Neil Kaplan | |
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| Years active | 1993–present |
| Website | nekap |
Neil Charles Kaplan is an American voice actor, audiobook narrator, entertainer, and comedian. His most well known voice roles are Hawkmon fromDigimon, Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto fromBleach,Emperor Zarkon fromVoltron: Legendary Defender andMadara Uchiha fromNaruto.
Kaplan got his start as a comedian doing impressions of presidents such asRonald Reagan andRichard Nixon. He also impersonated a little-known journalist at the time,Dan Rather. He then started work on video games, including severalStar Wars titles. From there he went on to do such shows asPower Rangers,Digimon: Digital Monsters andTransformers: Robots in Disguise. He was once a contestant on the game showStreet Smarts. On that appearance, he showed off some of his other impressions, including one ofGilbert Gottfried. He was a guest to the Power Morphicon (inLos Angeles) in June 2007 and August 2010, to Armageddon (in Australia and New Zealand) in October 2007, and to AVCon: Adelaide's Anime & Video Games Festival (in Australia) in July 2018. He also created the television seriesThe Way it WASN'T! and the graphic novelI, of the Wolf.[1][better source needed] He voices Captain Fort Worth in the adult video gameBoneCraft.[2]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source |
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| 1999 | FAKE | Drake | ||
| 2000–01 | Digimon Adventure 02 | Halsemon, Hogan, Ilya, Hawkmon, Shurimon, Aquilamon, Silphymon (shared withEdie Mirman) | ||
| 2001–02 | Digimon Tamers | Indramon, Divermon, Babel | ||
| Transformers: Robots in Disguise | Optimus Prime, Ro-Tor | |||
| 2002–03 | Tokyo Pig | Principal | ||
| Digimon Frontier | Eldest Mushroomon, Woodmon (Ep. 4), Kokuwamon, Kokuwamon Elder (Ep. 5), Baromon (Ep. 40) | |||
| 2003 | Reign: The Conqueror | Ibn | As Bob Johnson | |
| 2003–04 | Brigadoon: Marin & Melan | Shuta Alan, Poyon Silver, Detective Chunen | ||
| 2005–06 | Daphne in the Brilliant Blue | Lun Shibazaki, Additional Voices | ||
| 2006 | Zatch Bell! | Belgim E.O. | ||
| 2007–14 | Bleach | Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto, Ruzaburō "Enryū" Enkōgawa, Gesell, Tenken, Zommari Rureaux (Ep. 195+) | ||
| 2008 | Digimon Data Squad | Pumpkinmon #1 (Eps. 30–34), Ninjamon #3 (Ep. 31), Piximon (Ep. 32), Franz' Agent #1 (Ep. 33), Desk Man #1 (Ep. 33) | ||
| Naruto | Kiyoyasu | Episode: "Laughing Shino" | ||
| 2008–10 | Blue Dragon | Saber Tiger | ||
| 2011 | Marvel Anime: Iron Man | Minister Defense Kuroda | ||
| 2012 | Marvel Anime: Blade | High Council Chairman, Additional Voices | ||
| 2012–19 | Naruto Shippuden | Tobi, Madara Uchiha (Ep. 125+) | ||
| 2013–15 | Digimon Fusion | Lord Bagra, NeoMyotismon, Anubismon | ||
| 2016 | Sailor Moon | Edwards | Episode: "Usagi Dancing to the Waltz", Viz dub | |
| 2017–18 | Lupin the Third Part IV | Robson Zuccooli | ||
| 2018 | Terraformars | Kaiki Kouno | Episode: "War - All-Out War" | [3] |
| 2019 | Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin | Dozle Zabi | [4][5][6] | |
| 2020 | Cagaster of an Insect Cage | Adham | ||
| Great Pretender | Lewis Mueller | |||
| 2021–22 | Attack on Titan | Theo Magath | ||
| How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom | Sebastian Silverdeer | |||
| 2022–present | Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War | Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto, Asuka Katakura, Tetsuzaemon Iba, Robert Accutrone, Dordoni Alessandro Del Socaccio |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source |
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| The Mouse and the Monster | Utility Guy | |||
| 2006 | Higglytown Heroes | Mover Hero | ||
| 2014 | Robot Chicken | Albus Dumbledore,Lt. Stone | ||
| 2016–2018 | Voltron: Legendary Defender | Emperor Zarkon | ||
| 2017 | Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero | Club Owner | ||
| Wacky Races | Sheriff Longarm D. Law | Episode: "Smokey and the Racers" | ||
| 2019 | Love, Death & Robots | Hank | Episode: "Suits" | |
| 2021 | Star Wars: Visions | Narrator | Episode" "The Ninth Jedi", English dub | [7] |
| Preceded by | Voice ofOptimus Prime 2001–2002 Robots in Disguise | Succeeded by |
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