George Harold Lowe, Jr. (November 10, 1957 in Dunedin, Florida) was an American voice actor and comedian whose voice roles included Space Ghoston the animated series Space Ghost Coast to Coastand its spin-off, Cartoon Planet. He continued to voice Space Ghost in several cameos in other programs for several years following the conclusion of the series. Lowe made recurring voice appearances on Aqua Teen Hunger Force and Robot Chicken.
Acting roles[]
The Space Ghost Years[]
After working occasional voiceover work for TBS throughout the late 1980s and early 1990s, Lowe's career as a voice actor officially began in 1994 with the premiere of Space Ghost Coast to Coast, in which he starred as the lead role of Space Ghost. Space Ghost Coast to Coast finished a ten year run of new episodes on Cartoon Network/Adult Swim in 2004, and was revived on Gametap for 2 seasons during 2006-2008 for an additional 16 episodes.
Lowe performed Space Ghost's voice more than any other role in his acting career, and he has portrayed the character more often than any other actor. (Gary Owens is second and Andy Merrill is third.) In addition to Space Ghost Coast to Coast and its spin-off program Cartoon Planet, Lowe has made appearances as Space Ghost in Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film For Theaters, The Brak Show (he was also a series regular, providing the voice for Dad), Robot Chicken (among various other characters), Perfect Hair Forever, and other Adult Swim series. As Space Ghost, Lowe has served as the voice of the Cartoon Network's merchandise phone sales line.
Lowe performed live and in costume as Space Ghost during the Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film For Theaters premiere webcast for adultswim.com; it can also be found among the extras of the ATHF Volume 5 DVD.
Other roles[]
Lowe recorded dialog for the film Radioland Murders, produced by George Lucas, but his scenes were cut from the final film. Lowe appeared as Dick, the chief executive officer of the fictional Bebop Cola company, in a live-action segment of the Sealab 2021 episode "All That Jazz". He also played the recurring character of himself on Aqua Teen Hunger Force, in which he had a different occupation in every episode; he also played the character "Jet Chicken" on the show. Lowe also provides voices on multiple episodes of Robot Chicken, with his most well-known recurring role being the perverted Unicorn.[by whom?]
Lowe is a recurring character in Artix Entertainmentgames. Lowe made a special guest voice appearance in the online games AdventureQuest Worlds and Mech Quest for their Friday the 13th events in August 2010, in which he takes the role of a park ranger who tells stories around campfires – but is eventually revealed to be a spirit that feeds on fear. Lowe further appears in Mech Quest as GLaDERP, a parody of GLaDOS from Portal. Lowe narrated the AQW second-year birthday event,and also made a special guest voice appearance in the online game DragonFable for the Falconreach Idle event in November 2010; he voiced himself in a panel of three judges for the event. In December 2010, as part of the game's one-year anniversary event, George Lowe, as himself, became a fightable NPC in EpicDuel, ArtixEntertainment's PvP MMO.
Lowe did voice-over work for various media outlets and other companies. For example, San Francisco Bay Area active rock station KSAN uses Lowe's voice in station identification spots. He also did voiceovers for Cleveland rock station WNCX, the Fox, FX, and FXX television networks, and commercials for Dunkin' Donuts and Capital One.George Lowe also played a small role in the animated series Beetlejuice as Super Ego in the episode "Super Zeroes".
Lowe was among the event guests in the MMORPGAdventureQuest Worlds. He did announcing work for Sponsors vs. Freeloaders from the second episode forward, and was the announcer for The B.S. of A. with Brian Sack.[citation needed]
Lowe can be heard introducing and closing each episode of Adult Swim Central Central Presents Colon Adult Swim Swimcast Intended for the Internet (the Swimcast).
Filmography[]
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994–2004; 2006-2008 |
Space Ghost Coast to Coast | Space Ghost, Salesman, Announcer, Himself, Narrator, Timmy, Singer, Cop | (SGC2C's TV run ended in 2004, acted in all 94 episodes, and had GameTap episodes from 2006–2008, acted in all 16 internet episodes). Voice role, Himself, Writer, Co-Executive Producer Lead Role |
| 1995–1999 | Cartoon Planet | Space Ghost | (voice) Lead Role |
| 2000 | The Brak Show | Dad, Space Ghost, Announcer, Judge | 2000-2003 (voice) Lead Role |
| Aqua Teen Hunger Force | George Lowe (as various characters) | 2000–present (voices) | |
| 2001 | Sealab 2021 | Dick | One episode (voice) Special Guest |
| 2004 | Anime Talk Show | Space Ghost | Squidbillies's Unofficial Pilot (voice) Lead Role |
| 2005 | Perfect Hair Forever | Space Ghost | 2005–2007, (voice) Supporting Role |
| Robot Chicken | Space Ghost, Various characters | 2006–2020, (voice) Special Guest | |
| 2007 | Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters | Space Ghost | (voice) Cameo |
| Lowe Country | Himself | Failed pilot, Lead Role | |
| 2008 | Assy McGee | doctor | (voice) Special Guest |
| The Drinky Crow Show | various voices | Uncredited in all episodes (voice) Special Guest | |
| 2009–2017 | Fairly OddParents | Beaver Boy | (voice) Special Guest |
| 2012 | Death Fighter | Space Ghost | Confirmed role (voice) Cameo |
References[]
External links[]
- George Lowe entry at the Internet Movie Database
- George Lowe Audio Interview
- George Lowe's website[dead link]
| Preceded by Andy Merrill |
Actors portraying Space Ghost 1994-2025 |
Succeeded by none |
- REDIRECT Template:Space Ghost Coast to Coast
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