John Swasey
John Swasey | |
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 Swasey at Animate Miami in 2013 | |
| Born | John Allan Swasey |
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| Spouse | Dena Swasey |
| Children | 2 |
John Allan Swasey[1] is an American voice actor, ADR Director, and script writer.
He has provided voices for English-language versions of Japanese anime series and video games. His most notable roles include Gendo Ikari in the Rebuild of Evangelion films, Sir Crocodile in the Funimation dub of One Piece, Lord Death in Soul Eater, and Van Hohenheim in Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood.
Outside of voice acting, Swasey is also the founder of Anime Dallas, an anime convention which debuted in 2018.[2]
Filmography
[edit]Voice roles
[edit]Anime
[edit]- 1996
- Golden Boy – Director (Ep. 6, Debut Role)
- 1997
- Sol Bianca – Dr. Delapaz
- 1998
- Dirty Pair Flash – Andre (Ep. 3), Additional Voices
- New Cutey Honey – Dr. Kisaragi
- 1999
- Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040 – Dr. Stingray, Quincy Rosenkroitz
- Martian Successor Nadesico – Seiya Uribatake, Cowboy Johnny (Ep. 9), Einstein (Ep. 18), Gen. Masaka (Ep. 4), Emperor Hyperion (Ep. 14)
- 2000
- Gensomaden Saiyuki – Zenon
- Dragon Half – Announcer, Narrator
- Gasaraki – Colonel Stilbanov, Kei Nishida, Ronald Feigan, Yoshitake Gowa
- Generator Gawl – Prof. Tekuma Nekasa, Additional Voices
- 2001
- A.D. Police – Hideaki Kurata, Kaibara
- Princess Nine – Principal Mita
- Sorcerous Stabber Orphen – Volkan
- Spriggan – Mr. Smith
- 2002
- Chance Pop Session – Yamanaka, Additional Voices
- Sorcerer on the Rocks – Count Cattlefish
- Steel Angel Kurumi – The General
- 2003
- Angelic Layer – Shouko's Dad, Kaede's Dad
- Aura Battler Dunbine – Bann Burning, Shunka Zama
- Crying Freeman – Tsunaike (ADV Dub)
- Dirty Pair: Project Eden – Prof. Wattsman
- Full Metal Panic! – Chairman Daicustra (Ep. 19), Shintaro Kazama (Ep. 14)
- Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi – Arata Imamiya
- Martian Successor Nadesico: The Motion Picture – Prince of Darkness – Seiya Uribatake
- Najica Blitz Tactics – Rasse Pewnt, Admiral
- Neo Ranga – Rano the Elder, Junichi Andou, Kento, Yamazaki
- Noir – Dux (Ep. 3), Priest, Reimann (Ep. 12), Salvatore (Ep. 8)
- RahXephon – Shougo Rikudoh
- Saint Seiya – Phaeton, Hydra, Dios (ADV Dub)
- Super GALS! – Mr. Nakanishi, Detective Kudoh, Watari, Takashi Asai
- 2004
- All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku – Mr. Yamagata
- Aquarian Age: Sign for Evolution – Tachibana
- Azumanga Daioh – Principal, Dr. Ishihara
- Chrono Crusade – Edward "Elder" Hamilton, Carv
- Cyberteam in Akihabara – Hibari's Father
- D.N.Angel – Daiki Niwa
- Fullmetal Alchemist – Karl Haushofer
- Gravion – High Dignitary (Ep.8)[3]
- Grrl Power – Hanazono
- Kaleido Star – Ken Robbins[4]
- Megazone 23: Part 3 – Drakeman
- Mezzo DSA – Tanishi, Takizawa
- Neon Genesis Evangelion – Gendo Ikari (Director's Cut)
- Nurse Witch Komugi – Richard Vincent, Goto, Kaneda
- Peacemaker Kurogane – Isami Kondo
- Puni Puni Poemy – Narrator
- Sister Princess – Jeeves
- 2005
- Area 88 – Mickey Simon
- Burst Angel – Prof. Keiko Shiratoro
- Divergence Eve – Juhzou Kureha
- E's Otherwise – Kyou
- Elfen Lied – Professor Kakuzawa
- Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu – Teacher, Zenji Ohnuki (Ep. 5)
- Gantz – Muso Tokugawa, Naozumi Saito, Yoshioka, Iwaki
- Godannar – Tatsuya Aoi, Narrator
- Hakugei: Legend of the Moby Dick – Capt. Ahab
- Maburaho – Takashi Yamaguchi
- The Place Promised in Our Early Days – Okabe
- Tree of Palme – Gus, Zakuro
- 2006
- Diamond Daydreams – Akari's Father, Goto
- Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa – Karl Haushofer
- Guyver: The Bioboosted Armor – Fumio Fukamichi
- Jinki: Extend – Genta Ogawara
- Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok – Fenrir
- Nanaka 6/17 – Taizo Kirisato
- Nerima Daikon Brothers – Police Chief (Ep. 4)
- Pani Poni Dash! – Michael, Professor (Ep. 9)
- Princess Tutu – Paulo, Montand, Armadylan
