Oliver Wyman (actor)

Oliver Wyman (born July 20, 1966) is an American voice actor, who has worked on many animated features, television shows, and video games. He has also narrated over 150 audiobooks. Wyman is a narrator who has won three Audie Awards from the Audio Publisher's Association, fifteen Earphone Awards from AudioFile Magazine, and two Listen Up Awards from Publishers Weekly.

This article is about the voice actor also credited as Pete Zarustica. For the company, see Oliver Wyman.
Oliver Wyman
Oliver Wyman speaking on a panel on voice acting at the Big Apple Convention in Manhattan, New York on June 8, 2008
Born (1966-07-20) July 20, 1966
Mankato, Minnesota, U.S.
Other namesPete Zarustica, Chick Peter
OccupationVoice actor
Years active1994–present

He is also known under the alias of Pete Zarustica.[1] In anime and video games, Wyman voiced the character Drew from the Pokémon anime series, Morty Oyamada, Hang Zang-Ching and Boris Tepes Dracula from Shaman King, and Big the Cat in the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise.

Filmography

Anime
Year Title Role Notes Source
1994 Iria: Zeiram the Animation Dr. Tohka
2003 Shaman King Morty Oyamada, Hang Zang-Ching, Boris Tepes Dracula [1]
2003–2006 Sonic X Big the Cat [2][3]
2003–2006 Pokémon Drew (Seasons 6–8), Additional voices Advanced Generation series [4]
2005–2006 Yu-Gi-Oh! Zigfried von Schroeder, Dr. Alex Brisbane, Alexander the Great, Aknadin Credited as Pete Zarustica [1]
2005–2008 Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Aster Phoenix, Brier, Neo-Spacian Aqua Dolphin, Guardian of the Labyrinth Credited as Pete Zarustica [4]
2008–2010 Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds Alex, Rex Goodwin (episode 15-64) Credited as Pete Zarustica [1]
2014 Pokémon the Movie: Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction Argus Steel Credited as Pete Zarustica [4]
2017–2018 Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V Aster Phoenix Ccredited as Pete Zarustica
2018 Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us Zeraora Credited as Pete Zarustica

Animation
Year Title Role Notes Source
2001 12 Tiny Christmas Tales Blitzen / Angry Guy Short film
Credited as Pete Zarustica
2003–2005 Kenny the Shark Burton Plushtoy III Unknown episodes
2010 Animals United Smiley
2014–2015 Wallykazam! Baby Snow Dragon, Flouse (noise) 4 episodes

Video games
Year Title Role Notes Source
2004 Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Pedestrian
2004 Conflict: Vietnam Various
2005 The Warriors Luther
2010 Sonic & Sega All Stars Racing Big the Cat Uncredited
2015 Lego Dimensions Big the Cat [5]
2017 Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links Aster Phoenix

Audiobook narration

Awards

Audie Awards
Year Category Title Result
2001 Outstanding Inspirational/Spiritual It's Not About The Bike by Lance Armstrong Won[6]
2006 Outstanding Non-Fiction, Unabridged The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman Won[7]
2009 Outstanding Non-Fiction Hot, Flat and Crowded by Thomas Friedman Won[8]

Earphone Awards
Year Title Result
2003 The Best Business Stories of the Year 2002 by Andrew Leckey Won[9]
2003 The Joy of Pi by David Blatner Won[10]
2003 A Million Little Pieces by James Frey Won[11]
2004 The Big Year by Mark Obmascik Won[12]
2005 The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman Won[13]
2008 Hurricane Punch by Tim Dorsey Won[14]
2008 Atomic Lobster by Tim Dorsey Won[15]
2008 Juggling Elepants by Jones Loflin Won[16]
2008 Leading Change by John Kotter Won[17]
2008 Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin Won[18]
2009 Practical Demonkeeping by Christopher Moore Won[19]
2010 Annexed by Sharon Dogar Won[20]
2010 Interface by Neal Stephenson Won[21]
2011 Electric Barracuda by Tim Dorsey Won[22]
2012 WWW: Wonder by Robert J. Sawyer Won[23]

