Marty Grabstein
Encyclopedia
Martin C. Grabstein is an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

 and voice actor, who is known as Marty Grabstein.

Career

Marty Grabstein's career has included work in films, television series, live sketch comedy, theater and commercials.
Grabstein’s film credits include Bury The Evidence and Apartment #5C. His television credits include parts on all three Law & Order
Law & Order
Law & Order is an American police procedural and legal drama television series, created by Dick Wolf and part of the Law & Order franchise. It aired on NBC, and in syndication on various cable networks. Law & Order premiered on September 13, 1990, and completed its 20th and final season on May 24,...

series, Third Watch
Third Watch
Third Watch is an American television drama series which first aired on NBC from 1999 to 2005 for a total of 132 episodes, broadcast in 6 seasons of 22 episodes each....

, and Conviction.

In addition to roles in several theater productions, Grabstein co-wrote and co-starred with Rick Mowatt for their sketch comedy act Lab Rats, which performed to rave reviews in comedy clubs throughout New York City.

Marty is well known for doing the voice of Courage in the popular Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network (United States)
Cartoon Network is an American cable television network owned by Turner Broadcasting which primarily airs animated programming. The channel was launched on October 1, 1992 after Turner purchased the animation studio Hanna-Barbera Productions in 1991...

 show Courage the Cowardly Dog
Courage the Cowardly Dog
Courage the Cowardly Dog is an American animated television series created by John R. Dilworth for Cartoon Network. Its central plot revolves around a somewhat anthropomorphic dog named Courage who lives with his owners, Muriel and Eustace Bagge, an elderly, married farming couple in the "Middle of...

. Marty used a combination of paranoia and panic to make the voice of Courage authentic. In the first few episodes, he actually said many spoken words as Courage, but as the series progressed Courage had less lines and did most of its talking by mumbling and saying "The things I do for love" and "Either that or my name is (...), and it's not."

Filmography

  • Bury the Evidence (1998)
  • Law & Order: Criminal Intent
    Law & Order: Criminal Intent
    Law & Order: Criminal Intent is an American police procedural television drama series set in New York City, where it was also primarily produced. Created and produced by Dick Wolf and René Balcer, the series premiered on September 30, 2001, as the second spin-off of Wolf's successful crime drama...

    (TV series 2002)
  • Dead Air
    Dead Air
    Dead Air is a novel by the Scottish writer Iain Banks, published in 2002.-Plot introduction:The book revolves around the life of Ken Nott, a radio DJ on a London station called Capital Live!-Plot summary:...

    (short 2002)
  • Apartment#5C (2002)
  • Courage the Cowardly Dog
    Courage the Cowardly Dog
    Courage the Cowardly Dog is an American animated television series created by John R. Dilworth for Cartoon Network. Its central plot revolves around a somewhat anthropomorphic dog named Courage who lives with his owners, Muriel and Eustace Bagge, an elderly, married farming couple in the "Middle of...

    (TV series 1999-2002)
  • Manhattan's Best Friend (short 2003)
  • Law & Order
    Law & Order
    Law & Order is an American police procedural and legal drama television series, created by Dick Wolf and part of the Law & Order franchise. It aired on NBC, and in syndication on various cable networks. Law & Order premiered on September 13, 1990, and completed its 20th and final season on May 24,...

    (TV series 1997-2003)
  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is an American police procedural television drama series set in New York City, where it is also primarily produced...

    (TV series 2003)
  • Third Watch
    Third Watch
    Third Watch is an American television drama series which first aired on NBC from 1999 to 2005 for a total of 132 episodes, broadcast in 6 seasons of 22 episodes each....

    (TV series 2004)
  • Wonder Showzen
    Wonder Showzen
    Wonder Showzen is an American sketch comedy television series that aired between 2005 and 2006 on MTV2. It was created by John Lee and Vernon Chatman of PFFR. The show is rated TV-MA....

    (TV series 2005)
  • Cartoon Network Racing
    Cartoon Network Racing
    Cartoon Network Racing is a creation of Cartoon Network Interactive, Eutechnyx, Firebrand Games and The Game Factory. It is for the PlayStation 2 and the Nintendo DS.-Gameplay:...

    (Video Game 2006)
  • Conviction
    Conviction
    In law, a conviction is the verdict that results when a court of law finds a defendant guilty of a crime.The opposite of a conviction is an acquittal . In Scotland and in the Netherlands, there can also be a verdict of "not proven", which counts as an acquittal...

    (TV series 2006)
  • Hanging Plant (short 2009)
  • FusionFall (Video Game 2009)

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