Sean Schemmel

Sean Christian Schemmel (born November 21, 1968 in Waterloo, Iowa) is an American voice actor, ADR Director, and Script Writer who has worked for NYAV Post, 4Kids Entertainment, FUNimation Entertainment & OkraTron 5000, and DuArt Film and Video.

He has provided voices for a number of English adaptations of Japanese anime, as well as various animated series and video games. His most notable voice role has been the adult version of Goku in the Funimation dub of the Dragon Ball anime franchise, as well as King Kai.

Biography
Schemmel first began voicing Goku for Funimation in 1999, replacing Peter Kelamis (who had in-turn replaced Ian James Corlett) from the previous voice cast. He has since been the most consistent English voice actor for the main protagonist of the Dragon Ball franchise; having voiced the adult and older teen variations of Goku in every anime series produced so far, and nearly all Dragon Ball-related video games and animated movies. He also voices King Kai and Goku Black.

In addition to his voice acting career, Schemmel had a full-time position as an ADR director and script writer for NYAV Post, where he has directed and adapted several Japanese anime series into English. He now currently resides in Los Angeles, California.

Anime

 * Dragon Ball (1986-1989) - Adult Goku
 * Dragon Ball Z (1989-1996) - Goku, King Kai, Nail, Nappa (ep. 104; original version), Vegito, Additional Voices (FUNimation Dub)
 * Yu Yu Hakusho (1992-1995) - Roto, Shigeru Murota, Mr. Akashi, Additional Voices
 * Dragon Ball GT (1996-1997) - Adult Goku, King Kai, Gogeta (FUNimation Dub)
 * Pokémon (1996-2002) - Goneff (ep. 192), Kim (ep. 272)
 * One Piece (1999-present) - Helmeppo, Hatchan, Kuroobi, Toto (4Kids Dub)
 * Fullmetal Alchemist (2003-2004) - Additional Voices
 * Dragon Ball Z Kai (2009-2015) - Goku, King Kai, Nail, Additional Voices
 * Dragon Ball Z Kai: The Final Chapters (2014-2015) - Goku, King Kai, Vegito
 * Dragon Ball Super (2015-present) - Goku, King Kai, Goku Black, Red Dragon (ep. 12) (FUNimation Dub)

OVAs & Specials

 * Dragon Ball Z: Bardock - the Father of Goku (1990) - Goku (vision) (FUNimation Dub)
 * Giant Robo: The Animation (1992-1998) - Tetsugyu (Media Blasters Dub)
 * Dragon Ball GT: A Hero's Legacy (1997) - Goku
 * Lupin the 3rd: Island of Assassins (1997) - Gordeau

Anime Films

 * Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone (1989) - Goku (FUNimation Dub)
 * Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest (1990) - Goku (FUNimation Dub)
 * Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might (1990) - Goku, King Kai (FUNimation Dub)
 * Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug (1991) - Goku, King Kai (FUNimation Dub)
 * Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge (1991) - Goku (FUNimation Dub)
 * Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler (1992) - Goku (FUNimation Dub)
 * Dragon Ball Z: Super Android 13! (1992) - Goku (FUNimation Dub)
 * Dragon Ball Z: Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan (1993) - Goku, King Kai (FUNimation Dub)
 * Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound (1993) - Goku, King Kai (FUNimation Dub)
 * Dragon Ball Z: Broly - Second Coming (1994) - Goku
 * Dragon Ball Z: Bio-Broly (1994) - Goku
 * Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn (1995) - Goku, Gogeta, King Kai
 * Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon (1995) - Goku
 * One Piece: Strong World (2009) - Dr. Indigo
 * Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods (2013) - Goku, King Kai

Trivia

 * Sean originally auditioned for the role of Captain Ginyu (which would be cast to Dale D. Kelly, and later replaced by Brice Armstrong) in Dragon Ball Z, but ended up being cast as Goku instead and was initially unaware that he was actually voicing the main protagonist of the series.
 * It was rumored that Sean passed out while dubbing Goku's transformation into a Super Saiyan 3 in Dragon Ball Z. In fact, Sean confirmed that he passed out while recording although it was in Dragon Ball GT, during a Super Saiyan 4 transformation or Kamehameha