Neil Kaplan | |
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| File:Neil kaplan.jpg Neil Kaplan in August 2019 | |
| Born | Bayonne, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Other names | Template:Unbulletedlist |
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| Years active | 1993–present |
| Website | www |
Neil Kaplan is an American voice actor, entertainer, and comedian.
Biography[]
Kaplan grew up in San Jose, California. He got his start as a comedian doing impressions of presidents such as Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon. He also impersonated a little-known journalist at the time, Dan Rather. He then started work on video games, including several Star Wars titles. From there he went on to do such shows as Power Rangers, Digimon: Digital Monsters and most recently, Transformers: Robots in Disguise. One of his most well known voices is Hawkmon from Digimon. He was once a contestant on the game show Street Smarts. On that appearance, he showed off some of his other impressions, including one of Gilbert Gottfried. He was a guest to the Power Morphicon (in Los Angeles) in June 2007 and August 2010, to Armageddon (in Australia and New Zealand) in October 2007, and to AVCon: Adelaide's Anime & Video Games Festival (in Australia) in July 2018. He also created the television series The Way it WASN'T! and the graphic novel I, of the Wolf.[1] He voices Captain Fort Worth in the adult video game BoneCraft.[2]
Filmography[]
Anime[]
- Attack on Titan - Theo Magath
- Bleach – Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto, Ruzaburō "Enryū" Enkōgawa, Gesell, Tenken, Zommari Rureaux (Ep. 195+)
- Blue Dragon – Saber Tiger
- Brigadoon: Marin & Melan – Shuta Alan, Poyon Silver, Detective Chunen
- Cagaster of an Insect Cage – Adham
- Daphne in the Brilliant Blue – Lun Shibazaki, Additional Voices
- Digimon Adventure 02 – Halsemon, Hogan, Ilya, Hawkmon, Shurimon, Aquilamon, Silphymon (shared with Edie Mirman)
- Digimon Data Squad – Pumpkinmon #1 (Eps. 30–34), Ninjamon #3 (Ep. 31), Piximon (Ep. 32), Franz' Agent #1 (Ep. 33), Desk Man #1 (Ep. 33)
- Digimon Frontier – Eldest Mushroomon, Woodmon (Ep. 4), Kokuwamon, Kokuwamon Elder (Ep. 5), Baromon (Ep. 40)
- Digimon Fusion – Lord Bagra, NeoMyotismon, Anubismon
- Digimon Tamers – Indramon, Divermon, Babel
- FAKE – Drake
- Lupin the Third Part IV - Robson Zuccooli
- Marvel Anime: Blade – High Council Chairman, Additional Voices
- Marvel Anime: Iron Man – Minister Defense Kuroda
- Mega Man Star Force – Taurus
- Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin – Dozle Zabi[3][4][5]
- Naruto – Kiyoyasu
- Naruto: Shippuden – Obito, Madara Uchiha (Ep. 125+)
- Rein: The Conqueror – Ibn
- Terraformars – Kaiki Kouno[6]
- Tokyo Pig – Principal
- Transformers: Robots in Disguise – Optimus Prime, Ro-Tor
- Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon – Jyūbei
- Zatch Bell! – Belgim E.O.
