Rodger Bumpass

Award won Role or nomination

1. 1951 age 0

   Born

2. 1981 age 30

   CreditEscape from New York

3. 1987 age 36

   CreditThe Running Man

4. 2007 age 56

   CreditMarco Polo

5. 2009 age 58

   CreditSquare Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants

• KRKurt Russell1 title
• JPJohn Powell1 title
• STSven-Ole Thorsen1 title
• CBClancy Brown1 title
• GFGeorge Buck Flower1 title
• DCDean Cundey1 title
• ASArnold Schwarzenegger1 title
• FCFranco Columbu1 title
• BWBD Wong1 title
• HSHarry Dean Stanton1 title

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• Well, it wasn’t that I sought out voice acting. I started in the voice world because at puberty I went from a very high voice to drop down to what’s considered “an announcer voice.” And so I said, I’ve got this “announcer voice,” so I’ll go into broadcasting. And so I went to college and majored in radio and TV, and minored in theater. As time went on, I got more interested in the less regimented and more creative world of theater as opposed to broadcasting. I got my degree, but I decided that I wanted to be an actor.

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• I’m not him and he’s not me, but what I’m required to do for him and what I am enabled to do for him is what makes it like me. It fits my particular talents and skills very well. So in that respect, yeah, he is me, but I am not the cranky, sarcastic, underachieving kind of guy that he is. He’s easy to fall in, I will say that.

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• I say if you have the urge to pursue this, do it, especially when you’re very young. If you don’t throw your marbles out and see what happens, for the rest of your life you’ll wonder what could have happened. And that can have negative effects on the rest of your life. Not necessarily devastating, but you’ll always have that nagging thing. When you go out like I did – I went from Arkansas to New York City – and if I had done that and spent five, 10 years trying to do it, I would either have been successful or I would have said, you know, I’m done with this. I gave it my shot. The only failure is not trying. And I encourage all young people, if you have any inkling whatsoever, that you can do this. At least try.

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