- Born
- Nickname
- Moe
- Height6′ (1.83 m)
- Maurice LaMarche is a Canadian-American comedian and voice actor from Toronto. He is most well-known for voicing Brain from Pinky and the Brain, Lrrr, Morbo and Calculon from Futurama, Estroy from Evil Con Carne, Mr. Big from Zootopia, King Agnarr from Frozen, Mr. Freeze from Batman: Arkham City, Yosemite Sam from Looney Tunes, Jack O'Lantern from The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Toucan Sam from Froot Loops commercials and Orson Welles from The Critic.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Christian Frates
- SpouseRobin Eisenman(May 19, 1991 - present) (1 child)
- Perhaps the best sound-alike artist in the industry
- His character "The Brain"
- His impression of Orson Welles
- Frequently brought in as a "stunt burper" due to his ability to imitate the bodily function
- Salient voice
- His most famous character, "The Brain," from the Emmy-winning Pinky and the Brain (1995), is a take-off on actor Orson Welles (the inspiration for his impression came from a recording of Orson ranting during the taping of a British frozen peas commercial).
- Was granted a private audience with The Dalai Lama, based on the eloquence of a note he passed to the Buddhist leader's secretary on a flight from Los Angeles to Vancouver in April of 2004 as His Holiness was about start his Canadian tour. The note described his struggle with the anger and rage he'd carried for 17 years at his father's murderer, and he asked for His Holiness' help. He was ushered to The Dalai Lama's seat, where they spoke for ten minutes. LaMarche has spoken publicly of it as a defining moment in his life.
- Used to smoke Cuban cigars voraciously, as he believed they gave his voice the depth needed to play Orson Welles. However, he quit and has been completely smoke-free since July 17, 2007.
- Dubbed the voice of Orson Welles (played by Vincent D'Onofrio) in the film Ed Wood (1994), but was not credited.
- Voted "Most Likely to Be Someone Else" by his Toronto high school classmates. Only the third person in history, and the second in the last 50 years, to be the official voice of Popeye. Voices Toucan Sam, Fruit Loops' animated spokes-bird.
- "You can make them laugh, but you can't make them happy" (Attributed to Sam Kinison in Rolling Stone, but was originally said to Kinison by LaMarche).
- Don't let anyone fool you. We're all flying by the seat of our pants. Every last one of us. So why not try and do what you want to do, rather than feel like there's some "secret knowledge" that everyone else was given, and which you somehow weren't? The only secret, if there is one, is not giving up. Put in your 10,000 hours, and watch what happens.
- [on Frank Welker] He's amazing. Those sounds should not emanate from a human being but they do.
- Futurama (1999) - $6,000 .00 per episode
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