George Newbern

George Newbern
George Newbern
	Newbern at the Muppets Most Wanted premiere on March 11, 2014
Born	George Young Newbern; December 30, 1964; Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1982–present
Spouse(s)	Marietta DePrima (m. 1990)
Children	3

George Young Newbern (born December 30, 1964) is an American actor, best known for his roles as Det. Robert McKay in Poochinski, Charlie in ABC show Scandal and Bryan MacKenzie in Father of the Bride (1991) and its sequel Father of the Bride Part II as well as Danny (The Yeti) in Friends and his recurring role as Julia's son Payne in Designing Women. He is also known for providing the voices of Superman in many pieces of DC Comics media (most notably the Justice League and Justice League Unlimited animated series and the Injustice video game series), and Sephiroth in the Final Fantasy series and the Kingdom Hearts series.

Life and career

Born in Little Rock, Arkansas, the son of Betty, a Spanish teacher, and David Newbern, a radiologist. He began his acting career at the Arkansas Arts Center in Little Rock, in the role of the younger brother in Life With Father, based on Clarence S. Day Jr.'s autobiographical novels. This first acting role spurred him on to other acting roles and eventually on to movie roles. Newbern's first lead role was in 1987's Double Switch, a retelling of The Prince and the Pauper that aired as a part of the Wonderful World of Disney television series.

From 1986–1992, Newbern had a recurring role as Payne McElroy, the son of designer Julia Sugarbaker (played by Dixie Carter), on the series Designing Women. He has since guest-starred on television in such series as Providence, Chicago Hope, Friends, Bull, CSI, Medium, Ghost Whisperer, Touched by an Angel, Criminal Minds, and Private Practice. He has a recurring role as a former CIA operative in Scandal.

He starred as Neal Morris, father of Melissa Morris (Emily Osment), in the 2009 Disney Channel movie Dadnapped, and portrayed Apollo 14 astronaut Stu Roosa in the HBO mini-series From The Earth To The Moon. Film credits include Adventures in Babysitting (1987) with Elisabeth Shue; Double Switch (1987); Switching Channels (1988) with Kathleen Turner, Burt Reynolds and Christopher Reeve; and Father of the Bride (1991) and its sequel Father of the Bride Part II. In 2009 he appeared in Locker 13.

Superman

Newbern at the 2019 WonderCon to promote Justice League vs. the Fatal Five

As a voice actor, Newbern is notable for his role as Clark Kent/Superman on the Cartoon Network series Justice League, Static Shock and Justice League Unlimited (as a replacement for Tim Daly due to his contractual obligations elsewhere). He also reprised his role as Superman in The Batman fifth season two-part opener "The Batman/Superman Story" and the series finale episode "Lost Heroes" even though that series was described as existing in a different continuity. He recently reprised his role as Superman in the DC Showcase short Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam and as well as Superman vs. The Elite. On February 26, 2016, the DC Universe Online Facebook page reported that Newbern would be taking over the role of Superman from Adam Baldwin. He also provides the voice of Superman in the game Injustice: Gods Among Us and its sequel.

Other roles

Newbern's voice acting career began in 1991 with the cartoon series The Pirates of Dark Water, and he has also done voiceovers on a number of video games and game-related productions. He has also voiced in the infamous Theodore Rex as the character of the same name. In 2003, Newbern provided the voice of Mevyn Nooj in Final Fantasy X-2.

His performance as Nooj reportedly impressed the developers at Square Enix enough for them to cast him as Sephiroth in the English version of Kingdom Hearts II (replacing Lance Bass) and he would also go on to reprise the role in the English-language releases of Final Fantasy VII Advent Children, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII, Dissidia: Final Fantasy, Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy and Dissidia Final Fantasy NT, with presumptions that he will be returning to voice the character for the Final Fantasy VII remake. He later appeared in the second season of Jericho as the President of the Allied States of America. In 2009, he sent a DNA sample into space to preserve the Newbern genome. Newbern also narrated Toyota's commercials for the 2010 model year of the Prius, one of the car company's younger automotive models, and portrayed Harold in Saw VI.

