Cam Clarke

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Cam Clarke
Birth name Cameron A. Clarke
Alias James Flinders, Jimmy Flinders, Cam Clark
Born November 6, 1957 (1957-11-06) (age 50)
Burbank, California
Occupation(s) Voice Actor/Singer
Website www.CamClarke.com

Cameron A. Clarke (born November 6, 1957 in Burbank, California) is an American voice actor, made famous for his many starring roles in popular video games and animated television and film. He is the son of horror B movie actor and director Robert Clarke. His mother is Alyce Driggs, one of the famous "King Sisters" (a stage name the family used), the Mormon singing quartet from Salt Lake City, who had their own television variety show from 1965-69. In Latter Day Saint circles, Cam Clarke is best known as the original "Jimmy Flinders" character during the 1970s, from the hit LDS musical, Saturday's Warrior.

Clarke is perhaps best known for his roles as Shotaro Kaneda in Katsuhiro Otomo's Akira (1988), Max Sterling and Lancer in the 1985 Robotech series, Rigadon in Around the World with Willy Fog in 1986, Dogtanian in Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds in 1987, Leonardo and Rocksteady in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series, and Liquid Snake in the popular Metal Gear Solid series of video games. It has been confirmed by Ryan Payton that he will not reprise the role in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (source: http://mp.i-revo.jp/user.php/kp-ryan/entry/128.html). He is a part-time announcer for Disney Channel as well.

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  • The Mystery of Smuggler's Cove (1985) Hardy Boys audiobook - All characters

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  • Frequently works alongside fellow voice actor Quinton Flynn. As of mid-2005, he and Flynn have appeared in fourteen projects together.
  • Nephew of jazz pianist and orchestra leader Buddy Cole. Half-brother of composer and pianist Lex DeAzevedo.
  • Life long friend of Shawn Southwick, the wife of television talk show host Larry King.
  • Currently the national spokesman for online service NetZero.
  • Though he frequently does voiceovers for video games, Clarke claims the last video game he spent any significant amount of time playing was Pong in the early 1970s. In one interview, when asked if he plays video games, Cam claims that he does not have the dexterity to play them because at the time he was growing up, video games were either scarce or simply did not exist. That is why he decided to do voices for various entertainment mediums including video games instead of choosing to play video games.
  • His favorite role has been that of Die Fledermaus in The Tick.
  • Because of limitations placed upon voice actors by their unions, they often must take work under pseudonyms to avoid penalties. Clarke has been credited under the names James Flinders, Jimmy Flinders, and Cam Clark in various roles.


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