Blas García Alcántara (born on May 26, 1942) is a veteran Mexican voice actor and radio announcer, with more than 50 years of experience in voice acting. Possibly the quintessential voice for badass grandpas, he's also the semi-official voice of Tommy Lee Jones, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone in Latin America.
García started voice acting in 1966, getting his first leading role as Jean Valjean in a 1952 film version of Les Misérables (dubbed in 1968). However, despite being quite prolific, he wouldn't get much recognition until the 80's and 90's, voicing such iconic characters as the titular character in Cobra, Agent K in Men in Black, and Hannibal Lecter in Silence of the Lambs. His characters are usually charismatic and elegant but threatening villains, or old, wise, and badass authority figures/mentors.
Due to the similarity of their voices, he and fellow voice actor Víctor Hugo Aguilar have filled in for one another in many roles.
His nephew Leonardo García is also a voice actor in his own right.
Notable Roles
Anime roles
- Baki the Grappler: Kaioh Ryu
- Bleach: Sajin Komamura
- Dragon Ball Super: Rumoosh
- High Score Girl: M.Bison
- Hunter × Hunter: Narrator (2011 series)
- Kengan Ashura: Yoshinari Karo
- Moonlight Mask (anime series): Juro Iwai/Moonlight Mask (first voice)
- Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea: Phantom
- Shuten Doji: Watanabe no Tsuda
- Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie: M.Bison (Mexican dubs)
- Sukeban Deka: Narrator
Film:
As the VA for Sylvester Stallone:
- Cobra: Marion "Cobra" Cobretti
- Cop Land: Freddy Heflin
- Demolition Man: John Spartan
- The Expendables: Barney Ross
- Grudge Match: Henry "Razor" Sharp
- Rambo: John Rambo (From Rambo III onwards)
- Rocky: Rocky Balboa (From Rocky Balboa onwards)
- The 6th Day: Adam Gibson
- Batman & Robin: Mr. Freeze
- Collateral Damage: Gordon Brewer
- The Expendables: Trench (Redub)
- Hercules in New York: Hercules
- Jingle All the Way: Howard Langston
- Kindergarten Cop: Detective John Kimble (original dub)
- Terminator: T-800 (From Rise of The Machines onwards)
- Total Recall (1990): Douglas Quaid
As the VA for Tommy Lee Jones:
- Captain America: The First Avenger: Colonel Chester Phillips
- The Fugitive: Marshall Samuel Gerard
- Men in Black: Agent K
- No Country for Old Men: Ed Tom Bell
Other roles:
- Ben-Hur (1959): Judah Ben-Hur (Charlton Heston, second dub)
- Dirty Harry: "Dirty Harry" Callahan (Clint Eastwood)
- El Dorado: Sheriff J. P. Harrah (Robert Mitchum)
- The Godfather: Captain McCluskey (Sterling Hayden, redub)
- The Great Escape: Virgil Hilts (Steve McQueen (actor))
- The Green Mile: John Coffey (Michael Clarke Duncan)
- Harry Potter: Lord Voldemort (Ian Hart, Philosopher's Stone only); Rubeus Hagrid (Robbie Coltrane, from Goblet of Fire onwards)
- The Hateful Eight: Major Marquiss Warren (Samuel L. Jackson, first dub)
- The Hobbit: Saruman the White (Christopher Lee)
- Hook: Captain Hook (Dustin Hoffman)
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: Henry Jones, Sr. (Sean Connery)
- Jesus (1979): Narrator
- Jumanji: Sam Parrish and Van Pelt (Jonathan Hyde, original dub)
- Lord of the Rings: Saruman the White (Christopher Lee)
- Marvel Cinematic Universe: Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) (From Avengers: Age of Ultron onwards)
- The Mask of Zorro: Diego De la Vega (Anthony Hopkins)
- Noah: Samyaza (Nick Nolte)
- Rocky II: Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers, original dub)
- Scary Movie 3 and 4: President Harris (Leslie Nielsen)
- Silence of the Lambs: Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins)
- Space Jam: Michael Jordan
- Spider-Man: Ben Parker (Cliff Robertson)
- Star Wars:
- Return of the Jedi: Darth Vader (Only for one scene, see Looping Lines below) (James Earl Jones)
- The Force Awakens: Han Solo (Harrison Ford)
- The Rise of Skywalker: Han Solo, Mace Windu (Samuel L. Jackson)
- Street Fighter: M. Bison (Raúl Juliá)
- Superman: The Movie: General Zod (Terence Stamp)
- Transformers Film Series: Optimus Prime (Peter Cullen)
- The Ten Commandments: Moses (Charlton Heston, first dub), Rameses (Yul Brynner, second dub)
- The Untouchables (1987): Al Capone (Robert De Niro)
Live-Action TV
- FUBAR: Luke Brunner (Arnold Schwarzenegger)
- Gotham: Carmine Falcone (John Doman)
- Highway to Heaven: Jonathan (Michael Landon)
- Roots (1977): adult Kunta Kinte (John Amos)
Western Animation:
- 9: The Scientist (redub)
- The Black Cauldron: The Horned King
- Cars: Sven the Governator (first movie), Finn McMissile (second movie)
- Donkey Kong Country: King K. Rool (with Víctor Hugo Aguilar doing his singing voice)
- Futurama: Nibbler, Calculon
- Flying Rhino Junior High: Principal Mulligan
- I Am Weasel: I. M. Weasel (first voice, replaced by Víctor Hugo Aguilar)
- Kung Fu Panda Franchise: Tai Lung
- Lightyear: Zurg
- Megamind: Warden
- Men in Black: The Series: Agent K
- Rango: The Spirit Of The West
- The Simpsons Movie: President Schwarzenegger
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Mace Windu
- Star Wars: Rebels: Spark of Rebellion: Darth Vader
- Street Sharks: Dr. Luther "Piranoid" Paradigm
- Transformers: Optimus Prime
- Transformers: Rescue Bots
- Transformers: Prime
- Transformers: Cyberverse (From Season 2 onwards)
- Winnie the Pooh: Eeyore (Since 1997)
Blas García and his work provide examples of:
- Evil Sounds Deep: When he's playing villains, such as Tai Lung or Al Capone.
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Fan Nickname: Some fans call him "El Capi" (which would translate as "The Cap(tain)" in English), due to his role as the titular character from Captain Fathom. - Large Ham: Since he has voiced the likes of Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Samuel L. Jackson, this is a given.
- Looping Lines: In Return of the Jedi. Since Federico Romano, who voiced Darth Vader in the 1997 dub of the Original Trilogy, had passed away, he provided Vader's infamous Big "NO!" in the Blu-Ray edition.
- You Sound Familiar:
- There were two Mexican dubs of The Ten Commandments. He voiced Moses in the first dub and Rameses in the second.
- He also voiced Apollo Creed in the original dub of Rocky II before voicing the title character himself in Rocky Balboa.
