Michael Tremain Sinterniklaas (born August 13, 1972) is an American voice actor, ADR director and script writer who has provided voices for a number of English-language versions of Japanese anime films and television series, as well as video games and cartoons. He has worked for Studiopolis, FUNimation, 4Kids Entertainment, Central Park Media, Bandai Entertainment, Viz Media, Media Blasters, Dubbing Brothers USA, and VSI Los Angeles. He is the founder and owner of NYAV Post, a Bi-coastal studio located in New York City and Los Angeles, which dubbed many different anime titles and recorded several original prelay works.
Since around late 2008, he currently resides in Los Angeles, California.
Biography & Career
Michael Sinterniklaas was born on August 13, 1972, in France, lived in London as a child and moved to the United States when he was 10 years old. He graduated from High School of Performing Arts in New York City, and attended college in North Carolina where he got his start in voice acting, doing voice acting at both Southwynde and Coastal Carolina Studios.
His most notable roles as a voice actor are Leonardo in 2003 series of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Dean Venture (and other small parts) in the Adult Swim cartoon The Venture Bros, Mikey Simon in the Nicktoons series Kappa Mikey, Orphan in Final Fantasy XIII and as Deady in the 2011 Friday the 13th event of the online MMORPG AdventureQuest Worlds. He also replaced David Moo as Xellos in the English dub of The Slayers Revolution and The Slayers Evolution-R.
He is also a well known voice director, for a variety of shows, such as Berserk, Huntik: Secrets & Seekers, Kappa Mikey, Kurokami: The Animation, Magic User's Club, Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn, Samurai Deeper Kyo, Slayers Revolution, Slayers Evolution-R, Let's Go! Tamagotchi, Three Delivery, Care Bears, and The Venture Bros.
Filmography
Live-Action Dubbing
TV Series
- Violetta (2012-2015) - León Vargas (eps. 81-240), Braco
- 3% (2016-2020) - Additional Voices
- Luis Miguel: The Series (2018-present) - Luis Miguel (eps. 14-21)
- Unauthorized Living (2018-2020) - Daniel Artega, Additional Voices
- Reality Z (2020-present) - Lucas, Additional Voices
Films
- Cutie Honey (2004) - Detective Todoroki
Animation Dubbing
Animated Series
- Winx Club (2004-present) - Riven (4Kids Dub)
- Huntik: Secrets & Seekers (2009-2012) - Additional Voices
- Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir (2015-present) - Nathaniel Kurtzberg
- Lastman (2016) - Darko (ep. 16), Additional Voices
Animated Specials
- The Fight for the FoxBox (2003) - Leonardo
- Goultard the Barbarian (2007) - Goultard
Animated Films
- Impy's Island (2006) - Professor Horatio Tibberton
- Mia and the Migoo (2008) - Poker Buddy
- Monkey King: Hero is Back (2015) - Additional Voices
- Throne of Elves (2016) - Additional Voices
Anime Dubbing
Anime
- Urusei Yatsura (1981-1986) - Ataru Moroboshi (AnimEigo Test Dub)
- Dragon Ball Z (1989-1996) - Orlen (ep. 54) (FUNimation Dub)
- Patlabor: The Mobile Police (1989-1990) - Richard Wong/Utsumi
- Crayon Shin-chan (1992-present) - Additional Voices (FUNimation Dub)
- Sailor Moon S (1994-1995) - Tsutomu Asai (ep. 100), Boy A (ep. 105), George (ep. 108) (Viz Dub)
- Case Closed (1996-present) - Additional Voices
- Pokémon (1997-2002) - Dorian (ep. 255)
- Magical DoReMi (1999-2000) - Stewart, Additional Voices
- One Piece (1999-present) - Mayor Boodle, Mr. 9, Additional Voices (4Kids Dub)
- Disco (FUNimation Dub)
- Yu-Gi-Oh! (2000-2004) - Mahad
- Shaman King (2001-2002) - Trey Racer, Orona
- Pokémon Advanced Generation (2002-2006) - Joshua (eps. 1, 71), Kennedy (ep. 17), Man #2 <small.(ep. 42), Guy (ep. 66), Elijah (ep. 86), Scizor's Trainer (ep. 101), Camerput's Trainer (ep. 103), Joshua (eps. 115-116), Sailor (ep. 124), Kyle Hamm (ep. 145), Additional Voices