Listen Up Awards
Year Title Result
2003 A Million Little Pieces by James Frey Won[24]
2008 Hot, Flat and Crowded by Thomas Friedman Won[25]

References
  1. Browning, John Edgar; Picart, Caroline Joan (Kay) (2010-10-20). Dracula in Visual Media: Film, Television, Comic Book and Electronic Game Appearances, 1921-2010. McFarland. ISBN 9780786462018.
  2. "Oliver Wyman on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2017-01-07.
  3. "Oliver Wyman - Some of the characters that I've played... | Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2017-01-07.
  4. "Pros and Con Artists". Pokémon Advanced Challenge. Episode 10. Jan 7, 2017. Closing Credits. 4Kids.
  5. "Oliver Wyman on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2017-01-07.
  6. "2001 Audies - APA". www.audiopub.org. Retrieved 2017-06-06.
  7. "2006 Audies - APA". www.audiopub.org. Retrieved 2017-06-06.
  8. "2009 Audies - APA". www.audiopub.org. Retrieved 2017-06-06.
  9. "THE BEST BUSINESS STORIES OF THE YEAR 2002 by Andrew Leckey Ken Auletta [Eds] Read by Eliza Foss Beth McDonald Jeff Woodman Oliver Wyman | Audiobook Review | AudioFile Magazine". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2017-06-06.
  10. "THE JOY OF PI by David Blatner Read by Oliver Wyman Hank Jacobs Laura Dean | Audiobook Review | AudioFile Magazine". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2017-06-06.
  11. "A MILLION LITTLE PIECES by James Frey Read by Oliver Wyman | Audiobook Review | AudioFile Magazine". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2017-06-06.
  12. "THE BIG YEAR by Mark Obmascik Read by Oliver Wyman | Audiobook Review | AudioFile Magazine". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2017-06-06.
  13. "THE WORLD IS FLAT by Thomas L Friedman Read by Oliver Wyman | Audiobook Review | AudioFile Magazine". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2017-06-06.
  14. "HURRICANE PUNCH by Tim Dorsey Read by Oliver Wyman | Audiobook Review | AudioFile Magazine". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2017-06-06.
  15. "ATOMIC LOBSTER by Tim Dorsey Read by Oliver Wyman | Audiobook Review | AudioFile Magazine". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2017-06-06.
  16. "JUGGLING ELEPHANTS by Jones Loflin Todd Musig Read by Oliver Wyman | Audiobook Review | AudioFile Magazine". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2017-06-06.
  17. "LEADING CHANGE by John Kotter Read by Oliver Wyman | Audiobook Review | AudioFile Magazine". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2017-06-06.
  18. "WINTERS TALE by Mark Helprin Read by Oliver Wyman | Audiobook Review | AudioFile Magazine". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2017-06-06.
  19. "PRACTICAL DEMONKEEPING by Christopher Moore Read by Oliver Wyman | Audiobook Review | AudioFile Magazine". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2017-06-06.
  20. "ANNEXED by Sharon Dogar Read by Oliver Wyman Joe Barrett Rachel Butera Jeremy Gage Peter Ganim LJ Ganser Elisabeth Rodgers Jay Snyder Eileen Stevens Suzanne Toren | Audiobook Review | AudioFile Magazine". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2017-06-06.
  21. "INTERFACE by Neal Stephenson J Frederick George Read by Oliver Wyman | Audiobook Review | AudioFile Magazine". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2017-06-06.
  22. "ELECTRIC BARRACUDA by Tim Dorsey Read by Oliver Wyman | Audiobook Review | AudioFile Magazine". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2017-06-06.
  23. "WWW WONDER by Robert J Sawyer Read by Jessica Almasy Marc Vietor Oliver Wyman Anthony Haden Salerno | Audiobook Review | AudioFile Magazine". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2017-06-06.
  24. "Listen Up Awards 2003". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2017-06-06.
  25. "The Listen Up Awards: The Best Audios of 2008". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2017-06-06.
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