Brad Swaile
Bradley Swaile is a Canadian voice actor. His major roles include Light Yagami in Death Note, Rock in Black Lagoon, Kicker Jones in Transformers: Energon, and Nightcrawler in X-Men: Evolution.[3] In the 1990s, he voiced Mousse in Ranma ½ and Teen Gohan in the Ocean dub of Dragon Ball Z. He has also voiced multiple roles in the Mobile Suit Gundam series, including Amuro Ray of Mobile Suit Gundam, Quatre Raberba Winner of Gundam Wing, Dearka Elsman of Gundam SEED, Auel Neider of Gundam SEED Destiny and Setsuna F. Seiei of Gundam 00. In video games, he voices Jin Kazama in Street Fighter X Tekken.
Biography edit
Swaile attended Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School in Vancouver. He graduated from Kwantlen University with a degree in Graphic and Visual Design.
Swaile has acted in several animated series. One of his earliest anime roles was in the English dub of Ranma ½ where he voiced Mousse. When the Ocean Group dubbed Dragonball Z in the mid-1990s, Swaile voiced Adult Gohan. He also voiced Nightcrawler in X-Men: Evolution and voiced Ace in My Little Pony Tales. In the late 2000s, he voiced the lead characters Rock in Black Lagoon and Light Yagami in the hit anime Death Note. He has reprised his role for the latter's Death Note live action film dub.
Swaile is known for many roles in the Mobile Suit Gundam franchise. These roles include Amuro Ray of Mobile Suit Gundam, Quatre Raberba Winner of Gundam Wing, Dearka Elsman of Gundam SEED, Auel Neider of Gundam SEED Destiny and Setsuna F. Seiei of Gundam 00.
Filmography edit
Anime edit
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993–2002 | Ranma ½ series | Mousse, Sentaro | Ocean/Viz dub | [4][5] |
| 1999 | Video Girl Ai | Yota Moteuchi | [4][5][6] | |
| 2000 | Mobile Suit Gundam Wing | Quatre Raberba Winner, Zechs Subordinate | [4][5][7] | |
| 2000 | Cardcaptors | Various | Ocean/Nelvana dub | [4] |
| 2000 | Dragon Ball Z | Teen Gohan | Ocean/Westwood dub | [4] |
| 2001 | Saber Marionette J | Otaru Mamiya | [4] | |
| 2001 | Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz | Quatre Raberba Winner | [4] | |
| 2001 | Mobile Suit Gundam | Amuro Ray | [4][5] | |
| 2001 | Zoids: New Century Zero | Harry Champ | [4] | |
| 2002 | The SoulTaker | Kyosuke Date | [4] | |
| 2002 | Hamtaro | Maxwell | [4] | |
| 2002 | Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack | Amuro Ray | [4] | |
| 2002 | InuYasha | Amari Nobunaga | [4] | |
| 2002 | Earth Maiden Arjuna | Chris Hawken, others | [4] | |
| 2002–04 | Project ARMS series | Takeshi Tomoe | [4][6] | |
| 2003 | Meltylancer | Ligel | [4] | |
| 2003–05 | MegaMan NT Warrior | Lan Hikari | Also Axess | [4][6] |
| 2003 | Junkers Come Here | Keisuke Kimura | [4] | |
| 2003 | Boys Over Flowers | Kazuya Aoike | [4] | |
| 2003 | Zoids: Fuzors | RD | [4][6] | |
| 2003 | Infinite Ryvius | Koji Aiba | [4] | |
| 2004 | Transformers: Energon | Kicker Jones | [4][6] | |
| 2004–05 | Mobile Suit Gundam SEED | Dearka Elsman | Also specials and film | [4] |
| 2004 | Dragon Drive | Reiji Ozora | [4] | |
| 2004 | Nurse Witch Komugi | Kyosuke Date | [4] | |
| 2004 | Dokkoida!? | Suzuo Sakurazaki / Dokkoida | [4] | |
| 2004–06 | Maison Ikkoku | Yusaku Godai | [4][6] | |
| 2004 | The Daichis | Yashiro, Pokemaru Seller | [4] | |
| 2004 | Galaxy Angel Z | Kato, Fan, Roberto | [4] | |
| 2005 | Tokyo Underground | Rumina Asagi | [4] | |
| 2005 | Hikaru no Go | Fujiwara-no-Sai | [4] | |
| 2006 | Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny | Auel Neider, Dearka Elsman | [4] | |
| 2006 | Shakugan no Shana | Keisaku Sato | Season 1 | [4][6] |
| 2006 | .hack//Roots | Seisaku | [4] | |
| 2007–08 | Black Lagoon series | Rokuro Okajima / Rock | [4][6] | |
| 2007 | The Story of Saiunkoku | Ryuki Shi | [4] | |
| 2007–08 | Death Note series | Light Yagami | Also anime films and specials | [4][6][8] |
| 2008–09 | Mobile Suit Gundam 00 series | Setsuna F. Seiei | [4][9] | |
| 2012 | Kurozuka | Kuro | [6] | |
| 2013 | Beyblade: Metal Fury | King | ||
| 2013 | Black Lagoon: Roberta's Blood Trail | Rokuro Okajima/Rock | [10] | |
