Noon (also midday or noon time) is usually defined as 12 o'clock in the daytime. However the term midday is used colloquially to refer to a range of time, usually 11-1. The word noon is also used informally to mean midday regarding the location of the sun, as opposed to the middle of one's day. Although this is a time around the middle of the day when people in many countries take a lunch break. Solar noon is 12 o'clock apparent solar time, or around 12 – 1 p.m. local time depending on daylight saving time, the moment when the sun crosses the meridian and is about at its highest elevation in the sky. The clock time of solar noon depends on the longitude and date.^[1]

The opposite of noon is midnight.

In many cultures in the northern hemisphere, noon had ancient geographic associations with the direction "south" (as did midnight with "north" in some cultures). Remnants of the noon = south association are preserved in the words for noon in French (midi) and Italian (mezzogiorno), both of which also refer to the southern parts of the respective countries. Modern Polish and Ukrainian go a step farther, with the words for noon (południe, полудень – literally "half-day") also meaning "south" and the words for "midnight" (północ, північ – literally "half-night", as with English mid(dle) meaning "half") also meaning "north".

Etymology[link]

The word noon is derived from Latin nona hora, the ninth hour of the day, and is related to the liturgical term none. The Roman and Western European medieval monastic day began at 6:00 a.m. (06:00) by modern timekeeping, so the ninth hour started at what is now 3:00 p.m. (15:00). In English, the meaning of the word shifted to midday and the time gradually moved back to 12:00. The change began in the twelfth century and was fixed by the fourteenth century.^[2]

Solar noon[link]

Solar noon is the moment when the Sun transits the celestial meridian – roughly the time when it highest above the horizon on that day. This is also the origin of the terms ante meridiem and post meridiem as noted below. The Sun is directly overhead at solar noon at the equator on the equinoxes; at the Tropic of Cancer (latitude 23° 26′ 16″ N) on the June solstice; and at the Tropic of Capricorn (23° 26′ 16″ S) on the December solstice.

Muslims called solar noon as Zawwal (زوال) and is the time by which they can start offering their Dhuhr prayers.

Nomenclature[link]

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With 12-hour time notation, most authorities^[who?] recommend avoiding confusion by using "noon", "12 noon", or "12:00 noon".

Digital clocks and computers commonly display 12 p.m. for noon. While that phrase may be used practically, it helps to understand that any particular time is actually an instant. The "p.m." shown on clock displays refers to the 12-hour period following the instant of noon, not to the instant itself.

While computers and digital clocks display "12:00 a.m." and "12:00 p.m." these notations provide no clear and unambiguous way to distinguish between midnight and noon. It is actually improper to use "a.m." and "p.m." when referring to 12:00. The abbreviation a.m. stands for ante meridiem (or before the meridian) and p.m. stands for post meridiem (or after the meridian), with the meridian being 12:00 noon. For this reason, neither abbreviation is correct for noon or midnight.^[3] The length of the error is determined by the smallest unit of time: 12:00:01 p.m. would be correctly notated, as would even 12:00:00.00001 pm.

The most common ways to represent these times are:

• to use a 24-hour clock (00:00 and 12:00, 24:00)
• to use "12 noon" or "12 midnight", although unless the person is referring to a general time and not a specific day, "12 midnight" is still ambiguous
• to specify midnight as between two successive days or dates (Midnight Saturday/Sunday or Midnight December 14/15)
• to use "12:01 a.m." or "11:59 p.m." This final usage is common in the travel industry, especially train and plane schedules, to avoid confusion as to passengers' schedules

The 30th edition of the U.S. Government Style Manual (2008) sections 9.54 and 12.9b recommends the use of "12 a.m." for midnight and "12 p.m." for noon.^{[4][5][nb 1]}

See also[link]

• 12-hour clock
• Dipleidoscope
• Midnight
• Hour angle
• Solar azimuth angle

Notes[link]

1. ^ The 29th edition of the U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual (2000) section 12.9 recommended the opposite the use of "12 p.m." for midnight and "12 a.m." (formerly "12 m.") for noon.

References[link]

External links[link]

Media related to Noon at Wikimedia Commons

• Generate a solar noon calendar for your location
• U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual (2008), 30th edition
• Shows the hour and angle of sunrise, noon, and sunset drawn over a map.

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Jason Mewes
Mewes at Wizard World, 2004
Born	Jason Edward Mewes (1974-06-12) June 12, 1974 (age 38) Highlands, New Jersey, United States
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1994–present
Spouse	Jordan Monsanto (2009 - present)
Website
Official site

Jason Edward Mewes (born June 12, 1974) is an American television and film actor, and internet radio show host best known for playing Jay, the vocal half of the duo Jay and Silent Bob, in longtime friend Kevin Smith's films.

