Charles Martinet
- “Ah, that Charles Martinet. Nice Italian boy.”
- —Mario, Mario vs. Donkey Kong
Charles Martinet (last name pronounced mar-tin-AY), born September 17, 1955 in San Jose, California, is the prominent voice actor of the Mario games. He plays the major characters Mario and Luigi (as well as their baby counterparts), Wario and Waluigi, and Toadsworth; as well as minor characters such as Wart and other bosses from Super Mario Bros. 2. Martinet plays the vast majority of the male characters in the Mario series. The Internet Movie Database attributes over 70 works to Martinet in total. Martinet speaks fluent French and Spanish, but, ironically, only a little Italian.
Martinet's first job voicing Mario began in 1994, when he would have motion sensors hooked to his face, which would interpret his facial movements to a computer-generated Mario head on a screen. Martinet would watch those passing by the screen through a surveillance camera and could talk to them, as Mario. This was used rather often by Nintendo when attending trade shows. An altered form of Mario In Real Time (MIRT) appeared in 1995's Mario's FUNdamentals, with Martinet's voice, though most consider Mario's voice debut to be Super Mario 64 in 1996.
Works
Voice acting
Super Punch-Out!! (1994) .... Announcer, Referee, Boxers Mario's FUNdamentals, earlier released as Mario's Game Gallery (1995) .... Mario, Luigi Space Quest 6: The Spinal Frontier (1995) .... Pa Conshohocken/Ray Trace/P'Tooie Solar Eclipse (1995) .... Spinner Solar Eclipse (1995) .... Spinner Super Mario 64 (1996) .... Mario Mario Kart 64 (1996) .... Mario, Luigi, Wario Mario Party (1998) .... Mario, Luigi, Wario Rising Zan: The Samurai Gunman (1999) .... Master Suzuki Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance (1999) .... Adm. Holtz Super Smash Bros. (1999) .... Mario/Luigi Mario Golf (1999) .... Mario, Luigi, Wario Carmen Sandiego's Great Chase Through Time (1999) .... William Shakespeare/Ludwig van Beethoven Slave Zero (1999) .... Old One, Sangonar Mario Party 2 (1999) .... Mario, Luigi, Wario Mario Tennis (2000) .... Mario, Luigi, Wario, Waluigi Skies of Arcadia Legends (2000) .... Vigoro Mario Party 3 (2000) .... Mario, Luigi, Wario, Waluigi Shadow of Destiny (2001) .... Homunculus Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds (2001) .... 2-1B, AT-AT driver/OOM-9 Wario Land 4 (2001) .... Wario Super Mario Advance (2001) .... Mario, Luigi, Wart, Clawgrip, Tryclyde, Mouser Forever Kingdom (2001) .... Darsul Luigi's Mansion (2001) .... Luigi, Mario Mad Dash Racing (2001) Super Smash Bros. Melee (2001) .... Mario, Luigi, Dr. Mario Cel Damage (2001) .... Fowl Mouth, Various Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 (2001) .... Mario, Luigi Wario World (2002) .... Wario Jet Set Radio Future (2002) .... Gouji Rokkaku Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast (2002) .... Bespin guard 2/Civilian Male/Imperial Officer 2/Rebel Shock Troop 3 .... Voice Super Mario Sunshine (2002) .... Mario, Toadsworth, some Piantas Mario Party 4 (2002) .... Mario, Luigi, Wario, Waluigi Shinobi (2002) .... Voice WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! (2003) .... Wario Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour (2003) .... Mario, Luigi, Wario, Waluigi Gladius (2003) (voice) .... Additional Voices WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$! (2003) .... Wario Mario Kart: Double Dash‼ (2003) .... Mario, Luigi, Wario, Waluigi, Baby Mario, Baby Luigi Mario Party 5 (2003) .... Mario, Luigi, Wario, Waluigi Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (2003) .... Mario, Luigi Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 (2003) .... Mario, Luigi The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (video game) (2003) (voice) Mario Golf: Advance Tour (2004) .... Mario, Luigi, Wario, Waluigi Mario vs. Donkey Kong (2004) .... Mario Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004) .... Mario Mario Pinball Land (2004) .... Mario Mario Power Tennis (2004) .... Mario, Luigi, Wario, Waluigi Super Mario 64 DS (2004) .... Mario, Luigi, Wario Mario Party 6 (2004) .... Mario, Luigi, Wario, Waluigi WarioWare: Touched! (2005) .... Wario Yoshi Touch & Go (2005) .... Baby Mario, Baby Luigi WarioWare: Twisted! (2005) .... Wario Mario Superstar Baseball (2005) .... Mario, Luigi, Baby Mario, Baby Luigi, Wario, Waluigi, Toadsworth SSX on Tour (2005) .... Mario, Luigi Mario Kart DS (2005) .... Mario, Luigi, Wario, Waluigi Mario Kart Arcade GP (2005) .... Mario, Luigi, Wario, Waluigi Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time (2005) .... Mario, Luigi, Baby Mario, Baby Luigi Super Mario Strikers (2005) .... Mario, Luigi, Wario, Waluigi Mario Party 7 (2005) .... Mario, Luigi, Wario, Waluigi, Toadsworth Super Princess Peach (2006) (voice) .... Mario, Luigi New Super Mario Bros. (2006) (voice) .... Mario, Luigi WarioWare: Smooth Moves (2007) .... Wario Super Paper Mario (2007) .... Mario, Luigi Kane & Lynch: Dead Men (2007) (voice) Mario Strikers Charged (2007) .... Mario, Luigi, Wario, Waluigi Wario: Master of Disguise (2007) .... Wario Mario Party 8 (2007) .... Mario, Luigi, Wario, Waluigi, MC Ballyhoo World in Conflict (2007) (voice) Super Mario Galaxy (2007) .... Mario, Luigi Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (2007, 2008) .... Mario, Luigi, Wario, Waluigi Mario Party DS (2007) .... Mario, Luigi, Wario, Waluigi Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008) .... Mario, Luigi, Wario, Waluigi Mario Kart Wii (2008) .... Mario, Luigi, Wario, Waluigi, Baby Mario, Baby Luigi Mario Super Sluggers (2008) .... Mario, Luigi, Wario, Waluigi, Baby Mario, Baby Luigi Wario Land: The Shake Dimension (2008) .... Wario Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (2009) .... Mario, Luigi Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (2009) .... Mario, Luigi, Wario, Waluigi Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time (2009) .... Orvus New Super Mario Bros. Wii (2009) .... Mario, Luigi Resonance of Fate (2010) .... Lagerfeld Super Mario Galaxy 2 (2010) .... Mario, Luigi Skies of Arcadia .... Vigoro Skies of Arcadia Legends ... Vigoro
