# J. Michael Tatum

J. Michael Tatum is an American voice actor, ADR director and script writer who provides voices for a number of English versions of Japanese anime series and video games.

## Biography

In 2005, Tatum ran into Funimation ADR director Christopher Bevins, who cast him as Rikichi in Samurai 7. Tatum has been cast in several notable roles, including Kyoya Ootori in Ouran High School Host Club, Sebastian Michaelis in Black Butler, Tomoe in Kamisama Kiss, France in Hetalia: Axis Powers, Erwin Smith in Attack on Titan, Okabe Rintaro in Steins;Gate, Eneru in One Piece, Tenya Iida in My Hero Academia and Rei Ryuugazaki in Free! – Eternal Summer.
From January 2010 to January 2014, he hosted That Anime Show podcasts with friend and co-worker Terri Doty and ADR Engineer Stephen Hoff.
At the Florida Supercon 2015 panel, when he was asked what was his inspiration to go into voice acting, Tatum said that when he was young he had a speech impediment and his speech coach had him get involved in theater. As he was reciting and memorizing scripts, they noticed that his stuttering started to gradually disappear. He then got into drama and theater acting, and that voice acting is great in that it enables him to play more characters than on camera.
In 2017, Tatum was cast for the English voice of Hideki Akasaka in Shin Godzilla.
Since October 2018, he and Jamie Marchi co-host the ghost story podcast Ghoul Intentions.

## Personal life

Tatum is openly gay. During a panel at Ichibancon 2014, he had said that he came out to his family during his college years, with his father having already known about his sexuality for some time. On October 16, 2018, he became engaged to his long-time partner and fellow voice actor Brandon McInnis in Paris. He resides in Los Angeles, California as of 2020.

