Townsend Coleman
Born: 1954-05-28 in New York City, New York, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
As a busy Hollywood voice-actor, Townsend Coleman is perhaps one of the most recognizable voices on TV. For 16 years, he was the voice of NBC's "Must See TV" and "Comedy Night Done Right" primetime comedy promos, including hits from Seinfeld and Frasier to 30 Rock and The Office, as well as the promos for "The Tonight Show" starring Jay Leno (then Conan), "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" (then Jimmy Fallon), "Last Call with Carson Daly" and "Saturday Night Live". He currently voices the daily on-air promos for the long-running "Live with Kelly and Michael" and radio spots for "Judge Judy", in addition to regularly voicing primetime promos for ABC Family, The Hub, and now, ABC-TV. But the character behind the voice really came to life in 1985, when Coleman, having just moved to Los Angeles from Cleveland, Ohio, auditioned for and got a part on the animated hit, "Inspector Gadget". As the voice of Corporal Capeman, Gadget's bumbling assistant, he embarked on an entirely new career, providing the voices for some of the most memorable characters in cartoons and commercials. In addition to thwarting evil as the voice of "The Tick", Fox Kids' hit animated series, he has provided the voices for many popular cartoon characters, including Michaelangelo, Rat King, and Usagi Yojimbo on the original, long-running cartoon series, "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles". He also voiced Waldo on "Where's Waldo?", Gobo, Architect, and Wrench on NBC's animated "Fraggle Rock", Scott/Teen Wolf on "Teen Wolf", Scratch on "Spacecats", the voice of Wayne Gretzky on "Prostars", Riot on "Jem and the Holograms", Dragonflyer on "Glofriends", Rewind on the 80's "Transformers", and 20 years later, Sentinel Prime on "Transformers: Animated" for Cartoon Network.
Filmography
2018
- The Grinch as Additional Voices (voice)
2016
- Sing as Additional Voices (voice)
- The Tick as Midnight (voice)
- Turtles Take Time (and Space) as 1980's Michelangelo / Pirate Captain (voice)
2013
- Marvel's Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. as Hercules (voice)
- Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2 as Morrie (voice)
- Batman: The Dark Knight Returns as Morrie / Civilian (voice)
- LEGO Batman: The Movie - DC Super Heroes Unite as Commissioner Gordon (voice)
2012
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as '87 Michelangelo (voice)
- Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 as Morrie / Civilian (voice)
2008
- Justice League: The New Frontier as Dr. Magnus (voice)
- Big & Small
2007
- Superman: Doomsday as Drill Operator (voice)
- Transformers: Animated as Sentinel Prime (voice)
2004
- The Batman as Campus Guard (voice)
2001
1999
- Batman Beyond as Falseface (voice)
- The Crippled Lamb as Samuel/Daneil/Joseph
1998
- Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero as Additional Voices (voice)
- Buster & Chauncey's Silent Night as Father Joseph Mohr (voice)
1997
- The New Batman Adventures as Mugsy (voice)
- Mighty Ducks the Movie: The First Face-Off as (voice)
- The Legend of Calamity Jane as Additional Voices (voice)
1996
1995
- The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries as Nerdy Kid (voice)
- The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat as (voice)
1994
- Spider-Man as Middle-Aged Silvermane (voice)
- The Tick as The Tick (voice)
- The Jungle King
1992
- Batman: The Animated Series as Chick (voice)
- FernGully: The Last Rainforest as Knotty (voice)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Turtles' Awesome Easter as Michaelangelo (voice)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Mystery of the Cliffs as Michaelangelo (voice)
1991
- Space Cats as Scratch (voice)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Planet of the Turtleoids as Michaelangelo / Groundchuck (voice)
- Where's Wally? as Wally (voice)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles at the Earth's Core as Michaelangelo (voice)
- ProStars as Wayne Gretzky (voice)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Attack of the Big MACC as Michaelangelo (voice)
1990
- Tom & Jerry Kids Show as Knight (voice)
- TaleSpin as Turkey Client / Newsreel Announcer (voice)
- Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue as Dad / Michaelangelo (voice)
- Operation Blue Line, Starring: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as Michaelangelo (voice)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Cowabunga Shredhead as Michaelangelo / Krang (voice)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Super Rocksteady and Mighty Bebop as Michaelangelo (voice)
1989
- Ring Raiders
- Dixie's Diner as (voice)
1988
- Denver, the Last Dinosaur
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Epic Begins as Michaelangelo (voice)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Heroes in a Halfshell as Michaelangelo (voice)
- Dino-Riders
- Yogi and the Invasion of the Space Bears as Zor 1 (voice)
1987
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as Michaelangelo (voice)
- Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs as Colt (voice)
- Alice Through the Looking Glass as Tom Fool
- Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series
1986
- Black Moon Rising as Waiter
- Wildfire
- Teen Wolf as Scott Howard (voice)
- Kingdom Chums - Little David's Adventure as (voice)
1985
- Jem as Riot (voice)