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Names To Know In Anime / English Voice Actors

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Here's a list of noteworthy English dub voice actors. This list is separated by where they are based, although some are not exclusive to one locale and talent pools can overlap in geographically close areas.

Most English dubs are recorded in Los Angeles, Dallas, Houston, and Miami, in that order. New York City, Hong Kong, and Tokyo are occasionally used (yet not nearly as much as they used to be); and Canadian cities like Toronto, Vancouver, and Calgary/ Edmonton are thawed out every now and then, sometimes for new productions, but mostly for cast reprisals. In addition, various cities around the world have been used to varying degrees of frequency, but are again no longer used.

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Active talent pools (listed by frequency)

    Los Angeles, United States 
The location of Hollywood and thus is the place where most English voice acting, not just anime dubbing, is recorded. Several of the union-holding actors have been on/ move onto voice acting in Western cartoons and AAA video game titles, though the two talent pools rarely convene otherwise.
  • George Ackles
  • Zach Aguilar (has done some work in Dallas)
  • Chris Jai Alex
  • Jon Allen
  • Brian Anderson
  • Felecia Angelle (based in Dallas until 2019)
  • Tony Azzolino
  • Jon Bailey (AKA Epic Voice Guy)
  • Laura Bailey (based in Dallas until around 2007; mostly does union work, moreso in video games and western animation than in anime - wife of Travis Willingham)
  • Christian Banas
  • Ryan Bartley
  • Kelly Baskin
  • Tom Bauer
  • Brian Beacock
  • A.J. Beckles
  • Dawn M. Bennett (based in Texas until 2019; divides time between LA and Dallas)
  • John Eric Bentley
  • Morgan Berry (based in Texas until 2018; divides time between LA and Dallas)
  • Laila Berzins
  • Christopher Bevins (based in Texas until 2017 - husband of Rachel Robinson)
  • Beau Billingslea (Works mostly on union dubs, though occasionally still does non-union work)
  • JB Blanc (also credited as John White - mostly does union work, though occasionally still does non-union work)
  • Steve Blum (Does Union-only work in anime, though he used to do non-union work under the name David Lucas, also famous for holding the record for the most male voice over roles in video games)
  • Jamison Boaz
  • Corina Boettger
  • Johnny Yong Bosch (occasionally works with Funimation; does both union and non-union dubs)
  • Edward Bosco
  • Gina Bowes (AKA G.K. Bowes- mostly does union work, though occasionally still does non-union work)
  • Joe Brogie
  • Bob Buchholz
  • Kira Buckland (has done some work in Dallas and New York)
  • Reba Buhr
  • Griffin Burns (has done some work in Dallas)
  • Bill Butts (has done some work in Dallas)
  • Christine Marie Cabanos (has done some work in Dallas and in Houston)
  • Tiana Camacho
  • Kimberley Anne Campbell
  • Richard Cansino
  • Jonny Carlson
  • Chris Cason (based in Dallas until 2013; divides his time between LA and Dallas)
  • Jalen K. Cassell (has done work in Dallas)
  • Christie Cate
  • Tony Cavalero
  • Alex Cazares
  • Brook Chalmers
  • Michael Chapman
  • Ray Chase (works in both union and non-union dubs. Also has done work in Dallas - husband of Julia McIlvaine)
  • Sean Chiplock (has done work in Dallas; does both union and non-union dubs)
  • SungWon Cho
  • Michael Christopher
  • Greg Chun (has done work in Dallas)
  • Allegra Clark
  • Cam Clarke (works in both union and non-union dubs)
  • Daniel MK Cohen
  • David W. Collins (former LucasArts voice director/sound designer)
  • Amber Connor
  • Amber Lee Connors (based in Dallas until around 2019; divides her time between LA and Dallas, has done work in New York - wife of Howard Wang)
  • Kevin M. Connolly (based in Dallas until 2012)
  • Brittany Cox
  • Khoi Dao (has done some work in Dallas)
  • Kirsten Day
  • Skyler Davenport (based in Texas until 2017)
  • Rebecca Davis
  • Robbie Daymond (has performed in both union and non-union dubs. Did some voice work in Dallas)
  • Darrel J Delfin
  • John DeMita
  • Kylen Deporter
  • Trevor Devall (based in Vancouver until 2013, mostly does work in Western Animation; Has also done work in Houston.)
  • Mari Devon
  • Vernon Dew
  • Marc Diraison (worked in New York until 2013)
  • Ben Diskin (works in both union and non-union dubs, you might know him from Western Animation as well)
  • Lucien Dodge (based in New York until 2011. Did some work in Dallas)
  • Kether Donohue (a.k.a. Annice Moriarty, Kether Fernandez; based in New York until mid-2010's)
  • D.C. Douglas (stopped doing dub work in the early 2000s, but has been doing more work in anime since 2015.)
  • Jake Eberle
  • Marcy Edwards
  • Melanie Ehrlich
  • Richard Epcar (has done some work in Dallas; does both union and non-union dubs)
  • Ellyn Epcar (née Ellyn Stern)
  • Doug Erholtz
  • David Errigo (based in New York until around 2018/2019)
  • Jamal Fahim
  • Dorothy Elias-Fahn (formerly credited as Dorothy Melendrez, also credited as Johanna Luis, wife of Tom Fahn)
  • Jonathan Fahn (One of the Fahn siblings)
  • Melissa Fahn (seems to mostly do union work, but still does some non-union work on occasion, one of the Fahn siblings)
  • Tom Fahn (husband of Dorothy Fahn)
  • Dorah Fine
  • Sean Finkle
  • Erin Fitzgerald (worked in Vancouver, Canada until early 2000s; does union-only work as of 2016)
  • Antonia Flynn
  • Sandy Fox (wife of Lex Lang)
  • Crispin Freeman (worked in New York until 2002; did work for ADV in Houston; does Union-only work in anime)
  • Lizzie Freeman
  • Tim Friedlander
  • Robbie Friedman
  • Stephen Fu (based in Dallas until 2020)
  • Larissa Gallagher
  • Deborah Gatton
  • Katelyn Gault (wife of Kyle McCarley)
  • Jessica Gee-George
  • Grant George (has appeared in both union and non-union dubs)
  • Kendall Gimbi
  • Kellen Goff (has done work in Dallas)
  • Heather Gonzalez
  • Barbara Goodson (also credited as Janis Carrol)
  • Bonnie Gordon
  • Michael P. Greco
  • Matthew Greenbaum
  • Deva Marie Gregory
  • Jason Griffith (based in New York until 2018; sometimes credited as J. Griff)
  • Darrel Guilbeau
  • Todd Haberkorn (based in Dallas until 2011; has done some work in NY; works in both union and non-union dubs)
  • Chris Hackney
  • Erika Harlacher (Did some work in Dallas)
  • Brittney Lee Harvey
  • Megan Taylor Harvey (sister of Brittney)
  • Kyle Hebert (based in Dallas until 2005; still works with Funimation occasionally; does both union and non-union dubs)
  • Rachelle Heger
  • Marieve Herington (based in Toronto until 2008; does Union-only work in anime since around 2017)
  • Joe Hernandez
  • Rachel Herrick
  • Kate Higgins (also credited as Kate Davis - mostly does union work, but still does non-union work occasionally)
  • Bridget Hoffman (does Union-only work in anime)
  • Megan Hollingshead (also credited as Karen Thompson - based in New York until 2004; seems to mostly do union work, but still does some non-union work on occasion)
  • Melissa Hutchison (based in San Francisco until the early 10's)
  • Justine Huxley
  • Xanthe Huynh (does some voice work in Dallas)
  • Erika Ishii
  • Taliesin Jaffe (AKA T. Axelrod; occasionally works for Funimation)
  • Kai Jordan
  • Billy Kametz (did some voice work in Dallas)
  • JP Karliak
  • Neil Kaplan (also credited as Bob Johnson; did some voice work in Dallas)
  • Janice Kawaye (AKA Janice Roman Roku)
  • Carrie Keranen (worked in New York until 2010; did some voice work in Dallas, sometimes credited as Evelyn Lanto)
  • Lily Ki
  • Erik Kimerer (credited as Erik Scott Kimerer)
  • Jarred Kjack
  • R. Martin Klein (also credited as Bob Klein and Bill Lader)
  • Brianna Knickerbocker
  • William Frederick Knight
  • Steve Kramer
  • Jennie Kwan (also credited as Minx Le; mostly does union but still occassionally does non-union)
  • Lauren Landa (Frequent regular of Funimation since 2014)
  • Lex Lang (seems to mostly do union work, but still does some non-union work on occasion, husband of Sandy Fox)
  • Aaron LaPlante
  • Rebecca Larsen
  • Jackie Lastra
  • Mick Lauer
  • Aleks Le (did some voice work in Dallas; has performed in both union and non-union dubs)
  • Alan Lee
  • Cassandra Lee Morris (worked in New York until around 2009/10. Did some voice work in Dallas)
  • Mela Lee (works in both union and non-union dubs)
  • Misty Lee
