Charles Martinet

Charles Martinet (born September 17, 1955), is an American voice actor. He is best known for voicing Mario, Luigi, Wario and Waluigi in the Super Mario video game and the WarioWare video game franchises until retiring from the roles on August 21 2023 to become an official ambassador for the series.

His two iconic roles as Mario and Luigi were passed down to Kevin Afghani, whereas his role as Wario will be passed down to someone currently unknown.

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Trivia

 * Martinet's lastname was misspelt as "Martinee" five times; in ', ', Super Smash Bros., Mario Golf and the Japanese version of Mario Kart 64.
 * His lastname was also misspelt as "Martinett" in Super Smash Bros. Melee.
 * In , an audio of Martinet laughing was used for Bowser (pitched low and slowed down) and the Boos (pitched high and sped up). Those audio would later be reused in other games, such exemple being Mario Kart 64.
 * Additionally, a sample of him laughing as Wario would be re-edited for the laugh of the Thwomps in the said-game, similar to Thomas Spindler, Wario's Japanese voice actor.
 * Charles provides the voice of Giuseppe both in the original version of The Super Mario Bros. Movie, and in multiple dubs where he re-records his line in various languages. He also voices Mario and Luigi’s father in a smaller amount of dubs.
 * While Giuseppe is still voiced by Charles Martinet in the Japanese dub, his line is for some reason retained in English from the original English version. This is unlike all other dubs where Martinet still voices the character; in those, Martinet recorded his line to be in the same language as the dub.
 * Interestingly the film would be the very last time he voiced characters in Mario related as on August 21 2023 it was announced that Charles Martinet would be stepping down from his roles in the series for currently unspecified reasons to become an official ambassador for the series.
 * Charles can speak fluent French and Spanish due to being from French descent and he's been in Spain during his youth. Additionally, he also speaks some Italian.