Charles Forrest "Spike" Spencer (born December 21, 1968) is an American

voice actor Voice acting is the art of performing voice-overs to present a character or provide information to an audience. Performers are called voice actors/actresses, voice artists, dubbing artists, voice talent, voice-over artists, or voice-over talent ...

and columnist best known for

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Japanese

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films. He is known for his roles in

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dubs of ''

Neon Genesis Evangelion , also known simply as ''Evangelion'' or ''Eva'', is a Japanese Mecha anime and manga, mecha anime television series produced by Gainax and animated by Tatsunoko Production, Tatsunoko, directed by Hideaki Anno and broadcast on TV Tokyo fr ...

'' as

Shinji Ikari is a character (arts), fictional character in the ''Neon Genesis Evangelion (franchise), Neon Genesis Evangelion'' franchise created by Gainax. He is the franchise's poster boy and protagonist. In the Neon Genesis Evangelion, anime series of the ...

, ''

Martian Successor Nadesico , sometimes referred to as simply , is a Japanese anime television series produced by TV Tokyo, Yomiko Advertising and Xebec and directed by Tatsuo Satō, with manga artist Kia Asamiya providing original character designs, Keiji Gotoh serv ...

'' as Akito Tenkawa, and ''

Excel Saga is a manga series written and illustrated by Kōshi Rikudō. It was serialized in '' Young King OURs'' from 1996 to 2011, and its individual chapters were collected and published in 27 '' tankōbon'' volumes by Shōnen Gahōsha. The series f ...

'' as Gojo Shioji. Spencer is well-known for playing the English-version voice of Japanese

Anime is hand-drawn and computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japanese, (a term derived from a shortening o ...

character Ginta Toramizu (虎水ギンタ ''Toramizu Ginta'') from the ''

MÄR ''Märchen Awakens Romance'', officially abbreviated as ''MÄR'', is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Nobuyuki Anzai, serialized in Shogakukan's '' Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' from January 2003 to July 2006. ''MÄR'' follows 14- ...

'' series. He has also performed voice acting for

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, especially commercials. His anime character voices tend to be either for timid, shy, or weak characters, or for eccentric and comical ones.

Career

Spencer attended the

University of Houston The University of Houston (UH) is a Public university, public research university in Houston, Texas. Founded in 1927, UH is a member of the University of Houston System and the List of universities in Texas by enrollment, university in Texas ...

for four years. After doing a number of

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s, he met Amanda Winn-Lee, who suggested he audition for anime English dubbing at

. Spencer first landed a supporting role of Prime Minister Mikoshiba in ''Super Atragon'', then a leading role of Takateru in ''Suikoden Demon Century.'' In August 1996, Spencer was cast as the lead role of

in ''

''. After

' collapse,

Funimation Crunchyroll, LLC, previously known as Funimation from 1994 to 2022, is an American entertainment company owned by Japanese conglomerate Sony as a joint venture between Sony Pictures and Sony Music Entertainment Japan's Aniplex that specializes ...

acquired the rights to the ''

Rebuild of Evangelion ''Rebuild of Evangelion'', known in Japan and on Amazon Prime Video as , is a Japanese animated film series and a retelling of the original ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'' anime television series, produced by Studio Khara. Hideaki Anno served a ...

'' movies. As part of Funimation's goal to get the service of the original voice actors from shows and movies they acquired distributing rights for, Spencer reprised Shinji in the movies. Spencer has done commercials for Houston Cellular,

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, Kroger,

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, and Subway. Spencer has done additional acting in live-action films and in TV series such as ''The Big Easy''. Spencer also travels the world with his panel, Don't Kill Your Date (and Other Cooking Tips), which teaches Spencer's trademark "food game," giving dating advice for men, cooking tips, and easy dinner recipes. Spencer's dating tips have been featured in ''

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'' and ''

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''. He also frequently writes dating tips for

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, Carlos Xuma, and Singles Warehouse.

