LeChuck is in Terminator 2!

I was looking at IMDB, to see what other roles the actors from COMI and MI:SE have done and was more than a little surprised when I realised that Earl Boen (who plays the part of LeChuck, wonderfully) also played Dr. Silberman in T2 & 3.

I'm sure that people on this thread are going to say something alone the lines of "well, duh" but maybe there's a few people who didn't know?!

I also noticed the following:

* Leilani Jones (Voodoo Lady) played Malia Gedde in the original Gabriel Knight game.

* Kay E. Kuter (Griswold Goodsoup) played Werner Huber in Gabriel Knight 2 (during the intro). He also played a couple of parts in Grim Fandango.

I wonder if anyone else can come up with some Monkey Island voice cross-overs? Remember, it doesn't have to be limited to people who voiced COMI and MI:SE, it can also be actors from EMI and TOMI. Happy hunting :D

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  • edited July 2009
    As a Metal Gear fan, I also noticed that both Earl Boen and Dominic Armato are in Metal Gear Solid 2, Earl plays a bit of an Important role as Sergei Gurlukovich whilst Dom only has a small role as SEAL Team 10 Member who shouts "A DUD!" before being blown up. :p

    edit: Keeping with Metal Gear, the voice of Wally, Neil Ross, is in Metal Gear Solid 3 as a VERY important character, Colonel Volgin, who's like the complete opposite of Wally. :)
  • edited July 2009
    Ash735 wrote: »
    Dom only has a small role as SEAL Team 10 Member who shouts "A DUD!" before being blown up. :p

    LOL 'SEAL Team 10 member' Poor Dom, a bit underused there.
  • edited July 2009
    I was actually more familiar with Earl Boen's work as a Hollywood Character Actor before I found out that he played the voice of LeChuck. So this is no surprise to me.
  • edited July 2009
    I was actually more familiar with Earl Boen's work as a Hollywood Character Actor before I found out that he played the voice of LeChuck. So this is no surprise to me.

    In other words "well, duh" :p
  • edited July 2009
    He was in the first Terminator as well.

    Also, the bald black guy on Skull Island was also the pawn shop owner on the Isle of the Crown in King's Quest VI.
  • edited July 2009
    Boen (as Silberman) was also in the first Terminator movie, and he also had a cameo in the pre-show videos for Terminator 2: 3-D. So before Salvation came out, he had been in every Terminator movie, and was the only human character that could make that claim.

    I knew this before I played Monkey Island, so I was pretty amused and impressed to find out that he was LeChuck.

    Also, in another thread on this forum, I joked that since Earl Boen wasn't able to play LeChuck in TMI, they should have gotten the guy who played Silberman in the Sarah Connor Chronicles TV show. That guy did a good job (although it was a different take on the character, not a Boen impression).


    ---

    Also, while this isn't Monkey Island related, nobody in the Sam&Max subforum seems to care that Andrew Chaikin, who played Max in Culture Shock, did the vocals for the David Bowie covers in Rock Band. The guy is also a very impressive beatboxer.
  • edited July 2009
    Boen also appeared in an episode of Star Trek TNG. Can't remember which one, though I did watch it not so long ago. Season 2 or 3 I think.
  • edited July 2009
    Boen also appeared in an episode of Star Trek TNG. Can't remember which one, though I did watch it not so long ago. Season 2 or 3 I think.

    According to IMDB, Earl Boen appeared in the following Star Trek related media:

    * Star Trek: Bridge Commander (2002) (Video Game) (voice) .... Capt. Draxon
    * Star Trek: Armada II (2001) (Video Game) (voice)
    * Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force (2000) (Video Game) (voice) .... Vorhsoth / Imperial Officer / Crewman
    * Star Trek: The Next Generation .... Nagilum (1 episode, 1988)

    I'm not a Star Trek fan so I wouldn't know what season was showing circa '88. Maybe someone else does?
  • edited July 2009
    Davies wrote: »
    I'm not a Star Trek fan so I wouldn't know what season was showing circa '88. Maybe someone else does?

    Not a Star Trek fan myself, but surely '88 must be one of the first seasons of the next generation?
  • edited July 2009
    Bagge wrote: »
    Not a Star Trek fan myself, but surely '88 must be one of the first seasons of the next generation?

    I did a bit of quick research and Earl Boen is in Season 2, Episode 2; titled 'Where Silence Has Lease'.
  • edited July 2009
    This is kind of funny. I can't imagine a voice more threatening than Earl Boens, yet the T2 is infinitely more threatening than he is. Maybe Lechuck should be a robot(I'm joking).

