David Harbold

Description
David Harbold is an American actor and voice actor affiliated with Sentai Filmworks, known for his work in English dubs of anime series and films. Born on May 30, 1958, his career in anime voice acting spans a wide range of supporting and principal roles.

Harbold's voice can be heard in numerous anime productions dubbed by Sentai Filmworks. He has portrayed characters with significant presence, such as the calculating Yukio Tonegawa, the right-hand man to the chairman in the psychological thriller Kaiji: Ultimate Survivor and its spin-off Mr. Tonegawa. He also voiced the enigmatic and morally complex White Whistle delver Bondrewd in the Made in Abyss franchise, including the film Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul and the series Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun. In the sports anime Haikyu!!, Harbold provided the voice for Coach Tanji Washijo, the stern head coach of Shiratorizawa Academy. His other notable roles include Hanasaki Horie, the father of the protagonist in the romantic comedy Ao-chan Can't Study!, Uranus in Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? III, and Goki Shibukawa in the Sentai Filmworks dub of Baki. His filmography also includes performances in series such as Babylon, Dororo, Food Wars! The Third Plate, and Ninja Kamui.

A recurring aspect of Harbold's career is his frequent collaboration with Sentai Filmworks, the Texas-based dubbing company for which he provides the English voices for many of their licensed titles. He is often cast in roles that require a commanding or authoritative voice, frequently dubbing over the performances of notable Japanese voice actors such as Toshiyuki Morikawa, who played the original Yukio Tonegawa and Bondrewd, and Rikiya Koyama. His work is part of the extensive dubbing output from studios like Sentai Filmworks, contributing to the accessibility of anime for English-speaking audiences.