Crispin Freeman

Crispin Freeman (born February 9, 1972) is an American voice actor who has provided voice-overs in numerous English language versions of Japanese anime, cartoons and video games.

He is known for his roles as Holland Novak in Eureka Seven, Itachi Uchiha in Naruto, Jeremiah Gottwald in Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion, Kyon in The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Alucard in Hellsing and Shizuo Heiwajima in Durarara!!.

Biography
Born in Chicago, Illinois, Crispin Freeman is the oldest of three children. He attended the Latin School of Chicago, where he graduated in 1990. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Williams College, majoring in Theater and minoring in Computer Science. Afterward, he earned his Master of Fine Arts degree from Columbia University in Acting and performed on Broadway in New York City, at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, at Cincinnati's Playhouse in the Park and at the Williamstown Theater Festival. As a child, Freeman was greatly influenced by anime shows such as Speed Racer and Battle of the Planets. Later, he discovered Voltron, Star Blazers and Robotech, being quoted in the January 1999 issue of America Interview saying, "That show really blew me away." Freeman has also stated that the reason he got into the industry was because of the anime television show The Vision of Escaflowne.

Freeman initially got involved in the anime voice-over industry when a friend of his landed a role in Peacock King. Knowing Freeman was a big anime fan, his friend suggested he call up Central Park Media 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 moved to Los Angeles, and turned to the American animation voice acting grounds. He 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. In addition to classes, Freeman has a website called Voice Acting Mastery which includes podcasts and other resources regarding voice acting.

Anime

 * The Irresponsible Captain Tylor (1993) - Justy Ueki Tylor
 * The Slayers (1995) - Zelgadis Graywords (eps. 18-26), Hallas (ep. 15) , Actor (ep. 16)
 * Rurouni Kenshin (1996-1998) - Shōgo Amakusa, Reisui, General Aritomo Yamagata (eps. 64-93), Ryunosuke (ep. 63) , Hitman (ep. 64) , Bodyguard (ep. 65) , Shiraishi (ep. 67) , Cop (ep. 68) , Villager (ep. 69) , Shibata (eps. 79-82) , Cop (ep. 89) , Cop (ep. 91) (Media Blasters Dub)
 * Slayers NEXT (1996) - Zelgadis Graywords
 * Slayers TRY (1997) - Zelgadis Graywords
 * Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight (1998) - Spark, Garrack (eps. 16-27), Maar, Groder (ep. 7) , Gaberra (ep. 7)
 * The Big O (1999-2003) - Alan Gabriel
 * Geneshaft (2001) - Mario Musicanova
 * Hellsing (2001-2002) - Alucard
 * Rave Master (2001-2002) - Sieg Hart, Shuda, Additional Voices
 * s-CRY-ed (2001) - Straight Cougar, Councilmember (ep. 25)
 * .hack//SIGN (2002) - Balmung (ep. 28)
 * Naruto (2002-2007) - Itachi Uchiha (eps. 80-220), Ebisu, Shibi Aburame, Fourth Kazekage
 * .hack//Legend of the Twilight (2003) - Balmung
 * Last Exile (2003) - Alex Row
 * Doraemon (2005) - Deviln (ep. 42)
 * The Slayers Revolution (2008) - Zelgadis Graywords
 * The Slayers Evolution-R (2009) - Zelgadis Graywords
 * Tenkai Knights (2013-2014) - Vilius, Slyger, Automatic Pilot

OVAs & Specials

 * Virgin Fleet (1998) - Mau Sakisaka
 * Strait Jacket (2007-2008) - Isaac Hammond

Anime Films

 * Grave of the Fireflies (1988) - Doctor, Old Man (Central Park Media Dub)
 * Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001) - Operator
 * Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004) - Togusa
 * Howl's Moving Castle (2004) - Prince Justin / Turnip Head
 * Tekkonkinkreet (2006) - Dragon
 * Resident Evil: Degeneration (2008) - Frederick Downing
 * Ponyo (2009) - Additional Voices

Writer

 * Pokémon