Roger Craig Smith (born August 11, 1975) is an American voice actor and former stand-up comedian best known as the current voice behind Chris Redfield in the Resident Evil series, Ezio Auditore da Firenze in the Assassin's Creed games, Deidara in the anime Naruto: Shippuden, Zhang Liao in the 6th-8th installments of Dynasty Warriors, the current voice of Steve Rogers/Captain America in Ultimate Spider-Man, Avengers Assemble, and Iron Man & Captain America: Heroes United, several characters, including Thomas/Nikolai in Regular Show, Shinji Hirako in Bleach, Martin Reest in Monster, Percy and Belson in Clarence, Batman in Batman: Arkham Origins and Batman Unlimited, Kyle Crane in Dying Light, and as the current voice of Sonic the Hedgehog in the Sonic the Hedgehog series since 2010.
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Early life
Born in St. Joseph, Michigan, Smith graduated from Chapman University's Dodge College of film and media arts in 2003 also with a degree in screenwriting. In 2004, his screenplay "Modesto Rules" was a semi-finalist in the Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting competition. Out of a record-setting 6,073 screenplays submitted, Smith's was one of only 132 to make it to the semi-finals. Since then, Smith has worked on projects for both the small and big screens.
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Career
Smith originally began his career as a stand-up comedian, performing stand-up comedy in the mid 90s in film school before getting into voice acting in 2000, his stand-up routines also helped him influenced his voice over career. Smith's voice work has been called upon by companies including Disney and Disney Television Animation, Cartoon Network, Microsoft Game Studios, Sony, Wal-Mart, Baskin-Robbins, E!, TLC.. He has been cast as the lead voice actor in a number of video games, including in the roles of Sonic the Hedgehog from 2010 onwards, Chris Redfield in the Resident Evil series from Resident Evil 5 onwards, and Ezio Auditore da Firenze in the Assassin's Creed series.
Filmography
Film
- Batman Unlimited: Animal Instincts - Batman/Bruce Wayne
- Batman Unlimited: Mechs vs. Mutants - Batman/Bruce Wayne
- Batman Unlimited: Monster Mayhem - Batman/Bruce Wayne
- Delhi Safari - Monkey #1, Monkey #2
- Dino Time - Additional voices
- Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams - Prince Phillip
- Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence - Sect. 9 Briefing Voice, Yamadori Transport Pilot (Animaze Dub)
- Iron Man & Captain America: Heroes United - Steve Rogers/Captain America
- Jennifer's Body - Radio DJ, ADR voices
- Monkey King: Hero is Back - Pig
- Naruto the Movie: Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom - Additional voices
- Naruto the Movie: Legend of the Stone of Gelel - Temujin
- Patlabor: The Movie - Kiichi Goto (Bandai Visual Dub)
- Patlabor 2: The Movie - Kiichi Goto (Bandai Visual Dub)
- Planes - Ripslinger
- Regular Show: The Movie - Jablonski, Frank Smith, Fast Food Guy
- Resident Evil: Degeneration - Curtis Miller
- Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie - Deidara
- The Laws of the Universe Part 0 - Eisuke
- The Ringmaster - Mime
- The Star - Chamberlain
- Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure - Bolt, Stone
- Wreck-It Ralph - Sonic the Hedgehog
Animation
Anime
- Bleach - Ryusei Kenzaki / Kenryu, Shinji Hirako, Additional voices
- Code Geass - Gilbert G.P. Guilford; Otaku (ep 18)
- Duel Masters - Prince Maurice the Merciless
- Eyeshield 21 - Additional voices
- Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress - Biba
- Kekkaishi - Byaku
- Kurokami: The Animation - Seiji
- Marvel Anime: Iron Man - Professor Satoshi Yamaguchi (ep. 3), Kawashima (ep. 4), Additional voices
- Marvel Anime: Wolverine - Agent Machida
- Monster - Martin Reest
- Naruto - Idate Morino, Inabi Uchiha, Kota, Raiga Kurosuki, Shura
- Naruto: Shippuden - Deidara, Bisuke, Dan Kat?, Hayama Shirakumo (ep 190)
- Zegapain - Kyo Sogoru, Abyss (credited as Bill Lemas)
Video games
References
External links
- The Official Roger Craig Smith website
- Roger Craig Smith on IMDb
- Roger Craig Smith at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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