Matt Caplan is an American stage, television and voice actor, and musician.
Career[]
Matt Caplan has released two studio albums and a single.
Caplan has appeared on Broadway in Rent as Mark Cohen, in the revival of South Pacific and in High Fidelity. He has also been featured in the films Across the Universe and Painting Abby Long, and on the television show New Amsterdam.
Caplan appeared in the original cast of the new Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, in many roles, among them, school bully Flash Thompson. He was also the understudy for Peter Parker/Spider-Man. After many delays and changes to the show, it officially opened June 14, 2011. Caplan exited the show January 29, 2012 and was replaced by Matthew Wilkas. After returning to cover Peter Parker/Spider-Man multiple times throughout 2012, he returned to the production officially on November 13, 2012, replacing Matthew James Thomas as the alternate for the role. He performed twice a week in place of lead actor Reeve Carney, until December 2 when Jake Epstein stepped into the part on December 4.
Aside from his roles on Broadway, Caplan has also done voice-over in English dubs of anime at NYAV Post.
As of 2016, he has relocated from New York to Los Angeles, California.
Filmography[]
Live-Action Dubbing[]
TV Series[]
- Baby (2018-2020) - Brando De Santis, Additional Voices
Animation Dubbing[]
Animated Series[]
- Huntik: Secrets & Seekers (2009-2012) - Lok Lambert (eps. 27-52)
- Virus Attack (2011) - George
Anime Dubbing[]
Anime[]
- Shaman King (2001-2002) - Johann Faust VIII (2nd voice; eps. 37-64)
- Samurai Deeper Kyo (2003) - Maki
- The Gokusen (2004) - Takeshi Noda, Habu, Additional Voices
- Midori Days (2004) - Seiji Sawamura
- Shura no Toki: Age of Chaos (2004) - Iori Miyamoto (adult), Baiken Shishito
- Ah! My Goddess (2005) - Keiichi Morisato
- Ah! My Goddess: Flights of Fancy (2006) - Keiichi Morisato
- Kurokami: The Animation (2009) - Raiga, Additional Voices
- Shaman King (2021-2022) - Johann Faust VIII, Additional Voices (eps. 1, 3)
Notes[]
- Since 2012, Matt Caplan has stopped appearing regularly doing dubbing work to focus on becoming a Musician and a Theatre actor and continued to do so since moving to Los Angeles in 2016.
- However, he has made his return in dubbing through the Italian Live-Action series, Baby in 2018 and later reprising his role as Johann Faust VIII in the 2021 adaptation of Shaman King.
External Links[]
- Matt Caplan at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Matt Caplan on the Internet Movie Database