Terry Klassen | |
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.jpg) Klassen at BronyCon in 2014 | |
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| Years active | 1984–present |
Terry Klassen is a Canadian voice actor, ADR director and writer. Before animation, Klassen worked in radio in Winnipeg (CITI-FM), Toronto (Q107), Calgary (CFAC), Portage la Prairie (CFRY) and part-time at CFOX and CFMI. In animation, he is best known for his work on My Little Pony being voice director of all episodes including the movie (Canadian talent) and the Equestria Girls series. Klassen has also voiced many characters including Baby Sylvester in Baby Looney Tunes, Tusky Husky in Krypto the Superdog and Tony and Seth Parsons in The Cramp Twins.
Klassen co-created Yvon of the Yukon. He is the voice director for shows and films including Martha Speaks, Johnny Test, Max Steel, George of the Jungle, Ed, Edd n Eddy, several Barbie movies, Transformers, Cardcaptors, Salty's Lighthouse, G.I. Joe, Pucca, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Littlest Pet Shop, and many more series. Klassen is also a writer and owned a production company with Ian James Corlett which helped with localizations,[1] and also he was a story editor on the Bakugan series. He was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing in an Animated Program for Martha Speaks. Klassen was also a co-voice director on the 3D animated series Pac-Man (NerdCorp/Mattel). Klassen continues to work as a voice director on series such as Johnny Test, Polly Pocket, several different Marvel Webisodes series and also the voice of 'Gramps' on the Netflix series StarBeam.