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Ray Chaifetz (born May 20, 1987 in Freehold Borough, New Jersey), better known by his stage name Ray Chase, is an American voice actor who primarily works in Los Angeles. He has gotten a lot of recognition in recent years with his role as Noctis Lucis Caelum in Final Fantasy XV. He's often cast as young and handsome men, yet they have a very sarcastic personality at the same time.
He's also part of the Loud, Annoying, and Very Annoying
voice acting trio with Max Mittelman and Robbie Daymond.
He's currently engaged to fellow voice actor Julia McIlvaine.
His Twitter can be found here.
Notable roles by Ray Chase
Anime
- Abigail in Bastard!! Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy
- Ace Killer in Ultraman
- Atsumu "Yukiatsu" Matsuyuki in Anohana The Flower We Saw That Day
- Prof. Cerise in Pokémon Journeys: The Series
- Cyborg 004 / Albert Heinrich in Cyborg 009: Call of Justice
- David Shield in My Hero Academia: Two Heroes
- Donquixote Rocinante, a.k.a. "Corazon", in One Piece
- Drang in Granblue Fantasy
- Eliot Leland in Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters
- Eren Kruger in Attack on Titan
- Ertegun in Carole & Tuesday
- Fyodor Dostoevsky in Bungo Stray Dogs
- Gendou Ikari in the Netflix redub of Neon Genesis Evangelion
- Dr. Genius and Puri-Puri Prisoner in One-Punch Man
- Goldof Auora in Rokka: Braves of the Six Flowers
- Goshi Asogi / M in Sword Art Online: Alternative Gun Gale Online
- Graham in Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt
- Gyuriedistodiez in So I'm a Spider, So What?
- Hank Henriette in To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts
- Hanzo and Geretta in Hunter × Hunter (2011 series)
- Helper T Cell in Cells at Work!
- Howzer in The Seven Deadly Sins
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
- Donovan and Loggins in Battle Tendency
- Rubber Soul in Stardust Crusaders
- Bruno Bucciarati in Golden Wind
- Kanda in FLCL Alternative
- Karamatsu Matsuno in Osomatsu-san
- Kazami Torimachi in Gundam Build Divers Re:RISE
- Keith Kazama Flick in B: The Beginning
- Leonidas I in Fate/Grand Order - Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia
- Mozgus in Berserk (2016)
- Nakura in Durarara!!x2
- Piccolo and Tien Shinhan in the Bang Zoom! Entertainment dub for Dragon Ball Super airing in Toonami Asia.
- Rayne Ames in Mashle: Magic and Muscles
- Roswaal L. Mathers in Re:Zero and Isekai Quartet
- Rustal Elion in Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans
- Ryomen Sukuna and Choso in Jujutsu Kaisen
- Sabro Sabnock in Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun
- Saburota Toudou in Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga
- Saiko Metori in The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.: Reawakened
- Sharrkan in Magi: Labyrinth of Magic (first anime role)
- Shinta Takagi in Your Name
- Taiju Shiba in Tokyo Revengers
- Tengen Uzui in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
- Tenkei Iwafune in K: Return of Kings
- Tobikichi Usahara in Life Lessons with Uramichi-Oniisan
- Torque in Radiant
- Vlad III/Lancer of Black in Fate/Apocrypha
- Weisz Steiner / Arsenal in EDENS ZERO
- Yahiro Takigawa in The Testament of Sister New Devil
- Yuu Otosaka in Charlotte (his Star-Making Role in anime)
- Zash Caine in Fairy Tail: Dragon Cry (his first role in Funimation)
Literature
- Rick Shades in the audiobook of Epithet Erased: Prison of Plastic
Video Games
- Adjutant Resolution in Halo Infinite
- Alfonse, Gaius (taking over for Gideon Emery), and Roy in Fire Emblem Heroes
- Almond Cookie in Cookie Run Kingdom
- Alphen in Tales of Arise
- Artorius Collbrande in Tales of Berseria
- 'Brother' Nier (post-timeskip) in NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139... and NieR Re[in]carnation
- Cayenne in The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel
- Cinder and the Arbiter (filling in for Keith David) in Killer Instinct 2013 reboot
- Daks in Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness
- Duncan in D4
- Edgar Roni Figaro in World of Final Fantasy
- Eve in NieR: Automata
- Evfra De Tershaav in Mass Effect: Andromeda
- Fernand in Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
- Gebel in Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
- Genichiro Ashina in Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
- Gouto-douji and the Subway Announcer in Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne HD Remaster
- Guile in Street Fighter 6 (replacing Travis Willingham)
- Harry Olson in Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Dusk
- Heishiro Mitsurugi in Soulcalibur VI
- Keigo Izumida in Judgment
- Dan Murasaki in Lost Judgment
- L in Xenoblade Chronicles X
- Latigo in Indivisible
- Marlon in Pokémon Masters
- Master of Masters in Kingdom Hearts
- Mizuki Aihara in Akiba's Beat
- Neuvillette in Genshin Impact
- Nick Ogata in Yakuza: Like a Dragon
- Noctis Lucis Caelum in Final Fantasy XV and Dissidia Final Fantasy NT (his Star-Making Role in video games)
- Omega in Ace Combat Infinity ("It's just money, money, money all day with you, isn't it?")
