- Denny Delk
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Denny Delk Born Daniel Delk Occupation Voice actor Years active 1979-present Agent Tisherman Gilbert Motley Drozdoski Talent Agency Spouse Karen Jones Delk Website http://www.dennydelk.com Denny Delk is an American actor and voice actor. He is best known for providing the voice of Murray in the Monkey Island series as well as a range of voices in LucasArts games.
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Background and career
Delk learned a knack of acting from his mother, who read bedtime stories to him and had done all voices of characters. After getting education at University of St. Andrews,[1] he worked as a disc jockey and later got in radio, and then into commercials.[2] In the 1970s he got up[clarification needed] with George Lucas for first time, playing a minor role in More American Graffiti for Lucasfilm. He then played roles in TV series Ewoks and in Howard the Duck, again for Lucasfilm.[3][4] Then, in 1992, he got up with LucasArts, voicing the "talkie" version of Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis. He continued working for LucasArts as in-house actor, voicing many roles in their games, although players know Delk most for playing the talking skull Murray from Monkey Island series of quests. Delk tried to make character little more comical than he was and tried to give him a bit of himself.[5] The players liked Murray, and he turned up as frequent comic relief in the series.
Delk is a freelance voice-over artist, but his name is mostly associated with LucasArts. He also has years of improv experience.[6]
Denny Delk is also known as the spokesman for the long-running Got Milk? series of commercials.[7] He is president of broadcasting company Delk & Assoc. Inc.
Personal life
Delk lives in San Francisco Bay Area. His wife is writer and producer Karen Jones Delk.
Known works
Video games
Year Video game Role Notes 1997 Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II 8t88 1997 The Curse of Monkey Island Murray, Skully, Father Pirate 2000 Escape from Monkey Island Murray, Mister Santiago 2000 Star Wars: Early Learning Activity Center Slingshot Announcer 2006 Star Wars: Empire at War Narrator 2009 Tales of Monkey Island Murray 2009 The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition Narrator, Pirate Leader III, Citizen of Mêlée 2010 Iron Man 2 (video game) A.I.M agent 2010 Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChuck's Revenge Narrator, Bruno, Fred, Larry, Voodoo Priest[8] References
- ^ Denny Delk's profile at LinkedIn.com
- ^ Interview with Denny Delk by site The Legend of Monkey Island, 2 June, 2004.
- ^ Denny Delk talks with Star Wars Book Zone, July 7, 2010.
- ^ Howard the Duck (1986): full cast and crew.
- ^ Site SCUMM Bar.com gives an interview to Denny Delk, July 22, 2003
- ^ Delk's profile at Voice123.com
- ^ Lucasfan.com gives Q & A on Denny Delk.
- ^ The Secret of Monkey Island 2 Special Edition - Credits
External links
Categories:- Living people
- American voice actors
- American radio personalities
- American actors
- American DJs
- American businesspeople
- Alumni of the University of St Andrews
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