Robert Pike Daniel
- Actor
- Music Department
- Additional Crew
Robert Pike Daniel has crafted a screen career spanning more than 20
years. Born in Scotland and raised in South Africa, Robert studied
acting at the Durban Academy of Speech & Drama and made his
professional stage debut at the age of 10. He returned to Britain in
1975, graduating from the prestigious National Film & Television School
while working as a journalist at the BBC. In 1987, he "crossed the
pond", ending up in Los Angeles where, he says: "The moment I set foot
in town, I felt completely at home." Nowadays, Robert often plays
American characters, like his recurring roles in Will Ferrell's "The
Spoils of Babylon" and the Russian TV mini-series, "Chuzhoe Litso",
playing a CIA station chief. He's done the same in movies like "Sink
Hole", playing a California Fire Chief opposite Eric Roberts' Sheriff
as they struggle to save school kids whose bus drove into a sink hole.
Robert works in many dialects, using a German voice for Einstein on
Disney's "Kickin' It", and Aussie voices on "Touch", and as Rupert
Murdoch on Fox's "Talkshow." Robert's background helped with his
portrayal of Scots golfing legend, Old Tom Morris, in the ongoing Golf
Now TV commercials. And it certainly helped with Angus Dagnabbit -
"Scotland's Yosemite Sam" - a recurring character on Fox's animated
"Mad Jack the Pirate" series (Robert got to play his bagpipes on the
show!) Over the years, Robert voiced characters on many video games,
including the hit "Star Wars" and "World of Warcraft" series. On stage,
Robert played challenging characters like George in "Who's Afraid of
Virginia Woolf?" and Henry in "A Lion in Winter."
