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Tom Kane at Comic Con 2008
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Born |
Thomas Kane Roberts April 15, 1962 Overland Park, Kansas, U.S. |
Occupation | Voice actor |
Years active | 1982–present |
Website | http://www.tomkane.com |
Thomas Kane Roberts, better known as Tom Kane, (born April 15, 1962) is an American voice actor. He is known for his voice over work in video games, movies and TV shows.
Kane is known for his animation work. Notable roles are Jedi Master Yoda and Admiral Yularen in Star Wars: The Clone Wars feature film and TV series; The Chancellor in Tim Burton's 9, Magneto in Wolverine and the X-Men and Marvel vs Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds; Ultron in Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow and The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes; Mr. Herriman in Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends; Lord Monkey Fist on Kim Possible; Professor Utonium and Him in The Powerpuff Girls; he has voiced Onxard Montalvo in The Angry Beavers, and the chimpanzee sidekick Darwin in The Wild Thornberrys.
He is also a prominent video game voice actor, appearing on numerous titles - from bit parts, to major roles such as Gandalf, Professor X, and lead characters in many Star Wars games; like Star Wars: The Force Unleashed as Imperial Captain Ozzik Sturn, Lobot and Kento Marek (the father of Sam Witwer's Galen Marek) thanks to ILM's motion capture technology. In Call of Duty: World at War, Call of Duty: Black Ops, Call of Duty: Black Ops II, and Call of Duty: Black Ops III he provides the voice of Takeo Masaki, a Japanese WWII soldier in the Zombies game mode.