Early life[link]

Jason Mewes grew up in a working-class neighborhood in New Jersey. He never knew his father, and his mother was an ex-con and a drug addict. Relates Mewes: "She used to check into hotels and take TVs and sell them...I guess it really ain't funny, but it's weird because it was so fucked up...She used to steal mail. I used to drive around with her and she'd pull up and make me reach into mailboxes. It really wasn't pleasant." Although this exposure to drugs at first served to make him averse to them, he eventually began using them after graduating from high school.^[1]

His best friend was future filmmaker Kevin Smith, who describes his friend thus: "He's the kind of dude you know for five minutes and he whips his cock out. I was like, Somebody should put this dude in a movie. I just wanted to see if anybody outside our group of friends finds him as funny as I do."^[1]

Career[link]

While working toward a career in roofing, Mewes made his film debut in Smith's 1994 film Clerks as Jay.^[1] The film was a huge success; ever since, Mewes has been closely identified with the role, which he also played in Mallrats (1995), Chasing Amy (1997), Dogma (1999), Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001), and Clerks II (2006). He also supplied Jay's voice in the short-lived Clerks: The Animated Series. He, along with Kevin Smith, performed in the films Scream 3 and Bottoms Up and on Canadian television series Degrassi: The Next Generation. He appeared in two episodes of a three-part story arc in which he and Smith film a new addition to Smith's View Askew films titled Jay and Silent Bob Go Canadian, Eh? at Degrassi Community School. They appear again on Degrassi (in a two-part episode), at the premiere of Jay and Silent Bob go Canadian, Eh? in Canada. Mewes, Smith, and Degrassi star Stacie Mistysyn made the cover of the January 29, 2005 issue of Canadian TV Guide.^[2]

In 1998, he starred as "Gary Lamb – Ground Activist" in a series of Nike commercials directed by Smith. In 2010, Mewes was cast as "Jimmy the Janitor" for 13 episodes of the Canadian television series Todd and the Book of Pure Evil.

In the video game Scarface: The World Is Yours Mewes provides a voiceover for a thief who steals some tapes. Mewes starred in the pilot episode of Smith's sitcom, Hating Hal.

Mewes starred in the horror film Breath of Hate, where he played a romantic love interest to a dysfunctional escort.^[3] Mewes co-starred in Zack and Miri Make a Porno, also directed by Kevin Smith.

Mewes co-hosts a weekly podcast with Smith called Jay and Silent Bob Get Old in which Mewes discusses his former drug addiction issues. He also co-hosts a daily internet radio show called SMod Co SMorning Show alongside his wife Jordan Monsanto, Kevin Smith and Smith's wife Jennifer Schwalbach on Smith's Smodcast Internet Radio (S.I.R.).^[4]

Personal life[link]

Substance abuse[link]

Mewes has openly talked about his struggles with substance abuse, which began in his early 20s. He first began using heroin shortly after appearing in Mallrats, and was soon addicted; he was under the influence while filming Chasing Amy and Dogma. Smith entered Mewes into the first of a series of drug rehabilitation clinics in 1997, after noticing Mewes was nodding off, which he initially attributed to narcolepsy. Mewes sobered up until about a week into the Dogma shoot, when he learned he could pass his urine tests by abstaining from drugs for three days beforehand and then shooting up the rest of the week. It was also during filming for Dogma that Mewes' mother was diagnosed with AIDS. In another attempt to get clean, Mewes moved in with his mother, who gave him OxyContin to ease the withdrawal symptoms; Mewes was soon addicted to that substance as well.^[1]

In 1999 Mewes was arrested in New Jersey for heroin possession. His probation sentence included community service, drug counseling, and regular court appearances in New Jersey. In late 2001, after he failed to make a court appearance, a warrant was issued for his arrest. Mewes' mother died of AIDS in 2002. On April 1, 2003, he surrendered himself at a Freehold, New Jersey court and pleaded guilty to probation violation charges. He was ordered to enter a six-month rehab program, and would be allowed to return to Los Angeles, but was told if he violated parole again, he could face up to five years in prison.^[5]

