Nation Iggy Episode: "Corporate Retreat"
2016 The Clean Ethaniel Khalil Lovejoy Television film
2017 Hey Arnold: The Jungle Movie Harold Berman Voice, television film[5][6][4][7][8]
2021–present Spidey and His Amazing Friends Rhino Voice, recurring role[9]

Short films edit

Year Title Role Notes
1994 Hey Arnold: 24 Hours to Live Harold Berman, Stinky Petersen Voice
1994 Life with Louie: A Christmas Surprise for Mrs. Stillman Michael Grunewald Voice
1995 Izzy's Quest for Olympic Gold Izzy Voice
2006 The Best Christmas Ever Tommy
2006 Tears Ducky
2011 Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas Additional voices
2013 Jose Bond and the Superheroes Jose Bond
2018 Silent Struggle Jeff
2019 The Magic Socks Googalou

Video games edit

Year Title Role Notes
2001 Shadow of Destiny Young Man 1 [10]
2004 Gurumin: A Monsterous Adventure Peku, Prince English dub[4]
2006 Lost Planet: Extreme Condition Rick [4]
2007 Skate Additional voices
2008 Lost Planet: Colonies Rick
2011 L.A. Noire Patrolman James Mitchell
2011 Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Shooter 2 English dub

References edit

  1. ^ "Nickelodeon has released new details about the Hey Arnold! reboot". JOE.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
  2. ^ "See the Voices Behind Your Favorite 'Hey Arnold!' Characters". EW.com. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
  3. ^ "Voice Behind Hey Arnold! Star Totally Looks Like Justin Bobby: Peep The Other Faces Behind the Characters". E! News. 2015-11-24. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Justin Shenkarow (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved November 25, 2023. 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.
  5. ^ Nickelodeon's Hey Arnold! movie gets title; 19 original voice actors returning Entertainment Weekly, Retrieved June 13, 2016
  6. ^ Wagmeister, Elizabeth (2016-06-13). "Nickelodeon's 'Hey Arnold' 2017 Reboot Plot, Title Revealed". Variety. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
  7. ^ "'Hey Arnold' movie gets a name and it's 'Hey Arnold: The Jungle Movie'". UPI. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
  8. ^ Petski, Denise (2016-06-13). "'Hey Arnold' Nickelodeon Movie Gets Title; 19 TV Series Actors To Reprise Roles". Deadline. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
  9. ^ "Spidey and his Amazing Friends launches tonight on Disney Jr! I have the great pleasure of playing Rhino on this fabulous Marvel show! It's absolutely incredible, please watch it and share it with your friends! 7:25pm PST tonight on Disney Jr. - #spideyandhisamazingfriends #disneyjr #animation #justinshenkarow #falloutboy #marvel". justinshenkarow. June 21, 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-12-25 – via Instagram.
  10. ^ "Shadow of Memories (2001 Video Game)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 12 January 2024.

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