Personal life

Newbern met actress Marietta DePrima in the mid 1980s. They graduated together at Northwestern University, where she was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta.[1] The couple married in 1990. Together they have three children.[2]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1986	My Little Girl	Woody
1987	Adventures in Babysitting	Dan Lynch
1987	Double Switch	Bart / Matt	TV movie
1988	Paramedics	Uptown
1988	Switching Channels	Siegenthaler
1988	It Takes Two	Travis Rogers
1991	Father of the Bride	Bryan MacKenzie
1992	Little Sister	Mike
1993	Doorways	Dr. Thomas Mason	TV movie
1993	Doppelganger	Patrick Highsmith	TV movie
1993	Torch Song	Wedge	TV movie
1994	I Spy Returns	Bennett Robinson	TV movie
1994	Witness to the Execution	Phillip Tyler	TV movie
1995	Father of the Bride Part II	Bryan MacKenzie
1995	Theodore Rex	Theodore Rex (voice)
1996	Far Harbor	Jordan
1996	The Evening Star	Tommy Horton
1998	Twice Upon a Time	Joe	TV movie
1999	Friends and Lovers	Ian Wickam
2000	If These Walls Could Talk	Tom	TV movie
1998	The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn	Christian Nelson	TV movie
2001	The Sons of Mistletoe	Jimmy Adams	TV movie
2003	Kids' Ten Commandments: Stolen Gearts	Matthew (voice)	Direct-to-DVD animated short film
2005	Buffalo Dreams	Dr. Nick Townsend	TV movie
2006	Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children	Sephiroth (voice)	Computer animated movie
2007	A Dennis the Menace Christmas	Henry Mitchell
2008	Fireflies in the Garden	Jimmy
2008	Batman: Gotham Knight	Man in Black, Guido, Man, Youth 3 (voices)
2009	The Patient	George
2009	Dadnapped	Neal Morris	TV movie
2009	Locker 13	Robert Diener	Segment: "Midnight Blues"
2009	Saw VI	Harold Abbott
2010	Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam	Clark Kent/Superman (voice)	Direct-to-DVD animated short film
2011	The Heart of Christmas	Dr. Sandler	TV movie
2012	3 Day Test	Martin Taylor	Direct-to-DVD film
2012	Monster High: Escape from Skull Shores	Andy Beast (voice)	TV animated film
2012	Superman vs. The Elite	Clark Kent/Superman (voice)	Direct-to-DVD animated film
2014	Justice League: War	Steve Trevor (voice)	Direct-to-DVD animated film
2015	Justice League: Throne of Atlantis	Steve Trevor (voice)	Direct-to-DVD animated film
2016	Pup Star	Bark (voice)	Direct-to-DVD
2017	Pup Star: Better 2Gether	Bark (voice)	Direct-to-DVD
2017	I Am Elizabeth Smart	Ed Smart	TV film
2019	Justice League vs. the Fatal Five	Clark Kent/Superman (voice)[3]	Direct-to-DVD animated film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1982	The Blue and the Gray	Pvt Lawrence Jones (Union deserter at Bull Run)	TV miniseries
1986	Family Ties	Eric	Episode: "My Brother's Keeper"
1986–1992	Designing Women	Payne McIlroy	4 episodes
1990	Poochinski	Det. Robert McKay	TV pilot
1990	Working Girl	Everett Rutledge	12 episodes
1991–1993	The Pirates of Dark Water	Ren (voice)
1995	Courthouse	Sean	5 episodes
1997	Gold Fever	Will Patterson	Documentary
1997	Touched by an Angel	Michael Burns	Episode: "Amazing Grace: Part 1"
1997	Promised Land	Michael Burns	Episode: "Amazing Grace: Part 2"
1997	The Outer Limits	Ryan Unger	Episode: "Stream of Consciousness"
1997	Adventures from the Book of Virtues	Damon (voice)	Episode: "Friendship"
1997	Perversions of Science	Walter	Episode: "Planely Possible"
1997–1998	Chicago Hope	Dr. Scott Frank	6 episodes
1998	From the Earth to the Moon	Stu Roosa	TV miniseries
1998	Friends	Danny	3 episodes
2000	Bull	Robert "Ditto" Roberts III	20 episodes
2001–2004	Justice League	Clark Kent / Superman (voice)
2002	Providence	Owen Frank	21 episodes
2003	Static Shock	Clark Kent / Superman (voice)	Episode: "Toys in the Hood"
2004	Boston Legal	Dr. Allen Konigsberg	Episode: "Loose Lips"
2004	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Dr. Todd Coombs	Episode: "Bloodlines"
2004	Johnny Bravo	Man, Waiter, Moustache Man (voices)	Episode: "Get Shovelized/T Is for Trouble"
2004–2006	Justice League Unlimited	Clark Kent / Superman, Bizarro, Evil Star (voices)	20 episodes
2006	Cold Case	Bill Huxley (1979)	Episode: "The Key"
2007–2008	The Batman	Clark Kent / Superman (voice)	4 episodes
2008	CSI: Miami	Kevin Weaver	Episode: "To Kill a Predator"
2008	Ben 10: Alien Force	Frank Tennyson (voice)	Episode: "What Are Little Girls Made Of"
2008	Grey's Anatomy	Stan Mercer	Episode: "There's No 'I' in Team"
2008	Ghost Whisperer	Roger Gardner	Episode: "Ball & Chain"
2008	Jericho	President John Tomarchio	Episode: "Condor"
2009	Criminal Minds	Steven Baleman	Episode: "Soul Mates"
2009	CSI: NY	Alex Sheridan	Episode: "Rush to Judgement"
2009	Castle	Howard Peterson	Episode: "Nanny McDead"
2009	The Cleaner	Perry	Episode: "Path of Least Resistance"
2009	Private Practice	Brian Reynolds	Episode: "Slip Slidin' Away"
2010	Nip/Tuck	Dr. Curtis Ryerson	4 episodes
2010	The Mentalist	Dr. Cliff Edmunds	Episode: "Code Red"
2010	Miami Medical	Frank	Episode: "All Fall Down"
2010	NCIS	Arthur Haskell	Episode: "Dead Air"
2010	Suite 7	Gil	Episode: “Supermen”
2010–2011	Hot in Cleveland	Jordan	2 episodes
2012–2018	Scandal	Charlie	TV Series; Recurring S1-S6 - Main S7 - 66 Episodes
2015	Granite Flats	Scottie Andrews	8 episodes
2017	Grimm	Julian Levy	Episode: "The Son Also Rise"
2018-present	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Dr. Al Pollack	Recurring role