  • Wendee Lee (works in both union and non-union dubs)
  • Cherami Leigh (based in Dallas until 2012; does both union and non-union dubs)
  • Marissa Lenti (based in Dallas until around 2021. Has done work in New York and Houston)
  • Ben Lepley
  • Ryan Colt Levy
  • Rachael Lillis (also credited as Rachael McCabe - worked in New York until 2013)
  • Erica Lindbeck (works in both union and non-union dubs; has done work in Dallas)
  • David Lodge (not to be confused with the writer, seems to mostly do union work nowadays, but still does some non-union work on occasion)
  • Jennifer Losi
  • Yuri Lowenthal (seems to mostly do union work, though occasionally still does non-union work; husband of Tara Platt)
  • Julie Maddalena (AKA Julie Kliewer)
  • Brian Maillard (based in New York until around 2006)
  • Michelle Marie
  • Jason Marnocha
  • Mona Marshall (also credited as Mikie Morgan and Miki Moran - seems to mostly do union work nowadays, but does some non-union work on occasion)
  • Stefan Martello
  • Faye Mata
  • Austin Lee Matthews
  • Adam McArthur (did some work in Dallas)
  • Christina McBride
  • D.W. McCann
  • Kyle McCarley (works in both union and non-union dubs - husband of Katelyn Gault)
  • Michael McConnohie (also credited as Hank Ketchum)
  • Landon McDonald
  • Mary Elizabeth McGlynn (has done some work in Dallas; does both union and non-union dubs)
  • Julia McIlvaine (wife of Ray Chase)
  • Brandon McInnis (partner of J. Michael Tatum, based in Dallas until 2020)
  • Danielle McRae
  • Deneen Melody
  • Stephen Mendel (AKA Sam Mann)
  • Erica Mendez (has done some work in Dallas)
  • Matthew Mercer (has shown up in some Funimation titles; does both union and non-union dubs)
  • Jillian Michaels (not the fitness professional - formerly based in Canada)
  • Jason Charles Miller
  • Marianne Miller (has done work in New York)
  • Daman Mills (based in Dallas until 2020)
  • Kayli Mills
  • Bill Millsap
  • Dave B. Mitchell
  • Max Mittelman (works in both union and non-union dubs)
  • Xander Mobus (has done work in Seattle)
  • Tommy Modano
  • Kausar Mohammed
  • Casey Mongillo (based in New York until around 2016/2017)
  • Christian La Monte (has done script adapting for NYAV Post and Funimation)
  • Jeff Nimoy
  • Liam O'Brien (worked in New York until around 2003/2004; seems to mostly do union work nowadays)
  • Joe Ochman (also credited as B.J. Oakie, Joseph Whimms and Joey Lotsko)
  • Tony Oliver (works in both union and non-union dubs)
  • Breaugh Olson
  • John Omohundro
  • Lisa Ortiz (based in New York until 2020; divides her time between LA and New York; has done work in Texas)
  • Colleen O'Shaughnessey (also credited as Colleen Villard and Maggie O'Connor - works in both union and non-union dubs)
  • Brina Palencia (based in Dallas until 2016; divides time between LA and Dallas; does both union and non-union dubs)
  • Arnie Pantoja
  • Bryce Papenbrook (Frequent regular of Funimation since 2014; does both union and non-union dubs, son of the late Bob Papenbrook)
  • Chris Patton (worked in Houston until 2018, has appeared in several Funimation dubs in Dallas)
  • Paul St. Peter (also credited as George C. Cole)
  • Tara Platt (works in both union and non-union dubs, wife of Yuri Lowenthal)
  • Laura Post (has done work in Dallas)
  • Brock Powell
  • Kirsten Potter
  • Jay Preston
  • Jamieson Price (also credited as Taylor Henry)
  • Maureen Price
  • Derek Stephen Prince (works in both union and non-union dubs)
  • Ben Pronsky (based in Houston until late 2000s)
  • Griffin Puatu
  • Anairis Quiñones (based in Dallas until around 2020; divides her time between LA and Dallas)
  • Ratana
  • Ryan Raydarke
  • Phillip Reich
  • Lisa Reimold
  • Jordan Reynolds
  • Paula Rhodes
  • Zachary T. Rice
  • Eden Riegel (also credited as Jane Lingo and Claudia Lenz, sister of Sam)
  • Sam Riegel (also credited as Jack Lingo and Sam Regal - worked in New York until around 2004/2005; seems to mostly do union work nowadays moreso as a voice director in western animation and video games than anime, but still does some non-union work on occasion)
  • Jennifer Roberts
  • Cindy Robinson (wife of Christopher Corey Smith)
  • Rachel Robinson (worked in LA until early 2012/2013, then in Dallas until 2017; divides her time between Dallas and Los Angeles - wife of Christopher Bevins)
  • Zeno Robinson (did some voice work in Dallas)
  • Kaitlyn Robrock
  • Valeria Rodriguez
  • Bill Rogers (based in New York until around 2015; divides his time between LA and New York)
  • Michelle Rojas (based in Dallas until 2021; divides time between LA and Dallas)
  • Sandy Rojas
  • Nicolas Roye
  • Michelle Ruff (has done some work with Dallas; does both union and non-union dubs)
  • Andrew Russell
  • Tamara Ryan
  • Douglas Rye
  • Adin Rudd
  • Matthew David Rudd (has done some work in Houston)
  • Alejandro Saab (based in Texas until 2019; divides his time between LA and Dallas)
  • Salli Saffioti
  • Tara Sands (AKA Tara Jayne; worked in New York until 2004)
  • Sean Schemmel (based in Dallas until 2003 and in New York until 2013; still does work in Dallas for the Dragon Ball Z franchise)
  • Michael Schneider (based in New York until 2019)
  • Jonah Scott (also works in Dallas)
  • Patrick Seitz (frequent regular of Funimation; has performed in both union and non-union dubs)
  • Pete Sepenuk
  • Victor Sgroi
  • Tyler Shamy
  • Stephanie Sheh (AKA Jennifer Sekiguchi - has done work in New York, occasionally works with Funimation; does both union and non-union dubs)
  • Brianne Siddall
  • Keith Silverstein (works in both union and non-union dubs. Has done work in Dallas)
  • Michael Sinterniklaas (AKA Martel Frasier Tremain - based in North Carolina until the mid-to-late-90's, and New York until around 2006/2007; has done some work for Funimation; has worked both union and non-union)
  • Christopher Corey Smith (has performed in some Funimation titles; seems to mostly do union work, but still does some non-union work on occasion - husband of Cindy Robinson)
  • John Snyder (also credited as Ian Alden)
  • Michael Sorich
  • Stephanie Southerland
  • Spike Spencer (based in Houston until around 2005/2006, has done work in Dallas and New York)
  • Ted Sroka
  • Laura Stahl
  • Steve Staley (AKA Steve Cannon)
  • Skip Stellrecht
  • Doug Stone
  • TJ Storm
  • Karen Strassman (has performed in both union and non-union dubs; has done some work in Dallas)
  • Jessica Straus
  • Kim Strauss
  • Laura Summer
  • Christopher Swindle
  • Kaiji Tang (also credited as Juicey Flannigan; has done some work in Dallas)
  • Nazeeh Tarsha (based in Dallas until 2020)
  • J. Michael Tatum (based in Dallas until 2020, has done work in New York; divides his time between LA and Dallas, partner of Brandon McInnis; has performed in both union and non-union dubs)
  • Armen Taylor
  • Julie Ann Taylor (does both union and non-union dubs)
  • Veronica Taylor (real name Kathleen McInerney, also credited as Joan Arkin, Marcia Lamb and B. Simpson - worked in New York until around 2014/2015; has done work in Dallas)
  • Chris Tergliafera
  • Joe J. Thomas
  • Owen Thomas
  • Rebeka Thomas
  • Bobby Thong
  • Kirk Thornton (AKA Ron Allen - has appeared in both union and non-union dubs)
  • Jeannie Tirado (based in Dallas until 2018)
  • Frank Todaro
  • Josh Tomar
  • Kimlinh Tran
  • Abby Trott (has appeared in both union and non-union dubs)
  • Cristina Valenzuela (AKA Cristina Vee; has done some work in New York and Dallas; has appeared in both union and non-union dubs)
  • Serena Varghese (also does work in Texas)
  • David Vincent (has performed in some Funimation titles)
  • Kari Wahlgren (does Union-only work in anime)
  • Howard Wang (based in Texas until around 2019 - Husband of Amber Lee Connors)
  • Ezra Weisz (also credited as Ethan Murray)
  • Mark Whitten
  • Scott Whyte
  • Cedric Williams
  • Imari Williams
  • Sarah Williams
  • Travis Willingham (worked in Dallas until 2008 and occasionally flew back to do a few roles for Funimation; nowadays mostly does union work, moreso in western animation and video games than anime - husband of Laura Bailey)
  • Brandon Winckler
  • Mick Wingert (appeared in both union and non-union dubs)
  • Wally Wingert
  • Dave Wittenberg (does Union-only work in anime)
  • Kimberly Woods
  • Dan Woren
  • Jona Xiao
  • Alexandra Yastishock
  • Anne Yatco
  • Suzie Yeung (based in Dallas until 2020)
  • Jenny Yokobori
  • Michael Yurchak
  • Erin Yvette
  • Rick Zieff (AKA Danny Katiana)
  • Joe Zieja