- Purrgis, General Purrgis, Sez, Specimen Sez, Tywin, Ambitious Tywin and Taranor Royal Guard in Epic Seven
- Rhys in Borderlands 3 and New Tales from the Borderlands (replacing Troy Baker)
- Roy in Fire Emblem Heroes, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and Fire Emblem Engage
- Sire Denathrius in World of Warcraft and Hearthstone
- Solle Grumman in Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky
- Strangler in Last Year: The Nightmare
- Susanoo in BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle
- Tunon the Adjudicator in Tyranny
- Westley Vuk in Wylde Flowers
Western Animation
- Etrigan/Jason Blood in Justice League Dark. He reprised the former half in Justice League Dark: Apokolips War.
Film
- The voice of Gabriel in Malignant
- B. Mitchel Reed in Licorice Pizza
Web Video
- The voice of Gabriel in the Malignant Kill Count
Tropes associated with Ray Chase's roles:
- Deadpan Snarker: The defining trope for many of his characters. Noctis and Yukiatsu are well known examples.
- Fake Brit: As L.
- Large Ham: He gives Roy a very blood-curdling scream when he's Star KO'd in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
- Man of a Thousand Voices: Possesses a brilliant and wide range of voices, even though he performs a lot of rather masculine types. He can go from young and sarcastic men to older and distinguished fellows, and even roles you'd never expect him to tackle such as Artorius Collbrande or Roswaal. Just look at his "special" 2021 character demo.
- Playing Against Type: Has a few examples:
- Ray, much like Liam O'Brien, is no stranger to voicing villains such as Dr. Genus, Cinder, Artorius Collbrande, and Cayenne. However, Howzer in The Seven Deadly Sins is a different kind of "villain" who's so honorable that you can hardly call him evil.note
- He also voiced two flamboyant characters, Duncan in D4 and Puri-Puri Prisoner in One-Punch Man, the later happens to be a Manly Gay superhero.
- In the Atelier Series, Ray's voiced two characters with different personalities. Solle Grumman is a Deadpan Snarker who can be unpleasant if you get on his wrong side, something that fits into Ray's typecasting. Harry Olson, by contrast, is a selfless businessman who risked bankrupting himself in order to save a village from starvation.
- For those who are familiar with Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade, Roy is a kind, selfless, young lord who's so polite that in many of his support conversations, he's one of the few main lords in the series not to make any snarky remarks. Not only that, Ray's performance made Roy sound a bit older and more mature than his Japanese voice actor's more boyish take on the character, which adds
Fridge Brilliance since Roy is known to be very mature and insightful for a young lord at his age. - Susanoo, in contrast to most of his other villain roles, who are either small time or are more misguided than outright villainous, is an ambitious Destroyer Deity who seeks to become a Multiversal Conqueror.
- The Strangler sticks out like a sore thumb compared to all his other roles to date. He's an utterly insane old man with an unstoppable desire to stab teenagers' eyes out and doesn't make any sound other than crazed laughter.
- Promoted Fanboy:
- Before portraying Noctis in Final Fantasy XV, he had played Final Fantasy V and Final Fantasy VIII.
- He is a fan of Super Smash Bros. Melee and was very happy to give Roy (who made his debut in that game) his English voice in Fire Emblem Heroes and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
- He was a huge Neon Genesis Evangelion fan growing up and stated that playing Gendo was an interesting role.
- He was also already a huge fan of Jojos Bizarre Adventure when he played minor roles in both Battle Tendency (as Donobang and Loggs) and Stardust Crusaders (as Rubber Soul). However, playing a major role in Golden Wind as Bruno Bucciarati was described as a dream come true for him.
- Star-Making Role: On the anime side of things, his roles as Howzer from The Seven Deadly Sins, Hanzo and Geretta from Hunter × Hunter, Yuu Otosaka from Charlotte, and Dr. Genius and Puri-Puri Prisoner from One-Punch Man. On the video game side of things, his roles as L from Xenoblade Chronicles X, Cinder from Killer Instinct, and Noctis from Final Fantasy XV.
