Liam O’Brien (Synchronsprecher)

Liam O'Brien (born May 28, 1976) is an American voice actor and voice director in the Los Angeles area. He has been involved in many English-language adaptations of Japanese anime, and is also a regular in numerous video games and cartoons. His major anime roles include Gaara in Naruto, Captain Jushiro Ukitake in Bleach, Lloyd in Code Geass, and Kenzo Tenma in Monster. In cartoons, he voices in shows such as Star Wars Rebels, Transformers: Robots in Disguise, Avengers Assemble, Wolverine and the X-Men, and Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H.. In video games, he voiced Gollum in Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor, Caius Ballad in Final Fantasy XIII, War in Darksiders, and Asura in Asura's Wrath. He has directed on Naruto, The Last of Us, Evolve, Resident Evil 5, and Resident Evil 6.

Biography

O'Brien started getting into acting in high school. After attending NYU for college, he worked in theater on various productions around the country. While working on a production of Romeo & Juliet in Cincinatti, he met Crispin Freeman, who helped him get into voice-over in cartoons and anime back in New York City.

O'Brien's characters have varied in terms of styles. He affirms that he plays characters that are typically insane or evil geniuses, although he has also voiced comedic characters such as Fukuyama in Girls Bravo where he said he would "break out in a sweat matching his level of nuttiness". He describes Cumoire from Tales of Vesperia as "slightly unhinged". In Darksiders, he voices the lead character War, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. He describes his voicing as deeper than his usual voice, and that he portrayed him as a fairly old soul who isn't surprised at the events around him. In the video game-based film Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children he voiced Red XIII.

In addition to voice acting, O'Brien has worked as a voice director and writer on various video games and anime shows.

Personal life

O'Brien is married to fellow voice actress Amy Kincaid. He has been filming a web series called Critical Role, where various actors band together to play Dungeons & Dragons.

Filmography

Anime

List of voice performances in anime

Year	Title	Role	Crew role, Notes	Source
	Boogiepop Phantom	Yoji Suganuma, others
	Gokudo	Tei
	His and Her Circumstances	Hideki Asaba, Fukada Kohei
	Revolutionary Girl Utena	Mamiya Chida
	Figure 17	Toru
	DNA²	Junta Momonari
	K.O. Beast	Bud Mint
	Yukikaze	Various characters
	Texhnolyze	Man C
	.hack//Legend of the Twilight	Tom
	Gad Guard	Truck Driver
	R.O.D.	Various characters	Also as William Markham
	Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex	Various characters
	Paranoia Agent	Mitsuhiro Maniwa , Man on Phone 2
	Comic Party	Taishi Kuhonbutsu
	Gungrave	Executive A, Researcher, Sam
	Marmalade Boy	Akira Mizutani, Alex
	Girls Bravo	Kazuharu Fukuyama
	Rumiko Takahashi Anthology	Ryuichi, Mover, Odagiri, Zashiki Warashi, Gorgeous
	Samurai Champloo	Young Yamane, Eel Shop Owner, others
	Daphne in the Brilliant Blue	Various characters
	Koi Kaze	Kei Odagiri, Man, Friend A
	Duel Masters: Season 2	Shobu
	Tenjho Tenge	Shin Natsume
	The Melody of Oblivion	Horu, Person of the Cape
	Mermaid Forest	Yuta, others
	DearS	Various characters
	Ghost Talker's Daydream	Various characters
	Naruto	Gaara, Kotetsu Hagane
	Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG	Gino, others
	Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo	Andrea Cavalcanti
	Saiyuki Reload	Various characters
	Scrapped Princess	Furet
	Leave it to Piyoko!	Thin Blob	OVA
	Haré+Guu	Clive
	Boys Be...	Makoto Kurumizawa	Voice director and script writer
	Kannazuki no Miko	Tsubasa
	Saiyuki Reload Gunlock	Rin's Captor, Subordinate
	Gun Sword	Ray Lundgren, Wild Bunch C
	Kamichu!	Shika, Inu Osho, Konoha Kamaitachi, others
	The Prince of Tennis	Various characters
	Fate/stay night	Archer
	Ergo Proxy	Vincent Law
	Paradise Kiss	Various characters
	To Heart	Various characters
	Cutie Honey	Seiji's Contact	live-action dub
	The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya	Baseball Team Captain
	The Third: The Girl With the Blue Eye	Various characters
	Phoenix	Ohtomo
	Code Geass	Lloyd Asplund
	Buso Renkin	Gota Nakamura, Hideki Okakura
–10	Monster	Kenzo Tenma
–15	Digimon Fusion	Deckergreymon, Neptunmon, Mercurymon, others
	Fate/Zero	Kariya Matou
–15	Sailor Moon	Nephrite	Viz dub
	Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin	Gihren Zabi
	Sailor Moon Crystal	Nephrite

