Charlie Adler

Charles Michael "Charlie" Adler (born October 2, 1956) is an American voice actor and voice director. He is known for his roles as Buster Bunny on Tiny Toon Adventures, various characters on Rocko's Modern Life and Ickis on ''Aaahh!!! Real Monsters''. His other credits include Avengers Assemble, Brandy & Mr. Whiskers, Cow and Chicken, Earthworm Jim, G.I. Joe: Renegades, I Am Weasel and SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron.

On Jack’s Big Music Show, he voiced Henry the monster and some of the alligators in "Jack's Super Swell Sing-along". Additionally, he was one of the three voice directors, the others being Hank Azaria and co-creator Frank Welker

Early life
Adler was born on October 2, 1956, in Paterson, New Jersey.

In the mid-1960s, Adler's family moved to Nanuet, New York and later to Massachusetts. He was given the nickname "Beanie" due to always wearing a Beanie cap. His sister Cheryl Adler is a psychotherapist who wrote the book Sober University.

Growing up, Adler was a self-described "TV junkie", and an avid fan of Rocky and Bullwinkle, The Three Stooges and Irene Ryan's Granny Moses from The Beverly Hillbillies.

Career
Adler's first professional acting job was in a commercial in 1971. Afterward, he took a hiatus from acting. During this time, he worked a variety of jobs, including waiter, janitor, paper delivery man, floor stripper, house painter, remedial reading teacher and caretaker for an Episcopal church.

Adler's first voice acting job was for some of the gremlins in the 1984 film Gremlins. In the same year and 1985 he starred as Arnold Beckoff in Torch Song Trilogy, for which he was nominated for the 1985 Helen Hayes Best Actor Award, in New York City before moving to California in 1986.

Adler's first animation role was recorded in Burbank, California, when he provided additional voices for Paul Winchell's Rocko's Modern Life.

In 1985, after convincing the head of the Abrams, Rubiloff and Lawrence agency to allow him to audition for their voice-over department, Adler later attended a private audition for Ginny McSwain and Arlene Thornton. An agent had praised him in front of them as the "next Frank Welker". McSwain recalls that "he blew their minds" but he claims that initially they had no interest in him. Having no demo, they arranged for him to record an audition. He improvised characters during the tape, which impressed both McSwain and Thornton, however, left him so embarrassed with his performance that he performed with his back to them and his face hidden with a hat and sunglasses.