JB Blanc
JB Blanc | |
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 Blanc at San Diego Comic-Con International in 2013 | |
| Born | Jean-Benoît Blanc Paris, France |
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| Years active | 1990–present |
| Children | 1 |
| Website | www |
Jean-Benoît Blanc is a French-British actor and director of film and television who has worked on animations and video games in Los Angeles.[1]
Early life[]
Blanc was born in Paris, the son of an English mother and a French father. He moved to England with his mother at the age of five, where he was educated at Bramcote School in Scarborough, North Yorkshire and Sedbergh School in Sedbergh, Cumbria. At the age of 16, he successfully auditioned for the National Youth Theatre. In 1987, he was accepted at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), the youngest person to do so that year. He graduated in 1990 and, after a short sabbatical travelling, began his theatre career.
Career[]
At one time, Blanc helped run the Arts Threshold theatre company and was working with companies on the London scene, collaborating with directors, including Rufus Norris, Howard Davies and Peter Hall at the Royal National Theatre. In 2001, after 12 years almost exclusively working in theatre, he played Luigi Vampa in The Count of Monte Cristofor Touchstone. Since moving to the United States, he has appeared in television series such as Barry, , Shameless, Nikita, Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, Cold Case, CSI: New York, Raising the Bar, The Unit, Crash, NYPD Blue, Prison Break, Dr. Vegas and The Company.
Blanc has appeared in films, including The Incredible Hulk, Tristan & Isolde, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End and Moonlight Serenade. He has done voice-work for video games such as Minecraft: Story Mode, Dante's Inferno, Darksiders, Wildstar and James Bond 007: From Russia with Love, in which he played Turkish agent Kerim Bey. In 2013, he voiced Zinyak and Phillipe Loren in Saints Row IV. In 2014, he voiced Commander Kuben Blisk in Titanfall. He is currently voicing Caustic in Apex Legends.
Blanc is a leading voice director in video games and directs both live action performance capture and voice over on many of the top AAA titles.
Personal life[]
He lives in Los Angeles, California with his daughter, Malia.
Filmography[]
Voice over roles[]
Anime[]
- Bleach – Makizō Aramaki, Sajin Komamura (Ep. 99+), Nakeem Greendina, Demora, Patros, Genga, Ginrei Kuchiki, Additional Voices
- Blue Dragon – Lt. Dragnov
- Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 – General Upson (Ep. 6), Kolchak (Ep. 7)
- Daphne in the Brilliant Blue – Lee, Leonskii
- Dota: Dragon's Blood – Terrorblade
- Digimon Fusion – KingWhamon, AncientVolcanomon, Pharaohmon
- Freedom Project – Chairman (Ep. 7), Additional Voices
- Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C 2nd GIG – Rod (Ep. 40)
- Grand Blue – Shinji Tokita (Ep. 1+)
- Gun Sword – Domingo
- Hellsing – Enrico Maxwell,[2] Cheddar Priest, Science Expert (Ep. 8)
- Kekkaishi – Ichirou Ogi, Ohdo (Eps. 43–44)
- Kurokami: The Animation – General Gustav (Eps. 13, 16), Howard (Ep. 14)
- L/R: Licensed by Royalty – Rowe Rickenbacker, Waiter
- Marvel Anime: Blade – Deacon Frost
- Marvel Anime: Iron Man – Prof. Michelinie
- Marvel Anime: Wolverine – Omega Red, Master Koh
- Marvel Future Avengers – Ares, Ursa Major
- Mega Man Star Force – Bob Copper, Crown Thunder, Jean Couronne XIV
- Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn – Alberto Vist, Additional Voices
- Monster – Roberto
