Dan Gilvezan
Biography
Dan Gilvezan is an American actor who built a long career largely in animation and voice performance. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, he studied drama at Webster University, earned a master's at the Catholic University of America and then toured with the National Players company out of Washington, D.C. Through the 1970s he acted in stock, dinner theater and children's productions, and in 1973 he joined Wayside Theatre's touring group, appearing alongside Kathy Bates. His first voice-over part was Spider-Man in Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends, a series that ran three seasons, and in 1984 he began voicing Bumblebee on The Transformers, reprising the character for The Transformers: The Movie. He also voiced Slip Stream on G.I. Joe and, later, Pat Dugan in Justice League: Gods and Monsters (2015), plus roles in video games including Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions and Transformers: Devastation. He has written books as well, among them Drowned in the Grenadine and Bumblebee and Me.
75years old
Turns 76 on October 26in 14 days
- Born St. Louis
- Star sign: ScorpioThe sign runs October 23 to November 21
- Also credited as Daniel John Gilvezan
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 28 years1987 to 2015
Every film, newest first
- 2015Justice League: Gods and MonstersIMDb rating 7.0
- 2008Underfist: Halloween BashIMDb rating 6.9
- 1989X-Men: Pryde of the X-MenIMDb rating 6.5
- 1987G.I. Joe: The MovieIMDb rating 7.0
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First role
Dan Gilvezan's first voice-over role was Spider-Man in Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends, a part he kept for three seasons after meeting an agent while doing an on-camera commercial in 1980.
A role that slipped away
Gilvezan auditioned for both Spike Witwicky and Bumblebee on The Transformers, but the producers gave him only Bumblebee because they did not want one actor playing both characters.
Early training
In 1973, Gilvezan acted in the touring group of Wayside Theatre, and Kathy Bates performed in that same group with him.
Getting ready for a role
On Jem, Gilvezan had a few guest parts, and he played Sean Harrison, a recurring character, with a British accent. Sean was one of Kimber's crushes and came close to proposing to her when season two ended.
A first
Gilvezan returned to the Spider-Man universe after a 25-year gap to voice Miguel O'Hara, also known as Spider-Man 2099, in the video game Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions.
Behind the camera
Gilvezan has also published books. One is Bumblebee and Me: Life as a G1 Transformer, in which he looks back on his time working on the original Transformers animated series and how it shaped his life and career.
Dan Gilvezan movies on Netflix
Most often with
Three actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Online
Official profiles and reference pages.