Ian James Corlett

Ian James Corlett (born August 29, 1962) is a Canadian–American voice actor, producer, and author. He has worked for BLT Productions and Ocean Productions among others, and is the creator of Studio B Productions' animated series Being Ian and Yvon of the Yukon. One of his most notable, yet brief starring voice roles was Goku in Dragon Ball Z for FUNimation/Saban's initial 1990s English dub.

Early life
Ian James Corlett was born on August 29, 1962 in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.

Career
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 other notable voice roles included the title character of the Mega Man TV show, Cheetor in Beast Wars: Transformers, Glitch-Bob in ReBoot, Charger in NASCAR Racers, and Andy Larkin in What's with Andy?. Corlett has also lent his voice to less known DIC Entertainment shows such as Super Duper Sumos and Sonic Underground. 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 has also written for animated shows such as Donkey Kong Country.

Corlett lives in Vancouver with his wife and two children, Philip and Claire Corlett. They have done voice work for two different animated series, Dinosaur Train and My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, respectively.

Corlett is also revealed to have a house in Palm Springs, California whenever he and his family go to escape the drip and drizzle of the west coast of Canada.

Animated Series

 * Spiff and Hercules (1989) - Spiff
 * Heroes on Hot Wheels (1990) - Frank Valiant
 * Billy the Cat (1996-2001) - Jumbo
 * Salty's Lighthouse (1997-1998) - Ten Cents, Otis, Zebee, Zip, Lord Stinker, Frank, Eddie
 * Milo's Bug Quest (1999-2000) - Milo (2nd Voice), Additional Voices
 * Totally Spies! (2001-2013) - James (ep. 18), Soldier (ep. 18) , Radio Voice (ep. 18) , Pool Boy #2 (ep. 18)
 * Make Way for Noddy (2002-2007) - Mr. Jumbo, Mr. Wobblyman, Additional Voices (US Dub)
 * Bob the Builder (2015-2018) - Roley, Mr. Bently (US Dub)

Animated Films

 * The Adventures of Buratino (1959) - Pierrot, Cricket, Doctor Owl, Additional Voices (Jove Dub)
 * Adventures of Mowgli (1971) - Mowgli
 * Once Upon a Tune (1989) - Buddy, Hans, Otto
 * The Fearless Four (1997) - Dr. Greed, 1st Assistant, Hunter 2
 * Lapitch the Little Shoemaker (1997) - Melvin, Pico, Carousel Owner, Rabbit
 * Help! I'm a Fish! (2000) - Additional Voices
 * Jester Till (2003) - Cornelius, Mirror Man
 * Bob the Builder: Mega Machines (2017) - Roley (US Dub)

Anime

 * Dragon Ball (1986-1989) - Master Roshi (eps. 7-8), Sherman Priest (ep. 4) , Monster Carrot (ep. 9) (BLT Dub)
 * Funky Fables (1988-1990) - Preacher (ep. 6), Muff Potter (ep. 6) , Scarecrow (ep. 11) , Big Pirate (ep. 22) , Mirror (ep. 25)
 * Dragon Ball Z (1989-1996) - Goku (eps. 1-49), Master Roshi (eps. 1-46) , Cui, Baseball Announcer (ep. 10) , Goku's Doctor (eps. 39-42) , Additional Voices (Ocean Dub)
 * Ranma ½ (1989-1994) - Jusenkyo Guide (eps. 1-71), Dr. Tofu Ono (eps. 2-81) , Mikado Sanzenin, Additional Voices
 * Mobile Suit Gundam Wing (1995-1996) - Additional Voices
 * Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon (2020-2022) - Miroku (2nd voice)
 * Cyberpunk: Edgerunners (2022) - Pilar, Additional Voices

OVAs & Specials

 * Project A-ko 2: Plot of the Daitokuji Financial Group (1987) - Hikari Daitokuji
 * Project A-Ko 4: Final (1989) - Hikari Daitokuji, Professor
 * Ranma ½ (1993-1996) - Cat Mask (ep. 4), Furinkan High Student (ep. 4) , Bamboo Pole Salesman (ep. 6) , Undead Samurai (ep. 9)

Anime Films

 * Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might (1990) - Goku, Master Roshi (Saban/Ocean Dub)
 * Ranma ½ the Movie: Big Trouble in Nekonron, China (1991) - Mikado Sanzenin

Video Game Dubbing

 * Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite (2017) - Firebrand
 * Nier Reincarnation (2021) - Carrier, Substitute

Writer

 * Dragon Ball (BLT Dub)
 * Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies (BLT Dub)
 * Dragon Ball Z (Ocean Dub; Season 2)

Trivia

 * Due to their similar vocal tones, Peter Kelamis has replaced Corlett in two different dubbing roles: Goku in Dragon Ball Z (though Kelamis in-turn would be replaced by Sean Schemmel in the American broadcast, and by Kirby Morrow in Canada and the UK), and Shuishi Tataki in Key the Metal Idol.
 * According to Corlett, in an interview with Christopher Niosi, he stopped doing much dubbing work due to it paying very poorly.
 * All the same, he also states he wished that the casting team for the (currently unreleased) Ocean Dub of Dragon Ball Z Kai would have contacted him about reprising Goku, as he would've at least considered it.