Roger Craig Smith
Roger Craig Smith | |
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Smith at the 2011 PAX Prime in Seattle, Washington. | |
Born |
St. Joseph, Michigan, United States | August 11, 1975
Nationality | American |
Other names | Roger C. Smith |
Alma mater | Chapman University |
Occupation | Voice actor, stand-up comedian |
Years active | 2000–present |
Notable work |
Assassin's Creed as Ezio Auditore da Firenze Avengers Assemble as Steve Rogers/Captain America Resident Evil as Chris Redfield Bleach as Shinji Hirako Sonic the Hedgehog as Sonic the Hedgehog Batman: Arkham Origins as Batman Dying Light as Kyle Crane |
Website | www.rogercraigsmith.com |
Roger Craig Smith (born August 11, 1975)[1] is an American voice actor and former stand-up comedian.[2] He is generally known as the current voice behind Chris Redfield in the Resident Evil series, as Ezio Auditore da Firenze in the Assassin's Creed games, as Deidara in the anime Naruto: Shippuden, Zhang Liao in the 6th, 7th, and 8th installments of Dynasty Warriors, the current voice of Steve Rogers/Captain America in Ultimate Spider-Man, the series Avengers Assemble, and Iron Man & Captain America: Heroes United, Thomas in Regular Show, Shinji Hirako from Bleach, Martin Reest from Monster, Percy and Belson in Clarence, Batman in the video games Batman: Arkham Origins and Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate, Kyle Crane in Dying Light, and the current voice of Sonic the Hedgehog in the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise since 2010.[3]
Early life
Smith graduated from Chapman University's Dodge College of film and media arts in 2003 also with a degree in screenwriting.[4] In 2004, his screenplay "Modesto Rules" was a semi-finalist in the Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting competition. Out of a record-setting 6,073 screenplays submitted, Smith's was one of only 132 to make it to the semi-finals. Since then, Smith has worked on projects for both the small and big screens.
Career
Smith's voice work has been called upon by companies including Disney and Disney Television Animation, Cartoon Network, Microsoft Game Studios, Sony, Wal-Mart, Baskin-Robbins, E!, TLC.. He has been cast as the lead voice actor in a number of video games, including in the roles of Sonic the Hedgehog from 2010 onwards, Chris Redfield in the Resident Evil series from Resident Evil 5 onwards,[5] and Ezio Auditore da Firenze in the Assassin's Creed series.[6]
Filmography
Animation
- Avengers Assemble – Steve Rogers/Captain America, Torgo, Great Gambonnos, Grim Reaper,[7] Radioactive Man,[8] Nightmare Winter Soldier, Additional voices[9][10]
- Batman Unlimited – Batman[11]
- Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! – Gus, Jasper, Announcer (Ep. "Screama Donna")[12]
- Ben 10 (2016 TV series) – Diamondhead, Additional Voices[13]
- Breadwinners – Kenneth/Buhduece's Booty, Muscle Bread[14]
- Celebrity Deathmatch – Tobey Maguire[15]
- Clarence – Belson Noles, Percy, Additional voices[16]
- Fish Hooks – Pass[1]
- Future-Worm! – Sauce Starbolt[17]
- Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. – Captain America[18]
- Lego Marvel Super Heroes: Avengers Reassembled – Steve Rogers/Captain America[19]
- Lego Marvel Super Heroes: Maximum Overload – Steve Rogers/Captain America[20]
- Manly – Skinny-Ripped, Eyes-No-Eyes, Zealots[21]
- Out There – Additional voices[22]
- Pickle and Peanut – PAL-SCAN, MC, Klaus, Additional voices[23][24]
- Regular Show – Thomas/Nikolai, Night Owl, Low-Five Ghost, Various/Additional voices[1][16][25]
- Robotomy – Tacklebot[26]
- Sofia the First – Luciano[1]
- Sonic Boom – Sonic the Hedgehog,[27] Dave the Intern, UT, Various voices[16]
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – The Pulverizer/Mutagen Man/Timothy[28]
- The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes – Captain Marvel, Additional voices[1]
- The Powerpuff Girls – Dax, Malty Brown, Additional voices[29][30]
- Transformers: Rescue Bots – Taylor (Ep. "Road Trip")[1]
- Transformers: Robots in Disguise – Jetstorm, Slipstream, Airazor
- Ultimate Spider-Man – Steve Rogers/Captain America, Ghost Spider[9][31]
- Wolverine and the X-Men – Forge,[1] Hellion, Kamal[32]
- Young Justice – Ocean Master, L-5, Additional voices[1]
Anime
- Bleach – Ryusei Kenzaki / Kenryu, Shinji Hirako, Additional voices[9]
- Code Geass – Gilbert G.P. Guilford; Otaku (ep 18)[10]
- Duel Masters – Prince Maurice the Merciless
- Eyeshield 21 – Additional voices
- Kekkaishi – Byaku[1]
- Kurokami: The Animation – Seiji[1]
