Dave Wittenberg

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**David Richard Paul Wittenberg** (born September 1, 1971) is a South African-born American voice actor from the Los Angeles area who provides voice-overs in English dubs of Japanese anime shows, as well as animations and video games.

## Career

Wittenberg's best-known role is Kakashi Hatake in the *Naruto* series and Michael Lee in *Witch Hunter Robin*. In cartoons, he voices Bash Johnson in *Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja*, Franz's singing voice in the Disney animated film, *Planes*, The Vision from *Marvel Heroes* and Time Baby from *Gravity Falls*. In video games, he voices Trigger Happy from the *Skylanders* series, Mad Doctor from *Epic Mickey* and Buddy Alexander from *Resident Evil: Damnation*. He is also an adaptive scriptwriter for English dubs of anime whose work includes episodes of the *Digimon* television series. Wittenberg also narrates many documentaries and specials for the Travel Channel and the Food Network.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Dave's Bio". DaveWittenberg.com. http://www.davewittenberg.com/#!bio/cjg9. Retrieved October 29, 2015.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "The Official Site of Voice Artist Dave Wittenberg – Resume". DaveWittenberg.com. Archived from the original on June 2, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080602124634/http://www.davewittenberg.com/resume.html. Retrieved October 30, 2015.
3. ↑ "Dave Wittenberg Voice Over – Home". DaveWittenberg.com. http://www.davewittenberg.com. Retrieved October 30, 2015. Page through slides to see major roles.
4. ↑ "Interview with Dave Wittenberg". *Digipedia*. August 10, 2002. http://www.angelfire.com/anime2/digipedia/wittenberg.htm. Retrieved November 12, 2015.
5. ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 5.15 5.16 5.17 5.18 5.19 "Dave Lelyveld". crystalacids.com. http://www.crystalacids.com/database/person/2517/dave-lelyveld/. Retrieved October 30, 2015.
6. ↑ 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 6.12 6.13 6.14 6.15 "Dave Wittenberg". crystalacids.com. http://www.crystalacids.com/database/person/4900/dave-wittenberg/. Retrieved October 30, 2015.
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Mathews, Ryan (November 4, 2003). "The Dub Track: Witch Hunter Robin". *Anime News Network*. https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/dub-track/2003-11-04. Retrieved October 30, 2015.
8. ↑ 8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10 8.11 8.12 8.13 8.14 8.15 8.16 8.17 8.18 8.19 8.20 8.21 8.22 8.23 8.24 8.25 8.26 8.27 8.28 8.29 8.30 8.31 8.32 8.33 8.34 8.35 8.36 8.37 8.38 8.39 8.40 8.41 8.42 8.43 8.44 8.45 8.46 8.47 8.48 8.49 8.50 8.51 8.52 8.53 8.54 8.55 8.56 "Behind The Voice Actors – Dave Wittenberg". http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/dave-wittenberg/. Retrieved 15 December 2016. Check mark indicates BTVA has verified the entries using screenshots of credits and other confirmed sources.
9. ↑ Jeng, Way (September 14, 2004). "Being a Brief Discussion of Anime Dubs: Ai Yori Aoshi: Enishi, Volume Two". *Mania*. Archived from the original on December 19, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111219074709/http://www.mania.com/being-brief-discussion-anime-dubs-ai-yori-aoshi-enishi-volume-two\_article\_84201.html. Retrieved October 30, 2015.
10. ↑ "A Backstage Guide to the American Anime Awards". *Anime News Network*. February 28, 2007. https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2007-02-28. Retrieved October 30, 2015.
11. ↑ "IGPX STAFF & CAST". *Production I.G*. http://www.productionig.com/contents/works\_sp/23\_/s03\_/index.html. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
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13. ↑ "Dave Wittenberg on Anime News Network". *Anime News Network*. January 13, 2019. https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=4033. Retrieved January 13, 2019.
14. ↑ "Sony Includes 1st Blood+ Episode on Non-Anime DVDs". *Anime News Network*. February 25, 2008. https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-02-25/sony-includes-1st-blood+episode-on-non-anime-dvds. Retrieved October 30, 2015.
15. ↑ "Code Geass". *Anime News Network*. 2007. https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/convention/2007/code-geass. Retrieved October 30, 2015.
16. ↑ "Naruto Shippūden's Main English Dubbing Cast Announced". *Anime News Network*. March 27, 2009. https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-03-27/naruto-shippuden-main-english-dubbing-cast-announced. Retrieved October 30, 2015.
17. ↑ "Tiger & Bunny English Dub Main Cast List". Facebook. August 15, 2012. https://www.facebook.com/TigerAndBunny/posts/276214479158152. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
18. ↑ "Kitsunes96 on twitter". January 13, 2019. https://twitter.com/Kitsunes96/status/1084605822393556992. Retrieved January 13, 2019.
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22. ↑ "Dave Wittenberg". *Voice Chasers*. http://voicechasers.com/database/showactor.php?actorid=2754. Retrieved July 30, 2015.
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26. ↑ "Tiger & Bunny The Movie: The Rising English Dub Clips Streamed – News – Anime News Network". *Anime News Network*. February 8, 2015. https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-02-08/tiger-and-bunny-the-movie-the-rising-english-dub-clips-streamed/.84217. Retrieved October 30, 2015.
27. ↑ Ouden, Auron den. "Persona 4 – Staff Review". RPGamer. http://www.rpgamer.com/games/persona/persona4/reviews/persona4strev1.html. Retrieved January 6, 2012. "The best example of this is Dave Wittenberg's performance as Teddie, whose over-the-top ham acting suits the character perfectly, but also manages to sound genuine and even heartfelt when necessary."
28. ↑ "Comcept Announces Mighty No. 9 English Dub Cast". *Anime News Network*. February 10, 2015. https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-02-10/comcept-announces-mighty-no-9-english-dub-cast/.84305. Retrieved October 30, 2015.
29. ↑ "All in the Mighty Family! – Voice Cast for Mighty No. 9". mightyno9.com. February 10, 2015. http://www.mightyno9.com/en/20150210.
30. ↑ http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/video-games/Dissidia-Final-Fantasy-NT/side-by-side/

## External links

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* Dave Wittenberg at Behind The Voice Actors
* Dave Wittenberg, Dave Lelyveld at Crystal Acids Voice Actor Database
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