Ian James Corlett

Ian James Corlett (born August 29, 1962)^[1][3] is a Canadian voice actor, animator, and author. He is the creator of the animated series Being Ian and Yvon of the Yukon with Studio B Productions, with notable voice roles including Mega Man in Ruby-Spears' Mega Man series, Cheetor in Beast Wars: Transformers, and the first English voice of adult Goku in the Ocean dub of Dragon Ball Z from 1996 to 1997.

Ian James Corlett
Corlett in 2023
Born	(1962-08-29) August 29, 1962 (age 62)[1] Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada[2]
Other names	Ian Corlett
Occupations	Voice actor animator author
Years active	1984–present
Agent	Atlas Talent Agency
Children	2, including Claire Corlett
Website	www.ianjamescorlett.com

Early life

Corlett was born on August 29, 1962, in Burnaby, British Columbia, the youngest of three sons to Eva (née Lasko) and Arthur Corlett, a music store owner.^[1][2][4][5]

In 1980 during his final year at Burnaby South Secondary School, Corlett made a video about life at the school starring his friend Alan McConnell getting into all sorts of antics, which became available on his YouTube channel after sitting in an archive for 43 years.^[6]

Career

Corlett began his career in 1984.^[2] Before becoming a voice actor, he programmed drum tracks and helped with computer sequences on Queensrÿche's album Operation: Mindcrime, also selling the band music gear in the 1980s. Corlett has lent his voice to several animated series produced/dubbed in Canada, with notable voice roles including Bob in ReBoot, Charger in NASCAR Racers, Baby Taz in Baby Looney Tunes, and Andy Larkin in What's with Andy?. Corlett has also lent his voice to DIC Entertainment shows such as Super Duper Sumos. He also voiced Mr. Cramp in The Cramp Twins, Ten Cents, Otis, Zeebee, Zip, Lord Stinker, Frank, Eddie, and the Lighthouse Clock in Salty's Lighthouse, and Ransome the Clown in the video game Thimbleweed Park.

He, along with fellow Canadian voice actor Terry Klassen, owned a production company who helped rewrite international shows.^[7] He is also the creator of the animated series Being Ian and Yvon of the Yukon.

In anime, Corlett has voiced Master Roshi in Dragon Ball Z and Miroku in Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon, replacing Kirby Morrow, who was the original English voice actor for Miroku in the Inuyasha series until his death on November 18, 2020.

Personal life

Corlett lives in Vancouver with his wife, also having a home in Palm Springs, California. They have two children: Philip (b. 1997), and Claire Corlett (b. 1999).^[8] They have done voice work for the animated series Dinosaur Train and My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic. In addition to his work in Vancouver, he does voice work in Los Angeles, California, in the United States.

Filmography

Film

List of voice and dubbing performances in direct-to-video and television films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
1996	Adventures of Mowgli	Mowgli		[9]
1997	Warriors of Virtue	Mayor Keena		[9]
	Lapitch the Little Shoemaker	Melvin		[9]
	The Fearless Four	Dr. Greed, 1st Assistant, additional voices	English dub	[9]
2000	Help! I'm a Fish	1st fish waiting for bus		[9]
	Casper's Haunted Christmas	Little Kid		[9]
2001	Barbie in the Nutcracker	Captain Candy		[9]
2002	Barbie as Rapunzel	Hobie, Palace Guard		[9]
2003	Baby Looney Tunes' Eggs-traordinary Adventure	Baby Taz		[9]
	Ben Hur	Gesius, Andrew, Another Man		[9]
	Barbie of Swan Lake	Ivan		[9]
2004	Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper	Wolfie, Guard #3		[9]
2005	Candy Land: The Great Lollipop Adventure	Mr. Mint, Snow Beaver		[9]
2007	Bratz Kidz: Sleep-Over Adventure	Mr. Wisping		[9]
	Barbie as the Island Princess	Pat		[9]
	Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale	Paulie		[9]
	Bratz: Super Babyz	Newsperson #2, Announcer		[9]
2010	Altitude	Center Controller		[9]
2011	Quest for Zhu	Mr. Squiggles, Stinker, Zhuquasha		[9]
2013	Superman Unbound	Kryptonian #1		[9]
2016	Ratchet & Clank	Blarg
	Sausage Party	Apple, Bag of Dog Food, Ticklish Licorice, Relish		[10]
2017	Bob the Builder: Mega Machines	Mr. Bentley	US dub
2020	Greyhound	Dickie		[11]
2022	Turning Red	Additional voices