- Naruto – Pakkun, Jiga, Hashirama Senju, others
- Naruto: Shippuden – Hiruko, Pakkun, Gataro Hashirama Senju (Ep. 226)
- Persona 4: The Animation – Ryotaro Dojima (credited as John White)
- R.O.D. the TV – Joe "Joker" Carpenter, Editor B (Ep. 10)
- Strawberry Eggs – Fortune Teller
- Texhnolyze – Mizuno
Animation[]
- All Hail King Julien – Benson, Mountain Lemur Captain, Jarsh-Jarsh, Caesar
- Avengers Assemble – Mangog (Ep. "All-Father's Day")
- Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! – Colander, Merry Jim, Vic (Ep. "Party Like It's 1899")
- Beware the Batman – Alfred Pennyworth, Batcomputer, Key, Lunkhead, Additional Voices
- Black Panther – Batroc, Black Knight, Male Cannibal, Additional Voices
- DreamWorks Dragons – Ryker, Jarg
- Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. – Red Ghost (Ep. "The Defiant Hulks")
- Huntik: Secrets & Seekers – Guggenheim, Metz, Eathon Lambert, Klaus
- Jeff & Some Aliens – Alien Video Host, Butler (Ep. "Jeff & Some Laughs")
- Love, Death & Robots – Supervisor, British Man (Ep. "Good Hunting")
- The Owl House – Abomination Teacher, Additional Voices
- Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero – Captain of the Guard
- Peter Rabbit – Mr. Bouncer, Tommy Brock
- Pickle and Peanut – Bloodbeard, Pierre, Devon, Additional Voices
- Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja – Additional Voices
- Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? – Antiques Dealer
- The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes – Wrecker, Heimdall, Additional Voices
- Transformers: Rescue Bots – Ansel Ambrose (Ep. "Phantom of the Sea")
- TripTank – Various
- Turbo FAST – Aiden Hardshell, Ari Goldfish, Snail Vendor
- Ultimate Spider-Man – Titus (Ep. "The Return of the Guardians of the Galaxy")
Film[]
- 009 Re:Cyborg – 007 / Great Britain
- A Cat in Paris – Victor Costa
- Avengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher – Orion
- Berserk: The Golden Age Arc III – The Advert – Silat
- Bleach: Fade to Black – Sajin Komamura
- Bleach: Memories of Nobody – Jai
- Bleach: The DiamondDust Rebellion – Sajin Komamura
- Bleach: The Hell Verse – Sajin Komamura
- Delhi Safari – The Director, Prime Minister
- Earwig and the Witch - Mr. Jenkins
- Iron Man: Rise of Technovore – Obadiah Stane
- Lego Scooby-Doo! Haunted Hollywood – Atticus Fink, Director[3]
- My Life as a Courgette – Additional Voices
- Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Lost Tower – Mukade / Anrokuzan
- Redline – Lynchman
- Time of Eve – Atsuro Masaki (uncredited)
Video games[]
- Apex Legends – Kuben Blisk, Caustic
- Assassin's Creed: Revelations – Tarik Barleti
- Assassin's Creed: Liberation – Roussilon
- Batman: Arkham Knight – Fire Chief, Edward Burke, Officer Thraves, Officer Anderson, Sergeant Badowsky, Harley Thugs
- Batman: Arkham Origins – Bane
- Batman: Arkham VR – Coroner, Thug #2
- Batman: The Enemy Within – Bane, Dying Man, Additional Voices
- Bleach: Shattered Blade – Arturo Plateado
- Bleach: The 3rd Phantom – Arturo Plateado, Sajin Komamura
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 – Mercenary Announcer
- Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. – Grant, Milton, Newscaster
- Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Guardian Tank, Mirage Tank
- Coraline – Sergei Alexander Bobinsky, The Other Bobinsky
- Dante's Inferno – Alighiero
- Darksiders – Ulthane
- Darksiders II – Thane, Valus, Angel Hellguard
- Despicable Me – Dr. Nefario
- Diablo III – Diablo
- Dragon's Crown – Narrator
- EverQuest II – Additional voices
- Evolve – Griffin