Smith had taken Mewes in to live with him and his wife, Jennifer Schwalbach Smith, but evicted him after catching him using again. During this period, he stole Smith's ATM card and charged $1,100, and had heroin shipped to the hotel where a press junket for Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back was being held. Smith had Mewes check into various rehab facilities, including Promises in Malibu, where his visit coincided with frequent costar Ben Affleck's stay for alcoholism. These attempts were unsuccessful for Mewes, whose problem was so severe that Smith declined to give him a part in 2004's Jersey Girl.^[1]

Mewes continued to use drugs, and has related that he decided to turn himself in and get help after waking up on Christmas morning 2003 to find that he had started a fire after falling asleep near a lit candle while on heroin. Estranged from Smith and his other friends, Mewes returned to New Jersey, where he was given the choice of attending six months of court-mandated rehab or a year in jail. Mewes waited a year before attempting to revive his career, and eventually obtained a new agent at the Endeavor agency. In a July 2006 interview he reported that he was sober, and harbored no urges to drink or use drugs.^[1]

Marriage[link]

Mewes married Jordan Monsanto in a civil ceremony on January 30, 2009, with a larger wedding planned later that May.^[6] He has stated that he intends to have children.^[1]

Filmography[link]

See also[link]

• View Askewniverse

Further reading[link]

• Smith, Kevin. My Boring Ass Life: The Uncomfortably Candid Diary of Kevin Smith. Titan Books. 25 September 2007. ISBN 1-84576-538-9.

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Jason Mewes

• Official website
• Jason Mewes at the Internet Movie Database
• Interviews Askew: Jason Mewes (Interview from March 14, 1999)
• "Jay and Silent Bob Get Old Podcast" Podcast with Smith and Mewes discussing Mewes and his addiction.

Aisha Tyler
Tyler at the Xbox 360 Halo 3 Sneak Preview, Red Carpet and Inside Quixote Studios in West Hollywood, California, 2007
Born	Aisha N. Tyler (1970-09-18) September 18, 1970 (age 41) San Francisco, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress, comedian, author
Years active	1996–present
Spouse	Jeffrey Tietjens (1992–present)
Website
http://www.aishatyler.com/

Aisha N. Tyler (born September 18, 1970) is an American actress, stand-up comedian, and author, known for her regular role as Andrea Marino in the first season of Ghost Whisperer and voicing Lana Kane in Archer, as well as her recurring roles in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Talk Soup, and on Friends as Charlie Wheeler. She is currently a co-host of The Talk.^[1]

Early life[link]

Tyler was born in San Francisco, California, the daughter of Robin Gregory, a teacher, and Jim Tyler, a photographer.^[2] Her parents divorced when she was 10 and she was raised by her father. She pursued an early interest in comedy during high school; she attended McAteer High School in San Francisco, which also had a special program called McAteer School of the Arts, where she would attend improv and theater classes.^[3] She attended Dartmouth College where she earned a degree in environmental policy and was a member of The Tabard, a co-ed fraternity. At Dartmouth, she co-founded and sang in the all-female a capella group, The Dartmouth Rockapellas, a group devoted to spreading social awareness through song. After briefly working for a San Francisco advertising firm, she toured the country pursuing a comedy career before finally moving to Los Angeles, in 1996.

Career[link]

Her career in television took off in 2001 with jobs as the host of Talk Soup and the reality-dating series The Fifth Wheel, although Talk Soup was cancelled the following year and Tyler left The Fifth Wheel in 2002 to pursue other interests. Tyler has devoted a significant amount of her time to independent projects, including a role in the play Moose Mating, for which she received an NAACP Image Award. She also wrote, directed, and starred in the independent short film The Whipper.

Moving into acting, Tyler featured in Friends, having a recurring role as Charlie Wheeler, Joey's and then Ross' girlfriend in the ninth and tenth seasons. She followed this up with guest spots on CSI: Miami and Nip/Tuck, as well as balancing season-long recurring roles on both CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and 24 during the 2004-2005 TV season. She also filmed her own sitcom pilot for CBS, which was not picked up. She has guest-starred on MADtv.

Following her regular role on the CBS series Ghost Whisperer during its first season, Tyler appeared in several movies, including The Santa Clause 2, The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause, .45, and the comedy Balls of Fury. In 2007, she filmed the thriller Death Sentence and the crime drama Black Water Transit. She also continues to appear on television, with appearances on Boston Legal, Reno 911!, The Boondocks, and as a guest movie critic on several episodes of At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper, filling in for the absent Roger Ebert while he recuperated from surgery.

