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Vii

Complete hardware package of a typical Sport Vii console system
Manufacturer	JungleTac (Jungle Soft), KenSingTon
Type	Video game console
Generation	Seventh generation era
Media	Cartridges and built-in games
CPU	16-bit Sunplus SPG
Storage capacity	8.5 MB of Internal Memory for Saving
Controller input	2.4G Wireless Handybar Controller
Best-selling game	VC-1 (bundled with blue Vii), VC-2 (bundled with white Vii), VC-3 (bundled with pink Vii)

JungleTac's Sport Vii (威力棒) is a video game console similar in aspect to Nintendo's Wii.^[1] Originally released in China in 2007, according to Engadget China the console used to sell for 1,280 Yuan (approximately US$195); as of 2009 the Vii sells for a substantially lower price at 443 Yuan (approximately US$68.) The Vii is not a competitive console in the current generation; instead, it competes in the "plug-in TV game" genre of inexpensive consoles with built-in games. It is based on the 16-bit Sunplus SPG CPU.

The Vii's Handybar controller is similar in design to the Wii Remote but is smaller in size. It features motion detection but not the pointing capability of the Wii Remote.

The Vii handybars also come in:

• Arctic White
• Hot Pink
• Mint Blue.^[2]

A redesign of the console, colloquially called the Vii 2 by bloggers, features remodeled controllers and a console design reminiscent of the Nintendo Entertainment System and the PlayStation 3,^[3] as well as support for both NTSC and PAL televisions.^[4]

In 2008, the Vii was released in Japan under the name V-Sports (Sport Vii).^[5]

Games[link]

• Happy Tennis - a tennis game (similar to Wii Sports Tennis)
• Catch Fish - a fishing game (similar to Wii Play Fishing)
• Bowling - a bowling game (similar to Wii Sports Bowling)
• Alacrity Golf - a minigolf game (similar to Carnival Games: Mini-Golf)
• Table Tennis - a table tennis game (similar to Wii Play Table Tennis)
• Smart Dart - a simulated darts game
• Fry Egg - a cooking game (similar to Cooking Mama)
• Bird Knight - a tilt-to-play game (similar to Balloon Fight)
• Fever Move - a music and dance game (similar to Dance Dance Revolution and Guitar Hero)
• Come On – A distance game, in which one feeds seals
• Fantasy Baseball – a baseball game (similar to Wii Sports Baseball)
• 'Free Craps – a shake Dice Roller designed to simulate dice.

In addition to the games that were included with the first release of the Vii (Free Craps, which was not included on Vii 2), all models of the Vii also include a cartridge entitled 7in1 or 10in1 which features seven or ten additional games.

Three different cartridges exist:

VC-1 Exclusives:

• MaJong13 - a Mahjong game
• MaJong16 - Similar to MaJong13

VC-1 and VC-2 cartridges contain:

• Bubble Blaster - a Puzz Loop/Zuma like game
• Jewel Master 2 - a Magic Jewelry/Columns like game
• Pinball Fish - a Breakout like game
• Squirrel Bobble - a Puzzle Bobble/Bust-A-Move like game
• Lightning Plan - a Silkworm like game

Several other games have also been released in cartridge format.^[6] Some examples of these are:

VC-2 Exclusives:

• "Plumber" - a platformer game
• "Mr Onion" - a Donkey Kong like game
• "Fire Fighter" - a Fire like game
• "Dream Bubble" - a version of Tetris
• "Bump Jump" - an Arkanoid-like game.

VC-3 Exclusives:

• "Brave Kaka" - a Mario Bros. clone
• "Hero Legend" - a clone of Don Doko Don
• "Rapid Stream" - a submarine game
• "Super Move Fun" - a Bejeweled like game
• "Magic Jelly" - a Bomberman meets Q*Bert like game
• "Bump Bomb" - A Marbles like game
• "Tiger Rescue" - a vertical scrolling shooter

VG Pocket Caplet[link]

The games listed below are games that are also on the VG Pocket Caplet, a handheld also made by JungleTac.

• "Pinball fish" aka Underwater Pinball
• "Bubble Blaster"
• "Plumber" aka Codename: Plumber
• "Jewel Master 2"
• "Magic Jelly"
• "Mr. Onion"
• "Dream Bubble" aka Bubble Wubble
• "Hero Legend" aka Legendary Hero
• "Tiger Rescue"
• "Bump Jump" aka Battle Blocks II

Zone 60 and Wireless 60[link]

While the Vii itself appears to no longer be in production, JungleTac produced games for at least two other similar plug-and-play consoles, the Zone 60^[7][8][9] and Wireless 60, and many Vii titles and similar games appear on these two consoles. However, these consoles' controllers do not have true motion sensors as the Vii does, so the controls are simplified to the point where any motion just triggers a press of the A button. As a result, many of the games need to use power meters to determine distance or power.

