Troy Baker

Troy Baker (born April 1, 1976 in Dallas, Texas) is an American voice actor who works in anime and video games. Baker was the lead singer and rhythm guitarist for the indie-rock band Tripp Fontaine.

In anime dubbing, he's best known for voicing Pain and Yamato in Naruto: Shippūden, Kouga Gennosuke in Basilisk, Father Abel Nightroad in Trinity Blood, Frank Archer in Fullmetal Alchemist, and Jin Kariya in Bleach. In video games he's best known for voicing Joel in The Last of Us, Booker DeWitt in BioShock Infinite, Delsin Rowe in Infamous Second Son, The Joker in Batman: Arkham Origins and Batman: Assault on Arkham, among many others.

Career
Baker began his voice acting career doing radio commercials. He was recruited by Christopher Sabat to do voice-over work at FUNimation for the English adaptation of the anime Case Closed. He then went on to work with anime such as Bleach, Dragon Ball Z, Fullmetal Alchemist, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Naruto, Naruto: Shippūden, and One Piece. He began working on Marvel-based animated series where he provided the voice of various characters in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, and Hawkeye and Loki in Ultimate Spider-Man and Avengers Assemble.

His career in the video game industry began when he voiced Matt Baker in Gearbox Software's Brothers in Arms. In an interview with The Griff, Baker said that "It was starting to become necessary for actors to become involved [in gaming], so I got into that and it was literally stumbling from one job into the next. That was kind of my first snowball effect." His most notable roles came in 2013 where he provided the voice of Booker DeWitt in Irrational Games' BioShock Infinite and performed the voice and motion capture of Joel in Naughty Dog's The Last of Us. Both games earned critical acclaim, earning scores over 90% in GameRankings and Metacritic, and commercial success. Baker got nominated for both of these roles in the VGX 2013 and ended up winning for The Last of Us. Baker again worked with Naughty Dog on Uncharted 4: A Thief's End opposite Nolan North playing Nathan Drake's older brother Sam. He reprised the role again in Uncharted: The Lost Legacy.

In 2011 he became the voice of Siris, the hero from Chair Entertainment's blockbuster mobile series Infinity Blade, and Talion, the protagonist of Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor which earned a rating of 9.3 on IGN. Entertainment Weekly has listed him in their Best of 2013 issue for best breakout actor in the video game industry for his performance as Joel in The Last of Us, Booker DeWitt in BioShock Infinite and the Joker in Batman: Arkham Origins.

Anime

 * Dragon Ball Z (1989-1996) - Additional Voices (FUNimation Dub)
 * Crayon Shin-chan (1992-present) - Action Bastard, Barnie Ota, Additional Voices (FUNimation Dub)
 * Yu Yu Hakusho (1992-1995) - Additional Voices
 * Case Closed (1996-present) - Gin, Additional Voices
 * One Piece (1999-present) - Helmeppo (eps. 2-3), Ohm (FUNimation Dub)
 * Fullmetal Alchemist (2003-2004) - Frank Archer
 * Bleach (2004-2012) - Jin Kariya
 * Soul Eater (2008-2009) - Excalibur, Additional Voices
 * Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (2009-2010) - Reincarnated Greed

OVAs & Specials

 * Lupin the 3rd: Island of Assassins (1997) - Additional Voices
 * Lupin the 3rd: Crisis in Tokyo (1998) - Guard E
 * Lupin the 3rd: Missed by a Dollar (2000) - Alex Nabikov

Anime Films

 * Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone (1989) - Ginger (FUNimation Dub)
 * Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest (1990) - Dr. Kochin (FUNimation Dub)
 * Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon (1995) - Hoi
 * Lupin the 3rd: Farewell to Nostradamus (1995) - Additional Voices
 * One Piece: The Desert Princess & the Pirates: Adventures in Alabasta (2007) - Eyelash