- Fullmetal Alchemist (2003-2004) - Rio
- Samurai Deeper Kyo (2003) - Akira
- Sonic X (2003-2006) - Older Chris Thorndyke
- Bleach (2004-2012) - Nnoitora Gilga, Luppi Antenor, Menis
- Burst Angel (2004) - Jay (ep. 9)
- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny (2004-2005) - Heine Westenfluss, Additional Voices (NYAV Post Dub)
- Monster (2004-2005) - Jan Suk
- Ninja Nonsense: The Legend of Shinobu (2004) - Takeru
- Phoenix (2004) - Masato Yamanobe, Takeru (ep. 4)
- Samurai 7 (2004) - Sobel
- Yu-Gi-Oh! GX (2004-2008) - Torrey (ep. 14)
- Ah! My Goddess (2005) - Shohei Yoshida (ep. 25)
- Mushi-Shi (2005-2006) - Isasa (ep. 26)
- D.Gray-man (2006-2008) - Dodge (ep. 18)
- Kekkaishi (2006-2008) - Shu Akitsu
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters (2006) - Dark Magician, Additional Voices
- Dinosaur King (2007-2008) - Nathan Peckham (ep. 17)
- Naruto Shippūden (2007-2017) - Sora, Utakata, Villager (ep. 150), Reincarnated Ninja (ep. 316)
- The Slayers Revolution (2008) - Xellos, Billy (ep. 3), Bather (ep. 7)
- Stitch! (2008-2011) - Hans (ep. 42)
- Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's (2008-2011) - Max, Torunka (young)
- Kurokami: The Animation (2009) - Punipuni, Tribal End (eps. 13, 20), The Noble One (ep. 14)
- The Slayers Evolution-R (2009) - Xellos, Jar Merchant (ep. 7), Vezendi Guard (ep. 7)
- Durarara!! (2010) - Additional Voices
- Digimon Fusion (2010-2012) - Lucemon
- Iron Man (2010) - Pisces/Sho (ep. 6), Lab Employee (ep. 6), Operator (ep. 8)
- B-Daman Crossfire (2011-2012) - Yuki Washimura
- X-Men (2011) - Hisako's Father, Rat, U-Men A.I., Passengers (ep. 1), Mutant Boy (ep. 4), Men (ep. 5)
- Tiger & Bunny (2011) - Ivan Karelin / Origami Cyclone
- Blade (2011) - Tanaka
- The Future Diary (2011-2012) - Assemblyman (ep. 11)
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal (2011-2014) - Cody Callus, Additional Voices
- Aldnoah.Zero (2014-2015) - Additional Voices
- Sengoku Basara: End of Judgement (2014) - Sarutobi Sasuke
- Your Lie in April (2014-2015) - Akira Takaniyagi
- Lupin the 3rd Part IV (2015-2016) - Kou Uraga, Mario (ep. 15)
- Mr. Osomatsu (2015-present) - Jyushimatsu
- Tales of Zestiria: The Cross (2016-2017) - Oscar Dragonia (ep. 6)
- Little Witch Academia (2017) - Agent (ep. 25), Student (ep. 25)
- Boruto: Naruto Next Generations (2017-present) - Enra
- Dragon Pilot: Hisone & Masotan (2018) - Additional Voices
- Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These (2018-present) - Neidhardt Müller
- Pop Team Epic (2018) - Pipimi (ep. 11b), Additional Voices
- Cannon Busters (2019) - Additional Voices
- The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. Reawakened (2019) - Kuniharu Saiki, Additional Voices
- Cagaster of an Insect Cage (2020) - Griffith, Additional Voices
- Great Pretender (2020) - Additional Voices
- Shaman King (2021-2022) - HoroHoro Usui
- Yasuke (2021) - Iga General, Nobukatsu Oda, Additional Voices
- Eden (2021) - Additional Voices
- Fena: Pirate Princess (2021) - Franz, Additional Voices
- Kotaro Lives Alone (2022) - Shin Karino
- Tiger & Bunny 2 (2022) - Ivan Karelin / Origami Cyclone
- Vampire in the Garden (2022-present) - Aaron (ep. 2), Additional Voices
Anime Shorts
- Let's Go! Tamagotchi (2007) - Gozarutchi
- Star Wars Visions (2021) - Hen Jin, Jedi Hunter (The Ninth Jedi), Kaku, Tao Planet Resident (Lop & Ocho), Musha (Akakiri), RA-7, Villager #D, Tuskan Raider (The Duel), Stormtrooper (T0-B1), Villager (The Village Bride), Additional Voices
OVAs & Specials
- Bubblegum Crisis (1987-1991) - Young Mackie (ep. 1), AD Police Officer (ep. 2), Additional Voices
