Crispin Freeman
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Crispin McDougal Freeman (born February 9, 1972 in Chicago, Illinois) is a prolific American voice actor best known for his roles as Alucard in Hellsing and the OVA Hellsing Ultimate and as Touga Kiryuu from Revolutionary Girl Utena. He also played the voice of Kouichi Kimura in Digimon: Digital Monsters, Prince Turnip in Hayao Miyazaki's movie adaptation of Howl's Moving Castle, and Zelgadis Greywords in Slayers.
He has also done other popular characters such as Straight Cougar from s-CRY-ed, Shannon Casull from Scrapped Princess, Tsume from Wolf's Rain, Balmung from .hack//Legend of the Twilight, Hideki Motosuwa from Chobits, Albedo Piazzola and Gaignun Kukai from Xenosaga, Itachi Uchiha from Naruto and Amon from Witch Hunter Robin.
Freeman attended the Latin School of Chicago, where he graduated in 1990. Earning his Bachelor of Arts degree from Williams College, he majored in Theater and minored in Computer Science. Consequently, he earned his Master of Fine Arts degree from Columbia University in Acting, and performed on Broadway, the American Repertory Theater (Cambridge), the Mark Taper Forum (Los Angeles), and the Williamstown Theater Festival.
Freeman has participated in dozens of anime projects, including Slayers (1996-1999), X (anime) (2001), Chobits (2002), Hellsing (2002), Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002), Big O (2003), Wolf's Rain (2003), and Eureka Seven (2006).
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[edit] Filmography
[edit] Anime Roles
- .hack//SIGN - Balmung
- .hack//Legend of the Twilight - Balmung
- .hack//Liminality Vol. 1: In the Case of Mai Minase - Harald Hoerwick
- .hack//Liminality Vol. 2: In the Case of Yuki Aihara - Yuki's Brother
- Angel Sanctuary - Rosiel
- Argento Soma - Dan Simmonds
- The Big O - Alan Gabriel
- Boogiepop Phantom - Masami Saotome
- Blood+ -Haji, Van Argeno
- Chobits - Hideki Motosuwa
- Digimon Data Squad - Akihiro Kurata
- Digimon Frontier - Kouichi Kimura, Additional Voices
- Eureka Seven - Holland
- Fencer of Minerva - Sho
- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex/Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence - Togusa
- Grave of the Fireflies - Additional Voices
- Hellsing - Alucard
- Howl's Moving Castle - The Prince/Turnip
- IGPX Immortal Grand Prix - Bjorn Johannsen
- I My Me! Strawberry Eggs - Hibiki Amawa (Male)
- Irresponsible Captain Tylor - Captain Tylor
- Last Exile - Alex Rowe
- The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya - Kyon
- Naruto - Itachi Uchiha, Ebisu, Shibi Aburame, Kazekage
- Noein -Karasu
- Now and Then, Here and There -Tabool
- Onegai Twins - Kousei Shimazaki
- Read or Die - Joker
- Record of Lodoss War—Chronicles of the Heroic Knight - Spark, Garrack (episodes 16-27), Maar, Groder (Episode 7), Gaberra (Episode 8)
- Revolutionary Girl Utena - Touga Kiryuu
- Rurouni Kenshin - Shougo Amakusa, Shibata
- s-CRY-ed - Straight Cougar
- Scrapped Princess - Shannon Casull
- Shamanic Princess - Kagetsu
- Slayers - Zelgadis Greywords, other characters
- Tenchi Muyo! - Kamikura (third OVA)
- Witch Hunter Robin - Amon
- Wolf's Rain - Tsume
- X-TV - Fuuma Monou
- Zatch Bell! - Wonrei, Kane, Gustav
[edit] CGI Roles
[edit] Video Games
- .hack//MUTATION - Balmung
- .hack//OUTBREAK - Balmung
- .hack//QUARANTINE - Balmung
- .hack//G.U. Vol. 1: Rebirth - Sakaki
- Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War - Allen C. Hamilton
- Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana - Delsus
- Baten Kaitos Origins - Heughes
- Beat Down: Fists of Vengeance - Eugene
- Breakdown - Solus
- Castlevania: Curse of Darkness - Hector
- Castlevania: Lament of Innocence - Mathias Conqvist
- Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin - English ADR Director
- Death by Degrees - Alan Smithee
- Dynasty Warriors 5 - Guan Yu
- Dynasty Warriors 5 Empires - Guan Yu
- Dynasty Warriors 5 Xtreme Legends - Guan Yu
- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Togusa
- Gothic 3 - Nameless Hero
- Hitman: Blood Money - Reporter
- Kessen III - Oda Nobunaga
- Justice League Heroes - Superman
- Kingdom Hearts II - Setzer Gabbiani, Will Turner
- Makai Kingdom - Overlord Zetta
- Marvel: Ultimate Alliance - Winter Soldier
- Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops - High Officer A
- Nano Breaker - Jake Warren
- Naruto: Ultimate Ninja - Genma Shiranui/Itachi
- Phantom Brave - Raphael
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow - Will Turner
- Rogue Galaxy - Gale Dorban/Jaus
- Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga - Heat
- SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo 2 - BRONCO
- Soul Calibur III - Siegfried Schtauffen (uncredited)
- Star Ocean: Till the End of Time - Albel Nox
- Suikoden Tactics - Iskas
- Tales of Symphonia - Regal Bryant
- Tekken 5 - Bruce Irvin
- Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht - Albedo Piazolla / Gaignun Kukai (Nigredo) / Jin Uzuki
- Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Böse - Albedo Piazolla / Gaignun Kukai (Nigredo)
- Xenosaga Episode III: Also sprach Zarathustra - Albedo Piazolla / Gaignun Kukai (Nigredo)
[edit] Documentaries
- Adventures in Voice Acting - Himself
[edit] External links
- Official Crispin Freeman Website
- Crispin Freeman at the Internet Movie Database
- Crispin Freeman at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
[edit] Interviews
- "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
Categories: 1972 births | American Buddhists | American voice actors | Actors from Chicago | Columbia University alumni | Ghost in the Shell voice actors | Haruhi Suzumiya cast members | Kingdom Hearts cast members | Living people | Metal Gear cast members | Naruto cast members | Tales of... cast members | Tenchi Muyo! cast members
