Paul Nakauchi is an American actor with a long and prolific career in voice acting, particularly known for his work in animation and video games. His career spans over three decades, beginning with live-action guest roles in the 1990s on television series such as Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Batman: The Animated Series, and ER before he became a prominent voice in the industry.

While he has an extensive filmography across many genres, Nakauchi is particularly recognized in the anime and animation community for his English dubbing work. He voiced the role of Morisuke in the 2021 Netflix original animated series Yasuke, which was produced by the Japanese studio MAPPA. That same year, he took on the role of Okubo in the English dub of the anime film Bright: Samurai Soul, a spin-off of the live-action film Bright. He also contributed his voice to the Star Wars universe, playing the clan leader Yasaburo in the Lop & Ochō episode of the acclaimed anthology series Star Wars: Visions, providing the English voice for the character.

Beyond these specific credits, Nakauchi has a substantial body of work in English dubs of major anime and Japanese productions. His credits include voicing Tanaka in the cyberpunk series Cyberpunk: Edgerunners and multiple characters in the English versions of Record of Ragnarok. He also dubbed the voice for the character Jang Deok-su in the English version of the global phenomenon Squid Game.

Nakauchi's voice is also widely recognized in the world of video games. He is perhaps best known for his long-running role as the archer Hanzo Shimada in Blizzard Entertainment's massively popular game Overwatch and its sequel, Overwatch 2. Other notable video game performances include the angel of death Malthael in Diablo III: Reaper of Souls and the ninja master Gen Fu in Dead or Alive: Dimensions. His career demonstrates a consistent pattern of voicing authoritative, often older, male characters across a wide range of animated and interactive media.