- Marvel Anime: Iron Man – Professor Satoshi Yamaguchi (ep. 3), Kawashima (ep. 4), Additional voices[1]
- Marvel Anime: Wolverine – Agent Machida[1]
- Monster - Martin Reest
- Naruto – Idate Morino, Inabi Uchiha, Kota, Raiga Kurosuki,[9] Shura
- Naruto Shippūden – Deidara, Bisuke, Hayama Shirakumo (ep 190)[10]
- Zegapain – Kyo Sogoru, Abyss (credited as Bill Lemas)
Films
- Batman Unlimited: Animal Instincts – Batman/Bruce Wayne[33]
- Batman Unlimited: Mechs vs. Mutants – Batman/Bruce Wayne[34]
- Batman Unlimited: Monster Mayhem – Batman/Bruce Wayne[35]
- Delhi Safari – Monkey #1, Monkey #2[1]
- Dino Time – Additional voices[36]
- Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams – Prince Phillip[1]
- Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence – Sect. 9 Briefing Voice, Yamadori Transport Pilot (Animaze Dub)
- Iron Man & Captain America: Heroes United – Steve Rogers/Captain America[37]
- Jennifer's Body – Radio DJ, ADR voices
- Monkey King: Hero is Back – Pig
- Naruto the Movie: Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom – Additional voices
- Naruto the Movie: Legend of the Stone of Gelel – Temujin[10]
- Patlabor: The Movie – Kiichi Goto (Bandai Visual Dub)[1]
- Patlabor 2: The Movie – Kiichi Goto (Bandai Visual Dub)[1]
- Planes – Ripslinger[10]
- Regular Show: The Movie – Jablonski, Frank Smith, Fast Food Guy[38]
- Resident Evil: Degeneration – Curtis Miller[10]
- Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie – Deidara[1]
- The Laws of the Universe Part 0 – Eisuke[39]
- The Ringmaster - Mime
- Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure – Bolt, Stone[1]
- Wreck-It Ralph – Sonic the Hedgehog[1][10]
Video games
- Ace Combat: Assault Horizon – Sensor Operator[40]
- Alice in Wonderland – Tweedledee, Tweedledum[1]
- Assassin's Creed II/Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood/Assassin's Creed: Revelations – Ezio Auditore da Firenze[10]
- Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag – Ruggiero Ferraro, Abstergo market analyst
- Batman: Arkham Origins/Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate – Bruce Wayne/Batman[3]
- Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII – Unnamed main character[41]
- Castle Shikigami 2 – Kim De John[42]
- Chicken Little: Ace in Action – Runt[10]
- Disney Infinity – Additional voices[43]
- Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes – Steve Rogers/Captain America[1][44][16]
- Disney Infinity 3.0 – Captain America[45]
- Dying Light – Kyle Crane[46]
- Dynasty Warriors series – Zhang Liao[1]
- Epic Mickey – Additional voices[47]
- Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two – Additional voices[48]
- Final Fantasy XIII – Cocoon Inhabitants[49]
- Final Fantasy XIII-2 – Additional voices[50]
- G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra – Duke, Lift-Ticket[1][10]
- Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham – Bat-Mite, Riddler, Skeets[16]
- Lego Dimensions – Riddler,[51] Sonic the Hedgehog/Super Sonic
- Lego Jurassic World – Additional voices[52]
- Lego Marvel Super Heroes – Captain America, Human Torch[1]
- Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth – Captain America, Venom, Human Torch[1]
- Master of Orion: Conquer the Stars – Sakkra Advisor[53]
- Medal of Honor: Vanguard – PFC 1st Class Harrison Pike[10]
- Metal Gear series
- Online – Soldiers[1]
- Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots – Enemy Soldiers[54]
- Solid: Peace Walker – Soldiers[1]
- Solid: Portable Ops – Soviet Soldiers, Intercom[1]
- Naruto series – Deidara, Bando, Towa, Doshin[1][10]
- PlayStation Move Heroes – Gleeber
- Resident Evil series – Chris Redfield (2009–present)[1][55]
- Red Dead Redemption – The Local Population
- Samurai Warriors 3 – Keiji Maeda[1]
- Skylanders – Boom Jet
- SuperChargers – Bushwhack[56]
- Swap Force[57][58]
- Trap Team[57][59][60]
- Sonic the Hedgehog series – Sonic the Hedgehog/Super Sonic (2010–present),[5] Wisp Announcer (2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016)[10][61][62]
- Soulcalibur series – Siegfried Schtauffen (uncredited)[1]
- IV
- V – Ezio Auditore da Firenze
- Broken Destiny
- Legends
- Star Wars: The Old Republic – Grik Sonosan, Heerimus, Nam-aK, additional voices
- Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U – Sonic the Hedgehog/Super Sonic
- Tekken 6 – Eddy Gordo (uncredited)[1]
- The Wonderful 101 – Wonder Blue[1]
- Warriors Orochi – Keiji Maeda[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 "Behind The Voice Actors - Roger Craig Smith". Retrieved July 20, 2013.
