Michael Sinterniklaas

Michael Sinterniklaas
Michael Tremain Sinterniklaas (born August 13, 1972) is a French-American voice actor and ADR director based in the United States. He has provided voices for a number of English-language versions of Japanese anime films and television series, as well as cartoons and video games. He has worked for Funimation, Studiopolis, Konami Cross Media NY, Central Park Media, Bandai Entertainment, Viz Media and Media Blasters. He is the founder and owner of NYAV Post, a Bi-coastal studio located in New York City and Los Angeles, which dubbed many different anime titles and recorded several original prelay works.
He is best known for his roles as Leonardo in the 2003 series of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Dean Venture in The Venture Bros. and Taki Tachibana in the English dub of Your Name.
Early life
Michael Tremain Sinterniklaas was born on 13 August 1972 in Nice to Dutch parents. He lived in London and Lucerne as a child and moved to the United States when he was 10 years old. He graduated from High School of Performing Arts in New York City, and attended college in North Carolina where he did work at both Southwynde and Coastal Carolina Studios.
Career
His most notable roles as a voice actor are Leonardo in 2003 series of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Dean Venture (and other small parts) in the Adult Swim cartoon The Venture Bros, Mikey Simon in the Nicktoons series Kappa Mikey, Orphan in Final Fantasy XIII and as Deady in the 2011 Friday the 13th event of the online MMORPG AdventureQuest Worlds. He also replaced David Moo as Xellos in the English dub of Slayers Revolution and Evolution-R.
He is also a well known voice director, for a variety of shows, such as Berserk, Huntik: Secrets & Seekers, Kappa Mikey, Kurokami: The Animation, Magic User's Club, Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn, Samurai Deeper Kyo, Slayers Revolution, Slayers Evolution-R, Let's Go! Tamagotchi, Three Delivery, Care Bears and The Venture Bros.
Dubbing roles
Anime
A Silent Voice - Kazuki Shimada
Alien Nine – Hiroshi Iwanami
B-Daman CrossFire – Yuki Washimura (credited as Martel Fraiser Tremain)
Bakuman – Moritaka Mashiro
Black Butler: Book of Circus – Dagger
Bleach – Nnoitora Gilga, Luppi Antenor, Menis, Ikkaku Madarame (Ep. 105), Wonderweiss Mergera (Eps. 278+)
Burst Angel – Jei Kokuren (Ep. 9)
Bubblegum Crisis – Mackie Stingray (Young), AD Police Officer
Cannon Busters - Additional voices
Detective Conan – Keenan Morris (Ep. 6)
Cyborg 009 VS Devilman – Cyborg 004/Albert Heinrich
D.Gray-Man – Dodge (Ep. 18)
Di Gi Charat – Ky Schweitzer
Digimon Fusion – Lucemon (Ep. 15–17)
Dinosaur King – David Neckam, additional voices
Domain of Murder – Goro Nagase
Durarara!! – Additional voices
Eden of the East – Satoshi Osugi
Eden of the East: The King of Eden – Satoshi Osugi
Eden of the East: Paradise Lost – Satoshi Osugi
Fairy Tail: Dragon Cry – King Animus
Freedom Project – Takeru
Fullmetal Alchemist – Leo
Future Diary – Assemblyman (ep. 19), additional voices
Gall Force: New Era – Nova Universe
GaoGaiGar: The King of Braves – Gai Shishiô
Glass Fleet – Subordinate (Eps. 24 & 26)
Gokusen – Ichikawa, Ishizuka, Sonomura, Tanaka
Hades Project Zeorymer – Saiga
Hetalia: Axis Powers – Netherlands
Hetalia: The Beautiful World – Netherlands
Hetalia: The World Twinkle – Netherlands (Ep. 17)
Hetalia: World Series – Netherlands
Hi no Tori – Masato (The Future Chapter)
Ichi the Killer – Ichi
Joe vs. Joe – Joe Yuuki
Jormungand – Gasud (Ep. 5)
Jormungand: Perfect Order – Gasud (Ep. 4)
Kakurenbo – Hikora
Kizuna: Bonds of Love – Kai Sagano
Kekkaishi – Shu Akitsu, Yukimasa
Knight Hunters: Weiß Kreuz – Brad Crawford
Kotaro Lives Alone - Shin Karino
Kurokami: The Animation – Punipuni, Pilot, The Noble One (Ep. 14), Tribal End
Let's Go Tamagotchi – Gozanutchi
Lu over the Wall - Kai
Lupin the 3rd Part IV: The Italian Adventure - Koh Uraga, Mario (Ep. 15)
Magic User's Club – Yoshito Yoshimoto
Magical DoReMi – Stewart, Mackenzie
Marvel Anime: Blade – Tanaka (Eps. 1 & 2), Vampire Guard (Ep. 1)
Marvel Anime: Iron Man – Lab Employee (Ep. 6), Operator (Ep. 8), Pisces/Sho (Ep. 6)
Marvel Anime: X-Men – Hisako's Father, Ray, Mr. Ichiki, Rat
Marvel Future Avengers – Maximus, Triton
Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn – Angelo Sauper, Dennis (Ep. 1), Besson, additional voices
