Cal Dodd

{{Infobox person

| name = Cal Dodd

| image = Cal Dodd by Gage Skidmore.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Dodd in 2024

| birth_name = Cathal J. Dodd

| birth_date =

| birth_place = Dublin, Ireland

| occupation = Voice actor

| years_active = 1977–present

| known_for = Wolverine in X-Men: The Animated Series

}}

Cathal J. Dodd is an Irish-born voice actor based in Canada. He is best known for his portrayal of the Marvel Comics character Wolverine in X-Men: The Animated Series, its revival X-Men '97, and the Marvel vs. Capcom series of video games.{{cite web |url=https://www.screengeek.net/2018/04/11/exclusive-interview-cal-dodd-the-voice-of-wolverine/ |title=Exclusive: Interview With Cal Dodd – The Voice Of Wolverine |last=Lis |first=Martin |date=11 April 2018 |website=Screen Rant |access-date=11 April 2018}}

Early life

Dodd's family moved from Ireland to Port Dover, Ontario. His mother was a music teacher at Port Dover Public School.{{cite web |url=http://www.kwic.com/~pagodavista/artisans/cal/cal.htm |title=Cathal J. Dodd |website=KWIC Internet |access-date=26 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140426233921/http://www.kwic.com/~pagodavista/artisans/cal/cal.htm |archive-date=26 April 2014 |url-status=dead}}{{self published inline|date=March 2024}} He performed in a band in the 1970s called Deja Vu.{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/d%C3%A9j%C3%A0-vu-mn0000234251 |title=Déjà Vu |website=AllMusic |access-date=11 April 2018}} He is also the older brother of rock vocalist Rory Dodd.{{cite web |url=https://www.angelfire.com/oh4/wolverine/cartoon_cal.html |title=Cal Dodd |website=Angelfire |access-date=26 April 2014}}{{self published inline|date=March 2024}} He also has four other siblings.{{cite web |url=http://www.kwic.com/~pagodavista/artisans/cal/maureen.htm |title=Maureen Dodd |website=Angelfire |access-date=27 April 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140427071400/http://www.kwic.com/~pagodavista/artisans/cal/maureen.htm |archive-date=2014-04-27}}{{self published inline|date=March 2024}}

Career

Dodd voiced the Random Virus in the BBC series Ace Lightning. He recorded with producer Bob Hahn in Canada, which consisted of demos and material to be submitted to major labels. His recordings ended up on the RCA label, with a full-length album release New Horizons on Hahn's own Rising Records label in 1975.{{cite book |title=Ontario Library Review |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xXgVAAAAIAAJ |volume=61 |publisher=Provincial Library Service |date=1977 |page=140}} He co-hosted the Canadian series Circus on CTV with Sherisse Laurence from 1978 to 1983.{{cite book |last=Terrace |first=Vincent |date=2014 |title=Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YX_daEhlnbsC&pg=PA188 |edition=2nd |location=Jefferson, North Carolina |publisher=McFarland & Company |page=188 |isbn=978-0-7864-6477-7}}

Discography

(1975) Cal Dodd – New Horizons
(1976) Various Artists – Rockabye Hamlet
(1976) Déjà Vu – Songs For Everyone
(1977) Déjà Vu – Get It Up For Love
(2007) Cal Dodd – Cal Dodd
(2011) Tom Szczesniak – Waltz For Bill

Filmography

= Film =

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Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
2003 \| Rescue Heroes: The Movie \| Rip Rockefeller (voice) \|{{cite web \|title=Cal Dodd (visual voices guide) \|url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Cal-Dodd/ \|access-date=August 18, 2024 \|publisher=Behind The Voice Actors}} A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
2008 \| Gotta Catch Santa Claus \| LeFreeze (voice) \|
2019 \| PAW Patrol: Ready Race Rescue \| Ron Rapidfire (voice) \|

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Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

2003

| Rescue Heroes: The Movie

| Rip Rockefeller (voice)

|{{cite web |title=Cal Dodd (visual voices guide) |url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Cal-Dodd/ |access-date=August 18, 2024 |publisher=Behind The Voice Actors}} A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.

2008

| Gotta Catch Santa Claus

| LeFreeze (voice)

2019

| PAW Patrol: Ready Race Rescue

| Ron Rapidfire (voice)

= Television =

Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
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1978–1983	Circus	Host
1984	Fraggle Rock	Singing Doozer (voice)	Episode: "Doozer Is as Doozer Does"
1992–1997	X-Men: The Animated Series	Wolverine (voice)	73 episodes
1995	Spider-Man: The Animated Series	Wolverine (voice)	2 episodes
1997	Goosebumps	Slappy the Dummy (voice)	Episodes: "Night of the Living Dummy III"
1999	Mythic Warriors: Guardians of the Legend	Lucius / Palace Guard (voices)	Episode: "Ulysses & Penelope"
2001	Diabolik	Stone (voice)
2001–2003 \|Rescue Heroes \|Rip Rockefeller (voice) \|6 episodes
2002	Ace Lightning	Random Virus (voice)
2003	King	Bob Wire (voice)	8 episodes
2003	Moville Mysteries	Maurice / Angelo (voices)	2 episodes
2005	Time Warp Trio	Blackbeard, Toghrul (voice)	Episode: "The Not-So-Jolly Roger"
2006	Weird Years	Donko Dorkovitch (voice)
2006–2007 \|Bigfoot Presents: Meteor and the Mighty Monster Trucks \|Crushmeister (voice) \|2 episodes
2007	Storm Hawks	Ninier (voice)	Episode: "Velocity"
2010	data-sort-value="Adventures of Chuck and Friends, The" \| The Adventures of Chuck and Friends	Mixer Mike, additional voices	14 episodes
2014	data-sort-value="Ron James Show, The" \| The Ron James Show	Singer	5 episodes
2020	Ollie's Pack	Sheriff Grigglemore	1 episode
2023 \|Scott Pilgrim Takes Off \|Threatening Paparazzi Guy (voice) \|Episode: "Whatever"
2024–present	X-Men '97	Wolverine (voice)	9 episodes{{Cite web \|last=Felt \|first=Klein \|date=June 1, 2024 \|title=Disney+ X-Men Reboot Confirms 11 Main Actors \|url=https://thedirect.com/article/x-men-actors-cast-reboot-disney \|access-date=August 18, 2024 \|website=The Direct \|language=en}}

= Video games =

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Year ! Title ! Voice role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
1994 \| X-Men: Children of the Atom \| Wolverine, Iceman \|
1995 \| Highlander: The Last of the MacLeods \| Mangus' Aid \|
1995 \| Marvel Super Heroes \| Wolverine, Captain America \|
1996 \| X-Men vs. Street Fighter \| Wolverine \|
1996 \| X-Men Cartoon Maker \| Wolverine \|
1997 \| Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter \| Wolverine, Captain America \|
1998 \| Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes \| Wolverine, Captain America, Iceman \|
2000 \| Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes \| Wolverine, Captain America, Iceman \|

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Year

! Title

! Voice role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1994

| X-Men: Children of the Atom

| Wolverine, Iceman

1995

| Highlander: The Last of the MacLeods

| Mangus' Aid

1995