Dino Andrade

American voice actor
Mary Kay Bergman
(m. 1990; died 1999)
Children1Websitewww.dinoandrade.com

Dino S. Andrade (born September 16, 1963)[1] is an American voice actor in video games and animated projects. He manages dual careers as both a voice actor and the creator, owner and operator of the geek dating/community website SoulGeek.com.

Early life

Andrade was born to Mexican parents. He is the first-born son of José Roberto Andrade (1924–2000) and Gloria Esther (Mendez) Andrade (1924–1997). His father was serving in the United States Air Force at the time of Dino's birth. The family moved to McGuire Air Force Base in New Jersey where Dino spent the first five years of his life before his father left the armed services and the family returned to California. Andrade has one sister, Sabrina, born, six years later to the day, on September 16, 1969. He says that his love of all things science fiction, horror and fantasy is lifelong and in his blood. He has been quoted saying, "I was that guy in acting class that, while everyone was reading Mamet and O'Neill, I was reading Batman comics," thus attributing his love of animation and graphic storytelling to making his career in voice acting the natural choice for him.

Career

Andrade started as an actor on stage and doing comedy improvisation, having been trained at the Groundlings by the actors Mindy Sterling and Julia Sweeney. His official start in voice over work happened when he drove a friend and fellow actor to an audition to do some background looping on the 1985 feature film Girls Just Want to Have Fun (film), starring the then unknowns Sarah Jessica Parker and Helen Hunt. He was asked if he would like to audition as well and was hired for the film. From this, he was recommended to the director Steve Miner who was doing post-production on the horror/comedy film House, starring William Katt, George Wendt and Richard Moll. Though not credited in the final release, Andrade was hired to do the creature sounds of the demons that kidnap a child that Katt's character has to rescue. He continued in voice acting and acting in general until the early 1990s when he left acting to pursue independent film making. Around 2002, Andrade returned to acting with a focus on voice acting training and has been in voice acting ever since.[2]

Personal life

Andrade was married to the voice actress Mary Kay Bergman until her struggle with mental illness led to her suicide.[3] Andrade has become active in raising mental health awareness and plans to launch the Mary Kay Bergman Project, a mental health outreach program for artists and entertainers. He has since remarried[4] and has one child with his spouse.

Andrade has an interest in science fiction, horror, fantasy and animation. He was inspired to create SoulGeek.com, a geek dating and community website. The site was launched in July 2007.

Filmography

Voice roles

Video games

  • World of Warcraft - Gelbin Mekkatorque, male Gnome NPCs
  • World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade - Gelbin Mekkatorque, Millhouse Manastorm
  • World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King - Gelbin Mekkatorque, Male Death Knight Gnome NPCs, Mimiron, Wilfred Fizzlebang, Krick, Professor Putricide
  • World of Warcraft: Cataclysm - Gelbin Mekkatorque, Millhouse Manastorm, Fungalmancer Glop, Ensign Ebert, Twilight Servant
  • World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria - Gelbin Mekkatorque, Amber-Shaper Un'sok, Xaril the Poisoned Mind
  • World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor - Gelbin Mekkatorque
  • World of Warcraft: Legion - Gelbin Mekkatorque, Millhouse Manastorm, Tinkmaster Overspark, Mimiron
  • World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth - Gelbin Mekkatorque, Tinkmaster Overspark, Mimiron
  • World of Warcraft: Shadowlands - Gelbin Mekkatorque, Millhouse Manastorm
  • Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes (2010) - Kenshin Uesugi[5]
  • Brütal Legend (2009) - The Reaper & Hairbangers[6]
  • Batman: Arkham Asylum (2009) - The Scarecrow[6] and various inmates
  • Nerf N-Strike Elite (2009) - The Patrolbots
  • Tales of Vesperia Xbox 360 (2008) - Ragou[6]
  • Guitar Hero: On Tour (2008)
  • Call of Duty: Roads to Victory PSP (2007)
  • Pocket God Fishmas Special (2010) - Klik
  • Batman: Arkham Underworld IOS (2016) - The Scarecrow
  • Prey (2017) - Kaspar[6]
  • Shenmue III (2019) - Additional Cast
  • Trials of Mana (2020) - Death Eater[6]
  • Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise (2020) - Chuck Thompson[6]
  • Minecraft Legends (2023) - Blaze Runt, Mace Runt[7]