    But what's really funny is that Robert Patrick, the T2, played Commander Lowe in the Dig.
  • edited July 2009
    This is kind of funny. I can't imagine a voice more threatening than Earl Boens, yet the T2 is infinitely more threatening than he is. Maybe Lechuck should be a robot(I'm joking).

    I know what you mean, when I found out Earl Boen did LeChuck's voice, I just couldn't picture that deep, threatening (in a comedic way) voice coming from 'Dr. Silberman's' mouth!
    But what's really funny is that Robert Patrick, the T2, played Commander Lowe in the Dig.

    Damn, good recall Secret Fawful. I'd forgotten about that even though I was looking through the Dig Museum only yesterday! :rolleyes:
  • edited July 2009
    Davies wrote: »
    I did a bit of quick research and Earl Boen is in Season 2, Episode 2; titled 'Where Silence Has Lease'.

    That's the one (obviously, since you've just looked it up!) - good episode I thought.
  • edited July 2009
    Hmm, everything seems to be all voice work.
  • edited July 2009
    But what's really funny is that Robert Patrick, the T2, played Commander Lowe in the Dig.

    The Steam page for The Dig lists that as a selling point :D

    That almost swayed me in the Loom vs Dig debate ;)
  • edited July 2009
    Oh and Leilani Jones was also in The Dig.
  • edited July 2009
    LuigiHann wrote: »
    The Steam page for The Dig lists that as a selling point :D

    That almost swayed me in the Loom vs Dig debate ;)

    I think for an adventure fan getting both Loom and The Dig is essential because they're the two most unique adventure games that LucasArts ever made. I prefer The Dig myself, although I'd love to play the talkie version of Loom because I only have the disk version. How is the voice acting in Loom by the way?
  • edited July 2009
    It's almost entirely British (if not completely). It's not bad. I enjoy it, anyway.
  • edited July 2009
    Wait... LeChuck is THAT Earl Boen?! How could I not have known this already o_O He's like the only other recurring character in the Terminator films apart from Arnold. I must have checked him out on IMDB quite a few times by now.

    Edit: Robert Patrick in The Dig as well?! Jeez... why do I just assume these are voice actors with the same names as the actual actors XD
  • edited July 2009
    Mary Kay Bergman (from the first three season of South Park before she killed herself, ex: Wendy Ms. Crabtree, other female characters...) was Minnie Goodsoup in Monkey Island 3.
  • edited July 2009
    techie775 wrote: »
    Mary Kay Bergman (from the first three season of South Park before she killed herself, ex: Wendy Ms. Crabtree, other female characters...) was Minnie Goodsoup in Monkey Island 3.

    No kidding! I never new that. I was upset when I heard she killed herself, I never felt that the replacement actress for the Mayor of South Park was anywhere near as good.
  • edited July 2009
    techie775 wrote: »
    Mary Kay Bergman (from the first three season of South Park before she killed herself, ex: Wendy Ms. Crabtree, other female characters...) was Minnie Goodsoup in Monkey Island 3.

    For some reason, I actually find that quite creepy that both the voice of Griswald Goodsoup and Minnie Goodsoup are actually Dead in real life, somehow it makes Blood Island more chilling.
  • edited July 2009
    Davies wrote: »
    I was looking at IMDB, to see what other roles the actors from COMI and MI:SE have done and was more than a little surprised when I realised that Earl Boen (who plays the part of LeChuck, wonderfully) also played Dr. Silberman in T2 & 3.
    So who plays Doc Silberman in T1 then? :D
  • edited July 2009
    Griswold Goodsoup was also a Latvian priest in the Seinfeld episode "The Conversion". I played the game before seeing the episode and recognized the voice as soon as I heard it.
  • edited July 2009
    Aractus wrote: »
    So who plays Doc Silberman in T1 then? :D

    I'm never going to hear the last on this one, am I? *sigh* I realised he was in T1 before anyone posted back to correct me but I was too busy cooking a curry to update my post at the time. What's a guy to do?!
  • edited July 2009
    Zamot wrote: »
    Griswold Goodsoup was also a Latvian priest in the Seinfeld episode "The Conversion". I played the game before seeing the episode and recognized the voice as soon as I heard it.

