Crispin Freeman

Crispin McDougal Freeman (born February 9, 1972) is an American voice actor and mythology scholar.

Crispin's roles have included Alucard from Hellsing, Kyon from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Karasu from Noein, Togusa from Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, as Holland Novak from Eureka Seven, Touga Kiriyu in Revolutionary Girl Utena, Zelgadis Greywords from Slayers, Straight Cougar from S-CRY-ed, Tsume from Wolf's Rain, Guan Yu from Dynasty Warriors, Siegfried Schtauffen from Soul Calibur 3, Itachi Uchiha in Naruto, Rude from Final Fantasy VII, Albel Nox from Star Ocean: Till the End of Time, and Red Arrow in Young Justice.

Biography

Born in Chicago, Illinois, Crispin Freeman is the oldest of three children;he has a younger brother; actor, producer, director, and musician Clark Freeman, and a sister; actress and musician Cassidy Freeman. All three siblings attended the Latin School of Chicago, where he graduated in 1990. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Williams College, majoring in Theater and minoring in Computer Science. Afterward, he earned his Master of Fine Arts degree from Columbia University in Acting, and performed on Broadway (New York City), at the American Repertory Theater in (Cambridge), at the Mark Taper Forum in (Los Angeles), at Cincinnati's Playhouse in the Park, and at the Williamstown Theater Festival.

As a child, Freeman was greatly influenced by anime shows such as Speed Racer and Battle of the Planets. Casey Kasem voiced the role of his favorite character, Mark of Battle of the Planets. He actually wanted to change his name to Mark at one point. Later, he discovered Voltron, Star Blazers, and Robotech, being quoted in the January 1999 issue of America Interview saying, "That show really blew me away."

Freeman initially got involved in the anime voice-over industry when a friend of his landed a role in Peacock King. Knowing Freeman was a big anime fan, the friend suggested he call up Central Park Media (CPM) and apply for a job doing English dubs. It was not until he remembered all of the anime shows he watched as a child did he realize that some people are introduced to anime through the English dubbed versions.

In 1997, Freeman landed the role of Zelgadis Greywords in Slayers along with Lisa Ortiz, Eric Stuart, and Veronica Taylor. He was the second and final voice actor to get the job, after Zelgadis' original voice actor, Daniel Cronin, lost contact with CPM after a year-long halt in the dubbing.

Years later he turned to the American animation voice acting grounds. He been best known for his work in Marvel Comics based productions as Electro from The Spectacular Spider-Man, and Multiple Man in Wolverine and the X-Men. He is currently starring as Red Arrow in Young Justice for DC Comics and Warner Bros.

Since then, Freeman has had various roles throughout his career. He has appeared in many video game titles as memorable characters. Such as Albedo from Namco's Xenosaga series, the God of the sun Helios in God of War 3, Haji, Joel the 6th, and Van Argeno in Blood+, the main protagonist Baldur, in Silicon Knights's Too Human, Breakdown in Transformers: War for Cybertron, The Winter Soldier in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, and Iron Man in the sequel Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2.

On August 11, 2007, he married Izobel Carol on the island of Hawaii at the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel. His brother Clark was his best man.

In October, 2009, Crispin hosted two virtual town halls on Vokle.com. He took questions from fans, did character voices and read his favorite scary story.

His sister Cassidy Freeman, stars in Smallville as Tess Mercer, the acting CEO of Luthor Corp.

Freeman is also an educator, giving classes, workshops, and performance lectures in Los Angeles, California, for which information can be found on his official website under "classes". In addition to classes, Freeman releases a new voice acting podcast at the Voice Acting Mastery website every two weeks.

