Joshua Sethis anAmericanvoice actor,comedian,motivational speaker,andauthor.
Joshua Seth | |
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Born | Joshua Freedman[1] |
Occupation(s) | Voice actor,comedian,author,motivational speaker |
Years active | 1988–present |
Agent | Key Artist Group |
Children | 2 |
Website | https://JoshuaSeth.com |
Biography
editSeth was born inKent, Ohio.After graduating fromTheodore Roosevelt High Schoolin 1987, he went toNew York University Tisch School of the Artsand received his BFA in 1991.[1][2]As a child, Seth attended several experimental programs atKent State Universitywhere he was admitted at the age of eight. Later, he attendedHampshire Collegeand theNew York University's film schoolTisch School of the Artswhere he trained as a performing artist. He has voiced many popularanimecharacters, includingTaichi "Tai" KamiyainDigimon Adventureseries. He was the announcer of "Kids WB's Aftertoons Show" block and "Saturdays: Unleashed" block.
He retired from voice acting in 2006 to focus on his other works.
From 2006 to 2020, Seth toured the world as amentalistandmagician.He has won awards from Hollywoodʼs Magic Castle, appeared in five of his own TV specials in Japan and South Korea and performed at over 2,000 events in over 30 countries.
Between 2016 and 2018, he came out of voice acting retirement to star in all of theDigimon Adventure tri.movies, recorded in Hollywood, CA.[3]He then reprised his role inDigimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizunain 2020.
He returned to nonDigimonvoice acting (having retired from voice acting, with the exception ofDigimon) in December 2022 with the role of Kaneda inThe Prince of Tennis.[4]
Seth is also motivational speaker and theauthorof a book on peak performance calledFinding Focus In A Changing World.
He lives inSt. Petersburg, Florida.[5]
Filmography
editAnimated series English dubbing
edit- Arc the Lad- Elk
- The Big O- Cop
- The Black Angel- Kosugi's Guard
- Cowboy Bebop- McIntyre
- Cyborg 009: The Cyborg Soldier-Joe Shimamura/Cyborg 009
- Daigunder- Ryugu
- Digimon Adventure-Taichi "Tai" Kamiya,Motimon, Tentomon (ep.1), Pabumon, Pumpkinmon
- Digimon Adventure 02-Taichi "Tai" Kamiya.Motimon, Tai's son
- Digimon Tamers-Kumbhiramon
- Digimon Frontier-Wizardmon,Teppei, Yutaka Himi
- Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure- Kazuki Yotsuga
- Duel Masters-Shobu Kirifuda(Season One)
- Eagle Riders- Additional Voices
- éX-Driver- Souichi Sugano
- Flint the Time Detective- Unita, Additional Voices
- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex- Omba (Ep. 9 & 11)
- Giant Robo- Daisaku Kusama
- Honeybee Hutch- Hutch
- IGPX- Takeshi Noa (micro-series only)
- Last Exile-Dio Eraclea
- Little Women- Theodore "Laurie" Laurence
- Macross Plus- Additional Voices
- Moldiver- Nozomu Ozora
- Nightwalker: The Midnight Detective- Schoolboy
- Orguss- Additional Voices
- Pilot Candidate- Zero Enna
- Pokémon- Kids WB Announcer
- The Return of Dogtanian- Philippe
- Rurouni Kenshin- Eiji Mishima
- Saint Tail-Asuka Jr.[6]
- Samurai Girl Real Bout High School-Daisaku Kamiya
- Simsala Grimm- Doc Croc(Saban dub)
- Speed Racer X- Sparky
- Tenchi in Tokyo- Additional Voices
- The Prince of Tennis- Kenada
- Tokyo Pig- Spencer Weinberg-Takahama
- Transformers: Robots in Disguise- Carl
- Trigun-Young Knives
- The Twelve Kingdoms- Ikuya Asano
- Urda- Alan
- Vampire Princess Miyu- Helmsman, Young Maki, Yang
- Wolf's Rain-Hige
- X- Additional Voices
- Yukikaze- Ito
- Zatch Bell!-Maruss
- Zenki- Akira, Goki
Animated films English dubbing
edit- Akira-Tetsuo Shima(Pioneer dub)
- Cardcaptor Sakura:The Sealed Card(2nd Movie),Leave It to Kero(short) -Takashi Yamazaki
- Digimon: The Movie-Taichi "Tai" Kamiya(Born of KoromonandOur War Game!)
- Digimon Adventure tri.-Taichi "Tai" Kamiya,[3]Motimon
- Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna-Taichi "Tai" Kamiya[7]
- DNA Sights 999.9- Tetsuro Daiba
- Mobile Suit Gundam F91- Arthur Jung
Animations
edit- All Grown Up!- Yu-Got
- The Batman- Kids WB Announcer
- Jin Jin and the Panda Patrol- Additional Voices
- The Little Polar Bear- Lemming #1
- Saban's Adventures of Oliver Twist- Additional Voices
- Totally Spies!- Arnold
- Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!- Additional Voices
Films
edit- 50 First Dates- Painter (uncredited)
- Gorgeous- Additional Voices
- Racing Stripes- Additional Voices
- The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie- Prisoner
Video games
edit- Ape Escape: On the Loose- Jake (US English version)
- Digimon Rumble Arena- Taichi "Tai" Kamiya (English version)[8]
- JumpStart- Pierre, C.J.
- JumpStart Advanced 1st Grade- Jimmy Bumples
- Stonekeep- Grug, Ice Sharga Guard, Tiny Sharga
- Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Bose-chaos,Hermann (English version)[8]
- Xenosaga Episode III: Also sprach Zarathustra- chaos (English version)[8]
References
edit- ^abBerko, Ray (January 2011)."Joshua Seth: From Kent to Hollywood to PlayhouseSquare".CoolCleveland.RetrievedMay 2,2016.
- ^Kallio, Chris (March 26, 2008)."Hilarious hypnotism".KentWired.Archived fromthe originalon December 21, 2014.RetrievedMay 2,2016.
- ^abAWN Staff Editor."Toei Animation Announces Voice Cast for U.S. Release of New 'Digimon' Feature".Anime World Network.AWN, Inc.Retrieved9 August2016.
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has generic name (help) - ^[@joshuaseth ROLE ANNOUNCEMENT I’m the English voice of Kaneda in PRINCE OF TENNIS on #Crunchyroll! This show marks my return to voice acting after a very long break, so thanks to @SoundCadence @MikeHaimoto and @itsmorphytime for getting me back in the game ]
- ^"About".Retrieved4 February2018.
- ^"I Hate Wedding Veils!".Saint Tail – Volume 2(DVD). Episode 4.Tokyopop.Event occurs at Closing credits, English Language Cast.
- ^Anime News Network: "Celebrating 20th Anniv. of Digimon, Shout! Factory to Release Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna on Blu-ray and DVD July 7, 2020"
- ^abc"Joshua Seth (visual voices guide)".Behind The Voice Actors.Retrieved20 August2021.
External links
edit- Official website
- Joshua SethatIMDb
- Joshua SethatAnime News Network's encyclopedia