## Filmography
### Anime

List of voice performances in anime :
| Year | Title | Role | Crew role, notes | Source |
| 2005 | Initial D | Ryosuke Takahashi | Funimation dub | |
| 2005 | Samurai 7 | Rikichi | | CA |
| 2005–2006 | Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle | Seishiro Sakurazuka | | |
| 2006 | Speed Grapher | Katsuya Shirogane | | CA |
| 2006 | xxxHolic | Shizuka Dōmeki | | CA |
| 2006 | D.Gray-man | Komui Lee | | CA |
| 2006 | Trinity Blood | Süleyman | | CA |
| 2006 | Rumbling Hearts | Kisho | | CA |
| 2007 | Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad | Jim Walsh | | CA |
| 2007 | Mushi-shi | Taku | | CA |
| 2007 | School Rumble | Hiroyoshi Aso | | CA |
| 2007 | Glass Fleet | Various | | CA |
| 2008 | Rosario + Vampire | Issa Shuzen | English dub | |
| 2008 | Dragon Ball Z | Spice | Remastered Funimation dub | |
| 2008 | Shuffle! | Masanori Takizawa, Yamaguchi | | CA |
| 2008 | Sasami: Magical Girls Club | Amitav | | CA |
| 2008 | Soul Eater | Giriko | | CA |
| 2009 | Baccano! | Isaac Dian | | |
| 2009 | Shigurui | Seigen Irako | | |
| 2009 | Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom | Raymond McGuire | | |
| 2009 | Romeo x Juliet | William de Farnase | ADR Director | |
| 2009 | Sgt. Frog | Dororo | | |
| 2009–present | Spice and Wolf | Kraft Lawrence | Also in Spice and Wolf: Merchant Meets the Wise Wolf | CA |
| 2009 | Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle: Spring Thunder | Seishiro Sakurazuka | | |
| 2010 | Dance in the Vampire Bund | Alphonse Medici Borgiani | As John Knell | |
| 2010 | Rin ~ Daughters of Mnemosyne | Ihika | | |
| 2010 | Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood | Scar | Replacing Dameon Clarke | |
| 2010 | Ouran High School Host Club | Kyoya Ootori | Assistant ADR Director | |
| 2010 | Dragon Ball Kai | Zarbon, Guide, Musuka, Upa, Bora | | CA |
| 2010 | Shiki | Seishirou Kirishiki | English dub | |
| 2010 | Hetalia: Axis Powers | France | | |
| 2010 | Eden of the East | Kazuomi Hirasawa | | |
| 2010 | Corpse Princess | Keisei Tagami | ADR Director | |
| 2010 | Pokémon | Tobias | | Tweet |
| 2011 | Chaos;Head | Kouzou | | |
| 2011 | Hero Tales | Shokaku | | |
| 2011 | Birdy the Mighty: Decode | Tuto | | |
| 2011–present | Black Butler series | Sebastian Michaelis | | |
| 2011 | One Piece | Eneru | Funimation dub | |
| 2011 | Chrome Shelled Regios | Gorneo Luckens | | |
| 2011 | Rideback | Politician | | |
| 2012 | .hack//Quantum | Smith | | |
| 2012 | Shangri-La | Shogo | | |
| 2012 | Steins;Gate | Rintaro Okabe | ADR Script | |
| 2012 | Deadman Wonderland | Nagi Kengamine | | Resume |
| 2012 | Fairy Tail | Acnologia, Simon | | |
| 2012 | Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt | Portschach, Sam | | |
| 2013 | Toriko | Jelly Boy | | |
| 2013 | Future Diary | Masumi Nishijima | Lead Writer | |
| 2013 | Last Exile: Fam, the Silver Wing | Geeth, Rakesh | | |
| 2014 | Space Dandy | Dr. Gel | | |
| 2014 | Karneval | Tsukitachi | | |
| 2014–15 | Kamisama Kiss series | Tomoe | | |
| 2014 | Date A Live series | Kyōhei Kannazuki | | |
| 2014 | Code:Breaker | Masaomi Heike | | |
| 2014 | A Certain Scientific Railgun S | Haruki Aritomi | |
| 2014 | Attack on Titan | Erwin Smith | ADR Script (seasons 1-2) | |
| 2015 | Assassination Classroom | Shiro | ADR Script | |
| 2015 | Tokyo Ghoul series | Shuu Tsukiyama | Assistant ADR Director | |
| 2015 | Yurikuma Arashi | Life Sexy | | |
| 2015 | Tokyo Ravens | Jin Ohtomo | | |
| 2015 | D-Frag! | Ataru Kawahara, Young Ataru | | |
| 2015 | Blood Blockade Battlefront | Steven A. Starphase | | |
| 2015 | Nobunagun | St. Germain | | |
| 2015 | Free! - Iwatobi Swim Club series | Rei Ryugazaki | ADR Script | |
| 2015 | Dance with Devils | Nesta | | CA |
| 2015 | Daimidaler the Sound Robot | Kazuo Matayoshi | | |
| 2015 | Michiko & Hatchin | Gino Costa | English dub Ep. 9: The Chocolate Girl in Love | |
| 2016 | Danganronpa: The Animation | Jin Kirigiri | ADR Writer Also The End of Hope Peak's High School | |
| 2016 | Prince of Stride: Alternative | Yūjirō Dan | | |
| 2016 | Divine Gate | Arthur | | |
| 2016 | Dimension W | Loser | | |
| 2016 | Brothers Conflict | Masaomi Asahina | | |
| 2016–present | My Hero Academia | Tenya Iida | | |
| 2016 | Monster Hunter Stories: Ride On | Cryo | | |
| 2016 | 91 Days | Tetsta Lagusa | Ep. 1 ADR Script Writer | |
| 2016 | Joker Game | Jean Victoire | | |
| 2016 | Trickster | Ryo Inoue | | |
| 2016 | Nanbaka | Kiji Mitsuba | | |
| 2016 | Show By Rock# | Orion | | |
| 2016–present | Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru series | Souza Samonji | | |
| 2016 | Drifters | Butch Cassidy | | |
| 2016 | Chaos Dragon | Black Dragon | | |
| 2016 | Yuri on Ice | Michele Crispino | | |
| 2017 | Saga of Tanya the Evil | Erich Von Rerugen | | |
| 2017 | ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept. | Warbler | Ep. 4 | |
| 2017 | Chain Chronicle: The Light of Haecceitas | Burckhardt | | |
| 2017 | Code: Realize − Guardian of Rebirth | Arsène Lupin | | |
| 2017 | Love Tyrant | Maou | | |
| 2017 | Alice & Zoroku | Sawaki | Ep. 1 | |
| 2017 | KADO - The Right Answer | Narrator | | |
| 2017 | Sakura Quest | Noge | | |
| 2017 | Code Geass: Akito the Exiled | Ioan Malcal | | |
| 2017 | Samurai Warriors | Nobuyuki Sanada | | |
| 2017 | 18if | Katsumi Kanzaki | | |
| 2017 | Restaurant to Another World | Heinrich Seeleman | | |
| 2017–present | Black Clover | Fuegoleon Vermillion | | |
| 2018 | Pop Team Epic | Pipimi | Ep. 5b | |
| 2018 | Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These | Paul von Oberstein | | |
| 2018 | Steins;Gate 0 | Rintaro Okabe | | |
| 2018 | Kakuriyo: Bed and Breakfast for Spirits | Tannosuke | | |
| 2018 | Chio's School Road | Businessman on Bridge | | |
| 2019 | Dragon Ball Super | Tupper, Za Priccio | | |
| 2019 | Dr.STONE | Magma | | |
| 2019 | African Office Worker | Caracal | | |
| 2019 | Isekai Quartet | Erich Von Rerugen | | |
| 2019 | Wise Man's Grandchild | Oliver Schtrom/Oliveira von Schtradius | | |
| 2019 | Actors: Songs Connection | Odawara | | |
| 2019 | Radiant | Lord de Gulis | | |
| 2020 | A Certain Scientific Railgun T | Anti-Skill Officer | Ep. 11 | |
| 2020 | Plunderer | Freidkam Von Lightning | Ep. 20 | |
| 2021 | Kuroko's Basketball | Katsunori Harazawa | Netflix English Dub | |
| 2021 | Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle | Great Red Siberian | | |
| 2021 | Wonder Egg Priority | Drool | | |
| 2021 | Full Dive | | ADR Script Writer | |
| 2021 | Fruits Basket | Katsuya Honda | 2019 reboot | |
| 2021 | Dragon Goes House-Hunting | Godfrey | | |
| 2021 | Magatsu Wahrheit Zuerst | Radboud | | |
| 2021 | Moriarty the Patriot | Mycroft Holmes | | |
| 2021 | Vinland Saga | Willibald | Netflix English Dub | |
| 2021 | The Seven Deadly Sins: Dragon's Judgement | Demon King Zeldris | Netflix English Dub | |
| 2021 | Cells at Work! | M Cell | | |
| 2021 | King's Raid: Successors of the Will | Dominix | | |
| 2021 | Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan | Amon | also President (Ep. 9) and Sayuri | |
| 2022 | Requiem of the Rose King | Duke of York | | |
| 2022 | The Case Study of Vanitas | Jean-Jacques Chastel | | |
| 2022 | Life with an Ordinary Guy Who Reincarnated into a Total Fantasy Knockout | Tsukasa Jinguuji | | |
| 2022 | Given | Ugetsu Murata | | |
| 2022 | RWBY: Ice Queendom | Klein Sieben | | |
| 2024 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba | Kasugai Crow of Kagaya Ubuyashiki | Hashira Training Arc (Season 5 Ep. 1) | |
| 2024 | Ranma 1/2 | Soun Tendo | 2024 remake | |

