Douglas Rye is an American voice actor who has done Narration for such notable companies as

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, The Discovery Channel, The Learning Channel, NBC, The

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, Qwest,

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and DaimlerChrysler. Rye has been acting since he was a child, he beat out Christopher Reeve for a role in a summer production at The Lawrenceville School, during his four years there. He studied at New York University with the likes of

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and Lloyd Richards, and during his time there worked alongside Jason Robards III, Melissa Manchester,

Michael McKean Michael John McKean (; born October 17, 1947) is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, composer, singer, and musician known for various roles in film and television such as Lenny Kosnowski in '' Laverne & Shirley'', David St. Hubbins in '' ...

and

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. He also worked behind the scenes for many great and classic musical acts. He toured with the

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as part of the behind the scenes crew for nine years. He also was a stage hand at the historic

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in 1969. He has even performed as an opening act for

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. Douglas has also been a crew member for such famous musical acts as

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, The Commodores, The Eagles,

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and

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. Douglas is currently known to many people as an American voice actor. His most iconic role would be Mr. Gentleman on '' Read or Die''.

Credits

*''

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'' franchise as Silver Knight *''

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'' as Additional Voices *'' Castlevania: Curse of Darkness'' as

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*'' Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin'' as Dracula *''

Code Geass R2 The second and final season of the ''Code Geass'' anime series, titled , is produced by Sunrise, Mainichi Broadcasting System, and Project Geass. The series was directed by Gorō Taniguchi who has also worked with Ichirō Ōkouchi on the script. ...

'' as Black King (Ep.1) *''

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'' as Bobafett Guy; Caterpillar; Dr. Yabu; Easter Island Guy; White Haired Guy *''

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'' series ( fifth installment onward) as

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*'' Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex'' as Litton (Ep. 2); President of Meditech (Ep. 8); Secretary (Ep. 8) *'' Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG'' as Analyst (Ep. 41); Minister of Defence (Eps. 42, 49, 50) *'' MÄR'' as Gaira; Garon *'' Naruto the Movie: Legend of the Stone of Gelel'' as Haido *'' Rainbow Six'' as John Clark *'' Red Alert 2''/''

Yuri's Revenge ''Command & Conquer: Yuri's Revenge'' is an expansion pack to '' Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2'' developed by Westwood Studios. The game was released in North America on October 10, 2001Read or Die'' as Mr. Gentleman; Jean-Henri Fabre *''

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'' as Dan DeChant *'' Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds'' as the Attack Tank and X-wing pilots

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