Richard Epcar
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Richard Epcar | ||
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Birth name | Richard Michael Epcar | |
Alias | Richard George | |
Born | April 29, 1955 Denver, Colorado |
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Occupation(s) | Voice Actor/Writer/Director | |
Spouse | Ellyn Stern | |
Website | Richard Epcar.com |
Richard Michael Epcar (born April 29, 1955 in Denver, Colorado) is an American voice actor for many dubbed anime series, including Robotech, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex and Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG, as well as the Viewtiful Joe anime, and most recently Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo. One of his known alias names is Richard George. He is the husband of Ellyn Stern and he is best friends with Tom Wyner.
He is also well-known for some of his past work in various Saban action shows. Some of his best-known roles from that era include the voice of Lightningborg in Beetleborgs Metallix, Barbarax in Power Rangers: Lost Galaxy, and Colonel Icebot in VR Troopers. He has also voiced many minor characters in the Power Rangers franchise until it moved to New Zealand after the Wild Force season.
Richard also appears (with his wife) in an episode of the TLC series Clean Sweep, in which he must deal with a lifetime's worth of collectible James Bond memorabilia.
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[edit] Roles
Here are his known dub roles and voice dubbing productions:
[edit] Anime
- Bastard!!: Lord Abigail
- Bleach: Zangetsu, Mr. Kagine
- Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo: Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo, BoboPatch, Insurmountable Wall Man
- Buso Renkin: Narrator, other characters
- Cyborg 009: Black Ghost Commander Scarl
- Digimon Adventure: Etemon, Myotismon/VenomMyotismon
- Digimon Adventure 02: MaloMyotismon
- Digimon Frontier: SuperStarmon
- Digimon Data Squad:Merukimon
- eX-Driver: Munakata
- Fighting Spirit as Genji Kamogawa
- Fushigi Yūgi: Mitsukake
- Gatchaman (1994) - Rocky
- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: Batou
- Lupin III
- Shin Lupin III, Mystery of Mamo: Daisuke Jigen
- The Castle of Cagliostro: Goemon Ishikawa XIII (Manga version)
- Macross Plus: Guld Goa Bowman
- MÄR: Halloween, Ruga Rogelu
- Megaman Starforce: Cancer
- Naruto - Manda
- Ninja Scroll: Gemma Himuro
- Noein: Kyouji Kooriyama, Noein
- Outlaw Star: Duuz
- Overman King Gainer: Enge Gam
- Robotech: Ben Dixon; Lunk
- Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles: Vince Grant
- Rurouni Kenshin: Seijuro Hiko; Raijuta Isurugi
- Samurai Champloo: Okuru
- Samurai X: Shogo Amakusa(the Sony dub version of the series)
- Street Fighter II V: Zochi
- Teknoman: Technoman Axe, Mac
- The Twelve Kingdoms: Rou
- Transformers: Robots in Disguise: Armorhide
- Zatch Bell!: Kotaro Doronma
[edit] Non Anime Role
- The Mr. Men Show - Mr Noisy
[edit] Live Action Voice Talent
- Big Bad Beetleborgs: Karato
- Beetleborgs Metallix: Lightningborg (as Richard George)
- Masked Rider: Beetletron, Masked Rider Z-Cross/Masked Rider V-3
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Shellshock, Mutitus, Babe Ruthless, Cyclops, Samurai Fan Man, Goatan (Lion voice), Primator (Zedd's Monster Mash), Invenusable Flytrap (Rangers Back in Time and The Wedding), Rhinoblaster (Football Season, The Wedding and Master Vile and the Metallic Armor), Miss Chief (2nd voice), Brick Bully (all uncredited roles)
- Power Rangers: Zeo: Defoliator, Autochton, Protectron (all uncredited)
- Power Rangers: Turbo - Blazinator (uncredited)
- Power Rangers: In Space: Vacsacker (uncredited)
- Power Rangers: Lost Galaxy: Fishface, Barbarax
- Power Rangers: Lightspeed Rescue: Cyclopter
- Power Rangers: Time Force: Vexicon
- Power Rangers: Wild Force: Bowling Org
- VR Troopers: Col. Icebot, Slashbot, Dice Swordbot (2nd voice), Slice Swordbot (3rd voice), Frogbot, Cannonbot, Dark Heart, Chrome Dome, Graybot (with Zelton as him)
[edit] Movie Roles
- Digimon Tamers: The Adventurer's Battle: Ryuuji Tamashiro/Mephistomon
- Ghost in the Shell: Batou
- Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence: Batou
- Ghost in the Shell: Solid State Society: Batou
[edit] Voice production staff for video games
- God Hand: English voice over casting
- Lupin the 3rd: Treasure of the Sorcerer King: English ADR director
- Project Sylpheed: Casting (English voices)
[edit] Video games
- .hack//G.U. Vol.1//Rebirth: Commentator, Taichiro Sugai, Additional voices
- .hack//G.U. Vol.2//Reminisce: Commentator, Taichiro Sugai, Additional voices
- .hack//G.U. Vol.3//Redemption: Commentator, Taichiro Sugai, Additional voices
- Ar tonelico: Melody of Elemia: Bourd Rade (uncredited)
- Baten Kaitos Origins: Captain of the Dark Service
- Beatdown: Fists of Vengeance: Wallace (uncredited)
- Drakengard: Undine (uncredited)
- Dynasty Warriors 4: Dong Zhuo (uncredited)
- Dynasty Warriors 4: Empires: Dong Zhuo (uncredited)
- Dynasty Warriors 4: Xtreme Legends: Dong Zhuo (uncredited)
- Dynasty Warriors 5: Dong Zhuo (uncredited)
- Dynasty Warriors 5: Empires: Dong Zhuo (uncredited)
- Dynasty Warriors 5: Xtreme Legends: Dong Zhuo (uncredited)
- Dynasty Warriors 6: Dong Zhuo (uncredited)
- Ghost in the Shell: Batou
- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: Batou
- Jackass: The Game - Additional voices
- Kessen III: Shingen Takeda (uncredited)
- Kingdom Hearts II: "Ansem" & Xehanort
- Lupin the 3rd: Treasure of the Sorcerer King: Daisuke Jigen (as Richard George)
- Mana Khemia: Alchemists of Al-Revis - Flay Gunnar, Zeppel Kriever (uncredited)
- Operation Darkness - Frank Gaunt (uncredited)
- Radiata Stories: Achilles (uncredited)
- Samurai Warriors: Shingen Takeda (uncredited)
- Shadow Hearts: Covenant: Tsar Nicolas (as Richard George)
- Star Ocean: Till the End of Time: Airyglyph XIII, Time Gate (uncredited)
- Supreme Commander: Colonel Arnold
- Warcraft 3: Priest
- Warriors Orochi: Dong Zhuo (uncredited)
- Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht: Ziggy (uncredited)
- Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Böse: Ziggy
- Xenosaga Episode III: Also sprach Zarathustra: Ziggy
[edit] Documentaries
- Adventures in Voice Acting - Himself
[edit] External links
- Richard Epcar's official site
- Richard Epcar at the Internet Movie Database
- Richard Epcar at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
- Richard Epcar convention appearances on AnimeCons.com