Crispin<!--McDougal (NEED SOURCE FOR MIDDLE NAME)--> Freeman is an American voice actor, voice director and a screenwriter who is best known for voicing characters in English-language dubs of Japanese, including anime and video games. Some of his prominent anime roles include Zelgadis Graywords in Slayers, Kyon in The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Togusa in the Ghost in the Shell franchise, Alucard in Hellsing, Kirei Kotomine in Fate/Zero and Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works, Itachi Uchiha in Naruto, Gyomei Himejima in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Hagi in Blood+ and Shizuo Heiwajima in Durarara!!.

Early life

Freeman was born in Chicago. <!-- on February 9, 1972.--> His father is Jewish. He is the oldest of three children. His sister Cassidy is an actress, while his brother Clark is an actor and musician. Freeman graduated from the Latin School of Chicago in 1990 and earned a BA from Williams College, where he majored in theater and minored in computer science. He then earned an MFA in acting from Columbia University and went on to perform on Broadway, at the American Repertory Theater, at the Mark Taper Forum, at Cincinnati's Playhouse in the Park, and at the Williamstown Theater Festival. As a child, he was greatly influenced by anime such as Speed Racer and Battle of the Planets. Casey Kasem voiced the role of his favorite character, Mark of Battle of the Planets, and Freeman even wanted to change his name to Mark at one point. He later discovered Voltron, Star Blazers, and Robotech. He has also stated that the reason he got into the industry was because of the anime The Vision of Escaflowne. He initially got involved in the voice-over industry when a friend of his landed a role in Peacock King.

Career

thumb|180px|right|Freeman in May 2009

Knowing Freeman was a big anime fan, a friend suggested he call up Central Park Media (CPM) and apply for a job doing English dubs. When originally approached about dubbing, he initially declined. It was not until he remembered all of the anime shows he watched as a child that he realized that many people are introduced to anime through the English dubbed versions. In 1997, Freeman landed the role of Zelgadis Graywords in Slayers along with Lisa Ortiz, Eric Stuart and Veronica Taylor. He was the second and final voice actor to get the job after Zelgadis' original voice actor, Daniel Cronin, lost contact with CPM after a year-long halt in the dubbing. Years later, he turned to the American animation voice acting grounds.

Freeman has been best known for his work in Marvel Comics-based productions such as The Spectacular Spider-Man, Wolverine and the X-Men and The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes. He then starred as several versions of Roy Harper in Young Justice for DC Comics and Warner Bros. Since then, Freeman has had various roles throughout his career. He has appeared in many video game titles as memorable characters, such as Albedo from Namco's Xenosaga series, Helios in God of War III and God of War Ragnarök: Valhalla, Haji, Joel the 6th and Van Argeno in Blood+, the main protagonist Baldur in Silicon Knights's Too Human, Breakdown in Transformers: War for Cybertron, the Winter Soldier in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, and Iron Man in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2.

Freeman teaches classes, workshops, and performance lectures in the Los Angeles area. In addition to classes, Freeman has a website called Voice Acting Mastery which includes podcasts and other resources regarding voice acting.

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Freeman married Izobel Carol in Hawaii on August 11, 2007. -->

In February 2023, Freeman guest voiced Lieutenant Nolan, an Imperial lieutenant with particular disdain for clones, the commanding officer of Crosshair, in Star Wars: The Bad Batch.

Filmography

Anime

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|+ List of voice performances in anime

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! Title

! Role

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|Angel Tales || Shin || || <!-- crystal acids -->

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| &ndash;2005 ||Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex || Togusa || Also 2nd GIG || <!-- crystal acids -->

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| || Please Twins! || Kosei Shimazaki || || <!-- crystal acids -->

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| rowspan="4" | || Zatch Bell! || Takeshi Kaneyama, Wonrei, Kane, Gustav, Mamoru Iwashima, Albert (Sherry's butler), Oren, Albert (Laila's bookkeeper), additional voices || || <!-- crystal acids -->

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|Scrapped Princess || Shannon Casull|| Voice director, ADR Script Writer ||

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|Planetes || Colin Clifford || || <!-- crystal acids -->

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|Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki || Kamikura || 3rd OVA series || <!-- crystal acids -->