| 2016 | Kingdom series | Ci Zou, Ping Wei, Yuan, Ri Boku | [11][12][13][14] | |
| 2017 | Beyblade Burst Evolution | Ghasem Madal | ||
| 2017–22 | World Trigger | Jun Arashiyama, Ko Murakami | [15][6] | |
| 2017 | Gintama | Saito Shimaru | [16] | |
| 2019 | Tobot Athlon | Athlon Rocky | [17] | |
| 2021 | Hello Carbot | Pron |
Animation edit
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000–03 | X-Men: Evolution | Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler | ||
| 2010 | Hero 108 | Yu Tang | [6] | |
| 2010 | Dreamkix | Morrie, Peter, Garrick | [6] | |
| 2017 | Barbie Video Game Hero | Kris | [6] |
Film edit
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Barbie and the Three Musketeers | Serge, Handsome Man | Direct-to-video | [6] |
| 2016 | Ratchet & Clank | Ollie / Super Fan | [6] |
Film edit
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Death Note | Light Yagami | ||
| Death Note 2: The Last Name |
Video games edit
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Mobile Suit Gundam: Journey to Jaburo | Amuro Ray | [4] | |
| 2002 | Gundam: Battle Assault 2 | Amuro Ray, Quatre Rebera Winner | [4] | |
| 2003 | Mobile Suit Gundam: Encounters in Space | Amuro Ray | [4][6] | |
| 2005 | Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam vs. Zeta Gundam | Amuro Ray (0079) | Archive footage | [4] |
| 2007 | Dynasty Warriors: Gundam | Amuro Ray | [4][6] | |
| 2009 | Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2 | Amuro Ray | [4][6] | |
| 2010–11 | Dead Rising 2 | Brent Ernst, others | Also Off the Record | [6] |
| 2011 | Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 3 | Setsuna F. Seiei, Amuro Ray | [4][6] | |
| 2012 | Street Fighter X Tekken | Jin Kazama | [6] | |
| 2019 | Langrisser Mobile | Elwin | [18] | |
| 2022 | New Tales from the Borderlands | Sponsor-Bot | [6] | |
| 2023 | Resident Evil 4 | Soldier A | Separate Ways DLC | [19] |
References edit
- ^ "Security Check Required". facebook.com. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
- ^ Brian Dobson, Saffron Hendrson | Anime Time Machine | Q&A and Autographs Part-2 (01-29-23), Youtube
- ^ "Brad Swaile to Return to AmeCon". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 24, 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as "Brad Swaile". crystalacids.com. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
- ^ a b c d "Anime Central Guest Announcement". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w "Behind The Voice Actors - Brad Swaile". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved February 15, 2017. Check mark indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link) - ^ "Anime Boston Press". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
- ^ "Viz Confirms Death Note English Cast". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
- ^ "English Gundam 00 Promo, Cast for 4 Meisters Posted". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
- ^ Black Lagoon: Roberta's Blood Trail. Episode 1–5. Funimation.
- ^ "Storming the Capital". Kingdom. Episode 10. January 26, 2016. Event occurs at Closing credits. Funimation.
- ^ "First Campaign". Kingdom. Episode 17. January 26, 2016. Event occurs at Closing credits. Funimation.
- ^ "A New Trial". Kingdom. Episode 24. January 26, 2016. Event occurs at Closing credits. Funimation.
- ^ "Sudden Change In The Tide Of Battle". Kingdom. Episode 29. January 26, 2016. Event occurs at Closing credits. Funimation.
- ^ "Osamu Mikumo's Talent". World Trigger. Episode 3. January 18, 2017. Event occurs at Closing credits. Primo TV.
- ^ "Crunchyroll Adds Episodes 292-304 of English Dubbed "Gintama" Anime to Catalog". Crunchyroll. February 19, 2017. Retrieved February 16, 2017.
- ^ "Tobot Athlon". Hello Carbot. behindthevoiceactors.com. March 17, 2021. Retrieved March 17, 2021.
- ^ "Elwin".
- ^ Resident Evil 4 Separate Ways DLC Full Credit, retrieved March 23, 2024
External links edit
- Brad Swaile on Facebook
- Brad Swaile convention appearances on AnimeCons.com
- Brad Swaile at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Brad Swaile at IMDb