Townsend Coleman

As a busy Hollywood voiceactor Townsend Coleman is perhaps one of the most recognizable voices on TV For 16 years he was the voice of NBCs Must See TV and Comedy Night Done Right primetime comedy promos including hits from Seinfeld and Frasier to 30 Rock and The Office as well as the promos for The Tonight Show starring Jay Leno then Conan Late Night with Conan OBrien then Jimmy Fallon Last Call with Carson Daly and Saturday Night Live He currently voices the daily onair promos for the longrunning Live with Kelly and Michael and radio spots for Judge Judy in addition to regularly voicing primetime promos for ABC Family The Hub and now ABCTV But the character behind the voice really came to life in 1985 when Coleman having just moved to Los Angeles from Cleveland Ohio auditioned for and got a part on the animated hit Inspector Gadget As the voice of Corporal Capeman Gadgets bumbling assistant he embarked on an entirely new career providing the voices for some of the most memorable characters in cartoons and commercials In addition to thwarting evil as the voice of The Tick Fox Kids hit animated series he has provided the voices for many popular cartoon characters including Michaelangelo Rat King and Usagi Yojimbo on the original longrunning cartoon series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles He also voiced Waldo on Wheres Waldo Gobo Architect and Wrench on NBCs animated Fraggle Rock ScottTeen Wolf on Teen Wolf Scratch on Spacecats the voice of Wayne Gretzky on Prostars Riot on Jem and the Holograms Dragonflyer on Glofriends Rewind on the 80s Transformers and 20 years later Sentinel Prime on Transformers Animated for Cartoon Network