Neil Kaplan
Neil Charles Kaplan is an American voice actor, audiobook narrator, entertainer, and comedian. His most well known voice roles are Hawkmon from Digimon, GenryΕ«sai Shigekuni Yamamoto from Bleach, Emperor Zarkon from Voltron: Legendary Defender and Madara Uchiha from Naruto.
Biography
Kaplan got his start as a comedian doing impressions of presidents such as Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon. He also impersonated a little-known journalist at the time, Dan Rather. He then started work on video games, including several Star Wars titles. From there he went on to do such shows as Power Rangers, Digimon: Digital Monsters and Transformers: Robots in Disguise. He was once a contestant on the game show Street Smarts. On that appearance, he showed off some of his other impressions, including one of Gilbert Gottfried. He was a guest to the Power Morphicon in June 2007 and August 2010, to Armageddon in October 2007, and to AVCon: Adelaide's Anime & Video Games Festival in July 2018. He also created the television series The Way it WASN'T! and the graphic novel I, of the Wolf. He voices Captain Fort Worth in the adult video game BoneCraft.Filmography
Films
Digimon: The Movie β Twin Boy 1, Computer Voice 2, Professor, Hawkmon, HalsemonDigimon Adventure 02: The Beginning as HawkmonDigimon Adventure: Our War Game! - Professor, Little Boy 2CDigimon Adventure 02: Digimon Hurricane Touchdown!! / Transcendent Evolution! The Golden Digimentals - Hawkmon, HalsemonDragon Quest: Your Story β Dr. Agon, Zenith Dragon- Ghost Cat Anzu β Old Man MushroomMuhammad: The Last Prophet β 'Amr ibn al-'As, The SpyThe Happy Cricket β Toad #1The Little Polar Bear β BertPromare β Vulcan Haestus
Video games
Baten Kaitos Origins β Wiseman/Verus WisemanBioShock Infinite β Thursday Warren, John Hammond, Ezekiel PriceBoneCraft β Captain Fort WorthCartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion β Grim, Johnny Bravo, HimConan β Bone CleaverConan Exiles - Nunu the Cannibal, Additional VoicesDestiny 2 β Dominus Ghaul- DreamWorks Voltron VR Chronicles β Emperor ZarkonFallout 76 β Biv, Derrick Taylor, Dr. Emerson Hale, Hubert, Lev, Marcus, Intercom, Raiders, Blood EaglesFinal Fantasy XIII β Cocoon InhabitantsFinal Fantasy XIII-2 β Additional VoicesFinal Fantasy XV β Additional voicesGears of War 3 β Stranded Crew #7Guild Wars 2 β Various Charr and Norn NPCs, Edrick ThornHearthstone β CenariusHeroes of the Storm β TychusHonkai: Star Rail - Duke InfernoInfamous First Light β Additional VoicesJustice League Heroes β Gorilla GroddLeague of Legends β Aurelion SolLightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII β Additional VoicesMarvel Heroes β Sabretooth, VenomMiddle-earth: Shadow of Mordor β Nemesis Orcs, HumansNaruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 β Obito Uchiha, Madara UchihaNaruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 β Madara Uchiha, Obito Uchiha Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations β Madara UchihaNaruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution β Madara Uchiha, Obito Uchiha Ninja Gaiden II β Genshin
- Omega Strikers - Drek'arRed Dead Redemption 2 β The Local Pedestrian PopulationSkylanders: Giants β Batterson, HattersonSkylanders: Spyro's Adventure β Nort, Weapon MasterSkylanders: Trap Team β Batterson, HattersonSpider-Man 3 β Kraven the HunterSpider-Man: Battle for New York β Norman Osborn / Green GoblinStar Wars: The Old Republic β SkadgeStarCraft II: Wings of Liberty β Tychus Findlay, Reaper, VultureStarCraft II: Legacy of the Void - HercTell Me Why β Tom Vecchi / Alexander Kershwin The Last of Us β Additional VoicesTransformers: Revenge of the Fallen β Long HaulWarhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution β Ork NobWorld of Warcraft: Cataclysm β CenariusWorld of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor β Additional Voices