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| –2009 ||Naruto || Itachi Uchiha, Ebisu, Rasa || || <!-- crystal acids -->

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| rowspan="2" | || Mars Daybreak || Lt. Rich || || <!-- crystal acids -->

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|IGPX || Bjorn Johannsen || || <!-- crystal acids -->

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| rowspan="2" | || Eureka Seven || Holland || || <!-- crystal acids -->

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|Phoenix || Oh-ama-no-miko || || <!-- crystal acids -->

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|Digimon Data Squad || Thomas H. Norstein || || <!-- crystal acids -->

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| –2009 ||Code Geass || Jeremiah Gottwald || || <!-- crystal acids -->

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| rowspan="2" | || Lucky Star || Tomokazu Sugita, Kyon (cosplayer) || || <!-- crystal acids -->

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| 2009–2018 ||Naruto: Shippuden || Itachi Uchiha, Rasa, Ebisu

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| rowspan="2" | || Durarara!! || Shizuo Heiwajima || &nbsp; ||

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|Marvel Anime: Wolverine || Tesshin Asano || ||

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| rowspan="2" | || Tenkai Knights || Vilius, Slyger || || <!-- crystal acids -->

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|Fate/Zero || Kirei Kotomine || ||

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| –2016 ||Durarara!!×2 || Shizuo Heiwajima || &nbsp; ||

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| rowspan="2" | || The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan || Kyon || &nbsp; ||

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|Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works || Kirei Kotomine || TV series ||

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| || God Eater || Soma Schicksal || ||

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| rowspan="2" | || Ingress: The Animation || Jack Norman || ||

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| Fate/Grand Order - Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia || King Hassan, Meuniere || ||

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| –2022

|Ghost in the Shell: SAC 2045

|Togusa

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|-

|Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon

|Osamu Kirin, Kirinmaru

|TV series

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| rowspan="2" | || Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan || Confessor || OVA || <!-- crystal acids -->

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|The Promised Neverland || Peter Ratri || Season 2 || <!-- crystal acids -->

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| || Pokémon Horizons: The Series || Friede || ||

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| || Sakamoto Days || Kanaguri || || <!-- crystal acids -->

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| –2013,<br />2019–2021 ||Young Justice || Roy Harper / Arsenal / Red Arrow, Jim Harper, Will Harper, Captain Boomerang, various voices|| || rowspan="4" |

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| || Wabbit || Old Man #1, Dust Bunny || 2 episodes ||

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| –2018|| Justice League Action || J'onn J'onzz / Martian Manhunter || ||

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| || Adventure Time || Turtle Prince, Ice President || Episode: "Five Short Tables" ||

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| rowspan="2" | || All Hail King Julien || Alex || Episode: "The End is Here" || rowspan="2" |

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| || Teen Titans: The Judas Contract || Roy Harper / Speedy|| ||

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|Mirai

|Yukko (Human Form)

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| rowspan="2" |2019

|Promare

|Kray Foresight

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|Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel II. lost butterfly

|Kirei Kotomine

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| World of Warcraft || Thalen Songweaver, Commander Lindon, Vindicator Maraad, Il'gynoth the Heart of Corruption || || &nbsp;

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| rowspan="2" | || Rave Master || Shuda, Sieg Hart || ||

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| rowspan="4" | || Kingdom Hearts II || Setzer Gabbiani, Will Turner || || rowspan="11" | <!-- url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4QlobVeTMQ -->

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|Digimon World Data Squad|| Thomas H. Norstein, Sleipmon || ||

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| rowspan="6" | || Bayonetta 2 || Balder || ||

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|Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain || Soldiers / Extras || ||

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| Seven Knights || Rudy || || Facebook

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|Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness || Victor Oakville || || rowspan="3" |