- ↑ http://www.backstage.com/interview/roger-craig-smith-how-standup-influenced-his-voiceover-career/
- 1 2 "Batman: Arkham Origins stars Roger Craig Smith as Batman, Troy Baker as Joker". Joystiq.
- ↑ Hines, Ryan (September 24, 2013). "Taking Flight". blogs.chapman.edu. Retrieved August 24, 2014.
- 1 2 Hazeldine, Julian. Speedrun: The Unauthorised History of Sonic The Hedgehog. Lulu.com. p. 108. ISBN 9781291831887.
- ↑ Melendez, CJ (June 16, 2011). "Chrrrrissss! Roger Craig Smith Interview". Rely on Horror. Retrieved April 8, 2012.
- ↑ "Thanos Rising". Avengers Assemble. Season 2. Episode 2. October 5, 2014. Disney XD.
- ↑ "Secret Avengers". Avengers Assemble. Season 2. Episode 17. May 10, 2015. Disney XD.
- 1 2 3 4 "Roger Craig Smith Gives Voice to Captain America". comicbookresources.com. October 1, 2013. Retrieved August 19, 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Roger Craig Smith SacAnime Convention". sacanime.com. Retrieved August 19, 2014.
- ↑ "Batman Unlimited: Training Standoff". YouTube. 2015-06-19. Retrieved 2015-11-01.
- ↑ "Screama Donna". Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!. Season 1. Episode 9. October 20, 2015. Cartoon Network.
- ↑ "Roger Craig Smith". rogercraigsmith.com. Retrieved 2016-10-17.
- ↑ "Super Duck vs. Muscle Bread". Breadwinners. Season 2. Episode 19b. July 11, 2016. Nicktoons.
- ↑ "The Beginning of Celebrity Deathmatch". Celebrity Deathmatch. Season 6. Episode 1. February 9, 2007. MTV2.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Batman, Captain America, SONIC THE HEDGEHOG? Roger Craig Smith's Many Heroic Voices". Newsarama.com.
- ↑ "Long Live Captain Cakerz!/Healin' Touch With Dr. D/Terrible Tuber Trouble". Future-Worm!. Season 1. Episode 1. August 1, 2016. Disney XD.
- ↑ "Guardians of the Galaxy". Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. Season 2. Episode 29. November 2, 2014. Disney XD.
- ↑ "Lego Marvel Super Heroes: Avengers Reassembled". Lego Marvel Super Heroes. November 16, 2015.
- ↑ "Behind The Voice Actors - Lego Marvel Super Heroes: Maximum Overload". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved September 6, 2015.
- ↑ ""Manly" (Cartoon Hangover Shorts # 8)". July 31, 2014. Retrieved December 1, 2016.
- ↑ "Salem, My Salem". Out There. Season 1. Episode 8. April 5, 2013. IFC.
- ↑ "PAL-SCAN/America's Sweetboy". Pickle and Peanut. Season 1. Episode 4. September 28, 2015. Disney XD.
- ↑ "Night Shift/Scalped". Pickle and Peanut. Season 1. Episode 18. June 27, 2016. Disney XD.
- ↑ "Terror Tales of the Park II". Regular Show. Season 4. Episode 3. October 15, 2012. Cartoon Network.
- ↑ "Field of Screams". Robotomy. Season 1. Episode 6. November 29, 2010. Cartoon Network.
- ↑ http://www.sonicthehedgehog.com/boom/en/sonic-boom-tv-overview/sonic-tv-credits/
- ↑ "Mutagen Man Unleashed". Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Season 2. Episode 4. November 9, 2013. Nickelodeon.
- ↑ "Escape from Monster Island". The Powerpuff Girls (2016). Season 1. Episode 1. April 4, 2016. Cartoon Network.
- ↑ "Power-Up Puff". The Powerpuff Girls (2016). Season 1. Episode 10. April 14, 2016. Cartoon Network.
- ↑ "The Spider Slayers Pt. 2". Ultimate Spider-Man. Season 4. Episode 22. October 15, 2016. Disney XD.
