Mehrdad Raissi Ardali (Persian: مهرداد رئیسی اردلی‎ ‎ ), born (1978--)20 1978 in Iran, is a prolific Iranian voice actor, dubbing director, founder, director, CEO and Quality Control Manager of Glory Entertainment (The Association of Tehran Young Voice Actors).
 He has also provided Persian voices for several animation characters, including famous characters such as Donkey in "Shrek", Marty in "Madagascar", "" and "", Buck in "", Bolt in "Bolt", Carl Fredricksen in "Up", Flynn Rider in "Tangled", The Once-ler in "The Lorax", RJ in "Over the Hedge", Francesco Bernoulli in "Cars 2", Mr. Ping in "Kung fu Panda", Ramon in "Happy Feet 2", The Man in the Yellow Hat in "Curious George", Raoul in "A Monster in Paris", Kevin in "", Barry in "Bee Movie", Bunnymund in "Rise of the Guardians", Guy in "The Croods" and Kristoff in "Frozen (2013 film)".
Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (promoted theatrically as Dr. Seuss' The Grinch) is an upcoming American 3D computer-animated Christmas musical comedy film produced by Illumination Entertainment.
 It is based on the 1957 Dr. Seuss' story of the same name.
 The film will be released on November 9, 2018, by Universal Pictures.
The Dr. Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Garden is a sculpture garden in Springfield, Massachusetts that honors Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known to the world as Dr. Seuss.
 Located at the Quadrangle, the Dr. Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Garden honors the author and illustrator, who was born in Springfield in 1904.
 The monument was designed by Lark Grey Dimond-Cates, the author's stepdaughter and created by Sculptor and Artist Ron Henson.
Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, published over 60 children's books over the course of his long career.
 Though most were published under his well-known pseudonym, Dr. Seuss, he also authored over a dozen books as Theo.
 LeSieg and one as Rosetta Stone.
 As one of the most popular children's authors of all time, Geisel's books have topped many bestseller lists, sold over 222 million copies, and been translated into more than 15 languages.
 In 2000, when "Publishers Weekly" compiled their list of the best-selling children's books of all time; 16 of the top 100 hardcover books were written by Geisel, including "Green Eggs and Ham", at number 4, "The Cat in the Hat", at number 9, and "One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish", at number 13, and "Dr. Seuss's ABC".
 In the years following his death in 1991, several additional books based on his sketches and notes were published, including "Hooray for Diffendoofer Day!
" and "Daisy-Head Mayzie".
 Although they were all published under the name Dr. Seuss, only "My Many Colored Days", originally written in 1973, was entirely by Geisel.
The Lorax (also known as Dr. Seuss' The Lorax) is a 2012 American 3D computer-animated musical fantasy–comedy film produced by Illumination Entertainment and based on Dr. Seuss's children's book of the same name.
 The film was released by Universal Pictures on March 2, 2012, on the 108th birthday of Dr. Seuss.
 The second film adaptation of the book (following the 1972 animated television special), the film builds on the book by expanding the story of Ted, the previously unnamed boy who visits the Once-ler.
 The cast includes Danny DeVito as the Lorax, Ed Helms as the Once-ler, and Zac Efron as Ted.
 New characters introduced in the film are Audrey (voiced by Taylor Swift), Aloysius O'Hare (Rob Riggle), Mrs. Wiggins, Ted's mother (Jenny Slate), and Grammy Norma (Betty White).
Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat is a 2003 American family comedy film directed by Bo Welch.
 It is based on the 1957 Dr. Seuss book "of the same name".
 The film stars Mike Myers in the title role of the Cat in the Hat, and Dakota Fanning as Sally.
 Sally's brother (who is unnamed in the book and the 1971 TV special), Conrad, is portrayed by Spencer Breslin.
 The film is the second feature-length Dr. Seuss adaptation after the 2000 holiday film "How the Grinch Stole Christmas".
The Lorax is a children's book written by Dr. Seuss and first published in 1971.
 It chronicles the plight of the environment and the Lorax, who speaks for the trees against the Once-ler.
 As in most Dr. Seuss works, most of the creatures mentioned are original to the book.
The Secret Art of Dr. Seuss (ISBN  ) is a collection of visual art created by Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss.
 It was published in 1995, after Geisel's death, by Random House of New York.
The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss is an live-action/puppet television series based on characters created by Dr. Seuss, produced by The Jim Henson Company.
 It aired from October 13, 1996 to December 28, 1998 on Nickelodeon.
 It is notable for its use of live puppets with digitally animated backgrounds, and in its first season, for refashioning characters and themes from the original Dr. Seuss books into new stories that often retained much of the flavor of Dr. Seuss' own works.
Bartholomew Cubbins is a fictional page and the hero of two children's books by Dr. Seuss: "The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins" (1938) and "Bartholomew and the Oobleck" (1949).
 Besides the two books about him—and the stage adaptations of them—Bartholomew Cubbins also appears as a character in the TV show "The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss".
 Moreover, he is mentioned in a song by songwriter Bill Pere.
 Seuss's only film, "The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T", has a main character named Bartholomew "Collins", who, like his namesake, is a young boy who is wiser than the adults around him.

Question: Mehrdad Raissi Ardali provided the Persian voice for the Once-ler in the Dr. Seuss movie that was released in what year?
Answer: 2012