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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
pendelton21 at 11/10/2008 10:52
Wait...Bender=Fenix?!!?

My head just asplode...
king3vbo's Avatar
king3vbo at 11/10/2008 11:06
Bender = Fenix?

Oww my head
Jon2309's Avatar
Jon2309 at 11/10/2008 11:21
Bender = Fenix

OH. MY. GOD.
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the Golden Avatar at 11/10/2008 11:22
Bender = Fenix = Wakka (FFX).
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Usedtabe at 11/10/2008 12:00
I'm amazed at how many people are suprised. He also did the voice of Carmine, which at certain times sounds just like Bender.
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deiga-the-semivaliant at 11/10/2008 12:10
Bender=Fenix=Wakka=Migelo (FFXII)
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everybodyruns at 11/10/2008 12:20
Holy crap, I had no idea. I suddenly like Marcus Fenix a lot more.
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nerdfit at 11/10/2008 12:44
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!
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ace of knaves at 11/10/2008 12:48
Yeah guys, you didn't know this? And John DiMaggio's fantastic on the Futurama commentaries.
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Veidt at 11/10/2008 12:48
Heh. And if you look at the guy, he could probably play Fenix if the movie is still on.
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Sharpless at 11/10/2008 13:05
Bender is Fontaine.
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Quansto at 11/10/2008 13:20
Also, Finkle = Einhorn.
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luvmysegadc at 11/10/2008 13:36
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)
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GohanGVO at 11/10/2008 14:08
He voiced Migelo in FFXII? whatdog.gif
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Brakah at 11/10/2008 14:12
Cole= Lester spieght= Terry Tate
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gotdurnrite at 11/10/2008 14:40
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 ++.
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Citizen Erased at 11/10/2008 14:46
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.
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Dexter345 at 11/10/2008 14:47
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.
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Jakysan at 11/10/2008 15:35
Einhorn = Finkle! Einhorns a man!

But seriously, that's awesome!
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el_chack at 11/11/2008 17:26
I didn't know that mr. DiMaggio was Marcus Fenix's voice. I love Bender and then, I love his voice.
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Holyetheline at 11/12/2008 11:48
The visual image I got from this is disgusting.
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JohnnyGoTime at 11/13/2008 00:26
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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