Occupation Actor, voice actor Years active 1965–present | Name Earl Boen Role Actor | |
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Born November 7, 1945 (age 78) ( 1945-11-07 ) New York City, New York, U.S. Other names Eril BowenEarl BowenEarl Brown Spouse Carole Kean (m. 1970–2001) Movies The Terminator, Terminator 2: Judgment, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machi, The Man with Two Brains, Nutty Professor II: The Klu Similar People Paul Winfield, Linda Hamilton, Bess Motta, Danny Cooksey, William Wisher - Jr | ||
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Earl Boen (; born November 7, 1945) is an American actor and voice actor. He has starred in films, television series, animated series, radio programs and video games.
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- Activision mattel intellivision commercial pitfall stampede feat earl boen
- Earl Boen
- Life and career
- Voice work
- References
He is perhaps best known as criminal psychologist Dr. Peter Silberman in the Terminator series. Boen reprised the role in both Terminator 2, and 3, making him the only actor besides Arnold Schwarzenegger to appear in the first three Terminator films as the same character.
Earl Boen is also very active in the voice-over field. He has played Mr. Bleakman in Clifford the Big Red Dog, Simon Stagg in the DC Animated Universe series Justice League, Police Chief Kanifky in Bonkers, and many characters on multiple other animated shows and films.
Earl Boen
Life and career
Boen was born in New York City. Having started acting in the mid-1950s, he gained roles on the stage in several leading repertory companies between 1965 and 1976 before moving to Hollywood.
Boen is known to many TV viewers as the Harper family's pastor, Rev. Lloyd Meechum on the 1980s sitcom Mama's Family. His character was featured in several of the most memorable episodes (on both the network and syndicated versions). He also appeared as a clergyman in episodes of The Golden Girls, The Golden Palace, The Wonder Years, Boy Meets World, Seinfeld and Three's Company. He also appeared as Willie's boss in ALF, and as Patrick Morrison in the Matlock episode "The Cult".
Other films in which he appeared include The Main Event (1979), Battle Beyond the Stars (1980), 9 to 5 (1980), Soggy Bottom, U.S.A. (1981), The Man with Two Brains (1983), To Be or Not to Be (1983), Alien Nation (1988), Marked for Death (1990), Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult (1994), and Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000).
Boen commonly plays doctors in movie and television roles. He may also be noted for his role as Jim Petersen, Angela Bower's boss on the show Who's The Boss?. Earl had a recurring role as Dr. Kramer in the 1990s Fox network cult classic comedy TV series Get a Life. In 1987, came his first voice role as Taurus in the direct to video G.I. Joe: The Movie.
Some of his most well known voice roles have been villainous pirate LeChuck from the Monkey Island series of adventure games. He has also provided the introductions for World of Warcraft and its expansions, voiced Magtheridon in World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade and King Terenas Menethil II in World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, including the ending cinematic for that expansion.
Boen retired from screen acting in 2003, but continues his work as a voice actor in radio, television cartoons and video games.