Brianne Siddall (born August 25, 1963 in

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), also known under her stage names of Jetta E. Bumpy, Ian Hawk, Murray Blue, Jetta Bird, and Brianne Brozey, is an American voice actress. She is known for voicing Tommy Himi, Koromon, Keenan Crier, and

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in over a hundred episodes of the popular anime ''

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'' and its video games, as well as for voicing Tsukasa and Elk in the anime '' .hack//Sign'' and the ''

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'' games.

Career

In the late 1990s, Siddall, under the stage name Ian Hawk, was hired to perform as the voice of Yahiko Myojin for the Sony dub of the '' Ruroni Kenshin'' anime and OAV, which premiered in the United States under the title ''Samurai X.'' This initial attempt to market the series proved unsuccessful and the series was later re-dubbed by Media Blasters, who chose to hire

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to redub the series. She also voiced characters for Pioneer and Bang Zoom! including Kunikida in ''

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'', as well as

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and Rina in ''

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''. In live-action voice-over, she voiced Impus, the infant version of the character Prince Olympius, in ''

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'', and Circuit the robotic owl in ''

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''. In addition, Siddall voiced Jim Hawking, the kid crew member in ''

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'', which had a run on Cartoon Network's Toonami and Adult Swim programming blocks, She also voiced main character Al Izuruha in the ''

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'' OAV, '' Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket''. She provided the voice of the toy Sage of Fijit Friends.

Personal life

Siddall married producer Deven Chierighino in 1987. In 2011, Siddall was involved in an accident on the set of '' NCIS: Los Angeles'', where she worked as an assistant

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. Siddall underwent surgery in 2015 to re-fuse portions of her

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and the pain from the injuries and surgeries has made it difficult for her to speak. She has a

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named Jetta. Prior to Siddall's accident, she was an active runner and participated in several marathons.

Filmography

Anime

Animation

Films

Live action

Video games

References

Bibliography

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External links

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