Thanks to the folks at Great Big Story, meet Charles Martinet, who has been the voice of Mario, the iconic Nintendo game character for 26 years! Martinet also voiced Wario, Luigi and Donkey Kong!

For a guy who almost missed the audition, he’s come a long way to becoming one of the most iconic voices in video game history!

Honestly though, his stint as a corporate video actor was the one that caught our attention! He had us sold on “circuitry… and semi-conductor processes…”