- Fallout 76: Steel Dawn - Mr. Clark
- Far Cry 4 – Additional voices
- Final Fantasy XIII/Final Fantasy XIII-2 – Additional Voices
- Fortnite – Dr. Vinderman
- Fuse – Luther Deveraux
- Game of Thrones – Malcolm Branfield, Thermund, Gared's Father
- Hearthstone – Various Minions
- Horizon Zero Dawn – Rost
- Infamous 2 – Various
- Infinite Crisis – Various[4][5]
- Ingress – Roland Jarvis
- James Bond 007: Agent Under Fire – Nigel Bloch
- James Bond 007: From Russia with Love – Kerim Bey
- Judgment – Ozaki, Mitsugu Matsugane (English version)
- Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning - Nyralim
- Klonoa – Ghadius, Soleil
- Knack – Dr. Vargus
- League of Legends – Braum, The Heart of the Freljord
- Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham – Swamp Thing, Arkillo, The Penguin, Bane
- Lego DC Super-Villains – Bane, The Penguin, Ra's al Ghul, Solovar
- Lego Dimensions – Franz Krieger
- Lego Jurassic World – Additional Voices
- Lego Marvel Super Heroes – Captain Britain, Kraven the Hunter, Heimdall
- Lego Marvel's Avengers – Trevor Slattery, The Other
- Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII – Additional Voices[6]
- Mad Max – additional voices[7]
- Master of Orion: Conquer the Stars – Bulrathi Advisor, Meklar Advisor, Additional Voices[8]
- Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance – Boris Vyacheslavovich Popov
- Metro Exodus – Yermak, Additional Voices
- Metro: Last Light – English Voice Talent[9]
- Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor – Tower of Sauron, Thuggish Orc
- Minecraft: Story Mode – The Admin / Romeo, Vos, Additional Voices
- Mortal Kombat 11 – Kano[10]
- Mother of Myth – Acis
- Naruto: Clash of Ninja Revolution 3 – Sasori (Hiruko)
- Naruto: Ninja Council 4 – Sasori (Hiruko)
- Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 2 – Traveling Merchant
- Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 3 – First Hokage / Hashirama Senju
- Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 4 – Sasori (Hiruko)
- Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 5 – Sasori (Hiruko)
- Persona 4 – Ryotaro Dojima (uncredited)
- Rainbow Six Siege – Oryx
- Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles – Brian Irons
- Saints Row IV – Zinyak, Phillipe Loren
- Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes - Additional voices (warriors)[11]
- Skylanders: Imaginators – Spy Rise, Hood Sickle, Ambush
- Skylanders: SuperChargers – Spy Rise, Hood Sickle
- Skylanders: Swap Force – Spy Rise
- Skylanders: Trap Team – Spy Rise, Hood Sickle
- SOCOM: US Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo 2 – Condor
- Spyro Reignited Trilogy – Moneybags
- Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order – Prauf
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic – Additional Voices
- Street Fighter IV/Super Street Fighter IV – El Fuerte
- Tales of Vesperia - Barbos[12]
- Team Fortress 2 – Saxton Hale
- The Amazing Spider-Man 2 – Wilson Fisk / Kingpin
- The Crew – Omar
- The Elder Scrolls Online – Sheogorath, King Kurog, Divyath Fyr, Male Altmer, Male Breton, Male Dunmer, Male Khajiit
- The Wonderful 101 – Wonder-Yellow
- Titanfall – Commander Kuben Blisk
- Titanfall 2 – Commander Kuben Blisk
- Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception – Thugs
- Uncharted 4: A Thief's End – Knot
- Uncharted: Golden Abyss – General Roberto Guerro
- WildStar – Caretaker, Ionis the Watcher, Luminai Male[13]
- World of Warcraft – Ignis, Imperator Mar'gok
- World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth – Captain Jolly
- World of Warcraft: Cataclysm – Asaad, High Priest Venoxis
- World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria – Riko, Commander Durand, Manchu
- World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor – Additional Voices[14]
- World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King – Mage-Lord Urom, Ignis the Furnace Master
Live action roles[]
Film[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Shadowlands | Undergraduate | Uncredited |
| 2000 | 102 Dalmatians | Captain | Uncredited |
| 2002 | The Count of Monte Cristo | Luigi Vampa | |
| 2006 | Tristan & Isolde | Leon | |
| 2006 | Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties | Porter | |
| 2007 | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End | East Indian Clerk | |
| 2008 | The Incredible Hulk | The Hulk / Abomination (voice) | |
| 2009 | Moonlight Serenade | Paul Holtzman | |
| 2012 | Red Dawn | Newscaster (voice) | Uncredited |
| 2015 | Bastards y Diablos | Gabriel Rojas | |
| 2016 | War Dogs | Bashkim |
Television[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Dr. Vegas | Fraser | Episode: "Lust For Life" |
| 2005 | NYPD Blue | Alex Stratis | Episode: "Stratis Fear" |
| 2006 | Prison Break | Jerry Curtin | Episode: "First Down" |
| 2007 | The Company | Manuel Pinero | 02 Episodes |
| 2008 | The Unit | Dr. Leon Rocha | 03 Episodes |
| 2008 | Crash | Father Donal | Episode: "Three Men and a Bebe" |
| 2008 | Raising the Bar | Johan Sharifi | Episode: "Bobbi Ba-Bing" |
| 2010 | CSI: NY | Tripp Walker | Episode: "Flag on the Play" |
| 2010 | Cold Case | Paul Shepard '10 | 02 Episodes |
| 2010 | I'm in the Band | Agent Yurislavislavislavi | Episode: "Weasels on Deck" |
| 2011 - 2012 | Breaking Bad | Dr. Barry Goodman | 02 Episodes |
| 2012 | Vegas | Max Chandler | Episode: "Masquerade" |
| 2013 | Burn Notice | Ivan | Episode: "Brother in Arms" |
| 2015 | Shameless | Hanzi | Episode: "The Two Lisas" |
| 2017 - 2020 | Better Call Saul | Dr. Barry Goodman | 03 Episodes |
| 2019 | Barry | Batir | 02 Episodes |
Staff work[]
- Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham – Voice Director
- Lego Dimensions – Voice Director
- L/R: Licensed by Royalty – ADR Director
- Mafia III – Voice Director
- Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor – Voice Director
- Rubber Soul – Dialogue Coach
- Sugartown – Acting Coach, Executive Producer
- The Informers – Dialect Coach
- Uncharted 4: A Thief's End – Dialect Coach (Nadine Ross)
- XCOM 2 – Voice Director
References[]
- ^ http://www.jbblanc.com
- ^ "Hellsing Ultimate III". Hellsing Ultimate. Episode 3. 4 October 2014. Adult Swim.
- ^ Lego Scooby-Doo! Haunted Hollywood (film). 2016.
- ^ Turbine, Inc. Infinite Crisis. Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. Scene: Credits, Voice Over Talent.
- ^ "Infinite Crisis Credits". Archived from the original on 11 October 2014.
- ^ Square Enix. Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII. Scene: Closing credits, 5 minutes in, Voice Actors, Additional Voices.
- ^ Avalanche Studios. Mad Max. Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. Scene: Credits, 5:40 in, Talent.
- ^ Chalk, Andy (17 February 2016). "Master of Orion trailer reveals a cast of sci-fi stars". PC Gamer. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
- ^ 4A Games. Metro: Last Light. Deep Silver. Scene: Closing credits, 1 minute in, English Voice Talent (Alphabetical Order).
- ^ Blanc, JB [@thejbblanc] (23 April 2019). "I know you all heard it in the trailers, but I can finally confirm that I play Kano in @MK11 !!! Thanks for all your enthusiastic outing!!!!