Patrick Pinney is an American actor.
Early life, family and education He attended college at University of the Pacific in Stockton, California, where producer and director Dennis Jones was a classmate and roommate of his. Pinney's friends included assistant director Michele Panelli Venetis and San Francisco Bay area costumer Alison Barnwell Morris, with whom he costarred in The Deputy at the school's Rotunda Theatre.
Career Pinney has performed in theaters in the United States and in Europe. After relocating to Los Angeles, he played three characters in a play. Afterwards he was approached by a producer who offered him a role in a Hanna-Barbera animation. From there he made the transition from a serious stage actor to voice.
He has also done work on the television series Harry & the Hendersons.
Voice-over career Pinney has provided voices for a number of animated characters, including Mighty Mouse in the short-lived Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures (1987–1988), Pa Gorg, Uncle Traveling Matt, Flange Doozer, and additional voices in the animated version of Fraggle Rock, Chico the Bouncer in the hybrid live-action/animated film Cool World (1992), the speaking voice of Painty the Pirate from the opening theme of SpongeBob SquarePants (1999–present) and Wormguy and Idikiukup in Men in Black: The Series.
He supplied the voice of the Fish Ghoulie in the Ghoulies sequel Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go to College (1987) and voiced Stan in the video game The Curse of Monkey Island.
In the late 1980s, he worked on a number of projects. One was providing the voice for Mainframe in G.I. Joe: The Movie in 1987. He was then in X-Men in 1989. He provided the voice for Wolverine in Pryde of the X-Men which was the pilot episode for an animated series which was never produced. Alt URL He had given the character an Australian sounding accent instead of the Canadian one that was expected. An article by Simone Pozzoli for the Italian language OverNewsMagazine website notices that Pinney's Australian accent interpretation of the character could be interpreted as prophetic as Australian Hugh Jackman has played the part. He has worked in the Phil Nibbelink and Simon Wells directed animation An American Tail: Fievel Goes West. From 1997 to 2001, he worked on Men in Black: The Series in episodes which include The Long Goodbye Syndrome in 1997, The Buzzard Syndrome, also in 1997 and The Big Bad Bug Syndrome in 1998.
Acting career (physical) Film and television Although Pinney's voiceover work is his primary career, he has appeared in some television and film roles. In 1979, he played the Captain of the Guards in the Ken Annakin-directed feature film The Fifth Musketeer which starred Beau Bridges, Sylvia Kristel and Ursula Andress. In 1983, he played a heckler in the Fantasy Island episode "God Child/Curtain Call". He appeared in The Terminator in 1984. In 2014, he played the part of Eugene Dugan in Atwill Web Series which was directed by Charles Dennis.
He also voiced characters in Disney films such as The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Toy Story, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hercules, Mulan, Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Treasure Planet, and Brother Bear.
Stage In June 2015, Pinney appeared at the Sierra Repertory Theatre in the play Unnecessary Farce. The play also starred Daniel Hines, Kristin Howell, Ty Smith and Nick Ferruci. The story which was set in a small town motel with an embezzling mayor with undercover police trying to catch him.Recordnet.com June 18, 2015 Friday, Theater: “Unnecessary Farce” Pinney played the part of a 6.4 Scottish assassin. The reviewer for the Sierra Lodestar magazine said that audiences might recognize Pinney from his part as Painty the Pirate. Pinney and director Dennis Jones have a history that goes back to 1972 when they worked together at the theatre company for Fallon House.
Filmography Film (animated) Year Title Role Note(s) Source1986 G.I. Joe: Arise, Serpentor, Arise!Mainframe Television film 1987 G.I. Joe: The Movie Direct-to-video 1987 The Chipmunk AdventureAdditional voices Credited as Pat Pinney 1988 Christmas in Tattertown Television film1989 The Little Mermaid 1990 DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp 1991Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go to CollegeFish GhoulieDirect-to-video1991Beauty and the BeastAdditional voices1991An American Tail: Fievel Goes West1992Aladdin1992Cool World Chico (credited as Bouncer)1993Look Who's Talking NowDog voices1995Toy StoryPizza delivery guy, angry driver #21996The Hunchback of Notre DameQuasimodo's father, additional voices1997HerculesCyclops, Rock Titan's Left Head1998MulanFa Deng1998The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald: Scared SillyPhantom headDirect-to-video2001Atlantis: The Lost EmpireSmithsonian board member #22002Lilo & StitchFirefighter2002Treasure PlanetAquanoggin2003Brother BearMale bear #1
Television (animated) Year Title Role Note(s) Source1987Fraggle Rock: The Animated SeriesUncle Traveling Matt, Pa Gorg, Flange Doozer13 episodes1987–88Mighty Mouse: The New AdventuresMighty MouseMain role1989X-Men: Pryde of the X-MenWolverineTV pilot1997Cow and ChickenSuperhero #2Ep. "Who Is Super Cow?"Spider-Man: The Animated SeriesThe Thing / Ben Grimm2 episodes1999The Wild ThornberrysMacWhirter, Radio VoiceEp. "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yeti"1999–presentSpongeBob SquarePantsPainty the PiratePerformer: "SpongeBob SquarePants Theme"2000Johnny BravoBailiff, Defense Attorney, Juror #1Ep. "I Dream of Johnny/One Angry Bravo/Carnival of the Darned"2001The Powerpuff GirlsCop #1, Actor Cop, Guard #3, Male Actor, Male Teller, Crook #3Ep. "Film Flam"2003My Life as a Teenage RobotDismal, Soggy, Rich GuyEp. "Attack of the 5 1/2 Ft. Geek/Doom with a View"2007–presentRobot ChickenHe-Man / Prince Adam, Arnold Schwarzenegger / Terminator, Sylvester, Monterey Jack, Ted Kennedy, Dick Cheney, O. J. Simpson, Carl Fredricksen14 episodes2018Trolls: The Beat Goes On!NangusEp. "Royal Review/Funishment"
Acting roles (video games) Year Title Role Note(s) Source1997HerculesCyclops, Rock TitansCurse of Monkey IslandStan2002Disney's Treasure Planet: Battle at ProcyonTuskrus Crew, Procyon Crew2004SpongeBob SquarePants: TypingMr. Krabs2010Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChuck's RevengeStan the Salesman, Grillcook, Moose
Acting roles (theme parks) Year Title Role Note(s) Source2003SpongeBob 4DPainty the Pirate
Acting roles (screen) + Film Title Role Director Year Notes Chicanery Mannheim Hofflung Charles Dennis 2014 Atwill Web SeriesEpisode: Judge Joanie Eugene Dugan Charles Dennis 2014 Dead Men Don't Die Announcer Malcolm Marmorstein 1990 The Terminator Bar customer James Cameron 1984 Fantasy IslandEpisode "God Child / Curtain Call" Heckler Ted Lange 1983 The Fifth Musketeer Captain of the Guards Ken Annakin 1979
Acting roles (stage) + Film Title Role Director Venue Date Notes The Golden Fleece The Hub Theatre August 5, 2007 Adaptation of A.R. Gurney's The Golden Fleece; co-starring with Becky Bonar The Alchemist of Cecil Street Charles Dennis Radio Ranch, Sherman Oaks, California March 31, 2009 Tolstoy Was Never There Brian Mayhew Charles Dennis 2010 Cast included Kevin Dunn, Ed Begley Jr., John O'Hurley, Ron Orbach, Enn Reitel Unnecessary Farce Todd Dennis Jones Sierra Repertory Theatre 2015
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