### Animation

List of voice performances in animation :
| Year | Title | Role | Crew role, notes |
| 2016-2017; 2020–present | RWBY | Klein Sieben | Volumes 4 & 8 |
| 2018; 2021 | RWBY Chibi | Klein Sieben | Season 3-4 |
| TBA | Far-Fetched | Quinn | |

### Films

List of voice performances in direct-to-video, feature and television films :
| Year | Title | Role | Crew role, notes | Source |
| 2006 | Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle the Movie: The Princess in the Birdcage Kingdom | Aide | | |
| 2011–12 | Eden of the East films | Kazuomi Hirasawa | | |
| 2011 | Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance | Ryoji Kaji | | |
| 2011 | Summer Wars | Wabisuke Jinnouchi | | |
| 2012 | Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker | Regalyan D'Marcall | | Resume |
| 2012 | Mass Effect: Paragon Lost | | ADR Script | |
| 2012 | Pokémon the Movie: Black—Victini and Reshiram and White—Victini and Zekrom | Damon | | Resume |
| 2013 | Shakugan no Shana: The Movie | Friagne | | |
| 2016 | The Empire of Corpses | Frederick Burnaby | | |
| 2016 | Rurouni Kenshin trilogy | Kanryū Takeda | Live-action dub | |
| 2017 | Steins;Gate: The Movie − Load Region of Déjà Vu | Rintaro Okabe | | |
| 2017 | Fairy Tail: Dragon Cry | Acnologia | | |
| 2017 | Shin Godzilla | Hideki Akasaka | Funimation dub | |
| 2018 | My Hero Academia: Two Heroes | Tenya Iida | Limited theatrical release | |
| 2020 | My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising | Tenya Iida | Limited theatrical release | |
| 2022 | Fruits Basket: Prelude | Katsuya Honda | Limited theatrical release | |
| 2023 | Justice League x RWBY: Super Heroes & Huntsmen, Part Two | Klein Sieben | Direct-to-Video | |

### Video games

List of voice performances in video games :
| Year | Title | Role | Crew role, Notes |
| 2010–present | Dragon Ball series | Zarbon, Mira, Upa, Bora | Zarbon from 2010-2011 |
| 2012 | Borderlands 2 | Hodunk Bandit, Sir Hammerlock | |
| 2014 | Smite | Hercules, Stargazer Anubis, Lord Slashington the III Fenrir | |
| 2014 | Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel! | Sir Hammerlock, Lost Legion Infantry No. 4, Powersuit Pro | |
| 2015 | Paladins | Fernando | |
| 2016 | Killing Floor 2 | Mr. Foster | |
| 2019 | Borderlands 3 | Sir Hammerlock | |
| 2021 | Tales of Luminaria | August Wallenstein | |
| 2022 | Genshin Impact | Pantalone | |
| 2022 | Pokémon Masters EX | Emmet | |
| 2023 | Fire Emblem Engage | Louis | |
| 2023 | Star Wars Jedi: Survivor | Moran | |
| 2023 | Starfield | Henry Filburn, Marcel Duris | |
| 2023 | Disgaea 7: Vows of the Virtueless | Joe Doe | |
| 2024 | Final Fantasy VII Rebirth | Cid Highwind | |