Who Plays Sweet Tooth In The Twisted Metal Show

Since Sweet Tooth in Peacock's Twisted Metal always dons a mask and never reveals his real face, here is the answer to who plays him in the show.

This article contains mild spoilers for Twisted Metal season 1.

Summary

• Samoa Joe, better known for his wrestling career, plays Sweet Tooth in the Twisted Metal show, showcasing his talent beyond the ring.
• Will Arnett, the show's executive producer, provides the voice for Sweet Tooth, bringing his experience from previous animated characters.
• Arnett was initially unsure about voicing a character in Twisted Metal, but after encouragement from the show's creator, he found the right tone for Sweet Tooth.

Sweet Tooth is one of the most terrifying yet hilarious characters in Twisted Metal's opening episode, but since he wears a mask, it is hard not to wonder who is playing him. Following the record-breaking box office performance of The Super Mario Bros. movie and the critical and commercial success of The Last of Us, Twisted Metal is another video game adaptation that is harping on the growing interest surrounding the sub-genre. Since the Twisted Metal games have been around since 1995 and have gradually built meticulous lore with several reboots over the years, traversing its content to the small screen may have been challenging.

However, the Twisted Metal show's season 1 carefully chooses the right characters for its narrative, ensuring that both followers of the video game series and new audiences have something to look forward to in its half-an-hour episodes. While the show's primary focus in season 1 is on Anthony Mackie's John Doe, it also introduces characters like Sweet Tooth in its opening episodes, giving audiences a glimpse of how terrifyingly funny it could get in subsequent installments. Speaking of Sweet Tooth, the character dons a clown mask in all of his appearances in the show, leaving audiences curious about the face behind the mask.

The actor playing Sweet Tooth in Peacock's Twisted Metal is Nuufolau Joel Seanoa, better known by his ring name Samoa Joe. Audiences would recognize him from his wrestling career in All Elite Wrestling and appearances in other entertainment wrestling federations such as Ring of Honor, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, and World Wrestling Entertainment. Before playing Sweet Tooth in Twisted Metal, Samoa Joe also voiced Juggernaut in the Dota Underlords video game and Predaking in Transformers: Power of the Primes TV miniseries. He has also been cast as the voice of King Shark in the upcoming Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League video game.

While Samoa Joe portrays Sweet Tooth in Twisted Metal, Will Arnett voices him. Arnett, one of the executive producers for Twisted Metal, has previously voiced many characters, including Mr. Perkins in Minions: The Rise of Gru, Batman in The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part, and even the titular character in BoJack Horseman. Recalling his experience of working on Twisted Metal and voicing a live-action character, Arnett said (via Slash Film) that although he got a sense of how he would voice Sweet Tooth after reading the show's script, he had to watch Samoa Joe in action to understand the tone he wanted to adopt.

In another interview (via Uproxx), Will Arnett explained how he ended up voicing Sweet Tooth in Twisted Metal. He recounted that he initially did not have plans of voicing characters in the Peacock show. However, later during the development of Twisted Metal, everyone insisted that maybe he should consider voicing the character. Although Arnett was initially apprehensive about taking up the voice role, Twisted Metal's showrunner Michael Jonathan Smith encouraged him to "find the right thing and find the right tone."

Sources: Slash Film, Uproxx