You thought Andrew Chaikin would reprise his role as the English voice of DIO, BUT IT WAS I, PATRICK SEITZ!
HUMPH! Are you done talking yet? Then let the show begin!
Patrick Seitz (born March 17, 1978) has, by his own estimation, worked on over 100 projects since his initial foray into the voiceover industry in 2001 with the Geneon OVA Amazing Nurse Nanako. While probably best known for his involvement with more popular titles like Bleach and Hellsing, Seitz has also received acclaim for his work in niche titles, such as Koi Kaze as Koshiro Saeki, Paradise Kiss as Joji "George" Koizumi, and Tales of Phantasia as Dhaos. Seitz is often cast as villains or enigmatic heroes, in keeping with his deep voice, although a few other projects (e.g. Ouran High School Host Club, One Piece, Red Line, and Bleach) have featured him going higher and zanier.
On the other side of the mic, Seitz adapted and directed the English dubs of the raunchy teen romp Girls Bravo, the slice-of-life Kamichu!, the mystery drama Monster, and the previously-mentioned fantasy OVA Tales of Phantasia, in addition to adapting over 100 episodes of other series.
Seitz has been moderately active in the anime convention circuit over the last few years, putting in over two dozen appearances throughout North America since mid-2005.
Prior to his current level of involvement in the voiceover industry, Seitz taught English at his high school alma mater, and received a BA in Creative Writing and an MFA in Creative Writing & Writing for the Performing Arts (both from UC Riverside).
Cool fact: with a beard, he almost looks like Adam Savage.
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Anime
- Agil in Sword Art Online
- Agni in Black Butler
- Assassin in Fate/Zero
- True Assassin in Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel
- Bobby Statice in Good Luck Girl!
- Captain Bravo in Buso Renkin
- Charles Beams in Eureka Seven
- Cpt. David Anderson in Mass Effect: Paragon Lost (Darrining for Keith David)
- Dan Eagleman in Guilty Crown
- Dio Brando in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Animation
- Doppo Kunikida in Bungou Stray Dogs
- Endeavor in My Hero Academia
- Franky, Kuroobi and Rivers in One Piece
- Futoshi Maruyama, Shrimp EVOL and Fire EVOL in Zetman
- Germany in Axis Powers Hetalia
- Geronimo Junior/Cyborg 005 in 009 Re:Cyborg
- Ghetsis Harmonia in Pokémon Generations.
- Griamore in The Seven Deadly Sins
- Karuna Yonsa in Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit
- Ira Gamagoori in Kill la Kill
- Isshin Kurosaki, Sentaro Kotsubaki, and Kenpachi Zaraki (ep. 243-onwards) in Bleach
- Jiren in Dragon Ball Super
- Jouji "George" Koizumi in Paradise Kiss
- Kadomon in Re:Zero
- Kairi Sisigou in Fate/Apocrypha
- Keith Shadis in Attack on Titan
- Keith Goodman/Sky High in Tiger & Bunny
- Kiyomasa Senji in Deadman Wonderland
- Konrad Marbourg in Radiant
- Koshiro Saeki in Koi Kaze
- Kunzite in Sailor Moon (Viz Media dub)
- Laxus Dreyar in Fairy Tail
- Lester MacPhail in The Asterisk War
- Luke Valentine in Hellsing
- Mamoru Akasaka in Higurashi: When They Cry (Season 1 only)
- Marco Owen in King of Thorn
- Mario in B: The Beginning
- Masamori Sumimura in Kekkaishi
- Otho von Braunschweig in Legend of Galactic Heroes: The New Thesis
- Pinion in Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet
- Pippin in Berserk: The Golden Age Arc
- Raoul Creed in Ergo Proxy
- Reisi Munakata in K
- Shouri Shibuya in Kyo Kara Maoh!
