Chris Patton is an American voice actor who has worked on a number of English-language versions of Japanese

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series that have been dubbed by

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, and Sentai Filmworks. Some of his major roles at ADV include

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in '' Full Metal Panic!'', Ikki Minami in ''

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'', Ayato Kamina in ''

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in '' Princess Tutu'', Hajime Aoyama in ''

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'', and Tatsuhiro Sato in '' Welcome to the N.H.K.''. At Funimation, he voiced Greed in '' Fullmetal Alchemist'',

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in '' Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might'', Graham Specter in '' Baccano!'', Manabu Yuuki in ''

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'', Creed Diskenth in ''

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in '' Soul Eater'', and Agito in '' Origin: Spirits of the Past''. With Sentai, he voiced Keima Katsuragi in '' The World God Only Knows''.

Personal life

Patton was born in

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. He moved to

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, in 2013, and occasionally flew back to Houston to perform some roles for anime. He moved back to Houston in 2015 and would eventually move to Los Angeles in 2018. Patton is gay, having come out publicly during an interview in 2013.

Personal life

Filmography

Anime

Film

Live-action

Video games

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