- Speed Grapher – Prime Minister Kamiya
- The Super Dimension Fortress Macross – Captain Bruno J. Global
- Tactics – Viscount Edogawa
- Trinity Blood – Archbishop Alphonso D'Este
- 2007
- 009-1 – James (Ep. 13), Mylene's Father (Ep. 8)
- BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad – Kamejima
- Beet the Vandel Buster – Zenon
- Best Student Council – Ryuheita Iwazakura, Narrator, Yuichi Kimizuka (Ep. 9)
- Blade of the Phantom Master – Fuan-bo
- Case Closed: The Fourteenth Target – Peter Ford
- Coyote Ragtime Show – Mister
- Shin-Chan (Funimation dub) – Yoshiji Koyama
- Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid – Gates
- Glass Fleet – Conrad, Nicholas
- Hell Girl – Ryousuke Sekine (Ep. 21)
- Innocent Venus – Maximas Drake
- Jing: King of Bandits – Seventh Heaven – McQuade, Medaldo
- Kurau: Phantom Memory – Ichise, Makurazaki
- Le Chevalier D'Eon – Teillagory
- Mushishi – Saishu (Ep. 9)
- One Piece (Funimation dub) – Sir Crocodile
- Red Garden – Claude
- School Rumble – Genkai Goto (2nd season)
- Shigurui: Death Frenzy – Kengyou Shizuhata
- Tokyo Majin – Koni Fernandez, Mikuriya, Togo Narutaki
- Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle – Mr. Glosum
- Venus Versus Virus – Soichiro Nahashi
- Utawarerumono – Sasante
- Welcome to the NHK – Go Minegishi, Sukekiyo Sagawa
- Xenosaga: The Animation – Andrew Cherenkov
- Kaiji: Ultimate Survivor– Kōji Ishida
2008
- Aquarion – Lopez (Ep. 15)
- Claymore – Isley
- Darker than Black – Huang,[5] Naoyasu Kirihara
- Devil May Cry: The Animated Series – Fredi
- Kanon – Mr. Ishibashi (Ep. 2), Sayuri's Father (Ep. 14)
- Moonlight Mile – Robert
- One Piece Movie: The Desert Princess and the Pirates: Adventures in Alabasta – Sir Crocodile
- Ouran High School Host Club – Chairman Yuzuru Suou
- Project Blue Earth SOS – Secretary General Freeman
- 2009
- Baccano! – Van Dyke (Ep. 14)
- Big Windup! – Tosei Coach
- Blassreiter – Shido Kasugi
- El Cazador de la Bruja – Enrique (Ep. 8)
- Gunslinger Girl – Il Teatrino – Christiano Savonarola
- Kaze no Stigma – Bernhardt Rhodes
- Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple – Mototsugu Shirahama
- Murder Princess – King Forland (Ep. 1)
- Rebuild of Evangelion – Gendo Ikari
- Sgt. Frog – Kogoro
- 2010
- Birdy the Mighty: Decode – Geega
- Blue Drop – Headmaster Fukamachi
- Canaan – Toyama
- Case Closed: The Phantom of Baker Street – Booker Kudo
- Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies – Narrator
- Dragon Ball Z Kai – Dodoria, ZTV Announcer, Farmer (Ep. 1)
- Dragonaut: The Resonance – Eiji Kamishina (Jin's Father Ep. 1)
- Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood – Van Hohenheim
- Ghost Hound – Mayor Motoi Yazaki
- Halo Legends – Sergeant Hauser (Homecoming), Captain (Odd One Out)
- Initial D: Fourth Stage – Kozo Hoshino
- Legends of the Dark King – Ryuga, Jirai
- Linebarrels of Iron – Dr. Amagatsu Kizaki
- One Piece (Funimation dub) – Gan Fall
- Rin ~Daughters of Mnemosyne – Tajimamori
- Soul Eater – Lord Death
- Tears to Tiara – Drwc, Tempesta, Ogam
- 2011
- Black Butler series – Undertaker, Mr. Damiano (Season 1, Ep.1), Laurence Anderson (The Story of Will the Reaper)
- Casshern Sins – Gido (Ep. 11)
- Chaos;Head – Yasuji Ban[6]
- Fairy Tail – Hades/Precht
- The Guin Saga – Casslon, Count Rickard
- My Bride Is a Mermaid – Gozaburo Seto
- Night Raid 1931 – 1st Lt. Mursawa (Ep. 14), Horst Stein (Ep. 5), Jiro Minami (Ep. 7), Miki (Ep. 6), Morito Morishima (Ep. 7)
- Sengoku Basara: Samurai Kings – Oda Nobunaga
- Summer Wars – Mansuke Jinnouchi
- Trigun: Badlands Rumble – Gasback
- 2012
- The Book of Bantorra – Governor of Paradise
- Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker – Byron
- Gintama: The Movie – Tetsuya Murata, Additional Voices
- Intrigue in the Bakumatsu – Irohanihoheto – Jube Nakaiya
- King of Thorn – Ivan Coral Vega
- Majikoi! – Oh! Samurai Girls – Tesshin Kawakami
- Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt – Judgement Day Host (Ep. 8B)
- 2013
- Aquarion Evol – Commander
- Campione! – Sasha Dejanstahl Voban
- Eureka Seven: AO – Ivica Tanovic
