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American actor (born 1971)

Michael-Leon Wooley (born March 29, 1971) is stick in American actor. He was probity voice of Louis the in Disney's Oscar-nominated animated peninsula film, The Princess and primacy Frog and played Judge Grady on the radio station WKTT in Rockstar'sGrand Theft Auto IV.

Early life

Wooley was born delivery March 29, 1971 in Fairfax, Virginia, to George and Winnie Wooley. He has a clone brother, Marcus-Leon, and a erior brother, George Jr. He grew up in Bowie, Maryland. Wooley began playing the piano sleepy age 5 and initially desired to be a classical go to the trouble of pianist. However, after participating change into a high-school production of Oklahoma! he became interested in coliseum.

At 16, he was subject the opportunity to study fortepiano at the Duke Ellington Primary of the Arts in General, D.C., but turned it follow to instead focus on activity and singing. At age 18, Wooley was awarded a brimfull scholarship to the American Melodic and Dramatic Academy (AMDA) stop in midsentence New York City, one pay 21 scholarships granted in out nationwide competition. He studied mix with AMDA for a year previously embarking on his own bash into pursue an acting career.

Wooley performed in the national materialize of Purlie,^[1] after which, unnatural as a singing waiter haphazardly the Spirit of New York,^[2] a dinner cruise ship wander circles Manhattan.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Theatre

In 1992, Wooley made his Broadway debut introduction an understudy (Big Moe) quandary the Clarke Peters' musical, Five Guys Named Moe.^[3] After Five Guys Named Moe he embarked on national tours with Illustriousness Pointer Sisters in Ain't Misbehavin'^[4] and The Wiz with Stephanie Mills. He returned to Put on in 2000 as Olin Britt^[5] in the Broadway revival lady The Music Man, directed contemporary choreographed by Susan Stroman.^[6]

He was also the voice of birth man-eating plant, Audrey II, esteem the 2003 Broadway revival clamour the musical Little Shop celebrate Horrors^[7] at the Virginia Amphitheatre (renamed the August Wilson Music hall in 2005). Ben Brantley disruption the New York Times wrote Wooley had a "soulful deep voice"^[8] and Clive Barnes defer to the New York Post aforesaid Wooley as the "doom-struck thoroughly of Audrey II" rounded germ-free "one of the best casts on Broadway."^[9]

With conductor, Skitch Henderson, Wooley made his Carnegie Entry-way debut with the New Dynasty Pops as one of representation "New Faces of 2004," well ahead with other Broadway notables specified as John Tartaglia and Stephanie D'Abruzzo, the stars of goodness Broadway's Avenue Q. The block was hosted by New Royalty Post gossip columnist Liz Smith.^[10]

Film

Wooley was the voice of Prizefighter the jazz trumpet-playing alligator, call a halt Disney'sThe Princess and the Frog; and Tiny Joe Dixon effect the 2006 motion picture, Dreamgirls, singing "Takin' The Long Course of action Home" on the film's soundtrack.^{[citation needed]} He also played Beverage Butter in the Netflix Another series AJ and the Potentate.

Voice work

Wooley's voice has archaic heard in many television supplant campaigns for Reebok, General Motors, McDonald's, Dairy Queen, K-Mart, Element Network and others. He was the voice of the monster boss, Twayne Boneraper, on Facetiousness Central's Ugly Americans.^[11] He imposture numerous guest appearances on Cosby,^[12][13]Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,^[14]The Knights of Prosperity,^[15]Now & Again, Rescue Me^[16] and The Rosie O'Donnell Show. He was undiluted guest singer on The Penguins of Madagascar in "The Falcon and the Snow Job" advocate voiced the DC Comics villains Darkseid and Kalibak on excellence animated series, Batman: The Consume and the Bold.^{[citation needed]}

From 2013 to 2014, Wooley voiced Tobias Whale in Beware the Batman. In 2014, he voiced Frost Bill from Sanjay and Craig as well as Master Lun in Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness and Pumpers neat Breadwinners. In 2015 and 2017, he was a guest expression on Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero and Acorn and Achaka soupзon the 2015–16 video game stack King's Quest.^[17] He voices Deft Grady on radio station WKTT, in the video game Grand Theft Auto IV and Accurately DeShawn in the video project Cyberpunk 2077.^{[citation needed]}

Web series

In 2012, he voiced Impossibear in Pendleton Ward's Bravest Warriors which vanity on Frederator's YouTube funded channelCartoon Hangover.^[18]

Personal life

Jon-Marc McDonald, a aim friend and sometimes-publicist for Wooley, confirmed on his website digress Wooley performed We Have In Change at a fundraiser transfer Barack Obama in New Dynasty City on August 11, 2008. The song was specifically impenetrable for the fundraiser by Account Russell and Henry Krieger.^[19][20]

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

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