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Bryce Papenbrook | |
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Born | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | February 24, 1986
Other names | Bryce Rothstein |
Alma mater | University of California, Los Angeles |
Occupation | Voice actor |
Years active | 1994–present |
Spouse | Samantha Papenbrook |
Children | 3 |
Parents |
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Website | brycepapenbrook |
Bryce Papenbrook, sometimes credited as Bryce Rothstein, (born February 24, 1986) [1] is an American voice actor. He typically provides voices for English versions of several Japanese anime series, particularly those of young male protagonists.
Bryce Papenbrook is the son of voice actors Debbie Rothstein (born 1956) and Bob Papenbrook (1955–2006). Papenbrook is Jewish, via his mother. He graduated from UCLA in 2007 with a bachelor's degree in political science. [2] [3]
Papenbrook is best known for his portrayals of Kirito in Sword Art Online , Eren Yeager in Attack on Titan , Inosuke Hashibira in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Rin Okumura in Blue Exorcist , Rokuro Enmado in Twin Star Exorcists , Masaomi Kida in Durarara!! series, Caesar Anthonio Zeppeli in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure , Shirou Emiya in Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works , Meliodas & Zeldris in The Seven Deadly Sins , Red in Pokémon Origins , Adol Christin in the Ys series, Kaito in Ajin: Demi-Human , and Makoto Naegi and Nagito Komaeda in the Danganronpa series. In animation, he provides the voice of Adrien Agreste/Cat Noir in Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir . Since 2019, he is the current voice of Silver the Hedgehog in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. He also voices Kaname Isaki in Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea . As of 2022, he voices Drastic in the podcast Sky Brother Force.
Papenbrook and his wife, Samantha, have three children together: a daughter named Ella Papenbrook (born September 5, 2015), [4] [5] a son named Griffin Papenbrook (born January 19, 2019) [6] and a second daughter named Margo Papenbrook (born August 30, 2021). [7]
Papenbrook began training in Chuck Norris' system of Tang Soo Do (also known as American Tang Soo Do) under his original instructor Steve Clark, and would later train and receive his fourth-degree black belt in the system under Clark's instructor Dennis Ichikawa. He is a three-time kickboxing champion with over 60 fights to his name. [8] He occasionally works as a kickboxing instructor at the House of Champions Academy of Martial Arts in Van Nuys, California. [8] [9]
Initially, it was claimed that Bryce Papenbrook competed semi-professionally in e-sports with a focus on the game GoldenEye 007 on Nintendo 64 before becoming a well known voice actor. At Awesome Con on March 10, 2024, Bryce Papenbrook was asked about his semi-professional e-sports career, to which he revealed that this was a fabricated story likely instigated by his "best friend" since they played GoldenEye 007 together. [10]
Year | Series | Role | Notes | Source [11] |
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2015 | Ruff Ruff, Tweet, and Dave | Hatty the Hamster | Season 2, US secondary main role | [72] |
Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! | Linecook, Cheese Sandwich | Ep. "Kitchen Frightmare" | [12] [73] [74] | |
2015–present | Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir | Adrien Agreste/Cat Noir, Félix Fathom/Argos | Main role (Cat Noir), Secondary Character (Félix) | [75] |
2017–present | Dennis & Gnasher: Unleashed! | Dennis the Menace | Main role (US dub only) | |
2019 | YooHoo to the Rescue | Lemmee | Main role | [76] |
2020 | Dagon: Troll World Chronicles | Gallows | supporting character role | |
Year | Movie | Role | Notes | Source [11] |
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2013 | Blue Exorcist: The Movie | Rin Okumura | Limited theatrical release, Aniplex | [77] |
2017 | Sword Art Online: Ordinal Scale | Kazuto "Kirito" Kirigaya | [78] | |
2018 | Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel I. presage flower | Shirou Emiya | [79] | |
2021 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train | Inosuke Hashibira | [12] | |
Sword Art Online Progressive: Aria of a Starless Night | Kazuto "Kirito" Kirigaya | [80] | ||
2022 | Drifting Home | Kōsuke Kumagaya | Theatrical release, Studio Colorido Simultaneous release on Netflix | [81] |
2023 | Deemo: Memorial Keys | Mirai, Hans | Limited theatrical release | [82] |
Ladybug & Cat Noir: The Movie | Cat Noir / Adrien Agreste | Netflix | ||
Sword Art Online Progressive: Scherzo of Deep Night | Kazuto "Kirito" Kirigaya | Limited theatrical release, Aniplex | ||
TBA | Digimon Adventure | Red Greymon | 1999 short film, Uncut dub, Discotek Media |
Year | Series | Role | Notes | Source [11] |
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2014 | Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Blood Prison | Young Muku | ||
2017 | Blame! | Fusata | [83] | |
2019 | Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel II. lost butterfly | Shirou Emiya | ||
2018 | The Seven Deadly Sins the Movie: Prisoners of the Sky | Meliodas | [84] | |
2020 | Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna | Cody Hida | [85] | |
2021 | Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel III. spring song | Shirou Emiya |
In execution, though, the English dub effort is merely a serviceable one. Bryce Papenbrook unsurprisingly bags the lead role, and he should have been just fine in it, but the way he handles Staz's attitudes never fully clicks.
As a "Netflix Original Series" (and at the time of this writing that is the only place it can be accessed), SDS sports an English dub courtesy of Bang Zoom! Entertainment. Unless you're tired of hearing Bryce Papenbrook as the male lead in seemingly everything these days (he's become in the 2010s what Johnny Yong Bosch was earlier in the 2000s), the English cast is very well-chosen.