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'''Charles Martinet''' is a voice actor working for [[Nintendo]]. He is most well known as the voice of [[Mario]], as well as [[Luigi]], [[Wario]] and [[Waluigi]]. He provided Mario's voice in video games for many years, from the 1990s until he was replaced in 2023.
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'''Charles Martinet''' is a voice actor working for [[Nintendo]]. He is most well known as the voice of [[Mario]].  
  
 
=Biography=  
 
=Biography=  
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Charles Martinet first became associated with Mario at a trade show in Seattle in 1991. There were auditions for people to perform the voice of Mario. Charles Martinet was alerted of the auditions by a friend and arrived just as the Nintendo people were closing down the booth. He convinced them to let him do a late audition. After being told he was portraying a plumber from Brooklyn, he at first thought of using a stereotypical Brooklyn accent, but he thought it would sound too harsh for children to hear because of how raspy it was, so he tried a lighter and friendlier-sounded Italian accent, which was able to get him the part.  
 
Charles Martinet first became associated with Mario at a trade show in Seattle in 1991. There were auditions for people to perform the voice of Mario. Charles Martinet was alerted of the auditions by a friend and arrived just as the Nintendo people were closing down the booth. He convinced them to let him do a late audition. After being told he was portraying a plumber from Brooklyn, he at first thought of using a stereotypical Brooklyn accent, but he thought it would sound too harsh for children to hear because of how raspy it was, so he tried a lighter and friendlier-sounded Italian accent, which was able to get him the part.  
  
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He initially voiced Mario at various trade shows in the 90’s, providing his voice to a talking 3-D Mario head that was displayed in televisions at the trade shows which was called Mario in Real Time. He eventually started voicing Mario in video games, starting with several licensed games: the CD version of ''Mario Teaches Typing'' in 1994 and ''Mario's Game Gallery''/''Mario's FUNdamentals'' in 1995. There have also been reports of him providing Mario's voice for a ''Super Mario Bros.'' pinball machine that was released in 1992. In 1996, he he starred as Mario in the [[Nintendo 64]] game ''[[Super Mario 64]]'', which marked his first time appearing as the character in an official mainstream game. He has gone on to voice most of Mario’s supporting cast, including the characters of Luigi, Wario and Waluigi. He has also continued making public appearances as the characters he portrays, such as when he appeared on G4 in a Mario costume to advertise the release of ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]''. Charles Martinet also continued to do Mario in Real time on-and-off over the years, including periods where he performed equivalents for Luigi, Wario and [[Donkey Kong]]. Martinet has also done voiced for other video games over the years.
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He initially voiced Mario at various trade shows in the 90’s, providing his voice to a talking 3-D Mario head that was displayed in televisions at the trade shows which was called Mario in Real Time. He eventually started voicing Mario in video games, starting with the licensed game for the PC, ''Mario’s FUNdamentals''. In 1996, he became the official voice of Mario starting in the [[Nintendo 64]] game ''[[Super Mario 64]]''. He has gone on to voice most of Mario’s supporting cast, including the characters of Luigi, Wario and Waluigi. He has also continued making public appearances as the characters he portrays, such as when he appeared on G4 in a Mario costume to advertise the release of ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]''.  
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In 2023, it was announced the Charles Martinet would not longer reprise any of his ''Mario'' roles. His roles would be recast, and Martinet would continue to be acknowledged by Nintendo in a role known as Mario Ambassador. The last full games he recorded, which released in 2022, were ''[[Mario Strikers: Battle League]]'' (his last game for Wario and Waluigi) and ''[[Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope]]'' (his last game for Mario and Luigi). In 2023, he appeared in ''The Super Mario Bros. Movie'' as Mario's father and as a friend of the brothers named Giuseppe. Giuseppe acted as an homage to Charles Martinet and to Mario's history, as Martinet voiced him with Mario's game voice, and his design was based on Mario's original design from ''[[Donkey Kong (game)|Donkey Kong]]''. He also had one more Mario line recorded for Mario's Black Suit variant in ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'' which went live in August 2023, the day after Martinet's departure was announced. Martinet has also clarified that he is not retired.
 
  
 
=Roles=  
 
=Roles=  
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===Mario===  
 
===Mario===  
  
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*[[Luigi#Baby_Luigi|Baby Luigi]] (starting in ''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]'')
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*[[Luigi#Childhood|Baby Luigi]] (starting in ''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]'')
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*[[Mario#Baby_Mario|Baby Mario]] (starting in ''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'')
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*[[Mario#Childhood|Baby Mario]] (starting in ''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'')
 
*[[Clawgrip]] (''[[Super Mario Advance: Super Mario Bros. 2]]'')
 
*[[Clawgrip]] (''[[Super Mario Advance: Super Mario Bros. 2]]'')
 
*[[Luigi]] (starting in ''[[Mario Kart 64]]'')
 
*[[Luigi]] (starting in ''[[Mario Kart 64]]'')
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*[[Mario]] (starting in ''Mario’ Teaches Typing''/''[[Super Mario 64]]'')
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*[[Mario]] (starting in ''Mario’s FUNdamentals''/''[[Super Mario 64]]'')
 
*[[Mouser]] (''Super Mario Advance'')
 
*[[Mouser]] (''Super Mario Advance'')
 
*[[Toadsworth]]
 
*[[Toadsworth]]
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*He actually doesn’t know that much Italian, but he is fluent in Spanish and French (likely due to his time in Spain and France during his childhood).
 
*He actually doesn’t know that much Italian, but he is fluent in Spanish and French (likely due to his time in Spain and France during his childhood).
 
*His favorite food is sushi.
 
*His favorite food is sushi.
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*He originated Mario and Luigi's Italian accents. While others were initially cast as Luigi and Wario, Charles Martinet originated the role of Waluigi and was the only voice actor for him until his departure from the ''Mario'' series. Donkey Kong also appears to be the only character who he voiced in an In Real Time display and never in any official games.
 
  
 
[[Category: Nintendo Employees]]
 
[[Category: Nintendo Employees]]
 
[[Category: Voice Actors]]
 
[[Category: Voice Actors]]

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