    Can't say I noticed that. I'll find that episode in my DVD collection and watch it tonight.
  • edited July 2009
    Alan Young is Haggis McMutton from COMI and Scrooge McDuck from Ducktales! I knew it was him first time I heard his voice! Kinda funny both character names have "Mc"!
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  • edited July 2009
    Davies wrote: »
    I think for an adventure fan getting both Loom and The Dig is essential because they're the two most unique adventure games that LucasArts ever made. I prefer The Dig myself, although I'd love to play the talkie version of Loom because I only have the disk version. How is the voice acting in Loom by the way?

    Loom talkie version is great , but well so is dig. not quite sure who of them i liked the most.

    as long as there is no talkie version of zak mckracken i don't care. grr.
  • edited July 2009
    nissen wrote: »
    as long as there is no talkie version of zak mckracken i don't care. grr.

    Zak McKracken is the only LucasArts adventure game I've never played through to completion (in fact I've only played the opening 15 minutes or so). I loved what I did see but I was put off by the old school (read: cumbersome) verb box.

    It'd be great to get a special edition of Zak. If not, then I'm sure I'll play through it one day... after I all, I finally ,kinda forced, my way through the original Maniac Mansion a few months back so there is hope yet :D
  • edited July 2009
    I was also pleasantly surprised to see Earl Boen while rewatching 'The Man With Two Brains' lately. He's very funny in his brief role. Absolutely nothing like LeChuck, of course.
  • edited July 2009
    Ash735 wrote: »
    edit: Keeping with Metal Gear, the voice of Wally, Neil Ross, is in Metal Gear Solid 3 as a VERY important character, Colonel Volgin, who's like the complete opposite of Wally. :)

    Wow, I never knew that :eek:

    He sounds entirely different.
    Ash735 wrote: »
    For some reason, I actually find that quite creepy that both the voice of Griswald Goodsoup and Minnie Goodsoup are actually Dead in real life, somehow it makes Blood Island more chilling.

    I see the guy who played Griswald was also a unit voice in Emperor: Battle For Dune.
    ArrM8ii wrote: »
    Alan Young is Haggis McMutton from COMI and Scrooge McDuck from Ducktales! I knew it was him first time I heard his voice! Kinda funny both character names have "Mc"!

    Haggis was played by Scrooge McDuck? Awesome.
    Davies wrote: »
    It'd be great to get a special edition of Zak. If not, then I'm sure I'll play through it one day... after I all, I finally ,kinda forced, my way through the original Maniac Mansion a few months back so there is hope yet :D

    God... I find Maniac Mansion to be the most illogical, tedious and just poorly-designed adventure game I've ever played.

    I used a walkthrough to get through it on ScummVM and I know I never could have figured it out. I mean, the puzzles often rely on having multiple people in the right places at the right time. Then you can lose in so many ways.

    So I made it to the end, I called the aliens and the bastards never came :mad:
    I open every ****ing door on the way to the last door but it doesn't work... FFS. I really hate that game :p
  • edited July 2009
    All you guys complaining about Maniac Mansion really make me laugh. Here's a little story.

    At one point I had a bunch of ScummVM adventure games on my computer and my wife, at the time, was not into adventure games as I was. She decided to go on my computer one day and play Maniac Mansion. Again, she's never played an adventure game before. She played all the way through it with only ONE hint and beat the game within a couple weeks, IIRC. She BEAT it. I still haven't gotten barely anywhere in the game and she beat it. Her first adventure game. With only ONE hint. Blew me away. Later I had her play Day of the Tentacle because of her newfound interest in adventure games and she actually said that when she beat it, she thought Maniac Mansion was better, even though DOTT was really good.

    I couldn't believe it. It was then that I realized that Maniac Mansion isn't really a hard game at all. You just have to get into it. It's actually a lot simpler than most LA games. I think with the existence of deaht/dead ends an adventure game can really scare off a lot of LA adventure fans. :)
  • edited July 2009
    Ash735 wrote: »
    edit: Keeping with Metal Gear, the voice of Wally, Neil Ross, is in Metal Gear Solid 3 as a VERY important character, Colonel Volgin, who's like the complete opposite of Wally. :)

    AHAHAHAH Wally is Volgin? I never knew, but that's awesome.
  • edited July 2009
    ArrM8ii wrote: »
    Alan Young is Haggis McMutton from COMI and Scrooge McDuck from Ducktales! I knew it was him first time I heard his voice! Kinda funny both character names have "Mc"!

    Not really so funny since that's a typical Scottish thing.
  • edited July 2009
    Not really so funny since that's a typical Scottish thing.

    Stereotypical anyways.... It's not like they serve haggis (sheeps heart, liver, and lungs) at "McDonald's"!!!!
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