Original Crash Bandicoot voice actor Brendan O\u2019Brien dies at age 60 VandalBrendan O\u2019Brien \u2013 the original voice actor of Crash Bandicoot \u2013 has died at 60 years old. Naughty Dog began their Crash Bandicoot series in the mid-1990s with O\u2019Brien voicing the main character. Besides Crash Bandicoot, the actor voiced N. Gin, Dr. Neo Cortex, Dr. Nitrus Brio, and Tiny Tiger in the first three Crash games. He also played the starring animal in the 2016 title Uncharted 4: A Thief\u2019s End. As first reported by Yahoo Entertainment, O\u2019Brien died on March 23, 2023, but news of his death wasn\u2019t covered until recently. At the time of writing, there is no known cause of death. Crash Bandicoot actor dies from unknown causes O\u2019Brien was born on May 9, 1962, in Hollywood, California to actors Edmond O\u2019Brien and Olga San Juan. He has two sisters \u2013 television producer Bridget O\u2019Brien and actor Maria O\u2019Brien. The Crash Bandicoot star began acting at just 10 years old alongside his father in the first episode of \u201cThe Streets of San Francisco.\u201d O\u2019Brien took a break from acting in 2004 but returned for an episode of Riverdale as a math teacher. He also appeared in the live-action shows Candid Camera and The Amazing Live Sea-Monkeys. The actor\u2019s last known role was in 2021 for the miniseries The Slowest Show. In addition to Yahoo\u2019s story, O\u2019Brien\u2019s obituary was published on Legacy.com. Besides acting, O\u2019Brien was passionate about playing guitar and participated in \u201cevery high school event in the southland.\u201d \u201cMusic, humor, and endless knowledge were the themes of his life,\u201d the obituary reads. The obituary also mentioned how voicing Crash Bandicoot from 1996 to 2004 was among his \u201cproudest moments.\u201d \u201cHe encouraged nostalgic Crash fans in their own pursuits and loved signing their memorabilia,\u201d the memorial included. O\u2019Brien\u2019s death comes just two months after Lance Reddick from the Horizon series died. O\u2019Brien leaves behind Ingrid K. Behrens \u2013 his wife of 23 years. Our thoughts are with O\u2019Brien\u2019s family following his death.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Original Crash Bandicoot voice actor Brendan O\u2019Brien dies at age 60 VandalBrendan O\u2019Brien \u2013 the original voice actor of Crash Bandicoot \u2013 has died at 60 years old. Naughty Dog began their Crash Bandicoot series in the mid-1990s with O\u2019Brien voicing the main character. Besides Crash Bandicoot, the actor voiced N. Gin, Dr. Neo Cortex, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79610\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}