William Frederick Knight

William Frederick Knight, sometimes credited as William Knight, William Frederick, or Frederick Knight, is a voice actor who has lent his voice to the English dubs of anime and video games. He is a character actor of sorts, often cast in the role of a wise old man, such as in Ghost in the Shell (as Daisuke Aramaki), The Big O (as Gordon Rosewater), Paranoia Agent (as the old man), and Eureka Seven (as Kuzemi, one of the three Sages).^[1]

Voice roles

Anime

• Akira (Animaze dub)
• Amazing Nurse Nanako - General, Griffith
• Appleseed - Elder
• Carried by the Wind: Tsukikage Ran - Denkichi's Master
• Cowboy Bebop - Old Man (Session 2: "Stray Dog Strut")
• Cowboy Bebop: The Movie - Van Dann
• Dangaizer 3 - Professor Tachibana
• DearS - Grandfather
• El Hazard - The Magnificent World - Dr. Schtalubaugh
• El Hazard 2 - The Magnificent World - Dr. Schtalubaugh
• El Hazard: The Alternative World - Dr. Schtalubaugh
• El Hazard: The Wanderers - Dr. Schtalubaugh, Captain of the Guard
• Ergo Proxy - J.J. (Ep. 11)
• Eureka Seven - Kuzemi
• Fake - Leonard Henry
• Fist of the North Star - Village Chief
• Freedom Project - Alan
• Gad Guard - Gary
• Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo - Luigi Vampa
• Ghost in the Shell - Section 9 Department Chief Aramaki
• Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence - Daisuke Aramaki
• Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Daisuke Aramaki
• Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG - Daisuke Aramaki
• Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: Solid State Society - Daisuke Aramaki
• Gungrave - Dr. Tokioka, Butler Tokioka
• GUNxSWORD - Carlos (Eps. 3, 26)
• Haibane Renmei - Watchmaker
• Heat Guy J - Grandpa
• Hellsing - Father Rinaldo
• Hellsing Ultimate - Father (Ep. 3)^[2]
• Hibakusha - Colonel Paul Tibbets
• Ikki Tousen - Choko
• Immortal Grand Prix - Ichi
• Kamichu! - Chairman of God Association (Ep. 7)
• Kurokami - Keita's grandfather
• L/R: Licensed by Royalty - Lord Miralio, Professor Freud
• Mahoromatic: Something More Beautiful - Jils
• Mars Daybreak - Doze
• Mermaid Forest - Toba Islander
• Metropolis - Notarlin
• Mezzo Forte - Emoto
• Naruto - Hyuga Elder Sukeza (Ep. 153)
• Naruto Shippuden - Danzō Shimura
• New Getter Robo - Bonze
• NieA 7 - Butcher, Newscaster, Newspaper Man, Old Alien
• Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan - Nurarihyon
• Outlaw Star - Ctarl-Ctarl Governor
• Overman King Gainer - Gach
• Paranoia Agent - Old Man
• Planetes - Father-In-Law
• R.O.D -The TV- - Irving (Eps. 5), Shop Owner A, Teacher (Ep. 6)
• Rumic Theater - Old Man, Pops
• Samurai Champloo - Daigoro
• Spirit of Wonder - Cooper
• Spirit of Wonder Scientific Boys Club - Cooper
• Starship Girl Yamamoto Yohko II - Swift
• Strawberry Eggs - Tofu Kuji
• Street Fighter II V - Master Yo Sen-ko (Animaze dub)
• Street Fighter Alpha - Monk
• Texhnolyze - Old Man 1, Tsujinaka
• The Adventures of Mini-Goddess - Crawl Space Boss, Narrator
• The Big O - Gordon Rosewater
• The Melody of Oblivion - Old Man Tsunagi
• The Third: The Girl with the Blue Eye - Dr. Nor
• The Twelve Kingdoms - Genkai
• Tokko - Taishi
• Trigun - Old Man (Ep. 5)
• Wolf's Rain - Old Wolf (Ep. 5)

Video games

• Beat Down: Fists of Vengeance - Melvin
• Brave Fencer Musashi - Conners, Steward Ribson
• The Darkness - Frank Rottenberg
• Defiance - Varus Soleptor
• Drakengard - Verdelet
• Final Fantasy IV DS - Mysidian Elder
• Ghost in the Shell - Daisuke Aramaki
• Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Daisuke Aramaki
• League of Legends - Lyte (Purple Side Vendor: Howling Abyss)
• Naruto series - Danzo Shimura
• Romancing SaGa - Elder Nizam (uncredited)
• Star Ocean: Till the End of Time - Admiral Hermes
• Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes - Hojo Ujimasa
• WildStar - Dorian Walker, Pell, Torax
• Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht - Joachim Mizrahi

YouTube

Voice acting for The Thinking Atheist

References

External links

• William Frederick Knight at the Internet Movie Database
• William Frederick Knight at Anime News Network's encyclopedia