Profile of Cam Clarke on Famous Like Me

Cameron A. "Cam" Clarke (born November 6, 1957 in Burbank, California) is an American voice actor, made famous for his many starring roles in popular video games and animated television and film.

Clarke is perhaps best known for his roles as Max Sterling and Lancer in the 1985 Robotech series, Rigadon in "Around the World with Willy Fog" in 1986, Dogtanian in "Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds" in 1987, Leonardo in the 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon series, and Liquid Snake in the popular Metal Gear Solid series of video games and perhaps the biggest to date, the voice of Prince Adam and He-Man in the 2002 relaunch of "Masters of the Universe". To date, Clarke has voiced over 100 titles.

Clarke is a singer and openly gay. In 1999 he released a solo album titled Inside Out, a collection of classic love songs from artists such as James Taylor and Carly Simon, sung from a gay perspective.

Selected works

• Killer 7 (2005) (VG) (voice) Andrei Ulmeyda
• Jade Empire (2005) (VG) (voice) Sky/Additional Voices
• Painkiller: Battle Out of Hell (2004) (VG) (voice) Daniel
• EverQuest II (2004) (VG) (voice)
• Call of Duty: United Offensive (2004) (VG) Pvt. Anderson/Additional Voices
• Doom 3 (2004) (VG) (voice) Additional Voices
• Painkiller (2004) (VG) (voice) Daniel
• Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes (2004) (VG) (voice) Liquid Snake
• Gungrave Overdose (2004) (VG) (voice) Juji Kabane/Richard Wong
• Duel Masters (2004) TV Series (voice: English version) Toru, Shori, Stu: Game Announcer #2
• Champions of Norrath (2004) (VG) (voice)
• The Lion King 1½ (2004) (V) (voice) Additional Voices
• Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel (2004) (VG) (voice) Vault Man, Patrol/Plasma/Kamikaze Robot
• Dynasty Warriors 4: Empires (2004) (VG) (voice) (uncredited) Zhou Yu
• Tales of Symphonia (2003) (VG) (voice) Kratos Aurion
• Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (2003) (VG) (voice) Additional Voices
• Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven (2003) (VG) (voice: English version)
• Dark Cloud 2 (2002) (VG) (voice) Dark Element, Dr. Jamming
• Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance (2002) (VG) (voice) Liquid Snake
• Robotech: Battlecry (2002) (VG) (voice) Jack Archer
• He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (2002) TV Series (voice) He-Man/Prince Adam
• Neverwinter Nights (2002) (VG) (voice) Various
• Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem (2002) (VG) (voice) Anthony the Paige/Custodian
• Bloody Roar: Primal Fury (2002) (VG) (voice) (uncredited) Bakuryu/Cronos
• Medal of Honor: Allied Assault (2002) (VG) (voice) Additional Voices
• La Pucelle: Tactics (2002) (VG) (voice: English version) Yattanya
• Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix (2002) (VG) (voice) Anthony Michaels
• Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance (2001) (VG) (voice) Fayard, Vahn
• Return to Castle Wolfenstein (2001) (VG) (voice) Nazi Soldier #4
• Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (2001) (VG) (voice: English version) Liquid Snake
• Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel (2001) (VG) (voice)
• Disney's House of Mouse (2001) TV Series (voice) Simba
• Grandia II (2000) (VG) (voice) Ryudo/Father Carius/Risotto
• Escape from Monkey Island (2000) (VG) (voice) Clive the Jambalaya Tourist/Meathook
• The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea (2000) (V) (voice) Flounder
• God, the Devil and Bob (2000) TV Series
• Metal Gear Solid: Integral (1999) (VG) (voice) (as James Flinders) Liquid Snake
• The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998) (V) (singing voice) Simba
• Metal Gear Solid (1998) (VG) (voice: English version) (as James Flinders) Liquid Snake
• Cow and Chicken (1997) TV Series (voice) Additional Voices
• The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat (1995) TV Series (voice) Additional Voices
• The Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa (1995) TV Series (voice) Simba
• Gargoyles (1994) TV Series (voice) Gillecomgain
• The Tick (1994) TV Series (voice) Die Fledermaus
• Aladdin (1993/I) TV Series (voice) Additional Voices
• EEK! the Cat" (1992) TV Series (voice) Additional Voices
• Where's Waldo? (1991) TV Series (voice) Additional Voices
• Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1990) TV Series (voice) Ooze (1990-1993)/Additional Voices
• Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (1990) TV Series (voice) Igor
• The California Raisins (1989) TV Series (voice) Bebop
• Dino-Riders (1988) TV Series (voice) Additional Voices
• Denver, the Last Dinosaur (1988) TV Series (voice) Mario/Shades
• Akira (1988) (voice: English version) (as Jimmy Flinders) Kaneda
• Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds (1987) (Voice: English version) Dogtanian
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987) TV Series (voice) Leonardo/Rocksteady/Mung
• Around the World with Willy Fog (1986) (Voice: English version) Rigadon
• The Mystery of Smuggler's Cove (1985) Hardy Boys audiobook (voice) All characters
• Robotech (1983) TV Series (voice) Lancer/Maximillian Sterling
• The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show (1983) TV Series (voice) Singer/Additional Voices

Trivia

• Frequently works alongside fellow voice actor Quinton Flynn. As of mid-2005, he and Flynn have appeared in fourteen projects together.

• Nephew of jazz pianist and orchestra leader Buddy Cole.

• Currently the national spokesman for NetZero, Inc.

• Though he frequently does voiceovers for video games, Clarke claims the last video game he spent any significant amount of time with was Pong in the early 1970s.

• His favorite role has been that of Die Fledermaus in The Tick.

• Because of limitations placed upon voice actors by their unions, they often must take work under pseudonyms to avoid penalties. Clarke has been credited under the names James Flinders, Jimmy Flinders, and Cam Clark in various roles.

Quotes

• On his album Inside Out: "There are love songs in everyone's life that have special meaning, especially those we heard when we 'came of age'. Well, when coming of age also includes the realization that you are gay, you learn to overlook the fact that every love song has a man singing about a woman, or vice versa, and your experience is from the outside looking in. I often thought, wouldn't it be nice if I could hear love songs from my perspective?"

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