Cameron Arthur "Cam" Clarke (born November 6, 1957) is an American voice actor, actor and singer. He is best known for providing the voices of Leonardo and Rocksteady in the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series, Adult Simba in The Lion King television franchise. and Shotaro Kaneda in the 1989 original Streamline Pictures English dub of Akira. He often voices teenagers and other similarly young characters. One of his prominent roles in video games was voicing Liquid Snake in the Metal Gear series.
Biography[]
Born in 1957 to actor Robert Clarke and singer Alyce King, he is nephew to guitarist Alvino Rey and pianist Buddy Cole, cousin to actress Tina Cole and writer Chris Conkling, half brother to musicians Ric and Lex de Azevedo, and uncle to voice actress Emilie Brown and actress Rachel Coleman.
Clarke began his acting career in the show The Hollywood Palace and The King Family Show. He continued to perform with his family on various TV specials until the 1980s when he got his first voice acting roles in the animated shows Snorks and Robotech. Clarke was taught by established voice actor Michael Bell. Clarke is best known for his roles as Kaneda in Katsuhiro Otomo's Akira (Original Dub), Max Sterling and Lancer in the 1985 Robotech series, Rigadon in Around the World with Willy Fog, Dogtanian in Dogtanian & the Three Muskehounds, Leonardo and Rocksteady in the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series, and Liquid Snake in the popular Metal Gear Solid series of video games. Clarke is also the voice of Prince Adam and He-Man in the 2002 version of He-Man & the Masters of the Universe TV series. He is also known to RPG fans as Ryudo in Grandia II, Kratos Aurion in Tales of Symphonia and Will Raynard in Tales of Legendia. He voices the male Blood Elf in World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade. To date, Clarke has voiced over one hundred titles. Cam is easily recognizable by his distinct voice which can fluctuate from adolescent sounding (Leonardo) to deep and soothing (Kratos) and to a faux British (Liquid Snake). He also acts as Pavel in the popular Neverwinter Nights PC release.
Filmography[]
Live-Action Dubbing[]
TV Series[]
- Suburra: Blood on Rome (2017-2020) - Additional Voices
- Élite (2018-present) - Additional Voices
- Samantha! (2018-2019) - Director (ep. 2)
- The Valhalla Murders (2019-2020) - Petur, Additional Voices
- 30 Coins (2020) - Alonso, Additional Voices
- Paradise (2021) - Roca, Additional Voices
- Alpha Males (2022-present) - Manu, Additional Voices
- Black Butterflies (2022) - Bert (ep. 1), Yves (ep. 3), Additional Voices
- Santo (2022) - Chinche, Additional Voices
- Yosi, the Regretful Spy (2022-present) - Additional Voices
- Red Queen (2024) - Sir Peter Scott
Miniseries[]
- Close to Home: Murder in the Coalfield (2022) - Additional Voices
Films[]
- Little Indian, Big City (1994) - Stéphane Marchadot, Additional Voices
- The Wrath of God (2022) - Moderator Man
Documentaries[]
- The Great Robbery of Brazil's Central Bank (2022) - Antonio Celso
- Vatican Girl: The Disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi (2022) - Pietro Orlandi
- The Outreau Case: A French Nightmare (2024) - Jacques Chirac, Stephane Chochois
Reality Shows[]
- Love is Blind: Brazil (2021-present) - Additional Voices
- First Class (2022) - Dr. Canals Mestre, Additional Voices
Animation Dubbing[]
Animated Series[]
- Iznogoud (1995) - Guard (ep. 2b), Frog Prince (ep. 5a)
- Space Strikers (1995) - Captain Nemo
- Walter Melon (1997-1998) - Mayor (ep. 13b), Picasso (ep. 15b), Stonecold (ep. 15b)
- Totally Spies! (2001-2013) - Brock Williams (ep. 26)
- Origami Warriors (2004) - Atticus Masters, Xuan Daguo, Crew Member, Minion
- Gormiti (2008-2010) - Solitary Eagle, Spider the Cruel (ep. 7)
- Bad Exorcist (2020-2021) - Beelzebutt
Animated Films[]
- The Smurfs & the Magic Flute (1976) - Peewit (U.S. Dub)
- The Little Train (1980) - The Little Train
- The Complete Adventures of Dogtanian (1985) - Dogtanian
- Peter No-Tail in America (1985) - Peter No-Tail (US Dub)
- Hatched: Chicks Gone Wild (2013) - Hugh Heifer, Grandpa Goat
- The Satellite Girl and Milk Cow (2014) - Mr. Oh
- Big Fish & Begonia (2016) - Zhurong
- Jungle Master 2: Candy Planet (2016) - Jonbon
- Space Chicken (2017) - Molosco
Anime Dubbing[]
