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Phil Snyder
Snyder in 1997
Born	Philip Charles Snyder (1953-02-06) February 6, 1953 Ellensburg, Washington, U.S.
Occupations	Voice actor stand-up comedian author animator musician singer-songwriter director screenwriter producer
Years active	1974–present
Agent	Tisherman Gilbert Motley Drozdoski[1]
Children	3
Website	Official website

Philip Charles Snyder (born February 6, 1953)^[2] is a voice actor and stand-up comedian.

He was born the sixth child in a family of ten children. He began to demonstrate his love for, and natural skills in entertainment, especially impressions, at an early age. Snyder moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1974 to pursue a career in show business. After a few false starts, he became a regular paid performer at The Comedy Store. He began pursuing a career in voice-overs for animated cartoons and commercials. In 1996, Snyder had his first guest role in an animated TV series as Newt Gingrich and "Bob" in an episode of Steven Spielberg's Pinky and the Brain. The episode title was "The Pink Candidate".

In 1998, Snyder starred in his first feature film as Mr. Toad in the American version of Martin Gates's The Wind in the Willows.^[a] Snyder also played the villain, Thaddeus J. Pinchworm, in The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald, which was animated by Klasky Csupo.

In May 2010, Snyder began to voice the Disney character, Jiminy Cricket. His first appearance as him was in the popular video game series, Kingdom Hearts.^[3] He took over the role from Eddie Carroll, who died in April 2010.

He is also the voice of the Mattel Toys interactive talking toy, "Stinky the Garbage Truck," which made its debut in 2010.

Snyder began teaching at the University of Houston in their College of Technology's Digital Media Program in 2013, and won their Teaching Excellence Award in 2015.^[4]

• Electronics (A.S.) – Los Angeles Valley College 1985
• Advanced Biblical Studies (Diploma) – Liberty University 1990
• Cinema & Television Arts – Multimedia Production (B.A.) – California State University Northridge 2009
• Master of Fine Arts, Television/Film/Theatre (M.F.A.) – California State University Los Angeles 2012

• Phil Snyder at IMDb
• Phil Snyder at Voice Chasers