14 Facts About George Newbern

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George Newbern is an American actor, best known for his roles as Charlie in the ABC show Scandal and Bryan MacKenzie in Father of the Bride and its sequels Father of the Bride Part II and Father of the Bride Part 3, as well as Danny in Friends and his recurring role as Julia's son Payne in Designing Women.

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George Newbern is known for providing the voice of Superman in many pieces of DC Comics media, and Sephiroth in the Final Fantasy series and the Kingdom Hearts series.

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George Newbern began his acting career at the Arkansas Arts Center in Little Rock, in the role of the younger brother in Life with Father, based on Clarence S Day Jr.

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From 1986 to 1992, George Newbern had a recurring role as Payne McIlroy, the son of designer Julia Sugarbaker, on the series Designing Women.

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George Newbern has since guest-starred on television in such series as Providence, Chicago Hope, Friends, Bull, CSI, Medium, Ghost Whisperer, Touched by an Angel, Criminal Minds, and Private Practice.

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George Newbern had a recurring role for several seasons as a former CIA operative in Scandal.

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George Newbern starred as Neal Morris, father of Melissa Morris, in the 2009 Disney Channel film Dadnapped, and portrayed Apollo 14 astronaut Stu Roosa in the HBO mini-series From The Earth To The Moon.

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On February 26,2016, the DC Universe Online Facebook page reported that George Newbern would be taking over the role of Superman from Adam Baldwin.

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George Newbern provides the voice of Superman in the game Injustice: Gods Among Us and its sequel.

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George Newbern lent his voice in the cartoon series The Pirates of Dark Water, and he has done voiceovers on a number of video games and game-related productions.

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George Newbern has voiced in the infamous Theodore Rex as the character of the same name.

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In 2003, George Newbern provided the voice of Mevyn Nooj in Final Fantasy X-2.

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George Newbern later appeared in the second season of Jericho as the President of the Allied States of America.

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George Newbern narrated Toyota's commercials for the 2010 model year of the Prius, one of the car company's younger automotive models, and portrayed Harold in Saw VI.