Personal life

Spencer was once married to Kendra Benham, who worked alongside him in ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'' as Maya Ibuki. Spencer holds a brown belt in

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and a 2nd-degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do. Spencer is married to an entrepreneur, Kim MacKenzie, as of October 4, 2014. He is a

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and has a website called
DontKillYourDate.com
'' Spike and Kim have two sons, one named Declan, who was born on July 29, 2017, and another named Colton Christopher, who was born on February 4, 2021, in Australia.

Filmography

Anime dubbing

* '' Battle Angel'' – Yugo * ''

Black Butler is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yana Toboso. It has been serialized in Square Enix's ''shōnen'' manga magazine '' Monthly GFantasy'' since September 2006. The series follows Ciel Phantomhive, the twelve-year-old ...

'' – Snake * '' BlazBlue Alter Memory'' – Arakune * ''

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'' – Hanataro Yamada, Di Roy Linker, Jinnai Doko * '' Boruto: Naruto Next Generations'' – Inojin Yamanaka * '' Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040'' – Mackey Stingray * '' Burn Up W'' – Jackalhead * '' Buso Renkin'' – Koushaku "Papillon" Chouno * '' Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2'' – Rolo Lamperouge * '' Colorful'' – Young T * ''

Compiler In computing, a compiler is a computer program that translates computer code written in one programming language (the ''source'' language) into another language (the ''target'' language). The name "compiler" is primarily used for programs tha ...

'' – Toshi Igarashi * ''

Coppelion is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tomonori Inoue. The story follows three high school girls who were genetically engineered to be impervious to radioactivity and sent to Tokyo after the city was contaminated by a nuclear ...

'' – No-sense * ''

Dirty Pair Flash is an anime and manga franchise based on the light novel series by Haruka Takachiho. Although it is often said that these are younger versions of the original ''Lovely Angels'' Kei and Yuri, in truth this series is an alternate universe ...

'': Mission Two – Calbee * ''

Doraemon ''Doraemon'' ( ja, ドラえもん ) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Fujiko F. Fujio. The manga was first serialized in December 1969, with List of Doraemon chapters, its 1,345 individual chapters compiled into 45 ' ...

'' – Ace Goody (Dekisugi) * ''

Dragon Ball Super is a Japanese manga series written by Akira Toriyama and illustrated by Toyotarou. A sequel to Toriyama's original ''Dragon Ball'' manga, it follows the adventures of Goku and friends during the ten-year timeskip after the defeat of Maji ...

'' –

Majin Buu , generally spelled Majin Boo in subtitles of the Japanese anime, and rendered as Djinn-Boo in the Viz Media manga, is the final antagonist in the ''Dragon Ball'' manga series created by Akira Toriyama, before the release of ''Dragon Ball Super' ...

(

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dub for Toonami Asia) * ''

Dragon Half is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ryūsuke Mita. The manga was serialized in Fujimi Shobo‘s '' Dragon Magazine'' from January 30, 1988 to April 30, 1994 and the chapters collected into 7 ''tankōbon'' volumes. It was ad ...

'' – Roshi, Slug * ''

Durarara!! , often shortened to ''DRRR!!'', is a Japanese light novel series written by Ryohgo Narita, with illustrations by Suzuhito Yasuda. ''Durarara!!'' tells the story of a dullahan working as an underworld courier in Ikebukuro, an internet ...

'' – Saburo Togusa * '' Ellica'' – Funk * ''

'' – Dr. Gojo Shioji * '' Fire Emblem'' – Mars Lowell * ''

Full Metal Panic! is a series of light novels written by Shoji Gatoh and illustrated by Shiki Douji. The series follows Sousuke Sagara, a member of the covert anti-terrorist private military organization known as Mithril, tasked with protect ...

'' – Shoto Sakimoto, Subordinate A, Takuma * ''

Gantz ''Gantz'' (stylized as ''GANTZ'') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiroya Oku. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Young Jump'' from June 2000 to June 2013, with its chapters collected ...

