Gurren Lagann

Tony Oliver

TONY OLIVER, who was named to IMDB’s top 20 all time Anime Voice Actors list, began his career as an actor on stage and camera performing in several feature films and dozens of plays. He found success as a voice over artist, lending his voice to one of the first foreign made animated features to receive wide US release ("The Sea Prince and the Fire Child"). His first foray into television was as the voice of Rick Hunter in the groundbreaking anime series "Robotech". Following that he turned his attention to writing but continued his voice acting career.

In 1988 he joined Saban Entertainment as a story editor where he wrote and produced an award-winning adaptation of "The Jungle Book" and story edited the long running Nickelodeon anime series "The Noozles". In 1992, Tony was tapped to help create a new kind of children's television show. The result was the mega hit, "The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers". Tony not only served as the development producer and head writer but also wrote the pilot, Co-Produced the series, directed the voice actors, played the voice of Saba, and produced the Power Rangers live appearance at Universal Studios, which drew an estimated 50,000 people on a single day. Later in the year he co-developed and wrote the script for the international sensation
"Mighty Morphin Power Ranger - Live Tour".

Since leaving Saban Entertainment in 1999, Tony has continued to develop, produce and direct numerous projects for Theatrical films, Television, Video Games, and Streaming Media releases including
“.hack//GU”; “Daigunder”, for ABC Family/Disney; “Gurren Lagann” for the Sci Fi Channel, “Eureka Seven: Good Night, Sleep Tight, Young Lovers” which premiered on screens nationwide, and "Martha & Friends", from Martha Stewart and 4Kids Entertainment as well as voice directing numerous video games like “League of Legends.”

Tony’s many voice acting credits include, “Hoodwinked Too”, “ The Muppet’s Wizard of Oz”, Lupin in “Lupin the 3rd”, Hibiki in “Vandread”, Gojyo in “Sayuki Reload”, Harry in “Gun Grave”, Ranmaru in “Tokko”, Shinbo in “Cho-bits”, Ulquiorra in “Bleach”, as well as voices in video games such as “Delta Force: Black Hawk Down”, “Lord of the Rings: The War of the Ring”, “Dynasty Warriors”, “World of Warcraft”, “Everquest”, “Neverwinter Knights”, “Xenosaga”, “Magna Carta II”,  “Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight”, ”Basara 3” “BlazBlue” and “Bravely Default”.

More recently he co-adapted and directed the English releases of “Fate/Zero” and “Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Bladeworks” and “Fate Stay Night Heavens Feel” in which he also voices the character of Lancer, “Love Live” (both the series and the movie), “Charlotte” and “God Eater”, and can be heard the animated musical series “Iesodo” in the title role. He can currently be heard in new episodes of Lupin the 3rd on Cartoon Network and as Minato, the 4th Hokage in “Naruto”. Tony is currently voice directing “Fate: Apocrypha” a Netflix Original Series, “Hunter X Hunter” and “Jojo’s Bizarre Adventures” for Cartoon Network, “Tree House Detectives” a Netflix Original animated series, and a soon to be announced show on the Disney Channel.

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Christopher Corey Smith

Chris is “the guy you've heard but haven't heard of.” He started his career in the original Robotech and Captain Harlock series' as third-guy-from-the-left-who-screams-when-he-blows-up. These days he plays characters who have actual names.

He's the voice of Hantengu in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc, Ouro in Attack on Titan, Spandam in One Piece, John Balks in Future Diary, Lehm in Jormungand, Raizer Phoenix in High School DXD, Do'on in Sankarea: Undying Love, Yamaoka in Eureka 7:AO, and Ren Goto and Ryuho Kamo in “K.”  He's Molag Bal and Foresworn Briarheart in Skyrim, and has recently stepped into Mark Hamill's role of The Joker in the game Lego Batman 2, and the movie Lego Batman: DC Heroes Unite. He's also heard as Bren, Jon Ace, and a dozen other characters in the American anime series Monsuno on Nickelodeon.

He recently played Luke Skywalker in the Phineas and Ferb Holiday Special.

Saturday morning viewers can hear him as Jijimon in Digimon Fusion, and as Dracyan in Crossfire: B-Daman.

Along with playing Hot Shot in the SYFY tie-in game Defiance, Ray Santos and Erik Tan in State of Decay, Captain Curnow in Dishonored, and Rocket Launcher in Dead Space 3, he's the new voice of Iconic Jonny Quest hero Race Bannon in Scooby Doo: Mystery Incorporated.  

Some of his prominent anime roles include Aimaru in Toriko, Captain Bright Noa for Gundam: Unicorn, and King of Midlands in Berserk.  He's also the voice of Major Peter Soyuz in Full Metal Alchemist: Sacred Star of Milos, and Lucius Isaac for the Marvel anime adaption of Blade. He's Kinnosuke in DuRaRaRa, Matoko Kibune, Rose, and Wonderweiss in Bleach, Headmaster Kaien Cross in Vampire Knight, Kittan in Gurren Lagann, Ishidate, Akhaboshi, Ibiki, and Shuura in Naruto, and The Puppeteer in Ghost in the Shell. He's about 25 characters apiece in Code Geass, Monster, and Redline.  He's Hanamoto-Sensei in Honey and Clover, The Mikado in Moribito, Abe in Ghost Slayer Ayashi, and his characters feature prominently in Hellsing: Ultimate, Persona 4, The Lat Exile, Overman King Gainer, Tenjho Tenghe, Gundam Force, Samurai Champloo, and about a dozen more that he can't talk about just yet.

In games, he's Satanael in Guided Fate Paradox, the playable Avatar, Vincent, and Yarne in Fire Emblem: Awakening, Rufus in Street Fighter 4 (Super SF, & SFXTekken), Superman in Mortal Kombat vs DC, and Emperor Mateus in Final Fantasy: Dissidia, and Dissidia: Duodecim, Agent Smith in Matrix: Path of Neo, and Professor X for the Marvel Pinball Games. He was Tenebrae in Tales of Symphonia 2, Commander Cadigan in Dead Space, and Supreme Commander Gaghan in Star Ocean 4. He's Fandrel Staghelm, Mal Ganis, and Razslo Crushcog (plus a dozen others) in World of Warcraft, Nobunaga Oda in the Samurai Warriors franchise, Sun Wu Kong in Warriors Orochi, and Yuan Shao in Dynasty Warriors. Scalpel and Firehawk in Command and Conquer 4, and he voice-matched Hugh Jackman, Hugo Weaving, and Anthony LaPaglia for Happy Feet.   He's Juda in the newest Fist of the Northstar, and Sgt “Gunny” Garrity in Steel Battalion. He's multiple characters in Devil Summoner-Soul Hackers, Vandal Hearts 2, Ratchet and Clank, God of War, Atlantica Online, Lunia, Skycrawlers, Xenosaga, and over 100 other games.