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Rick Zieff

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Rick Zieff
Born
Richard Evan Zieff

(1961-11-01) November 1, 1961 (age 62)
Occupation(s)Actor, vocal coach
Years active1988–present

Rick Zieff (born November 1, 1961) is an American actor and voice-over coach.

Career

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His career in voice-overs dates back to the mid-1980s. He has also appeared in such films as Mississippi Burning, Nick of Time and Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines. He has also done the voice of Shusuke Amagai in season 9 of Bleach as well as Simon in Steamboy.[1]

He voiced Mr. Nosey (or Mr. Nosy) and Mr. Nervous in the American dub of The Mr. Men Show and Rocket Cat in the American dub of Poppy Cat credit under the pseudonym Danny Katiana.

As of 2014, he voiced Spike the Dog on Warner Bros. Animation's The Tom and Jerry Show.

In 2019, Zieff voice directed the pilot episode of Helluva Boss with Vivienne "VivziePop" Medrano, in conjunction with Horseless Cowboy.[2]

In 2021, Zieff provided the voice of Lynn Loud Sr.'s father Leonard "Gramps" Loud in The Loud House.

Personal life

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Zieff teaches a voice course in Los Angeles.[3]

Filmography

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Anime

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Year Title Role Notes
2003–2004 SD Gundam Force Zapper Zaku / Kao Lin / Entengo 35 episodes; Credited as Danny Katiana
2010 Bleach Shusuke Amagai Recurring role

Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1988 Mississippi Burning Passenger
1994 The Hard Truth Michael Durbin
Drop Zone Mike Milton
1995 Nick of Time JBN Videographer
1996 Female Perversions Office Boy
1997 Breakdown Producer Uncredited
1998 I'm Losing You The Dentist
1999 Snowden's Christmas (voice) TV movie
2000 The Good Doctor Jack Hilts Short
2001 When Billie Beat Bobby NY Producer TV movie
2002 The Chubbchubbs! Bouncer Short
Murderous Camouflage Fat Guy
2003 Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines Mr. Jones
2011 Neander-Jin: The Return of the Neanderthal Man Martin Arnold
Chop Kick Panda Zibo / Slade (voice) Credited as Danny Katiana
Puss in Boots: A Furry Tail Denogorgon the Skull (voice)
Tappy Toes Narrator / Buddy / Thrasher (voice)
Daddy, I'm a Zombie Frizcko / Thorko (voice) English Dub; Credited as Danny Katiana
2012 Cupid, Inc. Antonio TV movie
Dark Course Howie (voice) Short
Superman vs. The Elite Desiccated Man (voice)
2014 Ross and Gil Are Zombies Rick Short
Tom and Jerry: Santa's Little Helpers Devil Tom / Angel Tom (voice)
Strawberry Barbara Lou Short
Absent Bill
2015 The Nutcracker Sweet Mouse King / Screech / Soldiers (voice)
2016 The Old & The Feeble Richard Short
2017 Detective Conan: Crimson Love Letter Heizo Hattori (voice) English dub
Monkey King Reloaded Wild Demon (voice) Credited as Danny Katiana
2019 The Queen's Corgi Chief (voice) US dub
2020 We Bare Bears: The Movie Additional voices TV movie
2021 Seal Team Crunch (voice)
2022 Tom and Jerry: Snowman's Land Meathead / Narrator (voice)

