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Charlie Adler

Charlie Adler

33 movies on Netflix

Biography

Charlie Adler is an American voice actor and director who was raised in a New York City suburb and began acting professionally in a 1971 commercial. He later appeared Off Broadway in Once Upon a Mattress and played Arnold Beckoff in Torch Song Trilogy, earning a 1985 Helen Hayes Best Actor nomination. After his first animation role as Spike in Rescue at Midnight Castle, he became known for Buster Bunny on Tiny Toon Adventures, T-Bone on SWAT Kats, Ickis on Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, and the Bigheads on Rocko's Modern Life. He also voiced Cow, Chicken, and the Red Guy on Cow and Chicken, I.R. Baboon on I Am Weasel, Starscream in the Transformers films, and Cobra Commander in G.I. Joe: Resolute and G.I. Joe: Renegades. His work as Cow won an Annie Award, and he has directed voice work for Rugrats, The Wild Thornberrys, Rocket Power, and All Grown Up!

70years old

Turns 71 on October 2in 349 days

  • Born Paterson
  • Star sign: LibraThe sign runs September 23 to October 22
  • Also credited as Charles Adler and Charles Michael Adler

Movie Career

Films
33
Career span
39 years1985 to 2024

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  1. A role that slipped away

    Adler left Tiny Toon Adventures in 1992 during its third season, and John Kassir replaced him as Buster Bunny for the rest of the show.

  2. First role

    Adler recorded his first animation role in New York City, where he provided the voice of Spike in Rescue at Midnight Castle.

  3. Behind the award

    Adler voiced Cow on Cow and Chicken, which aired from 1997 to 1999. He received an Annie Award for his voice acting as Cow, in the category for individual achievement in an animated television production.

  4. Behind the camera

    Adler began voice directing in the late 1990s with Rugrats, and he later worked with Klasky Csupo. Among the shows he has directed are The Wild Thornberrys, Rocket Power, All Grown Up!, The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, and The Replacements.

Charlie Adler movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. Transformers2007 Action, Adventure, Sci-Fias Starscreamvoice

    IMDb rating 7.1727K votes

  2. Aladdin1992 Adventure, Animation, Comedyas Gazeem / Melon Merchant / Nut Merchantvoice

    IMDb rating 8.0506K votes

  3. Big Hero 62014as Yokaivoice

    IMDb rating 7.8562K votes

  4. G.I. Joe: The Movie1987as Low Lightvoice

    IMDb rating 7.06.5K votes

  5. Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry2005as Grammyvoice

    IMDb rating 6.83.8K votes

  6. Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation1992as Buster Bunny

    IMDb rating 7.93.2K votes

  7. I Know That Voice2013as Himself

    IMDb rating 7.42.9K votes

  8. Rocko's Modern Life: Static Cling2019as Ed Bighead

    IMDb rating 6.94.5K votes

Most often with

Mike Gabriel directed two of these films, Joe Murray two. Frank Welker appears in ten of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Films together

Box office

What Charlie Adler's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$2.4 billion

13 of the 33 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 33 films: 13 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 13 never in cinemas; 5 figure not found.

  • 13Worldwide figure
  • 2US gross only
  • 13Never in cinemas
  • 5Figure not found

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 99% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    Transformers2007as Starscream (voice)
    $710M30.0% of the total
  2. 2
    Big Hero 62014as Yokai (voice)
    $658M27.8% of the total
  3. 3
    Aladdin1992as Gazeem / Melon Merchant / Nut Merchant (voice)
    $504M21.3% of the total
  4. 4
    Pocahontas1995as Various (voice)
    $346M14.7% of the total
  5. 5
    The Rescuers Down Under1990as Additional Voices (voice)
    $47M2.0% of the total
  6. 6
    Khumba2013as Wild Dog #1 (voice)
    $27M1.2% of the total
  7. 7
    DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp1990as Additional Voices (voice)
    $18M0.8% of the total
  8. 8
    Norm of the North2016as Forebear (voice)
    $17M0.7% of the total
Cool World (1992), $14.1 millionThe Chipmunk Adventure (1987), $6.8 millionOnce Upon a Forest (1993), $6.6 millionRainbow Brite and the Star Stealer (1985), $4.9 millionHitpig! (2024), $2.3 million

$34.7 millionfrom the other 5 films with a worldwide figure, 1% of the total