Noam Zylberman (born June 30, 1973) is an Israeli-born Canadian voice actor.
Noam Zylberman | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 30, 1973 |
| Occupation | Voice actor |
| Years active | 1980s-present |
Early life
editZylberman was born in Haifa, Israel to Jewish parents. His family relocated to Canada when he was two years old. He attended Arlington Middle School and Vaughan Road Collegiate school in Toronto, and has an older sister, Ilana.[1]
Career
editWhile growing up in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Zylberman booked his own audition for a Crunchie commercial at age ten, and had landed several voice acting jobs in animated TV series by the time he was 13 years old.[1] He went on to provide voices for many characters on animated series such as The Raccoons, ALF Tales, Garbage Pail Kids, Sylvanian Families, and Care Bears.
He gained some notoriety playing the title role in The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick, a coming-of-age feature film about being Jewish in a multicultural rural Manitoba town.[2] In a year-end arts review for 1988, the Toronto Star's Sid Adilman called Zylberman "the best newcomer to English-Canadian movies this year".[3] He was slated to reprise the role in a subsequent CBC Television series, Max Glick, but more than two years passed before production on the series started, and by that time he had grown too tall for the role.[4][5]
In 1989, he played the role of Tom Bradshaw in the TV movie Last Train Home, and received a nomination for Best Young Actor in a Cable Special at the 12th Youth in Film Awards.
Voice acting credits
edit- Tommy (1985–1986) and Bentley Raccoon (1987–1990) in The Raccoons
- Fritz in the 1990 animated movie The Nutcracker Prince
- Curtis Shumway in ALF Tales
- Split Kit in Garbage Pail Kids
- Chip in Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theater
- Billy Wagner in Popples
- Bobby in the Police Academy
- Rusty Wildwood in Sylvanian Families
- Buddy in Little Rosey
- Stoke in Iggy Arbuckle
- Tiger in the 1987 direct-to-video animated cartoon The Wild Puffalumps
- Bookmice
- Babar
- Tales from the Cryptkeeper
- C.O.P.S.
- My Pet Monster
- The Care Bears
- Star Wars: Droids
- Switch in KidsWorld Sports[6]
Film acting credits
edit- Maximilian in The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick
- Regan Thatcher in Love and Hate: The Story of Colin and JoAnn Thatcher
- Tom Bradshaw in Tom Alone
- Arthur Bennett in A Town Torn Apart
- Tom Bradshaw in Last Train Home
- Poultry Boy in Lantern Hill
- Eric in The Long Road Home
- Double Standard
TV series acting credits
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Morris, Nomi (29 November 1989), "Who does this kid think he is? Noam Zylberman, or what?", The Toronto Star, p. D1
- ^ Yellin, Susan (24 December 1987), "Young actor finds role hard work", The Vancouver Sun, p. G3
- ^ Adilman, Sid (26 December 1988), "There was lots for Canadians to like in '88", The Toronto Star, p. F1
- ^ Adilman, Sid (28 April 1990), "Eye on Entertainment", The Toronto Star, p. G3
- ^ Quill, Greg (17 November 1990), "The Max Factor", Starweek, The Toronto Star, p. 6
- ^ Kids World Sports - Season 1 - Episode 7 - Nina (Skateboarding) & Axelle & Laura (Track & Field), 13 April 2018, archived from the original on 2021-12-17, retrieved 2019-08-08