Charles Martinet Bio | Wiki
Charles Martinet is an American actor and voice actor. He is famously known for playing Mario in the Super Mario video game series since the 1990s. Additionally, Charles has also voiced related characters such as Wario, Luigi, and Waluigi.
He has become a well-known personality due to the voice of Mario and has made public appearances at several video game-related events. He has made regular appearances at game events including Gamescom, Electronic Entertainment Expo, and the Eurogamer Expo, and at launch events of games like Super Mario Galaxy and its sequel.
Charles Martinet Age
Charles was born on September 17, 1955, in San Jose, California, United States. He is 66 years old.
Charles Martinet Height
He is quite a tall man and stands at a height of 6 ft 3 in (Approx. 1.91 m).
Charles Martinet Family
He was born in San Jose, California, to his parents. Charles’s family moved to Barcelona when he was 12 years old, and later to Paris. He is of French descent and speaks fluent French and Spanish.
Charles Martinet Wife
Charles is a man who enjoys his life and career. However, he keeps his private life away from the limelight. Therefore, it is not known whether he is married, divorced, or single.
Charles Martinet Education
He attended the American School of Paris and graduated in 1974. After that, Charles attended the University of California, Berkeley, intending to study international law, however, he discontinued his studies in his senior year.
Eventually, he received an apprenticeship at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre. Later, he went to London to attend the Drama Studio London and discovered his talent for accents and dialects. Subsequently, Charles returned to California and joined the Berkeley Repertory Theatre.
Charles Martinet Paarthurnax
Charles voiced the dragon Paarthurnax in the 2011 video game The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. It is an open-world action role-playing video game developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks.
Charles Martinet Voice | Mario Voice
Charles has worked for Nintendo since 1990. He began voicing Mario at video game trade shows in which attendees would walk up to a TV screen displaying a 3-D Mario head that moved around the screen and talked. He landed the job when he auditioned at a trade show in which auditionees “talk to people as a plumber”.
At first, Charles planned to talk like a stereotypical Italian American with a deep, raspy voice. However, he thought to himself that it would be too harsh for children to hear. He decided to make it more soft-hearted and friendly, resulting in what Mario’s voice is today.
Charles’s video game voiceover started as Mario in the 1995 Windows release of Interplay’s game Mario’s FUNdamentals. However, most people were first exposed to Mario’s voice in the landmark 1996 game Super Mario 64. His voice services appear in the English and Japanese language versions of the games. The Guinness Book of World Records recognized Charles for having performed the same character in one hundred different titles.
Charles Martinet Retiring
In 2020, Charles stepped down as the voice of Mario after failing to complete a big bowl of spaghetti and meatballs.
Charles Martinet Net Worth
He gets his income from his voice acting. It also earned him a Guinness World Record in 2019. Charles’s estimated net worth is $10 million.
Does Charles Martinet Still Voice Mario
No. Charles stopped voicing Mario in 2020 after failing to complete a big bowl of spaghetti and meatballs.