Bill Switzer

American-Canadian voice actor (born 1984)

William Ashton Switzer
Born	(1984-03-28) March 28, 1984 (age 40) Houston, Texas, U.S.
Nationality	American, Canadian
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1996–present
Family	2 younger sisters

William Ashton Switzer (born March 28, 1984) is an American-Canadian voice, film, and television actor. He is known for his work on the animated television series Mummies Alive! He had a leading role in Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension and he also performed in Sabrina: The Animated Series. While he has voiced several roles in anime, he was also Philthy from MythQuest and the voice of Harvey Kinkle from Sabrina: The Animated Series and Sam "Cannonball" Guthrie from X-Men: Evolution. He also voiced Billy's former friend Nick in the second season of Billy the Cat which he took over from Lee Tockar who also wrote one episode of the show.

Career

Switzer attended his first audition and won his first role, in a Shari Lewis special, when he was a teenager.^[1] He voices the lead character; Presley Carnavon in the television show Mummies Alive!^[2]

Switzer was nominated for a Young Artist Award for The Christmas List (1997).^[3]

Switzer was noticed for his starring role in Mr. Rice's Secret (2000), in which he played a young cancer patient. He was in almost every scene of the film.^[1] Elvis Mitchell of the New York Times wrote, "In the leading role, Mr. Switzer is fine as Owen, especially given that he has to spend a great deal of time talking to himself".^[4] The Vancouver Province wrote, "[T]here's an appealing freshness to the young cast of this Vancouver-filmed movie, especially Switzer in the lead role".^[5]

He had a leading role in the television show Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension.^[6]

Switzer was reported to be directing a short film at age 17.^[7]

Personal life

Switzer, who lived in Tsawwassen at the time Mr. Rice's Secret was in production, was reported to be a good swimmer and baseball player in his youth.^[1] He learned to ride a horse for his guest role in The Adventures of Shirley Holmes.^[8]

Selected filmography

Film

Mail to the Chief - Kenny Witkowski
Cheats - Garret
The Dinosaur Hunter - Daniel
When Danger Follows You Home - Andrew Werden
Locked in Silence - John
The Right Connections - Gary Fleming
The Christmas List - Danny Skyler
A Call to Remember - Sandy Halper
The Life - Jason
Mr. Rice's Secret - Owen Walters^[9]
Death Note - Sasaki (voice)

Television

The Adventures of Shirley Holmes - Matt
Cold Squad - Stewart
Dead Man's Gun - JoJo
The Dead Zone - Doug Hirsh
Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension - Mitchell Taylor
First Wave - Nick Patterson
MythQuest - Philthy
Scorn - David
The Sentinel - Edward Lazar

Anime roles

Mobile Suit Gundam SEED - Sai Argyle
Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack - Hathaway Noah
Zoids: New Century Zero - Jamie Hemeros, Lineback
Cardcaptors - Eli Moon
MegaMan NT Warrior - Chaud Blaze
Infinite Ryvius - Ikumi Oze
Ranma ½ - Harumaki's Grandson
Master Keaton - Shinsuke Yunase
Dragon Drive - Ichiro Sumishiba
Trouble Chocolate - Boy with Card, Raisin
Boys Over Flowers - Junpei Oribe

Voice Work

Billy the Cat - Nick (Season 2)
Extreme Dinosaurs - Additional Voices
Greatest Heroes and Legends of the Bible - Various characters
Mama, Do You Love Me? - Sam and Rascal
Milo's Bug Quest
Mummies Alive! - Presley Carnavon
Rainbow Fish - Stingo
Sabrina: The Animated Series - Harvey Kinkle
Silverwing - Shade
X-Men: Evolution - Sam "Cannonball" Guthrie

Video games

Mobile Suit Gundam: Encounters in Space - Kou Uraki

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "First feature a heady role: Teen actor was looking for more to do -- and got it". The Province. Vancouver, B.C. 28 July 1998. p. B2 – via Proquest.
^ McNamara, Lynne (16 November 1997). "Teen actor swamped with work". The Province. p. B8 – via Proquest.
^ Crump, William D. (2013-09-04). The Christmas Encyclopedia, 3d ed. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-6827-0.
^ Mitchell, Elvis (December 22, 2000). "Film Review: David Bowie With a Secret and a Power". New York Times. p. E28 – via Proquest.
^ Schaefer, Glen (16 March 2001). "Thoughtful but too muted". The Province. Vancouver, B.C. p. B5 – via Proquest.
^ Strachan, Alex (7 February 1998). "Viewers big winners in Nagano: CBS promises to tone down the nationalism and CBC will tone down personality profiles, making for better TV". The Vancouver Sun. p. D4 – via Proquest.
^ SchaeferC21., Glen (31 May 2001). "At 17, actor Switzer tries directing". The Province. p. C21 – via Proquest.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ McNamara, Lynne (19 July 1998). "Kid Star". The Province. p. B7 – via Proquest.
^ Willis, John; Monush, Barry (2002-03-25). Screen World 2001. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 978-1-55783-478-2.