Titles that appear are:

-Bowling
-Fantasy Baseball (renamed Baseball Practice)
-Catch Fish (renamed Fishing)
-Alacrity golf (renamed Golf)
-Come On! (Wireless 60 only, renamed Sea-world)
-Free Craps (Wireless 60 only)

-Bubble Blaster (Zone 60 only, renamed Ball Blaster)
-Brave Kaka (Zone 60 only, renamed Brave Heart)
-Bump Bomb (Zone 60 only, renamed Lady Bugs)
-Bump Jump (Wireless 60 only)
-Fire Fighter
-Hero Legend
-Jewel Master 2
-Lightning Plan
-Magic Jelly (Wireless 60 only)
-Mr. Onion
-Pinball Fish (Wireless 60 only)
-Plumber (Zone 60 only, renamed Plumber Man)
-Rapid Stream
-Squirrel Bobble (Zone 60 only)
-Tiger Rescue (Zone 60 only)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official Vii page of KenSingTon, the manufacturer/distributor of the Vii (defunct)
• Engadget China review (translated by Google)
• Pictures of the Vii (Chinese)

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Mark Hamill
Hamill at WonderCon in 2008
Born	Mark Richard Hamill (1951-09-25) September 25, 1951 (age 60) Oakland, California, U.S.
Nationality	American
Occupation	Actor, Voice actor, Producer, Director, Writer
Years active	1970–present
Known for	Luke Skywalker, The Joker, Firelord Ozai, Christopher Blair, Skips
Television	Avatar: The Last Airbender, Batman: The Animated Series, Regular Show
Spouse	Marilou York (m. 1978) «start: (1978)»"Marriage: Marilou York to Mark Hamill" Location: (linkback:http://en-wiki.pop.wn.com/index.php/Mark_Hamill)
Children	3
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Mark Richard Hamill (born September 25, 1951) is an American actor, voice artist, producer, director, and writer, best known for his role as Luke Skywalker in the original Star Wars trilogy and voicing the Joker in various Batman media, including the DC Animated Universe. Hamill has also lent his voice to villains and anti-heroes.

Early life and education[link]

Hamill was born in Oakland, California and raised in Virginia, the son of Virginia Suzanne (née Johnson) and William Thomas Hamill, who was a captain in the U.S. Navy.^[1] He was one of seven children: two brothers, Will and Patrick, and four sisters, Terry, Jan, Jeanie, and Kim. When Mark was a child, his father's career meant numerous relocations, and he attended different schools throughout his childhood. In his elementary years, he went to Poe Middle School. At age 11, he moved to the 5900 block of Castleton Drive in San Diego where he attended Hale Junior High School and then, during his freshman year at James Madison Senior High School, his family moved to Virginia. By junior year, his father was stationed in Japan where Mark attended Nile C. Kinnick H.S.(Yokosuka High) and was a member of the drama club. After that he attended Annandale High School in Annandale, Virginia. He majored in drama at Los Angeles City College.

Early career[link]

Hamill's early career included voicing the character Corey Anders on the Saturday morning cartoon Jeannie by Hanna-Barbera Productions. He also portrayed the oldest son David on the pilot episode of Eight Is Enough, though the role was later performed by Grant Goodeve. He acted in TV series such as The Texas Wheelers, General Hospital, The Partridge Family, and One Day at a Time. One of his earliest films was the made-for-TV film The City.

[edit] Star Wars

Wanting a feature film debut, Robert Englund auditioned for the part of Luke Skywalker in the 1977 film Star Wars. After failing to get the part, Englund suggested that a friend, Mark Hamill, try out instead.

In 1977, Hamill starred as Luke Skywalker in George Lucas' Star Wars: A New Hope. The film was an enormous, unexpected success and made a huge impact on the film industry. Hamill also appeared in The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978) and later starred in the successful Star Wars sequels The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Return of the Jedi (1983).

Hamill was twice honored with the Saturn Award for Best Actor (given by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films), for his performance in both sequels. The actor also reprised the role for the radio dramatizations of both Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back, but did not participate in the Return of the Jedi radio drama due to budgetary concerns.^{[citation needed]}

Reprints of Joseph Campbell's The Hero with a Thousand Faces (which influenced Lucas as he was developing the films) issued after the release of Star Wars in 1977 used the image of Hamill as Luke Skywalker on the cover.^[2]

Car accident[link]

On January 11, 1977, one day before he was set to shoot one of the final scenes needed for Star Wars, Hamill was in a car accident in which he fractured his nose and left cheekbone,^[3] which required seven hours of surgery. As a result of the accident, a double was used for the landspeeder pickup shots.^[4]

Live action and stage work[link]

Hamill in 1978

After the success of Star Wars, Hamill found that audiences identified him very closely with the role of Luke Skywalker. He attempted to avoid typecasting by appearing in Corvette Summer (1978) and the better-known World War II film The Big Red One (1980). As the 1980s wore on, Hamill did little film work outside of Star Wars. Instead, he acted on Broadway, starring in Amadeus, The Elephant Man (for which he received a Drama Desk Award nomination), The Nerd, and other stage plays, for which he received positive reviews.

