Nachi Nozawa

**Nachi Nozawa** (野沢 那智, *Nozawa Nachi*, January 13, 1938 – October 30, 2010) was a Japanese actor, voice actor, narrator and theatre director from Tokyo. He was affiliated with Office PAC at the time of his death. His real name was **Yasutomo Nozawa** (野沢 那智, *Nozawa Yasutomo*). Nozawa was the official dub-over artist of Al Pacino and Alain Delon. Also he was known for voicing Giuliano Gemma, Robert Redford, Bruce Willis (Especially for John McClane in the *Die Hard* franchise), Dustin Hoffman, Christopher Walken, David McCallum (Especially for Illya Kuryakin in the television series *The Man from U.N.C.L.E.*), C-3PO (in the *Star Wars Trilogy*) and Don Johnson (in the television series *Nash Bridges*). He was also the first dub-over voice of Willem Dafoe and James Woods in their early days. In the animation field, He was known as his roles in *Cobra* (as Cobra), *Dororo* (as Hyakkimaru), *Gokū no Daibōken* (as Sanzo), *Sakura Wars* series (as Oni-Ou) and the *Hellsing* (as Alexander Anderson).

On October 30, 2010, at 3:36 P.M., Nozawa died at a Tokyo hospital of lung cancer. He was 72 years old at the time of his death. A year after his death, he was honored with a Special Merit Award in the 5th Seiyu Awards.

## Filmography

### Television animation

* *Astro Boy* (1963) (Future)
* *Lupin the Third: Pilot Film* (1969) (Arsène Lupin III)
* *Dororo* (1969) (Hyakkimaru)
* *Aim for the Ace!* (1978) (Jin Munakata)
* *The Rose of Versailles* (1979) (Hans Axel von Fersen)
* *Astro Boy* (1980) (Black Jack)
* *Space Adventure Cobra* (1982) (Cobra)
* *Glass Mask* (1984) (Masumi Hayami)
* *Mobile Fighter G Gundam* (1994) (Sai Pairon)
* *Reign: The Conqueror* (1999) (Aristotle)
* *Sakura Wars* (2000) (Oni-ou, Kazuma Shingūji)
* *Hellsing* (2001) (Father Alexander Anderson)
* *Mao Dante* (Satan)
* *Monkey Typhoon* (2002) (Ryutaro Demon)
* *Ragnarok the Animation* (2004) (Zephyrus)
* *Black Jack* (2005) (Biwamaru)
* *Monster* (2005) (Franz Bonaparta)
* *Pokémon Advanced Generation* (2006) (Ukon)
* *Devil May Cry* (2007) (Sid)
* *Kekkaishi* (2007) (Heisuke Matsudo)
* *MapleStory* (2007) (Zakteman)

### OVA

* *Lupin III: Pilot Film* (1969) (Arsène Lupin III)
* *Aim for the Ace! 2* (1988) (Jin Munakata)
* *Aim for the Ace! Final Stage* (1989) (Jin Munakata)
* *Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Side Stories* (1998) (Herman Von Lüneburg)
* *Lupin III: Return of the Magician* (2002) (Pycal)
* *Macross Zero* (2002) (Dr. Hasford)
* *Last Order: Final Fantasy VII* (2005) (Professor Hojo)
* *Cobra the Animation* (2009) (Cobra)

### Theatrical animation

* *Cleopatra* (1970) (Octavian)
* *Aim for the Ace!* (1979) (Jin Munakata)
* *Be Forever Yamato* (1980) (Alphon)
* *Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: Hoyoyo, Great Round-the-World Race* (1983) (Dr. Mashirito)
* *Dragon Ball: Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle* (1987) (Lucifer)
* *Crayon Shin-chan: Action Kamen vs Leotard Devil* (1993) (Leotard Devil)
* *Lupin III: Dead or Alive* (1996) (Crisis)
* *One Piece* (2000) (Woonan)
* *Reign: The Conqueror* (2000) (Aristotle)
* *Naruto the Movie 2: Great Clash! The Illusionary Ruins at the Depths of the Earth* (2005) (Kahiko)

