Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie is the new feature length spin-off to the Nickelodeon series of the same name.
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie, streaming on Netflix now, sees Michelangelo, Donatello, Raphael and Leonardo face their biggest threat yet as they fight off an alien invasion.
The voice cast of the movie, lead by Ben Schwartz as Leonardo, returns from the original series. And there are definitely some voices that long-term cartoon watchers will recognize.
Here's who stars in the new film.
Meet the Voice Cast of Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie
Ben Schwartz as Leonardo
Bringing the blue-masked turtle to life is Ben Schwartz, whose previous voice credits include Sonic the Hedgehog in the two recent movies and Fire Guinea Pig in DC League of Super-Pets.
His live action work include Jean-Ralphio in Parks and Recreation and Yasper in the recent The Afterparty.
Omar Benson Miller as Raphael
The red turtle is voiced by Omar Benson Miller, who is also currently voicing Randy Carmichael (Susie's father) in Paramount+'s Rugrats reboot.
His best-known acting roles, however, are as Walter Simmons in CSI Miami and Charles Greane in Ballers.
Brandon Mychal Smith as Michelangelo
A former Disney Channel star thanks to his roles in Sonny with a Chance and its sequel So Random, Brandon Mychal Smith now plays the turtle with the orange mask following recent roles in You're the Worst and the 2019 Four Wedding and a Funeral TV reboot.
Josh Brener as Donatello
Best known for his role as Big Head in Silicon Valley, Josh Brener now takes on the big shell of purple-masked Donatello for Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie.
Brener's other recent recent roles have included Rugrats, Ducktales and Star Wars Resistance.
Haley Joel Osment as Casey Jones
Casey Jones is the hockey mask-wearing vigilante buddy of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, voiced in the Netflix movie by Haley Joel Osment.
An Oscar nominee at the age of 11 for The Sixth Sense, he has since become a big-bearded character actor in shows like The Kominsky Method and Goliath. He will also be known to gamers as Sora in the English version of Kingdom Hearts.
Kat Graham as April O'Neil
The turtles' first human ally is portrayed here by Kat Graham, who starred as Bonnie Bennett in over 170 episodes of The Vampire Diaries. Following that, she played Jada Pinkett in Tupac biopic All Eyez On Me and now voices Rhythm / Blues in Trolls: Trollstopia.
Eric Bauza as Splinter
Eric Bauza has played multiple TMNT characters since he played Tiger Claw in the 2014 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series.
He played Leonardo in the movie Batman vs Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and now played the group's rat sensei Splinter. Among the 300 other voice roles Bauza has on his IMDB include parts in Muppet Babies, Looney Tunes and Animaniacs.
Also in the Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie voice cast are the following:
- Jim Pirri (Victorious) as Krang One
- Toks Olagundoye (Castle) as Krang Two
- Rob Paulsen (Pinky and the Brain) as Foot Lieutenant
- John Michael Higgins (Licorice Pizza) as Warren Stone
- Rhys Darby (Flight of the Conchords) as Hypno-Potamus
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