1996
Super Mario 64
Voiced Mario in the landmark game.
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MARTINET
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The voice that helped bring Mario to life
Charles Martinet is an American voice actor known for portraying Mario and other Nintendo characters in games. In The Super Mario Bros. Movie, he voices Mario’s father and Giuseppe.
San Jose, California, USA
A voice across generations of games
Charles Martinet is an American actor and voice performer closely associated with Nintendo’s Mario games. His character work also includes Luigi, Wario and Waluigi.
His performances became familiar to players across successive games. Guinness World Records recognised his work as Mario in 104 published games as of August 2019.
In The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Martinet voices two separate characters: Mario and Luigi’s father and a Brooklyn resident named Giuseppe. Nintendo announced in 2023 that he would step back from recording character voices for the games and become a Mario ambassador.
The film list below reflects titles available in the FLM.RED catalogue rather than his complete work.
Selected career moments
2019
Guinness World Records
Recognised for voicing Mario in 104 published games.
2023
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Voiced Mario’s father and Giuseppe.
2023
Mario ambassador
Nintendo announced his new ambassador role.
Performance readings are FLM.RED editorial interpretation.
Films in FLM.RED
Titles in this collection; not a complete filmography.
Sources & image notes
Portrait illustration: FLM.RED.