    Dallas, United States 
Located not too far from the headquarters of Funimation, one of the most prolific anime distributors in the English speaking world. Some of the voice actors may work in Houston, while others has done voice work in Los Angeles (since Funimation also has close ties with many Los Angeles based studios, which are often used for Role Reprise for older titles that were dubbed in Los Angeles)

    Houston, United States 
Location of the now defunct ADV Films, and its successor, Sentai Filmworks, both prolific distributors in their own rights, the former of which was active even before Funimation. Some of the voice talent below may sometimes work with Funimation (which is indicated with parenthesis), although it is extremely rare for a Houston based voice actor to do voice work in Los Angeles (and those who do generally move to Los Angeles later on in their career).
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    New York City, United States 
The former media capital of North America, most anime dubs were produced during the infancy of the industry at Titra Studios and during the mid 90's to early 10's; with Central Park Media, 4Kids, and Media Blasters leading the way. The NYC anime dubbing talent pool (many members of which are listed below) rarely convenes with the NYC animation voice acting talent pool (notably used for shows such as ThunderCats (1985), PB&J Otter, Doug, Courage the Cowardly Dog and Pinkalicious & Peterrific) due to union issues.
  • Greg Abbey (AKA Frank Frankson, John Campbell)
  • Lisa Adams
  • Ryan Andes
  • Justin Anselmi
  • Leah Applebaum
  • Jo Armenioux
  • Emily Bauer (AKA Emily Jenness and Emily Blau; worked in LA until 2003/4)
  • Aurora Bea
  • Roxanne Beck (AKA Annie Pondel, has done work in LA)
  • Simona Berman (AKA Rebecca Becker)
  • Sam Black
  • Craig Blair
  • Catrin Lloyd-Bollard
  • Ben Bott
  • J. David Brimmer (AKA Michael Alston Bailey)
  • Alissa Brodsky
  • Theresa Buchheister
  • Tyler Bunch (AKA H.D. Quinn, primarily known for his work with The Muppets)
  • Francesca Calo
  • Eva Christensen
  • Courtney Chu
  • Neo Cihi
  • James Weaver Clark (husband of Alyson Leigh Rosenfeld)
  • Chris Collet (AKA Andrew Paull)
  • Kevin T. Collins
  • Shannon Conley (AKA Vibe Jones, Sonny Dey)
  • Samantha Cooper
  • Nicholas Corda
  • Tamir Cousins-Ali
  • Emily Cramer
  • Michael Crouch (sometimes credited as Michael Lockwood)
  • AnnaBelle Deaner
  • Michael Deaner
  • Amanda D'Archangelis
  • Nicholas DiMichele
  • Lianne Marie Dobbs
  • Ryan William Downey
  • Darren Dunstan
  • Daniel J. Edwards
  • Brandon Engman
  • Priscilla Everett
  • Griffin Robert Faulkner
  • E. James Ford
  • Wayne Grayson (real name Vinnie Penna)
  • Lori Gardner (AKA Lori Phillips)
  • Vanessa Gardner
  • Jessie Kane Gill
  • Matt Giroveanu
  • Abe Goldfarb
  • Amanda Goodman (AKA Mandy Bonhomme)
  • Dan Green (real name Jay Snyder)
  • Micah Gursoy
  • Jake Gus
  • Paul Guyet
  • Graham Halstead
  • Brittney Lee Hamilton
  • Martha Harms (divides her time between Texas and NY)
  • Catie Harvey
  • Alex Haynes
  • Melissa Hope (real name Melissa Schoenberg)
  • Khristine Hvam
  • Laurie C. Hymes
  • Eli James
  • Carol Jacobanis
  • Madigan Kacmar (daughter of Erica Schroeder)
  • Eva Kaminsky
  • Lauren Kammerling
  • Liza Kaplan (AKA Liza Jacqueline)
  • Sean Kenin (AKA Sean Reyes, Sean Elias-Reyes- has done work in LA, but only for Western Animation)
  • Rohana Kenin Elias-Reyes (AKA Rosie Reyes)
  • Brian Kim
  • Kevin Kolack
  • Michele Knotz (has done work in Dallas)
  • Danny Kramer
  • Christopher Kromer (AKA Parker Anderson)
  • Matthew Labyorteaux (AKA Matthew Charles)
  • David Lapkin
  • Barrett Leddy
  • Eddy Lee
  • Ted Lewis (AKA Ed Paull)
  • Jeremy Levy
  • Peter Linz (also known for his work with the Muppets)
  • Michael Liscio Jr.
  • Gary Littman (AKA Gary Mack)
  • Bill Lobley (AKA. Colin A. Favor)
  • Saskia Maarleveld
  • Natasha Malinsky (AKA Rhonda Jo Krempa) (has also done work in Singapore)
  • Evan Maltby
  • David Manis (AKA Henry Carr)
  • Dani Marcus
  • Maggie McDowell
  • Jamie McGonnigal
  • Deanna McGovern
  • Rich McNanna
  • Michele O'Medlin
  • Matthew Mitler
  • Samantha Moon
  • Robb Moreira
  • Emlyn Morinelli-Williams (AKA Emily Williams, Elizabeth Williams and Anna Morrow; has also worked in Singapore)
  • Rob Morrison (AKA Roger Callagy)
  • Samia Mounts
  • Suzy Myers
  • Samara Nayemi
  • Sarah Natochenny
  • Karen Neill
  • David Oliver Nelson
  • Michelle Newman
  • Ryan Nicolls
  • Robert O'Gorman
  • Rich Orlow
  • Sara Ornelas (has previously done work in Houston)
  • Jamie Davyous Owens
  • Amy Palant
  • Rodger Parsons (AKA Ken Gates)
  • Jake Paque
  • Haven Paschall
  • Aaron Ben Phillips (often credited as Ben Phillips, unrelated to the one who works at Funimation)
  • Mike Pollock (AKA Herb Lawrence; has done work in Los Angeles)
  • Miriam Pultro
  • Debora Rabbai (AKA Angora Deb)
  • Scott Rayow (AKA Scottie Ray)
  • Julián Rebolledo (best known for his role as Jake Morgendorffer on Daria)
  • Carly Robins (AKA Riley Joseph)
  • Alyson Leigh Rosenfeld (wife of James Weaver Clark)
  • Jonathan Todd Ross (AKA Todd Garbeil)
  • Anthony Salerno (not the mobster, obviously)
  • Carrie Savage (a.k.a. Halie Summer, worked in LA until 2007, in Texas until 2011, and LA again until 2015; still works with Funimation occasionally)
  • Erica Schroeder (previously credited as Bella Hudson; has done work in Los Angeles)
  • Amanda Schuckman
  • Eric Schussler
  • Lipica Shah (AKA Lipica Jaclyn)
  • Ryan Shanahan
  • Robby Sharpe (sometimes credited as Robby Duncan Sharpe)
  • Courtney Shaw
  • Lindsay Sheppard
  • Annie Silver
  • Jonathan Silver
  • Genevieve Simmons (based in Houston until 2018, divided her time between Houston and NY)
  • Parker Simmons (works for Creator/Titmouse)
  • Jason Simon
  • Rachel Slotky
  • Rebecca Soler (AKA Jessica Paquet)
  • Marc Swint (probably better known on Bennett the Sage)
  • Rena Taylor (daughter of Veronica Taylor)
  • Hilary Thomas (now based in Seattle as a producer for the Pokemon anime)
  • Billy Bob Thompson
  • Marc Thompson
  • Jacob Tillman
  • Bill Timoney (AKA Billy Regan; has also done work in LA)
  • Georgette Timoney (AKA Georgette Reilly)
  • Bryan Tyler
  • Tara Tisch
  • Kymberly Tuttle
  • Jaden Waldman
  • Adam Wennick
  • Andi Whaley
  • Scott Williams
  • David Wills (not Dave Willis)
  • Lex Wutas (credited as Lex Woutas)
  • Oliver Wyman (a.k.a. Pete Zarustica)
  • Meredith Zeitlin (a.k.a. Zoe Martin)
  • Jimmy Zoppi (real name James Carter Cathcart, a.k.a. Billy Beach)

    Vancouver, Canada 
One of the two contenders to the title of "North Hollywood", Vancouver has had its fair share of dubs. Due to rising prices, the numbers of Vancouver dubs has largely diminished over the years, though the same actors have worked on and continue to work on a ton of Western Animation and Eastern Animation.

