Scott McCulloch

Scott McCulloch (born: April 7, 1960 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada — died: September 24, 2000 in Japan) was a Canadian voice actor, narrator, music director and disc jockey. He is known for his voice acting work in several video games, including the Time Crisis series and The Note.
He is mostly known as the original voice actor for Richter Belmont in the 1997 English PlayStation version of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (replaced in this role by Liam O'Brien and David Vincent in later titles), as well as for voicing Chris Redfield in the original 1996 English version of Resident Evil for the same console. He also was the narrator in Castlevania (N64) and Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness.
==Career==
In 1995, McCulloch did voiceover role in the game Mach Breakers: Numan Athletics 2 voicing the character Long Rui-Hu'An. In 1996, he voiced Chris Redfield in Resident Evil. His next most notable video game role was Richter Belmont in Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (1997).
McCulloch was the intro narrator and Paulo's voice actor in The Note (1997). He was also the opening narrator in Castlevania 64 and Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness (both released in 1999). He also voiced Wild Dog in Time Crisis (1997), Time Crisis II (2001) and Time Crisis 3 (2003).
McCulloch worked alongside Barry Gjerde and Lynn Harris in several games. According to Gjerde, McCulloch's voice and the lines from the previous versions of the games were reused in Time Crisis II, Time Crisis 3, and Crisis Zone.
He was also a popular DJ on Inter FM, an English language Tokyo-based radio station.
==Death==
McCulloch died in a traffic accident on September 24, 2000 in Japan.
==Gallery==
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Richter Belmont from Symphony of the Night.jpg|link=Richter Belmont|McCulloch voiced Richter Belmont in the original English PlayStation version of Symphony of the Night.
==Trivia==
*Scott McCulloch delivered the now iconic phrase "Die monster. You don't belong in this world!", along many other of Richter Belmont's memorable catchphrases that appeared in the original English PlayStation version of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, and which have become part of the gaming community worldwide.
*His audio recordings used for Richter Belmont in-game were leveraged to also be used on the enemy Fake Trevor in the original English PlayStation version of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night.
*McCulloch is believed to have voiced Dracula's Servant, Gilles de Rais, in Castlevania (N64), although this is unconfirmed.
*It is also believed that McCulloch voiced the narrator in Gradius Gaiden, a Japan exclusive installment of the Gradius series. However, his name doesn't appear in the game's credits and no records of his participation in this production are known to exist. The only fact that supports his possible participation is that it is known that he frequently traveled to Japan to do voicing works during the time of the game's release.
*He was married to Towako, with whom he had one child.
==References==
==External links==
*Behind the Voice Actors
*IMDb
*MobyGames
*Ramsay Scott Mcculloch Memorial Page at Games and Movies Blog
*Scott McCulloch at the Resident Evil Wiki
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