Dino S Andrade was born on September 16,1963 and is an American voice actor in video games and animated projects.
16 Facts About Dino Andrade
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Dino Andrade is the first-born son of Jose Roberto Andrade and Gloria Esther Andrade.
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Dino Andrade's father was serving in the United States Air Force at the time of Dino's birth.
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The family moved to McGuire Air Force Base in New Jersey where Dino spent the first five years of his life before his father left the armed services and the family returned to California.
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Dino Andrade has one sister, Sabrina, born, six years later to the day, on September 16,1969.
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Dino Andrade says that his love of all things science fiction, horror and fantasy is lifelong and in his blood.
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Dino Andrade has been quoted saying, "I was that guy in acting class that, while everyone was reading Mamet and O'Neill, I was reading Batman comics," thus attributing his love of animation and graphic storytelling to making his career in voice acting the natural choice for him.
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Dino Andrade started as an actor on stage and doing comedy improvisation, having been trained at the Groundlings by the actors Mindy Sterling and Julia Sweeney.
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Dino Andrade's official start in voice over work happened when he drove a friend and fellow actor to an audition to do some background looping on the 1985 feature film Girls Just Want to Have Fun, starring the then unknowns Sarah Jessica Parker and Helen Hunt.
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Dino Andrade was asked if he would like to audition as well and was hired for the film.
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Dino Andrade continued in voice acting and acting in general until the early 1990s when he left acting to pursue independent film making.
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Around 2002, Dino Andrade returned to acting with a focus on voice acting training and has been in voice acting ever since.
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Dino Andrade was married to the voice actress Mary Kay Bergman until her struggle with mental illness led to her suicide.
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Dino Andrade has become active in raising mental health awareness and plans to launch the Mary Kay Bergman Project, a mental health outreach program for artists and entertainers.
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Dino Andrade has since remarried and has one child with his spouse.
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Dino Andrade has an interest in science fiction, horror, fantasy and animation.