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Michael Winslow (born September 6, 1958 in Spokane, Washington) is an American actor and comedian known as the "Man of 10,000 Sound Effects" for his ability to make realistic sound effects using only his voice. He attended the Lisa Maile School of Acting, Modeling, and Imaging. He now tours doing stand-up comedy.

Selected filmography

• Far Out Man (1990)
• Police Academy (all installments)
• Spaceballs (1987)
• Grandview, U.S.A. (1984)
• Gremlins (1984) (voice)
• Space-Stars (1981) (voice)
• Nice Dreams (1981)
• Cheech & Chong's Next Movie (1980)

Trivia

He also appeared briefly as himself in the Family Guy episode "Family Guy Viewer Mail #1". Winslow reprised his Police Academy character in a parody on the stop motion animation show Robot Chicken, when the cast of the Police Academy movies become the new X-Men after the original team dies in battle. Winslow's character makes squeaky wheel sound effects, leading Professor X to think his wheelchair is broken until he realizes where the sounds are coming from and telepatically erases Larvell Jones' mind. Unfortunately, it turns out the wheelchair actually was broken and Jones wasn't making the sounds effects after all.

Michael has a large cult following in Australia and once appeared in blue swimming trunks performing on his own ditties, "Mr Winslow". "Mr Winslow" is a tune based on Arrested Developments classic "Mr Wendel". It was penned by struggling Irish song writer, Richard Conville.

Ukrainian comedian Denys Volkov is also heavily influenced by Winslow's work and is said to have used him as a template in developing his comedy-opera "Soviet Factory #2."

He appears in the "Weird Al" Yankovic's song "Eat It", a parody of Michael Jackson's "Beat It", in which he crawls out of a manhole, and makes the sound of a manhole cover moving himself.

References in other media

• Homer Simpson from The Simpsons references Michael Winslow's character in the Police Academy series, Larvell Jones, well known for his sound effects. "We live in a society of laws, why do you think I took you to see all those Police Academy movies? For fun? Well I didn't hear anybody laughing! Did you? Except at that guy who made sound effects. Vroom! Beep! Honk! Honk! Ha-ha."
• Michael Winslow was parodied by Phil LaMarr in a MADtv skit mocking Hollywood Squares. When the contestant calls on him and he is asked a question by the game show host, Winslow replies by making several sound effects.
• Michael Winslow also outsources his motivational speaking skills to major investment banks such as Goldman Sachs
• Michael Winslow (and his wife, Sharon), appeared in the audience of Lisa Lampanelli's DVD, Take it Like a Man. Lisa called him a "black guy with white features like: a job, a cell phone..."

External links

• Official Site
• Michael Winslow's NOW HEAR THIS!

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