- It’s-a me, Mario! It’s-a me, Mario! Woo-hoo, let’s-a go! Okey dokey! Ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow! I've been the voice of Mario for 26 years. - [Interviewer] Now moving on to Luigi. - Now moving on to Luigi, oh. (laughing) ("Super Mario Overworld
Theme" by Koji Kondo) Hi, I'm Charles Martinet. I do the voice of Super
Mario, here we go, woo hoo! And Luigi too, Luigi number one, ho ho! And Wario, have a rotten day. Yah-ho! You gonna eat that garlic? (laughs) and I was even Donkey Kong at one point. Oh hoo hoo! I am an actor and voice actor. I did gosh, 25 years of theatre. Run along to your party! Corporate videos. Circuitry and semi-conductor processes. A few film and television products. Now beat it all of ya, now! And then I had the marvelous beginning of becoming a voice actor
and that's how I started with it’s-a me, Mario! Mario was first created in 1981 in a game called Donkey Kong. As it got refined through the years, it became Mario and Princess Peach. Ah, the Princess! And I came along in 1990. I actually crashed an audition
because I was catching them as I walked in they
were walking out finished for the day and I said,
"can I read for this?" And the guy looked at
his watch and he goes, "ugh, alright, come on in. "You're an Italian plumber from Brooklyn, "a character in a video game for Nintendo "called Mario so make up a voice, "make up a video game, start talking." And I thought to myself, video game? I don't know anything about video games and all of a sudden I hear action, I go "hello, I’m-a Mario, let's
make a pizza pie together. "You go get some-a sausage,
I’m-a go get some spaghetti, "we put spaghetti and-a
sausage in the pizza." And he said, "cut, stop
talking, there's no more tape, "alright thanks, we'll be in touch." And I thought that was, you know, okay there's the door, we'll see ya later. And he calls Nintendo, "I
found a Mario, I got him." And that was 26 amazing
fantastic years ago. Hello! Hello! (laughs) Whoo-pee! Oh, look at this world. The character for me
brings out the best in me and so I love that. Bing bing bing, (laughs) I love sharing things too. I go to meet Mario fans and I hear the most wonderful things. You know, you're the voice of my childhood or I used to play with my dad,
now I'm playing with my kids. It's a way our family comes together. Ya ya ya ya ya, ha! Ah, pretty good! Ah, this brings back the memories. Mama mia! You just have fun, you know? That's my mantra for life. Come on, let’s-a go! Let's have more fun! Bye bye, see you in my gameses. Woo-hoo!
Man, this guy is so great in real life. I had the pleasure of having dinner with him a couple years ago, and he just relishes the opportunity to discuss his craft and share his experiences. Truly rewarding experience.
It's admirable how much this guy loves life.
Met him at a convention recently and he made everyone there feel like a million bucks. His enthusiasm for life is infectious.
I swear I recognize some of the TV clips of him.
And Paarthurnax
Not to be all negative about this guys happiness but to be fair if we all had jobs we loved and could make millions doing it I think there would be much more happier people on this earth.
His joy is infectious!
It's him, Mario!
this guy seems super intelligent and on-point. that white hair is misleading, his personality says that can't be older than 30