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Robbie Rist Went From Cousin Oliver to a Prolific Voice Acting Career
Robbie Rist played Cousin Oliver on The Brady Bunch when he was nine years old, in 1974.
The sitcom added Oliver in its fifth season as the original child actors grew up, in an effort to improve ratings.
Oliver appeared in just six episodes, and the show was canceled after that season.
Rist kept working, with television roles and a part in the 1984 cartoon Kidd Video.
He became known for voicing Michelangelo in the first three Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles films.
Rist also voiced Chōji in the English dub of Naruto and has credits in many other animated shows and films.
His career continued beyond the sitcom, including work as a musician and producer.
Robbie Rist, who played Cousin Oliver on The Brady Bunch, went on to build a prolific voice-acting career.
Rist was nine when he appeared as Oliver in 1974, during the sitcom’s fifth and final season.
Oliver appeared in six episodes, and the show was canceled after that season.
Rist later voiced Michelangelo in three Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles films and Chōji in the English dub of Naruto.
He has also worked as a musician and producer.
- Who
- Robbie Rist, the actor who played Cousin Oliver on The Brady Bunch.
- What
- He went on to a prolific voice-acting career, including roles as Michelangelo and Chōji.
- When
- Rist played Oliver in 1974. His voice roles followed over subsequent decades.
- Where
- On The Brady Bunch and in film, television, animation and video games. Specific locations are not stated.
- Why
- The Brady Bunch introduced Oliver in an attempt to boost ratings as the original child actors were growing up.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Rist, then nine, played Cousin Oliver in The Brady Bunch and starred in the NBC drama Lucas Tanner.
Rist voiced a teenager in the Saturday morning cartoon Kidd Video.
Rist first voiced Michelangelo in the live-action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie.
Rist returned as Michelangelo in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze.
Rist voiced Michelangelo in the third Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film.
- Cousin Oliver
- Appeared in six episodes of The Brady Bunch
- Age
- Rist was nine when he played Oliver
- Year
- 1974
- Michelangelo films
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990), sequel (1991) and third film (1993)
- Naruto role
- Chōji Akimichi in the English dub and video game adaptations
What people are saying
VO acting is like on-camera acting, only harder
When the opportunity to do Michelangelo came up I knew him already
I had went to high school with him.