1. John Kassir was born on October 24,1957 and is an American actor and comedian.
24 Facts About John Kassir
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John Kassir is known for his work as the voice of the Cryptkeeper in HBO's Tales from the Crypt franchise.
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John Kassir appeared in the role of Ralph in the off-Broadway show Reefer Madness and its 2005 film adaptation.
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John Kassir is the first voice actor to take over Disney comics character Scrooge McDuck following the death of Alan Young.
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John Kassir was born on October 24,1957, in Baltimore, Maryland, to an Iraqi father from Mosul and a Syrian mother from Mardin, present-day Turkey.
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John Kassir graduated from Loch Raven High School and attended Towson State University in Towson, Maryland, where he studied theatre.
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John Kassir has appeared on stage performing improvisation with Robin Williams.
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John Kassir was able to get his own Pee-wee Herman style show in 1997 called Johnnytime, which aired for two seasons on the USA Network.
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John Kassir appeared as The Atom in the Justice League of America pilot episode, which, despite not being picked up, was released as a film in some markets.
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John Kassir has appeared in over a dozen feature films, starred in eight TV pilots and guest-starred in dozens of TV series in both comic and dramatic roles.
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John Kassir has specialized in voice-over work for animation, video games, and other productions, most notably as the voice of Crypt Keeper in Tales from the Crypt.
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John Kassir provided the voice for the mercenary Deadpool in the video games X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, and Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2, as well as for Sauron and Pyro, two other well-known characters.
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John Kassir was featured in the very first commercial for the Nintendo cornerstone video game series The Legend of Zelda in the United States in 1987.
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John Kassir provided the vocal effects of the mischievous raccoon Meeko in Disney's 1995 animated feature Pocahontas and Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World.
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John Kassir played the villainous Scuttlebutt in An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island.
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John Kassir made one voice appearance in an episode of Ben 10, as Zombozo.
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John Kassir voiced the character Adam MacIntyre and provided additional voice over work in the video game Dead Rising.
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John Kassir's voice is featured in the games Shadows of the Damned and Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance as Hell demons and Desperado Enforcement captain Monsoon, respectively.
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John Kassir appeared in Bryan Singer's Jack the Giant Slayer, along with Bill Nighy, as Fallon, the two-headed leader of the giants; Nighy played the big head while John Kassir played the small head.
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John Kassir voiced Rizzo in the Spyro video game Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure, as well as Ghost Roaster in Skylanders: Giants, Short Cut in Skylanders: Trap Team, and Pit Boss in Skylanders: Imaginators.
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John Kassir is known for his various roles in the first season of The Amanda Show.
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John Kassir voiced the Ice King in the original Adventure Time pilot, but was replaced by Tom Kenny for the series.
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John Kassir originated the role of Ralph in the musical Reefer Madness, on stage and in the film version.
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John Kassir married actress Julie Benz on May 30,1998, the marriage lasted for nine years until Benz filed for divorce in December 2007.