Sean Schemmel

Sean Christian Schemmel (born November 21, 1968) is an American voice actor, ADR Director, and Script Writer who has worked for FUNimation Entertainment, OkraTron 5000, NYAV Post, 4Kids Entertainment, and DuArt Film & 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 version of Goku in every Dragon Ball anime series produced to date and most Dragon Ball animated movies and video games. He has also voiced the characters King Kai, Nail and Goku Black in the Dragon Ball franchise.

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 since 2013.

TV Series

 * Ultraman Z (2020) - Ultraman Zero

Animated Series

 * Funky Cops (2002-2004) - Disco Dancer (ep. 16) (4Kids Dub)
 * Winx Club (2004-2019) - Valtor, Additional Voices (4Kids Dub)
 * Tai Chi Chasers (2007-2008) - Additional Voices
 * Huntik: Secrets & Seekers (2009-2012) - LeBlanche, Mr. Mactavish, Additional Voices

Animated Films

 * The Boy Who Wanted To Be a Bear (2002) - Spirits of the Mountain, Additional Voices
 * Impy's Island (2006) - King Pumponell
 * Padre Pio (2006) - Prefect
 * Josemaría Escrivá (2008) - Additional Voices
 * The Three Musketeers (2008) - Rochefort, Bazin the Fox, Mousqaton the Raccoon, Additional Voices

