Wayne Grayson

Last updated
Wayne Grayson
6.8.08WayneGraysonByLuigiNovi.jpg
Grayson at the Big Apple Convention in Manhattan, New York on June 8, 2008.
Born
Vincent Penna Jr.
Citizenship
  • United States
Occupation(s)Voice actor, director
Years active1984–present
Spouse
Shannon Rhea Thomason
(m. 2006)
[1]
Children2

Vincent "Vinnie" Penna Jr, who has primarily performed using the stage name Wayne Grayson, is an American voice actor and director primarily known for his work at 4Kids Entertainment, Central Park Media, Media Blasters, NYAV Post and DuArt Film and Video.

Contents

Grayson played Joey Wheeler in the English-language version of Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters , Tokageroh in the English language versions of Shaman King and Michelangelo in the 2003 TV series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles .

Filmography

Animation/Anime

Live-action

Video games

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lisa Ortiz</span> American voice actress

Lisa Ortiz is an American voice actress and voice director. She is best known for her roles in English anime adaptations, such as Lina Inverse in Slayers and Amy Rose in Sonic X. She voiced the latter character in the mainline and spin-off Sonic the Hedgehog video games from 2005 to 2010. She has served the voice director for the English dub of the Pokémon anime since 2016, in addition to performing various roles since the first season. In 2021, she reprised Tao Jun in the Netflix anime Shaman King.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Junko Takeuchi</span> Japanese actress

Junko Takeuchi is a Japanese actress and voice actress employed by Ogipro The Next Co. Inc. & BQMAP. Taking a well-trod path by many voice actresses, she often voices young male characters with generally very quirky and goofy personalities. One of her most well-known roles includes Naruto Uzumaki from the popular anime series Naruto. She has played Takuya Kanbara in Digimon Frontier, Rin Natsuki/Cure Rouge in Yes! PreCure 5, Metabee in Medabots, Mamoru Endou in Inazuma Eleven and Inazuma Eleven GO, Gon Freecss in the 1999 version of Hunter × Hunter, MrBeast in the Japanese dub of MrBeast and GingerBrave in the Japanese dub of Cookie Run: Kingdom.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tara Sands</span> American voice actress

Tara Jayne Sands is an American voice actress and co-host of Cartoon Network's Fridays from 2005 to 2007. Sands has voiced in anime dubs and cartoons, including Bulbasaur in the Pokémon anime series, Spyler in I Spy, Kari Kamiya in Digimon Adventure tri., Anna Kyoyama in Shaman King, Mokuba Kaiba in Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters, as well as Chase on Fighting Foodons and Filia Ul Copt in Slayers. She also provides narration on audio books.

<i>Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles</i> (2003 TV series) Animated series

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is an American animated television series developed by Lloyd Goldfine. It is the second animated series and third television series in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise. The series premiered on February 8, 2003, as part of Fox's FoxBox programming block and ended on February 28, 2009. A sequel film, Turtles Forever, serving as both the series finale of the series and a crossover with the 1987–1996 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series, was released on November 21, 2009.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dan Green (voice actor)</span> American voice actor

James Hadley Snyder, known professionally as Dan Green, is an American voice actor, voice director and screenwriter. He is best known for being the voice of Yugi Muto/Yami Yugi for 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.

Jonathan Todd Ross is an American voice actor and writer. He is known for providing voices on properties for 4Kids Entertainment, Central Park Media, Media Blasters, as well as audiobooks. He is also credited as Todd Garbeil. Ross is best known as the voice of Marik Ishtar and Yami Marik in the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime. He also voiced Slade Princeton in Yu-Gi-Oh! GX.

Kayzie Rogers is a retired American voice actress. She is known for her work in anime, commercials, and video games and is known in voicing the characters in the Pokémon universe. She has appeared in titles for 4Kids Entertainment, Central Park Media, DuArt Film and Video, and TAJ Productions.

David Brimmer is an American voice actor and fight choreographer. He also goes by the names David J. Brimmer and J. David Brimmer. As a voice actor, he has worked for 4Kids Entertainment, Central Park Media, DuArt Film and Video, Headline Studios, NYAV Post, and TAJ Productions.