    Alberta, Canada 
Used mainly by Blue Water Studios, a budget division of the Vancouver based Ocean. Often overlaps into the Vancouver pool above. Started out as just Calgary, but eventually added a second studio in Edmonton- albeit one that has not recorded alone.
  • Lori Bachynski
  • Jennifer Cameron
  • Ethan Cole
  • Carol Anne Day
  • Lucas Gilbertson
  • Onalea Gilbertson
  • Elinor Holt
  • Adam Hunter
  • Brendan Hunter
  • Tommy James
  • Jonathan Love
  • Cheryl McMaster
  • Caitlynne Medrek (has done work in Toronto)
  • Annika Odegard
  • Sabrina Pitre (has done work in Vancouver)
  • Dave Pettit
  • Roger Rhodes
  • Scott Roberts
  • Rylan Strachan
  • Natasha Strickey

    Miami, United States 
Used for the dubs of B-Daman Fire Spirits, Tamagotchi!, and the first season of Gintama, plus the original dub of A.I.C.O. Incarnation. Formerly very uncommon for English dubs of anythingnote , let alone anime, but his since risen to prominence due to it being a hub for Spanish and Portuguese dubs- as well as the low cost. Has been used prior to then for some very old anime, but by a different talent pool given the time distance.
  • Alex Alvarez-Neto
  • Jim Ballard
  • Paula Barros-Roig
  • Chris Jahn
  • Clay Cartland
  • Phil Dubois
  • Todd Durkin
  • Tevi Eber
  • Connie Fernandez
  • Rayner Garranchan (AKA Rayner Gabriel)
  • Lissa Grossman
  • Roly Gutiérrez
  • Donald Guzzi
  • Jeni Hacker
  • Christina Jopling
  • James Keller
  • Jason Kesser
  • Wayne Legette
  • Daniel Llaca
  • Crystal Lopez
  • Paul Louis
  • Sahid Pabon
  • Travis Roig
  • Jehane Serralles
  • Barry Tarallo
  • Pilar Uribe
  • Christian Vandepas
  • Gregg Weiner

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Inactive/ rare talent pools

    Austin, United States 
A third city in Texas that was used for anime dubbing, most notably at Monster Island Studios, a rather obscure studio used by ADV for some of its dubs. Hasn't been used at all after Monster Islands shut down.
  • Britt Baker
  • Camille Chen
  • Lana Dietrich
  • Adam Dudley
  • Steve Flanagin
  • Corey M. Gagne
  • Claire Hamilton
  • Guy Harvey
  • Joey Hood
  • Samantha Inoue Harte
  • Christa Kimlicko Jones (Retired from voice acting after moving to New York)
  • Judson L. Jones
  • Gary Lipkowitz (AKA Gary Dehan)
  • Christopher Loveless
  • Ev Lunning Jr.
  • Ellie McBride
  • Robert Matney
  • Josh Meyer
  • Edwin Neal (has done work in Houston)
  • Nathan Parsons
  • Rachel Rivera
  • Sian Rees-Cleland
  • David Stokey
  • Shawn Sides
  • J. Shannon Weaver
  • Ken Webster
  • Ryan Wickerham
  • Bill Wise (has since moved to Los Angeles)
  • Larissa Wolcott

    Cardiff, United Kingdom 
Used for a couple years by Manga Entertainment in the late 90's, more specifically, in the former UK division. Shares a bit of its talent pool with London and records in American English accents.
  • Tom Alexander
  • Robert Chase
  • Anna Conrich
  • Elly Fairman
  • Eric Flynn
  • Stefan Ashton Frank
  • Iestyn Jones
  • Jonathan Keeble
  • Mindy Lee-Raskin
  • Stephen Lyons
  • Daniel Marinker
  • Roger May
  • Joanna McInnes
  • Bethan Morgan
  • Glyn Morgan
  • Siân Rivers
  • Lesley Rooney
  • Frank Rozelaar-Green
  • Sarah Wateridge

    Hong Kong 
Used primarily by Animax Asia on alternate English dubs. Virtually none of them have been released for English-speakers in North America or Europe.
  • Gloria Ansel
  • Matt Bailey
  • Alice Beaver
  • Dave Bridges
  • Simon Broad
  • John Culkin
  • Scott Evans
  • Warwick Evans
  • Catherine Fu
  • Barry Haigh
  • Scott Hilton
  • Muriel Hofmann
  • Andrea Kwan
  • Mark Malloy
  • Ben Margalith
  • David Lee McKinney
  • Candice Moore
  • Jack Murphy
  • Matt Nipperess
  • Elizabeth Oram
  • Matthew Oram
  • Michael Pizzuto
  • Darren Pleavin
  • Colin Shevloff
  • Michael Szuc
  • Rik Thomas (founder of Omni Productions)
  • Pierre Tremblay
  • Lily Truncale
  • Russell Wait
  • Emily Woo Zeller

    London, United Kingdom 
Mainly used by Manga Entertainment UK, much like Cardiff above but with a bit more frequency. Also records using American accents despite using almost exclusively British actors.
  • Sean Barrett
  • Toni Barry
  • Julia Brahms
  • John Bull
  • Nadia De Lemeny
  • Rupert Degas (moved to Australia in 2012)
  • Alison Dowling
  • Ben Fairman
  • Blain Fairman (always miscredited as 'Blair' Fairman)
  • Denica Fairman
  • Don Fellows
  • Daniel Flynn
  • Teresa Gallagher
  • Jeff Harding
  • Tamsin Hollo
  • Sharon Holm
  • Lorelei King
  • Laurel Lefkow
  • Ray Lonnen
  • Alan Marriott (now based in Vancouver, but no longer works in anime)
  • Pamela Merrick
  • Eric Meyers
  • Stuart Milligan
  • Larissa Murray
  • William Roberts
  • Liza Ross
  • John Stefaniuk
  • Peter Woodward
  • Annemarie Zola (AKA Annemarie Lawless)

    Manila, Philippines 
Sometimes used by Animax Asia, not commonly used anymore.
  • Apollo Abraham
  • Raymond Boyco
  • Dada Carlos
  • RJ Celdran
  • Mitch Frankenberger
  • EJ Galang
  • Bob Karry
  • Ethel Lizano
  • Nesty Ramirez

    Montreal, Canada 
While used mainly for Canadian French dubs and domestic cartoons, Montreal has been the location of a few English dubs; albeit many of which being heavily edited.
  • Sonja Ball (has worked in Toronto)
  • Thor Bishopric
  • Danny Brochu
  • Mark Camacho
  • Susan Glover
  • Holly Gauthier-Frankel
  • Dean Hagopian
  • Arthur Holden
  • Rick Jones
  • Pauline Little
  • Liz MacRae
  • Terrence Scammell

    North Carolina, United States 
Now a rather uncommon dubbing location, but was one of the first due to the then-bustling scene of "Wilmywood" in Wilmington, North Carolina. One dub (2005's Miami Guns) was recorded in Asheville, North Carolina with a different group of actors- but using a similar pool of behind-the-scenes staff.
  • J. David Arnold
  • Scott Bailey
  • Belinda Bizic
  • Bryan Bolick
  • Michael Brady
  • Ashley Bril
  • Pierre Brulatour
  • Izzy Burger-Welsh
  • Tamara Burnham-Mercer
  • Shane Callahan
  • Juliet Cesario
  • Chuck Denson Jr.
  • Tracie Dinwiddie
  • Hadley Eure
  • Regan Forman
  • Rick Forrester
  • Marc Garber
  • Michael Granberry
  • Susan Grillo
  • Zach Hanner
  • Chris Jarman
  • David Kraus
  • Joann Luzzatto
  • Lanelle Markgraf
  • Mark Matney
  • Patt Noday
  • Sean P. O'Connell
  • Amy Parrish
  • Robin Robertson
  • Scott Simpson
  • Sinda Nichols
  • Steve Rassin
  • Tony Schnur
  • Shannon Settlemyre
  • Michael Titterton
  • Steve Vernon
  • Dave Underwood
  • Matt Warzel
  • Pamela Weidner-Houle
  • Jerry Winsett
  • Rob Zapple

    Singapore 
Used primarily by Animax Asia and local distributor Odex. Has since stopped dubbing anime.
  • Alison Lester (also worked in Tokyo)
  • Miriam Bekka
  • Edward Choy Keng Choong
  • Cindy Creekmore (also worked in New York)
  • Denise Tan Shu Fen
  • Taaz Gill
  • Mark R. Kaufmann
  • Christian J. Lee
  • Alison Lester
  • Jamie Meldrum
  • Joseph Murray
  • Chio Su Ping
  • Paul John Pistore
  • Chuck Powers
  • Yahav Rom
  • Jerry Szombathy
  • Dwayne Tan
  • Brian Zimmerman

