G.I. JOE: RETALIATION: Voice Actor Playing Cobra Commander Finally Revealed!

G.I. JOE: RETALIATION: Voice Actor Playing Cobra Commander Finally Revealed!

The other day I asked Jon Chu on Twitter who was voicing Cobra Commander? All he would say at that time was that one actor is voicing him and another actor is in the suit. So guess which actor that had guest roles in Justified, and Grey's Anatomy got the part?

By nailbiter111 - Mar 07, 2013 05:03 PM EST
Filed Under: G.I. Joe
Source: generalsjoes



If you said, Robert Baker, then you guessed correctly. He revealed the info in a recent interview with PopSugar.com (via generalsjoes) at the 6:25 mark in the video. Rick was a friend of Jon Chu in college and was asked to lend his voice for Cobra Commander for a temp track. The studio liked his effort so much that they asked him to be the official voice of Cobra Commander, and the rest is history as they say.



Jon Chu has just tweeted me that Luke Bracey is the actor that will be playing Cobra Commander behind the mask. So chew on that.

In this sequel, the G.I. Joes are not only fighting their mortal enemy, Cobra, they are forced to contend with threats from within the government that jeopardize their very existence. The film stars D.J. Cotrona, Byung-hun Lee, Adrianne Palicki, Ray Park, Jonathan Pryce, RZA, Ray Stevenson, Channing Tatum with Bruce Willis and Dwayne Johnson. Directed by Jon M. Chu, and produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Brian Goldner, written by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick based on Hasbro’s G.I. Joe® characters. March 29th, 2013!


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TokenNerd
TokenNerd - 3/7/2013, 6:14 PM
6min25sec mark is the part where the "reveal" is.
CloserPleasures
CloserPleasures - 3/7/2013, 6:17 PM
very cool
cmax
cmax - 3/7/2013, 6:28 PM
Thanks Toke. You're the coolest.
jessepostal
jessepostal - 3/7/2013, 6:30 PM
I wanna hear it :( who's in the suit??
RABB1T
RABB1T - 3/7/2013, 6:32 PM
I can't wait to hear his voice.
KelvTwelve
KelvTwelve - 3/7/2013, 6:32 PM
Oh DAMN it's not JGL!
thewonderer
thewonderer - 3/7/2013, 6:41 PM
wtf happened to jgl?
VicSage
VicSage - 3/7/2013, 6:55 PM
I thought FARAN TAHIR (Raza from Iron Man) was playing Cobra Commander in live-action, NOT this Luke Bracey fellow.
MisterNiceGuy
MisterNiceGuy - 3/7/2013, 6:56 PM
JGL started doing good movies, thats what happened.
TheGambitFreak
TheGambitFreak - 3/7/2013, 6:57 PM
Hope he can do the high-pitched hissing voice like the cartoon. That voice was and will always be the definitive Cobra Commander.
croniccris
croniccris - 3/7/2013, 7:02 PM
Suffering suckatash
vonstallin
vonstallin - 3/7/2013, 7:04 PM
^^^^^^ Exactly what I heard.....and been telling everyone.

I wonder if they are going to sort of re-write cobra commanders orgins....

Here is Luke's Bio....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Bracey
Optimus83
Optimus83 - 3/7/2013, 7:04 PM
Cool Cobra Commander. ...
sephiroth211
sephiroth211 - 3/7/2013, 7:08 PM
I swear he better sound something like these.

LFANCH
LFANCH - 3/7/2013, 7:11 PM
So the guy behind the mask is not going to be the guy voicing the character?
GUNSMITH
GUNSMITH - 3/7/2013, 7:39 PM
DEXTERS OTHER OTHER BROTHER...HE LOOKS LIKE DEXTER
tazmaniak
tazmaniak - 3/7/2013, 8:53 PM
Anyone have any idea how Luke Bracey was cast to play the role? His credits prior to nabbing the role only include 1 year on an Australian soap opera, 3 episodes of an Australian teen drama and a supporting role in a romantic comedy.

I wonder how he went from that to being the actor behind the mask of Cobra Commander? He was like 22-years old when they started filming. I mean, their weren't any older actors or stuntmen who were taller than 5'9 who could be cast in that role?
TruePunishment
TruePunishment - 3/7/2013, 10:08 PM
He is a pretty built dude, I wonder why he just isn't completely playing Cobra Commander. And his entanglement with Raylan on this season was awesome. Justified is one of the best shows on television.
mrtrampoline
mrtrampoline - 3/7/2013, 10:43 PM
"Robert Baker"......"Rick was a friend".... Which one is it eh?
TheDetectiveComicRises
TheDetectiveComicRises - 3/7/2013, 11:33 PM
I remember when Chris Laiter use to voice Cobra Commander's voice in the 80's cartoon he also did Starsceam's voice in Transformer's 80's cartoon.
kemuael
kemuael - 3/8/2013, 12:47 AM
doesnt matter as long as he sounds intimidating am good
mrtrampoline
mrtrampoline - 3/8/2013, 1:10 AM
@Tazmaniak . Look up Chris Hemsworths acting credits, before he was in Thor or Star Trek.....
mrtrampoline
mrtrampoline - 3/8/2013, 1:15 AM
And the same Aussie soap opera gave us Chris Hemsworth, Isabella Lucas, Julian McMahon and Heath Ledger. Of course the acting in the show is terrible, but they all proved themselves later on.
LFANCH
LFANCH - 3/8/2013, 12:22 PM
@nail yeah... I kinda skipped the summary next to the thumbnail. That's my bad.
Carloshll726
Carloshll726 - 3/8/2013, 4:13 PM
Very impressive movie! Better than Rise Of Cobra! I'm a fan! Congratulations!
Pathogen
Pathogen - 3/8/2013, 9:15 PM
If channing tatum doesn't die in it, then its a shit movie. They should have kept his lame acting ass out of it.
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