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|2022

|Chocobo GP

|Adelbert Steiner, Maduin

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|God of War Ragnarok

|Helios

| Valhalla DLC

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|Loop8: Summer of Gods

|Max Baldur

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|2025

|Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii

|Masaharu Kaito

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  • The Amazing Spider-Man – Additional voices
  • Batman: Arkham City – Political Prisoners, Officer Michaels, Ernest Ray
  • Beat Down: Fists of Vengeance – Eugene (uncredited)
  • Bioshock 2 – Additional voices
  • Call of Duty: Black Ops II – Additional voices
  • Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin – English ADR Director
  • Champions: Return to Arms – Vai Shir Cat Warrior
  • Company of Heroes – Airborne Commander
  • Destiny – Guardian: Awoken Male
  • Dragon's Dogma – Arisen (motion capture)
  • Dungeon Siege III – Lucas Montbarron
  • Dynasty Warriors series – Guan Yu (uncredited), Fa Zheng
  • Eureka Seven Vol. 1: The New Wave – Holland Novak (uncredited)
  • Eureka Seven Vol. 2: The New Vision – Holland Novak (uncredited)
  • Final Fantasy VII Remake – Shinra Security Officer
  • Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon – Old Man (Setos grandpa)
  • Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex – Togusa
  • Gothic 3 – Nameless Hero
  • Guardians of Middle-earth – Legolas
  • Guild Wars 2 – Laranthir of the Wild, Bongo the One-Eyed, various different characters

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  • Hitman: Blood Money – Rick Henderson
  • Infamous Second Son – Additional voices
  • Lair – Koba-Kai, Wingman
  • Lego Jurassic World – Additional voices
  • Lego The Lord of the Rings –Various different characters in Middle Earth
  • Mad Max – Additional voices
  • Mafia II – Additional voices
  • Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom – Caprakan
  • Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 – Iron Man, Titanium Man
  • Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer – Gannayev-of-Dreams
  • Paraworld – Bela
  • Phantom Brave – Raphael (uncredited)
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End – Will Turner
  • Pirates of the Caribbean Online – Will Turner
  • Rave Master: Special Attack Force! – Sieg Hart
  • SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo 2 – BRONCO
  • SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Tactical Strike – BRONCO
  • Star Trek – Additional voices
  • Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic – Jagi, Nico, additional voices
  • The Amazing Spider-Man – Additional voices
  • The Bureau: XCOM Declassified – Tech O'Brennan
  • The Elder Scrolls Online – Additional voices
  • The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest – Legolas
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II – Haldir
  • The Lord of the Rings: War in the North – Legolas
  • The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring – Faramir, Rohan Archer, Elf-Warden
  • Tomb Raider – Solarii
  • Too Human – Baldur, Worker, Wolf Recruit
  • Universe at War: Earth Assault – Prince Zessus
  • Urban Reign – Lin Fong Lee (uncredited)
  • Watchmen: The End Is Nigh – Dr. Manhattan
  • White Knight Chronicles: International Edition – Setti, Grazel
  • WildStar – Grund, Mordesh Male, Ikthian Male
  • World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor – Vindicator Maraad
  • Zatch Bell! Mamodo Battles – Albert, Gustav, Wonrei

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Other dubbing

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|+ List of voice performances in other dubbing

! Year

! Title

! Role

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  • Anime: Drawing a Revolution – Himself
  • Important Things with Demetri Martin – Bystander

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ADR Staff Credits

  • Mighty Morphin Power Rangers - Zertan

Voice director

  • Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin
  • Scrapped Princess
  • Space Travelers
  • Strawberry Eggs

Script writer

  • Assemble Insert
  • Boogiepop Phantom
  • Gungrave
  • His and Her Circumstances
  • Night on the Galactic Railroad
  • Photon: The Idiot Adventures
  • Pokémon
  • Scrapped Princess
  • Shamanic Princess
  • Space Travelers
  • Strawberry Eggs
  • Witch Hunter Robin

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References

;Interviews

  • Crispin Freeman Interview at RPGSite
  • Crispin Freeman: Q and A at The Anime Lodge
  • "A Very Different Place" - A Crispin Freeman Interview part one
  • "A Very Different Place" - A Crispin Freeman Interview part two including audio
  • "Anime Today Episode 31" - Crispin Freeman Interview
  • 'Kana's Korner' Interview on 91.8 The Fan
  • Voice Acting Mastery - Crispin Freeman's voice acting podcast blog
  • Mythology and Meaning - Crispin Freeman's website for his lectures on anime
  • Crispin Freeman at Crystal Acids Voice Actor Database