- Guilty Crown – Makoto Waltz Segai
- La storia della Arcana Famiglia – Fukurota
- Little Busters! – Koujiro Kamikita
- Log Horizon – Malves Garitier
- Momo: The Girl God of Death – Kotaro Ichihara (Ep. 3)
- Nakaimo – My Sister is Among Them! – Kumagorou Mikadono
- Phi Brain: Puzzle of God – Genius Okudera
- Rurouni Kenshin – New Kyoto Arc – Hajime Saitō
- Sengoku Basara: The Last Party – Oda Nobunaga
- Tenchi Muyo! War on Geminar – Gaia, King Shurifon
- Toriko – Alfaro
- 2014
- Attack on Titan – Dhalis Zachary
- Devil Survivor 2: The Animation – Tico (Male), Bifrons, Ceberus
- Ghost in the Shell: Arise – Aramaki
- Jormungand – Leon Rivière
- Majestic Prince – Dai Komine, Diego, Noritada, Poco
- Mardock Scramble: The Third Exhaust – Cleanwill John October
- Psycho-Pass – Jyunmai Itoh (Ep. 14)
- Short Peace – Merle (A Farewell to Weapons), Oni (Gambo)
- Sunday Without God – Yuuto (Ep. 1)
- Tamako Market – Gohei Oji
- Diabolik Lovers – Karlheinz
- 2015
- Akame ga Kill! – Bols, Nobunaga (Ep. 9, uncredited), Spy (Ep. 4)
- Beyond the Boundary – Grandfather Nase
- Death Parade – Spinner
- Dog & Scissors – Genji, Fumio Honda[7]
- Freezing Vibration – Howard el Bridget (Ep. 7)
- Gangsta. – Chad Adkins
- No Game, No Life – Ino Hatsuse
- The Rolling Girls – Mamoru Uotora
- Vampire Hunter D – Dr. Ferrino (Sentai dub)
- 2016
- The Boy and the Beast – Kumatetsu[8]
- Dennō Coil – Ichiro Okonogi
- Lord Marksman and Vanadis – Mashas Rodant
- My Hero Academia – All For One
- 2017
- Alice and Zoroku – Zoroku Kashimura
- Amagi Brilliant Park – Ironbeard, King Crimson (Ep. 14)
- Flying Witch – Keiji Kuramoto
- Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma – Senzaemon Nakiri
- GATE – Kato El Alestan
- Haikyu!! – Yasufumi Nekomata (Eps. 12-13)
- Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? – Ganesha
- My Hero Academia Season 2 – All For One
- Knight's & Magic – Lauri Echevarria
- Restaurant to Another World – Tatsugoro
- Ushio & Tora – Hakumen no Mono, Shigure Aotsuki
- 2018
- Made in Abyss – Habolg
- Nomad of Nowhere – El Rey
- My Hero Academia Season 3 – All For One
- Attack On Titan Season 3 – Dhalis Zachary
- UQ Holder! - Jack Rakan, Shaba Gyurei (Ep. 8)[9]
- 2019
- My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected – Kamakura[10]
- Date A Live III - Elliot Baldwin Woodman (Ep. 3)
- My Hero Academia Season 4 – All For One
- 2020
- To Love Ru – Principal / Ghi Blee[11]
- Peter Grill and the Philosopher's Time – Guildmaster[12]
- 2021
- Vinland Saga – Leif[13]
- My Hero Academia Season 5 – All For One
- 2022
- Date A Live IV – Elliot Baldwin Woodman
- Reincarnated as a Sword – Garrus[14]
- My Hero Academia Season 6 – All For One
- RWBY: Ice Queendom - Nicholas Schnee (ep11)
- 2023
- Vinland Saga Season 2 – Leif[15]
- Urusei Yatsura – Cherry[16]
- Management of a Novice Alchemist - Jasper, Proctor[17]
- 2024
- The Demon Sword Master of Excalibur Academy – Blackus[18]
- I've Somehow Gotten Stronger When I Improved My Farm-Related Skills – Mirage[19]
- Helck – Hon[20]
- Solo Leveling - Kim Sangshik
- Date A Live V – Elliot Baldwin Woodman
- Level 1 Demon Lord and One Room Hero – Captain Galmoff/Hayward[21]
Video games
[edit]- Borderlands 2 – Salvador, Flanksteak
- Dragon Ball series – Dodoria, Farmer, ZTV Announcer (2010–present)
- Monark – Yugo Jingu
- My Hero One's Justice 2 – All For One
- One Piece: Unlimited Adventure – Sir Crocodile
- Solo Leveling: ARISE ( Kim Sangshik)
Live action
[edit]- Chase – Carl Spackler
- Dazed and Confused – Beer Delivery Guy
- Friday Night Lights – Coach Granger
- Paradise, Texas – Buckeye
- Ray – Customs Agent #1
- Walker, Texas Ranger – Derrick, Kyle Wheeler, Steve Darby
- Where the Heart Is – Jerry
- Barney's Night Before Christmas — Dad
Production staff
[edit]Voice director
[edit]- Air Gear
- After the Rain
- BanG Dream! (Season 2)[22]
- The Demon Sword Master of Excalibur Academy[18]
- E's Otherwise
- Innocent Venus
- Iroduku: The World in Colors
- Jinki: Extend
- La storia della Arcana Famiglia
- Majikoi! - Oh! Samurai Girls
- Medaka Box Abnormal
- Nakaimo - My Sister is Among Them!