Anime

List of dubbing performances and production work in anime television series.

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
1993	Ranma ½	Dr. Tofu Ono, Mikado Sanzenin, Jusenkyo Guide	Viz dub	[9]
1995	Dragon Ball	Master Roshi (eps. 7-8), Monster Carrot, Additional voices	BLT dub, script writer
1996–97	Dragon Ball Z	Goku, Master Roshi, Cui, additional voices	Saban dub, episodes 1-37 (1-49 uncut)	[12]
1997–98	Key the Metal Idol	Shuichi Tataki	OVA, episodes 1-9
2002	Project A-Ko	Hikari Daitokuji	OVA
2021–23	Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon	Miroku	Viz dub, replacing Kirby Morrow	[13]
2022	Cyberpunk: Edgerunners	Pilar	Netflix dub	[14]

List of dubbing performances in anime films.

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
1997	Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might	Goku, Master Roshi	Edited Saban dub
1998	Ranma ½: Big Trouble in Nekonron, China	Mikado Sanzenin	Viz dub

Animation

List of voice performances in animation

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
1989–91	Captain N: The Game Master	Dr. Wily		[15]
1993–94	The Bots Master	Dr. Hiss		[2][16]
1993	Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog	Coconuts, Robotnik Jr., additional voices		[2][16]
1994–2001	ReBoot	Bob / Glitch-Bob	Seasons 3 and 4	[2]
1994–95	Mega Man	Mega Man, Rush, additional voices
1995	Littlest Pet Shop	Elwood		[2][17]
1996	Pocket Dragon Adventures	Filbert		[9]
1996–98	Stickin' Around	Additional voices		[9]
1996–99	Beast Wars: Transformers	Cheetor, Sentinel, Maximal Computer, Sea Clamp		[2]
1996	Vor-Tech: Undercover Conversion Squad	Hardfire		[18]
	Captain Zed and the Zee Zone	Mutter		[2]
1997	The Wacky World of Tex Avery	Pompeii Pete, Einstone		[2]
1998	Fat Dog Mendoza	Onion Boy, additional voices		[9]
	Salty's Lighthouse	Ten Cents, Otis, Zeebee, Zip, Lord Stinker, Frank, Eddie, Lighthouse Clock		[9]
1999–2000	Beast Machines: Transformers	Cheetor
1999–2001	NASCAR Racers	Mark "Charger" McCutchen
1999	Sonic Underground	Cyrus
1999-2005	Dragon Tales	Cyrus	11 episodes
1999–2000	Weird-Ohs	Wade		[2]
2000–01	Action Man	Quake
2000	D'Myna Leagues	Paully, Bart		[9]
2000–04	Yvon of the Yukon	Willy Tidwell, King Louis, Gym Coach, additional voices		[9]
2001	The Zeta Project	Lowe	Episode: "Lost and Found"	[9]
2001–02	Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat	Wong Ton		[9]
2001–03	Sitting Ducks	Bill		[9]
2001–06	Baby Looney Tunes	Baby Taz		[9]
2001–07	What's with Andy?	Andy Larkin	Main role	[9]
2001	Justice League	Thug, Sarge	2 episodes	[9]
2002–09	Make Way for Noddy	Mr. Jumbo, Mr. Wobblyman, Clockwork Clown, additional voices	US Re-Dub
2002–03	Yakkity Yak	Mr. Highpants, Rondo Jr., additional voices		[19]
2003	The Cramp Twins	Horace Cramp, additional voices		[9][20]
2003	Something Else	Something Else		[9]
2003	Silverwing	Mercury, Scirocco, additional voices		[9]
2004–05	Dinosaur Baby Holy Heroes	Erick Moreau	Recurring role
