Maurice LaMarche is an Emmy Award-winning voice actor and comedian with a career spanning over four decades. Renowned for his exceptional mimicry and versatile vocal range, LaMarche has voiced iconic characters across animated series, films, and video games, amassing over 400 acting credits. His career began in stand-up comedy, performing in clubs across the U.S. and opening for acts like Rodney Dangerfield and George Carlin.
LaMarche’s voiceover career launched in 1980 with Canadian specials Easter Fever and Take Me Up to the Ball Game. He gained prominence voicing Chief Quimby in Inspector Gadget (1985) and Egon Spengler in The Real Ghostbusters (1986-1991) and Extreme Ghostbusters (1997). His most iconic role is The Brain in Animaniacs (1993-1998) and Pinky and the Brain (1995-1998), earning a Daytime Emmy nomination for his Orson Welles-inspired performance. On Futurama (1999-2023), he voiced Kif Kroker, Lrrr, Morbo, Calculon, and others, winning two Primetime Emmys for episodes “Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences” (2011) and “The Silence of the Clamps” (2012).
Other notable roles include Big Bob Pataki in Hey Arnold! (1996-2004), Father in Codename: Kids Next Door (2002-2008), Mr. Freeze in Batman: Arkham City (2011), and Mr. Big in Zootopia (2016). He voiced Yosemite Sam in The Looney Tunes Show (2011-2014), Toucan Sam in Froot Loops commercials (1987-2020), and Orson Welles in The Critic and The Simpsons. For Disney, he played Mortimer Mouse, King Agnarr in Frozen (2013), and characters in Star vs. the Forces of Evil. LaMarche’s work extends to video games like Duke Nukem and commercials, including Lexus’ U.S. campaign (2009-2017).