John Kassir

John Kassir is an American actor, voice artist, and comedian who is best known as the voice of the Crypt Keeper in HBO's Tales from the Crypt franchise. Kassir is also best known for his role as Ralph in the Off-Broadway show Reefer Madness, as well as its film adaptation, as well as his voice work as Buster Bunny (Taking over for Charlie Adler late in the final season of Tiny Toon Adventures), Ray "Raymundo" Rocket on Rocket Power, the mischievous raccoon Meeko in Pocahontas and its direct-to-video sequel, Jibolba in the Tak and the Power of Juju video game series, and the current voices of Pete Puma in The Looney Tunes Show, and Deadpool in X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse and the Marvel: Ultimate Alliance series. He has also recently done the voice of Rizzo for the newest Spyro game, Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure, and voiced Ghost Roaster in Skylanders: Giants, after having the role passed to him, from Freddie Winston in the previous installment. He is also known for his various roles in season 1 of The Amanda Show. --- Kassir played the Bulgarian kicker, Zagreb Shkenusky, for 7 years in the HBO comedy series1st & Ten, about a fictional football team. His other live action credits include sketch-acting on The Amanda Show and a portrayal of Shemp Howard in a biopic about The Three Stooges, produced by Mel Gibson, and Ralph in Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical. He was also able to get his own Pee-wee Herman style show in 1997 called Johnnytime, which aired for two seasons on the USA network. He also appeared as The Atom in the Justice League of America pilot episode, which, despite not being picked up, was released as a film in some markets. John has appeared in over a dozen feature films, starred in eight TV pilots (six of which went to series and two of which lasted on air for over six years each) and guest starred in dozens of TV series in both comic and dramatic roles. --- Kassir was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He was married to actress Julie Benz from May 1998 to December 2007. They have both done voice overs in the Xbox game Halo 2. According to an interview about Tales from the Crypt, he collected comic books as a kid growing up.