Alfred Robert Kahn is an American executive. From 1991 to 2011, he was chairman and CEO of 4Kids Entertainment, a company that is a global provider of children's entertainment and merchandise licensing. He previously led the licensing division for the Coleco company. In 1995, he turned Leisure Concepts, Inc. into 4Kids Entertainment, having previously served as chairman and CEO of the company since March 1991. In 2002, he founded the National Law Enforcement and Firefighters Children's Foundation. In 2012 he co-founded CraneKahn LLC and was the CEO and co-owner of that company. In 2019 CraneKahn folded into Kidtagious.

Suzanne Goldish, sometimes credited as Suzy Goldish, is an American ADR voice director, audio engineer, photographer and voice actress.

Konami Cross Media NY, Inc. is an American production company owned by Konami. It is located at 53 W 23rd St 11th floor, New York, NY 10010.

Gregory Abbey, also known under the alias Frank Frankson, is an American voice actor who is known for working with 4Kids Entertainment, DuArt Film and Video, NYAV Post and Central Park Media. He is best known for his roles of Tristan Taylor in Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters, Yusei Fudo in Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's and Raphael from the 2003 TV series of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Caren Lyn Tackett is an American stage actress who has provided voice-overs for animation productions of 4Kids Entertainment, including Winx Club, Pokémon Chronicles, Shaman King and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. She has worked in various Broadway productions in New York City, including Hair, Rent, High Fidelity, Brooklyn and The Times They Are A'Changin'.

Matt Hoverman is an American actor and playwright based in Los Angeles.

David Benjamin Moo is an American former voice actor. He worked on projects for 4Kids Entertainment, Central Park Media, NYAV Post, and TAJ Productions. Moo is best known for voicing Sanji in the 4Kids English language dub of One Piece, Xellos in Slayers, and Faraji Ngala in several episodes of the 2003–2009 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">David Zen Mansley</span> American voice actor

David Zen Mansley is an American voice actor. He is best known for voicing of Agent/President John Bishop in the 2003 cartoon series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Mansley has also provided the voices for several other cartoon characters on TMNT such as Rat King, Darius Dun, Zog, Savanti Romero and Triple Threat. He has also provided the voice for Professor Armand Aniskov on the cartoon series Speed Racer: The Next Generation, Nefertari Nebra on the 4Kids version of One Piece and Lord Van Bloot on Chaotic.

Darren Dunstan is a Canadian voice actor and director based in New York City. Originally from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, he has provided voice-over and voice direction on several properties of 4Kids Entertainment, as well as DuArt Film and Video. Dunstan's most notable roles include Maximillion Pegasus in the English dub version of Yu-Gi-Oh!, and Splinter in the 2003 TV series of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Toonzai</span> US Saturday morning cartoon block

Toonzai was an American Saturday morning cartoon children's television block that aired on The CW from May 24, 2008 to August 18, 2012. The block was created as a result of a four-year agreement between 4Kids Entertainment and The CW. The original name for the block from May 24, 2008 to August 7, 2010, The CW4Kids, was retained as a sub-brand through the end of the block's run in order to fulfill branding obligations per 4Kids Entertainment's contract to lease The CW's Saturday morning time slots. The name is a portmanteau of "toon" and the Japanese term banzai, reflecting the majority of anime programming on the block.

Davide Garbolino is an Italian voice actor, dubbing director, and television presenter. Garbolino contributes to voicing characters in anime, cartoons, live action and videogame content.

References

  1. "Thomason, Penna to Wed". Bolivar Herald-Free Press. March 15, 2006.
  2. @rightstufanime (October 12, 2018). "Emma Kickstarter Update: We're happy to announce that Wayne Grayson has officially joined the cast & will be playing William's father, Mr. Richard Jones! Learn more about Mr. Grayson's past roles & help us get this entire show Dubbed and out on Blu-ray! rsani.me/zs6ep" (Tweet). Retrieved March 4, 2020 via Twitter.
  3. "Eleven Arts Reveals Liz and the Blue Bird Anime Film's English Dub Cast". Anime News Network. Retrieved November 12, 2023.
  4. Winx Club (May 21, 2015). Winx Club – Season 7 – Official Closing Credits Song. YouTube . Archived from the original on 2021-12-13. Retrieved August 17, 2015.
  5. Crunchyroll (January 26, 2017). Official Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dark Side of Dimensions Exclusive Producer Interview. Event occurs at 1:06. Archived from the original on 2017-02-08. Retrieved January 31, 2017 via YouTube.