Crispin Freeman

Crispin Freeman (born February 9, 1972) 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, Alucard in Hellsing, Kirei Kotomine in Fate/Zero and Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works, Itachi Uchiha in Naruto, and Shizuo Heiwajima in Durarara!!

Crispin Freeman
Freeman in August 2009
Born	February 9, 1972 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Occupation	Voice actor voice director screenwriter
Years active	1997–present
Relatives	Cassidy Freeman (sister)
Website	www.crispinfreeman.com

Early life

Freeman was born in Chicago[1] on February 9, 1972.[2][3] His father is Jewish.[4] He is the oldest of three children. His sister, Cassidy, is an actress, while his brother, Clark, is an actor and musician.[5] 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

Freeman in May 2009

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, 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.[6] In addition to classes, Freeman has a website called Voice Acting Mastery which includes podcasts and other resources regarding voice acting.[7]

Filmography

Anime

List of voice performances in anime

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source[8]
1998	Revolutionary Girl Utena	Toga Kiryu, Dios
1998–2000 2010	Slayers series	Zelgadis Graywords
1999–2000	The Irresponsible Captain Tylor	Justy Ueki Tylor	Also OVAs	[9]
1999	Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight	Spark
2000	Virgin Fleet	Mau Sakisaka	OVA
	Photon	The Galactic Emperor	OVA
	Shamanic Princess	Kagetsu	OVA
2001	Boogiepop Phantom	Masami Saotome, Manticore
	Angel Sanctuary	Rosiel	OVA
	Assemble Insert	Host 1	OVA
	RG Veda	Taishakuten	OVA
2002	Now and Then, Here and There	Tabool
	Rurouni Kenshin	Shogo Amakusa
	Hellsing	Alucard
	Cosmo Warrior Zero	Warrius Zero
	I My Me! Strawberry Eggs	Hibiki Amawa (male), Seiko's Father
	Vandread: The Second Stage	Tenmei Uragasumi
	X	Fuma Monou
	Dangaizer 3	Koichiro Mitsurugi, Shadow 3	OVA
	Digimon Frontier	Kouichi Kimura, Duskmon, Lowemon, Bakumon, Pipismon
2003	Argentosoma	1st Lt. Dan Simmons, MORGUE Military Official
	.hack//Liminality	Yuki's Brother, Harald Hoerwick	OVA
	Chobits	Hideki Motosuwa
	R.O.D.: Read or Die	Joker	OVA	[9]
	s-CRY-ed	Straight Cougar, Councilmember
	The Big O Season 2	Alan Gabriel
	Geneshaft	Mario Musicanova
	Initial D	Koichiro "Cole" Iketani
	Spirit of Wonder	Jim	OVA
	Witch Hunter Robin	Amon
	Last Exile	Alex Row
	.hack//SIGN	Balmung		[9]
2004	Kikaider 01	Rei / Kikaider 00	OVA
	Wolf's Rain	Tsume
	Kaze no Yojimbo	Genzo Araki, Yamamoto
	.hack//Legend of the Twilight	Balmung
	Rave Master	Shuda, Sieghart		[10]
	Angel Tales	Shin
2004–2005	Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex	Togusa	Also 2nd GIG
2004	Please Twins!	Kosei Shimazaki
2005	Zatch Bell!	Takeshi Kaneyama
	Scrapped Princess	Shannon Cassul	Voice director, ADR Script Writer	[11]
	Planetes	Colin Clifford
	Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki	Kamikura	3rd OVA series
2005–2009	Naruto	Itachi Uchiha, Ebisu, Rasa		[12][13]
2005	Mars Daybreak	Lt. Rich
	IGPX	Bjorn Johannsen
2006	Eureka Seven	Holland		[9]
	Noein: to your other self	Karasu
2006–2014	Hellsing Ultimate	Alucard	OVA series
2007	Blood+	Hagi, Van Argeno, Joel Goldschmidt VI
	The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya	Kyon		[14]
	Phoenix	Oh-ama-no-miko
	Digimon Data Squad	Thomas H. Norstein
2008–2009	Code Geass	Jeremiah Gottwald
2008	Lucky Star	Tomokazu Sugita, Kyon (cosplayer)		[9]
	Strait Jacket	Isaac Hammond		[15][16][17]
2009–2012	Bakugan series	Gus Grav, Amazon
2009–2018	Naruto: Shippuden	Itachi Uchiha, Rasa, Ebisu
2011	Durarara!!	Shizuo Heiwajima		[18]
	Marvel Anime: Wolverine	Tesshin Asano		[19]
2013	Tenkai Knights	Vilius, Slyger
	Fate/Zero	Kirei Kotomine		[9][20]
2015–2016	Durarara!!×2	Shizuo Heiwajima		[21][22]
2015	The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan	Kyon		[23]
	Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works	Kirei Kotomine	TV series	[24]
2016	God Eater	Soma Schicksal		[25]
2019	Ingress: The Animation	Jack Norman
2020	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba	Gyomei Himejima		[26]
	Ghost in the Shell: SAC 2045	Togusa	[9]
	Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon	Osamu Kirin, Kirinmaru	TV series

