'It’s-a Me, Mario!'

You know Mario—who could forget the cheery “woo-hoos!” of Nintendo’s most beloved video game character? Now meet Charles Martinet, the voice behind the iconic mustachioed man. It turns out, Martinet not only voiced Mario, he also created the voices for Wario, Luigi and even Donkey Kong!

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[SCRTCHKT]

This guy looks like one of those people who find it impossible to get mad at anything. He's such a sweetheart. I wanna meet him someday

[hanro]

This seems like a man that really enjoys his job...

[hiuihbyhiunhj]

You cannot be unhappy when you watch this

[jjjabbers]

Please never die, Charles Martinet. Thank god you are still alive.

[bbrlol]

The man who made all of our childhoods fun..

[wesley]

I swear this guy has more energy than I had when I was 6 years old

[StarluxeTheShyGuy]

He started by voicing Mario in Super Mario 64 and he ended by voicing Mario's Dad in the Mario Movie. Thank you Charles for voicing incredible Mario characters for 27 years.

[the_reacting_noobman]

Charles Martinet has been filling kids hearts for over 20 years and you should respect the work he has been doing.

[ericperich]

You’re telling me if this guy was 10 seconds later to his audition Mario would’ve had a different voice...

[bmstbyr]

I would honestly cry tears of joy if I met him

[probablynotleo]

Can't imagine how it is like to be his kids telling their friends that Mario is their dad.

[fredthewreckyt]

1:18 if this man was just a bit late, we’d have a completely different childhood.

[CamTheWiz]

"You put'a the spagetti in the pizza!"

calls Nintendo immediately "WE HAVE OUR MAN"

[TomastheHorrorfan]

Watching this after Charles has retired from the voice of Mario honestly made me feel good because he knows how much love he has gotten and that’s what he deserves

[GermanART]

this is maybe one of the most famous voices out there

[yuriko]

1:14 "Haaah... the princess😍" 😂 Cute

[thelatiosmaster]

This man must be protected as a humanity resource

[sirtintly]

I actually got to meet this guy at comic-con. nobody was in line to meet him and I felt really bad for him. so I went up to meet him and he was super sincere. he is so awesome and he doesn't get enough honor. we need to have the world know who he is.

[thecouncilofbrazilianchads]

Imagine Having Mario himself as your grandpa…