'' – Little Green onion alien * '' Golden Boy'' – Maid * '' Kekkaishi'' – Mamezo * '' MÄR: Märchen Awakens Romance'' – Ginta * ''

'' – Akito Tenkawa * '' Megazone 23 Part 3'' – Bud * ''

Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn is a novel by popular Japanese author Harutoshi Fukui (''Shūsen no Lorelei'', ''Bōkoku no Aegis'', '' Samurai Commando: Mission 1549''). The novel takes place in Gundam's Universal Century timeline. Character and mechanical designs are ...

'' – Dylan McGuinness * ''

'' (

dub)/''

'' –

* '' Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan'' series – Karasu Tengu * '' Orphen'' – Majic Lin * '' Panyo Panyo Di Gi Charat'' – Actor boy * '' Plastic Little'' – Nichol Hawking * '' Pretear'' – Goh * '' Puni Puni Poemy'' – Ball person 3 * '' Saiyuki'' – Shien, Demon 6 * ''

Sorcerous Stabber Orphen is a Japanese light novel series written by Yoshinobu Akita. It was adapted into manga, five anime television series (''Sorcerous Stabber Orphen'', ''Sorcerous Stabber Orphen 2: Revenge'', ''Sorcerous Stabber Orphen'' (2020), ...

'' – Majic * '' Spriggan'' – Little Boy * ''

Steel Angel Kurumi is a Japanese manga series created by Kaishaku. An anime series adaptation directed by Naohito Takahashi, animated by Oriental Light and Magic, produced by Pony Canyon with character designs by Yuriko Chiba and Yūji Ikeda and music b ...

'' – Manager, scientist, ticket taker, Tow-Tone * ''Suikoden Demon Century'' – Takatoru Sage * ''Super Atragon'' – Mikoshiba * ''

Vampire Knight is a Japanese manga series written by Matsuri Hino. It was serialized in Hakusensha's ''shōjo'' manga magazine ''LaLa'' from 2004 to 2013, with its chapters collected in nineteen ''tankōbon'' volumes. The manga series is licensed in Engli ...

'' series – Takuma Ichijo * '' Zetman'' – Purse Snatcher (Ep. 3), Kai Isono/Crab EVOL (Ep. 4)

Animation

* ''

Get Blake! ''Get Blake!'' (formerly Blake and the Aliens) is a French-American animated television series created by Antonie Guilbaud and produced by Marathon Media and Nickelodeon Productions. The show aired on both Gulli and Nickelodeon in France. Acco ...

'' – Mitch de la Cuz * '' Peter Rabbit'' – Shrew * '' Space Dogs'' – Venya

Internet Appearances

* ''

Nostalgia Critic ''Nostalgia Critic'' is an American review comedy web series created, directed by and starring web comedian Douglas "Doug" Walker. The series initially launched on YouTube on July 3, 2007, before moving to Walker's own site, That Guy with the G ...

'' - Himself

Film

* ''

NiNoKuni is a 2019 Japanese animated action fantasy film based on the video game series of the same name developed by Akihiro Hino at Level-5. The film is directed by Yoshiyuki Momose, with Akihiro Hino serving as executive producer, story and scre ...

'' - Toru Shinozaki * ''

Stand by Me Doraemon is a 2014 Japanese 3D computer-animated science fiction comedy drama film based on the '' Doraemon'' manga series and directed by Ryūichi Yagi and Takashi Yamazaki. It was released on 8 August 2014. It is the highest-grossing film of the Dor ...

'' - Hidetoshi Dekisugi * '' Stand by Me Doraemon 2'' - Hidetoshi Dekisugi

Video games

* '' Akiba's Trip: Undead & Undressed'' - Protagonist (Nanashi) * '' Ace Combat Infinity'' - Additional voices * '' Armored Core: Verdict Day'' - Various Pilots, AI * '' Ar Tonelico: Melody of Elemia'' - Jack Hamilton * '' Ar Tonelico Qoga: Knell of Ar Ciel'' - Jack Hamilton * '' Atelier Iris 2: The Azoth of Destiny'' - Felt Blanchimont * '' BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger / BlazBlue: Continuum Shift / BlazBlue: Chronophantasma'' – Arakune * '' Bleach: Shattered Blade'' – Hanataro Yamada * '' Bravely Default'' – Ringabel * '' Detective Pikachu'' - Additional voices * ''

Dynasty Warriors 7 is a hack and slash video game and the seventh official installment of the ''Dynasty Warriors'' series. It is developed by Omega Force and published by Tecmo Koei. The story is based on the 14th-century Chinese historical novel ''Romance of the ...