Animation

List of voice performances in animation

Year	Title	Role	Crew role, Notes	Source
–09	Wolverine and the X-Men	Angel, Nightcrawler, Nitro
	G.I. Joe: Renegades	Captain Anatoly Krimov / Red Star, others	Ep. "Union of the Snake"
–16	Avengers Assemble	Red Skull, Blood Brother #2, Doctor Strange, others
	Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel	Red Skull
–15	Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H.	Arkon, Red Skull, others
	Regular Show	Tango	Ep. "Gold Watch"
–16	Star Wars Rebels	Supply Master Yogar Lyste, Morad Sumar, others
	Transformers: Robots in Disguise	Underbite, Kickback, others
	Ultimate Spider-Man	Doctor Strange	Ep. "Miles from Home"

Film

List of voice performances in direct-to-video and television films

Year	Title	Role	Crew role, Notes	Source
	Aquarian Age the Movie	Lancelot Army Commander
	Patlabor: The Movie	Det. Kataoka	Bandai Visual dub
	Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children	Red XIII
	Afro Samurai: Resurrection	Shichigoro
	Planet Hulk	Hiroim
	Sengoku Basara: The Last Party	Ieyasu Tokugawa
	JLA Adventures: Trapped in Time	Aquaman, Batwing Computer
	Iron Man & Captain America: Heroes United	Red Skull
	Tiger & Bunny: The Rising	Lunatic / Yuri Petrov
	The Last: Naruto the Movie	Gaara, Kotetsu Hagane

Other dubbing

List of voice performances in other dubbing

Year	Title	Role	Crew role, Notes	Source
	One Missed Call	Hiroshi Yamashita

Video games

List of voice performances in video games

Year	Title	Role	Crew role, Notes	Source
–07	.hack//G.U. series	Endrance	Rebirth, Reminisce, Redemption
	Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria	Lezard Valeth
	Jeanne d'Arc	Luther
	World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade	Illidan Stormrage
	Persona 3	Akihiko Sanada
	Eternal Sonata	Waltz
	Devil May Cry 4	Sanctus
	Tales of Vesperia	Cumore
	Final Fantasy IV	Kain Highwind
	Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight	Wrath, Trash Mob B
	Magna Carta II	Huaren Jass
	Resident Evil 5	Reynard Fisher, others
	Darksiders	War
	Mafia II	Brian O'Neill
	Valkyria Chronicles II	Baldren Gassenarl
	Captain America: Super Soldier	Howard Stark, Allied, Hydra
	Catherine	Orlando Haddick
	Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy	Kain Highwind
	Killzone 3	Voice Talent ISA
	Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception	Hired Thugs
	White Knight Chronicles 2	Madoras
–16	Naruto video games	Gaara, Kotetsu Hagane
	Asura's Wrath	Asura
	Final Fantasy XIII-2	Caius Ballad
	NeverDead	Alex
	Darksiders II	War
	Skullgirls	Leviathan
	Spec Ops: The Line	Marines, Exile Officer
	Fire Emblem: Awakening	Inigo
	Fuse	Guards
	Killer Is Dead	David
	Marvel Heroes	Electro, Nightcrawler, Havok
	Republique	Station 14	Episode 3: "Ones and Zeroes"
	D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die	Phillip Cheney
	Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII	Caius Ballad
	Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor	Gollum
	The Evil Within	Valerio Jimenez, also Male Villager, Obese Zombie
	Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark	Autobot Flyer, Decepticon Soldier 02
	Final Fantasy Type-0 HD	Enkidu
	Saints Row: Gat out of Hell	William Shakespeare, Vlad the Impaler, Demons, Husks
	The Order: 1886	Finley
	Transformers: Devastation	Motormaster, Seeker #3
	The Witness		Voice director
	Lego Marvel's Avengers		Voice director

Further reading

• Way Jeng: Being a Brief Discussion with Liam O'Brien About Koi Kaze. In: Mania. 18. Juli 2006; abgerufen im 1. Januar 1.  Vorlage:Query web archive
• Zac Bertschy, Justin Sevakis: The Liam King – ANNCast. In: Anime News Network. 28. Januar 2010; abgerufen im 1. Januar 1.  Vorlage:Query web archive

External links

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• "Kana's Korner" Interview With Liam O'Brien on 91.8 The Fan