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1991 Golden Years Paramedic Episode: "Not on My Watch"
1991–1996 Law & Order Dr. Cohen / Forensic Technician Rosen 3 episodes
1992 Dream On Al Episode: "It Came from Beneath the Sink"
Camp Wilder Carl Episode: "Something Wilder"
1993 The New WKRP in Cincinnati Davey Gluck Episode: "Old Boyfriend"
Beverly Hills, 90210 Bobby Pandolfo Episode: "Perfectly Perfect"
Dinosaurs Guard Episode: "The Clip Show II"
The Mommies Santa #1 Episode: "Christmas"
1995 Party of Five Public Defender Episode: "All-Nighters"
Living Single Steve Episode: "Another Saturday Night"
Platypus Man Man #1 Episode: "Dying to Live"
1995–1997 Weird Science Mr. Frehley / Shopkeeper / Hygelac 3 episodes
1996 Maybe This Time Alvin 2 episodes
Saved by the Bell: The New Class Mr. Dimmick Episode: "Unequal Opportunity"
Boston Common Ed Episode: "This Ain't No Party, This Ain't No Disco..."
1997 Between Brothers The Guy Episode: "The Interview"
1998 Buffy the Vampire Slayer Mr. Whitmore Episode: "Bad Eggs"
Melrose Place Irv Zuckis Episode: "Ball n' Jane"
1999 Felicity Obi-Wan Kenobi Episode: "The Force"
Ladies Man Arthur Episode: "No Cinco, Seis!"
2001 Strong Medicine Vic Nabokov Episode: "Complications"
Boston Public Mr. Delgado Episode: "Chapter Sixteen"
The Drew Carey Show Salesman Episode: "Mr. Faffoon's Wild Ride"
2002 Providence Episode: "Limbo"
Family Affair Hot Dog Guy Episode: "Mrs. Beasley Disappears"
ER How Ya Doin' Guy Episode: "Insurrection"
2003 American Dreams Episode: "Past Imperfect"
The Practice Attorney George Collins Episode: "Cause of Action"
2006 Malcolm in the Middle Heidi's Dad Episode: "Lois Strikes Back"
2008 Women's Murder Club David 2 episodes
2008–2009 The Mr. Men Show Mr. Nervous / Mr. Nosy 103 segments; credited as Danny Katiana
2009–2012 Olivia Father / Doctor Trouble / Other Voices (voice) 53 episodes; credited as Danny Katiana
2010 In Plain Sight Eli Becker Episode: "WitSec Stepmother"
Hawthorne Dr. Embry Episode: "Final Curtain"
Law & Order: LA Moshie Episode: "Hollywood"
2010–2019 The Jungle Book Bala 58 episodes; Credited as Danny Katiana
2011 90210 Director 2 episodes
2011–2016 The Extraordinary Adventures of Poppy Cat Rocket Cat Credited as Danny Katiana
2011 Weeds Lamp Repair Guy Episode: "From Trauma Cometh Something"
2012 The Finder Barry Verlinger Episode: "Swing and a Miss"
2012–2015 Oh Noah! Senor Rodriguez, additional voices 12 episodes; credited as Danny Katiana
2013 Mad Men Dr. Shelly Hecht Episode: "The Crash"
The Legend of Korra Gang / Assistant Director (voice) 4 episodes
2014–2018 Space Racers Coach Pigeon / Voyager One / Trogon (voice) 70 episodes; Credited as Danny Katiana
2014–2021 The Tom and Jerry Show Spike / Meathead / Director 73 episodes
2015 RelationFixTM Rich
2015–2017 Clarence Belson's Dad / Bald Man / Back Guy / Cubicle Worker 2 (voice) 3 episodes
2017 What's the Frequency? Slick
The Summoning Evil Guy / Troll / Scaroar Episode: "Pilot"
Dan Is Dead Sol Epsten Episode: "Never Say No to Greatness"
2017–2018 Barbie Dreamtopia Elephant King 3 episodes; Credited as Danny Katiana
GO! Cartoons Klod / Angry Man / Samuari / Narrator / Bird 1 / Evil Guy / Troll / Scaroar (voice)
2017–2019 We Bare Bears Additional Voices (voice) 3 episodes
2018–2019 Shaboom! Additional Voices / Sakhi (voice) 2 episodes; Credited as Danny Katiana
2019 WTF 101 Raoul Episode: "Duels"
Sherwood Additional Voices 10 episodes
Helluva Boss Voice director: "Pilot"
2020 Infinity Train Ithmush Trundleshank, Nathaniel Trundleshank, Silas Trundleshank (voice) Episode: "The Family Tree Car"
Solve: The Podcast Carl Episode: "Pretty Dead"
2021 The Loud House Leonard Loud (voice) Recurring role
Tom and Jerry in New York Spike Main role
2022 The Cuphead Show! Croaks

Video games

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Year Title Role Notes
2004 Halo 2 ILB: Major Uncredited
2007 Mass Effect Ethan Jeong
2012 Guild Wars 2 Hylek / Sergei / Dredge / Giant / Norn / Human
2014 Smite Spooky Dreams Kumbhakarna
The Elder Scrolls Online Additional Voices
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Chad Carter Credited as Danny Katiana
2016 Dishonored 2 Nestkeeper
2018 Fallout 76
2019 World War Z Greengold
Asgard's Wrath Aegir / Tyr's Warmongers
Shenmue III Zhengchan Duan
2020 Half-Life: Alyx Combine Guy
Wasteland 3 PC Hard Ass - Male
Bugsnax Cromdo Face
2021 Adios Farmer
2023 Minecraft Legends The Unbreakable / Portal Guard[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Rick ZIEFF - Anime News Network". www.animenewsnetwork.com. Retrieved April 8, 2021.
  2. ^ "'Hazbin Hotel' creator Vivziepop teams with Horseless Cowboy on devilishly twisted 'Helluva Boss'". Animation Magazine. October 7, 2020. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
  3. ^ "Rick Zieff – The Voice Of Reason". Retrieved April 8, 2021.
  4. ^ Mojang Studios, Blackbird Interactive. Minecraft Legends. Xbox Game Studios. Scene: Credits. [The Unbreakable, Portal Guard] Rick Zieff
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