Animation

  • Saint Tail (2001) (English dub)
  • Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002) (English dub)
  • Wolf's Rain (2004) (English dub)
  • Hellsing Ultimate - Wild Geese (Ep. 3, 6),[8] British Officers (Ep. 5),[9] Helicopter Pilot (Ep. 8)[10] (English dub)
  • Revisioned: Tomb Raider (2007) Rodrigo, Moctezuma (Ep. "Revenge of the Aztec Mummy")
  • Martin (2007) - Martin - pilot show
  • Oishi High School Battle (2012) - Floating Butthole, Jerry, One Eyed Racist Squirrel
  • PvP: The Series (2007) - Skull the Troll
  • Ring Force Five (2008) - Morae - pilot show
  • A Martian Christmas (2008) - Zork, Dwight (Credited as K.C.D. Shannon)[6]
  • The Five Senses (2011) - The Old Dude, The Bus Dude
  • A Turtle's Tale 2: Sammy's Escape from Paradise (2012) - Manuel Hogfish[6]
  • Prince of Atlantis (2012) - Officer Sanchez/Chico
  • Jingle and Bell's Christmas Star (2012) - Mover Guy 1
  • Sofia the First (2015) - Flinch (Ep. "The Fliegel Has Landed")[6]
  • Shimmer and Shine (2015) - Male Elf (Ep. "Santa's Little Genies")[6]
  • New Looney Tunes (2018) - Speedy Gonzales
  • Kamlu (in production) - Mangli
  • Mutafukaz (2017) - Willy (English Dub)[11][6]
  • Hanazuki: Full of Treasures (2018–present) - Enormous Coal[12]
  • The Last Prince of Atlantis (2018) - Dockworker, Young Deckhands[6]
  • The Queen's Corgi (2019) - Charlie, Pollux[6]
  • Playmobil: The Movie (2019) - Scurvy Pete[6]
  • Dia de Muertos (2019) - Julian
  • El Camino de Xico (2021) - Tiacuache (English dub)
  • Bidoof's Big Stand (2022) - Additional Bidoof[13]
  • Chickenhare and the Hamster of Darkness (2022) - Barry
  • JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean (2022) - Yo-Yo Ma (English dub)[6]
  • My Dad the Bounty Hunter (2023) - Karl

Other voice-overs

  • Doing Life (1986) - Various inmates
  • House (1986) - Voice of the Little Critters
  • Great Family Getaways: Orlando (2008) - Narrator
  • $#*! My Dad Says (2010) - Voice of Shatner at age 17
  • 2009: A True Story (2008) - Mayor of Los Angeles, Chief Network Executive
  • Kevin Costner's The Explorer's Guild (2008) - Father Russeau (series villain)

Live-action

Production credits

  • Bob's Video (1999) - writer, director and co-executive producer
  • Pumpkin Man (1998) - writer

References

  1. ^ "The Birth of Dino Andrade".
  2. ^ "Interview with Chris Pope". Tech Jives. Archived from the original on 2011-12-06.
  3. ^ "Mary Kay Bergman Memorial". 2001-05-13. Archived from the original on 2001-05-13. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
  4. ^ @dinoandrade (November 11, 2019). "My 1st wife, actress Mary Kay Bergman, suffered in secret until 20 years-ago today when she took her own life. She…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  5. ^ Capcom. Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes. Capcom. Scene: Ending credits, 0:32 in, CAST.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Dino Andrade (visual voices guide)". Behind the Voice Actors. Retrieved August 1, 2019. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  7. ^ Mojang Studios, Blackbird Interactive. Minecraft Legends. Xbox Game Studios. Scene: Credits. [Blaze Runt, Mace Runt] Dino Andrade
  8. ^ "Hellsing Ultimate III". Hellsing Ultimate. Episode 3. October 4, 2014. Adult Swim.
    - "Hellsing VI". Hellsing Ultimate. Episode 6. October 25, 2014. Adult Swim.
  9. ^ "Hellsing V". Hellsing Ultimate. Episode 5. October 18, 2014. Adult Swim.
  10. ^ "Hellsing VIII". Hellsing Ultimate. Episode 8. November 8, 2014. Adult Swim.
  11. ^ "MFKZ in Select U.S. Cinemas Nationwide on October 11 & 16". Archived from the original on 2018-09-10. Retrieved 2019-11-08.
  12. ^ @Chevistian1 (September 5, 2018). "Did you know @SGT_Stampede will appear on Hanazuk....... nah wasted old joke meet Enourmous Coal voiced by…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  13. ^ "Bidoof's Big Stand". YouTube. Retrieved 14 January 2022.

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