Charles Martinet
- "Charles" redirects here. For the historical writer in Mario's Time Machine, see Charles Dickens. For the historical scientist in Mario's Time Machine, see Charles-Gaspard de la Rive. For Luigi's voice actor in The Super Mario Bros. Movie whose full first name is Charles, see Charlie Day.
Charles Martinet | |
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Portrait of Martinet, used for the announcement of his cameo appearances in The Super Mario Bros. Movie | |
Full name | Charles Andre Martinet |
Born | September 17, 1955 (age 69)[?] |
Super Mario–related role(s) | Voice actor for several characters in the video games, including Mario, Luigi, Wario, Waluigi, Baby Mario and Baby Luigi (1991–2023) Voice actor for Mario and Luigi's father and Giuseppe in The Super Mario Bros. Movie Mario Ambassador (2023–present) |
- “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 an American actor and voice actor best known for his voices in the Super Mario franchise. He voiced several characters in the franchise, including Mario, Luigi, Wario, Waluigi, and some of the bosses in Super Mario Advance.[1] The Internet Movie Database attributes over 150 works to Martinet in total. In addition to English, Martinet speaks fluent French and Spanish, as well as some Italian.[2]
At the time of his audition in 1990, Martinet had never heard of Mario or Nintendo.[3] Martinet originally was not invited to audition for the role of Mario; according to him, he crashed the auditions and was asked to do an Italian accent. His recordings left so much of an impression that they were the only ones sent to Nintendo.[4] As a former Shakespearean actor, Martinet has stated that Mario's voice was based on his voice for Gremio, a character from The Taming of the Shrew.[5] Some sources have alternatively, if erroneously, cited Petruchio (actually played by John Callahan) from the same play as the inspiration.[6]
Martinet was flown to SimGraphics in South Pasadena the next day[7] to be fitted for the Mario in Real Time system, wherein he had motion sensors attached to his face, which transposed his facial movements to a computer-generated Mario head on a screen. Martinet watched people passing by the screen through a hidden camera and talked to them as Mario; this was used rather often by Nintendo for promotional events.[8] He would not start voicing Mario in games until the 1994 CD release of Mario Teaches Typing (featuring an altered form of Mario in Real Time), which, while the first confirmed game to have Mario portrayed by Martinet, has been contested by the Super Mario Bros. pinball machine in 1992,[9] although no reliable source has been given to this claim.
Martinet's voice for Mario would be solidified as standard by its usage in Super Mario 64. The non-Japanese version of Mario Kart 64 would be the first game to feature him as the voice actor for Luigi and Wario (with him having developed the former's voice when trying to minimize his mouth movements while speaking in Mario in Real Time),[10] and he went on to also voice Waluigi upon the character's introduction in Mario Tennis. Martinet has been recognized by Guinness World Records as providing the "most video game voiceover performances as the same character" (at least 100 as Mario, as of the release of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate).[11]
In 2021, when asked if he wanted to voice Mario in the The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Martinet stated, "[I]t sounds like a marvelous thing, it sounds like great fun and if they invite me to play, I'll go in and play with great joy and happiness,"[12] similar to his statements from 2003 of wanting an "animated movie" and that he "would love to do every voice for Nintendo [he] possibly could."[13] Despite this, Martinet would ultimately not go on to voice Mario and Luigi in the movie (with the characters instead being voiced by Chris Pratt and Charlie Day, respectively, in English), instead providing the voices of their father and Giuseppe in several languages.
