William Peter Kametz (March 22, 1987 – June 9, 2022), better known as Billy Kametz, was an American voice actor based in California.
Biography
Kametz was an LA-based actor originally from Hershey, Pennsylvania. He came out to California to play Aladdin in the Aladdin Musical Spectacular in Disney's California Adventure for the final year of the show's 13-year run. Since then, he was fortunate to lend his voice to cartoons, anime, video games, and commercials. Kametz was most known for voicing characters such as Josuke Higashikata in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable, Naofumi in The Rising of the Shield Hero, Galo in Promare, Ferdinand von Aegir in Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Takuto Maruki in Persona 5 Royal, White Blood Cell in Cells At Work!, Osomatsu in Mr. Osomatsu, Anai in Aggretsuko, Blue in Pokémon Masters, Naoto Kurogane in BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle, Aoba in Neon Genesis Evangelion, Nishikata in Teasing Master Takagi-san, Kyouya in Konosuba, Hakuno in Fate Extra, and Phil Coulson, Iron Lad, The Collector and Thor Noir in Marvel Avengers Academy.
On April 26, 2022, Kametz announced on his Twitter that he was battling stage 4 colon cancer. Because of this, he moved out of California back to his home state of Pennsylvania to be with his family. He was also putting his voice acting career on hold before his death.
Kametz died on June 9, 2022 after a long battle with colon cancer.
Filmography
Live-Action Dubbing
TV Series
- 3% (2016-2020) - André Santana, Additional Voices
- Cable Girls (2017-2020) - Additional Voices
- 1983 (2018) - Maciej Mac
- Babylon Berlin (2018-present) - Additional Voices
- Carlo & Malik (2018) - Riccardo, Drug Dealer (ep. 1), Policeman 2 (ep. 2), Forensics Guy 1 (ep. 6)
- Welcome to the Family (2018-2019) - Additional Voices
- Wild District (2018-2019) - Merida, Teenage Gang Member #4 (ep. 16)
- The Bonfire of Destiny (2019) - Michel, Additional Voices
- Brotherhood (2019-present) - Pistola, Additional Voices
- The Gift (2019-2020) - Ozan
- Osmosis (2019) - Martin
- Tijuana (2019) - Additional Voices
- The Twelve (2019) - Additional Voices
- Undercover (2019-present) - Additional Voices
- Bibi & Tina (2020) - Additional Voices
- La Línea: Shadow of Narco (2020) - Francis, Salvador Gallego, Falah
- That one word - Feyenoord (2021) - Narrator
- Parallels (2022-present) - Additional Voices
Films
- Girls with Balls (2018) - Orelsan
- The Awakener (2018) - Anterinho
- The Blackout (2019) - Additional Voices
- Under the Riccione Sun (2020) - Giorgio
- Dad Wanted (2020) - Additional Voices
- My Wonderful Life (2021) - Adam
Animation Dubbing
Animated Series
- Turning Mecard (2015-2016) - Tador
- The Idhun Chronicles (2020-2021) - Alsan
Anime Dubbing
Anime
- Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995-1996) - Shigeru Aoba, Additional Voices (Netflix Dub)
- The Prince of Tennis (2001-2005) - Ryō Shishido (Sound Cadence Studios Dub)
- The Prince of Tennis II (2012-2015) - Ryō Shishido
- Attack on Titan (2013-present) - Nicolo, Additional Voices
- The Seven Deadly Sins (2014-2021) - Arden
- Mr. Osomatsu (2015-present) - Osomatsu
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable (2016) - Josuke Higashikata / Shining Diamond (Crazy Diamond)
- Konosuba! God's Blessing on This Wonderful World (2016-2017) - Kyōya Mitsurugi
- Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World- (2016 - 2021) - Wilhelm van Astrea (young; ep. 20)
- Boruto: Naruto Next Generations (2017-present) - Metal Lee, Hidari, Ko Kogare, Leaf Village Ninja (ep. 13), Tanuki Shigaraki (eps. 13-14), Leaf Villagers (ep. 14), Man at the Fire (ep. 16)
- Katsugeki: Touken Ranbu (2017) - Yagen Toushirou
- Record of Grancrest War (2018) - Telius Savoie, Igor Constance, Rafe
- A.I.C.O. Incarnation (2018) - Yuya Kanzaki
- Aggretsuko (2018-present) - Anai
- B: The Beginning (2018-2021) - Kirisame, Additional Voices
- Back Street Girls: Gokudols (2018) - Additional Voices
- Baki (2018-2020) - Kosho Shinogi, Gaia (Netflix Dub)
- Beyblade Burst: Turbo (2018-2019) - Fubuki Sumiye, Boy 2 (ep. 45)
- Cells At Work! (2018) - White Blood Cell (U-1146)
- Fate/Extra Last Encore (2018) - Hakuno Kishinami
- Sirius the Jaeger (2018) - Mikhail Jirov
- SWORDGAI The Animation (2018) - Seiya Ichijō
- Teasing Master Takagi-san (2018-2022) - Nishikata (Season 2)
- The Rising of the Shield Hero (2019-present) - Naofumi Iwatami (Season 1)
- To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts (2019) - Claude Withers
- Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (2019) - Rui
- Vinland Saga (2019-present) - Additional Voices (Netflix Dub)
- Gundam Build Divers Re:Rise (2019-2020) - Hiroto Kuga
- Fire Force (2019-present) - Amon Hajiki
