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Wesley Singerman

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Wesley Singerman
Born
Wesley Steven Singerman

(1990-08-23) August 23, 1990 (age 34)
Occupations
  • Guitarist
  • record producer
  • songwriter
  • actor
Years active1999–present
Notable credit(s)Meet the Robinsons
as Wilbur Robinson
A Charlie Brown Valentine, Charlie Brown's Christmas Tales and Lucy Must Be Traded, Charlie Brown
as Charlie Brown
Children1[1]

Wesley Steven Singerman[2] (born August 23, 1990) is an American guitarist, record producer, songwriter and retired child actor and voice actor.

Early life

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Singerman was born in Tarzana, California on August 23, 1990. He graduated from Calabasas High School in 2008.[2]

Career

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Acting

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He became the voice of Charlie Brown in 2002, starting with the special A Charlie Brown Valentine.[3] One reviewer opined Singerman was faithful to the "everlasting haplessness" of Charlie Brown.[4] He continued playing the character in Charlie Brown's Christmas Tales (2002)[5] and Lucy Must Be Traded, Charlie Brown (2003).[6]

Singerman is most recognized for his role in the 2007 Walt Disney Animation Studios' film Meet the Robinsons as Wilbur Robinson, a time traveler.[7][8] After Meet the Robinsons, Singerman announced that he was retiring from his voice acting career to focus on music. Singerman has announced that at some point, he will return to his voice acting career.

Music

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As a record producer, songwriter and guitar player, Singerman has worked on releases by Ty Dolla $ign, Rich Brian, and others. Alongside Rogét Chahayed, Singerman contributed two songs on Kendrick Lamar's album To Pimp a Butterfly (2015).[9] He served as guitarist on DRAM's debut album Big Baby DRAM (2016).[10] In 2021, he co-wrote the song "Fire in the Sky" for the soundtrack of Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.[11]

Discography

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Year Artist Album Title Songwriter Producer
2015 Kendrick Lamar To Pimp A Butterfly checkY
2016 Ava Lily Painkiller Painkiller checkY checkY
2018 Rich Brian Amen Flight checkY checkY
2019 Jai Wolf The Cure to Loneliness Your Day
ft. Day Wave
checkY checkY
Drax Project Drax Project All This Time checkY checkY
Kyle Dion Suga (Deluxe Edition) Play Too Much
ft. UMI & Duckwrth
checkY checkY
NIKI Head in the Clouds II Indigo checkY checkY
2020 Stephanie Poetri Straight To You Straight To You checkY checkY
Party Favor ACTUP ACTUP
ft. JAHMED
checkY checkY
2021 Wafia Wide Open Wide Open
with Ta-ku and Masego
checkY checkY
RAY BLK Access Denied 25 checkY checkY
21 Savage & Rich Brian
with Warren Hue and MaSiWei
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Anderson .Paak
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (soundtrack) Lazy Susan checkY checkY
Fire in the Sky checkY checkY
Olivia O'Brien Better Than Feeling Lonely Better Than Feeling Lonely checkY checkY
2022 Jackson Wang Lost & Found The Moment checkY checkY
Poppy Ajudha THE POWER IN US Holiday From Reality checkY checkY
Party Favor Whenever You're Around Whenever You're Around checkY checkY
Felivand Butterfly Wings Butterfly Wings checkY checkY
Leon Fanourakis MUSA RELAX
feat. WLYWNKA
checkY checkY
Party Favor I See You
with Marc E. Bassy
I See You
with Marc E. Bassy
checkY checkY
Kehlani Blue Water Road Shooter Interlude checkY checkY
Little Story checkY checkY
Princess Nokia Diva Diva checkY checkY
Joji Smithereens Die for You checkY checkY
2023 The Rampage ROUND & ROUND Change My Life checkY checkY
Jarina de Marco Caribbean All-Inclusive Luxury Masa
feat. Calacote and mediopicky
checkY checkY
Dawn Richard The Architect' Bubblegum checkY checkY
Noname Sundial Potentially the Interlude checkY checkY
Jon Batiste World Music Radio Hello Billy Bob checkY
CALL NOW (504-305-8329) checkY checkY
Running Away
featuring Leigh-Anne
checkY checkY
Jai Wolf Don't Look Down
featuring Banks
Don't Look Down
featuring Banks
checkY checkY
2024 Jennifer Lopez This Is Me... Now Butterfly checkY checkY
1999 WRITE THE FUTURE hella avocado shake checkY checkY
thanksgivin checkY checkY
BiG IsLaND jazz hOUr checkY checkY
¥$ Vultures 2 River checkY checkY

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2001 The Little Polar Bear [it] Lars English version
2003 Just for Kicks Sal
2004 The Nutcracker and the Mouse King Nutcracker Direct-to-video
English version
2007 Meet the Robinsons Wilbur Robinson

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2000 Felicity Oscar Episode: "And to All a Good Night"
2001 The Amanda Show Episode #2.26
2002 A Charlie Brown Valentine Charlie Brown (voice) television specials
Charlie Brown's Christmas Tales
2003 Lucy Must Be Traded, Charlie Brown
2006 7th Heaven Student #9 Episode: "Got MLK?"

Video games

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Year Title Role
2007 Meet the Robinsons Wilbur Robinson

References

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  1. ^ https://www.instagram.com/p/CgVo7w1rEsw/?img_index=1
  2. ^ a b "Calabasas High School Class of 2008". The Acorn. June 26, 2008. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
  3. ^ Owen, Rob (February 7, 2002). "Good grief, it's a brand new TV special". Daily News. p. B3.
  4. ^ Bark, Ed (February 7, 2002). "New 'Peanuts' good-hearted but lacking". Beaver County Times. p. C7.
  5. ^ Crump, William D. (April 18, 2019). Happy Holidays--Animated!: A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Company. p. 44. ISBN 9781476672939.
  6. ^ Gates, Anita (August 29, 2003). "TELEVISION REVIEW; Charlie Brown and His Crew, All Fired Up to Lose". The New York Times. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
  7. ^ Lemire, Christy (March 30, 2007). "Disney animators do 3-D the right way". Eugene Register-Guard. p. 14.
  8. ^ Sherman, Fraser A. (January 11, 2017). Now and Then We Time Travel: Visiting Pasts and Futures in Film and Television. McFarland & Company. p. 148. ISBN 9780786496792.
  9. ^ Pareles, Jon (March 30, 2022). "For Grammy Nominee Rogét Chahayed, Pop Isn't Far From Mozart". The New York Times. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
  10. ^ Carter, Bobby (February 1, 2017). "D.R.A.M.: Tiny Desk Concert". National Public Radio. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
  11. ^ Feinberg, Scott (December 10, 2021). ""I Can Make an Anthem for This Character": Camila Cabello, Kid Cudi, Anderson .Paak, Sparks and the THR Songwriter Roundtable". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
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