Robert Axelrod

Robert Axelrod (born May 29, 1949 in New York City, New York) is an american actor and voice actor, best known for providing the voice of the fearsome Lord Zedd in the Power Rangers franchise.

Career
Born and raised in New York City, Axelrod has done commercial and theater work since he was a child. He left acting for music work, spending eight years as a rock musician, playing the electric guitar and singing in folk, rock and soul bands. His music career would bring him to Los Angeles, where he decided to return to acting.

Since then, Robert has appeared in over thiry feature films, including four with Charles Bronson, including The Blob, Sorority House Massacre, Alice in Wonderland, The Revenant, among many others. Some of his notable Television appearances include guest appearances in Family Matters, Amazing Stories, Star Trek: Voyager, and Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!. He also starred in the Michael Jackson music video Stranger in Moscow.

His first voice acting role was as Banner in Banner the Squirrel. He would go on to voice characters in several productions dubbed by Intersound, such as Blue Falcon in Dogtanian & the Three Muskehounds, Brainy Smurf in The Smurfs & the Magic Flute, and Rico in Robotech. For over two decades, he has lent his voice to many other anime projects such as Akira, The Big O, Cowboy Bebop, Transformers: Robots in Disguise, and multiple characters in Digimon such as Wizardmon, Armadillmon, and Vademon.

His voice acting career propelled him into the spotlight in 1994 when he provided the voice of the villainous Lord Zedd in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. These two roles were so successful that he made appearances in the first Power Rangers feature film, live show tour, and provided voices for multiple other villains spanning the many other sequel series.

Animated Series

 * The Return of Dogtanian (1989) - Additional Voices

Anime

 * Dogtanian & the Three Muskehounds (1981-1982) - Blue Falcon, Additional Voices
 * Robotech: The Macross Saga (1985) - Rico, Additional Voices
 * Rurouni Kenshin (1996-1998) - Additional Voices (Media Blasters Dub)
 * Cowboy Bebop (1998) - Dr. Londez (ep. 23)
 * Samurai Champloo (2004-2005) - Roukishi (ep. 5)

Anime Films

 * Lupin the 3rd: The Mystery of Mamo (1978) - Mamo (Howard Lockwood) (Streamline Dub)
 * Swan Lake (1981) - Hans (MGM Dub)
 * Akira (1988) - Shimazaki (Animaze Dub)
 * Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure (1988) - Master Tsuru (Master Shen) (Harmony Gold Dub)
 * Metropolis (2001) - Ham Egg
 * Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004) - Koga, Lin (Manga Dub)

Writer

 * Samurai Pizza Cats