As certainly one of Comedy Central’s longest-running reveals, South Park has change into a tv powerhouse with its sharp, crude takes on small-town America and past.

Created in 1997 by comedians Matt Stone and Trey Parker, the pair tried to seize what it’s wish to be a child surrounded by adults who don’t at all times know finest — or something in any respect. However the present rapidly turned a social, cultural, and political satire because it began critiquing present occasions and high-profile folks.

By now, the commentary is as important to South Park because the comedy. In the meantime, its slapstick, gross-out animation fashion reminds viewers that completely nothing is sacred, together with its personal little one characters that suffer and even die terribly from episode to episode (#WhoKilledKenny).

Whereas Stone and Parker present the vast majority of voices, there’s a complete supporting solid of fierce skills. Let’s go all the way down to South Park and see the solid behind the long-lasting characters.

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Matt Stone (Kyle Broflovski, Kenny McCormick, and so forth.)

As a showrunner of South Park, Matt Stone can also be one of many principal voice actors bringing the animated characters to life. He portrays main gamers like Kyle Broflovski, Kenny McCormick (whereas muffled), and Butter Stotch, plus variations of their mother and father and a slew of different South Park residents.

Whereas South Park and its film installments have made up the majority of Stone’s work, he additionally co-created the Broadway sensation The Book of Mormon, helmed the raunchy sports activities comedy BASEketball (1998), and wrote and starred in Team America: World Police (2004). Along with 5 Emmy wins for South Park, he netted a Grammy and three Tonys for The E book of Mormon.

Stone has been married to Comedy Central govt Angela Howard since 2008. They share two kids.

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Trey Parker (Stan Marsh, Eric Cartman, and so forth.)

Carrying the remainder of the core buddy group, Parker voices would-be hero Stan Marsh and the potty-mouthed Eric Cartman, together with Jimmy, Stan’s father Randy, Mr. Garrison, and plenty of extra characters throughout the present’s run.

Working with Stone, Parker was the second mind behind The E book of Mormon and their subsequent Grammy and Tony wins. His filmography additionally mirrors Stone’s with collaborations on initiatives like BASEketball and Crew America: World Police, in addition to many South Park spinoff films.

Parker was married to Emma Sugiyama from 2006 to 2008. He has one daughter with Boogie Tillmon, whom he married in 2014, and a stepson from Tillmon’s earlier relationship. They divorced in 2019.

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Mona Marshall (Sheila Broflovski, Linda Stotch, and so forth.)

Mona Marshall joined South Park in 1999 after the dying of unique solid member Mary Kay Bergman, who voiced Kyle’s mother Sheila Broflovski, Butters’ mom Linda Stotch, and numerous celeb bit elements like Hillary Clinton.

A stage-trained actress, Marshall has achieved voice performing in animated reveals like Fraggle Rock: The Animated Collection. She’s additionally discovered a selected area of interest in anime, together with hack//Signal (2003), Digimon Journey (1999–2001), Naruto (2005–2009), Doraemon (2014), and Uzumaki (2024).

Marshall additionally works as a voice and stage performing coach.

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April Stewart (Sharon Marsh, Liane Cartman, Wendy Testaburger, and so forth.)

April Stewart joined the South Park solid in 2004 after Eliza Schneider’s departure attributable to contract disputes, taking over roles similar to Stan’s mom Sharon Marsh, Stan’s older sister Shelley, Eric’s mother Liane Cartman, the continuing love curiosity Wendy Testaburger, Principal Victoria, Mayor McDaniels, amongst many others.

Whereas Stewart’s background is in theatre, voice performing has been her profession focus. She’s performed roles on animated reveals like El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera (2007–2008), The Legend of Korra (2013–2014), and Wolverine and the X-Males (2009). Her vocal skills have additionally been featured in movies like Mission: Inconceivable – Ghost Protocol (2011), Wreck-It Ralph (2012), and The SpongeBob Film: Sponge Out of Water (2012).

Stewart’s portfolio contains a big catalog of online game appearances, together with Deadpool (2013), Remaining Fantasy (2006–2014), Fallout (2010, 2016), The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011), and several other Marvel and Star Wars video games.