### Video games

* *Everybody's Tennis* (2006) (Ryu)
* *Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days* (2009) (Vexen)

### Dubbing

#### Live-action

* Alain Delon
	+ *Faibles Femmes* (Julien Fenal)
	+ *Purple Noon* (Tom Ripley) (1972 Fuji TV, 1984 TV Asahi and 2008 TV Tokyo editions)
	+ *Les Amours célèbres* (Prince Albert)
	+ *Any Number Can Win* (1972 TV Tokyo and 1975 TV Asahi editions) (Francis Verlot)
	+ *Le Diable et les Dix Commandements* (Pierre Messager)
	+ *Joy House* (Marc)
	+ *La Tulipe noire* (Julien de Saint Preux)
	+ *Once a Thief* (Eddie Pedak)
	+ *Texas Across the River* (1974 TV Asahi edition) (Don Andrea Baldazar)
	+ *Diabolically Yours* (Pierre)
	+ *Le Samouraï* (Jef Costello)
	+ *Les aventuriers* (Manu)
	+ *Adieu l'ami* (1975 Fuji TV edition) (Dino Barran)
	+ *Jeff* (Laurent)
	+ *La Piscine* (Jean-Paul)
	+ *Le clan des siciliens* (Roger Sartet)
	+ *Borsalino* (1975 Fuji TV and 1983 TV Asahi edition) (Roch Siffredi)
	+ *Doucement les basses* (Simon)
	+ *Red Sun* (Gauche)
	+ *The Assassination of Trotsky* (Frank Jackson)
	+ *La prima notte di quiete* (Daniele Dominici)
	+ *Un flic* (Commissaire Edouard Coleman)
	+ *Deux hommes dans la ville* (Gino Strabliggi)
	+ *Scorpio* (Scorpio)
	+ *Tony Arzenta* (Tony Arzenta)
	+ *Traitement de choc* (Dr. Devilers)
	+ *Borsalino & Co.* (Roch Siffredi)
	+ *Flic Story* (Roger Borniche)
	+ *Zorro* (Diego de la Vega/Zorro)
	+ *Comme un boomerang* (Jacques Batkin)
	+ *Death of a Corrupt Man* (Xavier 'Xav' Maréchal)
	+ *Le Gang* (Robert)
	+ *The Concorde ... Airport '79* (1982 TV Asahi edition) (Capt. Paul Metrand)
	+ *Trois hommes à abattre* (Michel Gerfaut)
	+ *Le choc* (Martin Terrier / Christian)
	+ *Parole de flic* (Daniel Pratt)
	+ *Let Sleeping Cops Lie* (Eugéne Grindel)
	+ *The Return of Casanova* (Casanova)
	+ *Une chance sur deux* (Julien Vignal)
	+ *Fabio Montale* (Fabio Montale)
* Giuliano Gemma
	+ *My Son, the Hero* (Crios)
	+ *Blood for a Silver Dollar* (1974 TBS edition) (Gary O'Hara)
	+ *A Pistol for Ringo* (1975 TBS edition) (Ringo)
	+ *The Return of Ringo* (1984 TV Tokyo edition) (Capt. Montgomery Brown)
	+ *Adiós gringo* (1973 Fuji TV edition) (Brent Landers)
	+ *Arizona Colt* (1971 NET and 1975 TBS edition) (Arizona Colt)
	+ *Fort Yuma Gold* (1971 NET and 1975 TBS edition) (Gary Diamond)
	+ *Day of Anger* (1970 NET and 1974 TBS edition) (Scott Mary)
	+ *Long Days of Vengeance* (1970 NET edition) (Ted Barnett)
	+ *Wanted* (1973 Fuji TV and 1981 TV Tokyo edition) (Gary Ryan)
	+ *The Cats* (Jason)
	+ *A Sky Full of Stars for a Roof* (Billy Boy aka Tim Hawkins)
	+ *The Price of Power* (Bill Willer)
	+ *Sundance and the Kid* (Monty Mulligan)
	+ *Corbari* (1977 Fuji TV edition) (Silvio Corbari)
	+ *Somewhere Beyond Love* (Nullo Bronzi)
