American · b. 1957 · 1980s – 2000s
Cam Clarke lent his voice to Liquid Snake in Metal Gear Solid and Leonardo in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon, making him one of the most versatile voice actors to cross between animation and early voice-acted games.
Cam Clarke built his career in animation through the 1980s, most notably as Leonardo in the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series (1987). His video game work is equally wide-ranging. His most enduring game role arrived with Liquid Snake in Metal Gear Solid (1998), a performance of theatrical intensity — simultaneously commanding, unhinged, and philosophically articulate — that matched the game's operatic ambitions perfectly. Clarke voiced Liquid's extended monologues on genetics, destiny, and the Shadow Moses conspiracy with conviction that elevated what could have been campy exposition into genuinely memorable villainy.