- Phi Brain: Puzzle of God (Season 2)
- Saint Seiya
- Shadow Skill - Eigi
- Squid Girl (Season 2 & OVAs)
- Ushio & Tora
- Vinland Saga
- Wandaba Style
- Welcome to the N.H.K.
Script adaptation
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Anime Conventions - Houston - Pastorini-Bosby Talent Agency". pbtalent.com. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
- ^ "Anime, Texas: How the Lone Star State became the center of America's anime craze". May 29, 2021.
- ^ "Super Heavy Battlefield". Gravion. Episode 8. – closing credits
- ^ Kaleido Star details, animenewsnetwork.com; accessed December 12, 2015.
- ^ "A Heart Unswaying On the Water's Surface, Part 1". Darker Than Black. Episode 13. – closing credits
- ^ "Rejection". Chaos;Head. Episode 9. – closing credits
- ^ Green, Scott (December 3, 2014). ""Dog & Scissors" English Dub Cast Announced". Crunchyroll.
- ^ "The Boy and the Beast's English Dub Cast, March Opening Announced". Anime News Network. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
- ^ "'UQ Holder!' Anime's English Dub Cast Announced". Anime News Network. October 16, 2018. Retrieved December 13, 2018.
- ^ "John Swasey (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved September 17, 2021. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link) - ^ "Sentai Filmworks Announces To Love-Ru Anime's English Dub Cast". Anime News Network. November 16, 2019. Retrieved December 22, 2022.
- ^ "Peter Grill and the Philosopher's Time Dubcast Edition Cast List". HIDIVE. August 13, 2020. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
- ^ "Sentai Filmworks Reveals Vinland Saga Anime's English Dub Cast". Anime News Network. July 23, 2021. Retrieved December 22, 2022.
- ^ "Reincarnated as a Sword Anime Reveals English Dub's Cast, December 29 Premiere". Anime News Network. December 22, 2022. Retrieved December 22, 2022.
- ^ "Crunchyroll Reveals Vinland Saga 2nd Season Anime's English Dub Cast, Premiere". Anime News Network. January 23, 2023. Retrieved January 23, 2023.
- ^ "New Urusei Yatsura Anime's English Dub Streams on March 1". Anime News Network. February 27, 2023. Retrieved February 27, 2023.
- ^ "Management of a Novice Alchemist Anime's English Dub Premieres on September 30". Anime News Network. September 16, 2023. Retrieved September 16, 2023.
- ^ a b "HIDIVE Reveals English Dub Cast for The Demon Sword Master of Excalibur Academy Anime". Anime News Network. January 5, 2024. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
- ^ "I've Somehow Gotten Stronger When I Improved My Farm-Related Skills Anime Reveals English Dub Cast, February 23 Premiere". Anime News Network. February 1, 2024. Retrieved February 3, 2024.
- ^ "Unveiling the English Dub Cast of Helck: Get Ready for the Adventure April 2 on HIDIVE!". Hidive. March 21, 2024. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
- ^ "Level 1 Demon Lord and One Room Hero Anime Reveals English Dub Cast". Anime News Network. August 19, 2024. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
- ^ "BanG Dream! 2nd Season Official English Dub Cast List". Sentai Filmworks. April 9, 2020. Retrieved April 10, 2020.
External links
[edit]- John Swasey at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- John Swasey at IMDb
- John Swasey convention appearances on AnimeCons.com
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