Brad Swaile
Description
Brad Swaile is a Canadian voice actor who has built an extensive career spanning over three decades, primarily known for his work in English dubs of anime series and animated productions. He began acting in middle school and, after graduating from Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School in Vancouver, he became involved with the Vancouver Youth Theatre. He later graduated from Kwantlen University with a degree in Graphic and Visual Design. His first voice role came at the age of sixteen when he was cast as Ace in the series My Little Pony Tales in 1992.
Swaile is particularly renowned for his extensive contributions to the Mobile Suit Gundam franchise, having voiced several of its most iconic protagonists. His roles within this universe include Amuro Ray in the original Mobile Suit Gundam and its film Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack, Quatre Raberba Winner in Mobile Suit Gundam Wing and Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz Special Edition, Dearka Elsman in Mobile Suit Gundam SEED, Auel Neider in Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny Special Edition, and Setsuna F. Seiei in Mobile Suit Gundam 00. This long-standing association with the mecha franchise highlights his versatility in portraying a wide range of characters across different series.
One of his most critically acclaimed and widely recognized roles is that of Light Yagami, the protagonist of the hit anime Death Note. He voiced the character in the main Death Note series, as well as in the compilation specials Death Note Relight - Visions of a God and Death Note Relight 2 - L's Successors. He also reprised this role for the English dub of the live-action Death Note films. Other significant leading roles include Rock in Black Lagoon, Lan Hikari in MegaMan NT Warrior, and Kicker in Transformers: Energon. His work in Western animation includes the role of Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler in X-Men: Evolution.
Throughout his career, Swaile has consistently worked with Ocean Productions, a Vancouver-based voice production company responsible for many English anime dubs. This long-term collaboration is evident in his filmography, which features a vast number of titles dubbed by the studio. In addition to the roles mentioned, his extensive list of anime credits includes Mousse in Ranma ½, Teen Gohan in the Ocean dub of Dragon Ball Z, Yusaku Godai in Maison Ikkoku, Fujiwara-no-Sai in Hikaru no Go, Ryuuki Shi in The Story of Saiunkoku, Takeshi Tomoe in Project ARMS: The 2nd Chapter, Kyosuke Date in Nurse Witch Komugi, Keisaku Satou in Shakugan no Shana SP: Koi to Onsen no Kōgai Gakushū!, and the title character in The New Adventures of Kimba The White Lion. He has also lent his voice to numerous video games, such as Jin Kazama in Street Fighter X Tekken and Elwin in Langrisser Mobile.
Brad Swaile's career is marked by his ability to voice a diverse array of characters, from heroic protagonists to complex anti-heroes. With a career beginning in the early 1990s and continuing to the present day, he remains an active and prominent figure in the voice acting industry, with recent roles including Ghasem Madal in Beyblade Burst Evolution and various characters in the ongoing dubs of series like World Trigger.
Swaile is particularly renowned for his extensive contributions to the Mobile Suit Gundam franchise, having voiced several of its most iconic protagonists. His roles within this universe include Amuro Ray in the original Mobile Suit Gundam and its film Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack, Quatre Raberba Winner in Mobile Suit Gundam Wing and Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz Special Edition, Dearka Elsman in Mobile Suit Gundam SEED, Auel Neider in Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny Special Edition, and Setsuna F. Seiei in Mobile Suit Gundam 00. This long-standing association with the mecha franchise highlights his versatility in portraying a wide range of characters across different series.
One of his most critically acclaimed and widely recognized roles is that of Light Yagami, the protagonist of the hit anime Death Note. He voiced the character in the main Death Note series, as well as in the compilation specials Death Note Relight - Visions of a God and Death Note Relight 2 - L's Successors. He also reprised this role for the English dub of the live-action Death Note films. Other significant leading roles include Rock in Black Lagoon, Lan Hikari in MegaMan NT Warrior, and Kicker in Transformers: Energon. His work in Western animation includes the role of Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler in X-Men: Evolution.
Throughout his career, Swaile has consistently worked with Ocean Productions, a Vancouver-based voice production company responsible for many English anime dubs. This long-term collaboration is evident in his filmography, which features a vast number of titles dubbed by the studio. In addition to the roles mentioned, his extensive list of anime credits includes Mousse in Ranma ½, Teen Gohan in the Ocean dub of Dragon Ball Z, Yusaku Godai in Maison Ikkoku, Fujiwara-no-Sai in Hikaru no Go, Ryuuki Shi in The Story of Saiunkoku, Takeshi Tomoe in Project ARMS: The 2nd Chapter, Kyosuke Date in Nurse Witch Komugi, Keisaku Satou in Shakugan no Shana SP: Koi to Onsen no Kōgai Gakushū!, and the title character in The New Adventures of Kimba The White Lion. He has also lent his voice to numerous video games, such as Jin Kazama in Street Fighter X Tekken and Elwin in Langrisser Mobile.
Brad Swaile's career is marked by his ability to voice a diverse array of characters, from heroic protagonists to complex anti-heroes. With a career beginning in the early 1990s and continuing to the present day, he remains an active and prominent figure in the voice acting industry, with recent roles including Ghasem Madal in Beyblade Burst Evolution and various characters in the ongoing dubs of series like World Trigger.
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- EnglishAnime overview: The Prince of Tennis II: U-17 World Cup
- EnglishAnime overview: Death Note Relight - Visions of a God
- EnglishAnime overview: The Story of Saiunkoku
- English
- EnglishAnime overview: Project ARMS: The 2nd Chapter
- EnglishAnime overview: Nurse Witch Komugi
- English
- EnglishAnime overview: Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny Special Edition
- EnglishAnime overview: Transformers: Energon
- EnglishAnime overview: The New Adventures of Kimba The White Lion
- EnglishAnime overview: Death Note Relight 2 - L's Successors