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Neil Kaplan

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About Me

At this point, I am (proudly) best known around the world as the voice of OPTIMUS PRIME on the FOX animated television series "Transformers: Robots in Disguise."Currently I can be heard in the on-line role playing worlds of: "World of Warcraft," "Lord of the Rings," and "Everquest."Or maybe you heard me during the football season on the radio on few different commercials.You can defeat me on the video games "Justice League: Heores" (Gorilla Grodd), "Spider-Man: Battle for New York" (Green Goblin), and "Zatch Bell" (Belgim EO). This Spring I am featured in "Command & Conquer" as well as playing Kraven the Hunter on "Spider-Man 3" and numerous other Russians on "S.T.A.L.K.E.R."I have written my FIRST Graphic Novel "I, of the Wolf" which is currently in production and due out later this year. WATCH FOR IT! (Or even better... ASK FOR IT at your local comics retailer!)I have a TV pilot that is being looked at by several production entities called "The Way it WASN'T!" -We present history not as it happened, but rather... as people remember it!"(More to come later!)Host Reel

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My Interests

San Francisco Giants, Los Angeles Clippers, San Jose Sharks, San Francisco 49ers, baseball, telling stories, movies, Jewish Big Brothers, radio shows, improv, live music, photography, hiking, traveling...

I'd like to meet:

Kevin Pollak, Kevin Smith, Paul Giamatti, Jon Favreau, George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Peter Cullen, Jenny McCarthy, Ann Margaret, Barry Bonds, Todd Zeile, George Lazenby, Adam Sandler, Elton Brand, Penn Jillette, Michael Bay, Christopher Guest, Nathan Lane, William Jefferson Blythe Clinton, Bill Murray, Bruce Springsteen, David Letterman, Robert Wuhl, Billy Chrystal, Donald Sterling

Music:

Bruce Springsteen (I think I have seen him about 25-30 times), The Grateful Dead (I think I saw them about 50 times or so, but NO, I'm not a deadhead... my brother Joel however...), Sting, Tony Bennett, Mozart (More later)

Movies:

Salt Mines

Add to My Profile | More VideosMy Favorites include: (In NO particular order)Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, Bull Durham, The Best Years of Our Lives, Zulu, Field of Dreams, The Iron Giant, The Aristocrats (The joke movie NOT the animated kittie film), This is Spinal Tap, LoTR Trilogy, The ORIGINAL SW Trilogy! Amadeus, Amadeus - Director's Cut, Alien, Aliens, Se7en, Animal House, Rock 'n Roll High School, John Carpenter's The Thing, There's Something About Mary, Annie Hall, Godfather, Godfather II, (and if digital technology can ever REMOVE Sofia Coppola) Godfather III, Pulp Fiction, Resevoir Dogs, Young Frankenstein, Blazing Saddles, High Anxiety, The Sixth Sense, The Sting, Dances with Wolves, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Star Trek: First Contact, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Sixteen Candles, My Favorite Year, A Fish Called Wanda, Towering Inferno, The Poseidon Adventure, The Kid Stays in the Picture, The Blues Brothers, 1776, Chicago, The Muppet Movie... and a few that don't come to mind right now.

Television:

Scrubs, HEROES, 24, Seinfeld, Cheers, The West Wing, Hill Street Blues, Dinner for Five, SuperFriends, Battle of the Network Stars, Match Game '78, Da Ali G Show, Entourage, Oz, The Sopranos, Assume the Position, How I Met Your Mother...

Books:

Anything by the good Doctor - Seuess!, The World According to Garp, the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Jurrasic Park, Less than Zero, 700 Sundays, Kiss me Like a Stranger

Heroes:

Quentin Tarantino, Kevin Smith, Kevin Pollak, Aaron Kaplan, Charlie Adler, Gene Wilder, Heather Hale, Buck O' Neil, Jon Favreau, Hank Greenberg, Jerry Rice, Joe Montana, Billy Chrystal, Groucho, Harpo, Chico & Zeppo!Christopher Reeve, Robin Williams, Paul Haggis, Penn Jillette, George Lucas, James Cameron, Danny Kaye, Warren Buffett, David Letterman, Howie Mandel, Moe Berg, Steve Zailian, Mel Brooks, Robert Rodriguez, Christopher Guest, Will Ferrell, Adam Sandler, Sylvester Stallone, Phil Hartman, Abraham Lincoln, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton...

My Blog

7-2-7

YES...I did see "Transformers."I saw it Monday night at the Legendary Cinerama Dome! I saw it with the (only slightly less) legendary Wally Wingert!OK, so my voice is NOT in this film... but fingers a...
Posted by Neil Kaplan on Fri, 06 Jul 2007 11:03:00 PST

Calling in to the Radio

Ok... so, I'm driving to a callback for a video game (YAY, Video Games!!!) when the local sports guys started to talk about the upcoming plans for a "Hooters" restaurant to open in Tel Aviv. So, the g...
Posted by Neil Kaplan on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 12:57:00 PST

My TRUE love...

Ok, so it's true... I LOVE baseball. If you know me, you might call this an understatement. If you don't know me... well, let's go to a ball game and get to know each other! If I won the lotto what wo...
Posted by Neil Kaplan on Wed, 21 Mar 2007 01:22:00 PST

February 22nd, or To two too!

Valentine's day is on the wrong day. Not that it matters to me. All Valentine's Day seems to mean to me is The Los Angeles Clippers will lose ANOTHER game. Not only do they STINK this season...
Posted by Neil Kaplan on Thu, 22 Feb 2007 09:59:00 PST

I rode my new bike too hard...

The results of a lack of oxygen to my brain resulted in "Odd Blog Thoughts..." Blogs I'd like to see: Balrog's Blog" Log Blog (for the log cabin enthusiast.) Fog Blog (for the hip S.F. crowd) Blah, bl...
Posted by Neil Kaplan on Sun, 18 Feb 2007 01:48:00 PST

Never insult an "Uber" Producer

Ok... so, help me out here. Was this a faux pas? I was at a screening tonight for the Spike Lee film "Inside Man." Afterward a Q&A with Oscar winner Brian Grazer took place. Oddly, my fr...
Posted by Neil Kaplan on Fri, 16 Feb 2007 12:00:00 PST

Wally gets a tattoo

Before I can write on a regular basis... I need to just WRITE. Right? Today... darn, the clock just flipped over... so scratch that. YESTERDAY I worked on another video game. It's cool work, but I alw...
Posted by Neil Kaplan on Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:26:00 PST