Charles Martinet Net Worth 2024, Age, Height, Weight, Biography, Wiki and Career Details

Charles Andre Martinet, or rather known as Charles Martinet, is renowned worldwide for lending his voice to the famous character Mario, the mascot of the game series by Nintendo. He is fluent in many languages and has given his voice to many other video game characters as well. Since he is a versatile voice actor, he is well versed with several accents. When auditioning for the voice of Mario, he had primarily thought of using a heavy Brooklyn accent; however, keeping in mind that the character is for the kids, he settled for a warm and sweet Italian accent.

Well, how well do you know about Charles Martinet? If not much, we have compiled all you need to know about Charles Martinet’s net worth in 2024, his age, height, weight, wife, kids, biography and complete details about his life. Well, if you’re all set, here is what we know about Charles Martinet to date.

Biography and Early Life

Charles and his family belonged to a French ancestry. However, he was well-versed in many languages owing to his father’s interest in reading about different cultures. He was born in San Jose, California, the United States, on September 17th, in the year 1955. When Charles was just 12 years old, the family relocated to Barcelona and later moved to Paris. His parents’ names are not known as of now. However, it is said that he was very close to his father while he was growing up.

Age, Height, Weight & Body Measurement

So, how old is Charles Martinet in 2024 and what is his height and weight? Well, Charles Martinet’s age is 68 years old as of today’s date 18th April 2024 having been born on 17 September 1955. Though, he is 6′ 3″ in feet and inches and 191 cm in Centimetres tall, he weighs about 185 lbs in Pound and 84 kg in Kilograms.

Education

After Charles and his family moved to Paris, he was enrolled on the American School of Paris when he was around 13 years old. He graduated from High School at the age of 19 years, in the year 1974. After graduating, he moved to California, where he attended the University of California in Berkeley. When he enrolled at the University, his primary focus was to get a degree in International Law. However, later on, he realized that he was not interested in pursuing law as a career.

From a very young age, he feared the stage and overcame this fear, and he enlisted for acting classes. After a few attempts, he secured training under the Berkeley Repertory Theatre. He trained under them for a few years before leaving for London. Once in London, he got himself enrolled in the Drama Studio in order to pursue his dream career.

Personal Life: Dating, Girlfriends, Wife, Kids

Charles Martinet likes keeping his personal life behind the curtains and away from the prying eyes of the media. Dedicating more than three decades of his life to showbiz, he has still managed to keep his life private. As a result, there is not much known about his childhood or his love life, as even during his interviews, he just talks about his professional life.

The media once reported that he dated someone in his late thirties. However, the name or any other detail about the affair is not available. However, we know that he did not get married even once and has no children of his own.

Is Charles Martinet Gay?

The 65 years old voice artist Charles Martinet has not been married even once in all these years. However, there are no such reports of him being gay. As stated earlier, Charles is more of a secretive guy when it comes to his personal life. As of now, it is safe to say that he is straight as no such reports are proving otherwise.

Professional Career

Talking about his professional life, he is well versed in his field. He is one of the best voice artists the world has ever seen. He started working for Nintendo in the year 1990 and is still an active artist. He has lent his voice to Mario, Baby Mario, Luigi, Waluigi, and Toadsworth.

In the beginning, Charles voiced Mario in Video game trade shows, where a Television screen displayed an animated 3-D head of Mario, which was then known as Mario in Real-Time. When he first went for the audition of Mario, it was the last moment, and the team had almost packed up when Charles arrived for his audition. Over the years, he has lent his voice to various video game characters, cartoons and TV commercials. One of his most recent appearances was in ‘High Score’, a 2020 Netflix docuseries which he narrated.

Awards

Being loved by the kids and adults alike for his voice as Mario is an achievement in itself. However, lending his voice for more than hundreds of characters in video games, cartoons, and commercials has earned him many accolades and awards. One of his most prominent achievement is that he has a World record in the Guinness Book of World Records as the voice artist for having performed in one hundred different titles of the same character.

Net Worth, Salary & Earnings of Charles Martinet in 2024

Not only has he made his name as a voice artist, but he has also appeared in a number of films and television series. He has spent over three decades of his life performing as an actor and a voice artist in the industry. His extensive career has led him to have a whopping net worth of about $12 million as of 2024, one of the richest voice artists in Hollywood. Only if assets were measured in terms of the number of people who adore you Charles Martinet would have been one of the richest actors of the industry.

Popularly known for his work in one of Mario’s most famous video games, Charles Martinet is one of the most adored voice artists of the ’90s. However, being versatile as he is, he did not restrict his talents just to the field of voice performing. He rather ventured out and acted in several films and Television series.

Having a World record to his name, he is an inspiration to the budding voice artists of the industry. Even at the age of 65, he is still pursuing his passion and delivering his parts with the same zeal and enthusiasm as at the beginning of his career.