	+ *Father of the Godfathers* (Vito Gargano)
* Robert Redford
	+ *Barefoot in the Park* (Paul Bratter)
	+ *Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid* (The Sundance Kid)
	+ *Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here* (Deputy Sheriff Christopher 'Coop' Cooper)
	+ *The Candidate* (Bill McKay)
	+ *The Hot Rock* (Dortmunder)
	+ *Three Days of the Condor* (Joseph Turner)
	+ *The Electric Horseman* (Norman 'Sonny' Steele)
	+ *Brubaker* (Henry Brubaker)
	+ *The Natural* (1989 TV Asahi edition) (Roy Hobbs)
	+ *Out of Africa* (1989 NTV edition) (Denys Finch Hatton)
	+ *Havana* (Jack Weil)
	+ *Sneakers* (Martin Bishop/Martin Brice)
	+ *Indecent Proposal* (John Gage)
	+ *Up Close & Personal* (Warren Justice)
	+ *The Last Castle* (Lieutenant General Eugene Irwin)
	+ *Spy Game* (Nathan Muir)
	+ *The Clearing* (Wayne Hayes)
* Al Pacino
	+ *The Godfather* (1976 NTV edition) (Michael Corleone)
	+ *Serpico* (1977 TV Asahi and Blu-ray edition) (Frank Serpico)
	+ *The Godfather Part II* (1980 NTV edition) (Michael Corleone)
	+ *Dog Day Afternoon* (1979 Fuji TV and Blu-ray edition) (Sonny Wortzik)
	+ *...And Justice for All* (NTV edition) (Arthur Kirkland)
	+ *Glengarry Glen Ross* (VHS edition) (Ricky Roma)
	+ *Sea of Love* (2001 TV Tokyo edition) (Detective Frank Keller)
	+ *The Godfather Part III* (VHS and DVD and 1994 Fuji TV editions) (Michael Corleone)
	+ *Scent of a Woman* (VHS,DVD and Blu-ray edition) (Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade)
	+ *Carlito's Way* (VHS,DVD and Blu-ray edition) (Carlito Brigante)
	+ *City Hall* (VHS,DVD edition) (Mayor John Pappas)
	+ *Donnie Brasco* (Pony DVD and Sony DVD edition) (Benjamin "Lefty" Ruggiero)
	+ *Insomnia* (2006 TV Tokyo edition) (Detective Will Dormer)
	+ *Gigli* (DVD edition) (Starkman)
	+ *Two for the Money* (Walter Abrams)
* Bruce Willis
	+ *Die Hard* (1990 TV Asahi edition) (John McClane)
	+ *Die Hard 2* (1994 TV Asahi edition) (John McClane)
	+ *Hudson Hawk* (1997 NTV edition) (Eddie Hawkins/Hudson Hawk)
	+ *The Last Boy Scout* (1999 TV Asahi edition) (Joe Cornelius Hallenbeck)
	+ *Striking Distance* (1999 TV Asahi edition) (Sergeant Tom Hardy)
	+ *Color of Night* (Dr. Bill Capa)
	+ *Die Hard with a Vengeance* (1999 TV Asahi edition) (John McClane)
	+ *Last Man Standing* (1998 NTV edition) (John Smith)
	+ *The Fifth Element* (2002 TV Asahi edition) (Korben Dallas)
	+ *The Jackal* (2000 NTV edition) (The Jackal)
	+ *Mercury Rising* (2001 TV Asahi edition) (Special Agent Art Jeffries)
	+ *Breakfast of Champions* (Dwayne Hoover)
	+ *Unbreakable* (2005 TV Tokyo edition) (David Dunn)
	+ *16 Blocks* (2009 TV Asahi edition) (Det. Jack Mosley)
	+ *Live Free or Die Hard* (Theatrical edition) (John McClane)
* Dustin Hoffman
