Bryce Austin Papenbrook (born February 24, 1986) is an American voice actor and martial artist who has done voice work for

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, Studiopolis and Scoffer Studios. He has voiced in several

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series, particularly those of young male protagonists.

Early life

Bryce Austin Papenbrook was born in the Reseda area of

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on February 24, 1986,Birthday references: * * the son of voice actors

Debbie Rothstein Debbie Lynn Rothstein (born June 12, 1956), also known as Debbie Papenbrook, is an American voice actress and the producer and creator of the award-winning theatre company for young audiences, A Faery Hunt. She is the widow of Bob Papenbrook and ...

(born 1956) and Bob Papenbrook (1955–2006). Papenbrook is half-Jewish, via his mother. He graduated from

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in 2007 with a bachelor's degree in

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Career

Papenbrook is best known for his portrayals of

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in ''

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'',

Eren Yeager , named Eren Jaeger (Turkish: Eren, "Saint"; German: Jaeger/Jäger, "Hunter") in the subtitled and dubbed versions of the anime '' Attack on Titan'', is a fictional character and the protagonist of the '' Attack on Titan'' manga series create ...

in ''

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'', Inosuke Hashibira in ''

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Koyoharu Gotouge. It follows teenage Tanjiro Kamado, who strives to become a demon slayer after his family was slaughtered and his younger sister, Nezuko Kamado, Nezuko, turned into a ...

,''

Rin Okumura The fictional characters from the manga and anime series ''Blue Exorcist'' were created by Kazue Kato. The story revolves around Rin Okumura, a teenager who discovers he is the son of the god demon Satan, born from a human woman and the inheritor ...

in ''

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'', Rokuro Enmado in ''

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'', Masaomi Kida in ''

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'' series, Caesar Anthonio Zeppeli in ''

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'',

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'', Red in ''

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'', Adol Christin in the '' Ys'' series, Kaito in '' Ajin: Demi-Human'', and

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and

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in the ''

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'' series. In animation, he provides the voice of Adrien Agreste/Cat Noir in '' Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir''. Since 2019, he is the current voice of

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in the ''

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'' series. He also voices Kaname Isaki in Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea. As of 2022, he voices Drastic in the podcast ''Sky Brother Force.''

Personal life

Papenbrook and his wife, Samantha, have three children together: a daughter named Ella Papenbrook (born September 5, 2015), a son named Griffin Papenbrook (born January 19, 2019) and a second daughter named Margo Papenbrook (born August 30, 2021). Papenbrook began training in

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' system of

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(also known as American Tang Soo Do) under his original instructor Steve Clark, and would later train and receive his fourth-degree black belt in the system under Clark's instructor Dennis Ichikawa. He is a three-time

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URL accessed on February 10, 2010. He occasionally works as a kickboxing instructor at the House of Champions Academy of Martial Arts in

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. Before becoming well known for voice acting, he competed semi-professionally in e-sports with a focus on the game '' GoldenEye 007'' on

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Papenbrook, Bryce Living people American male kickboxers American male voice actors Jewish American male actors American people of German descent University of California, Los Angeles alumni People from West Hills, Los Angeles 21st-century American male actors American male video game actors American male film actors American male television actors Male actors from Los Angeles 1986 births 21st-century American Jews American tang soo do practitioners American male karateka