PULP FICTION’S “MARVIN” HEADS TO WINDSOR COMICON
Windsor ComiCon welcomes Phil LaMarr to its guest line-up for 2018.
Windsor, ON. Windsor ComiCon is excited to announce its next major guest for the 2018 season through American actor and voice actor, Phil LaMarr.
As a native of Los Angeles, LaMarr is an alumnus of Yale University and The Groundlings Theater who is best known as one of the original cast members of Mad TV and as “Marvin” in Pulp Fiction. In addition to numerous appearances in films like Jason Reitman’s Men, Woman & Children, Step Brothers, Free Enterprise and Real Steel as well as TV shows such as NYPD Blue, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Veep and Epix’s Get Shorty, LaMarr has been profiled for his extensive voice-over work, which includes regular roles on the animated series Samurai Jack (“Samurai Jack”), Futurama (“Hermes Conrad”) and Justice League (“John Stewart, Green Lantern”) along with recurring roles on Family Guy, Young Justice and Star Wars: Rebels.
Through video games, LaMarr has portrayed several characters, more notably on Fortnite (“Ken”), Shadow of Mordor (for which he won the NAVGTR award for best supporting actor), Metal Gear Solid 2 & 4, Mercenaries, Darksiders, Infamous, Dead Island, InJustice: Gods Among Us and Mortal Kombat X. His stage work includes productions with The Actor’s Gang, South Coast Repertory and Sacred Fools Theatre, and the award-winning production of We Are Proud To Present… at The Matrix Theatre. LaMarr also portrayed “Cowboy Curtis” in The Pee-wee Herman Show both on Broadway and in the Emmy-nominated HBO special.
Currently, in addition to writing, producing and starring in the web series Inside The Legend (http://www.youtube.com/user/InsideTheLegend)” and the animated series Goblins (goblinsanimated.com), LaMarr is performing monthly with The Black Version (www.theblackversion.com), appearing in Netflix’s Kulipari, the record-setting Incredibles 2 and starring in Tyler The Creator’s animated series, The Jellies for Adult Swim.
To view LaMarr’s complete work, please visit: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0482851/
“We’re thrilled to welcome Phil LaMarr to the show,” says Windsor ComiCon President, Colin Douglas. “Pulp Fiction, Justice League, Samurai Jack, Futurama and Fortnite fans will be delighted to meet him.”
Phil LaMarr is presented by Cartoon Kingdom.
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Jeremy Renaud
General Manager – Windsor ComiCon
Phone: 519.566.1735 I Email: jeremy@windsorcomicon.com
ABOUT WINDSOR COMICON: Windsor ComiCon is an all-ages event, featuring popular genres such as: comics, sci-fi, horror, gaming, and anime / cosplay. The colossal event will take place inside The Colosseum at Caesars Windsor (September 29-30, 2018). Advance tickets are on sale at www.windsorcomicon.com