    Tokyo, Japan 
Mostly works on Japanese video games, often used for English voice acting in Japanese dubs. Back in the day, Frontier Enterprises created several anime dubs inside Japan released worldwide, but an anime dub being done here is rather rare now.
  • Donna Burke
  • Tom Clark
  • Wayne Doster
  • Jack Evans
  • Michelle Gazepis
  • Barry Gjerde
  • Hannah Grace
  • Dean Harrington
  • Lynn Harris
  • Michelle Hart
  • Josh Keller
  • Eric Kelso
  • Douglas Kendall
  • Avi Landau
  • Jeff Manning
  • Matthew Meersbergen
  • Jack Merluzzi
  • Michale Naishtut
  • Richard Nieskins (has done work in Hong Kong)
  • Maxwell Powers (Also does roles in Japanese)
  • Michael Rivas
  • Walter Roberts
  • Carolyn Sakai
  • Cyrus Sethna
  • Ruth Shiraishi
  • Gerri Sorrells
  • Rumiko Varnes
  • Peter von Gomm
  • Rachel Walzer
  • Yuko Yunokawa

    Toronto, Canada 
The other major contender to the title of "North Hollywood", albeit not nearly as common for dubbing as Vancouver. Usually dubs heavily-localized versions of anime.

    Others/ one-offs 
Asheville, United States
Used for Miami Guns and nothing else.
  • Debra Austin
  • Josh Batenhorst
  • Jeremy Travis Burgess
  • Rob Campbell
  • Peter Donahue
  • Robin Elliott
  • Christopher Evans (no, not that one)
  • Charles Flynn
  • Lauren Fortuna
  • Nicole B. Gibson
  • Adrian Howard
  • Jay Joslin
  • Dawes Lee
  • Frank Marshall
  • Mark Morales
  • James Morasso
  • Bill Munoz
  • Ralph Redpath
  • Willie Repoley
  • Charles Dee Rice
  • R.K. Roberson
  • Nozomi Shikauchi
  • Scott Treadway
  • Crystal Waters
  • Jess Wells
  • Suzanne Williard
  • Rico Wilson

Atlanta, United States
Occasionally used by Arvintel for some hentai and otherwise pervy anime. Few actors are known.

  • Susan Bennett (best known for voicing Siri)
  • Sara Burmenko
  • Randy Cohlmia
  • Marsha Crenshaw (best known as Brak’s mom on The Brak Show)
  • Bob Harter
  • Carey Means (best known as Frylock from Aqua Teen Hunger Force)
  • Amanda Céline Miller (based in Los Angeles until 2018; still does work in Los Angeles, especially for Boruto: Naruto Next Generations.
  • Harvey Reaves
  • Rick Reitz
  • Thomas Clark

Honolulu, United States
Few actors are known, but recorded a few dubs of older anime such as Tranzor Z and Candy Candy. These dubs are mostly lost to time, but were used in soundtracks for the anime dubbed.

  • Frank Cattelano
  • Robin Gould
  • Dale Hammond
  • Diana Ikeda
  • Dando Kluever
  • Randall Obata
  • Priscilla Piano
  • William Saylor
  • Elisabeth Wichmann

Madison, United States
Used once for the uncut English dub of Astro Boy (1980), which had its English dub recorded by drama students from the University of Wisconsin.

  • Carl Battaglia
  • Richard Ganoung
  • Bob Gonzalez
  • Debbie Holmes
  • Patricia Kugler-Whitely
  • Del Lewis
  • Dave Miller
  • Paul Nelson
  • Brian Parry
  • Jay Rath
  • Kahlei Slick
  • Marilyn Weeks
  • Becky Wilenski
  • Greg Zerkle

Newark, United States
Used for the dub of The King of Fighters: Another Day, mostly to replicate the cast from the Maximum Impact video games; has since gone dormant on most fronts.

  • Katrin Biemann
  • Tony Carroll
  • Marc Donovan
  • Michael Jarmus
  • Lily Kong
  • Mike Lane
  • Sheryl Stanley
  • Eric Summerer
  • Jason Woolley

Paris, France
Used by AB Groupe for their English dubs of various Dragon Ball movies and specials, better known online as the "Big Green Dub"; and for the dubbing of the Diary of Anne Frank anime. Also very commonly used for French video game dubs and the occasional French cartoon dub. Never used for anime now, and uncommon back then as well.

  • Paul Bandey
  • Leslie Clack
  • Bertie Cortez
  • David Gasman
  • Bela Grushka
  • Patricia Kessler
  • Jean la Fontaine
  • Sharon Mann
  • Ed Marcus (retired)
  • Douglas Rand
  • Allan Wenger (also worked in London)

Rome, Italy
Used mostly for dubbing of live-action European films, but dubbed a few live-action Godzilla movies and a select few anime back in the day. The talent pool has long been obsolete, and most of the people listed here are deceased.

  • Ken Belton
  • Bill Kuehl
  • Robert Sommer
  • Pat Starke
  • Frank von Kuegelgen

Saint Louis, United States
Used once by Anime Midstream for their dub of Matchless Raijin-Oh!. Mostly consists of fans who auditioned on a whim, staff members of Anime Midstream; but a few dubbing veterans such as Kyle Hebert and Christopher Bevins did join the project later on.

  • Jean Paul Archambeault
  • Manny Camacho
  • Mary Christine
  • Kearston Brianna Collins
  • John Cummings
  • Cole Eckert
  • Alicia Ernst
  • Josh Ernst
  • Julie Graue
  • Jeremy Johnson
  • Nikki Jones
  • David Kaliszewski
  • Cassandra Kay H
  • Stephen Leitch
  • Ashley "Zayane" Lovings
  • Brandy Luttrell
  • Sherry Nguyen
  • Kaitlin O'Hern
  • Marisa Rae
  • Nic Rodriguez
  • Gilda Santiago
  • Saywihee
  • Ariel Strasser
  • Jimmy David Taylor
  • Cat Thomas
  • Elicia Tuzzolo
  • John Urbanek
  • David Ward
  • Jo-Ann Ward
  • Yuki

San Francisco, United States
Used for the dubs of the Jojos Bizarre Adventure Part 3 OVAs and SaiKano; mostly dubs and records audio for video games now (but still not as much as they used to). This list would be longer if it included the quite larger number of people who recorded said video games.

  • David Arendash
  • Mark Atherlay
  • Michael Bennett
  • Doug Boyd
  • Brooke Campanelli
  • Andrew Chaikin (AKA Kid Beyond)
  • Elaine Clark
  • Darrel Clay
  • Marco D'Ambrosio
  • Terri D'Ambrosio
  • Nicole Emi
  • Carrie Francis
  • Kathy Garver
  • J.S.Gilbert (best known as Sweet Tooth from Twisted Metal)
  • Abie Hadjitarkhani
  • Roger L. Jackson (has since moved onto voice acting in Los Angeles, most notably Mojo Jojo in The Powerpuff Girls and Ghostface's altered voice in Scream)
  • Charles Martinet (best known for his voice work as Mario)
  • Matt Mumper
  • Amy Provenzano
  • M.J. Reynolds
  • Nick Shakoour
  • Bob Shapona
  • Jason Sowell
  • Jesse Spencer
  • John Wenman
  • Joe Wyka

