Dan Green (voice actor)

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Dan Green
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Green in 2024
Born
James Hadley Snyder
Other names
  • Chris Adams
  • Tom Wilson
  • Stan Timmons
  • Jean Mills
  • Jack Bean
  • Sam Wells
  • Frank Brown
  • Jean Masters
  • J.K. Ellemeno
  • Sandy Williams
  • Chris Sands
Education Rutgers University
Occupations
  • Voice actor
  • voice director
  • screenwriter
Years active1998–present
Spouse
Michal Friedman
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(m. 2008;died 2011)​
Children2

James Hadley Snyder, known professionally as Dan Green, [1] is an American voice actor, voice director and screenwriter. He is best known for being the voice of Yugi Muto/Yami Yugi for the English dub of Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters , the anime series version of Yu-Gi-Oh! , as well as all of the character's U.S. series appearances.

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Early life

Green attended Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. [2]

Career

Green is best known as the voice of Yugi Muto/Yami Yugi in Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters , Trudge in Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's , and Knuckles the Echidna in Sonic X and the Sonic the Hedgehog video games (2005–2010). [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] He has worked for 4Kids Entertainment, DuArt Film and Video, NYAV Post, TAJ Productions and Central Park Media. He has also worked on script adaptations of Kurokami: The Animation and Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn , and teaches voice acting at Edge Studio in New York City.[ citation needed ]

Personal life

Green married singer and voice actress Michal Lura Friedman, better known as Michal the Girl, in 2008. [8] While giving birth to twins (a son named Jackson and a daughter named Reverie) on November 25, 2011, [9] [10] Friedman died from complications following a C-section. [2] [11] Fans began charity efforts to provide financial support for the twins. [12]

Filmography

Anime film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2001 Pokémon 3: The Movie Entei/Spencer HaleEnglish dub
2003 The Weathering Continent Gaten Rakumu
2004 Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light Yugi Muto/Yami Yugi
2005 Kakurenbo: Hide and Seek Yaimao
2009 Pokemon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life Damos
2009 Turtles Forever Leonardo (1987 version)
2010 Yu-Gi-Oh!: Bonds Beyond Time Yugi Muto/Yami Yugi
2014 Welcome to the Space Show Goba
2017 Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions [13] Yugi Muto/Yami Yugi
2018 Mazinger Z: Infinity Tetsuya Tsurugi
2020 Mewtwo Strikes Back: Evolution Mewtwo
2020 Mangu: The Donkey King King Badshah Khan

Anime

Animation

Animated films

Live-action

Video games

Production credits

Dubbing director

Script adaptation

Miscellaneous crew

Notes

    References

    1. ↑ "Manhattan dad's heartbreak after wife dies giving birth to twins". New York Daily News .
    2. 1 2 Zanoni, Carla (December 3, 2011). "Singer Michal the Girl Dies After Giving Birth to Twins". DNAinfo. Archived from the original on April 12, 2012.
    3. ↑ "Dan Green, Eric Stuart Return for Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions Film's English Dub (Updated With Trailer)". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
    4. ↑ "Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions Film Surpasses 1 Billion Yen at Box Office". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
    5. ↑ "The 2016 Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game World Championship Will Be Settled In Orlando, Florida August 20-21". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
    6. ↑ "Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions Film Opens on January 20 in US, Canada". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
    7. ↑ "Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dark Side Of Dimensions Movie Voice Actors Announced". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
    8. ↑ "The Snyder Twins - Jay". thetigersnest.com. Archived from the original on August 21, 2012. Retrieved March 29, 2016.
    9. ↑ "Obituary: Michal Lura Friedman". The State . Legacy.com. December 1, 2011.
    10. ↑ "Index of /". thesnydertwins.com. Archived from the original on April 6, 2016. Retrieved March 29, 2016.
    11. ↑ "Voice Actress, Singer Michal Friedman Passes Away". Anime News Network. November 30, 2011.
    12. ↑ Evans, Heidi (December 8, 2011). "Readers open hearts to widowed dad of twins". New York Daily News . Archived from the original on January 30, 2013. Jay Snyder ... a 41-year-old actor and freelance voiceover artist
    13. ↑ Crunchyroll (January 26, 2017). Official Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dark Side of Dimensions Exclusive Producer Interview. Event occurs at 1:06. Retrieved January 31, 2017– via YouTube.[ dead YouTube link ]
    14. ↑ "Patlbor: The TV Series". IMDB. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
    15. ↑ Dan Green initially read the opening narration before he was replaced with Eric Stuart.
    16. ↑ Hazra, Adriana (June 18, 2024). "Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture Anime Reveals English Dub Cast". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
    17. 1 2 "Dan Green (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors (A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information).
    18. ↑ Sims, Chris (August 9, 2010). "Astonishing X-Men: Motion Comics, Why Bother? [Review]". ComicsAlliance . I was especially impressed with Mike Pollock's voice for Beast, as he gives him the cadence of a nerdy scientist with the underlying animalistic growl of…well, of a beast. Same goes for Dan Green's Colossus, who isn't nearly as overblown as I was expecting him to go with the Russian accent.
    Preceded by
    Scott Dreier
    		 English voice of Knuckles the Echidna (video games)
    2005-2010    		Succeeded by
    Preceded by English voice of Knuckles the Echidna (broadcast TV series)
    2003-2006    		Succeeded by
    Preceded by English voice of Knuckles the Echidna (anime)
    2003-2006    		Succeeded by
    TBA
    Preceded by English voice of Mewtwo (anime)
    2001    		Succeeded by
    Miriam Pultro
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