George DelHoyo

DelHoyo, who was also raised in Salt Lake City, Utah, began performing in the theatre in New York City during the 1970s. Working under the name George Deloy, he performed in plays and musicals at many of the major American regional theaters such as Seattle Repertory, American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco, Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, Cincinnati Playhouse, Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles and Huntington Theatre in Boston. His first big break came in 1976, playing Kyle Nunnery in the Broadway musical, The Robber Bridegroom.

In 1978, George moved to Los Angeles and became a contract player for Universal Studios, under the screen name George Deloy. Much of his work was in television – one of his first characters was Bert in the episode "Breakout to Murder" of the NBC crime drama series The Eddie Capra Mysteries in 1978, followed in 1979 by the role of Dr. Gilbert Kent on the TV miniseries The Seekers. He starred alongside Brian Dennehy and Katherine Saltzberg in the 1982 sitcom Star of the Family playing sex-crazed Frank Rosetti. In 1986, DelHoyo landed a major role on the hit soap opera Days of Our Lives, playing the villain Orpheus. During the years of 1989-1991 George landed the role of Rob Donnelly on the soap opera Generations. During the 1980s and 1990s he was known primarily as a guest or recurring character on hit shows such as St. Elsewhere, L.A. Law, Nine to Five, Beverly Hills 90210, Walker, Texas Ranger, Home Improvement, Cheers and Frasier.

For the 1996 PC video game and PlayStation port Descent, and its sequels Descent II and Descent 3, DelHoyo voiced the protagonist, the Material Defender.[2]

DelHoyo has gained notoriety as a top voice-over artist, lending his voice to numerous Hollywood film trailers and network television promos. In 2008 he was featured in the book Secrets of Voice-Over Success by voice actress Joan Baker. The following trailers and promos include:

• Horton Hears a Who! (1970) (2008 DVD reissue only)
• Oliver & Company (1988) (2009 DVD reissue only)
• Batman (1989) (ABC Family promos only)
• FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992) (2005 DVD reissue only)
• The Swan Princess (1994) (DVD reissues only)
• Toy Story (1995) (ABC Family promos only)
• Selena (1997)
• Lost in Space (1998)
• Paulie (1998)
• The Rugrats Movie (1998) (teaser trailer on several 1997 Nickelodeon VHS releases)
• Muppets from Space (1999)
• The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (1999)
• Pokémon: The First Movie (1999)
• My Dog Skip (2000)
• The Princess Diaries (2001)
• Big Fat Liar (2002)
• Ice Age (2002)
• Treasure Planet (2002)
• Daddy Day Care (2003)
• Freaky Friday (2003)
• Mona Lisa Smile (2003)
• Ella Enchanted (2004)
• Home on the Range (2004) (DVD TV spots only)
• The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004)
• Shark Tale (2004)
• Because of Winn-Dixie (2005)
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
• Curious George (2006)
• The Pink Panther (2006)
• Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006)
• Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006)
• Monster House (2006)
• Everyone's Hero (2006)
• Happy Feet (2006)
• Daddy Day Camp
• Meet the Robinsons (2007)
• TMNT (home entertainment TV spots only)
• Shrek the Third (2007)
• Surf's Up (2007)
• Daddy Day Camp (2007)
• Bee Movie (2007)
• Nim's Island (2008)
• Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008)
• The Pink Panther 2 (2009)
• Up (2009) (Blu-ray/DVD TV spots only)
• Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey! (2010)
• Despicable Me (2010) (ABC Family promos only)
• Ramona and Beezus (2010)
• Rango (2011) (Ironically, he was even the voice of Señor Flan in the film itself.)
• Monte Carlo (2011)
• Arthur Christmas (2011)
• Chimpanzee (2012)
• Escape from Planet Earth (2013) (TV spots only)
• Frozen (2013) (UK TV spots only)
• Bears (2014)
• Dolphin Tale 2 (2014) (TV spots only)
• Monkey Kingdom (2015)
• The Kid Who Would Be King (2019)
• Penguins (2019)
• The Art of Racing in the Rain (2019)
• Bernie the Dolphin 2 (2019)
• Dolphin Reef (2020) (ultimately cancelled theatrical trailer as Dolphins)

In 1998, DelHoyo starred in the critically acclaimed romantic comedy Dead Letter Office. Recently he appeared in the Academy Award-winning animated feature Rango (2011) produced by Industrial Light & Magic and released by Paramount.

• George DelHoyo on IMDb
• George Del Hoyo at the Battlestar Wiki, an encyclopedia on the Battlestar Galactica sagas.