Rikki Simons is a voice actor, writer, and artist. He is most famous for being the voice of the robot in a dog suit, GIR from Invader ZIM. As a writer he is known for the science fiction and fantasy novel Hitherto a Lion. Original illustrated books and comics that he created with Tavisha-Wolfgarth-Simons include Super Information Hijinks: Reality Check!, Ranklechick and His Three Legged Cat,ShutterBox, and now The Trinkkits. He is also a background painter in animation, most noted for his color design onInvader ZIM.
The comics and books he creates with Tavisha can be read and purchased at www.tavicat.com.
A star of the award-winning, best-selling GEARS OF WAR 1-5, Ferro is known to video game fans worldwide as the voice of COG soldier Dom Santiago. In addition to his work on GEARS, he is also known as the voice of Michael Corleone, head of the Corleone family in THE GODFATHER II and Leonardo da Vinci in ASSASSIN”S CREED 2, ASSASSIN’S CREED BROTHERHOOD and ASSASSIN’S CREED ASCENDANCE. Ferro has lent his voice to such well-known properties as BAYMAX!, PAYDAY3, SHENMUE III, FINAL FANTASY, BEWARE THE BATMAN, SCOOBY-DOO, THE CLEVELAND SHOW, JUSTICE LEAGUE, SPAWN, REIGN: THE CONQUERER, X-MEN: NEXT DIMENSION, TONY HAWK’S AMERICAN WASTELAND, SCARFACE: THE WORLD IS YOURS, QUANTUM OF SOLACE, INDIANA JONES AND THE STAFF OF KINGS, RANGO THE VIDEOGAME, PHANTASY STAR ONLINE 2 as well as the popular CALL OF DUTY, SAINTS ROW and UNCHARTED franchises.
Anime fans know him as the evil Thomas Waltham from GOLGO 13: QUEEN BEE. Ferro is also an accomplished actor, club DJ, and host, who has starred in landmark television shows such as STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION, tours under his DJ moniker “the Domfather,” and in 2018/2019 served as Esports host at the Gears Pro Circuit in Las Vegas and Mexico City.
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It’s a rare feat to be both the voice of Batman and Spider-Man, and our next guest has done both.
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Among his best known roles are the Dark Knight himself on The Batman, Tuxedo Mask in the first eleven episodes of DiC’s dub of Sailor Moon, Spider-Man in Spider-Man Unlimited, Eduardo Rivera in Extreme Ghostbusters, Luis Sera in Resident Evil 4, Lone Starr in Spaceballs: The Animated Series and Revan in Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. He is The Narrator in seasons 2-15 of Curious George. You have heard him as Uncle Tony in this year’s The Super Mario Bros. Movie. He is the voice of NBC and The CW and was also the announcer for Judge Judy Sheindlin’s courtroom reality TV series, Hot Bench, from 2014 to 2020.
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