Mark Walton (story artist)

Mark Walton
Born (1968-10-24) October 24, 1968
Salt Lake City, Utah
Occupation Storyboard artist, voice actor
Years active 1999–present

Mark Walton (born October 24, 1968) is an American story artist and voice actor at Walt Disney Animation Studios. Walton is best known for voicing Rhino the hamster in the 2008 animated film Bolt.

Early life

Mark Walton was born on October 24, 1968 in Salt Lake City, Utah, the oldest of seven children.[1] Although he is not a professional actor, Walton said in an interview, "I liked acting in high school and college. I enjoyed it. I think at some point I decided that if I was really going to be a professional actor that it would take at least everything that I would have emotionally or physically and I knew that I really wanted to pursue art."[2] He graduated from Utah State University in 1998 with a degree in illustration.

Career

He was employed at the Disney Studios in 1999 on Tarzan as an additional writer. Throughout the 2000s, he became a storyboard artist on Home on the Range, "The Zit" for the TV series, Independent Lens, Chicken Little, Bolt, and Meet the Robinsons. In 2004, he started his voice actor career on Home on the Range as Barry & Bob, the Longhorns. The next year, he was the voice of Goosey Loosey for the computer-animated film, Chicken Little and its video game. In 2008, he was the voice for Rhino the hamster in Bolt for which he was nominated for an Annie Award for Voice Acting in a Feature Production, and the short film spin-off Super Rhino.

Numerous positive reviews came from film critics. CNN noted “Walton's Rhino steals every scene he's in.”,[3] while Enewsi stated "Walton has perfect comedic timing as Rhino".[4] Another reviewer noted “The hamster alone is enough to make this movie worth seeing”, with other positive reviews featured in the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times,[5] where Walton contemplated Rhino's popularity as, "he imagines he's actually something bigger and more powerful to match his big heart and big dreams -- which can't be contained by his little hamster body."

Filmography

Year Film Role Notes
1999 Tarzan Storyboard Artist
2000 The Emperor's New Groove Additional Storyboard Artist
2004 Home on the Range Storyboard Artist

Voice of Barry & Bob, the Longhorns

2005 Chicken Little Storyboard artist

Voice of Goosey Loosey

2007 Meet the Robinsons Storyboard and Visual Development Artist
2008 Bolt Voice of Rhino the Hamster
Nominated—Annie Award for Voice Acting in a Feature Production
2009 Super Rhino Short film
2010 Donkey's Christmas Shrektacular Story Artist
2011 Gnomeo & Juliet Story Artist
The Pig Who Cried Werewolf Story Artist
Thriller Night Story Artist
2013 Turbo Voice of Official, Additional storyboard artist
Epic Additional Storyboard Artist
2014 Rio 2 Additional Storyboard Artist
Rocky and Bullwinkle Storyboard Artist Animated short film
2018 Duck Duck Goose Storyboard Artist

References

  1. ↑ "Utah State Magazine Fall 2015". Utahstate.usu.edu. Retrieved 2017-06-24.
  2. ↑ "Interview with Mark Walton, the voice of Rhino in Disney's Bolt". 2008-09-14. Retrieved 2008-11-21.
  3. ↑ By David Daniel CNN. "The breakout star of 'Bolt' (and it's not the dog)". CNN.com. Retrieved 2017-06-24.
  4. ↑ "Entertainment Reviews - Bolt". ENewsI.com. 2009-03-26. Retrieved 2017-06-24.
  5. ↑ Susan King (2008-11-02). "His rodent gets struck by a 'Bolt' of luck - latimes". Articles.latimes.com. Retrieved 2017-06-24.
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