On August 21, 2023, Nintendo announced that Martinet had stepped down from voicing characters in the Super Mario franchise, and he would be taking on the role of Mario Ambassador,[14] which entails interacting with fans, signing autographs, and performing his Super Mario voices at events. The final Super Mario game released prior to this that features his voice was Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope (although the 2023 Summer Tour in Mario Kart Tour, which began the day after the announcement of Martinet's retirement, introduced a variant of Mario with a new voice line by him). He was succeeded by Kevin Afghani, who has voiced Mario and Luigi starting in Super Mario Bros. Wonder and Wario starting in WarioWare: Move It!.[15] However, Martinet's voice clips are still used in reissues of games that featured them originally.[16]
Portrayals
- Mario in Real Time – Mario / Mario's face / Luigi / Wario / Donkey Kong / Mama Mario / Papa Mario / Himself
- Mario Teaches Typing – Mario / Mario's face
- Mario's Game Gallery – Mario
- Super Mario 64 – Mario / Mario's face
- Super Mario 64 Original Soundtrack – Mario
- Mario Teaches Typing 2 – Mario / Mario's face
- Mario Kart 64 – Mario / Luigi (English) / Wario (English) / System voice (English)
- Mario Kart 64 (slot machine) – Mario / Luigi / Wario
- Mario Kart 64 Race Tracks – Mario / Luigi / Wario
- Excitebike: Bun Bun Mario Battle Stadium – Mario (in-game only)
- Mario Kart 64 Original Soundtrack – Mario
- Mario Kart 64 on Club Circuit – Mario
- Mario's FUNdamentals – Mario
- Mario Party – Mario
- Super Smash Bros. – Mario / Luigi
- Mario Golf – Mario / Luigi / Baby Mario / Wario / Metal Mario
- Mario Party 2 – Mario / Mario's face
- Mario Tennis – Mario / Luigi / Baby Mario / Wario / Waluigi / Announcer
- Mario Party 3 – Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
- Super Mario Advance – Mario / Luigi / Clawgrip[1] / Tryclyde[1] / Mouser[1] / Wart[1]
- Dr. Mario 64 – Dr. Mario / Wario / Metal Mario / Vampire Wario
- Mario Kart: Super Circuit – Mario
- Wario Land 4 – Wario
- Luigi's Mansion – Luigi / Mario
- Super Smash Bros. Melee – Mario / Luigi / Dr. Mario
- Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 – Mario / Luigi
- Super Mario Sunshine – Mario / Isle Delfino commercial narrator / Male Piantas[17][18] (shared with Scott Burns)
- Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 – Mario / Luigi
- Mario Party 4 – Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
- Nintendo Puzzle Collection – Mario / Dr. Mario / Wario / Metal Mario / Vampire Wario
- WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! – Wario
- Wario World – Wario
- Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 – Mario / Luigi
- Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour – Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi / Shadow Mario
- WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$! – Wario
- Mario Kart: Double Dash!! – Mario / Luigi / Baby Mario / Baby Luigi / Wario / Waluigi / Male Piantas (shared with Scott Burns)
- Mario Party 5 – Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
- Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga – Mario / Luigi
- Mario Golf: Advance Tour – Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
- Mario vs. Donkey Kong – Mario / Mini Marios
- Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door – Mario / Doopliss (when impersonating Mario)
- Mario Pinball Land – Mario
- WarioWare: Twisted! – Wario / Wario-Man
- Mario Power Tennis – Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
- Mario Party 6 – Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
- Super Mario 64 DS – Mario / Mario's face / Luigi / Wario
- WarioWare: Touched! – Wario / Wario-Man
- Nintendo Sound Selection Vol.3: B-Side Music – Luigi
- Yoshi Touch & Go – Baby Mario
- Yakuman DS – Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
- Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix – Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
- Mario Superstar Baseball – Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi / Baby Mario / Baby Luigi / Male Piantas (shared with Scott Burns and Hironori Miyata)
- Mario Tennis: Power Tour – Mario / Luigi / Wario (Nintendo opening logo) / Waluigi
- Mario Kart Arcade GP – Mario / Luigi / Wario / Robo Mario
- SSX on Tour – Mario / Luigi
- Super Princess Peach – Mario / Luigi
- Mario Party 7 – Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
- Mario Kart DS – Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi / Male Piantas (shared with Scott Burns)
- Super Mario Strikers – Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
- Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time – Mario / Luigi / Baby Mario / Baby Luigi
- New Super Mario Bros. – Mario / Luigi / Wario
