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Profile of Donavan Freberg
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Donavan Freberg |
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6th April 1971 |
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Los Angeles, California, USA |
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From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia
Donavan Freberg, sometimes credited as Donovan Freberg (born April 6, 1971 in Los Angeles, California, USA) is an American advertising creative, photographer, voice actor, and writer.
His voice-acting credits include Peanuts' Linus (1977-1978) and Charlie Brown (1978-1980) in commercials and public service announcements; Tom Little on The Littles (1980-1983); Montgomery Moose on The Get-Along Gang; the video game Zork: Grand Inquisitor; and voiceovers for hundreds of radio and television commercials. He also performed the puppet character Baby Boolie on The Weird Al Show.
He is probably best known for appearing in a series of commercials for Encyclopædia Britannica ("Remember me? I'm the kid that had a report due on space. Then I got the new Encyclopædia Britannica..."). The 1988–1993 advertising campaign was the most successful in the company's 200 year history; Freberg was elevated to cult status, parodied on Saturday Night Live and SCTV, dubbed a "Pop Intellectual" by GQ magazine, named "The Most Annoying Geek of the '90s" by TV Tome, and spoofed in a 2003 feature in The Onion. The commercials were produced by his father, satirist and advertising creative Stan Freberg.
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