	+ *The Graduate* (Broadcasting inflight version) (Benjamin Braddock)
	+ *Midnight Cowboy* (1983 TBS edition) (Enrico Salvatore "Ratso" Rizzo)
	+ *Alfredo, Alfredo* (1978 NTV edition) (Alfredo Sbisà)
	+ *Lenny* (1981 TBS edition) (Lenny Bruce)
	+ *All the President's Men* (1980 TBS edition) (Carl Bernstein)
	+ *Marathon Man* (1980 TV Asahi edition) (Thomas "Babe" Levy)
	+ *Tootsie* (Broadcasting inflight version) (Michael Dorsey/Dorothy Michaels)
	+ *Rain Man* (VHS and DVD edition) (Raymond Babbitt)
	+ *Hero* (1997 NTV edition) (Bernard "Bernie" LaPlante)
	+ *Outbreak* (VHS and DVD edition) (Colonel Sam Daniels)
	+ *Confidence* (Winston "The King" King)
* Christopher Walken
	+ *The Dogs of War* (1987 TV Asahi edition) (James Shannon)
	+ *The Dead Zone* (1989 TV Asahi edition) (Johnny Smith)
	+ *A View to a Kill* (1991 TBS edition) (Max Zorin)
	+ *Batman Returns* (1994 TV Asahi edition) (Max Shreck)
	+ *True Romance* (1999 TV Tokyo edition) (Vincenzo Coccotti)
	+ *The Funeral* (VHS and DVD edition) (Raimundo "Ray" Tempio)
	+ *Mousehunt* (TBS edition) (Caesar)
	+ *The Country Bears* (Reed Thimple)
* David McCallum
	+ *Perry Mason* (Phillipe Bertain)
	+ *The Man from U.N.C.L.E.* (Illya Kuryakin)
	+ *Sol Madrid* (Sol Madrid)
	+ *Mosquito Squadron* (TBS edition) (Squadron Leader Quint Monroe, RCAF)
	+ *Hauser's Memory* (TV Tokyo edition) (Hillel Mondoro)
	+ *Colditz* (Simon Carter)
	+ *The Six Million Dollar Man* (Alexi Kaslov)
	+ *The Invisible Man* (Fuji TV edition) (Daniel Westin)
* Troy Donahue
	+ *A Summer Place* (1968 TV Asahi edition) (Johnny Hunter)
	+ *Parrish* (Parrish McLean)
	+ *Susan Slade* (Hoyt Brecker)
	+ *Rome Adventure* (1969 TV Asahi edition) (Don Porter)
	+ *A Distant Trumpet* (2nd Lt. Matthew 'Matt' Hazard)
* James Woods
	+ *Once Upon a Time in America* (1988 TV Asahi edition) (Maximilian 'Max' Bercovicz)
	+ *Cop* (1989 TV Asahi edition) (Lloyd Hopkins)
	+ *The Hard Way* (1996 TV Asahi edition) (Detective Lt. John Moss, NYPD)
	+ *Vampires* (2002 TV Tokyo edition) (Jack Crow)
* Robert De Niro
	+ *New York, New York* (1982 TBS edition) (Jimmy Doyle)
	+ *Goodfellas* (Jimmy Conway)
	+ *Awakenings* (1998 NTV edition) (Leonard Lowe)
	+ *The Score* (Nick Wells)
* Willem Dafoe
	+ *Mississippi Burning* (1992 TV Asahi edition) (Agent Alan Ward)
	+ *Clear and Present Danger* (1997 TV Asahi edition) (John Clark)
	+ *The English Patient* (VHS and DVD edition) (Caravaggio)
	+ *American Psycho* (VHS and DVD edition) (Detective Donald Kimball)
* Clint Eastwood
	+ *In the Line of Fire* (1996 TV Asahi edition) (Agent Frank Horrigan)
	+ *Absolute Power* (2000 TV Asahi edition) (Luther Whitney)
	+ *True Crime* (2003 NTV edition) (Steve Everett)
	+ *Space Cowboys* (2004 NTV edition) (Colonel Frank Corvin)
