History Creator / JMichaelTatum

* Great Red Siberian from ''Anime/SleepyPrincessInTheDemonCastle''

* EndearinglyDorky: In real life. However, he tends not to play these characters very often in fiction because of the lower register of his voice.

* GentleGiant: At 6'3ft and a 1/2, Mr Tatum is possibly one of the nicest people in the voice acting industry and he's super jolly, sweet, and incredibly friendly to his fans.

* {{Adorkable}}: Just listen to him in any episode commentary (but [[https://streamable.com/4sd3zz especially]] ''VisualNovel/SteinsGateZero'') and hear him almost begin hyperventilating about how happy and excited he is whenever he receives fan-made mementos that relate to his roles.

Is known to be [[JustForFun/OneOfUs a huge nerd]] who is particularly enamored with classy things like Literature with a capital L. Namely, really thick books and Creator/WilliamShakespeare. He once read ''Beowulf'' in Old English. This works to his advantage whenever they need a script writer for a show with tons of intellectual content or sophisticated grammar (''Manga/HeroTales'', ''Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub'', ''VisualNovel/SteinsGate''). However, he is also a fan of many other considerably more intellectual things, such as ''Series/DoctorWho''. He is the only dub cast member of ''WebComic/AxisPowersHetalia'' who can actually speak the native tongue of his assigned character authentically; France (aside from America and England, of course).

* France (Francis Bonnefoy) in ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia''

* Zarbon in ''Anime/DragonBallKai''

* Tenya Iida in ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia''

* IResembleThatRemark: During his work on ''My Hero Academia'', fans and cast members have pointed out that Tatum shares similar character tics and traits with Iida (the most prominent one being gesticulating with his hands when emphasizing points he wants to get across).

* {{Adorkable}}: In real life. However, he tends not to play these characters very often in fiction because of the lower register of his voice.

* Aresene Lupin in ''VisualNovel/CodeRealize''

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John Michael Tatum (born May 25, 1976 in McKinney, Texas) is one of the most notable American voice actors and ADR directors working for Creator/FUNimation. Notably breaking out with Kyoya of ''Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub'', his roles seem to have an academic, calm, cool, and collected theme...though that can [[NotSoStoic break]] every once in a while. He was also one of the co-hosts of ''Podcast/ThatAnimeShow'' with Terri Doty.

John Michael Tatum (born May 25, 1976) is one of the most notable American voice actors and ADR directors working for Creator/FUNimation. Notably breaking out with Kyoya of ''Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub'', his roles seem to have an academic, calm, cool, and collected theme...though that can [[NotSoStoic break]] every once in a while. He was also one of the co-hosts of ''Podcast/ThatAnimeShow'' with Terri Doty.

* LargeHam: Eneru, William, Isaac, France, Okabe, and to some extent, Komui.

J. Michael Tatum (May 25, 1976) is one of the most notable American voice actors and ADR directors working for Creator/FUNimation. Notably breaking out with Kyoya of ''Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub'', his roles seem to have an academic, calm, cool, and collected theme...though that can [[NotSoStoic break]] every once in a while. He was also one of the co-hosts of ''Podcast/ThatAnimeShow'' with Terri Doty.