Benjamin McLaughlin
Description
Benjamin McLaughlin is an American voice actor known for his work in English-language dubs of Japanese anime series, primarily for Houston-based companies like Sentai Filmworks and its streaming platform HIDIVE. He has built a career voicing a range of characters, from cunning gods to competitive students.
One of McLaughlin's most prominent and recurring roles is that of the mischievous god Hermes in the popular franchise Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? (often abbreviated as DanMachi). He first voiced the character in the initial anime series, with the English dub cast announced in 2017. McLaughlin continued in the role for subsequent installments, including the third season and the feature film Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?: Arrow of the Orion. This consistent casting across multiple projects highlights a long-term association with the character and the franchise.
His work in the sports anime genre includes two notable series. In Run with the Wind, he provided the voice for Yukihiko Iwakura, a sharp and quick-tempered law student who is an initial skeptic of the impromptu running team. He also voiced Masahiro Saki in the basketball series Ahiru no Sora, a role confirmed upon the show's English dub announcement in 2019. Demonstrating his versatility, McLaughlin took on the role of Tim Robinson in the comedy series Peter Grill and the Philosopher's Time, a fantasy show with a more adult-oriented, farcical tone.
Throughout these roles, McLaughlin has frequently collaborated with a consistent pool of directors and fellow voice actors associated with the Sentai Filmworks roster. He has worked under the direction of Kyle Jones on multiple projects, including Ahiru no Sora and the Peter Grill series. His frequent co-stars include Bryson Baugus, Luci Christian, David Wald, and Hilary Haag, with whom he has shared credits across the DanMachi franchise and other series. This pattern of collaboration places him within a stable community of voice talents in the Texas-based dubbing industry.
One of McLaughlin's most prominent and recurring roles is that of the mischievous god Hermes in the popular franchise Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? (often abbreviated as DanMachi). He first voiced the character in the initial anime series, with the English dub cast announced in 2017. McLaughlin continued in the role for subsequent installments, including the third season and the feature film Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?: Arrow of the Orion. This consistent casting across multiple projects highlights a long-term association with the character and the franchise.
His work in the sports anime genre includes two notable series. In Run with the Wind, he provided the voice for Yukihiko Iwakura, a sharp and quick-tempered law student who is an initial skeptic of the impromptu running team. He also voiced Masahiro Saki in the basketball series Ahiru no Sora, a role confirmed upon the show's English dub announcement in 2019. Demonstrating his versatility, McLaughlin took on the role of Tim Robinson in the comedy series Peter Grill and the Philosopher's Time, a fantasy show with a more adult-oriented, farcical tone.
Throughout these roles, McLaughlin has frequently collaborated with a consistent pool of directors and fellow voice actors associated with the Sentai Filmworks roster. He has worked under the direction of Kyle Jones on multiple projects, including Ahiru no Sora and the Peter Grill series. His frequent co-stars include Bryson Baugus, Luci Christian, David Wald, and Hilary Haag, with whom he has shared credits across the DanMachi franchise and other series. This pattern of collaboration places him within a stable community of voice talents in the Texas-based dubbing industry.
All Characters
- EnglishAnime overview: Run with the Wind
- EnglishAnime overview: Ahiru no Sora
- EnglishAnime overview: Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?
- EnglishAnime overview: Peter Grill and the Philosopher's Time
- EnglishAnime overview: Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma: The Fourth Plate
- EnglishAnime overview: Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? III
- English
- EnglishAnime overview: Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?