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Charles Forrest "Spike" Spencer (born December 21, 1968) is an American voice actor and columnist best known for dubbing Japanese anime films. He is known for his roles in ADV Films dubs of Neon Genesis Evangelion as Shinji Ikari, Martian Successor Nadesico as Akito Tenkawa, and Excel Saga as Gojo Shioji. He has also performed voice acting for radio, especially commercials. His anime character voices tend to be either for timid, shy, or weak characters, or for eccentric and comical ones.

Career

Spencer attended the University of Houston for four years. After doing several independent films, he met Amanda Winn-Lee, who suggested he audition for anime English dubbing at ADV Films. Spencer first landed a supporting role of Prime Minister Mikoshiba in Super Atragon, then a leading role of Takateru in Suikoden Demon Century. In August 1996, Spencer was cast as the lead role of Shinji Ikari in Neon Genesis Evangelion. After ADV Films' collapse, Funimation acquired the rights to the Rebuild of Evangelion movies. As part of Funimation's goal to get the service of the original voice actors from shows and movies they acquired distributing rights for, Spencer reprised his role as Shinji in the movies. and Colton Christopher, who was born on February 4, 2021, in Australia.

Filmography

Anime dubbing

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!Source

|Battle Angel

|Yugo

|Black Butler

|Snake

|BlazBlue Alter Memory

|Arakune

|Bleach

|Hanataro Yamada, Di Roy Linker, Jinnai Doko

|Boruto: Naruto Next Generations

|Inojin Yamanaka

|Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040

|Mackey Stingray

|Bungo Stray Dogs

|Jun'ichirō Tanizaki

|Burn Up W

|Jackalhead

|Buso Renkin

|Koushaku "Papillon" Chouno

|Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2

|Rolo Lamperouge

|Colorful

|Young T

|Compiler

|Toshi Igarashi

|Coppelion

|No-sense

|Dirty Pair Flash: Mission Two

|Calbee

|Doraemon

|Ace Goody (Dekisugi)

|Dragon Ball Super

|Majin Buu

|Bang Zoom! dub for Toonami Asia

|Dragon Half

|Roshi, Slug

|Durarara!!

|Saburo Togusa

|Ellica

|Funk

|Excel Saga

|Dr. Gojo Shioji

|Fire Emblem

|Mars Lowell

|Full Metal Panic!

|Shoto Sakimoto, Subordinate A, Takuma

|Gantz

|Little Green onion alien

|Golden Boy

|Maid

|Kekkaishi

|Mamezo

|MÄR: Märchen Awakens Romance

|Ginta

|Martian Successor Nadesico

|Akito Tenkawa

|Megazone 23 Part 3

|Bud

|Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn

|Dylan McGuinness

|Neon Genesis Evangelion series

|Shinji Ikari

|ADV Films dub

|Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan series

|Karasu Tengu

|Orphen

|Majic Lin

|Panyo Panyo Di Gi Charat

|Actor boy

|Plastic Little

|Nichol Hawking

|Pretear

|Goh

|Puni Puni Poemy

|Ball person 3

|Rebuild of Evangelion

||Shinji Ikari

|Saiyuki

|Shien, Demon 6

|Sailor Moon: Sailor Stars

|Jun Godai, Sailor Sommelier (Ep. 184)

|Sorcerous Stabber Orphen

|Majic

|Spriggan

|Little Boy

|Steel Angel Kurumi

|Manager, scientist, ticket taker, Tow-Tone

|Suikoden Demon Century

|Takatoru Sage

|Super Atragon

|Mikoshiba

|Vampire Knight series

|Takuma Ichijo

|Zetman

|Purse Snatcher (Ep. 3), Kai Isono/Crab EVOL (Ep. 4)

Animation

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!Title!!Role

|Get Blake!

|Mitch de la Cuz

|Peter Rabbit

|Shrew

|Space Dogs

|Venya

|The Grossery Gang

|Rocky (second voice), Meathead, Stinky

Internet appearances

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!Title!!Role

|Nostalgia Critic

|Himself

Film

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|NiNoKuni

|Toru Shinozaki

|Stand by Me Doraemon

| rowspan="2" |Hidetoshi Dekisugi

|Stand by Me Doraemon 2

Video games

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!Title!!Role

!Source

|Akiba's Trip: Undead & Undressed

|Protagonist (Nanashi)

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|Ace Combat Infinity

|Additional voices

|Armored Core: Verdict Day

|Various Pilots, AI

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|Ar Tonelico: Melody of Elemia

| rowspan="2" |Jack Hamilton

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|Detective Pikachu

|Additional voices

|Dynasty Warriors 7

| rowspan="2" |Guan Suo

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|Operation Darkness

|Sushi Striker: The Way of Sushido

|General Ausprey

|Yggdra Union

|Milanor