Brian Silva (2013).
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, until he got replaced by 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
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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
Artwork
Not related to any projects.
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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.