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| 3 | John "Beau" Billingslea (born [[http://www.meridenhalloffame.org/Inductees/Year.asp?InductionYear=1987 1944]] in Charleston, South Carolina) is an American actor and voice actor. He is best known as the voice of Jet Black from the popular anime Anime/CowboyBebop. In addition to voice acting, Billingslea has appeared in many popular TV series as a prolific guest actor. Before he got into acting, he played football at the University of Connecticut. |
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| 5 | Much like Creator/JamesEarlJones and Creator/KeithDavid, his natural, deep pipes often [[PigeonholedVoiceActor cast him]] as {{Scary Black M|an}}en and narrators. That being said, his roles aren't limited to black people and is capable of voicing badasses in general. |
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| 7 | He primarily focuses on on-screen acting in recent years, usually in recurring or guest-starring roles, but occasionally does some union voice work in anime with Creator/{{Studiopolis}} and Creator/BangZoomEntertainment. |
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| 9 | !!Notable roles by Beau Billingslea: |
| 10 | !!!Anime |
| 11 | * ''Anime/ArgentoSoma'': Michael Heartland |
| 12 | * ''Anime/CowboyBebop'': [[StarMakingRole Jet Black]] |
| 13 | * ''Manga/Cyborg009'': G. Junior/Cyborg 005 |
| 14 | * ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'': Ogremon |
| 15 | * ''Anime/DigimonTamers'': Musyomon |
| 16 | * ''Anime/DigimonDataSquad'': Leopardmon |
| 17 | * ''Anime/DinoZaurs'': Dino Mammoth |
| 18 | * ''Literature/{{Durarara}}'': Dogen Awakusu and Lingerin Douglanikov |
| 19 | * ''Anime/ExpelledFromParadise'': Official A |
| 20 | * ''Anime/FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren'': Barret Wallace |
| 21 | * ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'': Jackal |
| 22 | * ''Anime/{{Gankutsuou}}'': Giovanni Bertuccio |
| 23 | * ''Anime/GodzillaSingularPoint'': Numerous characters |
| 24 | * ''VideoGame/{{Gungrave}}'': Bear Walken |
| 25 | * ''Manga/HunterXHunter'' (2011 series): Light Nostrade |
| 26 | * ''Anime/{{Iczer}}'': Narrator |
| 27 | * ''Anime/IGPXImmortalGrandPrix'' (microseries): Yammer |
| 28 | * ''Anime/LastExile'': Godwin (as John Daniels) |
| 29 | * ''Anime/LastHope2018'': Cain Ibrahim Hassan |
| 30 | * ''Anime/TheLegendOfBlackHeaven'': Oji Tanaka (stage name Gabriel). And the ScaryBlackMan who beats the crap out of [[Creator/SteveBlum Watanabe]] because he incidentally flipped the middle finger on him. |
| 31 | * ''Anime/MacrossPlus'': Col. Millard Johnson (as John Billingslea) |
| 32 | * ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam0080WarInThePocket'': Richard Lunland |
| 33 | * ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam0083StardustMemory'': Colonel Kowen |
| 34 | * ''Manga/{{Monster}}'': Milan Kolasch (Ep. 62) |
| 35 | * ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'': Homura, Raikage |
| 36 | * ''Manga/OutlawStar'': Narrator |
| 37 | * ''Manga/RaveMaster'': Bear/Dearhound |
| 38 | * ''Anime/ReignTheConqueror'': Antigonos |
| 39 | * ''Literature/ReZero'': Rom |
| 40 | * ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'': Senkaku (Ep. 36) (as John Billingslea), & Hiruma Gohei |
| 41 | * ''Manga/{{Saiyuki}} Gunlock'': Gato |
| 42 | * ''Anime/SamuraiChamploo'': Matsunosuke Shibui (Ep. 1) |
| 43 | * ''Anime/StreetFighterIITheAnimatedMovie'': Dee Jay (as John Hammond) |
| 44 | * ''Anime/TigerAndBunny'': Ben Jackson |
| 45 | * ''Anime/WolfsRain'': Sea Walrus (Ep. 22) |
