Paul Nakauchi

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Paul Nakauchi
Paul Nakauchi Florida SuperCon 2018.jpg
Nakauchi at Florida SuperCon in 2018
Other namesPaul Nakuchi
OccupationActor
Years active1990–present
SpouseDavid Mateo
Website paulnakauchi.com

Paul Nakauchi is an American actor known for voicing Hanzo Shimada in Overwatch (2016) and Shadowsan in Carmen Sandiego .

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Career

In the 1990s, Nakauchi guest starred in Knots Landing , Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (in the episode "The Homecoming"), Batman: The Animated Series , and ER .

He lent his voice to the video games Diablo III: Reaper of Souls , Call of Duty: World at War , Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain , Tomb Raider: Legend , World of Warcraft , Lost Planet 2 , and Dead or Alive: Dimensions (as Gen Fu). His most productive role to date is in Overwatch as Hanzo Shimada. [1] Nakauchi played Sgt. Shigeno in the motion picture, The Great Raid .

Nakauchi has also appeared in the Broadway musicals Chu Chem (1989) and The King and I (from 1996 to 1998). He starred in the Broadway Asia production of The King and I as King Phra Meha Mongkut. Nakauchi voiced the character "Hutch" in the animated comedy drama film, Alpha and Omega . He portrayed the Kralahome in Lincoln Center Theater's Broadway revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein's The King and I , directed by Bartlett Sher. He played the role of Watari in Adam Wingard's Death Note . [2]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2005 The Great Raid Sgt. Shigeno
2006 Hellboy: Sword of Storms Additional Voices (voice) Television film
2007 The Invincible Iron Man Direct-to-video
Doctor Strange: The Sorcerer Supreme Wong (voice) [3]
Nomad: The Warrior Galdan (voice)English Dub
2009 The Next Race: The Remote Viewings Dr. Baxter LuminaireShort film
2010 Alpha and Omega Hutch (voice) [3]
Dark Metropolis Dr. Baxter Luminaire
2011Portrait of LeonoreFather (voice)Short film
2017 Death Note Watari
2021 Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms Lin Kuei Grandmaster (voice)Direct-to-video [4] [3]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1990 Knots Landing EmployeeEpisode: "Do Not Attempt to Remove"
1993 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Tygarian OfficerEpisode: "The Homecoming"
1994 Batman: The Animated Series Doctor (voice)Episode: "House and Garden" [3]
1996 ER Harvard CandidateEpisode: "Baby Shower"
2006 Avatar: The Last Airbender Additional Voices (voice)Episode: "Zuko Alone"
2007 Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue! Chef Suki Sukihari (voice)Episode: "Chefs of Steel"
2009 Batman: The Brave and the Bold Wong Fei, Takeo, Takahiro (voice)2 episodes [3]
2013–2014 The Legend of Korra Chou the Elder, Acupuncturist (voice)2 episodes [3]
2014 Beware the Batman Edogawa Yamashiro (voice)Episode: "Fall" [3]
Star Wars: The Clone Wars Savatte, Sifo-Dyas (voice)2 episodes
2015Fallen CardsKade, ScientistUnknown episodes
2016 Deadbeat Mister OhnoEpisode: "Diaper Training"
2017 Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! Aki's Dad, Salaryman (voice)Episode: "The Curse of Kaniaku" [3]
2019–2021 Carmen Sandiego Shadow-san (voice)Main role [3]
2019 Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures Gyoji (voice)Main role
2021 Big City Greens Japanese Cashier (voice)Episode: "The Van"
Star Wars: Visions Yasaburo, Master (voice)Episode: "Lop & Ochō"; English dub [5] [3]
Gen:Lock Morisuke (voice)4 episodes [3]
Squid Game Jang Deok-su (voice)English dub
Hellbound Gong Hyeongjun, Professor (voice)Unknown episodes; English dub
2022 Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Tanaka (voice)English dub [3]
2023 Record of Ragnarok Kisaburo Onogawa, Genpaku Sugita, Isami Kondo (voice)English dub [3]
2024 Shōgun Yoshii Toranaga (voice)English dub [6] [ non-primary source needed ]

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2004 Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain Yakuza, Matsua
2005 The Matrix: Path of Neo Red Pill Herb Shop Owner [3]
2006 Tomb Raider: Legend Toru Nishimura
Destroy All Humans! 2 Additional Voices [7]
2007 Spider-Man 3 Additional Voices
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Captain Sao Feng
No More Heroes Thunder Ryu [3]
2008 Call of Duty: World at War Japanese Announcer
2010 Lost Planet 2 Additional Voices [8]
2011 Dead or Alive: Dimensions Gen Fu English dub [3]
Cars 2 Shu Todoroki
2012 World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria Shao-Tien Executioner, Qiang the Merciless, Hu'seng the Gatekeeper, Lei Shen
2013 Lost Planet 3 Soichi Katsuragi, Crewman Dumont, Crewman Ed [9]
2014 Diablo III: Reaper of Souls Malthael [3]
Game of Thrones Bloodsong [3]
2015 Battlefield Hardline Additional Voices [3]
Heroes of the Storm Malthael, Hanzo
2016 Overwatch Hanzo [3]
2017 Dishonored: Death of the Outsider Shan Yun
2018 World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth
2022 Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons Saint Viktor
Overwatch 2 Hanzo
2023 Starfield Oktai Enbayar
2024 Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth Additional voices [10]
Rise of the Rōnin Yasusuke Sawamura [11]

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