Greg Ayres

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Greg Ayres

Birth name Gregory Scott Ayres
Alias Greg Ayers, Bam-Bam
Born December 7, 1968 (1968-12-07) (age 39)
Richmond, Virginia
Occupation(s) Voice Actor/DJ
Website Greg Ayres.com

Gregory Scott Ayres (born December 7, 1968 in Richmond, Virginia) is an American voice actor best-known for voicing anime characters. As the story goes, this Texas voice actor (VA) started out as a fanboy of anime who was mentioned to ADV film directors, as further explained at his biography at AnimeCons.com.

With his constantly color-changing hair, this VA has attended more than eighty anime conventions as a guest, and countless others as a fan. Greg Ayres is recognized not only for his dub work in popular anime, but also for his multi-talented and charismatic personality at anime conventions.

Occasionally his surname is listed as Ayers instead of Ayres, however this spelling is incorrect as his legal name is "Gregory Ayres".

He is currently involved as a DJ in a techno/dance project called AniRave [1], along with British DJs Geoff Pinckney (lately of Mesh) and Kevin Tye, as well as Arizona DJ Ray Ray.

Greg has enjoyed playing Kaworu Nagisa from Neon Genesis Evangelion; and has said that he is one of his favorite characters. Greg has also said that he would be happy to reprise Kaworu if ADV licenses the new tetralogy of Evangelion films, since the other actors who have voiced him have fallen away from dubbing.

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[edit] Trivia

  • Ayres' older brother, Christopher Ayres, is also a voice actor and Director for Animated films.
  • Ayres was nominated for Best Actor in a Comedy for both Nerima Daikon Brothers and Negima at the 1st American Anime Awards.

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