Crispin Freeman
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Early life
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Career
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Knowing Freeman was a big anime fan, a friend suggested he call up Central Park Media (CPM) and apply for a job doing English dubs. When originally approached about dubbing, he initially declined. It was not until he remembered all of the anime shows he watched as a child that he realized that many people are introduced to anime through the English dubbed versions. In 1997, Freeman landed the role of Zelgadis Graywords 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.
Freeman has been best known for his work in Marvel Comics-based productions such as The Spectacular Spider-Man, Wolverine and the X-Men and The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes. He then starred as several versions of Roy Harper 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, Helios in God of War III and God of War Ragnarök: Valhalla, 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 Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2.
Freeman teaches classes, workshops, and performance lectures in the Los Angeles area.[4] In addition to classes, Freeman has a website called Voice Acting Mastery which includes podcasts and other resources regarding voice acting.[5]
In February 2023, Freeman guest voiced Lieutenant Nolan, an Imperial lieutenant with particular disdain for clones, the commanding officer of Crosshair, in Star Wars: The Bad Batch.[6]
Filmography
Anime
Animation
Films
Video games
Other dubbing
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source[7] |
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| Template:Dts | Oldboy | Lee Woo-jin | [48] |
Live-action
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source[7] |
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| Template:Dts | Adventures in Voice Acting | Himself | [49] |
References
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- Interviews
- Crispin Freeman Interview at RPGSite
- Crispin Freeman: Q and A Script error: No such module "Unsubst". at The Anime Lodge
- "A Very Different Place" - A Crispin Freeman Interview part one
- "A Very Different Place" - A Crispin Freeman Interview part two including audio
- "Anime Today Episode 31" - Crispin Freeman Interview
- 'Kana's Korner' Interview on 91.8 The Fan
External links
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- Voice Acting Mastery - Crispin Freeman's voice acting podcast blog
- Mythology and Meaning - Crispin Freeman's website for his lectures on anime
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- Crispin Freeman at Crystal Acids Voice Actor Database
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