- Bubblegum Crash (1991) - Additional Voices
- Gall Force: New Era (1991-1992) - Nova Universe
- Domain of Murder (1992) - Goro Nanase
- Kizuna (1994) - Kai Sagano
- Alien Nine (2001-2002) - Hiroshi Iwanami
- Shootfighter Tekken (2002) - Kiichi "Kiibo" Miyazawa
- Joe vs. Joe (2003) - Joe Yuuki
- Munto (2003) - Kazuya Takamori
- Freedom (2006-2008) - Takeru
- Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn (2010-2014) - Angelo Sauper, Besson, Dennis (ep. 1)
- Pokémon Origins (2013) - Team Rocket Member #3 (ep. 2)
- Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin (2015-2018) - Additional Voices
Anime Films
- The Weathering Continent (1992) - Arun Harad
- Memories (1995) - Carlo, Guest #B
- Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (1997) - Soldier (Netflix Dub)
- Jungle Emperor Leo (1997) - Tommy
- Pokémon Heroes (2002) - Ross
- Aquarian Age: The Movie (2003) - Additional Voices
- Tokyo Godfathers (2003) - Arao, Additional Voices
- The Sky Crawlers (2008) - Yuuichi Kannami
- Mai Mai Miracle (2009) - Additional Voices
- Summer Wars (2009) - Kenji Koiso
- Welcome to the Space Show (2010) - Kiyoshi Satō
- Yu-Gi-Oh! 3D: Bonds Beyond Time (2010) - Dark Magician
- A Letter to Momo (2012) - Additional Voices
- Berserk: The Golden Age Arc I: The Egg of the King (2012) - Additional Voices
- Berserk: The Golden Age Arc II: The Battle for Doldrey (2012) - Additional Voices
- Patema Inverted (2013) - Age
- A Silent Voice (2016) - Kazuki Shimada, Additional Voices
- Miss Hokusai (2016) - Additional Voices
- Your Name (2016) - Taki Tachibana
- Fairy Tail: Dragon Cry (2017) - King Animus
- Fireworks (2017) - Mitsuishi, Additional Voices
- Lu Over the Wall (2017) - Kai
- Napping Princess (2017) - Additional Voices
- Night Is Short, Walk On Girl (2017) - Mock Jougasaki, Additional Voices
- Mazinger Z: Infinity (2018) - Additional Voices
- Promare (2019) - Vinny
- Dragon Quest: Your Story (2019) - Game Attendant
- Weathering With You (2019) - Taki Tachibana, Additional Voices
- Belle (2021) - Additional Voices
- Pompo: The Cinéphile (2021) - Additional Voices
Video Game Dubbing
- Bravely Default (2012) - Jackal
- Tales of Berseria (2016) - Oscar Dragonia
- Rune Factory 4 Special (2020) - Vishnal
Voice Director
- 009 Re:Cyborg
- Ah! My Goddess
- Aquarian Age: The Movie
- A Letter to Momo
- Batman Ninja
- Berserk: The Golden Age Arc I: The Egg of the King
- Berserk: The Golden Age Arc II: The Battle for Doldrey
- Berserk: The Golden Age Arc III: The Advent
- Birdboy: The Forgotten Children
- Cannon Busters
- Children of the Sea
- Cutie Honey
- Domain of Murder
- Earwig and the Witch
- Eden
- Fena: Pirate Princess
- Fireworks
- FLCL: Alternative
- FLCL: Progressive
- Freedom
- Giant Robo: The Animation (NYAV Post Dub)
- Huntik: Secrets & Seekers
- The Illusionauts
- Jungle Emperor Leo
- Kingdom
- Kotaro Lives Alone (eps. 2-10)
- Kurokami: The Animation
- Lastman
- Lu Over the Wall
- Lupin the 3rd: The First
- Mai Mai Miracle
- Mazinger Z: Infinity
- Memories
- Mia and the Migoo
- Miss Hokusai
- Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin
- Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn
- Napping Princess
- Ninja Nonsense: The Legend of Shinobu
- Phoenix
- Promare
- Reality Z
- Samurai Deeper Kyo
- A Silent Voice
- The Slayers Evolution-R
- The Slayers Revolution
- Star Wars Visions
- Tokyo Godfathers
- Your Name
- The Weathering Continent
- Weathering With You
Writer
- Berserk: The Golden Age Arc I: The Egg of the King
- Cutie Honey
- Freedom
- Jungle Emperor Leo
- Lastman
- Mobile Suit Gundam UC
- Phoenix
- Reality Z
- Samurai Deeper Kyo
- Star Wars Visions
External Links
- Michael Sinterniklaas at the Internet Movie Database
- Michael Sinterniklaas at the Anime News Network's encyclopedia