Filmography

Anime roles

.hack//SIGN - Balmung, AI Harald
.hack//Legend of the Twilight - Balmung
.hack//Liminality Vol. 1: In the Case of Mai Minase - Harald Hoerwick
.hack//Liminality Vol. 2: In the Case of Yuki Aihara - Yuki's Brother
.hack//G.U. - Sakaki
Angel Sanctuary - Rosiel
Angel Tails - Shin
Argento Soma - Dan Simmonds
The Big O - Alan Gabriel
Boogiepop Phantom - Masami Saotome
Blood+ - Haji, Van Argeno, Joel Goldschmidt VI
Code Geass - Jeremiah Gottwald
Cosmo Warrior Zero - Zero
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie - Telephone Operator
Chobits - Hideki Motosuwa
Digimon Frontier - Kouichi Kimura, Additional Voices
Digimon Data Squad - Thomas H. Norstein
Durarara!! - Shizuo Heiwajima
Eureka Seven - Holland Novak
Eyeshield 21 - Shin Seijuro
Fencer of Minerva - Sho
Geneshaft - Mario Musicanova
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG, Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. Solid State Society - Togusa
Ghost Slayers Ayashi - Genbatsu Edo
Grave of the Fireflies - Additional Voices
Hellsing, Hellsing Ultimate - Alucard
Howl's Moving Castle - The Prince/Turnip Head
IGPX Immortal Grand Prix - Bjorn Johannsen
I My Me! Strawberry Eggs - Hibiki Amawa (Male)
Initial D - Kouichiro "Cole" Iketani
Irresponsible Captain Tylor - Captain Tylor
Kikaider - Rei/Kikaider 00
Kurokami - Reishin Shishigami
Last Exile - Alex Row
Lucky ☆ Star - Clerk Sugita, Kyon Cosplayer, Additional Voices
Mars Daybreak - Rich
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya - Kyon
Naruto - Itachi Uchiha, Ebisu, Fourth Kazekage, Shibi Aburame
Naruto Shippuden - Itachi Uchiha, Ebisu, Fourth Kazekage, Shibi Aburame
Night on the Galactic Railroad - Campanella
Noein - Karasu
Now and Then, Here and There -Tabool
Photon - The Emperor
Ping-Pong Club - Takeda
Please Twins! - Kousei Shimazaki
Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea - Additional voices
Read or Die - Joker
Record of Lodoss War—Chronicles of the Heroic Knight - Spark, Garrack (episodes 16-27), Maar, Groder (Episode 7), Gaberra (Episode 8)
Rave Master - Shuda, Sieg Hart
Revolutionary Girl Utena - Touga Kiryuu, Dios
RG Veda - Taishakuten
Rurouni Kenshin - Shougo Amakusa, Shibata
Sakura Wars: The Movie - Brent Furlong
s-CRY-ed - Straight Cougar
Scrapped Princess - Shannon Casull
Shamanic Princess - Kagetsu
Space Travelers - Jetter
Slayers (all series) - Zelgadis Greywords (after Daniel Cronin), Additional Voices
Slayers Premium - Zelgadis Greywords
Strait Jacket - Isaac Hammond
Stitch! - Evile, The Experiment 627 (in human form) (Season 2)
Tekkonkinkreet - Additional Voices
Tenchi Muyo! - Kamikura (third OVA)
The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya - Kyon
Vandread - BC: male voice
Virgin Fleet - Mau
Witch Hunter Robin - Amon
Wolf's Rain - Tsume
Wolverine - Tesshin Asano
X-TV - Fuuma Monou
Zatch Bell! - Wonrei, Kane, Gustav, Mamoru Iwashima, Albert (Sherry's butler), Oren, Albert (Laila's bookkeeper), Additional Voices

Non-anime roles

Eastbound and Down
Ice Age: The Meltdown - Additional voices
Important Things with Demetri Martin - Bystander
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated - Howard E. Robertson, Rhino
The Spectacular Spider-Man - Electro
W.I.T.C.H. - Raphael Sylla
Wolverine and the X-Men (TV series)|Wolverine and the X-Men - Multiple Man, Maverick
Young Justice - Speedy/Red Arrow, Guardian

CGI roles

Final Fantasy VII Advent Children - Rude
Resident Evil: Degeneration - Frederick Downing

