Sean Schemmel
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Sean Schemmel (second from left) in 2011
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| Born | Sean Christian Schemmel November 21, 1968 Waterloo, Iowa, U.S. |
| Residence | Los Angeles, California |
| Occupation | Voice actor, ADR director, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Agent | Arlene Thornton and Associates |
| Notable credit(s) | Dragon Ball as Goku (adult) and King Kai Shaman King Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fast Forward as Onsokumaru |
Sean Christian Schemmel (born 21 November 1968 in Waterloo, Iowa) is an American voice actor, ADR director, and screenwriter who has worked for NYAV Post, 4Kids Entertainment, Funimation, DuArt Film and Video. He has provided voices for a number of English versions of Japanese anime, television series, and video games. He is best known for voicing the adult version of Goku, the lead character in the popular Dragon Ball franchise, in the Funimation dub for Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball GT, Dragon Ball Z Kai and nearly all Dragon Ball related video games and animated movies.
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Biography
Schemmel began voicing the teen and adult variations of Goku for Funimation in 1999, replacing Peter Kelamis. He has since almost consistently been voicing the character since then, including most video games and the animated movies, including the recent two in 2014 and 2015. In addition to his voice acting career, Schemmel was also previously an ADR Director and Script Writer for NYAV Post, where he had directed and adapted for English several Japanese anime series.
As of 2013, Sean Schemmel has relocated to Los Angeles, California.
Filmography
Anime roles
1998
- Pokémon series – Jimmy, Morrison, Lucario, Archie, Cyrus, Kodai, Colress, Hugh, various
1999
- Dragon Ball series – Goku (Teen/Adult), Vegito, Gogeta (final two with Christopher Sabat), King Kai, Nail, Mr. Masuka (Circus owner)
2001
2002
- Berserk – Gaston
- Ultimate Muscle – Bone Cold
- Yu Yu Hakusho – Shigeru Murota, Roto, Mr. Akashi
2003
- Hades Project Zeorymer – Gisou
- Sadamitsu the Destroyer – Junk/Helmet
- Samurai Deeper Kyo – Nobuyuki Sanada
- Shaman King – Amidamaru, Ryu, Nichrom
- Sonic X – Black Narcissus
2004
- Case Closed – Kowalski (Ep. 8)
- Fullmetal Alchemist – Clause's Father (Ep. 4)
- Giant Robo: The Animation – Tetsugyu
- The Gokusen – Minoru
- Kiddy Grade – Carvo (Ep. 4)
- Munto – Munto
- One Piece – Helmeppo, Kuroobi, Hatchan, Chabo (4Kids dub), Dr. Indigo, Additional Voices (Funimation dub)
- Shrine of the Morning Mist – Naonori Hieda
- Spiral – Takashi Sonobe (Ep. 1-4)
2005
- Ah! My Goddess – 3rd Class Earth Spirit (Ep. 6)
- The Galaxy Railways – Humanoid B, Additional Voices
- Kakurenbo – Noshiga
- Lupin III: Island of Assassins – Gordeau
- Magical DoReMi – Mirabelle's Father, Simon
- Mew Mew Power – Elliot Grant, The Blue Knight
- Midori Days – Jigoru
- Patlabor The Mobile Police: The New Files – Hiromi Yamazaki
- Piano: The Melody of a Young Girl's Heart – Seiji Nomura
- Samurai 7 – Genzō (Ep. 9, 11-12)
- Yu-Gi-Oh! GX – Dr. Crowler, Ojama Yellow, Aster's father
2006
- Negadon: The Monster from Mars – Ryuichi Narasaki
- Ninja Nonsense – Onsokumaru
- Outlanders – Geobaldi, Tetsuya Wakatsuki (CPM dub)
2007
- BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad – Hiroto (ep. 23-24)
2008
- Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's – Greiger, MC, Zigzix, Dr. Heitmann, Hans
2010
- Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn – Flaste Schole (Ep. 1-3), Additional Voices
2011
- Berserk: Golden Age Arc – Gaston, Conrad
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal – Bronk Stone, Kaze, Orbital 7, Fender, Kazuma Tsukumo
- Yu-Gi-Oh!: Bonds Beyond Time – Paradox
2013
2014
- Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods – Goku, King Kai
- Time of Eve – Katoran
2015
Animation roles
- Car's Life 2 - Fender
- Chaotic - Maxxor
- DC Super Friends - Hawkman
- G.I. Joe: Sigma 6 - Firefly
- Impy's Island - King Pumponell the 55th
- Kappa Mikey - Gonard
- Lego Scooby-Doo: Knight Time Terror - Charlie, Treasure Hunter #2[1]
- Pat & Stan - Stuart
- Sofia the First - Slim, King Habib, Additional Voices[2][3]
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 TV series) - Nobody, Yukio Mashimi, Various
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fast Forward - Constable Biggles, Sh'Okanabo, Nobody, Various
- Thumb Wrestling Federation - Various
- TMNT: Back to the Sewer - Raphael, Master Khan, Zippy Lad, Various
- Turtles Forever - Raphael, Master Khan
- Winx Club - Valtor (4Kids dub)
- Wulin Warriors - Scar
Video game roles
- Bionicle: The Game - Makuta
- Bullet Witch - Maxwell
- Dragon Ball series - Goku (adult), King Kai, Nail, Vegito, Gogeta
- Fallout 4 - Strong (super mutant companion), Several Male Ghouls
- Gangstar 4 - Jason Malone, several Radio Ads.
- Halo 5: Guardians - Additional Voices[4]
- Natural Doctrine - Nebula
- Shadow Hearts: From the New World - Ricardo Gomez
- Shadow the Hedgehog - Black Doom
- Skullgirls - Horace
- Skylanders: SuperChargers - Tread Head
- Skylanders: Trap Team - Tread Head
- Smite - Sun Wukong
- Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U - Lucario
- The Dark Knight Rises: The Mobile Game - Batman/Bruce Wayne
- Yu Yu Hakusho: Dark Tournament - Roto
ADR staff credits
Voice director
- Ah! My Goddess
- Midori Days
- Nana 7 of 7
- Sadamitsu the Destroyer
- Samurai Deeper Kyo
- Seven of Seven
- Shrine of the Morning Mist
- Space Pirate Mito
- The Weathering Continent
Script writer
- Midori Days
- Sadamitsu the Destroyer
- Samurai Deeper Kyo
- Seven of Seven
- Space Pirate Mito
References
External links
- Sean Schemmel at MySpace
- Sean Schemmel at the Internet Movie Database
- Sean Schemmel at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Sean Schemmel on TwitterLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
