Crispin Freeman

**Crispin Freeman** (born February 9, 1972) is an American voice actor, ADR director and writer who provides voices for English versions of Japanese anime, animation and video games. In anime, some of his prominent roles include Zelgadis Graywords in *Slayers*, Kyon in *The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya*, Alucard in *Hellsing*, Kirei Kotomine in *Fate/Zero* and *Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works*, Itachi Uchiha in *Naruto*, and Shizuo Heiwajima in *Durarara!!*.

## Early life and education

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Born in Chicago, Illinois, Freeman is the oldest of three children. He attended the Latin School of Chicago, where he graduated in 1990. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Williams College, majoring in Theater and minoring in Computer Science. Afterward, he earned his Master of Fine Arts degree from Columbia University in Acting and performed on Broadway (New York City), at the American Repertory Theater in (Cambridge), at the Mark Taper Forum in (Los Angeles), at Cincinnati's Playhouse in the Park and at the Williamstown Theater Festival. As a child, Freeman was greatly influenced by anime shows such as *Speed Racer* and *Battle of the Planets*. Casey Kasem voiced the role of his favorite character, Mark of *Battle of the Planets* (he actually wanted to change his name to Mark at one point). Later, he discovered *Voltron*, *Star Blazers* and *Robotech*, being quoted in the January 1999 issue of *America Interview* saying, "That show really blew me away." Freeman has also stated that the reason he got into the industry was because of the anime television show *The Vision of Escaflowne*. Freeman initially got involved in the anime voice-over industry when a friend of his landed a role in *Peacock King*.

## Career

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Knowing Freeman was a big anime fan, a friend suggested he call up Central Park Media (CPM) and apply for a job doing English dubs. When originally approached about dubbing, he initially declined. It was not until he remembered all of the anime shows he watched as a child that he realized that many people are introduced to anime through the English dubbed versions. In 1997, Freeman landed the role of Zelgadis Graywords in *Slayers* along with Lisa Ortiz, Eric Stuart and Veronica Taylor. He was the second and final voice actor to get the job, after Zelgadis' original voice actor, Daniel Cronin, lost contact with CPM after a year-long halt in the dubbing. Years later he turned to the American animation voice acting grounds. He has been best known for his work in Marvel Comics based productions such as *The Spectacular Spider-Man*, *Wolverine and the X-Men* and *The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes*. He then starred as several versions of Roy Harper in *Young Justice* for DC Comics and Warner Bros. Since then, Freeman has had various roles throughout his career. He has appeared in many video game titles as memorable characters, such as Albedo from Namco's Xenosaga series, the god of the sun *Helios* in *God of War III*, Haji, Joel the 6th and Van Argeno in *Blood+*, the main protagonist Baldur in Silicon Knights's *Too Human*, Breakdown in *Transformers: War for Cybertron*, the Winter Soldier in *Marvel: Ultimate Alliance*, and Iron Man in *Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2*.

Freeman teaches classes, workshops, and performance lectures in the Los Angeles area. In addition to classes, Freeman has a website called Voice Acting Mastery which includes podcasts and other resources regarding voice acting.

## Personal life

Freeman is the oldest of three children. His sister, Cassidy is an actress who played Tess Mercer in the television show *Smallville* and Cady Longmire in *Longmire*. Their brother, Clark, is an actor and musician; they are involved in a band called The Real D'Coys. Their family has German, Scottish, and Jewish ancestry.Template:Citation needed

## Filmography

### Other dubbing

List of voice performances in other dubbing

### Live-action

List of appearances in film and television

## References

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5. ↑ "Archived copy". http://crispinfreeman.com/classes.html.
6. ↑ "Voice Acting Mastery: Become a Master Voice Actor in the World of Voice Over - Become the Character. Live the Dream. Find Yourself.". http://www.voiceactingmastery.com.
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21. ↑ "Durarara!!×2 English Dub to Premiere March 10". Anime News Network. March 6, 2015. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-03-06/durarara-2-english-dub-to-premiere-march-10/.85701. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
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27. ↑ "Crispin Freeman SacAnime Convention". sacanime.com. http://www.sacanime.com/?page\_id=11233. Retrieved September 19, 2016.
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35. ↑ "Fathom and Aniplex of America Bring Latest 'Fate/stay' Movie to Theaters - Three If By Space". 7 May 2018. https://www.threeifbyspace.net/2018/05/fathom-events-and-aniplex-of-america-bring-latest-fate-movie-to-theaters/.
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Interviews
* Crispin Freeman Interview at RPGSite
* Crispin Freeman: Q and ATemplate:Dead link at The Anime Lodge
* "A Very Different Place" - A Crispin Freeman Interview part one
* "A Very Different Place" - A Crispin Freeman Interview part two including audio
* "Anime Today Episode 31" - Crispin Freeman Interview
* 'Kana's Korner' Interview on 91.8 The Fan

## External links

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	+ Voice Acting Mastery - Crispin Freeman's voice acting podcast blog
	+ Mythology and Meaning - Crispin Freeman's website for his lectures on anime
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* Crispin Freeman at Crystal Acids Voice Actor Database
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