Other lists

    Retired 
Others, while still very much alive, have either retired or changed careers, such as:
  • Hannah Alcorn: Worked in Texas then moved to Los Angeles in 2016. She now works as a beauty editor.
  • Stephen Apostolina: Provided background voices in anime such as Naruto and Zatch Bell!. Hasn't done any new roles in anime since 2006, though continues to provide background voices in several films.
  • Sebastian Arcelus: Worked on several anime titles for 4Kids in their heyday. Now focusing on his career as a stage and screen actor, most notably in House of Cards (US).
  • Christine Auten: Worked on several titles for ADV Films during the 1990's and also did some work with Funimation. Stopped doing voicework in 2012 and currently resides in Austin, Texas where she works as a producer for SXSW Interactive in Austin, Texas. Interactive. However, she briefly made her return in Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse and Akame ga Kill! in 2015 respectively respectively, and To Love Ru in 2020 for Sentai Filmworks.
  • Kristian Ayre: Worked with The Ocean Group from 2001-2008. Now retired from voice acting altogether, working in the marketing business in Toronto.
  • John Baddeley: A British native who did voice acting in anime in the '90s before retiring in 2007.
  • Troy Baker: Started out as a voice actor for Funimation with his well known roles as Excalibur from Soul Eater and Greed Ling in Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. He eventually moved to Los Angeles in 2006 to seek for more voice acting opportunities (mostly in Video Games and several Western Animation), and later become a well-known video game voice actor in AAA titles and well known for his motion capture work in his video game roles. In addition, he also pursued a career as a rock musician. It also doesn't help to note that he eventually became a union voice actor in the same league like Crispin Freeman and Steve Blum, thus making it more difficult to either reprise his older video game and anime roles, or land new anime roles. The fact that he stopped voicing Yamato in the union-dubbed Naruto Shippuden in 2014, which was darrin'd by Matthew Mercer, showed that he probably stopped doing anime voice acting, possibly for good... that is, until 2018 when he surprisingly appeared in the anime adaptation of Baki, though whether or not this means he's finally doing dub work again is still unknown. He also reprised his role of Schneizel El Britannia for Code Geass: Lelouch of the Re;surrection in 2019.
  • Karen Bernstein: Known for voicing Hello Kitty in the mid-90s and Sailor Mercury in the Di C dub of Sailor Moon. She declined to return as Sailor Mercury for the third and fourth seasons of Sailor Moon, on account of other projects then she was replaced by Liza Balkan.
  • Amy Birnbaum: Voice of Max in Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire and Téa Gardner in Yu-Gi-Oh!. She hasn't done any voice acting since 2007, although she did return as Téa in Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dark Side of Dimensions. She currently lives in Atlanta, GA.
  • Cicely Browne: Worked in Rome in the '70s and '80s, has since retired. The only centenarian on this page, being 101 years old as of 2021.
  • Lanny Broyles: Worked with Tokyo-based Frontier Enterprises in the '80s and '90s. Now an English teacher at the Waseda College of International Language Vocational School.
  • Steve Bulen: Known for his voice work on Code Geass and Trigun. Bulen hasn't done any new roles in anime since 2008.
  • Petrea Burchard: Best known for voicing Ryoko in Tenchi Muyo! and Miho Miwakura in Serial Experiments Lain (along with some work in western animation, notably F.R.A.N. in the "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids" cartoon). She retired from voice acting around 2005, and did not reprise her role of Ryoko for the third Tenchi OVA and Tenchi Muyo! GXP. She's now a writer, and occasionally appears in commercials. However, she came out of retirement for the dub of the Ai Tenchi Muyo! short series in 2018.
  • Dameon Clarke: Started out at Funimation as the voice of Cell and Scar, moved to Los Angeles and now only does live-action TV and a few video games. Although he did return to reprise his role as Cell for Dragon Ball Z Kai and has continued to voice Cell in most big-name projects as recently as Dragon Ball Fighter Z in 2018; he also returned to voice both Paragus for Dragon Ball Super: Broly and Kazuma in the Fruits Basket remake in 2019.
  • Kelli Cousins: A voice actress who worked for ADV Films on several roles, such as Seira Morimura, Ropponmatsu 1, and Kino. She has become a designer and maker of jewelry, clothing, housewares, and paper goods.
  • Melissa Davis
  • Ceyli Delgadillo: Had a brief stint working at Funimation as the voice of Kid Goku (in the second and third DB movies), Dende (dubbed over by Laura Bailey on the remastered DVD releases), and the little boy that Yusuke Urameshi sacrificed himself to save. Left Funimation circa 2001, and is now living with her husband and son in Mexico.
  • Peter Doyle: Was active from Los Angeles-based voice acting from approximately 2001 to 2009, with his last documented role being Dominic Sorel in Eureka Seven: Goodnight, sleep tight, young lovers, presumably retiring afterwards due to health issues, until he surprisingly returned to voice-over over a decade later in 2020 for Anemone: Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution.
  • Rebecca Forstadt: Best known for her roles as Lynn Minmei in the English version of Robotech, Nunnally Lamperouge in Code Geass and Mihoshi in Tenchi Muyo!. She didn't have any new roles in anime after 2011, with her most recent roles being a reprise of Suiseiseki from Rozen Maiden: Träumend, and Mihoshi for the Ai Tenchi Muyo dub and Nunnally in Code Geass: Lelouch of the Re;surrection.
  • Scott Freeman: Best known for roles in Funimation, especially Issei in High School D×D. Fired in 2015 after getting arrested for possession of child pornography before being paroled.
  • Michael Forest: Last anime role was in 2009; now occasionally does live-action work and interviews about his decades-long career. He later reprised his roles as Arakawa in The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan and Blair in Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution 1 in 2015 and 2018 respectively.
  • Marla Scott Frumkin: A prolific Los Angeles-based dubber back when Jim Terry was dubbing anime, hasn't been active much since the closure of Jim Terry Productions. Better known for voicing Velma in Scooby-Doo.
  • Mark Gatha: English dub voice of Domon Kasshu in Mobile Fighter G Gundam, who has now become a doctor.
  • Suzanne Goldish: A former voice actress who worked for 4Kids, her most notable role being Chris Thorndyke in Sonic X. Still involved in anime as an ADR/Voice Director at the Los Angeles-based Studiopolis, directing English dubs for anime such as K Project, Bleach (Episodes 268-366), Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress, Tiger & Bunny, and the Viz Media re-dub of Sailor Moon.
  • Illich Guardiola: Hasn't had any new voice acting roles since being caught in a relationship with a minor.
  • J.C. Henning: Appeared in several dubs for Intersound, Streamline Pictures and Animaze throughout the 80's and 90's, usually under her maiden name Joan-Carol O'Connell. Probably best known for playing Clarisee in Streamline's dub of The Castle of Cagliostro and Benisato in Ninja Scroll. Hasn't had any dubbing roles since 2004.
  • David Kaye: Highly prominent in anime that was dubbed in Canada such as Sesshomaru in Inuyasha, Soun Tendo in Ranma ½ and Recoome in the Ocean dub of Dragon Ball Z. Kaye had moved to Los Angeles in 2007 to further his voice acting career. While he is still prominent in video games and western animation, he has all but retired in the field of anime, with his role as Sesshomaru being recast to Michael Daingerfield in InuYasha: The Final Act. However, it was announced he would return to voice Sesshomaru in the English dub of Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon in 2020.
  • Dale D. Shadhema: Best known as the original Captain Ginyu, as well as the narrator, in the early years of Funimation’s in-house DBZ dub. Left Funimation for unknown reasons in 2002, and all of his roles were replaced (Kyle Hebert became the narrator, and Brice Armstrong got Ginyu).
  • Pamela Lauer: Best known as the voice of Kei in the ADV dub of Dirty Pair. Has since retired, but will reprise her role in a new dub of the series proper from Nozomi Entertainment.
  • Amanda Winn-Lee: Known for her role as Yukiko Amagi in Persona 4, Persona 4: Arena Ultimax and Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth. She worked in Texas until moving to Los Angeles around 2000, largely left voice acting to take care of her son when he was diagnosed with leukemia. She primarily does video game voice overs nowadays. Her last major anime role to date was reprising Yukiko in Persona 4: The Animation. She did provide additional directing and consultation on the dub for A Silent Voice. Amanda did mention via Twitter that she does show up if a job comes her way once in a while. After fan outcry over her being replaced by FUNimation for Rebuild of Evangelion, she returned to the role of Rei Ayanami for Amazon Prime's dub.
  • Shelby Lindley: Known for her role as Tsumugi "Mugi" Kotobuki in K-On! and Hitomi Shizuki in Puella Magi Madoka Magica. Lindley hasn't had any new roles in anime since 2015 with her last role being Ami Tabata in Noragami (but the role was instead filled by Caitlin Glass as a last minute substitute in the second series). She seems to be focusing on her singing career providing vocals in the Folk/Pop Band duo Shelby & Tieg with Tieg Johnson. As of 2020, Shelby did some voice acting, but in cartoons so far.
  • Sherry Lynn: Best known for her roles as Sakura Matou in Fate/stay night and Sasami Masaki Jurai in Tenchi Muyo!. She didn't have any new roles in anime since 2011 with her most recent roles being a reprise of Hina-Ichigo from Rozen Maiden: Träumend and the dub of the Ai Tenchi Muyo! series.
  • Tristan MacAvery: Original English dub voice of Gendo Ikari in Neon Genesis Evangelion, retired from voice-acting after a falling-out with ADV. He has since moved to NYC and is now enjoying a career in writing.
  • Dave Mallow: Was active in LA through the long stretches of anime dubbing, retired in 2016-2017.
  • John H. Mayer: One of the Jim Terry Productions roster of voice actors.
  • Meredith McCoy: Best known as the voice of Android 18 in Dragon Ball Z, Launch (both sides) in Dragon Ball, Fujiko Mine in Lupin III, Maria Ross in Fullmetal Alchemist, and others. She still does occasionally voice act, but mostly left the business around 2008. She reprised her role of Maria Ross in Fulllmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, but did not reprise her role of Android 18 in Dragon Ball Z Kai (she was asked though, but the role was instead filled by Colleen Clinkenbeard as a last minute substitute), but she did return as 18 in Battle of Gods and Resurrection ‘F’. She mostly seems to be focusing on her family and singing career.
