Bill Switzer
Bill Switzer | |
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| Born | William Ashton Switzer |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1996–present |
William Ashton Switzer is a Canadian actor. He is known for his work on the animated television series Mummies Alive! He had a leading role in Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension and he also performed in Sabrina: The Animated Series. While he has voiced several roles in anime, he was also Philthy from MythQuest and the voice of Harvey Kinkle from Sabrina: The Animated Series and Sam "Cannonball" Guthrie from X-Men: Evolution. He also voiced Billy's former friend Nick in the second season of Billy the Cat which he took over from Lee Tockar who also wrote one episode of the show.
Career
[edit]Switzer attended his first audition and won his first role, in a Shari Lewis special, when he was a teenager.[1] He voices the lead character; Presley Carnavon in the television show Mummies Alive![2]
Switzer was nominated for a Young Artist Award for The Christmas List (1997).[3]
Switzer was noticed for his starring role in Mr. Rice's Secret (2000), in which he played a young cancer patient. He was in almost every scene of the film.[1] Elvis Mitchell of the New York Times wrote, "In the leading role, Mr. Switzer is fine as Owen, especially given that he has to spend a great deal of time talking to himself".[4] The Vancouver Province wrote, "[T]here's an appealing freshness to the young cast of this Vancouver-filmed movie, especially Switzer in the lead role".[5]
He had a leading role in the television show Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension.[6]
Switzer was reported to be directing a short film at age 17.[7]
Personal life
[edit]Switzer, who lived in Tsawwassen at the time Mr. Rice's Secret was in production, was reported to be a good swimmer and baseball player in his youth.[1] He learned to ride a horse for his guest role in The Adventures of Shirley Holmes.[8]
Selected filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]- Mail to the Chief – Kenny Witkowski
- Cheats – Garret
- The Dinosaur Hunter – Daniel
- When Danger Follows You Home – Andrew Werden
- Locked in Silence – John
- The Right Connections – Gary Fleming
- The Christmas List – Danny Skyler
- A Call to Remember – Sandy Halper
- The Life – Jason
- Mr. Rice's Secret – Owen Walters[9]
- Death Note – Sasaki (voice)
Television
[edit]- The Adventures of Shirley Holmes – Matt
- Cold Squad – Stewart
- Dead Man's Gun – JoJo
- The Dead Zone – Doug Hirsh
- Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension – Mitchell Taylor
- First Wave – Nick Patterson
- MythQuest – Philthy
- Scorn – David
- The Sentinel – Edward Lazar
Anime roles
[edit]- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED – Sai Argyle[10]
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack – Hathaway Noah
- Zoids: New Century Zero – Jamie Hemeros, Lineback
- Cardcaptors – Eli Moon
- MegaMan NT Warrior – Chaud Blaze[10]
- Infinite Ryvius – Ikumi Oze[10]
- Ranma ½ – Harumaki's Grandson
- Master Keaton – Shinsuke Yunase[10]
- Dragon Drive – Ichiro Sumishiba
- Trouble Chocolate – Boy with Card, Raisin
- Boys Over Flowers – Junpei Oribe
Voice Work
[edit]- Billy the Cat – Nick (Season 2)
- Extreme Dinosaurs – Additional Voices
- Greatest Heroes and Legends of the Bible – Various characters
- Mama, Do You Love Me? – Sam and Rascal[10]
- Milo's Bug Quest
- Mummies Alive! – Presley Carnavon
- Rainbow Fish – Stingo[10]
- Sabrina: The Animated Series – Harvey Kinkle
- Silverwing – Shade[10]
- X-Men: Evolution – Sam "Cannonball" Guthrie
Video games
[edit]- Mobile Suit Gundam: Encounters in Space – Kou Uraki[10]
- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED: Never Ending Tomorrow – Sai Argyle[10]
- Sabrina: The Animated Series: Magical Adventure – Harvey Kinkle[10]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "First feature a heady role: Teen actor was looking for more to do -- and got it". The Province. Vancouver, B.C. July 28, 1998. p. B2 – via Proquest.
- ^ McNamara, Lynne (November 16, 1997). "Teen actor swamped with work". The Province. p. B8 – via Proquest.
- ^ Crump, William D. (September 4, 2013). The Christmas Encyclopedia, 3d ed. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-6827-0.
- ^ Mitchell, Elvis (December 22, 2000). "Film Review: David Bowie With a Secret and a Power". New York Times. p. E28 – via Proquest.
- ^ Schaefer, Glen (March 16, 2001). "Thoughtful but too muted". The Province. Vancouver, B.C. p. B5 – via Proquest.
- ^ Strachan, Alex (February 7, 1998). "Viewers big winners in Nagano: CBS promises to tone down the nationalism and CBC will tone down personality profiles, making for better TV". The Vancouver Sun. p. D4 – via Proquest.
- ^ SchaeferC21., Glen (May 31, 2001). "At 17, actor Switzer tries directing". The Province. p. C21 – via Proquest.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ McNamara, Lynne (July 19, 1998). "Kid Star". The Province. p. B7 – via Proquest.
- ^ Willis, John; Monush, Barry (March 25, 2002). Screen World 2001. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 978-1-55783-478-2.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Bill Switzer (visual voices guide)". behindthevoiceactors.com. Retrieved June 21, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
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External links
[edit]- Bill Switzer at IMDb
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