- Simon Brezhnev in Durarara!!, along with a handful of extra voices in season 2
- Sloth in Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
- Col. Herschel / Ashleigh Crichton in Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos
- Starmon, Olegmon, Divermon, IceDevimon, Centaurmon and Blastmon in Digimon Fusion
- Sudo in FLCL Alternative
- "Sweet" JP in Red Line
- Sylvester Asimov in Terra Formars
- Takuma Miura in Sword Gai
- Tank-Top Master in One-Punch Man
- Thor in Marvel Future Avengers
- Ugo, Fatima and Drakon in Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic
- Umehito Nekozawa in Ouran High School Host Club
- Uvogin in Hunter × Hunter
- Verdia in KonoSuba
- Vlad in Aldnoah.Zero
- Wolfgang Grimmer in Monster
Video Games
- Aaron in Before the Echo
- King Albert in Shining Resonance
- Artanis in StarCraft II and Heroes of the Storm
- Paladin Arthas, Garrosh Hellscream, and Cho in World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King and Heroes of the Storm
- Barik in Tyranny
- Basilio and Laurent in Fire Emblem Awakening
- Draug, Hector, Garon, and Brady in Fire Emblem Heroes (replacing Travis Willingham for the latter two)
- Zeke in Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia (replacing Travis Willingham)
- Jeritza and Lambert in Fire Emblem: Three Houses
- Bass Armstrong in Dead or Alive 5
- Bizarro in Injustice 2
- Blazing Gestahl/Lord Median the Conqueror in Soul Nomad & the World Eaters
- Bob in Tekken 6 and Street Fighter X Tekken
- "Bob" Cooper in Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time
- Cervantes de Leon in Soul Calibur V (replacing Wally Wingert)
- Chaac and Hades in Smite
- Chosokabe Motochika in Sengoku Basara
- Copypaste in Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory
- "Crew-Cut" in Devil May Cry 5
- Dogi in Ys: The Oath in Felghana and Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana
- Doug in Xenoblade Chronicles X
- Dracula in Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles, Order of Ecclesia, Judgment, and Harmony of Despair
- Dylan and Brahms in Valkyrie Profile 2 Silmeria
- Fenrich and Overlord Zetta in Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten
- The Fighter in Dragon's Crown
- Frederic Chopin in Eternal Sonata
- Hugo in Street Fighter X Tekken and Ultra Street Fighter IV
- Ira Gamagoori in KILL la KILL - IF
- Jiren in Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 and Dragon Ball Fighter Z
- Johannes von Schicksal in God Eater Resurrection and The Animation (replacing Crispin Freeman)
- Gilbert McLane in God Eater 2 Rage Burst
- Kana Rua in Pillars of Eternity
- Kaptin Bluddflagg and Abaddon the Despoiler in Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II: Retribution
- Kog'Maw, Renekton, and Lucian in League of Legends
- Leon in the PSP version of Yggdra Union
- Lyric, Salty and Hokey in Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric
- Zomom in Sonic Lost World
- Magnus in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and 3DS (as an assist trophy) (replacing Fred Tatasciore)
- Mason in Dragon's Dogma
- Master Bird in Etrian Odyssey Untold 2: The Fafnir Knight
- M.I.K.E in Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl
- Mondo Zappa in Killer Is Dead
- Nekomaru Nidai in Super Danganronpa 2 (uncredited)
- Monokid in New Danganronpa V3 (uncredited)
- Nyarlathotep in Persona 2
- Ring Announcer and the Malevolent Entity in Persona 4: Arena, later revealed in Ultimax to be Hi-no-kagutsuchi.
