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From the article – Every Voice Actor Who Has Played The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (thegamer.com)

Aside from Marvel and DC, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is another comic book property with many adaptations across films, television, and games. There’s been animated TV show after animated TV show, along with many animated and live-action movies that stretch across each decade since the 1980s. And with 2023’s Seth Rogen-produced TMNT: Mutant Mayhem, a new set of actors now voice the iconic group.

With each new TMNT project, there’s always a fresh cast giving their own unique take on the characters, with some standouts being the 1990s films and the Nickelodeon animated series. You’ll see all these and more, including the young cast of Mutant Mayhem.

Raphael – Nolan North, Sean Astin, Alan Ritchson, Greg Abbey, Brady Noon, And More

The sternest and most down-to-business of the Ninja Turtles, red-masked Raphael is voiced by Rob Paulsen in the original 1987 animated series, who’s been the voice of many characters across cartoons like Animaniacs, Curious George, and Danny Phantom. Josh Pais, Laurie Faso, and Tim Kelleher voiced the character in the 90s films, and Greg Abbey, or Tristan Taylor from the Yu-Gi Yoh! series, took over for the 2003 animated show.

Then, in 2007 for the new animated TMNT film from Warner Bros., you had none other than Nolan North portraying Raphael. Nolan North is the voice of Nathan Drake in Naughty Dog’s Uncharted series, Desmond Miles in Assassin’s Creed, and Deadpool in the video game and other animated projects. And you can see him in live-action in Pretty Little Liars as Peter Hastings.

Stranger Things and The Lord of the Rings star Sean Astin voiced Raphael in the 2012 Nickelodeon series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, which ran for five seasons. Besides being Frodo’s friend Samwise Gamgee and Joyce’s boyfriend Bob, Astin was also in FX’s The Strain, The Goonies, Rudy, and countless other Hollywood roles.

TMNT shifted to a live-action Nickelodeon production in 2014, followed by a 2016 sequel called Out of the Shadows, and television star Alan Ritchson played the CG Raphael in both films. Ritchson was Aquaman in Smallville, Thad Castle in Blue Mountain State, Hank of duo Hawk and Dove in Titans, as well as Jack Reacher in Prime Video’s Reacher. Omar Benson Miller from 8 Mile, Ballers, and CSI: Miami was Raph in Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

In Paramount’s latest TMNT outing, Mutant Mayhem, Boardwalk Empire child star Brady Noon becomes the new voice of Raphael. No stranger to working with Seth Rogen in the past, you may remember Brady Noon as Thor from the R-rated comedy Good Boys. He’s also the voice of Greg Heffley in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid films on Disney+ and plays Evan in The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers.

Other voice actors for Raphael include:

Darren Criss (Batman vs Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles).
Ben Rausch ( Injustice 2 ).
Mick Wingert (TMNT: Mutants in Manhattan video game).
Roy Samuelson (2014 TMNT video game and Brothers Unite).
Mark Whitten (Smite video game).
Carlos Alazraqui (TMNT: Out of the Shadows 2013 video game).
Al Fritsch, Eric Anzalone (Turtle Tunes).
Matt Hill (The Next Mutation TV series).
Kim Strauss (Power Rangers In Space Crossover).

Donatello – Josh Brener, Corey Feldman, Barry Gordon, Rob Paulsen, Micah Abbey, And More

The debut of the purple-masked and bo-staff-wielding Turtle Donatello in the 1987 animated series was done by Barry Gordon, who’s since reprised the voice in the video games Shredder’s Revenge and Nickelodeon Kart Racers 3 Slime Speedway. Rob Paulsen, who co-starred with Gordon as Raphael in the original series, went on to voice Donatello in Nickelodeon’s 2012 TMNT animated series.

In other Nickelodeon shows, Rob Paulsen is Carl from Jimmy Neutron and Mark Chang from The Fairly OddParents. In the 90s live-action trilogy, this Turtle was voiced by Corey Feldman in the first and last film and Adam Carl in 1991’s The Secret of the Ooze. Corey is a musician and actor who starred in the 80s hits Stand by Me, The Goonies, and The Lost Boys, and later returned to the TMNT universe as Slash in 2012’s TMNT show.