Hamill played the antagonist Hawkins in the Swedish action movie Hamilton in 1998. Some of his other film credits include The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia, Britannia Hospital, Slipstream, The Guyver, and the 1995 remake of Village of the Damned. In 1990, he played an escaped mental patient who terrorizes Michael Dudikoff and his wife in Midnight Ride. He also narrated The Sci-Fi Files, a four-part documentary about the influence of science fiction upon present society. In 2001, Hamill starred in the feature film Thank You, Good Night alongside Christian Campbell, J.P. Pitoc, and Sally Kirkland. Hamill appeared in the film Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back and parodies Luke Skywalker, The Joker, The Trickster (of "The Flash" fame), the vast array of super-villain voices he has done and himself all at the same time.

In live-action television, Hamill had recurring roles in General Hospital and The Texas Wheelers, and a small role in The Bill Cosby Show. He appeared as the Trickster in the live-action television series of The Flash, a role he would later reprise in the animated series Justice League Unlimited. He has made cameo appearances on MADtv (where he played the estranged father of Ms. Swan), and appeared on Saturday Night Live (playing himself being sold on a Star Wars themed home shopping sale).^[5] Hamill appeared on single episodes of 3rd Rock from the Sun and Just Shoot Me! He also had a guest spot on The Muppet Show as both himself and his "cousin" Luke Skywalker, along with C-3PO, Chewbacca and R2-D2. In 1986, he appeared in an episode of the TV series Amazing Stories ("Gather Ye Acorns") in the role of Jonathan. He also had a recurring role as Tobias LeConte on seaQuest DSV. It has been recounted by Richard Hatch that, shortly after the filming of Star Wars, Mark appeared on set for a guest appearance on Streets of San Francisco Mark was asked by Richard about recent work, to which Mark had reportedly replied "I just finished a movie called Star Wars."

Hamill also directed and starred in the 2005 direct-to-DVD Comic Book: The Movie. A comic book fan who attended science fiction and comic conventions before he became famous, Hamill claimed that his character was based on an exaggerated version of himself. He and his crew shot most of the "mockumentary" film during the 2002 San Diego Comic-Con, and enlisted Stan Lee, Kevin Smith, and Hugh Hefner in small roles. The movie won an award for Best Live-Action DVD Premiere Movie at the 2005 DVD Exclusive Awards.

Hamill appeared as a villain in the fifth season of NBC's show Chuck.^[6]

Voice acting[link]

Mark Hamill has gained a reputation as a prolific voice actor. He previously did voice acting work in the Ralph Bakshi film Wizards, where he played "Sean, leader of the Knights of Stardust", which was released on the same weekend as Star Wars in 1977. Though the voice-role he is most known for is Batman's arch-nemesis the Joker, his success as the Joker has led him to portray a wide variety of characters (mostly villainous) in television, film, anime, and video games. Mark Hamill was also the voice of The Hobgoblin in the 1994 cartoon series Spiderman.

The Joker[link]

Hamill's acclaimed role as the Joker began in Batman: The Animated Series (1992–1995), and continued to many later spin-off series, video games and films. Hamill had initially played a guest voice role as corrupt businessman Ferris Boyle in the episode "Heart of Ice", and was delighted when offered the role of the Joker, one of his favorite characters after the previous choice Tim Curry dropped out. The most prominent feature of his portrayal that has garnered such acclaim is his dynamic use of laughter to express the Joker's mood. Hamill referred to the Joker's laugh as being like a musical instrument and would practice laughing maniacally while driving to recording sessions. The incredible success of Hamill in this role not only was a rousing success in all regards, but put in high demand as a voice-over actor of over-the-top cartoon villains.

Hamill also voiced the Joker in three episodes of Superman: The Animated Series, five episodes of The New Batman Adventures, five episodes of Justice League, and an episode of Static Shock. He also voiced the Joker in the theatrical film Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993) and the direct-to-video film Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (2000).^[7]

The short-lived WB live action series, Birds of Prey, based on the comic book of the same title, featured a flashback sequence in which the Joker shoots Barbara Gordon (Batgirl) and paralyzes her. This sequence featured Hamill voicing the Joker, dubbed over actor Roger Stoneburner whose facial structure more resembled the character. The actor's face was shot in the background so as to be slightly blurred. Hamill also voiced the Joker alongside his Batman: The Animated Series co-star Kevin Conroy as Batman and Jason Hillhouse as Dick Grayson in a feature of a storyboard scene included in the 2005 Special Edition DVD of Tim Burton's 1989 Batman film. This scene depicted the origin of Robin, which was not filmed because the producers felt it was out of place with the rest of the film.

