John Kassir Biography
John Kassir (born October John Edward Kassir) is an American actor, voice actor, and comedian. He is known as the voice of the Crypt Keeper in HBO’s Tales from the Crypt franchise. Kassir is also known for his role as Ralph in the Off-Broadway show Reefer Madness, as well as its film adaptation, as well as his voice-over work as Buster Bunny (taking over for Charlie Adler late in the final season of Tiny Toon Adventures), Ray “Raymundo” Rocket on Rocket Power, the mischievous raccoon Meeko in Pocahontas and its direct-to-video sequel, Jibolba in the Tak and the Power of Juju video game series, Pete Puma in The Looney Tunes Show, and Deadpool in X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse and the Marvel: Ultimate Alliance series.
Kassir has also done the voice of Rizzo for the Spyro game, Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure, and voiced Ghost Roaster in Skylanders: Giants, as well as Short Cut in Skylanders: Trap Team and Pit Boss in Skylanders: Imaginators. He is also known for his various roles in season 1 of The Amanda Show. He voiced the Ice King in the original Adventure Time pilot but was replaced by Tom Kenny for the series. Kassir also provided additional voice-over work for Sonic the Hedgehog, Eek! The Cat, The Brothers Flub, Dead Rising, Casper’s Scare School, Spider-Man 3, Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!, Diablo III, Monsters University, The Prophet, Halo 5: Guardians and The Secret Life of Pets.
John Kassir Actor | Career
Kassir first became popular in 1985, when he defeated Sinbad for the best stand-up comic on Star Search.
He then played the Bulgarian kicker, Zagreb Shkenusky, for 7 years in the HBO comedy series 1st & Ten, about a fictional football team. His other live-action credits include sketch-acting on The Amanda Show and a portrayal of Shemp Howard in the 2000 TV biopic The Three Stooges, produced by Mel Gibson, and Ralph in Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical. He was also able to get his own Pee-wee Herman style show in 1997 called Johnnytime, which aired for two seasons on the USA network.
He also 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. John has appeared in over a dozen feature films, starred in eight TV pilots (six of which went to series and two of which lasted on air for over six years each) and guest-starred in dozens of TV series in both comic and dramatic roles.
Kassir beat out both Michael Winslow and Charles Fleischer to become the voice of the Crypt Keeper. As a standup comic, he has opened for the likes of Lou Rawls, Tom Jones, The Temptations and Four Tops on their TNT Tour, Bobby Vinton, Richard Belzer, U2, and Harry Blackstone, Jr. among others. John has also appeared on stage performing improvisation with Robin Williams.
More recently, John has specialized in voice-over work for animation, video games, and other productions. Notable in this regard has been his acting the roles of Ray “Raymundo” Rocket on Rocket Power. He also 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. He was also featured in the very first commercial for the Nintendo cornerstone video game series The Legend of Zelda in the United States in 1987.
A few of his many theater credits include: originating the role of Kenny in Three Guys Naked From The Waist Down (also starring Scott Bakula), for which he was nominated for both a Drama Desk and an Outer Critics Circle award. John also originated the role of Ralph in the musical Reefer Madness, on stage and in the film version.
He provided the vocal effects of the mischievous raccoon Meeko in Disney’s 1995 animated feature Pocahontas and Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World. Also, he provided the voice of Buster Bunny in four Tiny Toon Adventures cartoons (following Charlie Adler’s departure from the role). He played the villainous Scuttlebutt in An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island. John also made one voice appearance in an episode of Ben 10, (Last Laugh) as Zombozo. He voiced the character Adam MacIntyre and provided Additional voice-over work in the video game Dead Rising. Recently, his voice is featured in the game’s Shadows of the Damned and Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance as Hell demons and Desperado Enforcement captain Monsoon, respectively.
In 2011, he voiced Crazy Smurf in the live-action/animated film The Smurfs, and in 2012, he voiced Jealousy as well as Gumball, Penny, Leslie, Carrie & Darwin when he possesses them in The Amazing World of Gumball episode “The Flower”. Kassir appeared in Bryan Singer’s Jack the Giant Slayer (2013), along with Bill Nighy, as Fallon, the two-headed leader of the giants; Nighy played the big head while Kassir played the small head.
John Kassir Age
Kassir was born on October 24, 1957, in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. He is 62 years old.
John Kassir Wife
Kassir was born in Baltimore, Maryland to an Iraqi father from Mosul and a Syrian mother. He married actress Julie Benz on May 30, 1998, the marriage lasted for nine years until Benz filed for divorce in December 2007, and was finalized la
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John Kassir Net Worth
Kassir’s has an estimated net worth of $20 Million.
John Kassir Movies And Tv Shows
- An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island – Scuttlebutt
- And Then There Was Eve – G. Alexander
- Bayonetta: Bloody Fate – Enzo
- Beethoven’s Christmas Adventure – Stray Dog
- Casper – The Crypt Keeper
- Casper’s Scare School – P.A. Voice, Additional Voices
- Chance Manifest – Ronnie
- Channels – Walter
- Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey! – Additional Voices
- Cyber-Tracker 2 – Tripwire
- Despicable Me 3 – Additional voices
- Donner Pass – James Michael Epstein
- Dr. Rage – Moe Moebius
- Encino Woman – Jean Michel
John Kassir Amanda Show
The Amanda Show is an American live-action sketch comedy and variety show created by Dan Schneider that aired on Nickelodeon on April 4, 1999, as a pilot, then as a regular series from October 16, 1999, to September 21, 2002. It starred Amanda Bynes, Drake Bell, and Nancy Sullivan, and featured John Kassir, Raquel Lee, and Josh Peck.
The show was a spin-off from All That, in which Bynes had co-starred for several years. The show ended at the end of 2002. Writers for the show included Schneider, John Hoberg, Steven Molaro, and Andrew Hill Newman.
About a year after the end of The Amanda Show, Dan Schneider created a new series, called Drake & Josh, featuring Drake Bell, Josh Peck, and Nancy Sullivan.
John Kassir Films
- 1st & Ten – Zagreb Shkenusky
- Ask Harriet – Kenny
- Beethoven’s Christmas Adventure – Stray Dog
- Bizarre Transmissions from the Bermuda Triangle – Himself
- Bones – Lawrence Melvoy
- Boston Common – Frankie
- Brotherly Love – The Crypt Keeper
- Bump and Grind (pilot) – Dick Scorvo
- Castle – Mr. Dreyfus
- Charmed – The Alchemist
- Cold Case – Kip Crowley (Episode: “Greed”)
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