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Peter Kelamis

Peter Kelamis is an actor, born 1967.

Two careers run in parallel here, and both of them are Vancouver careers. On camera, Kelamis is the guy in one scene of whatever was shooting in British Columbia that month: the caddy in Happy Gilmore, a bit part in The Cabin in the Woods, Phil in 50/50, a real estate agent in Big Eyes, a reporter in Miracle. Dozens of parts, most of them a handful of lines, spread across thirty years.

The voice work is the real body of the thing. He was Rolf on Ed, Edd n Eddy from 1999 and again in the feature, and it is the most quotable performance on a very quotable cartoon. He voiced Goku in the Ocean dub of Dragon Ball Z, Tail Terrier on Krypto the Superdog, and a small run of villains and functionaries across the Barbie animated films, which he has done more of than almost anything else: Rapunzel, the Nutcracker, the 12 Dancing Princesses, A Fashion Fairytale.

He is also a stand-up comedian, and the timing shows up where you would expect. Doctor Adam Brody on Stargate Universe was the only reliably funny thing in a deliberately grim science fiction series, and he made the deadpan land without breaking the tone around it. More recently he has been Villads on The Dragon Prince and Geo on LEGO Ninjago: Dragons Rising.

It is a jobbing career, and there are far more of those in animation than there are stars.

Movies (32)

TV (13)

Where to start with Peter Kelamis

Ed, Edd n Eddy is the place to start and it is not close. Rolf is the best thing he has voiced, the accent and the rhythm are all his, and the show is still funny.

For anything longer, Stargate Universe is the pick. Doctor Brody is a supporting part in a series that mostly refuses to lighten up, and Kelamis gets to be the release valve without ever mugging. The Dragon Prince is the modern equivalent, a warmer show and a bigger vocal character.

On the live-action side, do not expect much: 50/50 and The Cabin in the Woods are good films with him in them briefly, which is the honest description of most of that column. Ed, Edd n Eddy's Big Picture Show is where the cartoon actually finishes, and Barbie in the Nutcracker is the start of a long and unexpectedly durable second income.

Genres Peter Kelamis works in