Sean Schemmel (born November 21, 1968) is an American voice actor, ADR director and screenwriter known chiefly for his work in cartoons, anime and video games. His most notable voice role has been the adult version of Son Goku in the

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dub of the '' Dragon Ball'' franchise. He has worked for Funimation, OkraTron 5000,

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, Central Park Media, 4K Media Inc. and DuArt Film & Video.

Career

Initially, Schemmel never planned on becoming a voice actor; he trained to be a classical French

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. When a friend persuaded him to audition for '' Dragon Ball Z'', he tried out for a minor character who was going to be killed in the first season of the show. He had been recording for two weeks before he was told that he was going to be the lead. Since being cast as Son Goku by Funimation in 1999, he has been the most consistent English voice actor for the main protagonist of the ''Dragon Ball'' franchise, having voiced the character's older teen and adult incarnations in every anime series produced to date ('' Dragon Ball'', '' Z'', '' GT'', '' Kai'' and '' Super'') and most ''Dragon Ball'' animated movies and

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, as well as other characters such as King Kai and Goku Black. Besides voicing Goku, Schemmel has lent his voice to several other anime characters including Conrad in '' Berserk'', Amidamaru in '' Shaman King (2001)'', Lucario in '' Pokémon'' and Elliot Grant in ''

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''. His other roles in animation include Firefly in '' G.I. Joe: Sigma 6'', Gonard in '' Kappa Mikey'' and Hawkman in '' DC Super Friends''. In video games, Schemmel has provided his voice to Makuta in '' Bionicle'', Black Doom in '' Shadow the Hedgehog'', Maxwell in '' Bullet Witch'', Horace in '' Skullgirls'', Batman in ''The Dark Knight Rises'', Sun Wukong (whom Goku was originally based on) in ''

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''. In addition to his voice acting career, Schemmel was also an ADR Director and scriptwriter for

, where he had directed and adapted for English dubs of several Japanese anime series. In the field of narration, he has won two awards for his audiobook recordings.

Personal life

In 1993, Schemmel married Melissa Cox. The couple got separated in 1998. He married actress Melodee Lenz the same year. They divorced after three years of being together in 2001.

Filmography

Anime

Animation

Video games

Awards

References

External links

* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Schemmel, Sean Living people American male screenwriters American male television writers American male video game actors American male voice actors American television writers American voice directors Funimation Male actors from Los Angeles Screenwriters from California University of North Texas alumni 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors 1968 births