Jay Hickman (actor)
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Born |
Jay Hickman Himalayas |
Occupation | Voice Actor/Actor/Singer |
Jay Hickman is an American actor, singer and voice artist. He is best known for his prolific voice work on English language dubs of foreign films and television series. He mostly works in titles for Funimation Entertainment, ADV Films, and Seraphim Digital.
He was born to a Sherpa guide and a Christian missionary in the Himalayas.
Career
Hickman lent his voice to the character of Mark in the 2002 Canadian film Touching Wild Horses, starring Jane Seymour.
He has also a number of on-screen appearances, including an uncredited bit part in the 1998 film Rushmore opposite television and movie actress Alexis Bledel. Hickman is known in voice acting circles for his talent as a mimic, boasting more than a dozen international dialects and close to 50 celebrity impersonations.
Jay is also a singer with a background in musical theatre. Past roles include Sky Masterson in Guys and Dolls, El Gallo in The Fantasticks and Danny Zuko in Grease. He was later able to join the cast of Fred Waring's U.S. Chorus, the summer workshop and televised special's final season in 1991.
Shortly after this experience, Hickman landed a job as a professional Elvis impersonator – a role that he continued through one season at a Houston theatre. This was followed by a short stint with the Houston pop band Bee Stung Lips, with whom Hickman sang back-up vocals and worked in promotions.
The latter half of the ‘90s saw Hickman taking part in a musical theatre collaboration with award-winning Broadway producer Stuart Ostrow, famed composer Jerry Bock and librettist Jerry Sterner. Hickman played the supporting role of “Mark” in 1040, a musical about the U.S. tax code which saw its world premiere in Houston in 1997. The show was back-burnered shortly afterward, though, when “creative differences” caused a rift among the Ostrow-Bock-Sterner team.
In 1998, Hickman began a career as a professional jazz singer, serving as the frontman for a number of Houston-based swing bands. Hickman worked full-time in this capacity for three years, and has continued to perform in the genre, part-time, through the present day. A solo album is alleged to be in the works.
Hickman is credited with co-writing and performing the end credits theme song of the movie Cybermutt (2002).
Filmography
Anime
- 1997
- Street Fighter II V - Nash (ADV Dub)
- 1998
- Ushio & Tora - Gamin Son, Tsubura
- 1999
- Martian Successor Nadesico - Nagare Akatsuki
- Those Who Hunt Elves - Judge, Satan Santa
- 2000
- Gasaraki - Akihiro Hirokawa
- Generator Gawl - Koji
- 2001
- A.D. Police - Narrator
- Princess Nine - Sakurai
- Sorcerous Stabber Orphen - Tim, Reed (Revenge)
- 2002
- Excel Saga - Toru Watanabe
- Sorcerer on the Rocks - Shibas Scotch
- 2003
- Angelic Layer - Shuji Inada
- Aura Battler Dunbine - Sho Zama
- Full Metal Panic! - Hiroshi Kasuya (Ep. 21), Ryunosuke Akagi (Ep. 14)
- Martian Successor Nadesico: The Motion Picture - Prince of Darkness - Nagare Akatsuki
- Neo Ranga - Kazuo Fujiwara
- Noir - Milosh (Ep. 13), Vanel
- RahXephon - Dr. Itsuki Kisaragi
- Rune Soldier - William Wilder
- Saint Seiya - Dragon Shiryu, Black Dragon
- Saiyuki - Shuei/Rikudo
- Spectral Force - Zakiphon
- Steel Angel Kurumi 2 - Yutaka Kizuki
- Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi - Tetsu Asahina
- 2004
- Aquarian Age: Sign for Evolution - Ryusei
- Chrono Crusade - Genai
- Gravion - Alex Smith, Ohtori
- Kaleido Star - The Fool
- Megazone 23 Part III - Eiji
- Mezzo DSA - Leon
- 2005
- A Tree of Palme - Jamji
- Cromartie High School - Shinichi Mechazawa
- Divergence Eve - Bernard Firestar
- E's Otherwise - Eiji Sagimiya
- Elfen Lied - Kurama
- Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu - Onodera, Tony
- Gantz - Inamori
- Godannar - Fritz, Yang
- Kekko Kamen - Shuwarutsu Negataro
- Madlax - SSS/Three-Speed
- My Beautiful Girl, Mari - Nam-Woo (Adult)
- Yugo the Negotiator - Reiichi Kogure
- 2006
- Area 88 - Goh "Rocky" Mutsuki (ADV Dub)
- Diamond Daydreams - Minoru Jinguji
- Full Metal Panic: The Second Raid - Tony
- Guyver: The Bio-Boosted Armor - Dr. Odagiri
- Jinki: Extend - J. Hearn
- Misaki Chronicles - Bernard
- Pani Poni Dash! - Fujiwara (Ep. 13)
- Papuwa - Shintaro
- Princess Tutu - Mytho
- Shadow Skill - Kain Phalanx
- Tactics - Takahashi (Ep. 13)
- Wandaba Style - Ichirin, Fisherman, Worker B
- 2007
- 009-1 - The Phantom (Ep. 4)
- Air - Ryuya
- Air Gear - Spitfire, Humei, Saji
- Best Student Council - Masahiro (Ep. 25), Shiro Kinjo (Ep. 12, 16)
- Coyote Ragtime Show - Ted Roy
- Kurau: Phantom Memory - Ijima (Ep. 2)
- Le Chevalier D'Eon - King Louis XV
- One Piece - Chuu
- Tokyo Majin - Ukon Yatsuragi
- Utawarerumono - Munto, Mizushima (Ep. 23)
- Welcome to the NHK - Taxi Driver (Ep. 24), Additional Voices
- 2008
- Devil May Cry: The Animated Series - Modeus
- Kanon (2006 series) - Kuze
- Shattered Angels - Kazuya
- 2009
- Kiba - Cloud
- 2010
- Ghost Hound - Dr. Atsushi Hirata
- 2011
- Guin Saga - Norisse
- 2012
- Broken Blade - Borcuse
- Dream Eater Merry - Leon
- Gintama: The Movie - Nizo Okada
- Princess Resurrection - Keizah (Ep. 19, 24)
- Un-Go - Hakurou Shimada (Ep. 5), Makita (Ep. 0)
- 2013
- Btooom! - Hisanobu (Ep. 5), Wakamoto (Ep. 10)
- La storia della Arcana Famiglia - Debito
- Phi Brain: Puzzle of God - Baron Kaido
- Nyan Koi! - Tama
- 2014
- Amnesia - Waka
- Log Horizon - Crusty
- Majestic Prince - Simon Gato
- Medaka Box: Abnormal - Oudo Miyakonojou
- Short Peace - Jin (A Farewell to Weapons), Monk (Gambo)
- Sunday Without God - Wreck (Ep. 4, 6)
- Tamako Market - Dera Mochimazzui
Screen roles
Video Game roles
- Unlimited Saga - Musol Yanii, Francis, Narrator, Kalandorn
External links
- The official Jay Hickman website
- Jay Hickman at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Jay Hickman at the Internet Movie Database