Benjamin Isaac Diskin (born August 25, 1982) is an American voice actor. Active since the age of 12, Diskin's characters include Eugene in Hey Arnold!note , Numbuhs 1 and 2 in Codename: Kids Next Door, Eddie Brock/Venom in The Spectacular Spider-Man, and Baby Gonzo in the 2018 revival of Muppet Babies.
Diskin has played Arashi Fuuma and Sai in Naruto, young Joseph Joestar in the English dub of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Battle Tendency, and Kai in the English dub of Blood+. He has also been assigned to the role of Mad Scientist Szayel Apporo Granz in Bleach, Young Xehanort in Kingdom Hearts, Stitch in the Stitch! anime and Stitch & Ai, and Mega Man in Mega Man 11. He has also had live-action roles dating all the way back to The Wonder Years as young Paul Pfeiffer and Kindergarten Cop to more recent roles like Legends of Tomorrow's Beebo, the God of War, among others.
Has a Twitter account
and a Soundcloud.
Next you'll say "These are Ben Diskin's notable roles!"note
Anime
- Accel World: Ash Roller
- Aggretsuko: Haida
- B: The Beginning: Kamui
- Beastars: Jack
- Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard King: Jester Garandros
- Blade Runner: Black Lotus: Hayden Hooper
- Bleach: Abirama Redder, Bigmouth (Ep. 208), Rudobone (Ep. 195), Szayel Aporro Granz, Narunosuke (Ep. 262), additional voices. He also played Shuren in Bleach: Hell Verse.
- Blood Lad: Wolf
- Blood+: Kai Miyagasuku, Kaito, Additional Voices (his first anime role)
- Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga: Kinzou Shima
- BNA: Brand New Animal: Shirou Oogami
- Bungo Stray Dogs: Michizou Tachihara
- Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba: Temple Demon
- Digimon Adventure: (2020): Agumon
- Digimon Fusion: Shoutmon and Cutemon
- Cyborg 009: Call of Justice: Cyborg 007 / Great Britain
- ERASED: Satoru Fujinuma
- Hunter × Hunter (2011 version): Knuckle Bine
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Joseph Joestar (Battle Tendency)
- K and K: Missing Kings: Misaki Yata
- Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress: Takumi
- Katsugeki/Touken Ranbu: Mutsunokami Yoshiyuki
- Kekkaishi: Mukade
- Kill la Kill: Kaneo Takarada and Takaharu Fukuroda.
- Kuroko's Basketball: Daiki Aomine
- Lagrange: The Flower of Rin-ne: Izo
- Marvel Anime: Iron Man: Ichiro Masuda
- Marvel Anime: X-Men: Mutant Boy
- Mashle: Magic and Muscles: Dot Barrett
- My Hero Academia: Tomoyasu Chikazoku/Skeptic
- Naruto: Arashi Fuma, Sai
- Neon Genesis Evangelion (Netflix redub): Kensuke Aida
- Pacific Rim: The Black: Boy
- Pokémon Generations: Lance
- Rokka: Braves of the Six Flowers: Hans Humpty
- Sailor Moon (Viz Media uncut dub) and Sailor Moon Crystal: Gurio Umino
- Sailor Moon R: The Movie: Fiore
- The Seven Deadly Sins: Ban
- Stitch!: Stitch, Takeo, Himamushi, Experiment 627
- Sword Art Online: Death Gun
- Tenkai Knights: Toxsa Dalton/Valorn
- Tiger & Bunny: Edward, Additional Voices
- Twin Star Exorcists: Kamui
Asian animation (non-anime)
- Stitch & Ai: Stitch
Film
- Baby Boom: Ben
- Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV: Pelna Khara
- Top Cat: The Movie: Spook
Video games
- 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim: Kyuta Shiba and Fluffy
- BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle: Merkava
- Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night: Johannes the Alchemist
- Blue Dragon: Trials of the Seven Shadows: Hildegard (male voice)
- Call Of Duty 3: Pvt. Leroy Huxley
- Devil Survivor 2: Daichi Shijima
- The Elder Scrolls Online: The Augur of the Obscure
- Fire Emblem Fates: Jakob, Hayato, Saizo
- Fire Emblem Heroes: Matthew, Jakob, Saizo
- Fire Emblem: Three Houses: Caspar von Bergliez, Lorenz Hellman Gloucester
- Friday the 13th: The Game: Chad Kensington and Eric "J.R." LaChappa
- Halo 4: Jared Miller
- Indivisible: Dhar
- Kingdom Hearts: Young Xehanort
- Lord of Magna: Maiden Heaven: Gewalt
- Lost Dimension: Agito Yuuki
- Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite: Nova
- Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2: Spider-Man
- Mega Man 11: Mega Man
- Mr. Love: Queen's Choice : Victor (2018-2021)
- Puyo Puyo Tetris: Sig and Lemres
- Rune Factory 4: Kiel
- Soulcalibur VI: Inferno
- Tales of Berseria: Rokurou Rangetsu
- Tony Hawk's Proving Ground: The Protagonist
- Trails Series: Jusis Albarea
- Undead Darlings: Buck Wampum
- Tony Hawk's Underground: Eric Sparrow
- Xenoblade Chronicles X: The "Joker" voice for male player characters
Western animation
- Avatar: The Last Airbender: Hahn
- The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle (2018): Boris Badenov
