Mark Hamill - I salute you!

[Frozen]

Hello! Watched the Star Wars Trilogy again last night - and I simply cannot BELIEVE that Puley Lukey and The Joker are both done by Mark Hamill!
It's always been my opinion that Hamill in Star Wars is only just on the right side of lame (the famous bit in Empire when Vader reveals he's Luke's dad, and Luke starts screaming "NOOOOOO!" really pushes his acting ability to the limit!) - and yet whilst watching 'BB: Return of the Joker' last week the The joker, as always, gave me the chills - all because of Mark Hamill's absolutely SUPERB vocal performance! That shrieking laugh is absolutely brilliant - and, to me, is THE single defining element that makes the animated Joker (like so many of the other animated villains, not least Mr Freeze) the definitive article in the entire Batman franchise.
One of Hamill's triumphs is that, despite all the restrictions placed on the Joker by WB "because it's a kids show", is that we REALLY believe that this Joker IS a homicidal maniac - and deserves the almost reverential fear that he elicits from Bats and Barbara Gordon in "Return of the Joker".
Mr Hamill - thank you. I take it all back! :)

PS - please tell me it's the same mark Hamill, and this whole post hasn't been one big, embarrassing mistake...

[Clayface]

Yep. its the same Mark!

[optimal321]

Mark Hamil is THE Joker!!!

[Knight]

Originally posted by optimal321
Mark Hamil is THE Joker!!!

Without a question he has to be considered one of the best Jokers ever.

[Inque]

I think he's definitely a better Joker, his role as Luke Skywalker have been played out.

[Calhoun07]

I personally can't believe the kid from Corvette Summer is the voice actor for the Joker!!!!

Yes, it's hard to imagine the screen actor as the same voice that does Joker, and I was just as surprised when I found it out too, but Mark Hamill has quite an illustrious career in voice acting in animation. Among his shows are:

Savage Dragon
Incredible Hulk
The Powerpuff Girls
Scooby Doo and the Alien Invaders
Joseph the King of Dreams
Sinbad Beyond the Veil of Mists
Cow and Chicken
Spider Man
Phantom 2040
Fantastic Four
Little Mermaid
Fred Flinstone and Friends


and....in what I think will be my favorite role of his todate....

COCK KNOCKER in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back!

[Nass]

I thought there was no info released on his role in Jay and SIlent Bob strikes back? Where'd Cock Knocker come from? Funny.....but .....I dunno.....I guess yet another surprise from Mr. Hamil.

[Calhoun07]

Originally posted by Nass
I thought there was no info released on his role in Jay and SIlent Bob strikes back? Where'd Cock Knocker come from? Funny.....but .....I dunno.....I guess yet another surprise from Mr. Hamil.

That's an ancient Chinese secret!

Actually, it's not that hard..IMDB.com

[Inque]

and he's done sooooooo many cameos in other shows

[Flying Grayson]

Mark Hamil was the Joker?!?!?!?!
I didn't know that.

[Calhoun07]

Originally posted by Flying Grayson
Mark Hamil was the Joker?!?!?!?!
I didn't know that.

Yeah, that was my reaction when I first found out too! You hear his voice in the Star Wars movies, the you hear his Joker voice (especially the laugh) and it does not compute. But Mark Hamill is really an animation fan who loves to lend his voices to this stuff, but the Joker is his most famous role.

IMDB.com will have a listing of EVERYTHING he's been in. As Inque pointed out, he has had alot of guest roles, and it is surprising to see just how much he has been in.

[Vigo Sprax]

I haven't taked a look at the IMDB but hes dozen bunches of voice overs for documentaries also, the one that I saw most recently was one on Egypt.