2005–08	Being Ian	Odbald, additional voices	Also creator and producer	[9]
2005–2013	Totally Spies!	Captain Hayes, James, additional voices	Recurring role	[9]
2005	Alien Racers	Vakkon, Skrash		[21]
2005–14	Johnny Test	Hugh Test, additional voices		[9][22]
2007–08	Care Bears: Adventures in Care-a-Lot	Funshine Bear	Recurring role	[9][23]
	Edgar and Ellen	Poe, Slug, additional voices		[9][23]
2007–09	GeoTrax	Bunsen		[9][23]
2008	3-2-1 Penguins	Wait Your Turner	Episode: "Invasion of the Body Swappers"
2008–09	Monster Buster Club	Mark, Mr. Fusster, additional voices		[24]
2009	League of Super Evil	Line Master	Recurring role	[9]
2009–2020	Dinosaur Train	Mr. Conductor, additional voices		[25]
2010–12	Hero: 108	ApeTrully, Mr. No Hands, Mighty Ray, additional voices		[9]
2010	My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic	Silver Shill	Episode: "Leap of Faith"	[9]
2011–2021	Ninjago	Skales, Chen, Clancee, Clutch Powers, additional voices		[9]
2012	Action Dad	Baron Von Dash, Major Break, additional voices		[9]
	Slugterra	Gar Revelle, Straggus	5 episodes	[9]
2013–15	Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures	Blinky, Sir Cumference, additional voices		[9]
2013	Beware the Batman	Joe Braxton	Episode: "Secrets"	[9]
2013–14	Sabrina: Secrets of a Teenage Witch	Salem, additional voices		[9]
2014	Nerds and Monsters	Skur, additional voices		[9]
2014–15	Dr. Dimensionpants	The Cortex		[9]
2015	Pirate Express	Poseidon, Gordon		[9]
2015–17	Bob the Builder	Roley, Mr. Bentley	US dub
2016–19	Ready Jet Go!	Uncle Zucchini, Mr. Peterson
2016–2025	The Loud House	Jeffery, Lincoln's Double, additional voices
2017–2021	Vampirina	Chef Remy Bones
2018–2020	The Hollow	Benjamin
2019–2022	The Dragon Prince	King Ahling, Ibis	8 episodes
2021–2023	Sharkdog	Mr. Heubel
2023	Family Guy	Additional voices

Video games

List of voice performances in video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
1999	Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals	Cheetor, Sentinel, Quickstrike
2005	Devil Kings	Chōsokabe Motochika (Arslan)	English dub	[9]
2017	Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite	Firebrand		[26]
	Thimbleweed Park	Ransome		[27]
2019	ReadySet Heroes	Sully
2020	G.I. Joe: Operation Blackout	Duke, Crew Man, Wild Bill
	Cobra Kai: The Karate Kid Saga Continues	Tom Cole, Mitch, Big Boned Skeleton		[9]
2021	Nier Reincarnation	Carrier, Substitute Carrier	English dub
	Chivalry 2	Squire Boy		[28]
2022	Destiny 2: The Witch Queen	Fynch		[29]
2023	Overwatch 2: Season 6	Reggie Buckworth	Story missions: Liberation	[30]
2024	Final Fantasy VII Rebirth	Dio	English dub	[31]
2025	Marvel Rivals	Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic		[32]

Bibliography

• E is for Ethics (Simon & Schuster, Atria Books, 2009; ISBN 9781416596691)^[33]
• E is for Environment (Simon & Schuster, Atria Books, 2011; ISBN 9781439194577)^[33]