Anime Series[]
- G-Force: Guardians of Space (1972-1974) - Dirk Daring, Red Impulse, Additional Voices
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1980) - Jeff Thatcher, Mac (ep. 39)
- Dogtanian & the Three Muskehounds (1981-1982) - Dogtanian, Guardsman (ep. 18)
- Macron I (1981) - Jason Templar
- The Magical World of Gigi (1982-1983) - Coco (2nd voice), Jimmy (ep. 3), Ken (ep. 4), Postal Worker (ep. 41), Fake Santa (ep. 41)
- Around the World with Willy Fog (1983) - Rigodon, Ralph, Mr. Johnson, Japanese Man (ep. 15)
- Saber Rider & the Star Sheriffs (1984-1985) - Phillip, Brad
- Captain Harlock & The Queen of a Thousand Years (1985) - Brian
- Robotech: The Macross Saga (1985) - Maximilian Sterling, Geraro (ep. 7)
- Robotech: The New Generation (1985) - Lance Belmont
- Fairy Tale Favorites (1986) - Ugly Duckling (ep. 1), Michael's Brother (ep. 5), Bo (ep. 8), Prince John (ep. 9)
- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED (2002-2003) - Ulen Hibiki (ep. 45) (NYAV Post Dub)
- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny (2004-2005) - Additional Voices (NYAV Post Dub)
- Duel Masters (2002-2006) - Shori Kirifuda (eps. 1-26), Maruo Kadoko (eps. 1-26), Toru Kamiya
- Naruto (2002-2007) - Aoi Rokusho
- Bleach (2004-2012) - Yasochika Iemura, Kagerōza Inaba, Ōko Yushima, Bully (ep. 32), Additional Voices
- Monster (2004-2005) - Richard Braun
- Finding Paradiso (2008-2009) - Kiril Capek, Drago Batista, Announcer, Watchman (Vitello Dub)
- Hunter x Hunter (2011-2014) - Peggy
- X-Men (2011) - Charles Xavier/Professor X
- Monsuno (2012-2014) - Chase Suno, Jeredy Suno, Dr. Emmanuel Klipse
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders (2014-2015) - Daniel J. D'Arby
- March Comes in Like a Lion (2016-2017) - Masachika Kouda
- Fate/Apocrypha (2017) - Avicebron/Caster of Black, Serge, Victor Frankenstein (ep. 9)
- Hero Mask (2018-2019) - Geffrey Connor, Fred Faraday (Netflix Dub)
- The Promised Neverland (2019) - Demon B (ep. 1), Demon (eps. 3, 12)
- Cagaster of an Insect Cage (2020) - Tariq, Manji (ep. 5), Additional Voices
- Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song- (2021) - Researcher (ep. 4)
- Super Crooks (2021) - The Gladiator
- Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War (2022-present) - Yasochika Iemura (ep. 8)
- Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead (2023) - Additional Voices
- Pluto (2023) - Goji (ep. 4), Additional Voices
OVAs & Specials[]
- Doomed Megalopolis (1991) - Junichi Narutaki (Streamline Dub)
- Naruto: Mission: Protect the Waterfall Village! (2003) - Suien
- Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas (2009-2011) - Pope Sage
- Lupin the 3rd: Is Lupin Still Burning? (2018) - Additional Voices
Anime Films[]
- Attack of the Super Monsters (1983) - Wally Singer, Conference Soldier 2, Dog Owner, Hiker, Rat Victim Lieutenant, Road Worker 1
- Warriors of the Wind (1984) - Prince Milo, Blond Temeculan Captain, Young Placedan Gunner
- Robotech: The Movie (1986) - Branch Tech 2, Additional Voices
- Robotech II: The Sentinels (1987) - Maximilian Sterling
- Akira (1988) - Shōtarō Kaneda, Scientist 2, Councilman 1 (Electric Media Dub)
- Great Conquest: The Romance of Three Kingdoms (1992) - Zhuge Jin
- Naruto The Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow (2004) - Soutetsu Kazahana
- Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt: Bandit Flower (2017) - Mechanic, Old Man, Young Officer
- Suzume (2022) - Hitsujirō Munakata
Video Game Dubbing[]
- Metal Gear Solid (1998) - Liquid Snake/Master Miller
- Dark Cloud 2 (2002) - Dr. Jamming, Dark Element
- Tales of Symphonia (2003) - Kratos Aurion
- Kingdom Hearts II (2005) - Simba
- Yakuza (2005) - Takashi
- Bravely Default (2012) - Sage Yulyana
- Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII (2013) - Fleeing Man, Goddess's Disciple, Resident
- Drakengard 3 (2013) - Decadus
- Devil Survivor 2 Record Breaker (2015) - Ronaldo Kuriki
- Persona 5 (2016) - Additional Voices
- Mobius Final Fantasy (2016-2019) - Additional Voices
- Pokémon Masters (2019-present) - Alder
- Shenmue III (2019) - Sun JiuSi, Additional Voices
- Monster Hunter Rise (2021) - Sir Ertz, Tanko the Sailor
External Links[]
- Cam Clarke at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Cam Clarke on the Internet Movie Database