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George Young Newbern (born December 10, 1964) is an American television and film actor. He was born in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Newbern's first lead role was in 1987's Double Switch, a retelling of The Prince and the Pauper that aired as a part of the Wonderful World of Disney television series. Updating the classic story for the 1980s, Newbern handled the role of Bart, a teenage rock star longing for a normal life, and also the role of Matt, a brainy high school student desperate to be popular. Newbern also had a recurring role as the son of designer Julia Sugarbaker (played by Dixie Carter) on the 1990s series Designing Women. He has since guest starred on television in such series as Providence, Chicago Hope, Friends, Bull, and CSI.
His movie acting credits include Adventures in Babysitting (1987) with Elisabeth Shue; Switching Channels (1988) with Kathleen Turner, Burt Reynolds and Christopher Reeve; and Father of the Bride (1991) with Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, and Martin Short.
Newbern was the voice of Superman on the Cartoon Network series Justice League Unlimited, replacing actor Tim Daly, who had contractual obligations elsewhere. Newbern was heavily criticized by fans during the first season of Justice League, his Superman being derided as too stiff and lacking both the everyman feel and heroic authority that Daly had brought to the role. Producer Bruce Timm staunchly defended Newbern and stated that any differences for the worse between Daly's and Newbern's performances were the fault of himself and the staff. Many fans later agreed that Newbern improved significantly from the second season on and ceased to criticize him so harshly; indeed, some have noted that his grunts on the show sound very similar to Daly's.
Newbern, whose voice acting career began in 1991 with the cartoon series The Pirates of Dark Water, has also done voiceovers on a number of video games and game-related productions. He provided the voice of Sephiroth in the English-language releases of Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children and Kingdom Hearts II, and also voiced Mevyn Nooj in Final Fantasy X-2.
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