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Final Fantasy X-2	Nooj
2006	Kingdom Hearts II	Sephiroth
2007	Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII	Sephiroth
2008	Dissidia Final Fantasy	Sephiroth
2011	Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy	Sephiroth
2011	Star Wars: The Old Republic	Commander Naughlen (uncredited)
2013	Injustice: Gods Among Us	Clark Kent / Kal-El / Superman
2016	DC Universe Online	Clark Kent / Kal-El / Superman
2017	Injustice 2	Clark Kent / Kal-El / Superman	[4]
2018	Dissidia Final Fantasy NT	Sephiroth
2018	Mobius Final Fantasy	Sephiroth

References

"Notable Thetas - Heritage - Kappa Alpha Theta". heritage.kappaalphatheta.org. Archived from the original on 2018-12-15. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
Lipton, Michael A. (January 8, 1996). "Adventure in Babysitting". PEOPLE.com. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
"'Justice League vs. The Fatal Five' Sets Voice Cast (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter.
"San Diego Comic-Con 2016 Injustice 2". Comic-Con 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-18. Retrieved 2016-07-11.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)

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[1] "Notable Thetas - Heritage - Kappa Alpha Theta". heritage.kappaalphatheta.org. Archived from the original on 2018-12-15. Retrieved 2019-06-11.

[2] Lipton, Michael A. (January 8, 1996). "Adventure in Babysitting". PEOPLE.com. Retrieved November 21, 2019.

[3] "'Justice League vs. The Fatal Five' Sets Voice Cast (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter.

[4] "San Diego Comic-Con 2016 Injustice 2". Comic-Con 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-18. Retrieved 2016-07-11.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)