* Anthony Perkins
	+ *The Black Hole* (1984 Fuji TV edition) (Dr. Alex Durant)
	+ *North Sea Hijack* (1984 Fuji TV and 1988 TV Asahi editions) (Kramer)
	+ *Crimes of Passion* (1990 TV Asahi edition) (Reverend Peter Shayne)
* Bill Nighy
	+ *Love Actually* (Billy Mack)
	+ *Shaun of the Dead* (Phillip)
	+ *Hot Fuzz* (Ch. Insp. Kenneth)
* James Dean
	+ *East of Eden* (1982 TV Asahi edition) (Caleb Trask)
	+ *Giant* (1974 NET and 1983 TBS editions) (Jett Rink)
* Warren Beatty
	+ *Bonnie and Clyde* (Clyde Barrow)
	+ *Heaven Can Wait* (Fuji TV and TV Asahi editions) (Joe Pendleton)
* Michael Sarrazin
	+ *Eye of the Cat* (Wylie)
	+ *The Peacekeeper* (VHS edition) (Lieutenant Colonel Douglas Murphy)
* Jeffrey Hunter
	+ *The Searchers* (1968 and 1973 NET editions) (Martin Pawley)
	+ *The Proud Ones* (1968 TBS edition) (Thad Anderson)
* Peter Weller
	+ *The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension* (Buckaroo Banzai)
	+ *Shakedown* (TV Tokyo edition) (Roland Dalton)
* *Addicted to Love* (Anton (Tchéky Karyo))
* *Amélie* (Narrator)
* *Basquiat* (Andy Warhol (David Bowie))
* *The 'Burbs* (Lt. Mark Rumsfield (Bruce Dern))
* *Constantine* (2008 TV Asahi edition) (Lucifer Morningstar (Peter Stormare))
* *Das Boot* (1983 Fuji TV edition) (Leutnant Werner (Herbert Grönemeyer))
* *Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade* (Bruce Jenner, Glen Keane, Michael Eisner, Bruce Willis, Randy Newman, Additional Voices)
* *Disney Parks Happy Easter Parade* (William Lee Golden, Randy Newman, Additional Voices)
* *Disney Parks 4th of July Spectaculr* (Michael Eisner, Hugh McCracken, Additional Voices)
* *Dumb & Dumber* (Harry Dunne (Jeff Daniels))
* *Hideaway* (Hutch (Jeff Goldblum))
* *Miller's Crossing* (Tom Reagan (Gabriel Byrne))
* *Nash Bridges* (Nash Bridges (Don Johnson))
* *Seven* (John Doe (Kevin Spacey))
* *Sophie's Choice* (1988 NTV edition) (Nathan Landau (Kevin Kline))
* *Speed* (1998 TV Asahi edition) (Howard Payne (Dennis Hopper))
* *Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope* (C-3PO)
* *The Empire Strikes Back* (C-3PO)
* *Return of the Jedi* (C-3PO)
* *The Towering Inferno* (1979 Fuji TV edition) (Roger Simmons (Richard Chamberlain))

#### Animation

* *Chicken Little* (Turkey Lurkey)
* *Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry* (Grammy)
* *Wacky Races* (Narrator)

## Acting director and teacher

In 1963, Nozawa formed the Baraza theater troupe.

### alumnus

* Keiko Toda
* Gara Takashima
* Tesshō Genda
* Hirotaka Suzuoki
* Kinryū Arimoto
* Keiichi Nanba
* Yukimasa Kishino
* Yōko Teppōzuka
* Jun Hazumi
* Norio Imamura
* Hiroko Emori
* Unshō Ishizuka
* Hiroshi Takemura
* Kiyonobu Suzuki
* Kyousei Tsukui
* Hidetoshi Nakamura
* Motomu Azaki
* Tomie Kataoka