Anime

 * Armored Trooper VOTOMS (1983-1984) - Additional Voices
 * Dragon Ball (1986-1989) - Adult Goku, Taxi Driver (ep. 43), Assassin (ep. 61) , Hotel Doorman (ep. 61)
 * Dragon Ball Z (1989-1996) - Goku, King Kai, Nail, Vegetto, Mr. Musuka (ep. 204), Goku Actor (ep. 210) , Driver (ep. 248) (FUNimation Dub)
 * Yu Yu Hakusho (1992-1995) - Roto, Shigeru Murota, Mr. Akashi, Additional Voices
 * Case Closed (1996-present) - Additional Voices
 * Dragon Ball GT (1996-1997) - Adult Goku, King Kai, Gogeta (FUNimation Dub)
 * Berserk (1997-1998) - Conrad, Gaston, Aide (ep. 1), AV (eps. 2-4) , Additional Voices
 * Pokémon (1997-2002) - Goneff (ep. 192), Kim (ep. 272)
 * Pokémon Chronicles (1998-2003) - Jimmy (eps. 1-3), Scientist #C (ep. 1) , Kim (ep. 6) , Male Crowdmember (ep. 6)
 * Magical DoReMi (1999-2000) - Mr. Haywood, Simon, Parsley
 * One Piece (1999-present) - Helmeppo, Hatchan, Kuroobi, Toto, Mr. 4, Additional Voices (4Kids Dub)
 * Yu-Gi-Oh! (2000-2004) - Bobasa, Additional Voices
 * Fighting Foodons (2001-2002) - Chet, Davey Gravey (ep. 19)
 * Kirby: Right Back At Ya! (2001-2003) - Additional Voices
 * Sadamitsu the Destroyer (2001) - Junk
 * Shaman King (2001-2002) - Amidamaru, Rio, Nichrom, Additional Voices
 * Mew Mew Power (2002-2003) - Elliot Grant, Blue Knight
 * Pokémon Advanced Generation (2002-2006) - Robert (eps. 35, 123), Old Man (ep. 35) , Trick Master (ep. 39) , Male Team Aqua Grunt (Stream #2) (eps. 27, 54) , Professor Cozmo (ep. 54) , Male Magma Grunt #1 (ep. 54) , Male Magma Grunt #3 (ep. 54) , Mr. Moore (eps. 55-56) , Old Man Obee (ep. 73) , Guard #2 (ep. 73) , Archie (eps. 97-98) , Team Magma Grunt #A (ep. 97) , Team Aqua Grunt #A (ep. 97) , Juan (eps. 110-111) , Morrison (eps. 118, 126-131) , Hoenn League Referee (eps. 126-131) , Spectator #1 (ep. 130) , Customers in Line (ep. 139)
 * Seven of Seven (2002) - Additional Voices
 * Ultimate Muscle (2002-2004) - Bone Cold
 * F-Zero: GP Legend (2003-2004) - Baba, Pico, Silver Neelson, Police Dispatcher (ep. 1), Punk #D (ep. 7) , Security Division Member (ep. 10) , Committee Head (ep. 12)
 * Fullmetal Alchemist (2003-2004) - Clause's Father (ep. 4)
 * Samurai Deeper Kyo (2003) - Nobuyuki Sanada, Jyukaman (eps. 6-7)
 * Sonic X (2003-2006) - Black Narcissus
 * BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad (2004-2005) - Hiroto
 * The Gokusen (2004) - Minoru Tatsukawa, Kohei Iwamoto
 * Midori Days (2004) - Jigoru, Vendor (ep. 8)
 * Ninja Nonsense: The Legend of Shinobu (2004) - Onsokumaru
 * Samurai 7 (2004) - Genzo
 * Shura no Toki: Age of Chaos (2004) - Shinzaburo Kuki
 * Yu-Gi-Oh! GX (2004-2008) - Dr. Vellian Crowler, Ojama Yellow, Professor Thelonious Viper, Trapper, Dr. Eisenstein, Guardian Baou, Chaos Sorcerer, Czar, Jinzo (ep. 14), Mad Dog (ep. 65) , T-Bone (ep. 77) , Mathmatica (ep. 90) , Elroy Prescot (ep. 90) , Dr. Collector (ep. 97) , Sky Scout (ep. 132)
 * Ah! My Goddess (2005) - 3rd Class Earth Spirit (ep. 6)
 * Pokémon Diamond & Pearl (2006-2010) - Cyrus, Alan (ep. 58), Christopher (ep. 117) , Olivier (eps. 131-132)
 * Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters (2006) - Additional Voices
 * Dinosaur King (2007-2008) - Dr. Owen, Hotel Manager (ep. 18), Lucius Cornelius Sulla (eps. 53-54) , Zayid (eps. 67-70) , Cardinal Richelieu (eps. 71-74)
 * Naruto Shippūden (2007-2017) - Jinin Akebino (ep. 284), Himushi (ep. 287)
 * Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's (2008-2011) - Greiger, MC, Zigzix, Torunka, Rudolph Heitmann (ep. 67), Hans (eps. 97, 104-105)
 * Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (2009-2010) - Additional Voices
 * Dragon Ball Z Kai (2009-2011) - Goku, King Kai, Nail
 * Pokémon Best Wishes! (2010-2013) - Townsperson #A (ep. 30), Train Man #C (ep. 51) , Foongus's Trainer (ep. 56) , Clay (eps. 57, 59, 61, 103) , Worker (ep. 67) , Man #C (ep. 68) , Professor Malveaux (ep. 81) , Jervis (eps. 86-98) , Trainer #A (ep. 89) , Rodney (ep. 134) , Additional Voices
 * Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal (2011-2014) - Bronk Stone, Kazuma Tsukumo, Orbital 7 (eps. 13-46), Kaze, Candy Shopkeeper (ep. 5)
 * Dragon Ball Z Kai: The Final Chapters (2014-2015) - Goku, King Kai, Vegetto, Saiyan Ape (ep. 133)
 * Dragon Ball Super (2015-2018) - Goku, King Kai, Goku Black, Vegetto, Red Dragon (ep. 12) (FUNimation Dub)
 * Pop Team Epic (2018-present) - Popuko (ep. 11b)
 * Pokémon Journeys: The Series (2019-2022) - Group Leader (eps. 14, 38, 50), Curator (eps. 38, 50, 98) , Pokémon Hunter #C (ep. 53) , Hodge's Uncle (ep. 64) , Troupe Leader (ep. 98) , Additional Voices
 * Mars Red (2021) - Yoshinobu Maeda, Additional Voices