Hamill has said that he has voiced the Joker for toys and amusement park rides. Although these jobs did not pay particularly well, he enjoyed even these small roles and admitted being protective of the character, expressing concern with others "sleeping in his sleeping bag". He also unapologetically self-identifies as a "real comic book nerd".^[8] Hamill has portrayed the Joker in a few Batman-themed video games, notably Batman Vengeance, the Sega CD version of The Adventures of Batman & Robin, and in Batman: Arkham Asylum. Hamill again reprised his role of The Joker in the Asylum's sequel, Batman: Arkham City, as well as the computer and Playstation 3 MMORPG DC Universe Online.^[9] In May 2010, Hamill declared to IGN UK that his role in Arkham City would be his last as the Joker.^[8] On October 19th 2011, shortly after the release of the game, he confirmed this on his Twitter account, saying "Hello/Goodbye Joker! I've enjoyed every minute behind the wheel of the Clown Prince’s crazy car — I'm going to miss him more than I can say!!".^[10][11] However, he has expressed an interest in reclaiming the role, were an adaptation of Batman: The Killing Joke ever made. He encouraged fans to campaign for said adaptation, in a tweet made on October 24th 2011.^[12] Since then a facebook page titled Petition to get Mark Hamill to play the Joker in animated Killing Joke^[13] has been set up by his fans.

Later television and film work[link]

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Hamill later did the voice of Lawrance "Larry" 3000, in Cartoon Network's animated series Time Squad. He also guest starred in The Simpsons episode "Mayored to the Mob". On the audio commentary of the episode, he says that he has been a fan of the show since it debuted in 1989 and that it was a personal thrill to work with Dan Castellaneta, the voice of Homer Simpson.

His acclaim for the Joker role has led to other super-villian roles in other animated series, including the Gargoyle in the animated series of The Incredible Hulk, the Hobgoblin in Spider-Man: The Animated Series, Maximus in Fantastic Four, Captain Stickybeard in Codename: Kids Next Door, and the deranged shock jock anchorman Dr. Jak in Phantom 2040. He even parodied his Joker role in the Tom & Jerry Kids episode "Droopy Man Returns," and in the Animaniacs episode "The Cranial Crusader", as Johnny Bad-Note. He voiced Py-Ro in Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex, Dr. Julius Pendecker in The Tick, and Niju the Evil Wolf in Balto II: Wolf Quest. He also voiced Christopher "Maverick" Blair in the animated series Wing Commander Academy. In 1999, he provided the voice of Van Ripper in The Night of the Headless Horseman. He voiced the character of Chanukah Zombie for the 2007 straight-to-DVD release Futurama: Bender's Big Score. He also voiced the character Adolpho in Loonatics Unleashed.

Hamill was also the voice of Judah in the Dreamworks film Joseph: King of Dreams

Hamill also provided voice-acting for comic-book baddies Solomon Grundy and the Trickster in the DC animated universe series Justice League and Justice League Unlimited. Hamill has since voiced the murderous gangster Tony Zucco in The Batman, a more recent animated series which is unrelated to the various DCAU series. He also voiced the Spectre, in an episode of Batman: The Brave and the Bold.

Hamill performs the voice of the bad guy Undergrowth in the Danny Phantom episode "Urban Jungle." He provided the voice of series antagonist Fire Lord Ozai in Avatar: The Last Airbender and Skeleton King in Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!. He also guest starred as The Moth in the SpongeBob SquarePants episode "Night Light". Additionally, he played the latter character in the Mina and the Count shorts.

In the Hanna-Barbera Productions cartoon SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron, Hamill voiced Jonny K., the Red Lynx, and Burke, among others. He is also a recurring voice actor on Seth Green's Robot Chicken. Adult Swim listed Hamill as one of the channel's best Voice Actors.^{[citation needed]}

In April 2009, he had a voice cameo in the NASA animated short "Robot Astronomy Talk Show: Gravity and the Great Attractor," part of the web-series IRrelevant Astronomy, produced by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.

He is currently doing voicework for several characters in the Metalocalypse animated series, plays the voice of Skips in the animated series Regular Show, and did a special guest appearance on The Boondocks in the episode Mr. Medicinal on Adult Swim. He also voices Frank the Director in Random! Cartoons on Frederator Studios. He will also voice Abraham Kane in the upcoming series, Motorcity.

Anime[link]

He voiced Colonel Muska in the English language version of Castle in the Sky and the Mayor of Pejite in Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, both directed by Hayao Miyazaki and distributed by Disney. Hamill provided the voice of Commander Taylor in Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles, the sequel to the 1980s adapted anime series Robotech. He was also in Afro Samurai Resurrection.

Hamill provides the voice of Jameson Burkright in the miniseries comedy The Wrong Coast, and Yamma in the joint Cartoon Network/Production I.G anime series IGPX Immortal Grand Prix. In early 2010, he voiced as Dante's father in the anime film version of Dante's Inferno.