Animation

List of voice performances in animation

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source[8]
2006	W.I.T.C.H.	Raphael Sylla	Ep. "Z is for Zenith"
2008	The Spectacular Spider-Man	Max Dillon / Electro		[9]
2009	Wolverine and the X-Men	Multiple Man, Maverick		[27]
2010–2013, 2019–present	Young Justice	Roy Harper / Arsenal / Red Arrow, Guardian		[9][28]
2010	Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated	Howard E. Robertson, Rhino, Ben, Cook	Ep. "The Shrieking Madness"	[9]
2012	The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes	Scott Lang / Ant-Man II	Ep. "To Steal an Ant-Man"	[9]
	Scooby-Doo! Haunted Holidays	Fabian Menkle	TV special	[9]
2014–2015 2017	Steven Universe	Doug Maheswaran, Male Nurse	3 episodes	[9][29]
2015	Wabbit	Old Man #1, Dust Bunny	Eps. "Buddha Bugs" & "Dust Bugster"	[30][31]
2016–2018	Justice League Action	J'onn J'onzz / Martian Manhunter		[32]
2016	Adventure Time	Turtle Prince, Ice President	Ep. "Five Short Tables"	[33]
2017	All Hail King Julien	Alex	Ep. "The End is Here"	[9]
	Spider-Man	Mysterio, Spot	Ep. "Bring On the Bad Guys Part 2"	[9]

Films

List of voice performances in feature films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source[8]
1998	Grave of the Fireflies	Doctors, Old Man	English dub
2001	Revolutionary Girl Utena	Touga Kiryuu, Prince	English dub
	Night on the Galactic Railroad	Campanella	English dub
	Space Travelers	Hayabusa "Jay" Jetter	English dub
2002	Cowboy Bebop: The Movie	Operator	English dub
2003	Sakura Wars: The Movie	Brent Furlong	Credited as Joseph McDougall, English dub	[9]
2004	Slayers Premium	Zelgadis Graywords	English dub	[9]
	Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence	Togusa	English dub	[9]
2005	Howl's Moving Castle	Prince Justin / Turnip Head	English dub
2006	Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children	Rude	English dub	[9]
2007	Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society	Togusa	English dub
2010	The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya	Kyon	English dub	[9]
2015	Tiger & Bunny: The Rising	Virgil	English dub	[34]
2017	Teen Titans: The Judas Contract	Roy Harper / Speedy		[9]
2018	Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel I. presage flower	Kirei Kotomine	English dub	[35]
	Mirai	Yukko (Human Form)	English dub	[36]
2019	Promare	Kray Foresight	English dub	[37]