Animation[]
- Great Pretender – Lewis Mueller
- Higglytown Heroes – Mover Hero
- Love, Death & Robots – Hank (Ep. "Suits")
- Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero – Club Owner
- Robot Chicken – Albus Dumbledore, Lt. Stone
- The Mouse and the Monster – Utility Guy
- Voltron: Legendary Defender – Emperor Zarkon
- Wacky Races – Sheriff Longarm D. Law (Ep. "Smokey and the Racers")
Films[]
- Digimon: The Movie – Hawkmon, Halsemon
- Dragon Quest: Your Story – Dr. Agon, Zenith Dragon
- Muhammad: The Last Prophet – 'Amr ibn al-'As, The Spy
- The Happy Cricket – Toad #1
- The Little Polar Bear – Bert
- Promare – Vulcan Haestus[7]
Video games[]
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- Baten Kaitos Origins – Wiseman/Verus Wiseman
- BioShock Infinite – Thursday Warren, John Hammond, Ezekiel Price
- BoneCraft – Captain Fort Worth
- Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion – Grim, Johnny Bravo
- Conan – Bone Cleaver
- Destiny 2 – Dominus Ghaul
- DreamWorks Voltron VR Chronicles – Emperor Zarkon
- Final Fantasy XIII – Additional Voices[8]
- Final Fantasy XIII-2 – Additional Voices
- Final Fantasy XV – Additional voices
- Guild Wars 2 – Various Charr and Norn NPCs, Edrick Thorn
- Hearthstone – Cenarius
- Heroes of the Storm – Tychus
- Infamous First Light – Additional Voices[9]
- Jaws Unleashed – Cruz Ruddock
- Justice League Heroes – Gorilla Grodd
- Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII – Additional Voices[10]
- Marvel Heroes – Sabretooth, Venom
- Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor – Nemesis Orcs, Humans
- Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 – Obito Uchiha (Ninja War Tobi), Madara Uchiha
- Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 – Madara Uchiha, Obito Uchiha (Ninja War Tobi)[11]
- Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations – Madara Uchiha
- Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution – Madara Uchiha, Obito Uchiha (Ninja War Tobi)
- Ninja Gaiden II – Genshin
- Red Dead Redemption 2 – The Local Pedestrian Population
- Skylanders: Giants – Batterson, Hatterson
- Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure – Nort, Weapon Master
- Skylanders: Trap Team – Batterson, Hatterson[12]
- Spider-Man 3 – Kraven the Hunter
- Spider-Man: Battle for New York – Norman Osborn / Green Goblin
- Star Wars: The Old Republic – Skadge
- StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty – Tychus Findlay, Reaper, Vulture
- StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void - Herc
- Tell Me Why – Tom Vecchi / Alexander Kershwin
- The Last of Us – Additional Voices
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen – Long Haul
- Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II – Retribution – Ork Nob
- World of Warcraft: Cataclysm – Cenarius
- World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor – Additional Voices[13]
Live-action[]
- Beetleborgs Metallix – Hornix, Witch Doctor (voices, credited as Bob Johnson)
- Big Bad Beetleborgs – Venus Claptrap (voice, credited as Bob Johnson)
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie – Oozemen (voice, uncredited)
- Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue – Diabolico, Gold Beaked Monster (voices)
- Power Rangers Lost Galaxy – Destruxo (voice), Mutantrum (2nd voice)
- Power Rangers Time Force – Gluto (voice), Recap Narrator (voice, uncredited)
References[]
- ↑ The concept for I, of the Wolf was initially developed while he was in attendance at the Transformers convention Auto Assembly over a meal in a Chinese restaurant with some of the convention's other guests. Source: convention organiser
- ↑ "Voice Actor Neil Kaplan Signs On to BoneCraft as Captain Fort Worth". Archived from the original on 2011-11-24.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ "Gundam the Origin I's 1st 7 Minutes English-Dubbed & Subtitled". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 13, 2015.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ "'Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin – Sorrowful Artesia' Anime Episode Gets English Language Trailer". The Fandom Post. Retrieved March 22, 2015.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ "Second 'Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin' Anime Episode Titled". The Fandom Post. Retrieved March 22, 2015.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ "Viz Media Reveals English Dub Cast for Terraformars Anime". Anime News Network. July 1, 2017. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ "Promare Anime Film's English-dubbed Trailer Streamed (Updated)". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2019-08-29.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ Square Enix. Final Fantasy XIII. Scene: Closing credits, 2:15 minutes in, Cocoon Inhabitants, Additional Voices.
- ↑ Sucker Punch Productions. Infamous First Light. Scene: Closing credits, 1:18 minutes in, Additional Voice Acting by.
- ↑ Square Enix. Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII. Scene: Closing credits, 5 minutes in, Voice Actors, Additional Voices.
- ↑ CyberConnect2. Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4. Scene: Closing credits, 0:48 in, English Cast. (2016)
- ↑ Toys for Bob. Skylanders: Trap Team. Scene: Closing credits, 8:40 in. (2014)
- ↑ Blizzard Entertainment. World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor. Scene: Closing credits, 11:30 in, Voice Over Cast. (2014)
External links[]
- Neil Kaplan - official website
- Neil Kaplan's Facebook
- Neil Kaplan at the Internet Movie Database
- Neil Kaplan at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
| Preceded by Peter Cullen 1984-1987 Original Series |
Voice of Optimus Prime 2001–2002 Robots in Disguise |
Succeeded by Garry Chalk 2002–2006 Unicron Trilogy |