Mark Walton (story artist)

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Mark Walton
Born
Mark Daniel Walton

(1968-10-24) October 24, 1968 (age 55)
Warner Animation Group (2018-2019)
Illumination
(2023-present)

Mark Daniel Walton (born October 24, 1968) is an American storyboard artist and

Warner Animation Group, and other companies. He currently works for Illumination, as of 2023. Walton also voiced Rhino the hamster in the 2008 animated film Bolt
.

Early life

Walton was born on October 24, 1968, in Salt Lake City, Utah, the oldest of seven children.[1] Although he is not a professional actor, Walton said in an interview, "I liked acting in high school and college. I enjoyed it. I think at some point I decided that if I was really going to be a professional actor that it would take at least everything that I would have emotionally or physically and I knew that I really wanted to pursue art."[2] He graduated from Utah State University in 1998 with a degree in illustration.

Career

Mark Walton started at Walt Disney Feature Animation Florida as a story and animation intern in 1995. After performing as a show artist for The Hunchback of Notre Dame Musical Discovery Adventure North American Mall Tour in 1996, he transferred to

Warner Animation Group
. He has also taught storyboarding at California Institute of the Arts (Cal Arts), Academy of Art, SUU, and CGMA.

Numerous positive reviews came from film critics regarding Walton's performance as Rhino in Bolt.

New York Times and the Los Angeles Times,[5]
where Walton contemplated Rhino's popularity as, "he imagines he's actually something bigger and more powerful to match his big heart and big dreams -- which can't be contained by his little hamster body."

Filmography

Year Film Role Notes
1999 Tarzan Storyboard Artist
2000 The Emperor's New Groove Additional Storyboard Artist
2004 Home on the Range Storyboard Artist Voice of Barry & Bob, the Longhorns
2005 Chicken Little Storyboard Artist Voice of Goosey Loosey
2007 Meet the Robinsons Storyboard and Visual Development Artist
2008 Bolt Voice of Rhino the Hamster Nominated—
Annie Award for Voice Acting in a Feature Production
2009 Super Rhino Short film
2010 Donkey's Christmas Shrektacular Story Artist
2011 Gnomeo & Juliet Story Artist
The Pig Who Cried Werewolf Story Artist
Thriller Night Story Artist
2013 Epic Additional Storyboard Artist
Turbo Additional Storyboard Artist Voice of Official
2014 Rio 2 Additional Storyboard Artist
Rocky and Bullwinkle Storyboard Artist Animated short film
2018 Duck Duck Goose Storyboard Artist
Next Gen Additional Story Material
2019 Playmobil: The Movie Storyboard Artist
2023
The Super Mario Bros Movie
 		Storyboard Artist

References

  1. ^ "Utah State Magazine Fall 2015". Utahstate.usu.edu. Retrieved 2017-06-24.
  2. ^ "Interview with Mark Walton, the voice of Rhino in Disney's Bolt". 2008-09-14. Retrieved 2008-11-21.
  3. ^ Daniel, David. "The breakout star of 'Bolt' (and it's not the dog)". CNN.com. Retrieved 2017-06-24.
  4. ^ "Entertainment Reviews - Bolt". ENewsI.com. 2009-03-26. Retrieved 2017-06-24.
  5. ^ Susan King (2008-11-02). "His rodent gets struck by a 'Bolt' of luck - latimes". Articles.latimes.com. Retrieved 2017-06-24.

External links

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