John Daniels is an alias of the American voice actor Beau Billingslea, who has an extensive career in anime dubbing and is best known as the voice of Jet Black in the series Cowboy Bebop. The use of stage names such as John Daniels, along with John Billingslea and John Hammond, was a common practice for voice actors working on multiple projects produced by the same dubbing studios. Under the name John Daniels, his most frequently cited anime voice role is Godwin in the series Last Exile. Two other prominent roles he performed, Antigonos in Reign: The Conqueror and Bear Walken in Gungrave, are credited to his primary performing name, Beau Billingslea. His broader career as a voice actor includes a wide range of notable parts, such as Jet Black in Cowboy Bebop, the Count of Monte Cristo as Giovanni Bertuccio in Gankutsuou, Col. Millard Johnson in Macross Plus, and additional roles in series including Bleach, Naruto, and Digimon Adventure. Recurring collaborations in his work are often with specific Los Angeles-based dubbing producers and directors from the late 1990s through the 2000s, though he appears across many different studios and franchises. One notable achievement includes his performance as Jet Black, which is widely recognized as an iconic role in English-dubbed anime.