Tyler has moved into print media as a regular contributor to Glamour, Jane and Entertainment Weekly magazines. Her first book, Swerve: A Guide to the Sweet Life for Postmodern Girls was released in January 2004.^[4] Tyler also plays on the World Poker Tour in the Hollywood Home games for the Futures Without Violence charity (formerly the Family Violence Prevention Fund). She also made a guest appearance on Kanye West's single, "Slow Jamz", which also featured Twista and Jamie Foxx. Philanthropy and charity work is very important to Aisha, and she regularly does volunteer work for The American Red Cross, The Trust for Public Land, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, and The International Rescue Committee.

Tyler appeared in a nude pictorial, along with other celebrities, in the May 2006 issue of Allure.^[5] Allure's annual Nude Issue raises money to combat skin cancer.

In May 2009 it was announced that ABC had given Tyler her own talk show pilot, The Aisha Tyler Show.^[6]

In early May 2010 she presented Bungie's "Welcome to the Beta" video for Halo: Reach. She has confirmed that she has begun work as a voice actor for the upcoming game Halo: Reach.^[7]

In August 2010 Tyler began appearing in a recurring guest spot on The Stephanie Miller Show. The segment is named "Tuesdays With Tyler."^[8] Tyler appears either in studio or via the phone when she is not otherwise committed to one of her acting roles. While Hal Sparks is out of the country, Tyler is filling in as the third member of the Stephanie Miller Sexy Liberal Comedy Tour on three shows in August 2011.^[9] In October, with the announcement of Tyler's casting on CBS' The Talk, she announced on The Stephanie Miller Show that while she would no longer be able to join them in studio, she would still contribute via phone, and Miller hinted that she would rejoin the Sexy Liberal tour, although no date has been set for her return.

Starting July 26, 2011, Tyler started her own weekly podcast, Girl on Guy, where she interviews her favorite celebrity friends and discusses topics guys love. According to her site, aishatyler.com, Girl on Guy is available on her website for download using iTunes, mp3, and RSS. The show launched as the #4 comedy podcast on iTunes and currently is the #2 comedy podcast, and the #7 overall podcast on iTunes.^[10] The first "weekly installment" (according to Tyler) of Girl on Guy with guest H. Jon Benjamin started July 25, 2011, the second with the host of Current TV's former show InfoMania Bert Erlich debuted August 1, 2011, and the third with Archer creator Adam Reed debuted August 9, 2011.

In October 2011 it was announced that Aisha would join the cast of The Talk as a permanent co-host, replacing Holly Robinson Peete. Her first full week as a co-host lasted from Monday, October 24, 2011, until Friday, October 28, 2011.^[1]

Personal life[link]

Tyler married attorney Jeff Tietjens in May 1992. Tyler and her husband are avid fans of beer; both are home brewers. She discussed her love and passion for beer on DC 101's Elliot in the Morning and The Sharon Osbourne Show.^[11] In a January 2012 interview with HoboTrashcan.com, Tyler said she doesn't have as much time for home brewing now as she did in her 20s and early 30s, though she wishes she could get back into it.^[12]

Tyler also loves to cook. One of her favorite activities used to be to go to a gourmet restaurant and order a meal and then to try and replicate that meal in her home kitchen.^[12]

Tyler is an avid gamer (by her own admission) with the Halo series being her favorite.^[13]

Political Views[link]

In January 2008 she participated in a video, "Yes We Can", for Barack Obama produced by will.i.am.

Filmography[link]

Film[link]

Television[link]

Video games[link]

Online[link]

Music Video[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Aisha Tyler at the Internet Movie Database

Nolan Ramsey North (born October 31, 1970) is an American actor and voice actor born in New Haven, Connecticut.^[1] He has been described as "the nearest thing the games industry has to a bona fide leading man."^[2]

Biography[link]

North attended the University of North Carolina with a baseball scholarship and majored in journalism.^[1][3] He worked as a reporter for almost a year in New Jersey before moving to New York City to pursue stand-up comedy and acting.^[1] North eventually relocated to Hollywood and was cast in the General Hospital spin-off series, Port Charles, playing Dr. Chris Ramsey during the show's run from 1997 to 2003.^[3][4] He married fellow Port Charles actress Jill Murray in 1999^[1] and has two children. During Port Charles' run he worked on a few video games as a voice actor and began to focus on voice acting following Port Charles' cancelation.^[3]

One of his most notable roles came in 2007 when he voiced and motion capped the character Nathan Drake for the video game Uncharted: Drake's Fortune. Since then, he has continued to portray the character Drake in Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (released in 2009) and Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (released in 2011). In an interview with The Guardian, North reflects on his time as Drake as requiring "a lot of imagination. Motion capture is basically theatre in Spandex; there's minimal props, and you need a willingness to make an ass of yourself."^[2] North as Drake has been twice nominated at the Spike Video Game Awards in the "Best Performance by a Human Male" category.