- Fate/Grand Order - Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia (2019) - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Additional Voices
- Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun (2019-present) - Asmodeus Alice
- Beastars (2019-2021) - Durham, Mayor, Mizuchi’s Boyfriend, Additional Voices
- Pokémon Journeys: The Series (2019-present) - Ren, Ash's Rotom Phone, Bisharp Trainer (ep. 2), P.R. Guy (ep. 8), Battle Announcer (ep. 25), Dojo Member with Black Hair (ep. 34), Heatmor's Trainer (ep. 47), Dodrio's Trainer (ep. 67), Gary's Rotom Phone (ep. 68), Shopkeeper (ep. 72), Additional Voices
- The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. Reawakened (2019) - Kineshi Hairo, Additional Voices
- Bungo and Alchemist - Gears of Judgement (2020) - Ango Sakaguchi, Takuya (ep. 4)
- Drifting Dragons (2020) - Mika
- Dorohedoro (2020) - Risu, Tanbe, Tenjin, Additional Voices
- Science Fell in Love, So I Tried to Prove It (2020-present) - Shinya Yukimura (season 1), Additional Voices
- The God of High School (2020) - Additional Voices
- Number24 (2020-2021) - Syouta U, Club Member (ep. 5), Additional Voices
- Cagaster of an Insect Cage (2020) - Hadi, Additional Voices
- Magatsu Wahrheit: Zuerst (2020) - Conrad
- Tower of God (2020) - Katan (ep. 5), Kurdan (ep. 5)
- Ikebukuro West Gate Park (2020) - Kyōichi Ozaki
- Japan Sinks: 2020 (2020) - Haruo Koga, Additional Voices
- Talentless Nana (2020) - Tsunekichi Hatadaira, Additional Voices
- Suppose a Kid from the Last Dungeon Boonies moved to a starter town? (2021) - Alan Twein Lidcain
- High-Rise Invasion (2021) - Additional Voices
- Godzilla Singular Point (2021) - Shunya Satō
- Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song- (2021) - Tatsuya Saeki
- The Way of the Househusband (2021-present) - Kunimi, Additional Voices
- Edens Zero (2021-present) - Noah Glenfield, Murray Morrison (ep. 17), Additional Voices
- Tokyo Revengers (2021) - Shinichiro Sano (eps. 16-17)
- 86 (2021) - Shinei Nouzen (eps. 1-21)
- Re-Main (2021) - Takekazu Ejiri
- Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness (2021) - Patrick
- Battle Game in 5 Seconds (2021) - Madoka Kirisaki
- Sakugan (2021) - DJ K
- Tokyo 24th Ward (2022) - Shuta Aoi (eps. 1-6)
- Thermae Romae Novae (2022) - Markus Annius Verus, Grandpa #B (ep. 8), Additional Voices
OVAs & Specials
- The New Prince of Tennis: Hyotei vs Rikkai Game of Future (2021) - Ryō Shishido
Anime Films
- Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth (1997) - Shigeru Aoba (Netflix Dub)
- Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (1997) - Shigeru Aoba (Netflix Dub)
- Hunter x Hunter: The Last Mission (2013) - Jed
- Flavors of Youth (2018) - Additional Voices
- Lupin the 3rd: Fujiko Mine's Lie (2019) - Binkam
- Promare (2019) - Galo Thymos
- Ride Your Wave (2019) - Additional Voices
- Pokémon The Movie: Secrets of the Jungle (2020) - Dr. Zed
Video Game Dubbing
- MapleStory (2003) - Sharen IV, Male Illium
- Phantasy Star Online 2 (2012) - Luther
- The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II (2014) - Wallace Bardias
- Labyrinth of Refrain: Coven of Dusk (2016) - Neldo
- Fire Emblem Heroes (2017-present) - Ferdinand von Aegir
- 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim (2019) - Nenji Ogata
- Pokémon Masters (2019-present) - Blue
- Shenmue III (2019) - Additional Voices
- Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise (2020) - Lena Dauman
- Earth Defense Force: World Brothers (2020) - Air Strike Unit, Lightning Alpha
- Final Fantasy VII Remake (2020) - Additional Voices
- One-Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows (2020) - Additional Voices
- Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne HD Remaster (2020) - Raidou Kuzunoha
- Monster Hunter Rise (2021) - Additional Voices
- Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba: The Hinokami Chronicles (2021) - Rui
- Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes (2022) - Ferdinand von Aegir
- Triangle Strategy (2022) - Jerrom
Notes
- Following his hiatus in voice acting due to his battle with colon cancer up until his death, many of his roles were recast.
- Stephen Fu replaces Billy as Naofumi Iwatami in The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 2.
- Alejandro Saab replaces Billy as Shinya Yukimura in Science Fell in Love, So I Tried to Prove It Season 2 and Shuta Aoi in the remaining six episodes of Tokyo 24th Ward.
- Aleks Le replaces Billy as Shinei Nouzen in the last two episodes of 86.
- Originally, Kametz was cast as the voice of Roman Torchwick in the English dub of RWBY: Ice Queendom. However, he was later recast with Christopher Wehkamp after Billy was forced to go on hiatus from voice acting.
External Links
- Billy Kametz at the Internet Movie Database
- Billy Kametz at the Anime News Network's encyclopedia
