Pete Capella
| Pete Capella | |
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| Born | Red Bank, New Jersey, U.S. |
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| 📆 Years active | 1993–present |
Pete Capella is an American actor, stand-up comedian, producer and artistic director, who is best known for voicing Silver the Hedgehog in the Sonic the Hedgehog video game franchise from 2006 to 2009.[1]
Early life[edit]
Pete Capella was born in Red Bank, New Jersey. As a Middletown Township, New Jersey resident, Capella has been acting his whole life.[2] He graduated from college with a BA in Theater and Communications.
Career[edit]
In 1993, he became a performer in Improvision Jam Comedy Labs, it was here he got the nickname "The Sniper".[3] He is co-owner and artistic director of the troupe, performing every weekend in Eatontown, New Jersey.[3] Capella has been featured in an array of commercials (for cough medicine and toys such as Dance N Sing Pablo from the Backyardigans).
Capella got his first acting job as Jock in the 1999 film, Big Helium Dog. He would go and appear in more feature films, such as Never Among Friends, Obsession, Road to Marakesh, Chatter and The Night Is Young.
In television, he played Angelo in two episodes of The Subpranos.
As a voice actor, he voiced Nabu in the English dub of Winx Club and most notably for voicing Silver the Hedgehog in the Sonic the Hedgehog video game franchise from 2006 to 2009, the video games include Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic Rivals, Sonic and the Secret Rings, Sonic Rivals 2, Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity, Sonic and the Black Knight and Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games.[1]
He also had a recurring role as Tanner Christiansen in the web comedy series, The Most Popular Girls in School. In 2020, he reprised the role as Silver the Hedgehog in the fan-made YouTube audio series, Sonic and Tails R.[4]
Filmography[edit]
Film[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Big Helium Dog | High School Jock | |
| 2002 | Never Among Friends | Steve Wilson | |
| 2006 | Obsession | Mick | |
| 2012 | Road to Marakesh | Capt. Hani Mansour | |
| 2015 | Chatter | Teed Jennings | |
| 2017 | The Night Is Young | Julian | Short film |
| 2018 | The Birthday Boy | Pete | |
| 2020 | Speech & Debate: The Aftermath | Rehab Doctor (voice) | |
| To Be Saved | Vinny | ||
| 2021 | Speech & Debate: Legacy | Dog Walker | |
| 2022 | Death Camp | Dan |
Television[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | G.I. Joe: Sigma 6 | Scott Abernathy (voice) | [5] |
| 2006–2007 | Winx Club | Nabu (voice) | English version |
| 2010 | The Subpranos | Angelo | Episodes: "Subway Surprise Part Deux" "Do You Believe in Magic" |
| 2016–2017 | Fox NFL Sunday | Himself | 4 episodes |
| 2017 | Shaken: The Cocktail Challenge | Self/Judge | Episode: "Fun and Fizzy (New Year's Eve 2018)" |
| 2021 | The Other Me | Vince | Television film |
Video games[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Sonic the Hedgehog | Silver the Hedgehog | [6] |
| 2006 | Sonic Rivals | [7] | |
| 2007 | Sonic and the Secret Rings | [7] | |
| 2007 | Sonic Rivals 2 | [7] | |
| 2008 | Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity | [7] | |
| 2009 | Sonic and the Black Knight | [7] | |
| 2009 | Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games | [7] |
Web[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012–2015 | The Most Popular Girls in School | Tanner Christiansen | 32 episodes |
| 2020 | Sonic and Tails R | Silver the Hedgehog | 1 episode YouTube audio drama series |
| 2021 | Indemnity | AI: Meet & See | Episode: "The Rabbit Hole: Allegiance" |
Production credits[edit]
| Year | Title | Position | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Hush Hush | Associate producer | Short |
| Echoes | |||
| 2018 | The Birthday Boy | ||
| Over and Out | Special thanks | ||
| 2020 | The New Old Fashioned | Executive producer, producer |
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lloyd, Adam (December 1, 2015). "Mysterious Sonic The Hedgehog Game Unearthed".
- ↑ Celano, Clare Marie. "Freehold Borough to serve as filmmaker’s backdrop", News Transcript, April 17, 2002. Accessed November 30, 2007.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Rizzetta, Kelly. "With a little improvisation, 13 can be a lucky number".
- ↑ @PeteCapella (10 September 2021). "What a pleasure and honor it was to reprise my role as Silver" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ↑ Terrence, Vincent (2009). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 Through 2007: F-L. Mcfarland. ISBN 9780786486946. Search this book on
- ↑ "Pete Capella (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. 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 opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 "Pete Capella Video Game Credits and Biography".
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