Though he’s best known for his role as Luke Skywalker in “Star Wars”, Mark Hamill has also managed to build an extensive resume as a voiceover actor. In honour of Hamill’s new star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, we’re taking a look at the films, TV shows and video game characters that have received Hamill’s golden touch.
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In his longest-running voice character by far, Mark Hamill lent his vocals to the character of The Joker for 25 years across animated shows, video games and film.
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Hamill said hello to the dark side when he took on the voice of villain Darth Bane for one episode of “The Clone Wars”. Much to Hamill’s surprise, the role won him his very first Emmy nomination. “Been doing the Joker for 25 years, never got an Emmy nomination,” he told GQ. “Did that character once; Emmy nomination.”
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Up next for Hamill, the Hollywood legend has taken on the role Megatronus in the upcoming TV mini-series, “Transformers: Power of the Primes”. He’ll be joined by the voices of Ron Perlman, Jaime King, Judd Nelson and Will Wheaton for the star-studded project.
Currently in post-production, the series is slated to premiere in May of 2018.
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Cartoon Network’s oddball animated series “Regular Show” received the Mark Hamill touch when he voiced the character of Skips the Yeti for eight years. The role, which Hamill doubted would resonate with youth, earned him an Annie Award in 2013.
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Hamill lent his voice to Marvel’s Wolverine for 2003’s video game “Wolvering’s Revenger”. Released in conjunction with “X2: X-Men United”, Hamill brought just the right amount of grittiness, depth and wonder to the voice as his character pieced together his fragmented past while also searching for a cure to a deadly virus circulating in his blood.
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In a second Cartoon Network animated series, “Adventure Time” sees Hamill place his signature touch on the Fear Feaster, also known as the manifestation of main character Finn’s fears, and who is eventually banished back into Finn’s gut.
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For Nickelodeon’s “Danny Phantom”, Hamill voices Undergrowth — a strong phantom who aims to destroy humans for their careless destruction of Mother Nature. Among his long list of powers and abilities, Undergrowth is able to control plant life on a global level, infuse other creatures with his powers and cause multiple versions of himself to grow.
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In 1994, Hamill took his turn at voicing the Hobgoblin in Jason Macendale’s version of “Spider-Man: The Animated Series” from 1995 to 1998.
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Digging deep into his dark side for this role, Hamill gave it all he got when he voiced the role of Fire Lord Ozai for 10 episodes of the “Avatar: The Last Airbender”.
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Stepping in to voice yet another villain, Hamill received praise among fans and series-watchers for his role as Evil Cat in the “Cat Man Do” episode of the animated “Powerpuff Girls”.
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Adult Swim’s “Metalocaplypse” series enlisted Hamill’s voice talents for the role of Senator Stampingston over the course of seven years. The role demanded another devious tone for the leader of the Tribunal aiming to take down the heavy metal band Dethklok.