John Swasey (born October 18, 1964) is an American voice actor who has a great amount of vocal work under his belt. He play several fathers, whether they are aloof yet good, aloof yet kooky, or aloof and really, really bad. He also plays badass characters, such as a sand-wielding pirate with a hook for a hand or a chain-wielding mage with a demon eye.
According to Anime News Network
, he has over 500 credits, making him the most prolific male American voice actor in the business (and 3rd overall just behind Monica Rial and Luci Christian).
His children Olivia and Josh are also voice actors in their own right.
Notable roles from John Swasey:
- All For One in My Hero Academia
- Alligator Master in the Sands of Destruction anime.
- Arthur Gaz in Coffin Princess Chaika
- Bann Burning in Aura Battler Dunbine.
- Bols in Akame ga Kill!.
- Bernhardt Rhodes in Kaze no Stigma.
- Cherry in Urusei Yatsura All-Stars
- Christiano Savonarola in Gunslinger Girl: Il Teatrino.
- Claude in Red Garden.
- Conrad in Glass Fleet.
- Sir Crocodile and Gan Fall in the Funimation dub of One Piece.
- Daiki Niwa in D.N.Angel.
- Dodoria, ZTV Cell Games Reporter, and the Farmer in Dragon Ball Z Kai.
- Dr. Sam Ferringo in Vampire Hunter D
- Duke Sasha Dejenstahl Voban in Campione!
- Edward "Elder" Hamilton in Chrono Crusade.
- El Rey in Nomad of Nowhere.
- Gallus in Reincarnated as a Sword
- Gates in Full Metal Panic!: The Second Raid.
- Geega in Birdy the Mighty: Decode
- Gemini Saga/Pope Ares and Hydra Ichi (ADV), Libra Dohko and Lionet Ban (Sentai/Netflix) in Saint Seiya
- Gendo Ikari in Rebuild of Evangelion and Neon Genesis Evangelion (Director's Cut)
- Genji Kurahashi in Tokyo Ravens
- Genta Ogawara in Jinki:Extend
- Gido in Casshern Sins
- Gin Nohara and Yoshiji Koyama in Crayon Shin-chan
- Gozaburo Seto in My Bride is a Mermaid
- Guildmaster Albatross Sanctos in Peter Grill and the Philosopher's Time
- Hades/Precht Gaebolg in Fairy Tail
- High Dignitarie in Gravion
- Huang in Darker than Black
- Ichise in Kurau Phantom Memory
- Ino Hatsuse in No Game No Life
- Isley in Claymore
- Ivica in Eureka Seven AO
- Professor Kakuzawa in Elfen Lied
- Karl Haushofer in Fullmetal Alchemist: The Conqueror of Shamballa
- Ken Robbins in Kaleido Star
- Kikunojou Tendo in Black Bullet
- Kogoro in Sgt. Frog
- Kouji Ishida in Kaiji: Ultimate Survivor
- Kozo Hoshino in Initial D: Fourth Stage
- Lord Death in Soul Eater
- Makoto Waltz Segai in Guilty Crown
- Masakazu Meguro in Doreiku
- Maximas Drake in Innocent Venus
- Mickey Simon in Area 88
- Motoi Yazaki in Ghost Hound
- Mr. Nakanishi in Super Gals
- Naozumi Saito in Gantz
- Nicholas Schnee in RWBY: Ice Queendom
- Nobunaga Oda in the Sengoku Basara anime
- Ogam in Tears to Tiara
- Police Chief in Monster Musume
- Protein in Legend of the Mystical Ninja
- Ryuga in Legends of the Dark King: A Fist of the North Star Story
- Salvador in Borderlands 2
- Sasante in Utawarerumono
- Secretary General Freeman in Project Blue Earth SOS
- Sergeant Hauser (Homecoming) and Captain (Odd One Out) in Halo Legends
- Shido Kasugi in Blassreiter
- Shigure Aotsuki in Ushio and Tora
- Shougo Rikudoh in RahXephon
- Soichiro Nahashi in Venus Versus Virus
- The Spider in Hell Girl
- Takashi Yamaguchi in Maburaho
- Tajimamori in Mnemosyne
- Tomi in Super Sonico: The Animation
- Tico(Male) in Devil Survivor 2: The Animation
- Undertaker in Black Butler
- Vai Low in Shadow Skill
- Van Hohenheim in Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
- Yasuji Ban in Chaos;Head
- Yuzuru Suoh in Ouran High School Host Club
- Zenon in Saiyuki