  • Vic Mignogna: Known for a lot of roles, such as Edward Elric in Fullmetal Alchemist and Broly in Dragon Ball. Originally based in Texas, doing work for both ADV and Funimation, he moved out west to Los Angeles in 2006/2007. He was in the process of moving back to Dallas to work as a director at Funimation when things went south for his career in 2019, as numerous sexual misconduct allegations cropped up against him. Funimation specifically blacklisted him as of February 11, and after losing a lawsuit he had filed to get him off the blacklist he has more or less retired from the business. He did, however, have a say in who would replace him as Broly, with Johnny Yong Bosch being confirmed for the role in December 2019 and Bosch himself confirming Mignogna wanted him to take over if anything should happen to him.
  • Lara Jill Miller: Known for her role as Kari Kamiya in Digimon. Hasn't done any new roles in anime since 2008 with her last anime role being Kapelteta Fernandez in Strait Jacket. She primarily seems to focus more on voice-over work in western animation and live-action acting. She made a return in 2020 voicing Haru in Beastars.
  • Matt K. Miller: Best known for voicing Tenchi Masaki in the Tenchi Muyo! dub. Stopped doing voice work around 2005 to focus on his career in Theatre, though he reprised his role in Ai Tenchi Muyo.
  • Edie Mirman: Original voice for Gatomon in Digimon. Hasn't done any new roles in anime since 2000, though continues to provide background voices in several animated films.
  • Stephanie Nadolny: Best known for voicing Goku as a child (as well as his son Gohan as a child) in the Dragon Ball franchise. Hasn't worked in any Anime since 2006. Though she continued to work in various Dragon Ball video games as late as 2010, Colleen Clinkenbeard officially replaced her starting with Dragon Ball Z Kai. Since then, her only voice work has been in OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes, though only for a few episodes before a DUI arrest ended her career.
  • Chris Niosi: Was the voice of male Byleth from Fire Emblem: Three Houses until he revealed that he had been emotionally abusing colleagues, family, and partners, for over a decade on July 18, 2019. He was recast and Zach Aguilar took over the role. Has done little to no voice work ever since.
  • Nancy Novotny: Worked on several titles for ADV Films during the 1990's and early-mid 2000's, and Sentai Filmworks during the 2010's. Also did some work with Funimation. Stopped doing voicework in 2017 and currently resides in Portland, Oregon.
  • Maggie Blue O'Hara: English voice of Lime in Saber Marionette J and Holly from Monster Rancher and also Bulma in a few episodes of Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies. Hasn't had any confirmed roles for more than a decade, though she did appear in My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic in 2017 and Ninjago in 2018.
  • Alex Organ: Know for his roles as Shogo Makishima from Psycho-Pass, Decim from Death Parade, and Shin Hyuga Shaing from Code Geass: Akito the Exiled. He retired from voice acting in 2017 to pursue theater acting and directing and most of his roles were replaced by Christopher Wehkamp.
  • Corrine Orr: The last remaining survivor of the cast of Speed Racer. While she's still active, she hasn't done any voice acting in anime since Titra Studios, her stomping grounds, gave way to newer studios working for companies such as Central Park Media and 4Kids Entertainment.
  • David Povall: Got started as a Spanish voice actor, among other things dubbing John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever, Grease, Urban Cowboy, and Staying Alive, James Bond in You Only Live Twice, and Major Boothroyd in The Spy Who Loved Me, before switching to English around the time Robotech was produced; best known for voicing Inspector Zenigata in Streamline Pictures' dubs of Lupin III. Hasn't had any dubbing roles since Streamline ceased production in 1995.
  • Simon Prescott: He was active from the 1990s to around 2008, but has not been seen in any dubbed anime work since.
  • Andrew Rannells: He retired from voice acting to start a career on Broadway and mainstream TV in 2006, but returned to the microphone in Welcome to the Wayne with both his Broadway friends and former 4Kids Entertainment comrades.
  • Michael Riesz: Voiced Yamato "Matt" Ishida in Digimon Adventure and Rock in Metropolis. Stopped doing voice work in the early 10's to focus on his career as a writer and producer, and was replaced in the former role in Digimon Adventure tri. (though he did express interest in returning).
  • Kayzie Rogers: One of the original 4Kids voice actors, she retired in 2017 and moved to Zanzibar, and her most notable role as Jessie's Wobbuffet in the dub of Pokémon: The Series has since been handed over in the Sun & Moon series to Erica Schroeder. She did appear in the first episode of that series as Mimey, Delia's Mr. Mime, but that too was recast in a following episode by Michele Knotz.
  • Paul Ross: One of the Jim Terry Productions roster of voice actors.
  • Richard Rossman: One of the Jim Terry Productions roster of voice actors.
  • Lia Sargent: English dub voice of Milly Thompson (and the show's ADR director), as well as providing voices and/or ADR scripts for Rurouni Kenshin, Wolf's Rain, and Planetes. Mostly retired from voice acting in 2006, but has done a few video game roles since then, such as Natsume from .hack//G.U. and Shion in Xenosaga, as well as a couple minor anime roles, such as the redub of Ghost in the Shell 2.0 and the Dante's Inferno animated movie.
  • Tony Sampson: Worked with The Ocean Group from 1991-2008. Now retired from voice acting altogether, working in the oil sands industry at Fort McMurray.
  • Joshua Seth (born Joshua Seth Freedman): English dub voice for the likes of Tai Kamiya (Taichi Yagami), Shoubu, Hige and Tetsuo Shima, is now a Comedy Hypnotist since 2005, and more recently a motivational speaker. He has expressed some interest in reprising Tai in future Digimon series if asked, and eventually did so for Digimon Adventure tri. and Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna.
  • Gregory Snegoff: Became heavily involved in writing, directing and acting for Harmony Gold and Streamline Pictures from the mid-80's to the mid 90's. Returned to his old stomping ground in Rome around 1997 following Streamline's collapse (where he appeared in English dubs of three animated Titanic movies), but returned to Los Angeles around 2004 to do occasional Robotech-related projects. His name has recently been spotted as a script adapter for various Netflix live-action dubs.
  • Gregory Starr: Did voice acting for numerous Frontier Enterprises dubs in the '70s and '80s, mainly to pay the bills, now primarily works as an editor for the Tokyo Journal.
  • Moneca Stori: Best known as Kagome from Inuyasha. Hasn't done any voice work since 2009. She allegedly moved to the United States.
  • Peter Spellos: Was active from the 1980s until 2010, with his last role as Bartley Aspirus in Code Geass. He now works as a podcaster and comedian, though still occasionally does conventions.
  • Jason Gray-Stanford: Had a good history in doing voicework in Canada during the '90s in roles such as Raditz, Joe Higashi, and Donatello. In the early 2000s he moved to California and in 2002 he became Lt. Randall Disher in the TV Series Monk and that's what he is mainly known for today (though it's uncertain if he would ever make a comeback since Monk has now ended, he probably wouldn't).
  • Eric Stuart: Retired from voice acting just after recording for the newest Slayers series, and moved from New York to Tennessee to focus on his music career and family. However, he says he would return to voice his Pokémon roles if asked, and continues to appear at anime conventions. He also continues to narrate audiobooks and returned for Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dark Side of Dimensions.
  • Eileen Stevens: Best known as Iris, Jupiter, Lyra, Serena's Fennekin/Braixen and many other creature voices in Pokémon, Leo and Luna in Yu-Gi-Oh, Belldandy in Ah! My Goddess and several other NY projects, she moved to Florida in 2019 according to Lisa Ortiz, and any roles she had at the time were recast, including Martha Harms taking over as Harper, Lana's little sister in Pokémon: Sun & Moon and Brittany Pressley taking over as Flora in Winx Club. However, she did return as Iris in Pokémon Journeys: The Series.
  • Bill Switzer: Best known for Sai Argyle in Mobile Suit Gundam SEED, he retired from voice acting in 2008. He currently lives in the Northwest Terrorities of Canada where he's working for the Yellowknife branch of mineral exploration company Aurora Geosciences.
  • Alison Viktorin: Well known as the young Conan Edogawa in the Funimation dub of Case Closed and Kuroko Shirai in A Certain Magical Index and its spin-off A Certain Scientific Railgun. Retired in early 2021.
  • Tiffany Vollmer: Bulma from Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, and Dragon Ball GT, Betsy from Case Closed, and a few additional characters in YuYu Hakusho. She stopped accepting new roles around 2006, but continued to voice Bulma until she moved to New Orleans in 2010. She is now a makeup artist, filmmaker, and occasional dancer and on-camera actress.
  • Tom Wayland: Former voice director for Pokemon and other shows until a rape accusation in 2015. His directorial jobs were taken by Theresa Buchheister for the second X&Y season, then by 4Kids veteran Lisa Ortiz for the XY&Z season onwards, as well as all of the characters he voiced being recast by various other actors. He's still somewhat active in the ADR business to this day, with his latest credit being for the 2018 PBS documentary God Knows Where I Am. He's since returned to the voice-over field, albeit not in his usual directing chair at Du Art, but rather at his own studio, 3Beep, and does provide additional voices for NYAV Post on occasion.
  • Dean Wein: Best known for voicing Jubei Kibagami in Ninja Scroll and Boma in Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, the latter of which he returned for (presumably at the behest of voice director and star Mary Elizabeth McGlynn) in 2020 for Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045.
  • Kerry Williams: Best known as Casey/Nanoka in Pokemon, she hasn't appeared in any shows often after 4Kids collapsed. She did return to Pokémon: Black & White as Katharine.
  • Mike Worman: A prolific Tokyo-based voice actor in the '80s, most notably voicing Mamo/Mamaux in the Frontier Enterprises dub of The Mystery of Mamo. Retired sometime in the '90s.

