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.

Miniseries

 * A Child Called Jesus (1987) - Elijah

Animated Series

 * Little Miss (1983) - Narrator
 * The Return of Dogtanian (1989) - Elexy

Animated Films

 * The Smurfs & the Magic Flute (1976) - Grouchy Smurf, Boatman, Man who's Hard of Hearing

Anime

 * Lupin the 3rd Part II (1977-1980) - Professor Hunter (ep. 57), Gavott (ep. 78)
 * Don Quixote in the Tales of La Mancha (1980) - Narrator, Poormouth's Subordinate 3 (ep. 1)
 * Dogtanian & the Three Muskehounds (1981-1982) - Innkeeper (ep. 2), Blue Falcon (eps. 20-22)
 * Around the World with Willy Fog (1983) - Innkeeper (ep. 18)
 * Noozles (1984) - Additional Voices
 * Robotech: The Macross Saga (1985) - Rico, Soldier (ep. 4), Additional Voices
 * Rurouni Kenshin (1996-1998) - Additional Voices (Media Blasters Dub)
 * Cowboy Bebop (1998) - Dr. Londez (ep. 23)
 * The Big O (1999-2003) - Colonel Anthony Gauss (ep. 5)
 * Digimon: Digital Monsters (1999-2000) - Wizardmon, Vademon
 * Carried by the Wind: Tsukikage Ran (2000) - Genma Otagaki (ep. 13)
 * Fighting Spirit (2000-2002) - Chairman Hachinoe
 * Samurai Champloo (2004-2005) - Roukishi (ep. 5)

Anime Films

 * Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato (1978) - Dr. Sane
 * Lupin the 3rd: The Mystery of Mamo (1978) - Mamo (Howard Lockwood) (Streamline Dub)
 * Swan Lake (1981) - Hans (MGM Dub)
 * Undersea Encounter (1981) - Johnson
 * Lensman (1984) - Sol (Streamline 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

 * Ox Tales
 * Samurai Pizza Cats
 * Super Pig (ep. 10)