- Mario Hoops 3-on-3 – Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
- Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis – Mario / Mini Marios
- WarioWare: Smooth Moves – Wario / Tiny Warios
- Wario: Master of Disguise – Wario
- Mario Kart Arcade GP 2 – Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi / Robo Mario
- Super Paper Mario – Mario / Luigi / Mr. L
- Mario Strikers Charged – Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
- Mario Party 8 – Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi / Big Top / Male Piantas (shared with Scott Burns)
- Super Mario Galaxy – Mario / Luigi
- Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games – Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
- Mario Party DS – Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
- Super Smash Bros. Brawl – Mario / Luigi / Wario / Wario-Man / Waluigi
- Mario Kart Wii – Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi / Baby Mario / Baby Luigi / Male Piantas (shared with Scott Burns)
- Mario Super Sluggers – Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi / Baby Mario / Baby Luigi / Male Piantas (shared with Scott Burns and Hironori Miyata)
- Wario Land: Shake It! – Wario
- WarioWare: Snapped! – Wario
- Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story – Mario / Luigi
- WarioWare: D.I.Y. – Wario
- WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase – Wario / Wario-Man
- Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again! – Mario / Mini Marios
- Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games – Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
- New Super Mario Bros. Wii – Mario / Luigi
- Super Mario Galaxy 2 – Mario / Luigi / Male Piantas (shared with Scott Burns)
- Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem! – Mario / Mini Marios
- Mario Sports Mix – Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi / Male Piantas (shared with Scott Burns)
- AR Games – Mario
- Super Mario 3D Land – Mario / Luigi
- Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games – Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
- Fortune Street – Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
- Mario Kart 7 – Mario / Luigi / Wario / Metal Mario
- Mario Party 9 – Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi / Male Piantas (shared with Scott Burns)
- Mario Tennis Open – Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi / Baby Mario / Metal Mario
- New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Mario / Luigi
- New Super Mario Bros. U – Mario / Luigi
- Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon – Luigi / Mario
- Game & Wario – Wario / Captain Wario / MechaWarios / Wario-Man
- Photos with Mario – Mario / Luigi
- Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move – Mario / Mini Marios
- New Super Luigi U – Luigi
- Mario & Luigi: Dream Team – Mario / Luigi / Luiginoids / Dreamy Luigi
- Mario Kart Arcade GP DX – Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi / Baby Mario / Fire Mario / Tanooki Mario / Ice Luigi / Metal Mario / Gold Mario
- The Year of Luigi Sound Selection – Luigi
- New Super Mario Bros. U + New Super Luigi U – Mario / Luigi
- Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games – Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
- Mario Party: Island Tour – Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi / Bubble Mario (unused)
- Super Mario 3D World – Mario / Luigi
- Mario Golf: World Tour – Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi / Gold Mario
- Mario Kart 8 – Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi / Baby Mario / Baby Luigi / Metal Mario / Tanooki Mario / Male Piantas (shared with Scott Burns)
- Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U – Mario / Luigi / Wario / Wario-Man / Waluigi / Dr. Mario
- Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars – Mini Marios / Mario / Mini Luigis
- Mario Party 10 – Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
- Nintendo Sound Selection: Endings & Credits – Luigi / Mario
- Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition – Mario / Luigi
- Luigi's Mansion Arcade – Luigi
- Super Mario Maker – Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi / Cat Mario / Gold Mario / Silver Mario / Builder Mario / Mario Trio
- Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash – Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi / Gold Mario
- Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam – Mario / Luigi
- Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games – Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi / Male Piantas (shared with Scott Burns)
- Mini Mario & Friends: amiibo Challenge – Mini Mario / Mini Luigi
- Paper Mario: Color Splash – Luigi
- Mario Party: Star Rush – Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
- Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS – Mario
- Super Mario Run – Mario / Luigi
- Mario Sports Superstars – Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi / Baby Mario / Baby Luigi / Metal Mario
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi / Baby Mario / Baby Luigi / Metal Mario / Gold Mario / Tanooki Mario / Male Piantas (shared with Scott Burns)
- Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle – Mario / Luigi
- Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions – Mario / Luigi
- Super Mario Odyssey – Mario / Luigi
- Mario Party: The Top 100 – Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
- Mario Tennis Aces – Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
- WarioWare Gold – Wario (English) / Wario Deluxe (English)
- Super Mario Party – Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
- Luigi's Mansion (Nintendo 3DS) – Luigi / Mario / Gooigi
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – Mario / Luigi / Dr. Mario / Wario / Wario-Man / Waluigi
- Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey – Mario / Luigi
- New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe – Mario / Luigi
- Super Mario Maker 2 – Mario / Luigi
- Mario Kart Tour – Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi / Baby Mario / Baby Luigi / all corresponding variants
- Luigi's Mansion 3 – Luigi / Mario / Gooigi
- Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 – Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
- "We Are Born to Play" – Mario
- Paper Mario: The Origami King – Luigi
- LEGO Super Mario – Mario / Luigi
- Super Mario 3D All-Stars – Mario / Mario's face / Luigi / Isle Delfino commercial narrator / Male Piantas (shared with Scott Burns)
- Super Mario Sunshine Original Soundtrack – Mario
- Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit – Mario / Luigi
- Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury – Mario / Luigi / Fury Shadow
- Super Nintendo World (meet-and-greet,[19] Mario Kart: Bowser's Challenge)[20] – Mario / Luigi
- Mario Golf: Super Rush – Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
- WarioWare: Get It Together! – Wario (English) / Wario Bug (English) / The Supreme Developer (English)
- Mario Party Superstars – Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
- Mario Strikers: Battle League – Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
- Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope – Mario / Luigi
- The Super Mario Bros. Movie – Mario & Luigi's father (English, Catalan, European French, German, Italian, and European Spanish) / Giuseppe (English, Catalan,[21] Croatian, Danish, Dutch (including Flemish[22]), Finnish,[23] French (Canadian[24] and European), German,[25] Hindi, Hungarian,[26] Italian,[27] Japanese,[28] Lithuanian, Taiwanese Mandarin,[29] Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazilian and European[30]), Romanian, Serbian,[31] Slovenian, Spanish (European[32] and Latin American), Swedish,[33] Thai,[34] Turkish, Ukrainian,[35] and Vietnamese)[36]
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder – Mario (Beta version)
- Mario vs. Donkey Kong (Nintendo Switch) – Mario / Mini Mario
- Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) – Mario
- Luigi's Mansion 2 HD – Luigi / Mario[16]
Sampled voices
- In Super Mario 64, part of Mario's line "Here we go!" is referenced and altered for the Bob-omb Buddies' "speaking" sound.[37]
- In Mario Kart 64, a pitched-down version of Wario's laugh is used for the Thwomps.
- Charles Martinet provided the "Human, Laugh - Comical Laugh: Male" voice in The General Series 6000 Sound Effects Library. A sped-up version of this laugh has been used for Boos (as early as Super Mario 64), Dry Bones (as early as Super Mario Galaxy), Six-Face Sal, and Chortlebot, while a slowed-down version was used for Bowser's laugh in Super Mario 64 and Super Mario 64 DS.[38]
Quotes
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Gallery
Promotional images
Poster of Martinet, for the Super Mario Bros. 30th Anniversary
Events
Martinet at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for Nintendo New York
Miscellaneous
Trivia
- In Mario Party, Super Smash Bros., Mario Golf, and Mario Party 2, as well as the Japanese version of Mario Kart 64,[39] Martinet's surname is misspelled as "Martinee," similar to how it is pronounced.
- In 1994's Super Punch-Out!!, Martinet voiced the majority of the boxers. In addition to this, in the same year, he offered to voice Link before being turned down by Shigeru Miyamoto.[40]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Interview with the Voice of Mario" quote from GameSpy: "And I played Wart, Clawgrip, Triclyde, Mouser, and of course Mario, in Super Mario Advance."
- ^ Daniel K. (September 23, 2012). Intervista a Charles Martinet (voce di Super Mario Bros.). YouTube.