Video game roles

.hack//MUTATION - Balmung
.hack//OUTBREAK - Balmung
.hack//QUARANTINE - Balmung
.hack//G.U. vol. 1//Rebirth - Sakaki
.hack//G.U. vol. 2//Reminiscence - Sakaki, Azure Balmung
.hack//G.U. vol. 3//Redemption - Sakaki, Azure Balmung
Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War - Allen C. Hamilton (uncredited)
Armored Core 4 - Unseel, Red Cap, Defense Force
Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana - Delsus (uncredited)
Ape Escape: Pumped & Primed - Specter (uncredited)
Baten Kaitos Origins - Heughes
Batman: Arkham City - Political Prisoners, Officer Michaels, Ernest Ray
Beat Down: Fists of Vengeance - Eugene (uncredited)
Bioshock 2 - Additional Voices
Breakdown - Solus (uncredited)
Castlevania: Curse of Darkness - Hector (uncredited)
Castlevania: Lament of Innocence - Mathias Cronqvist (uncredited)
Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin - English ADR Director
Company of Heroes - Airborne Commander
Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII - Rude, Kunsel
Death by Degrees - Alan Smithee (uncredited)
Diablo III - Male Wizard
Digimon World Data Squad - Thomas H. Norstein
Dungeon Siege III - Lucas Montbarron
Dynasty Warriors 4 - Guan Yu (uncredited)
Dynasty Warriors 5 - Guan Yu (uncredited)
Dynasty Warriors 5 Empires - Guan Yu (uncredited)
Dynasty Warriors 5 Xtreme Legends - Guan Yu (uncredited)
Final Fantasy XIV - Various (uncredited)
Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon - Old Man (Setos grandpa)
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Togusa
God of War III - Helios
Gods Eater Burst - Johannes von Schicksal
Gothic 3 - Nameless Hero
Halo Wars - Spartan 092: Jerome
Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law (video game) - Myron Reducto
Hitman: Blood Money - Rick Henderson
Justice League Heroes - Superman
Kessen III - Nobunaga Oda (uncredited)
Kingdom Hearts II - Setzer Gabbiani, Will Turner
Lair - Koba-Kai, Wingman
Magna Carta 2 - Alex Laimon Roodo
Makai Kingdom: Chronicles of the Sacred Tome - Overlord Zetta (uncredited)
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance - Winter Soldier, Armored Atlantians
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 - Iron Man, Titanium Man, Subway Officer
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots - Enemy Soldiers
Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops - High Officer A
Nano Breaker - Jake Warren (uncredited)
Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 2 - Genma Shiranui, Itachi Uchiha
Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 3 - Itachi Uchiha
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja 4 - Itachi Uchiha
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja 5 - Itachi Uchiha
Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm - Itachi Uchiha
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 - Itachi Uchiha
Naruto: Clash of Ninja Revolution - Itachi Uchiha
Naruto: Clash of Ninja Revolution 2 - Itachi Uchiha
Naruto Shippuden: Clash of Ninja Revolution 3 - Itachi Uchiha
Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer - Gann of dreams
Paraworld - Bela
Phantom Brave - Raphael (uncredited)
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End - Will Turner
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow - Will Turner
Project Sylpheed - Taskent Eagle (uncredited)
Rave Master: Special Attack Force! - Sieg Hart
Resistance 3 - Charlie Tent, Winston (Smoking Man)
Rise of the Argonauts - Achilles
Rogue Galaxy - Gale Dorban/Jaus
Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga - Heat (uncredited)
Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga 2 - Heat (uncredited)
SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo 2 - BRONCO
SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Tactical Strike - BRONCO
Soulcalibur III - Siegfried Schtauffen (uncredited)
Star Ocean: Till the End of Time - Albel Nox (uncredited)
Suikoden Tactics - Iskas (uncredited)
Tales of Symphonia - Regal Bryant
Tekken 5 - Bruce Irvin (uncredited)
Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection - Bruce Irvin (uncredited)
Tekken 6 - Bruce Irvin (uncredited)
Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion - Bruce Irvin (uncredited)
The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II - Haldir
The Lord of the Rings: War in the North - Legolas
Too Human - Baldur
Transformers: War for Cybertron - Breakdown
Universe at War: Earth Assault - Prince Zessus
Urban Reign - Lin Fong Lee (uncredited)
Valkyria Chronicles II - Zeri
Watchmen: The End Is Nigh - Dr Manhattan
White Knight Chronicles: International Edition - Setti, Grazel
Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht - Albedo Piazolla / Gaignun Kukai (Nigredo) / Jin Uzuki (uncredited)
Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Böse - Albedo Piazolla / Gaignun Kukai (Nigredo)
Xenosaga Episode III: Also sprach Zarathustra - Albedo Piazolla / Gaignun Kukai (Nigredo)
Zatch Bell! Mamodo Battles - Albert, Gustav, Wonrei
Zatch Bell! Mamodo Fury - Albert, Gustav, Wonrei

Live action voiceover

Versus - Ponytail, One-handed Sidekick (English dub, credited as Mark Percy)
Oldboy - Lee Woo-jin (English dub, not credited)

Documentaries

Adventures in Voice Acting - Himself
Anime: Drawing a Revolution - Himself

Production staff

ADR director

Scrapped Princess
Space Travelers
Strawberry Eggs

Script adaptation

Assemble Insert
Boogiepop Phantom
Gungrave
His and Her Circumstances
Night on the Galactic Railroad
Photon: The Idiot Adventures
Pokemon
Scrapped Princess
Shamanic Princess
Space Travelers
Strawberry Eggs
Witch Hunter Robin