Monster – Detective Jan Suk
Mr. Osomatsu – Jyushimatsu Matsuno
Munto – Kazuya
Mushishi – Isaza (Ep. 26)
Naruto Shippuden – Sora, Utakata (Six Tails Jinchūriki), Reincarnated Ninja (Ep. 316), Villager (Ep. 150)
Ninja Nonsense – Takeru
One Piece – Disco, Additional Voices (FUNimation dub)
Patema Inverted – Age
Patlabor: The Mobile Police - The TV Series – Utsumi
Piano: The Melody of a Young Girl's Heart – Kazuya Takahashi
Pokémon - Joshua, Seviper, Additional Voices (seasons 5–8)
Samurai 7 – Sobei
Samurai Deeper Kyo – Akira, The Two Headed Dragon
Sengoku Basara: End of Judgement – Sarutobi Sasuke
Sengoku Basara: Samurai Kings – Sarutobi Sasuke
Sengoku Basara: Samurai Kings II – Sarutobi Sasuke
Sengoku Basara: The Last Party – Sarutobi Sasuke
Shaman King – Trey "Horohoro" Racer, Orona
Shin-chan (FUNimation dub) – Phillippe, The Flying Pecker
Shootfighter Tekken – Kiichi "Keybo" Miyazawa
Slayers – Xellos (Seasons 4 & 5)
Sonic X - Christopher Thorndyke (adult) (Season 2 & 3)
Space Dandy – Defense lawyer (Ep. 25)
Stitch! – Hans (Season 2)
Summer Wars – Kenji Koiso
Tiger & Bunny – Ivan Karelin/Origami Cyclone
Time of Eve – Masakazu Masaki
The Galaxy Railways – Filidh (Ep. 17), Owen
The Sky Crawlers – Yuichi Kannami
The Weathering Continent – Arun Harad
Urusei Yatsura – Ataru Moroboshi
Weathering with You - Taki Tachibana (cameo)
Welcome to the Space Show – Kyoshi Sato
Winx Club (4Kids dub) – Riven
Your Lie in April – Akira Takayanagi
Your Name – Taki Tachibana
Zetman – Man (Ep. 1)
TV Series
Violetta - Leon Vargas (Seasons 2 and 3)
Filmography
Animation
Care Bears: Welcome to Care-a-Lot – Bedtime Bear, Birthday Bear, Funshine Bear
Chaotic – Additional voices
Ernest & Celestine – Additional voices
Friends of Heartlake City
G.I. Joe: Sigma Six – Tunnel Rat, Kamakura
Hanazuki – Orange Hemka, Pink Hemka, Dark Purple Hemka, Lavender Hemka, Light Blue Hemka, Dark Green Hemka, various voices
Huntik: Secrets & Seekers – Peter
Impy's Island – Professor Horatio Tibberton
Kappa Mikey – Mikey Simon
Lego Monkie Kid – Goldfish Demon
Mad – Leonardo, Steven Spielberg, Aquaman, Ethan Hunt
Miraculous Ladybug – Nathaniel Kurtzberg/Caprikid
OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes – Hero, Frank Bank
Robotomy – Weenus, Megawatt
Speed Racer: The Next Generation – Jared, Jesse
Star Wars: Visions – Hen Jin
Supernormal – Eric Normal/Captain Scrumptious
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – Leonardo, Dark Leo, Parker, Lord Hebi, Graviturtle, Weasel
The Venture Bros. – Dean Venture, various voices
Turtles Forever – 2003 Leonardo
Pickle & Peanut - Additional Voices
Video games
Adventure Quest Worlds – Deady
Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon – Additional voices
Bravely Second: End Layer – Yew
Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 – Time Patroller Final Fantasy XIII – Orphan
Final Fantasy XIII-2 – Additional voices
Fire Emblem Heroes – Takumi, Niles, Lucius
Grand Theft Auto V – The Local Population
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 – Utakata
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 – Utakata
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution – Utakata
ObsCure – Kenny Matthews (uncredited)
Pillars of Eternity – Additional voices
Rune Factory 4 Special – Vishnal
Saint's Row: The Third – Radio voices
Shira Oka: Second Chances – Kazuki Ogawa
Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes – Sarutobi Sasuke
Shaman King: Power of Spirit – Trey Racer (Horohoro), Clive Portman
Shaman King: Master of Spirits – Trey Racer (Horohoro)
Shaman King: Master of Spirits 2 – Trey Racer (Horohoro)
The Bureau: XCOM Declassified – Lawrence
The Last of Us – Additional voices
The Lego Movie Videogame – Additional voices
The Pink Panther: Passport to Peril – Pink Panther, Louie, Kumoken, Young Li, Nigel, Additional voices
The Pink Panther: Hokus Pokus Pink – Pink Panther
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter – Dale Carter
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege – Jäger
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series – Leonardo, Leatherhead, Utrominator
Xenoblade Chronicles X – Gwin Ewans
Live-action
Answer This! – Umlatt the Flunkie
Cutie Honey – Detective Todoroki (English voice-over)
Flesh for the Beast – Martin Shelley
Matlock – Pizza Guy
