- Who is Darin De Paul? Just a man of no consequences~
Darin De Paul (born November 7, 1963) is a voice actor from New York, mostly known for his work in video games. After a handful of roles in games such as Sky Landers and Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, he got quite a bit of attention for his memorable performances as Emperor Valkorion in Star Wars: The Old Republic and Samuel Hayden in Doom (2016). However, it was his role as Reinhardt in Overwatch that truly shot him to fame and made him a household name for videogame fans. And before you ask - yes, he has indeed darrined people on occasion.
He is mostly known for playing men with deep voices - sometimes smooth, sometimes growling, or perhaps even evil, if you can believe it.
Notable Roles
- Ah Puch (Galactic Invader Ah Puch skin) in Smite
- Anub'arak, Baron Geddon, Grim Patron, and Rend Blackhand in Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft
- Anub'arak in Heroes of the Storm
- Ardyn Izunia in Final Fantasy XV, Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV, and Dissidia Final Fantasy (2015)
- Dr. Babylon in Agents of Mayhem
- Benjamin Hancock in Death Stranding
- Bog in Amphibia
- Boris, Roscoe, Cyprin, Bubba, Gildas, Ragnar, and Zane in Spyro Reignited Trilogy
- Chip and Rover on The Stinky & Dirty Show
- Duma in Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia (credited as Grebory Zardon)
- Emperor Calus in Destiny 2
- Emperor Valkorion in Star Wars: The Old Republic
- Escharum and the Grand Edict in Halo Infinite
- Gallywix, Jergosh, Shadowlord Slaghammer, Grand Artificer Romuul, and N'Zoth in World of Warcraft
- Ghost Rider, Chthon and Venom in Midnight Suns
- Gill Grunt in Skylanders
- Good Ol Joe on Big City Greens
- Great Shinobi Owl in the English dub of Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
- The Hulk in Marvel's Avengers
- J. Jonah Jameson in Spider-Man (PS4) and Spider-Man: Miles Morales
- Kerrion Stonefell in The Legend of Vox Machina
- Mamoru Takabe in Yakuza: Like a Dragon
- Melchior Mayvin in Tales of Berseria
- Moldwarp in Cannon Busters
- Quan Chi in Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge
- Reed Tobson in The Outer Worlds
- Reinhardt in Overwatch
- Revenant in Apex Legends
- Dr. Samuel Hayden in Doom (2016) and Doom Eternal
- Scarlet Panther on The Adventures of Puss in Boots
- Shelby Demeter in Wylde Flowers
- Sinestro on Justice League Action
- Starro and Lex Luthor in Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons
- Terminal α and Terminal β in NieR: Automata
- The Warlock in the XCOM 2 expansion, War of the Chosen
- Truman Zanotto in Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin and Psychonauts 2
- Yuri on We Bare Bears
- Zeron Alpha in 3Below
Tropes associated with Darin De Paul's voice work
- Evil Sounds Deep: Especially as Valkorion.
- Guttural Growler: As Reinhardt and Samuel Hayden.
- Large Ham: Most of his roles are generally fairly subdued, but Reinhardt proves that when he gets going, he can ham it up like no one else.
- Playing Against Type:
- As Ardyn Izunia; he's admitted that he's not accustomed to voicing such a suave, dramatic villain.
- While Reinhardt is definitely a Boisterous Bruiser, his unironic Knight in Shining Armor tendencies are a sharp contrast to the villains and brutes he often voices.