In May 2012 it was revealed that North would have a limited role in the Untitled Star Trek sequel live-action movie, sequel to 2009's acclaimed Star Trek. Director J.J. Abrams cited North's performance as Drake for the casting, he and his son being fans of the Uncharted series.^[5]

Other notable video game voice work includes roles as the "Prince" in Prince of Persia, The Penguin in Batman: Arkham City, Vossler in Final Fantasy XII, Desmond Miles in the Assassin's Creed series, Doctor Edward Richtofen in Call of Duty: World at War and Call of Duty: Black Ops, Brawl in Transformers: War for Cybertron, Ghost Rider in Marvel:Ultimate Alliance, Shadow Demon, Lycanthrope, Lone Druid, Brewmaster, and the Ogre Magi in Dota 2, and Deadpool in Hulk Vs. and Marvel vs Capcom 3. He also voiced the personality spheres and defective turrets in Portal 2.

North is well known in his animation roles such as Cyclops in Wolverine and the X-Men, Snow Job in G.I. Joe: Renegades, Raphael in TMNT, and both Superman and Superboy in Young Justice, making him the first actor to voice both of them.

Filmography[link]

Animation roles[link]

• Aqua Teen Hunger Force - Hitler
• The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes - Balder,^[6] Jimmy Woo, Living Laser, Piledriver, Chemistro
• Ben 10 - Henchman, Teen Attendant
• Back at the Barnyard - Stumpity Joe
• Black Panther - Cyclops, Nightcrawler
• Frederick Cooper - Frederick Cooper
• Generator Rex - Dr. Branden Moses, Security Guard
• Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy Waking Nightmare / Beware of the Undertoad - Exercise Dude
• G.I. Joe: Renegades - Snow Job
• Hulk Vs. - Deadpool
• Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths - Green Lantern and Power Ring
• MAD - Shrek, Luke Skywalker, Captain America, Wolverine
• Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated - Brad Chiles
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars - El-Les
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012) - The Kraang
• TMNT (2007) - Raphael
• Transformers: Prime - Sideswipe
• Ultimate Avengers - Ant Man/Hank Pym
• Ultimate Avengers 2: Rise of the Panther - Giant Man/Hank Pym
• Unstable Fables: 3 Pigs and a Baby - Big Bad Wolf
• The Wild - Additional Voices
• Wolverine and the X-Men - Cyclops, Pyro, Berzerker, Carl, Doctor
• Young Justice - Superboy, Superman,^[7] Zatara, Professor Ojo, Marvin White, L-6, Match, The Penguin, Black Mask, Clayface

Live-action roles[link]

• Broken - Rob McCardel
• CSI: Miami - Ken Walker
• General Hospital - Chris Ramsey
• Invasion Of The Christmas Lights - Narrator
• JAG - ER Intern
• The Last Stand - Scott Jacobs
• Modern Family - Donald Flum
• NCIS - Officer Lou Giotti
• On the Doll - Charlie
• Port Charles - Chris Ramsey
• Pretty Little Liars - Peter Hastings
• Six Feet Under - Soap Actor
• She Spies - Peter
• The Spiderwick Chronicles - Various Goblins
• Ugly Betty - Morning TV show host
• Untitled Star Trek sequel

Video game roles[link]

• 50 Cent: Bulletproof (Spinoza)
• Age of Empires III: The War Chiefs (George Armstrong Custer)
• Alpha Protocol (Steven Heck)
• And Then There Were None (Patrick Narracott, The Harbormaster)
• Ape Escape 3 (Dr. Tomoki)
• Area 51 (McCan)
• Armored Core 4 (Sherring, VIP)
• Army of Two: The 40th Day (Elliot Salem)
• Ar tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica (Shun)
• Assassin's Creed (Desmond Miles, Abbas)
• Assassin's Creed II (Desmond Miles, Adam in 'The Truth' short)
• Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (Desmond Miles)
• Assassin's Creed: Revelations (Desmond Miles)
• Assassin's Creed III (Desmond Miles)
• Batman: Arkham City (The Penguin, Black Mask)(various prisoners/characters)1
• Call of Duty 2 (Sergeant Randall)
• Call of Duty: World at War (Dr. Edward Richtofen)
• Call of Duty: Black Ops (Dr. Edward Richtofen)
• Cars
• The Cat in the Hat (Fish)
• Crash: Mind over Mutant (Doctor N. Gin)
• Crash of the Titans (Doctor N. Gin, Tiny Tiger (Nintendo DS version), Dingodile (Nintendo DS version), additional voices)

