Dino Andrade

Dino Andrade (born September 16, 1963) is an American voice actor in video games and animated projects. He manages dual careers as both a voice actor and the creator, owner and operator of the geek dating/community website SoulGeek.com.

Dino Andrade
Born (1963-09-16) September 16, 1963
San Bernardino, California, U.S.
OccupationVoice actor
Years active1995–present
Spouse(s)
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(m. 1990; died 1999)​
Websitewww.dinoandrade.com

Early life

Andrade was born at Norton Air Force Base Hospital, in San Bernardino, California, to Hispanic parents. He is the first-born son of José Roberto Andrade (1924-2000) and Gloria Esther (Mendez) Andrade (1924-1997). His father was serving in the United States Air Force at the time of Dino's birth. The family moved to McGuire Air Force Base in New Jersey where Dino spent the first five years of his life before his father left the armed services and the family returned to California. Andrade has one sister, Sabrina, born, six years later to the day, on September 16, 1969. He says that his love of all things science fiction, horror and fantasy is lifelong and in his blood. He has been quoted saying, "I was that guy in acting class that, while everyone was reading Mamet and O'Neill, I was reading Batman comics," thus attributing his love of animation and graphic storytelling to making his career in voice acting the natural choice for him.

Career

Andrade started as an actor on stage and doing comedy improvisation, having been trained at the Groundlings by the actors Mindy Sterling and Julia Sweeney. His official start in voice over work happened when he drove a friend and fellow actor to an audition to do some background looping on the 1985 feature film Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, starring the then unknowns Sarah Jessica Parker and Helen Hunt. He was asked if he would like to audition as well and was hired for the film. From this, he was recommended to the director Steve Miner who was doing post-production on the horror/comedy film House, starring William Katt, George Wendt and Richard Moll. Though not credited in the final release, Andrade was hired to do the creature sounds of the demons that kidnap a child that Katt's character has to rescue. He continued in voice acting and acting in general until the early 1990s when he left acting to pursue independent film making. Around 2002, Andrade returned to acting with a focus on voice acting training and has been in voice acting ever since.[1]

Filmography

Video games

Animation

Other voice-overs
  • Doing Life (1986) - Various inmates
  • House (1986) - Voice of the Little Critters
  • Great Family Getaways: Orlando (2008) - Narrator
  • $h*! My Dad Says (2010) - Voice of Shatner at age 17
  • 2009: A True Story (2008) - Mayor of Los Angeles, Chief Network Executive
  • Kevin Costner's The Explorer's Guild (2008) - Father Russeau (series villain)

Live-action

Production credits
  • Bob's Video (1999) - writer, director and co-executive producer
  • Pumpkin Man (1998) - writer

Personal life

Andrade was married to the voice actress Mary Kay Bergman until her struggle with mental illness led to her suicide.[9] Andrade has become active in raising mental health awareness and plans to launch the Mary Kay Bergman Project, a mental health outreach program for artists and entertainers.

Andrade has an interest in science fiction, horror, fantasy and animation. He was inspired to create SoulGeek.com, a geek dating and community website. The site was launched in July 2007.

Andrade has a passion for symphonic film scores and is an avid baseball fan, supporting the Los Angeles Dodgers.

References
  1. "Interview with Chris Pope". Tech Jives. Archived from the original on 2011-12-06.
  2. Capcom. Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes. Capcom. Scene: Ending credits, Cast.
  3. "Behind the Voice Actors – Dino Andrade". Behind the Voice Actors. Retrieved August 1, 2019. Check mark indicates BTVA has verified the entries using screenshots of credits and other confirmed sources.
  4. "Hellsing Ultimate III". Hellsing Ultimate. Episode 3. October 4, 2014. Adult Swim.
    - "Hellsing VI". Hellsing Ultimate. Episode 6. October 25, 2014. Adult Swim.
  5. "Hellsing V". Hellsing Ultimate. Episode 5. October 18, 2014. Adult Swim.
  6. "Hellsing VIII". Hellsing Ultimate. Episode 8. November 8, 2014. Adult Swim.
  7. MFKZ in Select U.S. Cinemas Nationwide on October 11 & 16
  8. https://twitter.com/Chevistian1/status/1037157969841082368
  9. "Mary Kay Bergman Memorial". web.archive.org. 2001-05-13. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
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