Mark Moseley (actor)

Mark Moseley (born August 2, 1961) is an American voice actor, radio personality, stand-up comedian, and rapper. He has appeared in a variety of films, television shows, and video games, and he is probably best known as a voice double for actors such as Eddie Murphy, Patrick Stewart, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Patrick Warburton, and Robin Williams.[1]

Mark Moseley
Born (1961-08-02) August 2, 1961
Hattiesburg, Mississippi, U.S.
OccupationVoice actor, radio personality, stand-up comedian , rapper
Years active1994–present
Children4; including Amanda Moseley

Career

Mark Moseley has also played Mushu for Disney in everything except the original film Mulan, where Eddie Murphy played Mushu. This includes starring in the sequel, Mulan 2, the former Mulan parade, and a trove of theme park attractions, TV shows, and video games, for example, the Square Enix game Kingdom Hearts II. He also voiced several characters in Shrek 2 and sang in Murphy's place in the Shrek extra ending, Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party and Donkey in the Shrek video games.[1] Moseley has also sound-doubled Arnold Schwarzenegger, most notably in the video game Terminator 3: The Redemption, in which Moseley's voice is often heard 'side-by-side' with Schwarzenegger's original recordings for the previous Terminator game. Moseley has appeared on numerous hit TV series-mostly in voice-over roles. These include The Fairly OddParents, The Sopranos, The PJ's, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, My Life as a Teenage Robot, Father of the Pride, Disney's House of Mouse, and others.

In God of War III, Moseley voiced the character King Minos. In Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian video game, Mark played the role of Theodore Roosevelt, as portrayed in the movie by Robin Williams. For Star Wars: The Old Republic, Mark plays 8 roles in the game.

In 2007, Moseley was chosen for the voice of President Schwarzenegger in The Simpsons Movie. The producers had toyed with the idea of having the Schwarzenegger voice sound realistic (Moseley is known for his authentic-sounding impression of Arnold), as opposed to a parody. In the end, they used the original cast member Harry Shearer, who performs the Schwarzenegger parody 'Ranier Wolfcastle' in the TV series, in the US theatrical and DVD version of the film, though English-speaking Simpson fans around the world can hear Mark's version-producers decided to use Mark's portrayal of Arnold in the Simpson's International English version of the movie.[2]

In 2015, Mark was cast in the re-occurring role of Agamemnon, in DreamWorks Animation's series The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show, a role originally played in the 2014 film Mr. Peabody & Sherman by Patrick Warburton.

Previously in his career, he was a morning personality for Miami's leading pop station, WPOW Power 96, from 1986 through 2002, and then again from 2005-2007(he performed remotely from his home in Los Angeles). While at WPOW, in 1986 Mark created the novelty hit song "Ronnie's Rap", under the name "Ron And The DC Crew". Originally created as a comedy sketch for his morning show, the song was distributed by Profile Records, and became a club hit in 1986.

In 2009, Mark worked with his long-time idol Rick Dees, as a member of Rick's morning radio cast on Los Angeles' KHHT, as well as being a cast member and writer for his Rick Dees Weekly Top 40.

Beginning in January 1998, Mark reunited with his own radio friend DJ Laz to be a part of Laz's morning radio show in LA on KXOL-FM, and in Miami on WRMA.

In 2014, Mark joined DJ Skee in his new venture Dash Radio, the world's largest all original digital radio network. At Dash, Mark is Director of Classic Programming, curating 17 of Dash Radio's music stations. Mark also provides the imaging voices for all of the stations he programs, as well as hosting and producing multiple shows on various Dash stations.

Mark was also hired by DJ Skee to be the voice-over announcer for his music entertainment show SKEE TV, currently airing on the Fuse network.[3]

Personal life

Moseley has four children, two of whom are also in the entertainment industry. His daughter, Amanda Moseley, (whose professional name is Mandy Rain), was a cast member of the Nickelodeon series Star Camp, produced by host Nick Cannon, Quincy Jones, and Quincy Jones III. She went on to be one of the stars of Nick Cannon's girl group School Gyrls, a '360' project that included two TV movies, music, and merchandising- including a tween-aimed book series. She is now a successful songwriter, solo music artist, social media influencer, and a radio host and programmer at Dash Radio. His son, Matthew Moseley, most notably has appeared in multiple episodes of the MTV series Punk'd, on ABC TV's "Dancing With the Stars", on NBC TV's "The Voice", and three times as a special guest on Fox TV's So You Think You Can Dance?. Matt hosts multiple talk shows, does a live dj show, and programs an all-gaming-talk station on Dash Radio.

Filmography[4][5]

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2001Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance PartyDonkeySinging voice
2001Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of MouseMushu
2002Help, I'm a Boy!Hopp, Swim Announcer, Mr. Schneider, Pawn Shop ManEnglish dub
2004Shrek 2Mirror, Dresser
2004Mulan IIMushuReplacing Eddie Marphy as his Sound Double
2005Pom PokoReporter, News AnchorEnglish dub
2006Dr. Dolittle 3Additional voices

Television
Year Title Role Notes
1999-2001The PJsThurgoode Orenthal Stubbs27 episodes
2001House of MouseMushu9 episodes
2004Father of the PrideJermece, Monkey, Alan the Duck4 episodes
2006My Life as a Teenage RobotDelivery Guy, Skyway Patrol, Sergeant
2007Shrek the HallsDonkeySinging voice
2014SKEE LiveAnnouncer
2016Skee TVAnnouncer9 episodes
2015-2017The Mr. Peabody & Sherman ShowAgememnon, Additional Voices2 episodes
2017The Fairly OddParentsSecurity Guard

Video games
Year Title Role Notes
1998Disney's Animated Storybook: MulanMushu
1999Disney's Arcade FrenzyMushu
2002Kingdom HeartsMushu
2004EverQuest IIDwarven Prisoner, Quintius Calacius, Grommlyk Oognee
2004Shrek 2Donkey
2004Terminator 3: The RedemptionThe Terminator
2005Shrek Super SlamDonkey
2005True Crime: New York CityHandler, Curator, Doorman
2006Kingdom Hearts IIMushu
2006Shrek Smash n' Crash RacingDonkey
2006The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth IICorsairs of Umbar, Dwarves, Wild Men of Dunland
2006The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II: The Rise of the Witch-kingCorsairs of Umbar, Dwarves, Orcs
2007Shrek the ThirdDonkey
2007The Golden CompassBoard Shopkeeper, Servants
2008Kingdom Hearts: Chain of MemoriesMushu
2008Shrek's Carnival CrazeDonkey
2009Night at the Museum: Battle of the SmithsonianTheodore Roosevelt
2010God of War IIIKing Minos
2010Shrek Forever AfterDonkey
2011DreamWorks Super Star KartzDonkey
2011Star Wars: The Old RepublicAdditional voices

Discography
Singles
Year Title US
1986 "Ronnie's Rap"[6] 93
1987 "Tyrone's Rap"[7] —
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gollark: Sad!
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gollark: I guess it's all just Turing machines, but still.

References
  1. "Mark Moseley - 56 Character Images". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
  2. "Weekly Top 10: The Top 10 'Where Have I Heard You Before' Voices". Theme Park Insider. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
  3. "Mark Moseley | TV Guide". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
  4. Eschbacher, Roger. "7 Questions: Voice Pro Mark Moseley". Retrieved 2019-05-13.
  5. "Mark Moseley". Voice Chasers. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
  6. "Billboard Hot 100 2/14/1987".
  7. "Tyrone - Tyrone's Rap (Vinyl) at Discogs".
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