• Dark Sector (Soldiers, Civilians)
• Dark Void (Will Grey)
• Destroy All Humans! Big Willy Unleashed (Trahn, Ratpoo, Corn Cob King)
• Destroy All Humans! Path of the Furon (Emperor Meningitis)
• Dota 2 (Shadow Demon, Lycanthrope, Lone Druid, Brewmaster, Ogre Magi)
• Dragon Age: Origins (Additional Voices)
• Driver: Parallel Lines (The Mexican)
• Dungeons & Dragons: Dragonshard
• Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon (Archangel, Kicker)
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Space Core in 'Fall of the Space Core, Vol. 1' official Skyrim Workshop mod (PC version))^[8]
• EverQuest II (Assistant Draek, Lieutenant Daro, Rion Rolana, Medic Brendan, Grayl Turfstrider, Jorgie Icearmor, Royal Guard Novice #2, qeynosian infiltrator, Agent Vylo, a Dervish Kingpin, Dranok Bileblood, freeport mole, Voltari il'Ferceri, Volarr, Mikul, Sandon Breezebender, Tamera Brinebringer, Arconius, Maliz T'Raan)
• EverQuest II: Desert of Flames
• Evil Dead: Regeneration (Deadites #2, #3, and #4)
• Fable II (Male Hero)
• Final Fantasy XII (Vossler York Azelas)
• Final Fantasy XIII (Additional Voices)
• Final Fantasy XIV (Various)
• Gears of War 2 (Jace Stratton)
• God of War (Hades, Greek Soldier, Fisherman)
• GoldenEye 007
• Guild Wars (Mhenlo, Olaf, Gron, Mamp)
• Guild Wars 2 (Human Male Player)
• Gun (additional voices)
• Halo 3 (Marine)
• Halo 3: ODST (Lance Corporal Kojo "Romeo" Agu)
• Halo Wars (Sergeant John Forge)
• The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction (Guard #1)
• Infamous (Civilian)
• Interstate '82 (Hinkley)
• Keepsake (Zak)
• The Lord of the Rings: War in the North (Eradan)
• Lost Odyssey (Dark Acolyte)
• Lost Planet: Colonies (Joe, Narrator)
• Lost Planet: Extreme Condition (Joe, Narrator)
• MadWorld (Operator B/Master Father (Francis)/Yokozuna Daisangen)
• Mafia II (Alberto Clemente)
• Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds (Deadpool)
• Marvel Super Hero Squad (War Machine)
• Marvel: Ultimate Alliance (Ghost Rider, Hawkeye)
• Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 (War Machine, Sentry)
• Maximo vs. Army of Zin (Baron, Baron's Guard, Bandit)
• Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (various voices) ^[9][10]
• Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 (Madara Uchiha)
• Nicktoons: Attack of the Toybots (Factorybots)
• Nicktoons: Battle for Volcano Island (Crab Soldier #1, Crab Soldier #2, Crab Refugee #2)
• The Outfit (Allied soldier, resistance fighter)
• Playstation All Stars (Nathan Drake)
• Portal 2 (Corrupt Cores, Defective Turrets)
• Power Rangers: Super Legends (Goldar, Operation Overdrive Red Ranger)
• Predator: Concrete Jungle (additional voices)
• Prince of Persia (The Prince)
• Prototype (miscellaneous voices)
• Red Faction: Guerrilla (various voices)
• Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time (Sigmund/various voices)
• Resistance: Retribution (Roland Mallery)
• Resonance of Fate (Vashyron) ^[11]
• Quantum of Solace (various voices)
• Saints Row (various voices)
• Saints Row 2 (reused from SR1)
• Secret Service (Agent Peirce)
• The Saboteur (Crochet, various voices)
• Shadow Complex (Jason Fleming)
• Shrek SuperSlam (Quasimodo)
• Singularity (Devlin)
• Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time (El Jefe)
• Sniper: Ghost Warrior (O'Neil)
• SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Combined Assault (Vandal)
• SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Confrontation (Commando 2, Pilot 2)
• SOCOM 4 (Gorman)
• Spec Ops: The Line (Captain Martin Walker)
• SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis (Various Atlantean guards)
• Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions (Ultimate Deadpool)
• SpongeBob SquarePants: Lights, Camera, Pants! (Gill Hammerstein)
• Star Wars: The Old Republic (Jedi Consular - Male)
• Supreme Commander 2 (Dominic Maddox)
• SWAT 4 (SWAT Officer Tony "Subway" Girard)
• SWAT 4: The Stetchkov Syndicate (SWAT Officer Tony "Subway" Girard)
• The Darkness II (Darkling) (Along with Mike Patton)
• Terminator Salvation (Dobkin)
• TMNT (Raphael (TMNT))
• Transformers: War for Cybertron (Brawl, Additional voices)
• Transformers: Fall of Cybertron (Cliffjumper, Additional voices)
• Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (video game) (Sideswipe, Additional voices)
• Transformers: Dark of the Moon (video game) (Major Reynolds, Additional voices)
• Transformers Universe (Sideswipe)
• Trauma Team (CR-S01)
• Tron: Evolution (Behemoth, Sentries & Blaze) ^[12]
• Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 2: Bush Rescue (Karlos, Duncan, Snappy)
• Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (Deadpool)
• Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (Nathan Drake)
• Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Nathan Drake)
• Uncharted: Eye of Indra (Nathan Drake)
• Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (Nathan Drake)
• Uncharted: Golden Abyss (Nathan Drake)
• Unreal Tournament 3 (Bishop)
• Valkyria Chronicles (Musaad Mayfield)
• White Knight Chronicles: International Edition (Cyrus)
• World in Conflict (Lt. Parker)
• X-Men: Destiny (Cyclops, Adrian's father)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Nolan North at the Internet Movie Database

