J. Michael Tatum

J. Michael Tatum is an American voice actor, ADR director and script writer who provides voices for a number of English versions of Japanese anime series and video games.

Biography
In 2005, Tatum ran into Funimation ADR director Christopher Bevins, who cast him as Rikichi in Samurai 7. Tatum has been cast in several notable roles, including Kyoya Ootori in Ouran High School Host Club, Sebastian Michaelis in Black Butler, Tomoe in Kamisama Kiss, France in Hetalia: Axis Powers, Erwin Smith in Attack on Titan, Okabe Rintaro in Steins;Gate, Eneru in One Piece, Tenya Iida in My Hero Academia and Rei Ryuugazaki in Free! – Eternal Summer.

From January 2010 to January 2014, he hosted That Anime Show podcasts with friend and co-worker Terri Doty and ADR Engineer Stephen Hoff.

At the Florida Supercon 2015 panel, when he was asked what was his inspiration to go into voice acting, Tatum said that when he was young he had a speech impediment and his speech coach had him get involved in theater. As he was reciting and memorizing scripts, they noticed that his stuttering started to gradually disappear. He then got into drama and theater acting, and that voice acting is great in that it enables him to play more characters than on camera.

In 2017, Tatum was cast for the English voice of Hideki Akasaka in Shin Godzilla.

Since October 2018, he and Jamie Marchi co-host the ghost story podcast Ghoul Intentions.

Personal life
Tatum is openly gay. During a panel at Ichibancon 2014, he had said that he came out to his family during his college years, with his father having already known about his sexuality for some time. On October 16, 2018, he became engaged to his long-time partner and fellow voice actor Brandon McInnis in Paris. He resides in Los Angeles, California.

Anime
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 * Dragon Ball series – Spice (Z Remastered)
 * Yu Yu Hakusho – Hokushin (Blu-ray Remastered)
 * Case Closed – Harrison Blackwell, Matthew Martin, Dr. Clemendale
 * Black Cat – Kosuke Kanzaki
 * Rumbling Hearts – Kisho
 * Shin-Chan – Will Cumton
 * Trinity Blood – Suleyman
 * Claymore – Male Awakened Being
 * SoltyRei Special – Orvis Clayman
 * Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle – Seishirō Sakurazuka
 * Witchblade – Michael
 * Aquarion – Toma
 * Baldr Force EXE Resolution – Quon
 * Black Blood Brothers – Jiro Mochizuki
 * 2008 || Black Blood Brothers || Jiro Mochizuki || ||
 * Darker than Black – Harris Barnum (Ep. 21)
 * 2006-10-03 || Ghost Hunt || Lin Koujo || ||
 * Jyu Oh Sei – Heimdall (Eps. 7, 10–11)
 * Sasami: Magical Girls Club – Amitav
 * Vexille – Kisaragi
 * xxxHolic – Shizuka Doumeki
 * Big Windup! – Riki Kajiyama
 * Blassreiter – Magwald Xargin
 * D.Gray-man – Komui Lee
 * Dragonaut - The Resonance – Raina Cromwell
 * El Cazador de la Bruja – Pedro (Ep. 26)
 * 2009 || Fairy Tail || Simon, Acnologia || ||
 * Gunslinger Girl -Il Teatrino – Victor Hilshire (replaced Dameon Clarke)
 * Heroic Age – Age
 * Initial D – Ryosuke Takahashi (Funimation dub)
 * Kaze no Stigma – Erwin Leszal (Eps. 7, 24)
 * Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple – Ikki Takeda
 * Nabari no Ou – Raikou Shimizu
 * Negima!? – Nagi Springfield (Negi's Father)
 * Romeo × Juliet – William
 * Save Me! Lollipop – Ichii
 * Sgt. Frog – Dororo
 * Shigurui: Death Frenzy – Seigen Irako
 * The Tower of Druaga – Kelb
 * xxxHolic: A Midsummer Night's Dream – Shizuka Doumeki
 * 2007 || xxxHolic || Shizuka Dōmeki || ||

