René Auberjonois Bio, Age, Wife, Children, Net Worth, Theatre, Video Game

René Auberjonois Biography

René  Auberjonois is an American actor and singer. In films, Auberjonois has portrayed Father Mulcahy in MASH (1970), and Chef Louis in The Little Mermaid (1989), in which he sang Les Poissons. In the American animated musical comedy film, Cats Don’t Dance (1997), Auberjonois lent his voice as Flanagan, the human film director of Li’l Ark Angel.

René Auberjonois Age

He was born in June 1940, New York, New York, U.S. He is 79 years old as of 2019.

René Auberjonois Wife

René Auberjonois wife is Judith Mihalyi. The couple got married in the year 1963.

René Auberjonois Children

The couple is blessed with two Children. Tessa and Remmy.

René Auberjonois Net Worth

Rene Auberjonois is an American actor and singer who has a net worth of $5 million

René Auberjonois Theatre

After college, Auberjonois worked with several different theatre companies, beginning at the prestigious Arena Stage in Washington, D.C., and then he traveled between Los Angeles, California, and New York, working in numerous theatre productions. He helped found the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco, the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, and the Brooklyn Academy of Music Repertory Company in New York. He was a member of the Peninsula Players summer theater program during the 1962 season.

In 1968, Auberjonois landed a role on Broadway and appeared in three plays simultaneously: as Fool to Lee J. Cobb’s King Lear (the longest-running production of the play in Broadway history), as Ned in A Cry of Players (opposite Frank Langella), and as Marco in Fire! In 1969, he earned a Tony Award for his performance as Sebastian Baye alongside Katharine Hepburn in Coco.

He received Tony nominations for his roles in Neil Simon’s The Good Doctor (1973) opposite Christopher Plummer; as the Duke in Big River (1984), winning a Drama Desk Award; and, memorably, as Buddy Fidler/Irwin S. Irving in City of Angels (1989), written by Larry Gelbart and Cy Coleman.

Other Broadway appearances include Malvolio in Twelfth Night (1972); Scapin in Tricks (1973); Mr. Samsa in Metamorphosis (1989); Professor Abronsius in Dance of the Vampires (musical), the English-language version of Jim Steinman’s musical adaptation of Tanz der Vampire; and Jethro Crouch in Sly Fox (2004), for which he was nominated for an Outer Critics Circle Award.[citation needed]

Auberjonois has appeared many times at the Mark Taper Forum, notably as Malvolio in Twelfth Night and as Stanislavski in Chekhov in Yalta. As a member of the Second Drama Quartet, he toured with Ed Asner, Dianne Wiest, and Harris Yulin. He appeared in the Tom Stoppard and André Previn work, Every Good Boy Deserves Favor, at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., and the Metropolitan Opera in New York.

Auberjonois has directed many theatrical productions, and has starred in the Washington D.C. production of 12 Angry Men (2004), where he portrayed Juror #5″ to Roy Scheider’s “#8” and Robert Prosky’s “#3”. He made his debut at the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, D.C., as the titular character in Molière’s The Imaginary Invalid through July 27, 2008.

René Auberjonois Films

Auberjonois played Father Mulcahy in the original film version of MASH. His subsequent film roles included the gangster Tony in Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach (1988), and Reverend Oliver in The Patriot (2000). He has made cameo appearances in a number of films, including Dr. Burton, a mental asylum doctor patterned after Tim Burton, in Batman Forever (1995), and a bird expert who gradually transforms into a bird in Robert Altman’s 1970 film Brewster McCloud.

He appeared as Colonel West in the 1991 Star Trek film Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. Other notable film appearances have included: McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971), Images (1972), Pete ‘n’ Tillie (1972), The Hindenburg (1975), King Kong (1976), The Big Bus (1976), Eyes of Laura Mars (1978), Where The Buffalo Roam (1980), Walker (1987), My Best Friend Is a Vampire (1988), The Feud (1989), Inspector Gadget (1999), and Eulogy (2004).

Auberjonois portrayed the character of Straight Hollander in the 1993 Miramax film The Ballad of Little Jo. He voiced Professor Genius in Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland, Louis the Chef in the 1st and 2nd Little Mermaid films, Flanagan in Cats Don’t Dance, the Butler in Joseph: King of Dreams, and the concierge in Planes: Fire & Rescue.

René Auberjonois Books

  • The Cabinet of Curiosities (2002)
  • Still Life with Crows (2003)
  • Diogenes TrilogyBrimstone (2004)
  • The Wheel of Darkness (2007)
  • Cemetery Dance (2009)
  • Helen TrilogyFever Dream (2010)
  • The Book of the Dead (2006)
  • Cold Vengeance (2011)
  • Two Graves (2012)
  • Dance of Death (2005

René Auberjonois Video Games

One of Auberjonois’s earliest forays into video game voice acting was the role of Janos Audron in Soul Reaver 2; he continued to voice the character in subsequent releases in the Legacy of Kain series. According to a behind-the-scenes featurette in Soul Reaver 2, showing candid discussions among the voice actors during recording, he was surprised at the quality of the writing, asking, “This is for a video game?!” when the purpose of the recordings was brought to light.

More recently, Auberjonois provided the voice of Karl Schäfer, the honorable German explorer in the video game Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, and Mr. House, the reclusive New Vegas casino owner in the 2010 video game Fallout: New Vegas. He also voices Dr. Ignatio Mobius in Command and Conquers Renegade. He reprised his role as Odo in the game Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Fallen. In June 2018 he reprised his role as Odo in the MMORPG game Star Trek Online.

  • Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Harbinger
  • Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned
  • Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Fallen
  • Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2 (2000) as Janos Audron
  • Legacy of Kain: Blood Omen 2 (2000) as Janos Audron
  • Command and Conquer: Renegade (2002) as Dr. Ignatio Mobius
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