Michael Richard Dobson (born August 12, 1966 in London, England) is one of the three Dobson brothers (himself, Brian, and Paul), all of whom have made themselves known prominently in the voice acting community. He currently resides in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, where he works with The Ocean Group and other studios out there. Dobson tends to be cast into the role of well-rounded, emotionally-driven characters. His Californian counterpart is Matthew Mercer and his Texan counterparts are Andrew Love and Jason Douglas.
Notable roles by Michael Dobson:
- Barbie movies:
- The wedding officiant in Barbie: A Fairy Secret
- Quill and Amethyst in Barbie Fairytopia
- Erasmus in Barbie of Swan Lake
- BIONICLE movies:
- Hewkii and Kopaka Nuva in Mask of Light
- Likhan and Krekka in Legends of Metru-Nui
- Transformers:
- Starscream in Transformers: Armada, Transformers: Energon and Transformers: Cybertron
- Signal Flare in Energon
- Brakedown and Colonel. Franklin in Cybertron
- Lord Crull in Dawn of War
- Armonia Justin Beyondormason in Death Note and Gender Flipped Rem in Death Note: The Last Name
- Mica and Captain Blaze in Shadow Raiders
- Deathspank in DeathSpank
- Nail, Nappa, Supreme Kai, and Spopovich in the Ocean Group dub of Dragon Ball Z
- Cobra Commander in G.I. Joe Spy Troops and Valor vs. Venom Also voiced Sgt. Savage in G.I. Joe Extreme
- AJ Dalton, Zemerik, and Kytren in Hot Wheels: Battle Force 5
- Kazuki Fuse in Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade
- Leonardo and Monkey Thief Mick (a rare on-camera role) in Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation
- MagnetMan in MegaMan NT Warrior (2002)
- Sergei Smirnov in Mobile Suit Gundam 00
- Colonel Bundt, Duke Dermail, Dekim Barton and Vice-Foreign Minister Darlian in Mobile Suit Gundam Wing
- Dr. Caballeron and Bulk Biceps in My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
- Bishamon in Night Warriors: Darkstalker's Revenge
- Pythor in Ninjago
- Rick Thunderbolt in Ōban Star-Racers
- Mojo Jojo in Powerpuff Girls Z (mimicking Roger L. Jackson from the original), also voices Daddy Mackerel.
- White Knight in Project ARMS
- Dantalion in Shakugan no Shana
- Blob/Fred Dukes in X-Men: Evolution
- Xolal (Both English dubs) and Leeyoon (2014 English dub only) in Mune: Guardian of the Moon
- Haxile in Zoids: Wild
- Ghengis Fangus and Billy "B.S." Swift in Super Duper Sumos
- The Perfect Dad and others in The Willoughbys
- Makino and Forge Ferrus in Max Steel (2013)
- Lucas Amato and Fixed Ideas in Cybersix
