Pete Capella

Pete Capella
Pete Capella
Born	June 3, 1977[1]; Red Bank, New Jersey, U.S.[1]
Occupation	Actor; stand-up comedian; producer; artistic director;
Years active	1993–present
	Comedy career
Medium	Stand-up; film; television;
Genres	Improvisational comedy;

Pete Capella (born June 3, 1977)[1] is an American actor, stand-up comedian, producer and artistic director, who is best known for voicing Silver the Hedgehog in the Sonic the Hedgehog video game franchise from 2006 to 2009.[2]

Early life

Pete Capella was born in Red Bank, New Jersey on June 3, 1977.[1] As a Middletown Township, New Jersey resident, Capella has been acting his whole life.[3] He graduated from college with a BA in Theater and Communications.

Career

In 1993, he became a performer in Improvision Jam Comedy Labs, it was here he got the nickname "The Sniper".[4] He is co-owner and artistic director of the troupe, performing every weekend in Eatontown, New Jersey.[4] Capella has been featured in an array of commercials (for cough medicine and toys such as Dance N Sing Pablo from the Backyardigans).

Capella got his first acting job as Jock in the 1999 film, Big Helium Dog. He would go and appear in more feature films, such as Never Among Friends, Obsession, Road to Marakesh, Chatter and The Night Is Young.

In television, he played Angelo in two episodes of The Subpranos.

As a voice actor, he voiced Nabu in the English dub of Winx Club and most notably for voicing Silver the Hedgehog in the Sonic the Hedgehog video game franchise from 2006 to 2009, the video games include Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic Rivals, Sonic and the Secret Rings, Sonic Rivals 2, Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity, Sonic and the Black Knight and Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games.[2]

He also had a recurring role as Tanner Christiansen in the web comedy series, The Most Popular Girls in School. In 2020, he reprised the role as Silver the Hedgehog in the fan-made YouTube audio series, Sonic and Tails R.[5]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Big Helium Dog	High School Jock
2002	Never Among Friends	Steve Wilson
2006	Obsession	Mick
2012	Road to Marakesh	Capt. Hani Mansour
2015	Chatter	Teed Jennings
2017	The Night Is Young	Julian	Short film
2018	The Birthday Boy	Pete
2020	Speech & Debate: The Aftermath	Rehab Doctor (voice)
2020	To Be Saved	Vinny
2021	Speech & Debate: Legacy	Dog Walker
2022	Death Camp	Dan	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	G.I. Joe: Sigma 6	Scott Abernathy (voice)	[6]
2006–2007	Winx Club	Nabu (voice)	English version
2010	The Subpranos	Angelo	Episodes: "Subway Surprise Part Deux" "Do You Believe in Magic"
2016–2017	Fox NFL Sunday	Himself	4 episodes
2017	Shaken: The Cocktail Challenge	Self/Judge	Episode: "Fun and Fizzy (New Year's Eve 2018)"
2021	The Other Me	Vince	Television film

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Sonic the Hedgehog	Silver the Hedgehog	[7]
2006	Sonic Rivals		[8]
2007	Sonic and the Secret Rings		[8]
2007	Sonic Rivals 2		[8]
2008	Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity		[8]
2009	Sonic and the Black Knight		[8]
2009	Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games		[8]

Web

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012–2015	The Most Popular Girls in School	Tanner Christiansen	32 episodes
2020	Sonic and Tails R	Silver the Hedgehog	1 episode YouTube audio drama series
2021	Indemnity	AI: Meet & See	Episode: "The Rabbit Hole: Allegiance"

Production credits

Year	Title	Position	Notes
2017	Hush Hush	Associate producer	Short
2017	Echoes
2018	The Birthday Boy
2018	Over and Out	Special thanks
2020	The New Old Fashioned	Executive producer, producer

References

"Rotten Tomatoes/Celebrity/Pete Capella". www.rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
Lloyd, Adam (December 1, 2015). "Mysterious Sonic The Hedgehog Game Unearthed".
Celano, Clare Marie. "Freehold Borough to serve as filmmaker’s backdrop", News Transcript, April 17, 2002. Accessed November 30, 2007.
Rizzetta, Kelly. "With a little improvisation, 13 can be a lucky number".
@PeteCapella (10 September 2021). "What a pleasure and honor it was to reprise my role as Silver" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
Terrence, Vincent (2009). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 Through 2007: F-L. Mcfarland. ISBN 9780786486946.
"Pete Capella (visual voices guide)". 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 opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
"Pete Capella Video Game Credits and Biography".

External links

Pete Capella at IMDb
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[RTBirth-1] "Rotten Tomatoes/Celebrity/Pete Capella". www.rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved January 20, 2022.

[Power_Up_Gaming-2] Lloyd, Adam (December 1, 2015). "Mysterious Sonic The Hedgehog Game Unearthed".

[3] Celano, Clare Marie. "Freehold Borough to serve as filmmaker’s backdrop", News Transcript, April 17, 2002. Accessed November 30, 2007.

[Jam_Comedy_Labs-4] Rizzetta, Kelly. "With a little improvisation, 13 can be a lucky number".

[5] @PeteCapella (10 September 2021). "What a pleasure and honor it was to reprise my role as Silver" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[Encyclopedia_of_Television_Shows-6] Terrence, Vincent (2009). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 Through 2007: F-L. Mcfarland. ISBN 9780786486946.

[BTVA-7] "Pete Capella (visual voices guide)". 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 opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)

[MobyGames-8] "Pete Capella Video Game Credits and Biography".