Video games[link]

Hamill's roles in television animation led to his recruitment as a voice actor for a number of video games, most often as the protagonist.

When the Wing Commander series of computer games started using full motion video cut scenes, Hamill was cast as the series protagonist, Colonel Christopher Blair, a role he played in Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger (1994), Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom (1995), and Wing Commander: Prophecy (1997). (In the 1999 Wing Commander film, set earlier in the series, the character was played by Freddie Prinze, Jr.) He did however, have a voice-over cameo, as did many of the other actors who did voice-overs for the game. Hamill was also cast as the voice of Christopher Blair in the animated television series Wing Commander Academy.

Other notable computer-game roles (voice only) include Detective Mosely in Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers, Assistant Director Wilson in Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix, several characters in the LucasArts game Full Throttle (including the game's main villain, Adrian Ripburger), and Wolverine in X-Men 2: Wolverine's Revenge, the tie-in game to the movie X-Men 2. Hamill also provided a voice for one of the selectable voicesets in Icewind Dale (Heart of Winter expansion) and also two of the primary characters of Starsiege, one of them a young warrior leading a rebellion against an empire. Hamill voiced characters for The Scorpion King: Rise of the Akkadian, and also played the role of Emperor Griffon in the PlayStation 2 role-playing game Dark Cloud 2, as well as Colonel Kroitz in Grandia Xtreme.

While some have mistakenly suspected that he reprised his role as Luke Skywalker for LucasArts' Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast and Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy, the character is actually voiced by Bob Bergen (also the voice of Porky Pig and others). Hamill's likeness is also used as an alternative character model in the Wii and PlayStation 2 versions of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. The PlayStation 2 and Wii editions feature both A New Hope and Return of the Jedi models.

He narrated a documentary on the United States' 1st Infantry Division. Footage from the documentary was used in the video game Call of Duty 2: Big Red One. He has appeared in two installments in the Crash Bandicoot series: in Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex as Py-Ro the Fire Elemental, and in Crash: Mind over Mutant as the Znu.

Hamill did voiceover work for the PlayStation 2 game Yakuza, where he plays Goro Majima, a lieutenant in a Yakuza family. He is also the voice of Malefor the Dark Master in The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon. He also lent his vocal talents to Darksiders, as the Watcher.

Hamill also lent his voice to the English version of the PlayStation Portable title, Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep as Master Eraqus. The game's director, Tetsuya Nomura, stated in an interview that he chose Hamill for the part specifically because of his role as Luke Skywalker.

One of Hamill's most prestigious roles in video games is his work on Batman: Arkham Asylum, as the Joker. He also played the deathly ill Joker in the sequel, Batman: Arkham City, winning the 2011 British Academy Video Game Award for Best Performer.

Audio books[link]

Hamill voiced the character of Todd Wainio in World War Z, a critically acclaimed audiobook based on Max Brooks' novel of the same name.

He also provided the entire cast of voices for a 1983 audiobook version of Pinocchio (with unique characteristics for each). Hamill also reads life into the characters of the popular juvenile fiction book series, The Spiderwick Chronicles Volumes I-III, by Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi.

Narration[link]

Hamill is credited as the narrator in Ancient Voices, a 1999 series of documentaries on archaeology and ancient history produced by as a BBC/The Learning Channel co-production, and published by Time-Life as a DVD series.

Writing career[link]

Hamill at a signing for The Black Pearl at Jim Hanley's Universe in Manhattan, October 9, 1996.

Hamill is the co-writer of The Black Pearl, a comic book miniseries published by Dark Horse Comics. He wrote an introduction to the Trade Paperback Batman: Riddler Two-Face which reprints various stories involving The Riddler and Two-Face to tie in with Batman Forever. He has also written several stories for Simpsons Comics, including "Catastrophe in Substitute Springfields!", which parodies DC's Crisis on Infinite Earths and also references several other classic comics.

Personal life[link]

In 1978, Hamill married dental hygienist Marilou York. They have three children together: Nathan (b. June 25, 1979), Griffin (b. March 4, 1983) and Chelsea Elizabeth (b. July 27, 1988).^[14] His son Nathan was born during filming of Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back and had a cameo role in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999) playing one of the Royal Guards of Naboo.^[15]

Filmography[link]

Features[link]

• Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977) as Luke Skywalker
• Corvette Summer (1978)
• The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978) as Luke Skywalker
• Sam Fuller and the Big Red One (1979) (documentary)
• Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) as Luke Skywalker
• The Big Red One (1980)
• The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia (1981)
• Britannia Hospital (1982)
• Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983) as Luke Skywalker
• Gather Ye Acorns in Amazing Stories (TV Series) (1986) as Jonathan Quick
• Slipstream (1989)
• Fall of the Eagles (1989)
• Midnight Ride (1990)
• The Guyver (1991)
• Black Magic Woman (1991)
• Earth Angel (1991)
• Sleepwalkers (1992) as Lt. Jennings
• Body Bags (1993) as Brent Matthews
• Time Runner (1993)
• Silk Degrees (1994)
• The Raffle (1994)
• Village of the Damned (1995)
• Laserhawk (1997)
• When Time Expires (1997)
• Hamilton (1998)
• Watchers Reborn (1998)
• Walking Across Egypt (1999)
• Thank You, Good Night (2001)
• Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001) as Cocknocker / Himself
• Reeseville (2003)
• Comic Book: The Movie (2004) (also director)
• Repetition (2005)
• Minkow (2011) as Robert Minkow
• Airborne (2012, still in post-production) as Malcom
• Sushi Girl (2012) as Crow
• Robotech (2012)
• Thelomeris (2012) as Stranger

Voice work[link]

• The New Scooby-Doo Movies Episode: Mystery of Haunted Island (1973) as Announcer
• Jeannie (1973) as Corey Anders
• Wizards (1977) Sean
• Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984) as the Mayor of Pejite
• Castle in the Sky (1986) as Muska (1998 English dub)
• Batman: The Animated Series (1992) as The Joker
• Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993) as The Joker
• Spider-Man: The Animated Series (1994) as Hobgoblin
• Fantastic Four (1994) as Maximus
• Mina and the Count (1995) as The Count
• The Incredible Hulk as the Gargoyle
• Superman: The Animated Series (1997) as The Joker
• The New Batman Adventures (1997) as The Joker
• The Simpsons (1998) as Himself and Leavelle one episode
• Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island (1998) as Snakebite Scruggs
• Gen¹³ (1999) as Matthew "Threshold" Callahan
• The New Woody Woodpecker Show (1999) as Buzz Buzzard
• Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders (2000)
• Joseph: King of Dreams (2000)
• Static Shock (2000) as The Joker
• Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (2000) as The Joker
• Justice League (2001) as The Joker and Solomon Grundy
• Time Squad (2001) as Larry 3000
• Earth Day (2001) (short subject)
• Balto II: Wolf Quest (2002)
• Birds of Prey (2002) as The Joker
• Codename: Kids Next Door (2002) as Captain Stickybeard
• Dark Chronicle (2003) as Griffon
• Family Guy (2003) as Luke Skywalker
• Stripperella (2003) as Dr. Caesarian
• Super Robot Monkey Team Hyper Force GO! (2004) as Skeleton King
• Justice League Unlimited (2004) as The Joker and Trickster
• Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005) as Fire Lord Ozai
• Danger Rangers (2005) as Burt
• Robot Chicken (2005–present) (voice) as Himself, Luke Skywalker, The Joker, other voices
• IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix (2005) as Yamma
• Thru the Moebius Strip (2005)
• Ultimate Avengers 2 (2006)
• Tom and Jerry: Shiver Me Whiskers (2006)
• Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles (2006)
• Metalocalypse (2006) as Senator Stampingston, Mr. Selatcia, Jean-Pierre and others
• Battle for Terra (2007)
• SpongeBob SquarePants (2007) Episode 82 as Moth
• Danny Phantom (2007) voice of Undergrowth
• My Friends Tigger & Pooh (2007)
• Robot Chicken: Star Wars (2007) (TV special) as Luke Skywalker
• Futurama: Bender's Big Score (2007) (voice) (direct-to-DVD) as the Chanukkah Zombie
• Tasty Time With ZeFronk (2008)
• The Super Hero Squad Show (2009) as Red Skull, Chthon
• Afro Samurai: Resurrection (2009) as Bin
• Batman: The Brave and the Bold (2010) as The Spectre
• Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic (2010) as Alighiero
• Generator Rex (2010) as Quarry
• Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes (2010) as Klaw
• Adventure Time (2010) as Fear Feaster (in "Ocean of Fear")
• Regular Show (2010) as Skips
• LEGO Hero Factory (2010) as Von Nebula/Von Ness/Black Phantom
• Zevo-3 (2010) as Dr. Stankfoot
• Dan vs. (2011) The Dentist
• Motorcity (2012) as Abraham Kane

TV shows[link]

• The Partridge Family Episode: Old Scrapmouth (1971) as Jerry
• Night Gallery Episode: There Aren't Any More McBanes (1972) (messenger boy)
• Petrocelli 2 Episodes: The Gamblers (1975) – The Outsiders (1975)
• The Muppet Show Himself/Luke Skywalker (1980)
• The Beatles MTV guest host (himself) (1987)
• The Flash The Trickster (1990)
• 3rd Rock from the Sun Episode: Fifteen Minutes of Dick (1995) as himself
• seaQuest DSV Episode: Dream Weaver(1995) as Professor Tobias LeConte
• The Outer Limits Episode: Mind over Matter (1996) (Dr. Sam Stein)
• Space Cases (1996)
• Space Ghost Coast to Coast (1997) (himself)
• Just Shoot Me! Episode: "The List" (1998) (Himself)
• Son of the Beach (2000) as a Cult Leader
• Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005) as Fire Lord Ozai
• Chuck Season 5 (2011) as Jean Claude
• NTSF:SD:SUV:: (2011) as Lundgren
• Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated Series 2, Episode 1 (2012) as Crybaby Clown

