Background
Winslow was born in Spokane, Washington, the son of Robert and Verdie Winslow. Winslow grew up at Fairchild Air Force Base where, according to Winslow, he had few constant friends to call on.
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Winslow was born in Spokane, Washington, the son of Robert and Verdie Winslow. Winslow grew up at Fairchild Air Force Base where, according to Winslow, he had few constant friends to call on.
He attended the Lisa Maile School of Acting, Modeling and Imaging.
He is best known for his roles in all seven Police Academy films as Larvelle Jones. He has also appeared in Spaceballs and a Cadbury commercial. In order to pass his time, he would imitate the sounds of engines, animals, anything that made noise.
His first television appearance was on The Gong Show in which he squeezed in sound-alikes of Benji the movie dog, Star Trek, and Jimi Hendrix"s "Purple Haze".
He is best known for his role as Sergeant Larvelle "Motor Mouth" Jones in the Police Academy series of movies and television shows.
In 1985, Island released a 12" of Michael Winslow titled "I Am My Own Walkman". He also appeared as a radar operator in the movie Spaceballs, in which he performs all the sound effects during his scene himself.
Mel Brooks (who wrote, directed, produced, and co-starred in the film), stated that by doing so, Winslow saved the film money.
Winslow is also a motivational speaker. Since the fall of 2008, Winslow has hosted the motion picture television series called "Way Back Wednesday with Winslow" on the cable superstation World's Greatest Newspaper America, which features movies mostly released in the 1980s. Michael continues to perform stand-up comedy around the globe.
Michael Winslow debuted his own iPhone and iPod Touch apps in 2010, bringing his sound effects and comedy to a mobile platform.
ThatsKungFu generates Winslow"s kung fu fighting sounds when the device is swung in a fighting motion. NoizeyMan, billed as the "World"s Noiziest App", contains video, ringtones, sound effects, and mini games, all created by Michael Winslow.
In 2011 Michael worked with Orlando, Florida based game development studio Phyken Media on a mobile game for iOS and Android platforms entitled Wizard Ops Chapter 1, providing all the sound effects for the game. He also lent his voice on Wizard Ops Tactics, a turn based tactical game and spiritual successor to the previous game.