2010 Guest - Tony Oliver

TONY OLIVER began his career 25 years ago as an actor on stage and camera performing in several feature films and dozens of plays. He found success as a voice over artist, lending his voice to one of the first foreign made animated features to receive wide US release, THE SEA PRINCE AND THE FIRE CHILD. His first foray into television was as the lead voice, Rick Hunter, in the groundbreaking animated series ROBOTECH.

Following that he turned his attention to writing but continued his voice acting career. In 1988 he joined Saban Entertainment as a story editor where he wrote and produced an award winning adaptation of THE JUNGLE BOOKand story edited the long running Nickelodeon anime series THE NOOZLES.

In 1992, Tony was tapped to help create a new kind of children's television show. The result was the mega hit, THE MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS. Tony not only served as the development producer but also wrote the pilot, produced the network presentation, co-produced the series, directed the voice actors, and produced the Power Rangers live appearance at Universal Studios, which drew an estimated 50,000 people on a single day.

In 1999 Tony left Saban Entertainment but has continued to develop, produce, voice and direct numerous projects for TV, Video Games, and New Media. More recent projects include .HACK//GUa multi-player online video game; DAIGUNDER, an animated series for ABC Family/Disney; GURREN LAGANN, a breakthrough anime series airing on Syfy; EUREKA SEVEN: GOOD NIGHT, SLEEP TIGHT, YOUNG LOVERSwhich premiered on screens nationwide earlier this fall and GORMITIa new original animated show currently airing on Cartoon Network.

Tony’s many voice acting credits include, the title character of Lupin in LUPIN THE 3RD, Hibiki in VANDREAD, Gojyo in SAYUKI RELOAD, Harry in GUN GRAVE, Ranmaru in TOKKO, Shinbo in CHO-BITS, Ulquiorra in BLEACHand Saba in the MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS.

Tony has also provided numerous voices in video games such as DELTA FORCE: BLACK HAWK DOWN, LORD OF THE RINGS: THE WAR OF THE RING, DYNASTY WARRIORS, WORLD OF WARCRAFT, EVERQUEST, NEVERWINTER KNIGHTS, XENOSAGA, MAGNA CARTA II and BLAZBLUE.