- Olberic Eisenberg in Octopath Traveler
- Commander Fushimi in Devil Survivor Overclocked
- Radi Jaeger in Valkyria Chronicles
- Ragna the Bloodedge in BlazBlue and the anime adaptation
- Raoh in Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise
- Roxis Rosenkrantz in Mana Khemia: Alchemists of Al-Revis
- Samson & Shamone in Skullgirls (originally credited as Del Stetson)
- Scorpionnote , Shao Kahn, half of Dark Kahnnote & Deathstroke in Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe
- Scorpion in Mortal Kombat 9
- Scorpion yet again in Injustice: Gods Among Us and Mortal Kombat X
- Sergei Vladimir in Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles
- Silverbolt in Transformers: War for Cybertron
- Slim Cognito in Ratchet & Clank (2016)
- T.J. Combo in Killer Instinct Season 2
- Volkanon in Rune Factory 4
- Widdershin in Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology
- Dhaos in Tales of Vesperia
- Jiao in Tales of Xillia
- Heldalf in Tales of Zestiria
- Wiseman in Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown
- Zavok in Team Sonic Racing (replacing Travis Willingham)
- Zelos in Blazing Souls Accelate
- Zin Vathek, Mueller Vander, Loewe and Cassius Bright in The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky
- Mueller Vander and Vulcan in The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel
- Zomom in Sonic Lost World
Western Animation
- Devastator in The Transformers: Combiner Wars
- Overlord in The Transformers: Titans Return & The Transformers: Power of the Primes (was replaced by Rob Dyke as Devastator)
- Etrigan in Justice League Action
- Pizza Delivery Bear and the Train of Thought conductor in Inside Out
- Scorpion in Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion’s Revenge
- Tygra and Mumm-Ra in ThunderCats Roar
- Treegor and additional characters in season 2 of Bunnicula
ADR staff:
ADR Director
- Aggressive Retsuko
- Ano Hana The Flower We Saw That Day
- BlazBlue: Alter Memory
- Conception II: Children of the Seven Stars
- Dead or Alive 5
- Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker
- Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl
- Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold: The Fafnir Knight
- Fire Emblem Awakening
- Fire Emblem Heroes
- Fire Emblem: Three Houses
- Fire Emblem Warriors
- God Eater 2: Rage Burst
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (up until Battle Tendency)
- Lost Dimension
- Monster
- Soul Hackers
- Your Lie in April
You thought these tropes would belong to Johnny, but it was I, Patrick!
- The Ahnold: Not... exactly one. But he sure proves that he can do Ahnuld impressions, combined with South American tone, like Chaac.
- Badass Baritone: Has a naturally deep voice.
- Badass Beard: As mentioned above, he looks like Adam Savage with one.
- Evil Sounds Deep: When he plays a bad guy, this trope is definitely in effect.
- Fake Brit: As Dio Brando in the dub of Part 1 on Jo Jos Bizarre Adventure Phantom Blood.
- Gentle Giant: Much like Travis (again), Seitz has a large stature, but is quite jovial and friendly.
- Guttural Growler: Some of the characters he voices, like Sloth and Dracula, sound like they eat gravel for breakfast, and sound all the more menacing for it.
- Jerkass: Not him obviously, but some of his more notable roles.
- Large Ham: Some of his more notable roles such as Captain Bravo and Sky High have him pull this off in spades.
- And as of the Jojo's Bizarre Adventure dub, he gets to REALLY show off as Dio Brando.
- Motor Mouth: During the famous Road Roller scene in Jo Jos Bizarre Adventure Stardust Crusaders, he actually manages to out-MUDA his Japanese counterpart, Takehito Koyasu.
- The Other Darrin: Became the voice for Zelos, Blazing Souls' protagonist, after Yuri Lowenthal has done his voice in Chaos Wars.
- Pigeonholed Voice Actor: Mostly averted as while he's usually cast as jerkish characters, he plays everything from idealistic Nice Guys to Manipulative Bastards
- And as of Dawn of War - Armless failures.
- And with the announcement that he will be voicing Dio Brando, vampires.
- And of course he plays Artanis in StarCraft II. Artanis happens to be one of the good guys. And a Protoss.
- He has joked good-naturedly that whenever he works alongside Crispin Freeman, Freeman's character always winds up killing his character.
- Rated M for Manly: Because of his natural Badass Baritone voice, a lot of the characters he voices can easily fall into this.
- Relationship Voice Actor: Has dubbed several character originally voiced by Hiroki Yasumoto: Germany, Han, Agni, Agil, Nekomaru Nidai... and there's Verdia.
- Scary Black Man: Not one in real life, but thanks to his Badass Baritone, Seitz has gotten a few roles as Scary Black Guys. See Pippin, Agil, Simon, Lucian, Mason, Basilio, and TJ Combo.
- Star-Making Role: Initially was known as The Other Darrin for David Lodge as Kenpachi Zaraki, but became arguably most known for his time as Ragna the Bloodedge. For a more mainstream role, there's Scorpion.
