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Marcus Fenix voice actor talks stardom and nerd boners photo

The man behind the voice of Marcus Fenix in Gears of War and Bender in Futurama loves the fact that he’s a star of two commercial successes – even if it’s kind of creepy that people recognize him. Recently in an interview with TheFukerton (via 1UP), John DiMaggio explained voicing both these excellent characters with the best analogy ever:

I can only put it to you this way: It's like a double nerd boner. It's huge. It's a double-ended nerd boner.
DiMaggio then went on to explain the oddity of people recognizing him. He said, “I’m not even on stuff a lot. I get on-camera gigs here and there, you know, it's cool, but people see my face and they're like, 'Hey, you're Bender!' or 'Hey, you're Marcus Fenix!' And I'm like, 'Dude, you haven't even seen my face. How the hell do you know this?'"

I’ve only heard DiMaggio speak out of character on a few occasions, but he seems like a genuinely funny guy. Then again, you would have to be to voice Marcus Fenix. I can’t imagine taking that role with a serious face, especially after looking at the script for the latest Gears offering. Is there ever a situation that Fenix isn’t yelling or cursing?

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pendelton21's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/10/2008 10:52
pendelton21
Wait...Bender=Fenix?!!?

My head just asplode...
king3vbo's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/10/2008 11:06
king3vbo
Bender = Fenix?

Oww my head
Jon2309's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/10/2008 11:21
Jon2309
Bender = Fenix

OH. MY. GOD.
the Golden Avatar's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/10/2008 11:22
the Golden Avatar
Bender = Fenix = Wakka (FFX).
Usedtabe's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/10/2008 12:00
Usedtabe
I'm amazed at how many people are suprised. He also did the voice of Carmine, which at certain times sounds just like Bender.
deiga-the-semivaliant's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/10/2008 12:10
deiga-the-semivaliant
Bender=Fenix=Wakka=Migelo (FFXII)
everybodyruns's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/10/2008 12:20
everybodyruns
Holy crap, I had no idea. I suddenly like Marcus Fenix a lot more.
nerdfit's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/10/2008 12:44
nerdfit
I still want to meet Cole's VA. I still listen to the GoW 1 ending rap once a night.

WOO! YEAH! BRING IT ON SUCKA!
ace of knaves's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/10/2008 12:48
ace of knaves
Yeah guys, you didn't know this? And John DiMaggio's fantastic on the Futurama commentaries.
Veidt's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/10/2008 12:48
Veidt
Heh. And if you look at the guy, he could probably play Fenix if the movie is still on.
Sharpless's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/10/2008 13:05
Sharpless
Bender is Fontaine.
Quansto's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/10/2008 13:20
Quansto
Also, Finkle = Einhorn.
luvmysegadc's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/10/2008 13:36
luvmysegadc
Either you kiddies are pulling my leg here, or I'm just genuinely surprised that so many of you didn't know that DiMaggio voiced both Fenix and Bender?

(what a drag it is getting old)
GohanGVO's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/10/2008 14:08
GohanGVO
He voiced Migelo in FFXII? whatdog.gif
Brakah's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/10/2008 14:12
Brakah
Cole= Lester spieght= Terry Tate
gotdurnrite's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/10/2008 14:40
gotdurnrite
This is a big surprise to me because I'm not a big fan of Gears so I never would have been able to recognize this. I am a huge fan of Futurama and if I'm not mistaken he is from Alabama so ++.
Citizen Erased's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/10/2008 14:46
Citizen Erased
Holy crap cakes!
I did NOT know that DiMaggio voiced Marcus Fenix...

I've listened to a shit load of Futurama commentaries and i can genuinely say that he's a total legend.
Really funny guy.
Dexter345's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/10/2008 14:47
Dexter345
Psh. You people. I knew that the voice actor for Bender and Marcus Fenix were on in the same the moment I did tequila shots with him at E3.
Jakysan's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/10/2008 15:35
Jakysan
Einhorn = Finkle! Einhorns a man!

But seriously, that's awesome!
el_chack's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/11/2008 17:26
el_chack
I didn't know that mr. DiMaggio was Marcus Fenix's voice. I love Bender and then, I love his voice.
Holyetheline's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/12/2008 11:48
Holyetheline
The visual image I got from this is disgusting.
JohnnyGoTime's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/13/2008 00:26
JohnnyGoTime
WTF I thought Fenix was also the guy that did Ironhide on the original Transformers.

I thought that was so cool, it motivated me to actually play thru the entire single player campaign.

Now I have confirmed that I fail at life and also wasted my time :~(
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