Liam O'Brien

This article is about the American voice actor. For other uses, see Liam O'Brien (disambiguation).
Liam O'Brien
Born Liam Christopher O'Brien
May 28, 1976
Belleville, New Jersey
Occupation Voice actor, ADR writer and director
Years active 2001–present
Notable credit(s) Bleach
as Jūshirō Ukitake
Code Geass
as Lloyd Asplund
Ergo Proxy
as Vincent Law
Monster
as Kenzo Tenma
Naruto
as Gaara
Paranoia Agent
as Mitsuhiro Maniwa
League of Legends
as Yasuo the Unforgiven
Spouse(s) Amy Kincaid
Children 2[1]

Liam O'Brien (born May 28, 1976) is an American voice actor and voice director perhaps best known for his roles as Gaara of the Sand in Naruto, Captain Jushiro Ukitake in Bleach, War in the video game Darksiders, Vincent Law in Ergo Proxy, Yasuo the Unforgiven in League of Legends and Illidan Stormrage in the Warcraft game series (World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade). He is married to fellow voice actress Amy Kincaid.

O'Brien is also one of the English adaptation writers for the popular series, Naruto. O'Brien is usually cast in unusual roles; as such, he tends to play characters who show signs of insanity or are evil geniuses. Some of those include: Gaara from Naruto, Lloyd from Code Geass, Isaac from Castlevania: Curse Of Darkness, Lezard from Valkyrie Profile 2, Grimoire Weiss from Nier, Kain from Final Fantasy IV, Caius Ballad from Final Fantasy XIII-2, Dist from Tales of the Abyss, Asura from Asura's Wrath and Akihiko Sanada from Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3. He was nominated for Best Actor in a Comedy by the American Anime Awards for his work in Comic Party, DNA Squared, and Girls Bravo, but lost to fellow Naruto and Shin Megami Tensei: Persona voice actor Dave Wittenberg.[2] He is also the voice of Wonderful Pistachios.

He currently hosts the All Work No Play podcast with fellow voice actor Sam Riegel. He reprised his role as Caius Ballad in Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII.

Filmography

Voice roles

Anime

Animation

Live-action dubs


Direct-to-video and television films

Video games

Live action

Production credits

Script writer

References

  1. ↑ Liam O'Brien and Sam Riegel (December 1, 2012). "All Work No Play" (Podcast). Event occurs at 3:17. Retrieved December 8, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Finalists for the American Anime Awards". ICv2. 2007-02-08. Retrieved 2013-08-25.
  3. ↑ http://liamobrien.biz/
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Cherry Blossoms". Boys Be... Episode 1. Manga Entertainment. 2006. Event occurs at 22:40 director and writer credit, 22:45 character credit. Retrieved 2014-07-08.
  5. ↑ "Hellsing Ultimate III". Hellsing Ultimate. Episode 3. October 4, 2014. Closing credits. Adult Swim.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "New Sailor Moon Dub Cast Revealed at Anime Expo". Anime News Network. 2014-07-05.
  7. ↑ "Viz Media Reveals More English Dub Cast for Sailor Moon R Anime". April 3, 2015. Retrieved April 4, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Spark of Rebellion". Star Wars Rebels. October 3, 2014. Event occurs at 43:07. Disney Channel.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.7 9.8 9.9 9.10 9.11 9.12 9.13 9.14 9.15 9.16 9.17 9.18 9.19 9.20 9.21 9.22 9.23 9.24 9.25 9.26 9.27 9.28 9.29 9.30 9.31 9.32 9.33 9.34 "Behind The Voice Actors – Liam O'Brien". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 2014-11-30. – check mark indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources
  10. ↑ Access Games (2014-09-18). "D4: Dark Dreams Don’t Die". Microsoft Studios. Scene: Closing credits, Cast.
  11. ↑ "Fable III Game Credits". Microsoft Game Studios. Retrieved 2014-11-21.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Kok, William (2014-09-05). "Persona News Recap: The Main Heroes of Persona Q and More Arena!". The Outer Haven.
  13. ↑ http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/video-games/Saints-Row-Gat-Out-of-Hell/
  14. ↑ Vicarious Visions. "Skylanders: Giants". Scene: closing credits, 3:49 minutes in, Voice Actors.
  15. ↑ Toys for Bob. "Skylanders: Trap Team". Scene: Closing credits, 8:40 in Voice Actors.

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