Video games

List of voice performances in video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source[8]
2003	.hack series	Balmung	Mutation, Outbreak, Quarantine	[9]
2003-2006	Xenosaga series	Albedo Piazolla, Gaignun Kukai		[9]
2003	Tales of Symphonia	Regal Bryant		[9]
2004	World of Warcraft	Thalen Songweaver, Commander Lindon, Vindicator Maraad, Il'gynoth the Heart of Corruption
2006	Kingdom Hearts II	Setzer Gabbiani, Will Turner		[9]
	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow	Will Turner		[9]
	Baten Kaitos Origins	Heughes		[9]
	Justice League Heroes	Superman		[9]
2006–2016	Naruto series	Itachi Uchiha, Rasa, Ebisu		[9]
2006	Gothic 3	The Nameless Hero		[9]
2006–2007	.hack//G.U. series	Sakaki, Azure Balmung	Rebirth, Reminisce, Redemption	[9]
2006	Marvel: Ultimate Alliance	Winter Soldier		[9]
	Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops	High Officer A		[9]
2007	300: March to Glory	Leonidas, Persian Champion		[9]
	Rogue Galaxy	Gale Dorban, Jaus		[9]
	Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer	Gannayev-of-Dreams, Khai Khmun		[38]
2008	Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law	Myron Reducto		[9]
	Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII	Rude		[9]
	Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots	Enemy Soldiers		[9]
	Rise of the Argonauts	Achilles
2009	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Alex		[9]
	The Lord of the Rings: Conquest	Legolas		[9]
	Watchmen: The End Is Nigh	Doctor Manhattan		[9]
	Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2	Iron Man, Titanium Man		[9]
	MagnaCarta 2	Alex		[9]
2010	White Knight Chronicles	Setti, Grazel		[9]
	Clash of the Titans	Prokopion, Belo, Soldiers		[9]
	Valkyria Chronicles II	Zeri		[9]
	Transformers: War for Cybertron	Breakdown		[9]
	God of War III	Helios		[9]
2011	Marvel Super Hero Squad Online	Bullseye, Ghost Rider, Punisher		[9]
	White Knight Chronicles II	Setti, Grazel		[9]
	Resistance 3	Charlie Tent, Winston (Smoking Man), Leroy		[9]
2012	Diablo III	Wizard (Male)		[9]
2013	Marvel Heroes	Pyro, Gorgon, Ka-Zar
	God of War: Ascension	Bliss King, Civilian, Slave, Sailor		[9]
	Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance	Sundowner		[9]
	Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted: The Video Game	Alex		[9]
	Batman: Arkham Origins	Firefly, GCPD Speaker		[39]
2014	Bayonetta 2	Balder		[9]
	Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII	Garrett, Breezy Diner, Researcher		[40][9]
	Tenkai Knights: Brave Battle	Vilius, Slyger, A.I. Guidance System		[9]
	Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare	A.S.T.
	Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes	Soldiers / Extras		[9]
	Destiny	Guardian: Awoken Male		[41]
2014; 2017	Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix	Setzer Gabbiani, Will Turner	Archived	[9]
2015	Batman: Arkham Knight	Firefly		[42]
	Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain	Soldiers / Extras		[9]
2016	Overwatch	Winston		[43]
	Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness	Victor Oakville		[9]
	World of Final Fantasy	Captain, Man in Rags	English version	[9]
2017	Horizon Zero Dawn	Helis		[9]
2018	Onmyoji	Ootengu, Youko, Mannendake
	Metal Gear Survive	Player, MB Soldiers		[9]
	Epic Seven	Charles, Ray, Straze
	Marvel Powers United VR	Loki		[9]
	Lego DC Super-Villains	Firefly, Arsenal, Riddler Goon
2019	Kingdom Hearts III	Will Turner		[9]
	Metro Exodus	Admiral, Soldier
	Days Gone	Mark "Cope" Copeland
	Judgment	Masaharu Kaito		[9]
	Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order	Gorgon		[9]
	The Outer Worlds	Charles Rockwell		[44]

Other dubbing

List of voice performances in other dubbing

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source[8]
2005	Oldboy	Lee Woo-jin		[45]

Live-action

List of appearances in film and television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source[8]
2008	Adventures in Voice Acting	Himself		[46]

References

1. Freeman, Crispin [@CrispinFreeman] (April 11, 2014). "A primeval forest sounds lovely! I was born in Chicago and never found one there. Show us where it is!" (Tweet). Retrieved January 30, 2017 – via Twitter.
2. "FamilySearch". familysearch.org.
3. Freeman, Crispin [@CrispinFreeman] (February 9, 2010). "Thanks to everyone for all the birthday well wishes! I'm overwhelmed!" (Tweet). Retrieved January 30, 2017 – via Twitter.
4. https://mobile.twitter.com/crispinfreeman/status/15578078550
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31. "Raising Your Spirits/Dust Bugster". Wabbit. Season 1. Episode 19. September 30, 2015. Cartoon Network.
32. "Justice League Action First 7 Episodes Review". The Reaf Debrief. 2016-12-14. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
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Interviews

• Crispin Freeman Interview at RPGSite
• Crispin Freeman: Q and A at The Anime Lodge
• "A Very Different Place" - A Crispin Freeman Interview part one
• "A Very Different Place" - A Crispin Freeman Interview part two including audio
• "Anime Today Episode 31" - Crispin Freeman Interview
• 'Kana's Korner' Interview on 91.8 The Fan

External links

• Official website
  • Voice Acting Mastery - Crispin Freeman's voice acting podcast blog
  • Mythology and Meaning - Crispin Freeman's website for his lectures on anime
• Crispin Freeman at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Crispin Freeman convention appearances on AnimeCons.com
• Crispin Freeman at Crystal Acids Voice Actor Database
• Crispin Freeman at IMDb