Pinney has performed in theaters in the United States and in Europe. After relocating to Los Angeles, he played three characters in a play. Afterwards he was approached by a producer who offered him a role in a Hanna-Barbera animation. From there he made the transition from a serious stage actor to voice.[4]
He has also done work on the television series Harry & the Hendersons.[5]
In the late 1980s, he worked on a number of projects. One was providing the voice for Mainframe in G.I. Joe: The Movie in 1987.[6][7] A couple of years later, he was involved in another project. It was on the X-Men in 1989. He provided the voice for Wolverine in Pryde of the X-Men which was the pilot episode for an animated series which was never produced.[8] He had given the character an Australian sounding accent instead of the Canadian one that was expected.[9] An article by Simone Pozzoli for the Italian language OverNewsMagazine website notices that Pinney's Australian accent interpretation of the character could be interpreted as prophetic as Australian Hugh Jackman has played the part.[8] He has worked in the Phil Nibbelink and Simon Wells directed animation An American Tail: Fievel Goes West.[10] From 1997 to 2001, he worked on Men in Black: The Series in episodes which include The Long Goodbye Syndrome in 1997, The Buzzard Syndrome, also in 1997 and The Big Bad Bug Syndrome in 1998.[11][12]
Acting career (physical)
Film and television
Although Pinney's voiceover work is his primary career, he has appeared in some television and film roles. In 1979, he played the Captain of the Guards in the Ken Annakin-directed feature film The Fifth Musketeer which starred Beau Bridges, Sylvia Kristel and Ursula Andress.[13] In 1983, he played a heckler in the Fantasy Island episode "God Child/Curtain Call".[14][15] He appeared in The Terminator in 1984.[16] In 2014, he played the part of Eugene Dugan in Atwill Web Series which was directed by Charles Dennis.[17][18]
In June 2015, Pinney appeared at the Sierra Repertory Theatre in the play Unnecessary Farce. The play also starred Daniel Hines, Kristin Howell, Ty Smith and Nick Ferruci. The story which was set in a small town motel with an embezzling mayor with undercover police trying to catch him.[19] Pinney played the part of a 6.4 Scottish assassin. The reviewer for the Sierra Lodestar magazine said that audiences might recognize Pinney from his part as Painty the Pirate.[2] Pinney and director Dennis Jones have a history that goes back to 1972 when they worked together at the theatre company for Fallon House.[20]
^ abPozzoli, Simone (November 11, 2015). "La Prim(issim)a Serie Animata degli X-Men". OverNewsMagazine.com. Archived from the original on March 15, 2017 – via ascwblog.blogspot.com.