    Deceased 
Much like their Japanese counterparts, English voice actors are only human, and will die at some point. Here be a list of the dearly departed.
  • Susan Aceron (1972-2016; worked in Toronto)
  • Denis Akiyama (1952-2018; worked in Toronto)
  • Nick Alexander (died 2004; worked in Rome)
  • Brice Armstrong (1936-2020; worked in Dallas until his retirement in 2009)
  • Maeghan Albach (1974-2019; worked in Dallas)
  • Lewis Arquette (AKA Lewis Lemay, 1935-2001; worked in Los Angeles, part of the Arquette family)
  • Robert Axelrod (1949-2019; worked in Los Angeles)
  • Chris Ayres (1965-2021; worked in both Dallas and Houston)
  • Robert V. Barron (1932-2000; worked in Los Angeles)
  • Jay Benedict (1951-2020; worked in London)
  • Kirsten Bishopric (AKA Kirsten Bishop; 1963-2014; worked in Toronto)
  • Maddie Blaustein (1960-2008; worked in New York, sister of video game translator Jeremy Blaustein)
  • Ed Blaylock (1952-2017; worked in Dallas)
  • Doug Boyd (1952-2021; worked in San Francisco)
  • Cole Brown (1956-2016; worked in Dallas)
  • Shannon Burgess (1989-2014; worked in Calgary)
  • Wally Burr (1926-2017; worked in Los Angeles)
  • Wendel Calvert (1969-2018; worked in Houston)
  • Bill Capizzi (1937-2007; worked in Los Angeles)
  • Jack Curtis (1926-1970; worked in New York)
  • Carolyn de Fonseca (1929-2009; worked in Rome)
  • Robert Dryden (1917-2003; worked in New York)
  • Gary Dubin (AKA Garry Michaels, 1959-2016; worked in Los Angeles, also known for some live action roles)
  • William Dufris (1958-2020; worked in London)
  • Robert Dunham (1931-2001; worked in Tokyo)
  • Karyn Dwyer (1975-2018; worked in Toronto)
  • Don Fellows (1922-2007; worked in London)
  • Peter Fernandez (1927-2010; worked in New York, also known for many Western Animation roles)
  • Lyle Fisher (1933-2014; worked in Tokyo)
  • Jodi Forrest (1956-2017; worked in Paris)
  • Michal Friedman (1967-2011; worked in New York, spouse of Dan Green)
  • George Gonneau (1925-1997; worked in New York)
  • Joyce Gordon (1919-2011; worked in New York, spouse of Bernard Grant)
  • Bernard Grant (1920-2004; worked in New York)
  • Simone Grant-Timoney (1961-2005; worked in New York, sister-in-law of Bill Timoney)
  • Jack Grimes (1926-2013; worked in New York)
  • Richard Grosse (1949-2003; worked in Tokyo)
  • Cliff Harrington (1932-2013; worked in Tokyo)
  • Cassandra Hodges (1983-2011; worked in Dallas)
  • Scott Hilley (1952-2015; worked in Atlanta)
  • John Hostetter (1946-2016; worked in Los Angeles)
  • Gabe Khouth (1972-2019; worked in Vancouver, younger brother of Samuel Vincent)
  • Tom Killough (1932-2014; worked in Tokyo)
  • Mike Kleinhenz (1958-2008; worked in Houston)
  • Katherine Kopec-Burton (1967-2016; worked in North Carolina)
  • Don Knode (1923-2017; worked in Tokyo)
  • Ted Lehmann (AKA Leonard Pike; 1922-2018; worked in Los Angeles)
  • J. Bruce Lewis (1965-2016; worked in Dallas)
  • Michael Lindsay (1963-2019; worked in Los Angeles until his retirement in 2012)
  • Gene Luotto (died 2011; worked in Rome)
  • Carl Macek (1951-2010; worked in Los Angeles until 2002, then Houston until his death)
  • Gilbert Mack (1912-2005; worked in New York)
  • Bob Magruder (1932-2015; worked in Dallas)
  • Edward Mannix (1928-1995; worked in Rome until the early 1990's, then Los Angeles until his death)
  • Vincent Marzello (1951-2020; worked in London)
  • Ramsay Scott McCulloch (1960-2000; worked in Tokyo)
  • Lisa Michelson (1958-1991; worked in Los Angeles)
  • Kirby Morrow (1973-2020; worked in Vancouver)
  • Frederick Neumann (1926-2012; worked in Rome)
  • Ted Nicoloff (AKA Walker Boone; 1944-2021; worked in Toronto)
  • Cliff Owens (AKA Ray Owens; 1923-1994; worked in New York)
  • Bob Papenbrook (1955-2006; worked in Los Angeles, father of Bryce Papenbrook and spouse of Debbie Rothstein)
  • Fred Patten (1940-2018; though not a voice actor himself, he billed himself, not quite inaccurately, as the only employee to work at Streamline Pictures from start to finish)
  • Lou Perryman (1941-2009; worked in Austin)
  • Tony Pope (AKA Tony Mozdy; 1947-2004; worked in Los Angeles)
  • Spencer Prokop (1957-2009; worked in Dallas)
  • Phil Ross (1929-2016; worked in Houston)
  • William Ross (1923-2014; worked in Tokyo)
  • Ted Rusoff (1939-2013; worked in Rome)
  • Jerry Russell (1936-2013; worked in Dallas)
  • Philece Sampler (1953-2021; worked in Los Angeles)
  • Jill Seifers-Walsh (1965-2012; worked in New York)
  • Bob Sessions (1940-1998; worked in London)
  • Kevin Seymour (1958-2014; worked in Los Angeles)
  • Marc Smith (died 2006; worked in London)
  • Robert Spafford (1913-2000; worked in Rome)
  • Randy Sparks (1968-2011; worked in Houston)
  • Robert O Smith (born Robert Smith, 1942-2010; worked in Vancouver)
  • Barry Stigler (1948-2005; worked in Los Angeles)
  • Hal Studer (1923-2011; worked in New York, spouse of Billie Lou Watt)
  • Dan Sturkie (1924-1992; worked in New York)
  • Randy Tallman (1939-2007; worked in Dallas)
  • Aron Tager (1934-2019; worked in Montreal; best known as Dr. Vink from Are You Afraid of the Dark?)
  • French Tickner (1930-2021; worked in Vancouver)
  • Brad Venable (1977-2021, worked in Dallas until 2016/17, then Los Angeles until his death)
  • Jim J. Ward (AKA Rome Elliott, 1969-2015; worked in New York; unrelated to Jim Ward)
  • Billie Lou Watt (1924-2001; worked in New York back in the day, then became better known for Western Animation)
  • Michael S. Way (1935-2004; worked in North Carolina)
  • Mel Welles (born Ira Melcher, 1924-2005; worked in Rome)
  • Clifton Wells (1937-2000; worked in Los Angeles)
  • Bud Widom (1918-1976; worked in Tokyo)
  • Amy Howard Wilson (1955-2021; worked in New York)
  • Jeff Winkless (1941-2006; worked in Los Angeles)

    Guests 
And others occasionally get involved in anime voice acting even though they aren't really regulars in the industry.

Note that this sub-list does not include the many celebrities and Western Animation VA's that Disney has gotten to play parts in their dubs of the Studio Ghibli films, or more recently, NYAV Post's dubs of higher-profile anime films.

    ADR voice directors 
Here's a list of noteworthy English dub voice directors. ADR voice directors are usually not exclusive to one studio or region - this list is separated by where they are based.

Los Angeles area: (Bang Zoom! Entertainment, New Generation Pictures, Animaze, Studiopolis, NYAV Post West)

Texas: (Funimation, Seraphim Digital Studios (formerly ADV Studios), the now-closed Monster Island Studio)

Because anime dubbing is big in Texas and done in two separate cities, the ADR/Voice Directors are divided by which city they primarily work in.

Primarily works for Funimation in Dallas/Ft. Worth:
Primarily works in Houston for Seraphim Digital Studios (and Sentai Filmworks):

New York City: (4Kids (now closed), NYAV Post note , Headline Studios, MB VoiceWorks)

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