Neil Kaplan

Neil Kaplan
Born (1967-03-09) March 9, 1967
Bayonne, New Jersey
Other names Neil Caplan, Bob Bobson, Bob Johnson
Occupation Voice actor, comedian
Years active 1988 - present
Notable credit(s) Transformers: Robots in Disguise
as Optimus Prime
Digimon
as Hawkmon
Power Rangers: Lightspeed Rescue
as Diabolico
Naruto Shippuden
as Tobi, Madara
Bleach
as Genryusei Shigekuni Yamamoto
Website http://www.nekap.net

Neil Kaplan (born March 9, 1967) is an American voice actor, entertainer and comedian.

Biography

Kaplan grew up in San Jose, California. He got his start as a comedian doing impressions of presidents such as Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon. He also impersonated a little-known journalist at the time, Dan Rather. He then started work on video games, including many Star Wars titles. From there he went on to do such shows as Power Rangers, Digimon: Digital Monsters, and, most recently, Transformers: Robots in Disguise. One of his most famous voices is Hawkmon from Digimon. His favorite role was the "utility guy" on a show called The Mouse and the Monster, which aired on UPN in 1996–1997. He played stomachs, ghosts, and Sappy the Clown, among dozens of other characters on that show. Kaplan was also once a contestant on the popular comedy game show Street Smarts. On that appearance, he showed off some of his other impressions, including one of Gilbert Gottfried. Kaplan was invited as a guest to the Power Morphicon (in Los Angeles) in June 2007 as well as August 2010, and to Armageddon (in Australia and New Zealand) in October 2007. He created the TV show The Way it WASN'T!, as well as the graphic novel I, of the Wolf.[1] He also voices the main character in the adult video game BoneCraft.[2]

Voice roles

Anime

Animation

Films

Video games

Live-action roles

References

  1. ↑ The concept for I, of the Wolf was initially developed while Kaplan was in attendance at the Transformers convention Auto Assembly over a meal in a Chinese restaurant with some of the convention's other guests. Source: convention organiser
  2. ↑ "Voice Actor Neil Kaplan Signs On to BoneCraft as Captain Fort Worth".
  3. ↑ "Gundam the Origin I's 1st 7 Minutes English-Dubbed & Subtitled". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 13, 2015.
  4. ↑ "‘Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin – Sorrowful Artesia’ Anime Episode Gets English Language Trailer". The Fandom Post. Retrieved March 22, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Second ‘Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin’ Anime Episode Titled". The Fandom Post. Retrieved March 22, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Viz Media Reveals English Dub Cast for Terraformars Anime". Anime News Network. July 1, 2017. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
  7. ↑ Square Enix. Final Fantasy XIII. Scene: Closing credits, 2:15 minutes in, Cocoon Inhabitants, Additional Voices.
  8. ↑ Sucker Punch Productions. Infamous First Light. Scene: Closing credits, 1:18 minutes in, Additional Voice Acting by.
  9. ↑ Square Enix. Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII. Scene: Closing credits, 5 minutes in, Voice Actors, Additional Voices.
  10. ↑ CyberConnect2. Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4. Scene: Closing credits, 0:48 in, English Cast.
  11. ↑ Toys for Bob. Skylanders: Trap Team. Scene: Closing credits, 8:40 in.
  12. ↑ Blizzard Entertainment. World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor. Scene: Closing credits, 11:30 in, Voice Over Cast.
Preceded by
Peter Cullen
1984-1987
Original Series		 Voice of Optimus Prime
2001–2002
Robots in Disguise 		Succeeded by
Garry Chalk
2002–2006
Unicron Trilogy
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