Crispin Freeman

Crispin Freeman is an American voice actor, voice director, and screenwriter who is best known for voicing characters in English-language dubs of Japanese anime, animation, and video games. Some of his prominent anime roles include Zelgadis Graywords in Slayers, Kyon in The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Togusa in the Ghost in the Shell franchise, Alucard in Hellsing, Kirei Kotomine in Fate/Zero and Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works, Itachi Uchiha in Naruto, Gyomei Himejima in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Hagi in Blood+ and Shizuo Heiwajima in Durarara!!.

Early life
Freeman was born in Chicago. His father is Jewish. He is the oldest of three children. His sister Cassidy is an actress, while his brother Clark is an actor and musician. Freeman graduated from the Latin School of Chicago in 1990 and earned a BA from Williams College, where he majored in theater and minored in computer science. He then earned an MFA in acting from Columbia University and went on to perform on Broadway, at the American Repertory Theater, at the Mark Taper Forum, at Cincinnati's Playhouse in the Park, and at the Williamstown Theater Festival. As a child, he was greatly influenced by anime such as Speed Racer and Battle of the Planets. Casey Kasem voiced the role of his favorite character, Mark of Battle of the Planets, and Freeman even wanted to change his name to Mark at one point. He later discovered Voltron, Star Blazers, and Robotech. He has also stated that the reason he got into the industry was because of the anime The Vision of Escaflowne. He initially got involved in the voice-over industry when a friend of his landed a role in Peacock King.

Career


Knowing Freeman was a big anime fan, a friend suggested he call up Central Park Media (CPM) and apply for a job doing English dubs. When originally approached about dubbing, he initially declined. It was not until he remembered all of the anime shows he watched as a child that he realized that many people are introduced to anime through the English dubbed versions. In 1997, Freeman landed the role of Zelgadis Graywords in Slayers along with Lisa Ortiz, Eric Stuart and Veronica Taylor. He was the second and final voice actor to get the job after Zelgadis' original voice actor, Daniel Cronin, lost contact with CPM after a year-long halt in the dubbing. Years later, he turned to the American animation voice acting grounds.

Freeman has been best known for his work in Marvel Comics-based productions such as The Spectacular Spider-Man, Wolverine and the X-Men and The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes. He then starred as several versions of Roy Harper in Young Justice for DC Comics and Warner Bros. Since then, Freeman has had various roles throughout his career. He has appeared in many video game titles as memorable characters, such as Albedo from Namco's Xenosaga series, the god of the sun Helios in God of War III and God of War Ragnarök: Valhalla, Haji, Joel the 6th and Van Argeno in Blood+, the main protagonist Baldur in Silicon Knights's Too Human, Breakdown in Transformers: War for Cybertron, the Winter Soldier in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, and Iron Man in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2.

Freeman teaches classes, workshops, and performance lectures in the Los Angeles area. In addition to classes, Freeman has a website called Voice Acting Mastery which includes podcasts and other resources regarding voice acting.

In February 2023, Freeman guest voiced Lieutenant Nolan, an Imperial lieutenant with particular disdain for clones, the commanding officer of Crosshair, in Star Wars: The Bad Batch.