- ^ Nintendo UK (September 14, 2015). Nintendo UK Live #6 - Charles Martinet: Super Mario Maker launch day special (Wii U). YouTube.
- ^ GamerSpawn (September 10, 2011). The Voice of Mario - Charles Martinet Interview. YouTube. Archived from the original on September 13, 2011, 10:40:08 UTC via Wayback Machine.
- ^ http://www.gooddealgames.com/interviews/int_Charles_Martinet.html
- ^ KISS ME, PRINCESS PEACH: ACTOR BASED SUPER MARIO'S VOICE ON HIS PERFORMANCE AS PETRUCHIO IN THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
- ^ Geek To Me Radio (July 18, 2022). 314-Nolan North, Charles Martinet, and Keith Coogan. YouTube.
- ^ https://twitter.com/CharlesMartinet/status/1493266234644779012?s=09
- ^ https://gonintendo.com/stories/312100-charles-martinet-confirms-that-voiced-mario-for-the-1992-super-ma
- ^ [1]
- ^ Twitter post by Charles Martinet
- ^ Nintendo Life: Charles Martinet Would Love To Voice Mario In Upcoming Illumination Movie
- ^ nsider: E3 Interview: Charles Martinet (archive)
- ^ https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1693624002982314108
- ^ https://www.ign.com/articles/nintendo-confirms-charles-martinet-is-not-involved-in-super-mario-bros-wonder
- ^ a b gonintendo (August 22, 2023). Switch release of Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon to retain Charles Martinet's work gonintendo. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
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- ^ GameXplain (March 18, 2021). We Meet Mario, Luigi, & Princess Peach @ Super Nintendo World...Who TALK! YouTube. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
- ^ Universal Parks News Today (February 4, 2021). Mario Kart: Koopa's Challenge FULL RIDE WITH AR & QUEUE TOUR - Super Nintendo World. YouTube. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
- ^ https://www.eldoblatge.com/fitxa/5990
- ^ Dit zijn de Vlaamse stemmen van The Super Mario Movie - Moviepulp
- ^ The Super Mario Bros. Movie. Finnkino. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
- ^ Super Mario Bros. le film | Forum du Doublage Québécois
- ^ https://www.synchronkartei.de/film/55103
- ^ Super Mario Bros.: A film (The Super Mario Bros. Movie). DVDNews. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
- ^ Italian cast. Il Mondo dei Doppiatori. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQSTOCgfS8c&t=390
- ^ 偉憶數位錄音 We Digital Media Co., Ltd,'s post on Facebook
- ^ https://www.centralcomics.com/super-mario-bros-o-filme-as-vozes-portuguesas/
- ^ SUPER MARIO BRAĆA FILM (THE SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE) - SINHRONIZOVANI TREJLER G
- ^ https://www.eldoblaje.com/datos/FichaPelicula.asp?id=68673
- ^ Super Mario Bros. Filmen | Dubbningshemsidan
- ^ https://www.facebook.com/DubLoverPierrot/posts/pfbid02CYoptifTxwCzKVgAPqQzKTaLjYKvgVbUn6ou6NYYwDeMfkczABQQmbTb1xpa5vJNl
- ^ https://kinobaza.com.ua/titles/super-mario-movie
- ^ Trang này lưu trữ danh sách diễn viên lồng tiếng hoạt hình chiếu rạp (April 5, 2023). Phim Anh Em Super Mario (2023) Studio: Đạt Phi Media. Facebook. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
- ^ "The Bob-omb Buddy Sound is Mario's Voice" - YouTube video by Crazy900's Vid Vault
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- ^ https://tcrf.net/Mario_Kart_64#Credits_Differences
- ^ Convention Coverage (February 10, 2023). Charles Martinet Got This Response When He Pitched The Idea Of Voicing Link In The Legend Of Zelda. YouTube.
External links
- Official website
- Martinet in action
- Martinet's interview
- Facebook profile
- Instagram profile
- Threads profile
- X profile
- Vine profile