Amanda Bynes
Bynes at The Heart's Truth Red Dress Collection Fashion Show (February 13, 2009)
Born	Amanda Laura Bynes (1986-04-03) April 3, 1986 (age 26) Thousand Oaks, California, United States
Occupation	Actress, comedian, singer, fashion designer
Years active	1993–present

Amanda Laura Bynes (born April 3, 1986)^[1] is an American actress, singer, and fashion designer. Bynes appeared in several successful television series, such as All That and The Amanda Show, on Nickelodeon in the mid to late 1990s and early 2000s, and in 2002, she starred in the TV series, What I Like About You. She transitioned to a film career, starring in several films aimed at teenage audiences, including What a Girl Wants (2003), Love Wrecked (2005), She's the Man (2006), Hairspray (2007), Sydney White (2007) and Easy A (2010).

She was named one of Teen People's "25 Hottest Stars Under 25" in 2006,^[2] and in 2007, Forbes listed her as the fifth highest paid celebrity under 21, with earnings of $2.5 million.^[3]

Early life[link]

Bynes was born and raised in Thousand Oaks, California, the youngest of three children to Lynn (née Organ), a dental assistant and office manager, and Rick Bynes, a dentist who also practiced stand-up comedy.^[4] Bynes has two older siblings, Tommy (born 1973), a chiropractor, and Jillian (born 1983), who has a B.A. in History from UCLA and has also acted.^[5] Bynes' ancestors immigrated from Ireland, Poland, Russia, and Romania,^[6][7] and her maternal grandparents are from Toronto, Ontario.^[8] Her father is Catholic and her mother is Jewish. Bynes has described herself as Jewish;^[9][10][11] regarding her religious beliefs, Bynes had stated: "As far as religion, I was raised both. I learned about both Judaism and Catholicism. My parents said it was up to me to decide [which faith to adhere to] when I grew up. I'm sort of a spiritual person anyway. I haven't decided yet on a religion. I don't know yet exactly what I believe."^[12]

Career[link]

Acting[link]

In 1993, Bynes attended a comedy camp, and began professionally acting at the age of seven, appearing in a television advertisement for Buncha Crunch candies.^[13] During her childhood, she also appeared on stage in versions of Annie, The Secret Garden, The Music Man, and The Sound of Music.^[14] Bynes became a regular cast member of Nickelodeon's Figure It Out and All That. She was a regular cast member on All That for seasons three through six. She also starred in her own sketch comedy show, The Amanda Show (1999–2002).