- Ben 10: Alien Force: Sir Morton
- Bugs Bunny Builders: Tibs Squirrel
- Codename: Kids Next Door: Nigel Uno/Numbuh 1, Hoagie P. Gilligan Jr./Numbuh 2, Delightful Children from Down the Lane
- Danger & Eggs: Tappy
- He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (2021): Prince Keldor/Skeletor
- Hey Arnold!: Eugene Horowitznote
- Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H.: Skaar
- MAD: Frank Barnes, Big Bird
- Marvel's Spider-Man: Spencer Smythe, Flash Thompson
- Miraculous Ladybug: Nino and Max (seasons 1-3), XY, Nooroo
- Muppet Babies (2018) - Gonzo, Rizzo
- Problem Child: Junior Healy
- Squirrel Boy: Eddie J. Squirrel
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Guard, Morley, Krismo Sodi, Otua Blank, WAC-47, AZI-3
- The Spectacular Spider-Man: Eddie Brock/Venom
- What's New, Scooby-Doo?: Benji, Travis, Zombie Kid #1
- Young Justice (2010): Harm/William Hayes, Cullen Row, Ma'alefa'ak/M'comm M'orzz, Orion
- Zevo-3: Bug
And after that, "These are tropes associated with Ben Diskin!" Right?note
- Acting for Two: His impressive range means he's capable of having multiple roles in a single production if need be. For example Numbahs 1 and 2 in Codename: Kids Next Door, Jakob, Saizo and Hayato in Fire Emblem Fates, and Lorenz and Caspar in Fire Emblem: Three Houses.
- Acting in the Dark: Diskin was given no context for his lines as Young Xehanort in Kingdom Hearts 3D [Dream Drop Distance], in order to match the character's lack of personal stake in the plot.
- Actor-Shared Background: Coincidentally, he shares his birthday with Lemres, August 25th.
- Brain Bleach: After receiving so much appreciation from the Furry Fandom for voicing Haida, he decided to educate himself after learning what "vore" was...and other darker stuff. Big mistake. He gave up and decided to go the full mile.
- Casting Gag: Marvel's Spider-Man isn't the first time he voiced a character that became Venom.
- Fake Brit: As Numbah One, Joseph Joestar, Nigel Beaverhausen, and Jakob.
- Hot-Blooded: Tends to be cast in these kinds of roles.
- Large Ham: Some of his more notable roles like Numbah 1, Ash Roller and Joseph Joestar.
- Man of a Thousand Voices: Has a very wide range of voices going from Numbah 2, Sai, and Kai, not to mention Skaar, Venom, Young Xehanort and Harm. This is highlighted further in Digimon Fusion where he voices Shoutmon and Cutemon, he uses his normal vocal range for the former and a higher pitched and effeminate voice for the latter. He's also one of the few male voice actors whose voice is high-pitched enough to voice young boys such as Kiel. He also voiced Stitch, a character with a very nasal voice who is normally voiced by his own creator, making Diskin the only other English speaker so far to voice that character.note
- Pigeonholed Voice Actor: Two fortes. He's often typecast into either heroic Hot-Blooded hammy characters that are sometimes hot-headed (or if they are villains, Ax-Crazy psychopaths), or as a nerdy/geeky cute young boy. The former is more seen with his teenage or adult characters (i.e. Misaki Yata and Ash Roller); and the later usually in pre-teen or younger characters (i.e. Numbah 2 and Kiel. Misaki can be this, too.). However, he is capable of Playing Against Type when necessary.
- Playing Against Type:
- Sai from Naruto, who happens to be The Stoic and one of the most level-headed characters in the series.
- And of course, there's also Saizo from Fire Emblem Fates, who speaks in a deeper voice than what we normally associate with Ben's characters.
- There's also Jusis, a no-nonsense nobleman's son with a cold disposition.
- Eric Sparrow, a fame-seeking Jerkass with a whiny voice.
- Promoted Fanboy:
- He was a big fan of Digimon before getting to play Shoutmon and Cutemon in Digimon Fusion.
- He has admitted to being a fan of Kingdom Hearts before becoming a voice actor later on in the series.
- He's a massive fan of the works for Team Four Star too. So much, he got to be featured in a discussion on Aggretsuko through the Talkcast Podshow.
- Real Men Wear Pink: His opinion on Cutemon's "manliness" according to this tweet.
- Token Mini-Moe: He's one of the few voice actors whose voice can go high pitched enough to voice these kinds of characters. Case in point, Kiel.
- Vocal Evolution: His later roles involve him using a deeper voice for many of his characters in comparison to his earlier roles. This is entirely understandable considering he started as a child.
- According to my book, tropers love silly information pages like this. Nnniiiice!!
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