Silicon Valley’s Nelson Bighetti actor Josh Brener, or as his friends on the series call him Big Head, portrayed the character in Nickelodeon’s 2018 series Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Brener was also in the Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn tech comedy film The Internship and the voice of Neeku Vozo in Star Wars Resistance.

Mitchell Whitfield of My Cousin Vinny and Friends provided the voice in the 2007 film, and Jeremy Howard from Malibu Rescue and Mighty Med voiced in the 2014 and 2016 live-action films.TMNT: Mutant Mayhem enlists young star Micah Abbey for Donnie, who’s guest starred on shows like Grey’s Anatomy and Bunk’d and is best known for his character Leaf in Nickelodeon’s Cousins for Life.

Other voice actors for Donatello include:

Sam Reigel (2003 animated show and various video games).
Yuri Lowenthal (TMNT: Out of the Shadows 2013 video game).
Baron Vaughn (Batman vs Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles).
Oliver Vaquer (2014 TMNT video game and Brothers Unite).
Gavin Hammon (TMNT: Mutants in Manhattan video game).
Joe Brogie (Injustice 2).
Landon McDonald (Smite video game).
Richard Berg, Eric Anzalone (Turtle Tunes).
Jason Gray Stanford (The Nexy Mutation).
Ezra Weisz (Power Rangers in Space Crossover).

Leonardo – Seth Green, Johnny Knoxville, Michael Sinterniklaas, Brian Tochi, Nicolas Cantu, And More

Named after Leonardo da Vinci, the dual-wielding katana Turtle with a blue mask had many comedian actors voicing him throughout projects. In the 2012 TMNT show, the first two seasons saw Jason Biggs as the voice before comedian Seth Green took over for the rest of its run. Biggs is most notable for playing Jim Levenstein in the American Pie franchise, Larry Bloom in Netflix’s Orange Is the New Black, and a slew of 2000s romantic comedies like Wedding Daze and Saving Silverman.

Seth Green was Oz in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, young Richie Tozier in the original It miniseries, Dr. Evil’s son Scott in Austin Powers, and is most well-known for voicing Chris Griffin in Family Guy and various characters in the stop-motion Robot Chicken, a show he also created. The trend of comedians for Leonardo continued with Jackass and Bad Grandpa star Johnny Knoxville voicing in Nickelodeon’s 2014 live-action adaptation.

Before playing Leonardo in all three of the 90s live-action TMNT films, actor Brian Tochi was Takashi in the 1984 comedy Revenge of the Nerds and Nogata in Police Academy 3 and 4. He also reprised Takashi in Revenge of the Nerds 3 and 4 and voiced Liu Kang in the animated Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm show. Tochi’s video game credits include Xenogears and True Crime: Streets of LA.

Legendary voice actor Cam Clarke was the original 1987 voice of Leonardo, but that’s not the only character from your childhood he’s voiced. Clarke has also been the alternate voice of Simba in various Lion King projects, including Disney Dreamlight Valley. In addition to reprising Leo in the TMNT video games, he also voiced Liquid Snake opposite David Hayter’s Solid Snake in Sons of Liberty.

Michael Sinterniklaas would be Leonardo in the follow-up animated show in 2003, and you may know him as Dean Venture from Adult Swim’s The Venture Bros. and Caprikid from Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir. Sonic the Hedgehog voice and Space Force actor Ben Schwartz was Leo in Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. And 2023’s Mutant Mayhem sees The Walking Dead: World Beyond and The Amazing World of Gumball actor Nicolas Cantu assuming the role of the blue mask.

Other voice actors for Leonardo include:

Dominic Catrambone (Nickelodeon’s 2012 TMNT animated series and games).
Scott Whyte (TMNT: Out of the Shadows 2013 video game).
Eric Bauza (Batman vs Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles).
Corey Kreuger (Injustice 2).
Peter Ploszek (Out of the Shadows 2016 film).
Matthew Curtis (Smite video game).
James Arnold Taylor (TMNT 2007 movie).
Michael Dobson (The Next Mutation).
Alfredo Miller, Johnny Kemp (Turtle Tunes).

Michelangelo – Townsend Coleman, Greg Cipes, Noel Fisher, Brandon Mychal Smith, Shamon Brown Jr., And More