Once a Loser – Cam Dean
The Crow – Extra (uncredited)
Violetta – Braco (English dub) / Leon (Seasons 2-3) (English dub)
Zero Woman: The Accused – Mitsuru (English dub)
Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno — Cho Sawagejo (English dub)
Documentary
Adventures in Voice Acting – Himself
Production staff
Voice direction
009 Re:Cyborg (co-directed with Anthony Tortorici)
A Cat in Paris (co-directed with Stephanie Sheh)
A.D. Police Files Ah! My Goddess Ancien and the Magic Tablet (co-directed with Stephanie Sheh)
Berserk Cannon Busters (co-directed with Stephanie Sheh)
DC Super Friends Freedom (co-directed with Carrie Keranen and Stephanie Sheh)
King of Braves GaoGaiGar Giant Robo: The Animation Huntik: Secrets & Seekers – Voice director (with Marc Diraison (season 1) and Stephanie Sheh)
Jungle Emperor Leo Kurokami: The Animation (co-directed with Marc Diraison)
Magic User's Club Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart Mia and the Migoo Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn (co-directed with Marc Diraison, Dan Green, Stephanie Sheh and Kathleen McInerney)
Ninja Nonsense Peter Rabbit Piano: The Melody of a Young Girl's Heart Phoenix Promare (co-directed with Michael Schneider and Stephanie Sheh)
Robotomy (also worked as a casting director)
Samurai Deeper Kyo Slayers Revolution (co-directed with Marc Diraison)
Slayers Evolution-R (co-directed with Marc Diraison)
Twin Signal Let's Go! Tamagotchi! (co-directed with Marc Diraison)
The Midnight Gospel The Weathering Continent Three Delivery (co-directed with Marc Diraison)
The Venture Bros. Weathering with You (co-directed with Stephanie Sheh)
Script adaptation
Berserk Bubblegum Crisis Cutie Honey Freedom (co-written with Stephanie Sheh, Jay Snyder and Marc Handler)
Giant Robo: The Animation (co-written with Stephanie Sheh and Jay Snyder)
Phoenix (co-written with Stephanie Sheh and Jay Snyder)
Magic User's Club Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn (co-written with Stephanie Sheh and Dan Green)
Twin SignalSound department
A.D. Police Files (audio engineer, dialogue editing)
Ah! My Goddess (audio mixing)
Battle Royal High School (audio engineer, dialogue editing, mixing, sound design)
Berserk (mixing)
Berserk: The Golden Age Arc (recording engineer, re-recording mixing, post-production supervisor)
Bubblegum Crash (dialogue editing)
Bubblegum Crisis (dialogue editing)
Demon Fighter Kocho (audio mixing)
Cutie Honey (mixing)
Domain of Murder (recording engineer)
Freedom Project (ADR recording engineer)
Giant Robo: The Animation (mixing)
Jungle Emperor Leo (mixing)
Kurokami the Animation (mixing)
Magic User's Club (mixing)
Mia and the Migoo (recording engineer, sound design, mixing)
Negadon: The Monster from Mars (mixing)
Sadamitsu the Destroyer (audio engineer, mixing)
Samurai Deeper Kyo (audio engineer, mixing)
Seven of Seven (mixing)
Shura no Toki: Age of Chaos (mix engineer)
Supernormal (sound engineer, mix engineer)
Twin Signal (mixing)
The Weathering Continent (mixing)
Weiß Kreuz (mixing)
Welcome to the Space Show (mixing)
Zetman (re-recording mixing)
Producer/production manager
Ah! My Goddess Bakuman Berserk Cutie Honey Gokusen Mia and the Migoo Phoenix Slayers Revolution/Slayers Evolution-R Space Pirate Mito Time of EveCasting
Mao Mao, Heroes of Pure Heart''
References
External links
Michael Sinterniklaas at Twitter
1972 births
Living people
American casting directors
American male screenwriters
American male television writers
American male video game actors
American male voice actors
American people of Dutch descent
American sound designers
American television writers
American voice directors
Film producers from California
Film producers from New York (state)
French audio engineers
French emigrants to the United States
French film producers
French male screenwriters
French male video game actors
French male voice actors
French people of Dutch descent
French television producers
French television writers
French voice directors
Male actors from London
Male actors from Los Angeles
Male actors from New York City
Male actors from Nice, France
Male actors from North Carolina
Screenwriters from California
Screenwriters from New York (state)
Television producers from California
Television producers from New York City
21st-century American male actors
21st-century French male actors