Dana Snyder

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**Dana Snyder** (born November 14, 1973) is an American actor and voice actor. He is known for voicing Master Shake on *Aqua Teen Hunger Force*, Granny Cuyler on *Squidbillies*, and Baby Ball on *Ballmastrz: 9009*. He also voiced Dr. Whang on Adult Swim's *Minoriteam*, Dr. Colosso on Nickelodeon's comedy series *The Thundermans*, and Gazpacho on Cartoon Network's animated series *Chowder*.

## Early life

Snyder was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania on November 14, 1973 and grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada. He credits Don Rickles, Rip Taylor, and Phil Silvers as childhood influences. Snyder graduated from Las Vegas High School in 1992 and he graduated with a BFA from the Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Webster University, Missouri in 1996.

## Career

### Voice acting

Snyder was hired to voice Master Shake on *Aqua Teen Hunger Force*, auditioning during a phone call to Dave Willis. Snyder provided the voice of Gazpacho on *Chowder*, Todd and Benny Lee on the G4TV show *Code Monkeys*, "The Alchemist" on *The Venture Bros.*, and Granny Cuyler on *Squidbillies*. He voices Leonard the Koala in *The Penguins of Madagascar* and plays a teacher named "Mr. Baldwin" on the Disney series *Fish Hooks*. He played Alistair in *Open Season 3*. Snyder provided the voices of Sam as well as Cold Fusion Reactor Dad on the web series *Suicide by Side.* He narrated the Adult Swim web series *Sipes Stories* that he co-produced with Andy Sipes. He has starred on *Adventure Time* as the Ancient Sleeping Magi of Life Giving from the episode "Little Dude" in the fifth season. He played the voice of Belcitane within the White Knight Chronicles, and the White Knight Chronicles II. He also shows up in the web series "Bravest Warriors" in season 2 episode 6. He voices the recurring character McSweats in the Disney XD animated series *Pickle and Peanut*. Snyder played Dr. Colosso on Nickelodeon's comedy *The Thundermans* from 2013 to 2018. He also played as Graballa the Hutt on the Disney XD animated series *Lego Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures*.

### Stage acting

On April 15, 2010, Snyder and Dave Willis went on a multi-city tour called *Dave & Dana: Stars of Aqua Teen!*. In June 2010, he appeared as Max Bialystock in the Lyceum Theatre's production of Mel Brooks' *The Producers* in Arrow Rock, Missouri. In February and March 2011, he again played Max Bialystock in *The Producers* at the Riverside Theatre in Vero Beach Florida. Snyder has also been seen in the Lyceum Theatre 2011 productions of *Run For Your Wife*, *Damn Yankees*, and *The Sound of Music* and has worked at several other United States regional theaters, including Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, and Cleveland Play House. Snyder was also a guest performer during several performances of the Atlanta-based burlesque revue "Dames Aflame" in 2010 and 2012.

### Film and television

Snyder has made guest appearances on *ER*, *Brothers and Sisters*, and *Gary Unmarried*. Snyder also appeared in *Saul of the Mole Men*, *The Young Person's Guide to History**, and Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell*. He guest appeared on the Christian live action television show *Come On Over*.

### Podcasts

Snyder co-hosted the *Ken P.D. Snydecast* with Ken "Plumey" Plume, which was a free podcast. The first episode of the show appeared on the internet on January 11, 2006 with the last episode appearing September 18, 2017. The show was initially produced out of IGN and was produced out of Fred Entertainment before its finale in 2017. In addition to Snyder and Plume, guests have included Doc Hammer, Paul Sabourin, and Jay Wade Edwards. In late 2013, Dana began co-hosting the podcast *Drunk on Disney* with Guy Hutchinson. Since 2018, Snyder started hosting *Dino and Dana's Safe Space Starring Spencer and Tish* with Dino Stamatopoulos, Spencer Crittenden and Tish Burns. Occasional guests include Jeff B. Davis and Cassandra Church.

## Personal life

Template:BLP unsourced section He married Christine "Sweety" Snyder (née Ciccone) in August 2005. They have one daughter born in June 2014.

