{{Short description|American voice actor, comedian, author, animator, musician, screenwriter and producer}} {{BLP sources|date=July 2015}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2015}} {{Infobox person | name = Phil Snyder | image = Phil_Snyder.jpg | image_size = 200px | caption = Snyder in 1997 | birth_name = Philip Charles Snyder | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|02|06}} | birth_place = Ellensburg, Washington, U.S. | occupation = {{hlist|Voice actor|stand-up comedian|author|animator|musician|singer-songwriter|director|screenwriter|producer}} <!-- as listed on his website --> | years_active = 1974–present | children = 3 | agent = Tisherman Gilbert Motley Drozdoski<ref name="Voicechasers">{{cite web|url=https://voicechasers.com/database/showactor.php?actorid=11890|title=Phil Snyder|author=|date=|work=Voice Chasers|access-date=11 September 2020}}</ref> | website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20100610172602/http://philsnyder.net/ Official website] }} '''Philip Charles Snyder''' (born February 6, 1953)<ref name="BTVA"/> is an actor and stand-up comedian.
==Career== He was born the sixth child in a family of ten children. He began to demonstrate his love for, and natural skills in entertainment, especially impressions, at an early age. Snyder moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1974 to pursue a career in show business. After a few false starts, he became a regular paid performer at The Comedy Store. He began pursuing a career in voice-overs for animated cartoons and commercials. In 1996, Snyder had his first guest role in an animated TV series as Newt Gingrich and "Bob" in an episode of Steven Spielberg's ''Pinky and the Brain''. The episode title was "The Pink Candidate".
In 1998, Snyder starred in his first feature film as Mr. Toad in the American version of Martin Gates's ''The Wind in the Willows''.{{efn|name=Mr. Toad}} Snyder also played the villain, Thaddeus J. Pinchworm, in ''The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald'', which was animated by Klasky Csupo.
In May 2010, Snyder began to voice the Disney character, Jiminy Cricket. His first appearance as him was in the popular video game series, ''Kingdom Hearts.''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://philsnyder.net/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-05-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100610172602/http://philsnyder.net/ |archive-date=June 10, 2010 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> He took over the role from Eddie Carroll, who died in April 2010.
He is also the voice of the Mattel Toys interactive talking toy, "Stinky the Garbage Truck," which made its debut in 2010.
Snyder began teaching at the University of Houston in their College of Technology's Digital Media Program in 2013, and won their Teaching Excellence Award in 2015.<ref>{{cite web |title=Phil Snyder - University of Houston |url=https://uh.edu/class/media-and-the-moving-image/affiliate-faculty/phil-snyder/ |website=uh.edu}}</ref>
==Filmography== ===Film=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- style="background:#b0c4de; text-align:center;" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- | 1995 | ''The Wind in Willows'' | Mr. Toad |Voice |- | 2001, 2003 | ''The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald'' | Thaddeus J. Pinchworm, Stiles | Voice, direct-to-video series<ref name="BTVA">{{cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Phil-Snyder/|title=Phil Snyder - 11 Character Images|website=Behind The Voice Actors}}</ref><ref name="Voicechasers"/> |- | 2002 | ''The Creation Adventure Team: Six Short Days, One Big Adventure'' | Proto | rowspan="2"| Voice, direct-to-video |- | 2003 | ''The Creation Adventure Team: A Jurassic Ark Mystery'' | Proto |- | 2014 | ''The Elements Club: Lord of Flawless Strength'' | Various voices | Direct-to-video |}
===Television=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- style="background:#b0c4de; text-align:center;" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- | 1996 | ''Pinky and the Brain'' | Bob | Voice, episode: "The Pink Candidate"<ref name="Voicechasers"/> |}
===Video games=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- style="background:#b0c4de; text-align:center;" ! Year ! Title ! Voice role ! Notes |- | 1997 | ''Popeye and the Quest for the Woolly Mammoth'' | Swee Pea |<ref name="BTVA"/> |- | 1998 | ''Popeye & the Sunken Treasure'' | Swee Pea | |- | 2008 | ''Tom Clancy's EndWar'' | Additional voices | |- | 2011 | ''Kingdom Hearts Re:coded'' | Jiminy Cricket |<ref name="Voicechasers"/> |- | 2012 | ''Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance'' | Jiminy Cricket |<ref name="Voicechasers"/> |- | 2015 | ''The Elements Club: Unity Match'' | Additional voices | |- | 2017 | ''Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue'' | Jiminy Cricket (archive footage) | |}
===Theme parks=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- style="background:#b0c4de; text-align:center;" ! Year ! Title ! Voice role ! Notes |- | 2003 | ''Health Royale'' | Slim Pick-It |<ref name="Voicechasers"/> |}
===Commercials and promos=== * Disney Christmas Ad: Jiminy Cricket (Disney Home Video) * Stinky Garbage Truck Ad: Stinky (Young & Rubicam/Mattel) * Tropicana Orange Juice: Orange (Pepsico/Element 79) * 7-Eleven Stores: Cartoon Man (Richards Group/PBS) * Popeye’s Chicken: Popeye, Olive, Whimpy (Hill, Holiday Altschiller) * Premier Parks: Popeye, Olive, Bluto (Ackerman McQueen) * Toys ‘r’ Us: Tough Guy, Crazy Guy (Wells Rich Greene) * Blockbuster Video: Octopus (Bernstein-Rein)
===Television and episodic webisodes=== * Ad It Up: Just Ad Milk (Pilot): Writer/Producer/Director (KAZAP Corp.) * ''The Numbears:'' All Roles (8 Million YouTube Views) (KAZAP Corp.) * 24—online Animated: George Mason (Imagine Ent.) * ''Something So Right:'' Hector the Stuttering Parrot (Universal/NBC)
===Radio, commercials, and talk shows=== * Discover Card: Elf (Shine Adv/DG Entertainment) * Quik Trip: Dad (Richards Group) * Jc Penney: Crazy Announcer (Ackerman McQueen) * Boatman’s Bank: 3rd Little Pig (TBWA Kerlick Switzer) * Infincom Copiers: Dudley Doo-Right, Snidley (Moses Anshell) * Rick Dees Top 40: Featured (Syndicated)
===Comedy clubs and live concerts=== * Comedy Stores of Hollywood, Las Vegas, La Jolla, & Universal City, Atlantis Hotel in Atlantic City (Jeff Kutash's "Superstars & Stripes") Also regular at Ice House, Laff Stop, Igby’s, Coconuts, Laugh Factory, and Los Angeles area comedy clubs. Toured with World Champion gymnast, Kurt Thomas's "Gymnastics America" as MC/Host.
==Education== *Electronics (A.S.) – Los Angeles Valley College 1985 *Advanced Biblical Studies (Diploma) – Liberty University 1990 *Cinema & Television Arts – Multimedia Production (B.A.) – California State University Northridge 2009 *Master of Fine Arts, Television/Film/Theatre (M.F.A.) – California State University Los Angeles 2012
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{{efn | name = Mr. Toad | The version of ''The Wind in the Willows'' which starred Phil Snyder as Mr. Toad was originally produced in the UK by M.G.P. Productions, with Rik Mayall in the role. }}
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|5311035}} *[http://voicechasers.com/database/showactor.php?actorid=11890 Phil Snyder] at Voice Chasers
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