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
 * Linebarrels of Iron – Reiji Moritsugu
 * My Bride Is a Mermaid – Lunar's Papa
 * Oh! Edo Rocket – Tenten
 * Soul Eater – Giriko
 * Baka and Test – Ryuta (Ep. 7)
 * Dance in the Vampire Bund – Alphonse Medici Borgiani (credited as John Knell)
 * Fairy Tail – Simon, Acnologia
 * Ga-Rei: Zero – Michael Kohara
 * Heaven's Lost Property – Yoshitsune Houhouin (Ep. 10)
 * 2014 || Jormungand: Perfect Order || Torrey Plame || ||
 * 2018 || laughing under the clouds || Kotaro Fuma || ||
 * Phantom ~Requiem for the Phantom – Raymond McGuire
 * 2014 || Psycho-Pass 2 || Riku Mukojima || ||
 * Rosario + Vampire: Capu2 – Issa Shuzen (Moka's Father, Ep. 13)
 * The Sacred Blacksmith – Sigfried
 * Aria the Scarlet Ammo – Toru Sayonaki, Vlad
 * C – Control – The Money and Soul of Possibility – Soichiro Mikuni
 * The Legend of the Legendary Heroes – Miran Froward
 * Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt – Portschach (Ep. 3B), Sam (Ep. 13A)
 * Shangri-La – Shogo Kudo
 * Shiki – Seishiro Kirishiki
 * Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike – Garista Luodor
 * Aquarion Evol – Mykage
 * Blood-C: The Last Dark – Kuto
 * Eureka Seven: AO – Barry Bennington (Ep. 10)
 * Guilty Crown – Shibungi
 * Heaven's Lost Property the Movie: The Angeloid of Clockwork – Yoshitsune Houhouin
 * Is This a Zombie? of the Dead – King of the Night (Ep. 9, uncredited)
 * Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine – Philadel Kest (Ep. 7)
 * Michiko and Hatchin – Gino Costa (Ep. 9)
 * Shakugan no Shana the Movie – Friagne
 * Tenchi Muyo! War on Geminar – Ulyte Mesut
 * 2014 || A Certain Scientific Railgun S || Haruki Aritomi || ||
 * Jormungand: Perfect Order – Tori Plame (Eps. 9–11)
 * Karneval – Tsukitachi
 * Laughing Under the Clouds – Kotaro Fuma
 * Psycho-Pass series – Riku Mokujima
 * 2015-present || Fairy Tail || Acnologia || ||
 * 2015 || Noragami Aragoto || Takemikazuchi || ||
 * 2015 || Heavy Object || Halreed Copacabana || ||
 * 2015 || Dance with Devils || Lord Nesta || ||
 * 2015 || Show by Rock!! || Orion || ||
 * 2015 || Ninja Slayer || Fumatoni / Sonic Boom || ||
 * 2015 || High School DxD BorN || Arthur Pendragon || ||
 * 2015 || The Rolling Girls || Daijiro "Dandy" Motoya, Ichizo Tsushima || ||
 * 2015 || The Heroic Legend of Arslan || Gadevi || Eps. 14-18 ||
 * 2015 || Absolute Duo || Tempest Judge || ||
 * 2015 || Yona of the Dawn || Crimson Dragon King || Eps. 7, 24

2016 --->
 * 2016 || Overlord || Londes Di Clamp || ||
 * Heavy Object – Harleed Copacabana
 * Dimension W – Julian Smith/Loser, Seijun Makita (Eps. 4–5)
 * Tokyo ESP – Kudo Kuzuno
 * Terror in Resonance – Shimada
 * Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School - Jin Kirigiri
 * 2016-12-12 || Yuri on Ice || Michele Crispino || ||
 * 2016 || Nanbaka || Kiji Mitsuba || ||
 * 2016 || Terror in Resonance || Shimada || ||
 * 2016 || Pandora in the Crimson Shell: Ghost Urn || Ian Kurtz || ||
 * 2017 || All Out!! || Sekito Kerishima || ||
 * 2016 || Garo: The Animation || Luciano Guzman || Ep. 19 ||
 * 2016 || Gonna be the Twin-Tail!! || Papillon Guildy || Ep. 7 ||
 * 2016 || First Love Monster || Daikoku Nikaido || ||
 * 2016 || Tales of Zestiria the X || Rohan || Eps. 10-11 || ||
 * 2016 || Yuri on Ice || Michele Crispino || ||
 * 2016 || Keijo!!!!!!!! || Narrator || ||
 * 2016 || Aquarion Logos || Masatsugu Kobayakawa || ||
 * 2016 || Rampo Kitan: Game of Laplace || Kagami || ||
 * 2016 || And you thought there is never a girl online? || Apricot (male) || ||
 * 2016 || Hetalia: The World Twinkle || France || ||
 * 2016 || Tokyo ESP || Kudo Kuzuno || ||
 * 2017 || Luck & Logic || Hong Kong Chief (Eps. 1-2), Incubus (Ep. 3) || ||
 * 2017 || Gosick || Undertaker || Ep. 4 || ||
 * 2017 || Restaurant to Another World  || Heinrich Seeleman || ||
 * 2017 || Koro Sensei Quest! || shiro, Kotaro Yanagisawa || ||
 * 2018 || High School DxD HERO || Arthur Pendragon || ||
 * 2018 || Tokyo Ghoul:re || Shu Tsukiyama || ||
 * 2018 || Kakuriyo -Bed & Breakfast for Spirits || Tannosuke || ||
 * 2018 || Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card || Felix || ||
 * 2017 ||  Restaurant to Another World  || Heinrich Seeleman || ||
 * 2018 ||  High School DxD  || Arthur Pendragon || High School DxD HERO ||
 * 2018 ||  Tokyo Ghoul:re  || Shu Tsukiyama || ||
 * 2018 || Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card  || Felix || |2019 || Wise Man's Gradchild  || Oliver Schtrom ||