Anime

 * .hack//G.U. – Sakaki, Azure Balmung
 * .hack//Legend of the Twilight – Balmung
 * .hack//Liminality – Harald Hoerwick, Yuki's Brother
 * .hack//SIGN – Balmung, AI Harald
 * Angel Sanctuary – Rosiel
 * Angel Tails – Shin
 * Argento Soma – Dan Simmonds
 * Blood+ – Haji, Van Argeno, Joel Goldschmidt VI, Phillip Rosenberg, Sorimachi, Forrest, additional voices
 * Boogiepop Phantom – Masami Saotome
 * Chobits – Hideki Motosuwa
 * Cosmo Warrior Zero – Zero
 * Digimon Data Squad – Thomas H. Norstein
 * Doraemon – Depon Alex (Devlin)
 * Eureka Seven – Holland Novak
 * Eyeshield 21 – Shin Seijuro
 * Fencer of Minerva – Sho (credited as Mark Percy)
 * Geneshaft – Mario Musicanova
 * Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society – Togusa
 * Ghost Slayers Ayashi – Genbatsu Edo
 * I My Me! Strawberry Eggs – Hibiki Amawa (Male)
 * IGPX Immortal Grand Prix – Bjorn Johannsen
 * Initial D – Kouichiro "Cole" Iketani
 * Kikaider – Rei/Kikaider 00
 * Kurokami – Reishin Shishigami
 * Mars Daybreak – Rich
 * Marvel Anime: Wolverine – Tesshin Asano
 * Night on the Galactic Railroad – Campanella
 * Now and Then, Here and There – Tabool
 * Onegai Twins – Kousei Shimazaki
 * Ping-Pong Club – Takeda (credited as Mark Percy)
 * Planetes – Colin Clifford
 * Please Twins! – Kousei Shimazaki
 * Rave Master – Shuda, Sieg Hart
 * Read or Die – Joker
 * Revolutionary Girl Utena – Touga Kiryuu, Dios
 * RG Veda – Taishakuten
 * Rurouni Kenshin – Shougo Amakusa, Shibata
 * s-CRY-ed – Straight Cougar
 * Spirit of Wonder – Jim
 * Stitch! – Evile, The Experiment 627 (in human form) (Season 2)
 * Tekkonkinkreet – Additional voices
 * Tenchi Muyo! – Kamikura (OVA 3)
 * Tenkai Knights – Vilius, Mr. Yuzo/Slyger, Tenkai Knight's A.I. System
 * The Big O – Alan Gabriel
 * The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan – Kyon
 * The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya – Kyon
 * Vandread – BC (Male Voice)
 * Virgin Fleet – Mau
 * Witch Hunter Robin – Amon
 * Wolf's Rain – Tsume
 * X – Fuuma Monou
 * Space Travelers – Jetter--->
 * X – Fuuma Monou
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Video games
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 * The Amazing Spider-Man – Additional voices
 * Batman: Arkham City – Political Prisoners, Officer Michaels, Ernest Ray
 * Beat Down: Fists of Vengeance – Eugene (uncredited)
 * Bioshock 2 – Additional voices
 * Call of Duty: Black Ops II – Additional voices
 * Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin – English ADR Director
 * Champions: Return to Arms – Vai Shir Cat Warrior
 * Company of Heroes – Airborne Commander
 * Destiny – Guardian: Awoken Male
 * Dragon's Dogma – Arisen (motion capture)
 * Dungeon Siege III – Lucas Montbarron
 * Dynasty Warriors series – Guan Yu (uncredited), Fa Zheng
 * Eureka Seven Vol. 1: The New Wave – Holland Novak (uncredited)
 * Eureka Seven Vol. 2: The New Vision – Holland Novak (uncredited)
 * Final Fantasy VII Remake – Shinra Security Officer
 * Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon – Old Man (Setos grandpa)
 * Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex – Togusa
 * Gothic 3 – Nameless Hero
 * Guardians of Middle-earth – Legolas
 * Guild Wars 2 – Laranthir of the Wild, Bongo the One-Eyed, various different characters
 * 2009 || Halo Wars || Jerome-092 || ||
 * Hitman: Blood Money – Rick Henderson
 * Infamous Second Son – Additional voices
 * Kessen III – Nobunaga Oda (uncredited)
 * Lair – Koba-Kai, Wingman
 * Lego Jurassic World – Additional voices
 * Lego The Lord of the Rings –Various different characters in Middle Earth
 * Mad Max – Additional voices
 * Mafia II – Additional voices
 * Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom – Caprakan
 * Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 – Iron Man, Titanium Man
 * Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer – Gannayev-of-Dreams
 * Paraworld – Bela
 * Phantom Brave – Raphael (uncredited)
 * Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End – Will Turner
 * Pirates of the Caribbean Online – Will Turner
 * Rave Master: Special Attack Force! – Sieg Hart
 * SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo 2 – BRONCO
 * SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Tactical Strike – BRONCO
 * Star Trek – Additional voices
 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic – Jagi, Nico, additional voices
 * The Amazing Spider-Man – Additional voices
 * The Bureau: XCOM Declassified – Tech O'Brennan
 * The Elder Scrolls Online – Additional voices
 * The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest – Legolas
 * The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II – Haldir
 * The Lord of the Rings: War in the North – Legolas
 * The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring – Faramir, Rohan Archer, Elf-Warden
 * Tomb Raider – Solarii
 * Too Human – Baldur, Worker, Wolf Recruit
 * Universe at War: Earth Assault – Prince Zessus
 * Urban Reign – Lin Fong Lee (uncredited)
 * Watchmen: The End Is Nigh – Dr. Manhattan
 * White Knight Chronicles: International Edition – Setti, Grazel
 * WildStar – Grund, Mordesh Male, Ikthian Male
 * World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor – Vindicator Maraad
 * Zatch Bell! Mamodo Battles – Albert, Gustav, Wonrei

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