Aurelio Voltaire

Biography

Aurelio Voltaire is a Cuban-American musician, composer, writer and animator, a leading figure in dark cabaret whose work also takes in comics, animation and film. Born in Havana and raised in New Jersey, he taught himself stop motion animation as a child and took his first New York job as an animator with Parker Brothers, later directing station IDs for MTV, where his MTV-Bosch ident won a Broadcast Design Award. His band, signed to Projekt Records, released a debut album, The Devil's Bris, in 1998, and he has since released 13 studio albums, among them BiTrektual (2012) and Raised by Bats (2014). He wrote songs for The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, created the Chi-Chian comic and webseries, and appeared in the films Model Hunger (2016) and The VelociPastor (2018).

59years old

Turns 60 on January 25in 104 days

Born January 25, 1967Havana
Star sign: AquariusThe sign runs January 20 to February 18
Also credited as Aurelio Voltaire Hernández, Aurelio Voltaire Hernandez and Voltaire, Aurelio

Movie Career

Films: 3
Career span: 7 years2016 to 2023

Every film, newest first

2023Nosferatu: A Symphony of HorrorIMDb rating 4.8
2018The VelociPastorIMDb rating 5.1
2016Model HungerIMDb rating 3.7

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About the name
Voltaire took his middle name as his performance name. He said his namesake exposed humanity's hypocrisies through satire, and that by making people laugh he could teach them about the world.
About the name
With his 2011 album Riding a Black Unicorn..., Voltaire changed his stage name to "Aurelio Voltaire" by adding his first name. He explained that he was tired of other people releasing albums as Voltaire.
Beyond film
Voltaire put on a musical special for Artix Entertainment inside the MMO AdventureQuest Worlds, and he changed some songs from To the Bottom of the Sea so they met the company's standards. More than 32,000 players showed up.