Peter Marinker

Peter Marinker (born 1941) is a Canadian-born English actor, voice actor and stage actor who has worked extensively in England, the United States, and Canada, in all media. He currently resides in the United Kingdom.

Career
Marinker's extensive voice credits include numerous BBC radio plays and poetry readings, from Dirk Maggs' Batman: Nightfall (as Bane) to a man tortured by his own tax forms in the 2006 play The Wire. In animation, Marinker has dubbed several Japanese animated series, and dubbed Julius Caesar in the live-action film Asterix & Obelix Take On Caesar. Marinker is known for playing very stern and commanding characters such as Kiichi Goto in Patlabor, General Gerhard Donner in Venus Wars and Dr. Ichihara in Angel Cop.

A prolific narrator of audiobooks, from Shane to The House of Seven Gables, he has also appeared on camera in the movies Event Horizon, Judge Dredd, and United 93. Marinker is also a founding member of the Godot Company, a theater group devoted to performing the work of Samuel Beckett. Other members included fellow Labyrinth voice Anthony Jackson.

TV Series

 * Star Fleet (1980-1981) - Dr. Benn Robinson, Narrator, Halley (ep. 5)

Films

 * Fugitive Alien (1986) - Colonel Yurulin, Drunk Kiraran Soldier
 * Star Force: Fugitive Alien II (1987) - Colonel Yurulin
 * Mighty Jack (1987) - Mr. Atari
 * Asterix & Obelix Take On Caesar (1999) - Julius Caesar

Animated Series

 * The Twins of Destiny (1991-1993) - Narrator, Professor Leopold Ledoux, Ho Huan, Po Dung, Additional Voices

Animated Films

 * Felidae (1994) - Claudandus/Pascal

Anime

 * Moomin (1990-1991) - Narrator (eps. 27-78), The Muffle (ep. 31) , Lamp Spirit (ep. 33) , Nana's Fiancé (ep. 40) , The Imp (ep. 50) , The Prospector (ep. 52) , Additional Voices

OVAs & Specials

 * Junk Boy (1987) - Interviewer
 * Crying Freeman (1988-1992) - Don Carleone (ep. 2)
 * Dominion Tank Police (1988) - Dr. Shahah (eps. 3-4)
 * Angel Cop (1989-1994) - Dr. Ichihara
 * Gall Force: Earth Chapter (1989-1990) - Dominov, G.O.R.N., General McKenzie (Manga Dub)
 * Lupin the 3rd: Bye, Bye, Lady Liberty (1989) - Jimmy
 * Megazone 23 - Part III (1989) - Narrator (Manga UK Dub)
 * Doomed Megalopolis (1991) - Yasunori Katō (Manga UK Dub)
 * The Heroic Legend of Arslan (1991-1995) - Narrator (eps. 3-4)
 * New Dominion Tank Police (1993-1994) - Cop (ep. 5), Vittorio Mueller (ep. 5)
 * Bounty Dog (1994) - Corporate Spokesman (ep. 1)

Anime Films

 * Odin (1985) - Doctor
 * Patlabor: The Movie (1989) - Kiichi Goto (Manga Dub)
 * Patlabor 2: The Movie (1993) - Kiichi Goto (Manga Dub)
 * Roujin Z (1993) - Professor, Reporter

Voice Director

 * Star Fleet (eps. 19-24)

Trivia

 * Were a second series Star Fleet to have been successfully financed by the English production company, Marinker would have written the outline for the second series.