'' - Guan Suo * '' Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Legends'' - Guan Suo * ''

League of Legends ''League of Legends'' (''LoL''), commonly referred to as ''League'', is a 2009 multiplayer online battle arena video game developed and published by Riot Games. Inspired by '' Defense of the Ancients'', a custom map for ''Warcraft III'', ...

'' - Kled, Wukong * '' Lunar: Silver Star Harmony'' - Nall, Eiphel * '' The Bureau: XCOM Declassified'' – Agent Kinney * '' Fire Emblem Awakening'' – Excellus * '' Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise'' - Additional voices * '' Mana Khemia 2: Fall of Alchemy'' - Puni Jiro * '' Nier Gestalt'' – Tyrann, Gideon (uncredited) * '' Nier Replicant ver.1.22474487139...'' - Tyrann * '' One-Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows'' - Additional voices * '' Operation Darkness'' - Additional voices * '' Payday 2'' – Taser * '' Persona 5'' - Psychiatrist * ''

Puyo Puyo Champions ''Puyo Puyo Champions'' ( ), is a puzzle video game developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega for the Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and in 2019 for Microsoft Windows (through the Steam platform). Released in Japan under the name '' ...

'' - Maguro Sasaki * ''

Puyo Puyo Tetris is a puzzle video game developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega. The game is a crossover between the ''Puyo Puyo'' series and the ''Tetris'' franchise, and features various gameplay modes incorporating both aspects. The game includes chara ...

'' - Maguro Sasaki, Ecolo * ''

'' - Maguro Sasaki, Ecolo * '' Rune Factory Frontier'' - Erik, Danny, Kross, Gelwein, Tsubute'''' * '' Saints Row: The Third'' – Mascot, Crazed Fan * '' Samurai Warriors 3'' - Nagamasa Azai * ''

Shenmue III is a 2019 action-adventure game developed by Ys Net, published by Deep Silver for PlayStation 4, and Windows and produced by Shibuya Productions. Like the previous ''Shenmue'' games, it consists of open-world environments interspersed with b ...

'' – Additional Cast * '' Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse'' - Hunter * '' Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor Overclocked'' - Atsuro Kihara * ''

Steambot Chronicles ''Steambot Chronicles'', known in Japan as is a 2005 action role-playing game developed and published by Irem Software Engineering in Japan for the PlayStation 2. It was later published by Atlus in North America and 505 Games in PAL regions. The ...

'' – Vanilla Beans, Basil * '' Star Ocean: Second Evolution'' – Claude C. Kenny * '' Sushi Striker: The Way of Sushido'' – General Ausprey * '' World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade'' – Attumen the Huntsman, Romulo, Mekgineer Steamrigger, a Blood Elf Male, Essence of Grief * '' World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King'' – Captain Arnath * ''

Tales of Berseria is an action role-playing video game developed and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, and Microsoft Windows. It is the sixteenth main entry in the ''Tales'' series and a prequel of ''Tales of Zestiria''. ...

'' – Additional voices * '' Tales of Vesperia'' – Yeager * '' Tales of Xillia 2'' – Additional voices * '' The Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces'' - Ishitobi, Lautern Unit * ''

Xenoblade Chronicles X ''Xenoblade Chronicles X'' is a 2015 action role-playing game developed by Monolith Soft and published by Nintendo for the Wii U console. ''Xenoblade Chronicles X'' forms part of the '' Xeno'' metaseries, being a spiritual successor to ''Xenoblad ...

'' – Additional voices * '' Yggdra Union'' - Milanor * '' Yo-kai Watch 3'' - Rongo Swirll * '' Lunar: Silver Star Harmony'' - Nall

References

External links

Official websiteOfficial fansite
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