Paul Dobson (born December 7, 1963 in London, England), of the brothers Dobson (himself, Michael, and Brian), is an accomplished Canadian voice actor, one of the many who work with The Ocean Group and other studios based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Paul is frequently cast as a brilliantly cunning, evil villain, or a thuggish strong guy. He also plays cartoony characters that provide some sense of comic relief, usually a minion of some kind of relatively small size like Myoga on Inuyasha, or a perverted midget like Happosai of Ranma ½, or mentor-type characters, such as Alastor of Shakugan no Shana and Sensei Wu of Ninjago.
Arguably, Paul's most notable role as a villainous character would be Naraku from Inuyasha, with the manipulative Sideways from Transformers: Armada and the vicious dark-hunter Nidhiki from BIONICLE 2: Legends of Metru Nui as close seconds. As the tough guy, he is recognized as the elder Enzo Matrix from ReBoot, and the unstoppable Juggernaut (Bitch) from X-Men: Evolution. His prominent comedic roles are Myoga from Inuyasha, and Howdy from Hamtaro, as well as Happosai from Ranma ½. He commonly acts alongside his brothers, such as during the hit Bionicle movies B2 and B3, in which he also played Toa Whenua (a strong-guy character) (and the above mentioned Nidhiki's partner Krekka is voiced by Michael Dobson), as well as during Ranma ½ and Inuyasha. He played Doctor Doom in Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes as well as in Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (where he also voices Shuma-Gorath). He's also known for voicing Graham Aker in Mobile Suit Gundam 00 and Zarbon in the Ocean dub of Dragon Ball Z. He voiced the main villain Moo in the overlooked anime, Monster Rancher, secondary antagonist Chiros in Kong: The Animated Series, and the E.O. Captain who serves as antagonist of the first two episodes of Black Lagoon. He has played a number of roles in Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War: most notably, he is the primary voice actor of Captain Gabriel Angelos, and provided the first voice of Eliphas the Inheritor, as well as the voices of General Sturnn and Chaos Space Marines.
Roles by Paul Dobson:
- Aero-Bot and Beast-Bot in Transformers: Go-Bots
- Alastor in Season 1 of Shakugan no Shana (replaced by Kent Williams).
- Anubis in Ronin Warriors ("QUAKE WITH FEEEEAR!!").
- Ape in George of the Jungle (2007)
- The Avatar and Colonel Toros in Ōban Star-Racers
- Benkei in Kurozuka
- Billy Kane, Wolfgang Krauser, and Hauer in Fatal Fury anime specials and the movie.
- Chiros in Kong: The Animated Series
- Commander Ironhead in My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
- Additional voices in My Little Pony: The Movie (2017)
- Crazy Stunts (aka Micky Flannigan), Replicon, and Chronozoid in Skysurfer Strike Force
- Demitri Maximoff and Demitri's Servant in Night Warriors: Darkstalker's Revenge
- Doctor Doom in Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes and Marvel vs. Capcom 3
- Mole Man in Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes
- Shuma-Gorath in Marvel vs. Capcom 3
- Dr. Marronflower in Dokkoida?!
- Dr. Wily and MagicMan in MegaMan NT Warrior
- Gilbert/Gigi the Great in Powerpuff Girls Z (Playing Against Type as an extremely effeminate hairdresser...).
- D-Structs in Dinotrux
- Enzo Matrix in ReBoot
- E.O. Captain and Elvis in Black Lagoon
- Folken Lacour de Fanel in The Vision of Escaflowne (Ocean/Bandai dub)
- Gabriel Angelos and Chaos Space Marines in Dawn of War (the first game, Chaos Rising and Retribution).
- General Sturnn in Winter Assault
- Chaos Lord Eliphas the Inheritor in Dark Crusade
- Graham Aker in Mobile Suit Gundam 00
- Also in the movie A Wakening of the Trailblazer and the third Dynasty Warriors: Gundam video game.
- Graveheart in Shadow Raiders
- Happosai in Ranma ½ ("What a haul, what a haul!").
- Heiji Kozenigata in Gintama
- Howdy in Hamtaro
- Hugo in Barbie Dolphin Magic
- Jabberwock in Project ARMS
- Juggernaut in X-Men: Evolution ("I'M RAAAAW POWAAAARH!!!")
- Ki-Adi-Mundi in LEGO Star Wars: The Yoda Chronicles
- Lucifer in Superbook (2011)
- Marvel Animation:
- Hogun in Hulk Vs. and Thor: Tales of Asgard
- Beta Ray Bill in Planet Hulk
- Midgel in 3-2-1 Penguins! (TV version)
- Moo in Monster Rancher
- Naraku, Myoga and Ginta in Inuyasha
- Nidhiki and Whenua in BIONICLE 2: Legends of Netru Nui
- Whenua and Sidorak in Bionicle 3: Web of Shadows
- The Police Robots in Chappie
- Ralph Bombers in Silent Möbius
- Richard Vincent in The SoulTaker
- Sensei Wu and various others in Ninjago
- Sgt. Dwight Boykin in Dead Rising 2
- Shion in Please Save My Earth
- Shishimai in Dragalia Lost
- Tankor and Obsidian in Beast Machines
- Transformers Unicron Trilogy:
- Sideways and Unicron in Transformers: Armada
- Rodimus in Transformers: Energon
- Overhaul and Landmine in Transformers: Cybertron
- Tri-Klops, Trap Jaw, Man-E-Faces, and Snake Face in He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (2002)
- Vearn the Dark King, Rook Block, and the King of Bengarna in Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai
- Yule and the Evil Corruptors in Mune: Guardian of the Moon (both English dubs)
- Zarbon in Dragon Ball Z (Ocean dub)
- Also Dodoria, Dr. Brief (before Scott McNeil) and Korin (before Ted Cole).
- Various characters on Aaagh! It's the Mr. Hell Show! and the 2011 remake of Superbook
- A number of TEC ships in Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion
- An Unspecified Role Credit in Welcome to Tonka Town