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| 47 | !!!Film |
| 48 | * ''Film/TheBlob1988'': Moss Woodley |
| 49 | * ''Film/HalloweenH20TwentyYearsLater'': Detective |
| 50 | * ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness'': Captain Abbot |
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| 52 | !!!Live-Action TV |
| 53 | * ''Series/FranklinAndBash'': Judge James Douglas |
| 54 | * ''Series/GeneralHospital'': Judge Cole |
| 55 | * ''Series/HannahMontana: The Movie'': Mayor |
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| 57 | !!!Video Games |
| 58 | * ''VideoGame/AceCombat5TheUnsungWar'': Marcus Snow (uncredited) |
| 59 | * ''VideoGame/AceCombatZeroTheBelkanWar'': Anthony'"Bedivere"'Palmer (uncredited) |
| 60 | * ''VideoGame/AceCombat7SkiesUnknown'': Colonel Johnson |
| 61 | * ''VideoGame/ApeEscape: Pumped & Primed'': Grid Core (uncredited) |
| 62 | * ''VideoGame/AtelierIrisEternalMana'': Delsus's father (uncredited) |
| 63 | * ''VideoGame/{{Bionicle}}: The Game'': Toa Onua Nuva |
| 64 | * ''VideoGame/{{Breakdown}}'': Nexus |
| 65 | * ''Death By Degrees'': Lukas Hayes (uncredited) |
| 66 | * ''VideoGame/DirgeOfCerberus: VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'': Barret Wallace |
| 67 | * ''Dynasty Tactics 2'': Guan Yu, Dian Wei (uncredited) |
| 68 | * ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'' (''4'' to ''7''): Cao Ren, Dian Wei (uncredited) |
| 69 | * ''VideoGame/FrontMission4'': Carl Thammond, Hermes Sturges (uncredited) |
| 70 | * ''VideoGame/HorizonForbiddenWest'': Emboh, Garokkah |
| 71 | * ''VideoGame/InheritTheEarth'': Okk |
| 72 | * ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'': Bo'sun (Undead Pirate A) |
| 73 | * ''VideoGame/NeoContra'': Genbei "Jaguar" Yagyu |
| 74 | * ''VideoGame/{{Outlaws}}'': "Buckshot" Bill Morgan |
| 75 | * ''VideoGame/QuestForGloryV'': Dragon Fire: Rakeesh Sah Tarna (credited as "Bo Billingsley") |
| 76 | * ''VideoGame/RadiataStories'': Gerald (uncredited) |
| 77 | * ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilOutbreak File #2'': Mark Wilkins, Jim Chapman |
| 78 | * ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors'': Kenshin Uesugi (uncredited) |
| 79 | * ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors: Xtreme Legends'': Kenshin Uesugi (uncredited) |
| 80 | * ''VideoGame/StarOceanTillTheEndOfTime'': Adray Lasbard, Berial (uncredited) |
| 81 | * ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'': Leroy Smith |
| 82 | * ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}} Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht'': Representative Helmer |
| 83 | * ''VideoGame/WarriorsOrochi'': Cao Ren, Dian Wei (uncredited) |
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| 85 | !!!Western Animation |
| 86 | * ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'': The Moon |
| 87 | * ''Creator/{{Toonami}}'': The Forge Commander |
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| 89 | !!Tropes relating to Beau Billingslea: |
| 90 | * TheNarrator: He also have a few roles like this as well. |
| 91 | * ScaryBlackMan: Some of his characters, although he isn't limited to black people. |
| 92 | ** Best example is in ''Anime/TheLegendOfBlackHeaven'' that in addition Oji Tanaka, he also voices a ScaryBlackMan who beats the crap out of Watanabe. With ClusterFBomb to go. |
| 93 | ** Watanabe is voiced by Creator/SteveBlum, which makes hilarious context of [[Anime/CowboyBebop Jet beating the crap out of Spike]]. |
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