His first movie was Eyes of Fire in 1983. Joe, Corky on The Snorks, Marco Smurf on the later seasons of The Smurfs, 'Boober' on the animated version of Fraggle Rock, Hadji in The New Adventures of Jonny Quest and the title character Saber Rider and the villain Jesse Blue on Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs.ĭuring the 1980s, Paulsen also explored the field of live action films. A few years later, his career launched into more roles such as Cobra Slavemaster and reprising Snow Job and 'Tripwire' on G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, where he played Snow Job and Tripwire. Paulsen first voice acting role came in 1983 with the mini-series G.I. He worked his first job as a musician, before pursuing voice acting full time.
He briefly attended the University of Michigan-Flint, but later dropped out and moved to Los Angeles in 1978 to pursue a career in show business. He sang in choirs throughout his youth and adolescence and began performing in plays in school, but his childhood idol was ice hockey player Gordie Howe, and he considered the arts to be a secondary career choice due to his primary interest in becoming an NHL player.
He was raised in Grand Blanc, Michigan, where he graduated from Grand Blanc High School in 1974. Robert Frederick Paulsen III was born in Detroit, Michigan, on March 11, 1956, the son of Lee and Robert Frederick Paulsen Jr.