Bynes made her film debut in 2002's modest box office success, Big Fat Liar. Her first leading role was in 2003's What a Girl Wants, co-starring with Colin Firth, Oliver James, and Kelly Preston. From 2002 to 2006, Bynes starred alongside Jennie Garth in The WB Television Network's sitcom What I Like About You. Bynes had voice parts in 2003's Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure and 2005's CGI animated comedy, Robots. She co-starred in Arliss as Crystal Dupree. Bynes appeared on the cover of Vanity Fair's July 2003 edition with nine of Hollywood's other young female stars.^[15][16]

Bynes at the premiere of Robots, March 2005

In 2006, Bynes starred in She's the Man, a comedy based on William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.^[17] Bynes appeared in another romantic comedy, Lovewrecked, which was shot before She's the Man but released after it, showing in cinemas outside of the United States in 2005 and 2006 and debuting in the U.S. on the ABC Family network on January 21, 2007. She also portrays Penny Pingleton in Hairspray. Bynes next starred in another comedy, Sydney White, released on September 21, 2007.^[18][19]

In 2008, Bynes appeared in the Lifetime Television movie Living Proof as the student assistant of Harry Connick, Jr.'s character.^[20] Bynes was also originally set to star as Ryden Malby in the 2009 comedy Post Grad, but was replaced by Alexis Bledel.^[21]

In June 2009, Bynes inked a two picture deal with Screen Gems. The first of the two movies was the 2010 teen comedy Easy A, starring Emma Stone and Lisa Kudrow, and the second was to have been a starring role.^[22] Bynes also planned to reprise her role as Penny Pingleton in the sequel to Hairspray.^[23] However, Hairspray 2 was canceled.

In June 2010, Bynes stated that she planned to retire from acting, announcing on her Twitter page, "I don’t love acting anymore, so I’ve stopped doing it."^[24] A month later, Bynes had an apparent change of heart and "unretired".^[25] At the 2011 MTV Movie Awards, Bynes told People Magazine that she's merely taking "time off." ^[26]

Fashion[link]

In 2007, Bynes signed a five-year deal with Steve & Barry's to create her own fashion line, Dear, consisting of apparel and accessories. The clothing line launched in stores August 16, 2007. The line was cut short when Steve & Barry's filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2008 and went out of business completely in January 2009.^[27]

Bynes appeared in lingerie on the cover of the February 2010 issue of Maxim magazine.^[28]

Personal life[link]

Bynes started out at University Elementary, and later graduated from Thousand Oaks High School's independent study program (though she attended La Reina High School in Thousand Oaks for some time). She has expressed a desire to attend New York University in the near future. She briefly moved into an apartment in Hollywood, California, but has since returned to her family home in Thousand Oaks.^[29] Bynes is interested in drawing and fashion design, having commented that she is "the girl whose biggest nightmare would be to lose my makeup bag while traveling."^[16]

In 2007, Bynes spoke out against becoming another wild Hollywood star: "I think I’ll go out as much as I’ve ever gone out... which is not a lot. I like to dance and stuff, but drinking isn’t good for you in every way. It’s not good for your skin; it makes you feel horrible. So, drinking-wise, no".^[30] She restated these ideas in interviews throughout the summer of 2007, telling Access Hollywood: "I like being with my family and friends, and I don't need to be out at the clubs."^[31] In an interview in December 2007, Bynes described how her parents taught her about alcohol.^[32]

Bynes has since stated that she is "reevaluating" how to spend her social time. In the January 2009 issue of Cosmopolitan, she stated: "I used to be known as the girl who was anti the club scene. But I'm finding a balance. I can have a drink and dance if I want. You have to go out to meet people and guys. I'm in that phase where I just want to have fun."

Bynes appeared in lingerie on the cover of the February 2010 issue of Maxim magazine, highlighting her photo spread inside. She stated "I think every shot ... was sexy" and that the new look is "who I am."^[33]

Legal problems[link]

On April 6, 2012, Bynes was arrested and charged with DUI after side-swiping a police car in West Hollywood at 3:00 am. Her bail was set at US$5,000 but she was released without requiring to post bail.^[34] Bynes's father, Rick, told People Magazine on April 9 that Amanda does not drink and that she was arrested because "she was upset and emotional."^[35] Bynes had previously been stopped by the L.A.P.D. for talking on her cellphone while driving on March 7, 2012.

Filmography[link]

Feature films[link]

Television[link]

Discography[link]

Soundtracks

• 2007: Hairspray: Soundtrack to the Motion Picture

Singles or Songs

• 2007: "Without Love" (Hairspray)
• 2007: "You Can't Stop the Beat" (Hairspray)

Awards[link]

Bynes won Blimp awards at the Nickelodeon Kid's Choice Awards four years in a row, from 2000 to 2003 for Favorite Television Actress in 2000 for All That, Favorite Television Actress in 2001 to 2003 for The Amanda Show as well as the following year(A Record Tied with Selena Gomez). In 2003 she also received the award for Favorite Movie Actress for Big Fat Liar and won another award in 2004 for Favorite Movie Actress for What a Girl Wants.^[36] Bynes also was a part of the Hairspray ensemble win at the 2008 Critics' Choice Awards.