## Filmography

### Video games

List of voice performances in video games
 2012 | *Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two* | Gremlin Jamface

### Other

 2009 | *G4 Presents Comic-Con '09 Live* | Belcitane | Performer: "Nature's Bounty" and "Yellowcake"

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Riverside Theatre". http://www.riversidetheatre.com/cast\_The-Producers.php.
2. ↑ The Morning Call (18 August 2006). "Famous People from The Lehigh Valley". *themorningcall.com*. http://www.mcall.com/community/guide/community/all-community-faug18,0,6632269.htmlstory.
3. ↑ "An actor who plays with his food". *The Washington Times*. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2007/apr/12/20070412-085635-1137r/?page=all.
4. ↑ "An actor who plays with his food". *The Washington Times*. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2007/apr/12/20070412-085635-1137r/.
5. ↑ http://www.lvhsaa.com/SNYDER,%20DANA%20-%20BIO.pdf
6. ↑ "Code Monkeys". *TV.com*. CBS Interactive. http://www.tv.com/shows/code-monkeys/cast/.
7. ↑ "Dana Snyder". *Metacritic*. https://www.metacritic.com/person/dana-snyder?filter-options=tv&sort\_options=date&num\_items=30.
8. ↑ "Breaking News - The Aqua Teen Hunger Force Movie Film for Theatres to Debut This Fall - TheFutonCritic.com". http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20060330cartoon02.
9. ↑ Aqua Teen Hunger Force is a Movie! – TeenHollywood.com
10. ↑ "Florida Supercon Adds Rikki Simmons, Greg Horn, George Lowe and Dana Snyder – Comic Book Resources". http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=10033.
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Marilyn Bauer. "Riverside Theatre to stage Tony Award-winning 'The Producers'". *TCP*. http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2011/feb/18/the-best145worst-musical/.
12. ↑ "Disney Channel: Fish Hooks – The Paley Center for Media". *The Paley Center for Media*. http://www.paleycenter.org/disney-channel-fish-hooks/.
13. ↑ "Open Season 3". *Movie Insider*. http://www.movieinsider.com/m8085/open-season-3/.
14. ↑ "Open Season 3". 1 September 2011. https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/open\_season\_3/.
15. ↑ Dana Snyder Template:Webarchive
16. ↑ "Archived copy". http://suicidebyside.com/?page\_id=2.
17. ↑ Dana Snyder and Andy Sipes to Launch Web Series on AdultSwim.com – Los Angeles – Arts – Public Spectacle Template:Webarchive
18. ↑ Template:Cite av media
19. ↑ "Adult Swim Takes Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Squidbillies on Tour". *pastemagazine.com*. https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2010/04/adult-swim-takes-aqua-teen-hunger-force-squidbilli.html.
20. ↑ "'Aqua Teen' kicks off live tour". *Digital Spy*. http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/news/a214214/aqua-teen-kicks-off-live-tour.html.
21. ↑ "Dave Willis and Dana Snyder of Aqua Teen Hunger Force Talk Tour". *pastemagazine.com*. https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2010/04/catching-up-with-dave-willis-and-dana-snyder-of-aq.html.
22. ↑ "The Chicago Maroon — If you want some Aqua Teen, Lakeshore will give it to ya". http://chicagomaroon.com/2009/11/13/if-you-want-some-aqua-teen-lakeshore-will-give-it-to-ya/.
23. ↑ "Marshall Democrat-News: Local News: Lyceum Theatre launches season with 'The Producers' (05/31/10)". *Marshall Democrat-News*. http://www.marshallnews.com/story/1638883.html.
24. ↑ "Marshall Democrat-News: Local News: "Run for Your Wife" comes to the Lyceum Theatre (07/18/11)". *Marshall Democrat-News*. http://www.marshallnews.com/story/1745246.html.
25. ↑ "Lyceum Theatre: News". http://www.lyceumtheatre.org/news.php?id=91.
26. ↑ "Dames Aflame". http://www.damesaflame.com/index.php?id=24.
27. ↑ 27.0 27.1 "Aqua Teen's' Master Shake found his voice in Easton". *tribunedigital-mcall*. http://articles.mcall.com/2007-04-14/features/3736277\_1\_aqua-teen-hunger-force-voice-actors-movie.
28. ↑ "Listings – TheFutonCritic.com – The Web's Best Television Resource". http://www.thefutoncritic.com/listings/20100114cbs03/.
29. ↑ Dana Snyder – About This Person – Movies & TV – NYTimes.com
30. ↑ "Archived copy". http://loveallife.com/c558276i150/art130874.
31. ↑ Watch Young Person's Guide to History Episodes and Clips for Free from Adult Swim
32. ↑ 32.0 32.1 "iTunes – Podcasts – Ken P.D. Snydecast – FRED Entertainment by FRED Entertainment". *iTunes*. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ken-p.d.-snydecast-fred-entertainment/id271138799.
33. ↑ 33.0 33.1 "Ken P. D. Snyde-Cast #8". *IGN*. http://movies.ign.com/articles/701/701559p1.html.
34. ↑ "Drunk On Disney Podcast". http://drunkondisney.blogspot.com/.
35. ↑ "ACPN". http://acpnet.net/.
36. ↑ https://twitter.com/DisneyTVA/status/1309161019227463680/photo/1

## External links

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* Dana Snyder at Fanpop.com
* Dana Snyder interview, February 24, 2006
* Dana Snyder interview on The Swimcast: parts One and Two

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