Video games[link]

• Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers (1993) as Detective Mosely and the Jeep Driver
• Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger (1994) as Colonel Christopher Blair
• The Adventures of Batman and Robin (1994) as The Joker
• Full Throttle (1995) as Adrian Ripburger
• Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom (1995) as Colonel Christopher Blair
• Wing Commander: Prophecy (1997) as Commodore Christopher Blair
• Starsiege (1999) as Harabec
• Batman Vengeance (2001) as The Joker
• Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix (2002)
• Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex (2002) as Py-Ro
• X2: Wolverine's Revenge (2003) (voice) Wolverine
• Yakuza (2005) as Goro Majima
• The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon (2008) Malefor, The Dark Master
• Crash: Mind over Mutant (2008) as the Znu
• Batman: Arkham Asylum (2009) as The Joker
• Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep as Master Eraqus (2010)^[16]
• Darksiders (2010) as The Watcher
• Marvel Super Hero Squad: The Infinity Gauntlet (2010) as the Red Skull
• DC Universe Online (2011) as The Joker
• Batman: Arkham City (2011) as The Joker

Short subjects[link]

• Earth Day (2001) (voice)
• Baxter and Bananas (2002) (voice)
• Burl's (2003) (narrator)
• Wolf Tracer's Dinosaur Island (2004) (voice)
• Batman: New Times (2005) (voice)
• Todd Wainio in World War Z (2006)

Television[link]

• Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic (1975) (TV film) as Ken Newkirk
• Eric (1975) (TV film co-starring Claude Akins and John Savage)

Comics[link]

• The Secret Service (2012) (comic series) as himself. Mark Hamill is portrayed as a hostage that is rescued by a Secret Service agent.

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Mark Hamill

• Mark Hamill at the Internet Movie Database
• Mark Hamill at the Internet Broadway Database
• Mark Hamill at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
• Mark Hamill at the TCM Movie Database
• Mark Hamill at AllRovi
• Mark Hamill at FEARnet
• Performance Working in the Theatre seminar video at American Theatre Wing, April 1987

Keri Russell
Russell at the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 premiere, November 2010
Born	Keri Lynn Russell (1976-03-23) March 23, 1976 (age 36) Fountain Valley, California, United States
Occupation	Actress/Dancer
Years active	1991–present
Spouse	Shane Deary (m. 2007) «start: (2007)»"Marriage: Shane Deary to Keri Russell" Location: (linkback:http://en-wiki.pop.wn.com/index.php/Keri_Russell)

Keri Lynn Russell (born March 23, 1976) is an American actress and dancer. After appearing in a number of made-for-television films and series during the mid-1990s, she came to fame for portraying the title role of Felicity Porter on the series Felicity, which ran from 1998 to 2002, and for which she won a Golden Globe Award. Russell has since appeared in several films, including Mad About Mambo (2000), We Were Soldiers (2002), The Upside of Anger (2005), Mission: Impossible III (2006), Waitress (2007), August Rush (2007), Bedtime Stories (2008) and Extraordinary Measures (2010).

Early life[link]

Russell was born in Fountain Valley, California, the daughter of Stephanie (née Stephens), a homemaker, and David Russell, a Nissan Motors executive.^[1] She has an older brother, Todd, and a younger sister, Julie. The family lived in Coppell, Texas; Mesa, Arizona; and Highlands Ranch, Colorado, moving frequently because of the father's employment. Although Russell is best known for her acting, she studied at Starstruck dance studio in a suburb of Denver. She earned a spot on the Mickey Mouse Club show by her dancing.^{[citation needed]}

Career[link]

1991–2002[link]

Russell first appeared on television at age 15 as a cast member of the All-New Mickey Mouse Club variety show on the Disney Channel.^[2] She was on the show from 1991 to 1993 and co-starred with future actor Ryan Gosling and future pop stars Chasen Hampton, Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears, JC Chasez, Justin Timberlake.^[3]

In 1992, she appeared in Honey, I Blew Up the Kid alongside Rick Moranis and in 1993, had a role on the sitcom Boy Meets World as Mr. Feeny's niece. Russell appeared on Married with Children in a 1995 episode ("Radio Free Trumaine", production 9.24). She subsequently starred in several film and television roles, including the 1996 made-for-television film The Babysitter's Seduction.^{[citation needed]} That year she also had a role on the short-lived soap opera series Malibu Shores. In 1994, she appeared in Bon Jovi's music video "Always" with Jack Noseworthy.^{[citation needed]} In 1997, she appeared in two episodes of Roar alongside Heath Ledger.^{[citation needed]}