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Isaac Hayes (Chef)

Isaac Hayes’ buttery easy voice wasn’t the one factor that set him aside within the South Park universe. He additionally notably solely performed one position: a extremely inappropriate college cook dinner recognized solely as Chef.

Earlier than Hayes died in 2008, he was an American musical icon as a singer, songwriter, producer, and all-around inventive drive. Hayes was a significant participant within the Memphis label Stax Data and co-wrote the Sam & Dave track “Soul Man.”

Along with three Grammy Awards and an induction into the Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame, his work as a movie composer earned him an Oscar for Finest Track for the movie Shaft (1971). As for performing, he appeared in Escape From New York (1981) and starred as Gandolf "Gandy" Fitch in The Rockford Information (1974–1980).

Hayes, a Scientologist, had a controversial exit from South Park in 2006 after their Scientology-critical episode “Trapped within the Closet” aired. Chatting with The Hollywood Reporter for the present’s twentieth anniversary, his son Isaac Hayes III defined, “On the time, everyone round my father was concerned in Scientology — his assistants, the core group of individuals. So somebody stop South Park on Isaac Hayes’ behalf. We don’t know who.”

His son clarified that at that time, Hayes was unable to talk after struggling a stroke in 2006. He additionally famous that “[South Park] actually gave [Hayes] an enormous second act as an artist, and he was very grateful and happy with that.”

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Adrien Beard (Token/Tolkien Black, and so forth.)

In a present recognized for pushing social and cultural buttons, one character particularly captures South Park’s commentary on race relations within the U.S.: Token Black, later generally known as Tolkien Black, voiced by South Park storyboard artist, producer, and artwork director Adrien Beard.

Beard’s different roles embody Token Williams, Mr. Williams, Steve Black, Mr. Black, and Squirrely the Squirrel, all of whom spotlight problematic racial stereotypes and caricatures in South Park’s signaturestyle.

Beard’s work has solely targeted on South Park and its number of offshoots, successful him three Emmys Awards and two further nominations.

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Eliza Schneider (Liane Cartman, Sharon Marsh, and so forth.)

Eliza Schneider joined the South Park solid together with Mona Marshall after Mary Kay Bergman died in 1999. She remained a daily solid member till 2003, voicing people like Liane Cartman, Sharon and Shelley Marsh, Principal Victoria, Mayor McDaniels, Wendy Testaburger, Carol McCormick, and Ms. Crabtree, amongst others. April Stewart was employed to switch her in 2004.

Schneider’s voice seems on TV reveals like The Zeta Challenge (2002), Invader Zim (2003), Squirrel Boy (2007), Popzilla (2009), Batman: The Courageous and the Daring (2011), Sanjay and Craig (2015–2016), and Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2018). She was additionally a part of Honey Pig, an all-women nation music group.

Schneider has a son along with her associate, Roger Ray, and works as a violin teacher alongside her voice performing profession.

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Jennifer Howell (Bebe Stevens)

One other voice from behind the scenes is supervising producer Jennifer Howell as Bebe Stevens, who is commonly a love curiosity within the sequence.

As Howell continued voicing Bebe, she additionally turned the manager vice chairman of Stone and Parker’s Vital Movies manufacturing firm in 2006 earlier than transitioning to senior vice chairman of twentieth Century Fox Tv's animation division in 2008. In response to LinkedIn, she is at the moment the chief inventive officer of Deep VooDoo, an AI leisure startup based by Stone and Parker.

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Jessica Makinson (Robust Girl, Gigi Hadid)

Not like The Simpsons, South Park doesn’t depend on precise celeb cameos for particular episodes. As an alternative, voice actor Jessica Makinson tackles many feminine celebs — both precisely or badly on function (that is South Park, in spite of everything). Past voicing popular culture icons like Gigi Hadid and Paris Hilton, Makinson additionally portrays recurring characters like Robust Girl, Henrietta Biggle, and extra.

She was no stranger to working with Parker and Stone, showing of their political sitcom That’s My Bush (2001). Makinson has additionally acted in sketches for Jimmy Kimmel Live, The Late Late Present With Craig Ferguson, and Showtime's The Underground. Her different on-screen work contains roles in Comedy Central’s Set off Pleased TV (2003), The Joe Schmo Present (2004) on Spike, andNickelodeon’s iCarly (2008).

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