Dwight Schultz is an American actor with an extensive career in television, film, and voice acting, born on November 24, 1947. While he is widely recognized for his live-action roles, such as Captain Howling Mad Murdock on the 1980s series The A-Team and Lieutenant Reginald Barclay in the Star Trek franchise, he has also built a substantial body of work as a voice artist in animation and video games.

Schultz's voice acting career encompasses a wide range of characters in Western animation, but he has also contributed to English-language dubs of anime and animated features. One notable example is his role as Snake in the 2006 English dub of the anime film Tekkonkinkreet. Another instance of his work in this area is providing the voice for Attalus, as well as Plato and additional voices, in the English version of the 1999 anime series Reign: The Conqueror, which was compiled for the film Alexander: The Movie. His other English dub work in anime-influenced productions includes roles in Golgo 13: Queen Bee as Robert Hardy, Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust as Benge and the Old Man of Barbarois, and providing voices for the animated shorts collection The Animatrix.

Beyond these specific credits, Schultz is well-known in animation for several long-running and recurring roles. He voiced the manic squirrel Eddie in the Nickelodeon series CatDog and was the original voice of the mad scientist Dr. Animo in the long-running Ben 10 franchise, appearing in multiple series and films. He also starred as the eccentric chef Mung Daal in the Cartoon Network series Chowder. His work spans numerous other shows, including Invader Zim, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, and various projects in the DC animated universe, such as voicing Eobard Thawne / Reverse-Flash in Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: The Flash.

Throughout his voice acting career, Schultz has frequently collaborated with voice directors and studios prominent in the industry, contributing to projects for major networks like Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, and for direct-to-video animated films. His achievements in the field are marked by the longevity and recognition of his characters, particularly Dr. Animo, whom he portrayed across different iterations of the Ben 10 series for over a decade.