From 1998 to 2002, Russell starred as the title character on the successful WB Network series Felicity; she won a Golden Globe for the role in 1999. Russell's long and curly hair was one of her character's defining characteristics. A drastic hairstyle change at the beginning of the show's second season was thought to cause a significant drop in the show's television ratings.^[4]

During the show's run, Russell appeared in the films Eight Days a Week, The Curve, and Mad About Mambo, all of which received only limited releases in North America. Her next role was in the film We Were Soldiers (2002), playing the wife of a United States serviceman during the Vietnam War. The film was released two months before the end of Felicity's run.

2003–present[link]

Russell at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival

When Felicity ended, Russell took a break from acting. She moved to New York City and took two years off to avoid the business of Hollywood, spending time with friends.^{[citation needed]} Russell subsequently made her off-Broadway stage debut in 2004, appearing opposite Jeremy Piven, Andrew McCarthy, and Ashlie Atkinson in Neil LaBute's Fat Pig.^[5] In 2005, she returned to television and film, beginning with an appearance in the Hallmark Hall of Fame television movie The Magic of Ordinary Days, theatrical film The Upside of Anger (alongside Kevin Costner, Joan Allen and Evan Rachel Wood), and the television miniseries Into the West.

Although a number of her Felicity co-stars went on to appear in producer J. J. Abrams' series, Alias, Russell declined invitations to be part of the show.^{[citation needed]} In a seminar at the Museum of Television and Radio, Abrams said, "I've asked Keri if she would ever do it, and I usually get this, sort of like, giggle — and then she hangs up". In 2005, Abrams asked Russell to join the cast of Mission: Impossible III, a film he directed, and she accepted. The film was released on May 5, 2006. In the summer of 2006, Russell was chosen to be a celebrity spokeswoman for CoverGirl Cosmetics.^{[citation needed]} Before she was in Mission Impossible: III, she was screen tested for the role of Lois Lane in Superman Returns but lost the role to Kate Bosworth.^{[citation needed]}

She taped two episodes as a guest character on the NBC show Scrubs in 2007. She played Melody, a sorority sister and good friend of Elliot Reid played by Sarah Chalke. The first episode aired on April 26, and the second on May 3.^{[citation needed]} She starred in Waitress, a well-reviewed independent film in which she played Jenna, a pregnant waitress in the American South; it was the fourth film in a row in which Russell had played a pregnant woman.^[6] The film opened on May 4, 2007 and Russell's performance was positively received by critics,^[7] with Michael Sragow of The Baltimore Sun writing that Russell's performance had "aesthetic character" and "welds tenderness and fierceness with quiet heat".^[8] In the summer of 2007, Russell appeared in The Keri Kronicles, a reality show/sitcom sponsored by CoverGirl and airing on MySpace; the show was filmed at Russell's home in Manhattan and spotlighted her life.^[7]

Russell next appeared in August Rush, a drama released in November, 2007. She also appeared on the cover of the New York Post's Page Six magazine on November 11, 2007.^{[citation needed]} She has completed roles in Butterfly: A Grimm Love Story (titled Rohtenburg for its German release), in which she plays Katie Armstrong, a graduate student who writes a thesis paper on an infamous cannibal murder case, and the thriller The Girl in the Park, opposite Sigourney Weaver, Kate Bosworth and Alessandro Nivola.

Russell later appeared in Bedtime Stories, with Adam Sandler playing the lead.^[9] In an appearance on The View on December 15, 2008, Russell said she got the part because Sandler's wife Jackie had seen Russell in Waitress and suggested her for the movie.

Russell portrayed Wonder Woman in a direct-to-video animated feature released March 3, 2009.^[10] She starred alongside Brendan Fraser and Harrison Ford in the Tom Vaughan-helmed Extraordinary Measures^[11][12] for CBS Films. The drama, which started filming on April 6, 2009 and was released on January 22, 2010, was the first film to go into production for the new company.^{[citation needed]} Russell played Aileen Crowley, a mother who tries to build a normal home life for her sick children while her husband, John (Fraser), and an unconventional scientist (Ford) race against time to find a cure.^[13]

Russell played Emmy Kadubic in the premiere season of Running Wilde, a Fox comedy series cancelled in May 2011.^[14]

Personal life[link]

Russell and Shane Deary, a carpenter she met through mutual friends,^[6] became engaged in 2006 and were married on February 14, 2007 in New York.^[15] The couple have two children: son River Russell Deary (born June 9, 2007)^[16] and daughter Willa Lou Deary (born December 27, 2011).^[17]

Filmography[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Keri Russell

• Keri Russell at the Internet Movie Database