Mario Castañeda

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Mario Castañeda (born June 29, 1962 in Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico) is a Mexican voice actor and dubbing director.

When he was very young, his parents moved to Mexico City where he resides currently. He studied drama in the Andrés Soler Institute from 1979 to 1982, and in June 1983, Castañeda started to work as a voice actor in Mexican dubs of several television series including Diff'rent Strokes, The Powers of Matthew Star, and Visitors. Castañeda has also done voice work in Japanese anime as well as the dubbing voice of many actors in movies, including Jim Carrey, Jackie Chan, and Bruce Willis.

He is the voice actor of Bardock in the Latin American dub.

In 2010, a dubbing session for Dragon Ball Kai begun, but Mario decline the offer due the low salary, as many of the other original cast did.

Notable roles

Anime roles

• Dragon Ball/Dragon Ball Z/Dragon Ball Z: Bardock: The Father of Goku/Dragon Ball GT - Son Goku (adult), Bardock (Goku's father)
• Saint Seiya - Kanon (Saint Seiya)(Poseidon and Hades Chapter Inferno - TV version)
• Los Caballeros del Zodíaco - Lune(Saint Seiya)| (Hades Chapter inferno - DVD version)
• Blue Submarine - Tokuhiro Iga
• Sailor Moon (anime) - Neflyte
• Slam Dunk (manga) - Tatsuhiko Aota, Toru Hanagata.

Non-anime roles

• Ace Ventura: Pet Detective|Ace Ventura: Detective de Mascotas - Ace Ventura
• Anastasia (film)|Anastasia - Dmitri
• MacGyver - MacGyver
• El Chavo (animated series) - Don Ramon / Ñoño
• Iron Man (TV series)|Iron Man]] - Tony Stark/Iron Man
• Spider-Man (1994 animated series)|Spider-Man - Tony Stark/Iron Man
• The Incredible Hulk (1996 animated series) - Tony Stark/Iron Man
• Demolition Man (film)|Demolition Man - Simon Phoenix
• The Mask (1995 TV series) - Stanley Ipkiss/La Máscara (Stanley Ipkiss/The Mask) and Ace Ventura
• Captain Planet - Capitán Planeta (Captain Planet)
• Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law - Droopy
• Tom and Jerry Kids - Lobo/Droopy/Dripple
• Futurama - Zap Branigan
• Bruce Almighty - Bruce Nolan
• The Wonder Years - Kevin Arnold (Adult)
• Boyz n the Hood- Ricky (Adult)
• Transformers - Glen Whitmann
• You, Me and Dupree - Carl
• Hannah Montanna - Robbie Steward
• Dragonball Evolution - Goku
• Dueños de la Noche (We Own The Night) - Capt. Joseph 'Joe' Grusinsky
• Anacondas: Trail of Blood - Scott
• The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes - Ant-Man/Giant-Man/Hank Pym