Anime Shorts

 * Negadon: The Monster from Mars (2005) - Ryuichi Narasaki

OVAs & Specials

 * Outlanders (1986) - Tetsuya Wakatsuki, Geobaldi (CPM Dub)
 * Hades Project Zeorymer (1988-1990) - Giso, President (CPM Dub)
 * Dragon Ball Z: Bardock - the Father of Goku (1990) - Goku (vision) (FUNimation Dub)
 * Domain of Murder (1992) - Sniper
 * 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
 * Shootfighter Tekken (2002) - Masaharu "Iron" Kiba
 * Munto (2003) - Munto
 * Munto 2: Beyond the Walls of Time (2005) - Munto, Munto's Father, Ranay Elder, Additional Voices
 * Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn (2010-2014) - Syam Vist (eps 1-3), Bancroft (ep 1) , Additional Voices
 * Code Geass: Akito the Exiled (2012-2016) - Additional Voices
 * Dream 9 Toriko & One Piece & Dragon Ball Z Super Collaboration Special!! (2013) - Goku
 * Pokémon - The Arceus Chronicles (2022) - Dracovish

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)
 * The Weathering Continent (1992) - Guard B
 * 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, King Kai, Gogeta
 * Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon (1995) - Goku
 * Pokémon the Movie: Destiny Deoxys (2004) - Professor Lund, Additional Voices
 * Pokémon the Movie: Lucario & the Mystery of Mew (2005) - Lucario
 * One Piece Film: Strong World (2009) - Dr. Indigo
 * Pokémon: Zoroark: Master of Illusions (2010) - Grings Kodai
 * Yu-Gi-Oh! 3D: Bonds Beyond Time (2010) - Paradox, Professor Viper
 * Berserk: The Golden Age Arc I: The Egg of the King (2012) - Gaston, General Gien
 * Berserk: The Golden Age Arc II: The Battle for Doldrey (2012) - Gaston, Additional Voices
 * Berserk: The Golden Age Arc III: The Advent (2013) - Gaston, Conrad, Additional Voices
 * Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods (2013) - Goku, King Kai
 * Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F’ (2015) - Goku
 * Dragon Ball Super: Broly (2018) - Goku, Gogeta
 * Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero (2022) - Goku

Video Game Dubbing

 * Dragon Ball Z: Budokai (2002) - Goku, King Kai
 * Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2 (2003) - Goku, Vegetto, Gokule
 * Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi (2005) - Goku, King Kai, Vegetto, Gogeta
 * Shadow the Hedgehog (2005) - Black Doom
 * Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2 (2006) - Goku, King Kai, Vegetto, Gogeta
 * Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 (2007) - Goku, Nail, King Kai, Vegetto, Gogeta
 * Dragon Ball Z: Infinite World (2008) - Goku, King Kai, Vegetto, Gogeta
 * Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi (2011) - Goku, Vegetto, Gogeta, King Kai
 * Dynasty Warriors 8 (2013) - Fa Zheng
 * Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Z (2014) - Goku, Vegetto
 * The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II (2014) - Olaf Craig
 * Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links (2016) - Dr. Vellian Crowler
 * Dragon Ball Legends (2018) - Goku, Nail, Vegetto, Gogeta, Goku Black

Music

 * Dragon Ball Z Kai (Vocals; "Dragon Soul" - Opening 1 (eps. 1-13) )

Voice Director

 * Ah! My Goddess
 * Midori Days
 * Sadamitsu the Destroyer
 * Samurai Deeper Kyo
 * Seven of Seven
 * The Weathering Continent

Writer

 * Midori Days
 * Sadamitsu the Destroyer
 * Seven of Seven

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.
 * In the video game Smite, Sean voiced the character Sun Wukong from the ancient Chinese fable Journey to the West. This marked the first time he portrayed the character who was the original inspiration for his most well-known voice role, Goku. Coincidentally, Goku's long-time seiyu Masako Nozawa also voiced Sun Wukong in the Japanese version of League of Legends. Schemmel voiced Sun Wukong again in LEGO Monkie Kid.