John Moschitta Jr.

Biography

John Moschitta Jr. is an American actor known for extremely fast speech. Born in New York City, he gained notice in 1981 on the ABC series That's Incredible!, reciting lyrics from The Music Man, and the appearance led to other television offers. He then starred in a Federal Express commercial as Jim Spleen, an executive who speaks rapidly. That ad won six Clio Awards, including a Best Performance, Male award for Moschitta, and gave him the nickname Motormouth. He voiced Blurr in The Transformers: The Movie (1986), The Transformers (1986 to 1987) and Transformers: Animated (2008 to 2009), and he has been an announcer on Hollywood Squares and Balderdash. He has appeared in over 750 television and radio commercials, including work as the Micro Machines Guy, and recorded the 1986 spoken-word album Ten Classics in Ten Minutes. Guinness World Records once credited him as the World's Fastest Talker, at 586 words per minute.

72years old

Turns 73 on August 6in 268 days

Born August 6, 1954New York City
Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
Also credited as The Fast Talking Guy and Motormouth

Movie Career

Films: 4
Career span: 9 years1985 to 1994

Every film, newest first

1994BlankmanIMDb rating 5.2
1991Going UnderIMDb rating 3.5
1986Transformers: Five Faces of DarknessIMDb rating 7.6
1985Starchaser: The Legend of OrinIMDb rating 6.5

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A first
Guinness World Records credited Moschitta as the World's Fastest Talker, able to articulate 586 words per minute. Steve Woodmore broke his record in 1990, and Sean Shannon did so in 1995, though Moschitta questions the legitimacy of anyone claiming to be faster.
Big break
In 1981, Moschitta recited lyrics from The Music Man on the ABC TV series That's Incredible!, which brought offers from The Tonight Show and The Merv Griffin Show. Employees of the Ally & Gargano ad agency then hired him for a FedEx commercial.