# Eric Stuart

Eric Stuart is an American voice actor and musician who worked for 4Kids Entertainment, NYAV Post, and Central Park Media.
Among some of his prominent roles, he is best known for being the voice of Brock and James from seasons 1–8 of the original Pokémon anime, as well voicing Seto Kaiba in the Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters anime series.

## Early life

Stuart was born in Brooklyn, New York to a modern dancer mother and a criminal attorney father.

## Voice acting career

He provides voices for English dubs of anime, cartoons, and video games. Some of his most prominent roles include Brock and James in Pokémon from seasons 1–8, Seto Kaiba in Yu-Gi-Oh!, and Gourry Gabriev in Slayers.

## Music career

As a stage performer, he and his band, Eric Stuart Band, have toured with Peter Frampton (1999, 2000), Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band (1997), Lynyrd Skynyrd (1997), and has opened for Jethro Tull (1997), Julian Cope (1995), Hall & Oates (1997, 1998) and Chicago (1995, 1997, 1998) as well.
Frampton produced his album Blue, Dressed in Black.

## Filmography
### Film

List of dubbing performances in feature films :
| Year | Title | Role | Crew role, notes |
| 1999 | Pokémon: The First Movie | Brock, James, Squirtle | |
| 2000 | Pokémon: The Movie 2000 | James | |
| 2001 | Pokémon 3: The Movie | Brock, James | |
| 2001 | Night on the Galactic Railroad | Lighthouse Keeper | English dub |
| 2002 | The Ninja Dragon | Ninja Dragon | |
| 2004 | Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light | Seto Kaiba | Voice director |
| 2017 | Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions | Seto Kaiba | |
List of dubbing performances in direct-to-video and television films :
| Year | Title | Role | Crew role, notes |
| 2000 | Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns | Brock, James | |
| 2002 | Pokémon 4Ever | Brock, James | |
| 2003 | Pokémon Heroes | Brock, James | |
| 2004 | Pokémon: Jirachi Wish Maker | Brock, Hippie, James | Voice director |
Voice-over performance in live-action film :
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source |
| 2013 | Movie 43 | Narrator (voice) | Segment: "Victory's Glory" Nominated - Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screen Combo (shared with the entire cast) | |

### Anime

List of dubbing performances in anime :
| Year | Title | Role | Crew role, notes |
| 1995–2009 | Slayers series | Gourry Gabriev | |
| 1996 | Gall Force: Eternal Story | OX-11, Toil, Ail | |
| 1996 | Yu Yu Hakusho: Eizou Hakusho 2 | Koenma | |
| 1996 | Grappler Baki: The Ultimate Fighter | Announcer | |
| 1997 | Art of Fighting | Jack Turner, John Crawley | |
| 1998–2006 | Pokémon | Brock, James, Squirtle, Scyther, others | 4Kids Dub, voice director (some episodes) |
| 2000 | Labyrinth of Flames | Galan | Central Park Media dub |
| 2001 | Descendants of Darkness | Yutaka Watari | |
| 2001 | Tama and Friends | Rockney | |
| 2001–06 | Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters | Seto Kaiba, Kemo, Sid, others | Voice director |
| 2001 | Fighting Foodons | Burnt Meatballs, Cole Slawter, Gazmacho, Additional Voices | |
| 2002–2006 | Kirby: Right Back at Ya! | Meta Knight, Blade Knight, Gus, Sword Knight, Fryclops | |
| 2002 | Ultimate Muscle: The Kinnikuman Legacy | Dik Dik Van Dik, Mac Metaphor, King Muscle, Adversarious, Dial Bolic, Geronimo, Clawdaddy, Sgt. Muscle, Hanzo, The Protector, Jagg-Ed | Voice director |
| 2003-2005 | Shaman King | Marco, Flying Zen Brother #1, Additional Voices | |
| 2003 | Animation Runner Kuromi | Mizuho Tanonaka, Shin Kumegawa, others | |
| 2004 | F-Zero: GP Legend | Black Shadow, Octoman | |
| 2004–06 | One Piece | Narrator, Gold Roger Sham, Henzo | 4Kids dub |
| 2004 | Here is Greenwood | Number One, Furusawa, Lupin, Tochizawa | Central Park Media dub |
| 2005 | Magical DoReMi | Vice Principal Shoople | |
| 2005 | G.I. Joe: Sigma Six | Hi-Tech, others | Voice director |
| 2005–2008 | Yu-Gi-Oh! GX | Bastion Misawa, Seto Kaiba, Titan, Kagemaru, Ojama Black, Ojama King, others | Voice director |
| 2006 | Animation Runner Kuromi 2 | Mizuho Tanonaka | |
| 2007–2010 | Dinosaur King | Dr. Z, Patrick, Spartacus (minor role), Mr. Copper (minor role) | |
| 2008–2011 | Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds | Bootleg owner, Sir Gil de Randsborg, Lug, Mr. Pitts (season 2), Sergio, Boss, Elsworth | |
| 2012–2014 | Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal | Scorch, Jinlon | |
| 2021 | Shaman King (2021) | Marco, Cebin Mendel | Netflix dub; reboot |
| 2023 | Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens | Valencian Kallister | |

### Animation

List of voice performances in animation :
| Year | Title | Role | Crew role, notes |
| 2003 | The Fight for the Fox Box | Diabolic | |
| 2003 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Hamato Yoshi, Murakami Gennosuke, Quarry, Harry 'The Schlub' Parker, Additional Voices | |
| 2004 | Incredible Crash Dummies | Crunch | Voice director |
| 2006 | Viva Pinata | Les, Mongo, Norman, Ruffians, others | Voice director, producer |
| 2008–09 | Gogoriki | Shadow Prince Loveamore, others | Voice director, writer |
| 2012 | The Illusionauts | | Voice director |
| 2013 | Operation Freedom Force | | Voice director |

### Video games

List of voice and dubbing performances in video games :
| Year | Title | Role |
| 1999 | Pikachu’s Winter Vacation | Brock, Squirtle, Electrode, Dexter |
| 1999 | Valkyrie Profile | Grey, Lucian |
| 2000 | Labyrinth of Flames | Galan |
| 2001 | RG Veda | Bishamonten |
| 2001 | Shadow Hearts | Yuri Hyuga |
| 2003 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Harry, Quarry |
| 2003 | Pokémon Channel | Squirtle Trio |
| 2004 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Battle Nexus | Additional voices |
| 2004 | Yu-Gi-Oh! Reshef of Destruction | Seto Kaiba |
| 2004 | Yu-Gi-Oh! Destiny Board Traveler | Seto Kaiba, Kaibaman |
| 2004 | Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monster Coliseum | Seto Kaiba |
| 2009 | Reservoir Dogs 2 | Mr. White |
| 2016 | Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links | Seto Kaiba, Dox, Bastion Misawa |

### Web

| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source |
| 2013 | Teenage Pokémon | Brock (voice) | Episode: "Brock, Mental Health and Lets-Plays" | |

## Discography

* Curiosity (1996)
* Picture Perfect World (1997)
* Eric Stuart (1998)
* Blue, Dressed in Black (2000)
* BombShellShocked (2003)
* In The County Of Kings (2007)
* Empty Frame of Reference (2009)
* Falls on Me (2011)
* Lipstick and Barbed Wire (2013)
* My Kind of Danger (2018)