Lane Toran Caudell (born October 15, 1982) is an American actor and musician. He is known for his voice roles on Disney's Recess and Nickelodeon's Hey Arnold!

Career

Toran played Rod on 7th Heaven, an American television series about a Protestant minister's family living in the fictional town of Glenoak, California.[2]

In animation, he was the first actor to provide the voice of the title role of Arnold Shortman (season 1) and later in the series, the voice of Wolfgang, the leader of the sadistic and heartless 5th grade bullies, on the Nickelodeon animated show Hey Arnold!' He provided the voice of King Bob on Disney's Recess.'[3]

In the 1995 film Max Is Missing, Toran plays the part of a 12-year-old boy who accompanies his family on vacation to Peru. The boy is separated from his father while visiting the ancient Incan ruins of Machu Picchu. Thieves chase him after he is given a priceless mask by a dying man.

Over a year later, Toran starred in the light-hearted fantasy Johnny Mysto: Boy Wizard. In this film, aimed at a pre-teen audience, he plays the part of a budding young magician who stumbles across an unusual ring. He embarks on a medieval, time-travel quest to find his enchanted sister and ends up in Camelot before King Arthur. It turns out the ring belongs to none other than Merlin.

Toran performed the lead vocals for several TV series and has appeared on stage in Oliver!, Peter Pan and Li'l Abner. He has played Conrad Birdie in Bye Bye Birdie, the Lion in the Wiz and the Prince in Cinderella in theatre.[4]

Together with Haylie Duff he co-wrote the song "Sweet Sixteen" on Hilary Duff's second studio album Metamorphosis.[2]

Toran announced in 2016 on his Instagram profile that he would return to Hey Arnold! to voice characters for the 2017 television movie Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie.[5]

He performs lead vocals on his own original songs and with the band DieRadioDie in Los Angeles.

Personal life

Toran was married to actress Jaclyn Betham from 2012 to 2020. He is the son of musician and singer Lane Caudell.[6]

Filmography

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
2020 Getaway Merv Director/Writer
2020 Tell Me a Story Steve Episode: "Thorns and All"
2017 Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie Che, Crewman, Pirate 1, Guard 1 TV movie
2015 RePlay Twain 2 episodes
2015 Satisfaction Scotty 2 episodes
2015 Nashville Bobby Episode: "How Can I Help You Say Goodbye"
2004 L.A. D.J. Skinny Skater
2004 The Eavesdropper Cameron
2003 As Told by Ginger Fred 2 episodes
2003 All Grown Up! Various
2003 Malcolm in the Middle Jason Episode: "If Boys Were Girls"
2001 The Rugrats: All Growed Up TJ TV movie
2001 Recess: School's Out King Bob
2000 The Weekenders Unnamed character Episode: "Shoes of Destiny"
1999 M.U.G.E.N Unnamed character Video game
1998 Billboard Dad Surfer
1997 Johnny Mysto: Boy Wizard Johnny Mysto
1997–

2001

7th Heaven Rod 9 episodes
1997 101 Dalmatians: The Series Tripod 10 episodes
1997 Recess King Bob 40 episodes
1997 The Killing Jar Young Michael Sanford
1997 Aaahh!!! Real Monsters Newsboy/Kid Episode: "The Great Escape/Beast with Four Eyes"
1996–

2001

Hey Arnold! Arnold Shortman/Wolfgang/Additional Characters Main cast; 40 episodes
1996 Moloney Joe Ballantine Jr. Episode: "Pilot"
1995 Roseanne Joseph Episode: "The Last Thursday in November"
1995 Max Is Missing Max TV movie

References

  1. ^ "Lane Toran". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved September 20, 2023.
  2. ^ a b Schroeder, Jessa (February 23, 2017). "The main character's voice from 'Hey Arnold!' is now a hunky hipster and musician". New York Daily News. Archived from the original on November 19, 2020. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
  3. ^ Jensen, Erin (November 25, 2015). "Oh heeeeeeeeey, Arnold! This voice actor grew up to be a total hottie". USA Today. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
  4. ^ Leverage Agency press release
  5. ^ Swift, Andy (June 13, 2016). "Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie: Original Cast Will Return, Nickelodeon Confirms". TVLine. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
  6. ^ Price, Annie (November 24, 2015). "The voice actor behind Hey Arnold! is all grown and ridiculously hunky". Daily Express. Archived from the original on July 30, 2018. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toran_Caudell
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