- ↑ "Roger Craig Smith - Convention Scene". Retrieved September 6, 2015.
- ↑ "EXCLUSIVE: First "Batman Unlimited: Animal Instincts" Trailer Runs Wild". Comic Book Resources.
- ↑ Lam, Steve. "Batman Unlimited: Mechs Vs. Mutants Trailer Premieres". Bam! Smack! Pow!. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
- ↑ "EXCLUSIVE TRAILER DEBUT: Joker Rules in "Batman Unlimited: Monster Mayhem"". Comic Book Resources.
- ↑ "Roger Craig Smith movies". Retrieved September 6, 2015.
- ↑ "Download Marvel's Iron Man & Captain America: Heroes United Now - News - Marvel.com". Retrieved September 6, 2015.
- ↑ Regular Show: The Movie (film). 2015.
- ↑ "The Laws of the Universe Anime Film Casts Dylan McDermott, Jennifer Beals, Tom Kenny". Anime News Network. September 26, 2015. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
- ↑ Namco. Ace Combat: Assault Horizon. Namco Bandai Games. Scene: Closing credits, 3:15 in, English Voices and Performance Capture.
- ↑ "Roger Craig Smith at the Internet Movie Database". Retrieved May 21, 2015.
- ↑ Makuch, Eddie (25 October 2013). "Roger Craig Smith On Becoming Batman". gamespot.com. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
- ↑ Avalanche Software. Disney Infinity. Scene: Closing credits, 4:52 in, Featuring the Voice Talents of.
- ↑ Avalanche Software. Disney Infinity 2.0: Marvel Super Heroes. Scene: Closing credits, 2:55 in, Featuring the Voice Talents of.
- ↑ Avalanche Software. Disney Infinity 3.0. Scene: Closing credits, 5:29 in, Featuring the Voice Talents of.
- ↑ Sal Romano (December 6, 2014). "Dying Light story trailer". Gematsu. Retrieved January 7, 2014.
- ↑ Epic Mickey, closing credits, 4:30 minutes in - Epic Mickey - Disney Character Voices
- ↑ Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two, closing credits, 5:40 minutes in – Epic Mickey: The Power of Two – Disney Voice Talents – English Voice Talents
- ↑ Final Fantasy XIII-2, closing credits, 2 minutes in – Final Fantasy XIII – Voice Actors Cast – Cocoon Inhabitants
- ↑ Final Fantasy XIII-2, closing credits, 2:10 minutes in – Final Fantasy XIII-2 – Voice Actors Cast – Additional voices
- ↑ Traveller's Tales. Lego Dimensions. Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. Scene: Closing credits, 4:45 in, Voiceover Talent.
- ↑ Traveller's Tales. Lego Jurassic World. Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. Scene: Credits, 6:00 in, Voice Cast.
- ↑ Chalk, Andy (February 17, 2016). "Master of Orion trailer reveals a cast of sci-fi stars". PC Gamer. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
- ↑ Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, closing credits, 4 minutes in - Metal Gear Online Unit - Voice-Over Cast - Soldiers
- ↑ Capcom. Resident Evil 6. Capcom. Scene: Closing credits, 4 minutes in, Facial Capture (ADR) Cast.
- ↑ Vicarious Visions. Skylanders: SuperChargers. Activision. Scene: Closing credits, 7:13 in, Voice Actors.
- 1 2 Coin-Op TV (2015-04-07). Skylanders Boom Jet + Bushwhack Voice Roger Craig Smith Interview Wondercon 2015 (YouTube).
- ↑ Vicarious Visions (October 13, 2013). Skylanders: Swap Force. Scene: closing credits, 8 minutes in, VO Production by Soundelux, Voice Actors.
- ↑ Toys for Bob. Skylanders: Trap Team. Activision. Scene: Closing credits, 8:40 in, Voice Actors.
- ↑ "The Voices of Skylanders: Trap Team (2014, Video Game) - Voice Cast Listing at Voice Chasers". Voice Chasers. Retrieved September 6, 2015.
- ↑ "New Sonic Voice Actors Announced!". www.sonicretro.org. July 15, 2010. Retrieved August 23, 2014.
- ↑ "Ninterview: Meet Roger Craig Smith - Voice Actor for Sonic the Hedgehog / Chris Redfield". www.nintendolife.com. March 13, 2013. Retrieved August 23, 2014.
External links
- The Official Roger Craig Smith website
- Roger Craig Smith at the Internet Movie Database
- Roger Craig Smith at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
Preceded by Jason Griffith |
English voice of Sonic the Hedgehog (video games) 2010-present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
Preceded by Jason Griffith |
English voice of Sonic the Hedgehog (broadcast TV series) 2014-present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |