Jin Urayama is a Japanese actor and voice actor born on July 20, 1956, in Osaka Prefecture. He is affiliated with the talent agency Production Tanc. Urayama began his career in the 1980s with a foundation in stage performance, having graduated from the Tokyo Art Theatre Acting Research Institute.

His voice is characterized as distinctive and deep, which he has employed to portray a wide range of characters, from comedic roles to authoritative and commanding figures. In anime, he is known for roles such as the voice of Ginjirō Nezu in the series Summer Time Rendering, Ragnar in Vinland Saga, and Tsunetomo Yamamoto in Godzilla Singular Point. His filmography includes a significant number of roles in long-running and popular franchises. He has voiced characters in the Detective Conan series, including the film Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer, and in multiple installments of the Crayon Shin-chan and Doraemon animated films and series. He also took over the role of the Principal in the long-running series Nintama Rantarou.

Urayama's career also encompasses a substantial body of work in video games and dubbing foreign films. Gamers may recognize his voice as Cervantes de Leon in the Soulcalibur series. In the realm of dubbing, he is frequently chosen as the Japanese voice for actors such as Anthony Hopkins and for the character Emperor Palpatine across various Star Wars media, as well as for characters in numerous Pixar and Disney films, including Doc Hudson in Cars and Anger in Inside Out. His work spans over four decades, establishing him as a versatile and experienced presence in the Japanese entertainment industry.