Patrick Cullen Pinney (born June 30, 1952; age 72) is a SpongeBob SquarePants cast member. He portrays Painty the Pirate in the show's theme song in his every appearance except for Revenge of the Flying Dutchman, Battle for Bikini Bottom, and "Truth or Square."
Biography[]
Pinney was born in Los Angeles, California.
He attended college at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California, where he had many friends[citation needed] including assistant directorMichele Panelli Venetis and San Francisco Bay area costumer Alison Barnwell Morris, with whom he costarred in "The Deputy" at the UOP Rotunda Theatre.
He studied theatre along with producer / director Dennis Jones at University of the Pacific in Stockton where the two of them were room mates. As well as performing in theaters in the United States, he had also done theaters in Europe. He came to Los Angeles. Some time later, he played three characters in a play. Afterwards he was approached by a producer who offered him work in animation. It was a role in a Hanna-Barbera animation. From there he made the transition from a serious stage actor to voice.
He has also done work on Harry and the Hendersons.
Pinney has provided voices for a number of animated characters, including Mighty Mouse in the short-lived Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures (1987–1988), Pa Gorg, Uncle Traveling Matt, Flange Doozer, and "Additional Voices" in the animated version of Fraggle Rock, Chico the Bouncer in the hybrid live-action/animated film Cool World (1992), the speaking voice of Painty the Pirate from the opening theme of SpongeBob SquarePants (1999–present) and Wormguy and Idikiukup in Men in Black: The Series.
Credits[]
| Episode | Credits | |
|---|---|---|
| - "SpongeBob SquarePants Theme Song" | voice of Painty the Pirate | |
| 21a - "Your Shoe's Untied" | voice of Painty the Pirate, Cool Fish, Scoutmaster | |
| 28 - "Christmas Who?" | voice of Painty the Pirate | |
| 32b - "The Smoking Peanut" | voice of Fish #1, Zookeeper, Security Guard | |
| 206a - "Unreal Estate" | voice of Painty the Pirate | |
| 279c - "A Skin Wrinkle in Time" | voice of Painty the Pirate | |
| List of episode credits | ||
External links[]
- Patrick Pinney on Wikipedia
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