Brian Silva

Brian Silva is an ex-Accolade employee and Bubsy's voice actor in the first instalment, Bubsy in: Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind.
Though initially hired for his voice, the artwork included in his portfolio earned him the additional position of sprite- and background artist. He was granted the role of game developer for Bubsy II, but left the company halfway production to work at Visual Concepts for reasons unknown.
Bubsy was Silva's first big voice acting gig, but was replaced with Rob Paulsen for the next instalment, who also happened to get the lead in the planned television series prior to Silva's departure. 
==Career==
Brian Silva's video game career started in the 70s as a background pixel artist, while his voice acting career made its start in 1989 by performing impersonations and local commercial spots on FM 102's "Morning Zoo" in Sacramento. Afterwards, Silva became part of 97 KROY's "J.R. in the Morning" show.
His radio career came to an official end in 1991, and a year later, he responded to a video game magazine ad from Accolade, looking for a voice actor for their upcoming game, Bubsy.
After working for the company for roughly a year, he moved to Visual Concepts (1993-1996), PostLinear Entertainment (1996), Midway Games (1997-2003), Q Entertainment (2003-2004), Swingin' Ape Studios (2004), and then Blizzard after the studio was bought by them.
A 2015 interview with Segabits revealed he was working for Specular Interactive -an entertainment company set up by Swingin' Ape's founder- and co-created the arcade games, H2Overdrive, Project HADES, Dirty Drivin', and Batman.
He was also involved with a few cancelled productions, like Crank the Weasel, as co-creator and voice of Crank, and Congo: The Secret of Zinj, where he was given the full lead to a game for the first time.
Silva has voiced multiple games around the 2000s, but there's no further public record of his work and his current whereabouts are unknown.
==Filmography==
===Video Games===
A list of his voice performances in video games.
Year	Title 	Role 	Platform
1993	Bubsy I 	Bubsy 	Genesis, SNES
1996	Viewpoint 	Additional vocal effects/unknown 	PS
1999	NFL Blitz 2000 	Player vocals 	Dreamcast, PC, PS, N64
1999	Ready 2 Rumble Boxing 	Unknown 	Dreamcast, PS, N64
2000	Ready 2 Rumble Boxing: Round 2 	Unknown 	Dreamcast, PS, PS2, N64
2000	Hydro Thunder 	Announcer 	PS, N64
2001	SpyHunter 	Alec Sects 	PS2, PS, GC, XBox, Zodiac
2002	Fire blade 	Additional voices/unknown 	PS2, GC, XBox
2002	Legion: The Legend of Excalibur 	Arthur, Lancelot, town crier, the mayor, additional voices 	PS2
2002	Haven: Call of the King Haven: Call of the King	Ferry owner, worried villager, boatman, gilderman 	PS2
2003	Freaky Flyers 	Johnny Turbine, Pauli Achi, Mick Bungadoo, Mamma Achi, newsreels 	PS2, Xbox
2004	Phantom Brave 	Fox, Lierre, "royal employee ringmaster" Ham, bully, circus member	PC, PS2, PSP, Wii
2004	Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana 	Baby pig, Book Eater, Super Puni, Totem, Uru (uncredited roles) 	PS2
2004	World of Warcraft 	An eredar 	PC
2007	World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade 	An eredar, un-mounted Death Knight 	PC
2009	H2Overdrive 	Unknown 	Arcade machine
2011	Dirty Drivin' 	Unknown 	Arcade machine
2013	Batman 	Scarecrow, Mr. Freeze, The Penguin 	Arcade machine
===TV===
A list of his voice performances in TV shows.
Year	Title 	Role 	Genre
2002	.hack//Sign 	Komiyan III	Anime
2003	.hack//Legend of the Twilight	Komiyan III	Anime
==Portfolio==
Brian Silva's work, collected from his defunct website (see: Trivia).
===Video Game Design===
2D (tile-based) background by Brian Silva.jpg|Tile-based 2D background from Sylvester & Tweety.
2D (tile-based) background by Brian Silva 2.jpg|Tile-based 2D background from Sylvester & Tweety.
2D (tile-based) background by Brian Silva 3.jpg|Tile-based 2D background from Sylvester & Tweety.
2D (tile-based) background by Brian Silva 4.jpg|Tile-based 2D background from Sylvester & Tweety.
2D (tile-based) background by Brian Silva 5.jpg|Tile-based 2D background from Sylvester & Tweety.
2D (tile-based) background by Brian Silva 6.jpg|Tile-based 2D background from Sylvester & Tweety.
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===Voice Work===
Collection of radio commercials by Brian Silva
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Collection of improvised cartoon characters by Brian Silva
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Collection of impersonations by Brian Silva
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===Artwork===
Not related to any projects.
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Ren and Stimpy (Mario Paint) artwork by Brian Silva.jpg|Mario Paint drawing of Ren & Stimpy.
==Trivia==
* Accolade was the first game company Brian Silva worked for.
* Brian Silva auditioned for the Bubsy TV show, but was rejected.
* Brian Silva came up with the "Amazatorium" theme park name in Bubsy II.
* Brian Silva has a great affinity for video games;
** His first console was Pong, which he saved money for and admittedly played too often.
** When he was 8, writing video game design documents was a hobby of his.
* Brian Silva enjoys classic comedy, like The Three Stooges and Laurel and Hardy;
** This interest motivated him to help create Floigan Bros.
* Between 1991 and 1993, Brian Silva was a stand-up comedian.
* Brian Silva made a few original songs.
* Brian Silva has co-written, directed, and acted in a Star Wars/Punk'd parody short, called "Sith'd".
* Brian Silva used to have his own website;
** This website has been cleared out and now only shows a WordPress template page;
** In 2022, it showed a video clip from Harry Potter, joking about the fact there's nothing to see anymore;
** There are screenshots from The Internet Archive available, dating back to October of 2003;
** According to The Internet Archive, the website met its end near 2016.
Category:Voice Actors
Category:Bubsy in: Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind
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