The voice acting equivalent to Benedict Cumberbatch.
"Releasing control art restrictions level 3. Level 2. Level 1. The Cromwell approval is now in effect. Hold release until target is silenced. Now... I WILL SHOW YOU HOW THE REAL CRISPIN FREEMAN DOES BATTLE!"
— Hellsing (more or less)
Rejoice, Troper. Crispin Freeman will be described here.
Crispin McDougal Freeman (born February 9, 1972 in Chicago, Illinois) is one of the more popular voice actors in the business, and, well, what can we say, the guy's got talent for characters that are Hot-Blooded or smug or a complete jerk or heroic or snarky or badass or... just about anything.
Crispin seems to be fascinated by the use of myths in anime, and regularly hosts panels at cons on the subject. He's also a fan of Hayao Miyazaki, and finally got the chance to provide a voice for the dub of Howl's Moving Castle with the (albeit minor) role of Prince Justin. He's also quite fond of Opera and actually sang some at a convention.
He seems to be cast alongside Quinton Flynn frequently, in addition to either fighting side-by-side with or harboring a personal grudge against Johnny Yong Bosch or Matthew Mercer. His sister is actress Cassidy Freeman. No relation to Lizzie Freeman or now-retired Funimation voice actor Scott Freeman.
He also has a podcast entitled Voice Acting Mastery, focusing on providing tips, tricks, and insider information on becoming a voice actor.
Due to union bylaws, Crispin stopped doing non-union voice work since 2005, but still continues to do union voice work in anime occasionally.
Has dubbed over several roles of Japan's Joji Nakata.
Also has a personal website
and a YouTube account.
GIVE TROPES A CHANCE!:
Anime
- Alan Gabriel in The Big O
- Alex Rowe in Last Exile
- Alucard in Hellsing and Hellsing Ultimate, and as part of the "Alucard Bundle" in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
- Amon in Witch Hunter Robin
- Anti-Spiral in Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (movies only, taking over from Dave Mallow)
- Bjorn Johannsen in IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix
- Brent Furlong in Sakura Wars: The Movie
- Campanella in Night on the Galactic Railroad
- Clerk Sugita in Lucky Star
- Dan Simmonds in Argento Soma
- Friede in Pokémon Horizons: The Series
- Fuuma Monou in X/1999
- Galactic Emperor in Photon: The Idiot Adventures
- Gyomei Himejima in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
- Haji, Van Argeno, and Joel Goldschmidt VI in Blood+
- Hibiki Amawa in I My Me! Strawberry Eggs
- Hideki Motosuwa in Chobits
- Holland in Eureka Seven and Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution
- Itachi Uchiha and Ebisu in Naruto
- Jack Norman in Ingress
- Jeremiah "Orange" Gottwald in Code Geass
- Joker in the Read or Die OVA series, doing a surprisingly good British accent
- Prince Justin in Howl's Moving Castle
- Kagetsu in Shamanic Princess
- Karasu in Noein
- Kirei Kotomine in the Fate Series (replacing Jamieson Price from the 2006 version)
- The Old Man of the Mountain and Jingle Abel Meunière in Fate/Grand Order - Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia
- Neco-Arc Chaos in Fate/Grand Carnival. His third Fate role shared with Joji Nakata, and fourth overall counting Alucard in Hellsing.
- Koichi Kimura in Digimon Frontier
- Kray Foresight in Promare
- Kyon in Haruhi Suzumiya and The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan
- Mario in Geneshaft
- Miyuki's father in Tokyo Godfathers
- Osamu Kirin & Kirinmaru in Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon
- Peter Ratri in The Promised Neverland
- Rou in The Seven Deadly Sins
- Shannon in Scrapped Princess
- Shizuo Heiwajima in Durarara!!
- Shuda and Sieghart in Rave Master
- Soma Schicksal in God Eater
- Spark in Record of Lodoss War
- Straight Cougar in S Cryed
- Tabool in Now and Then, Here and There
- Tenmei Uragasumi in Vandread
- Thomas H. Norstein in Digimon Data Squad
- Togusa in Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Ghost in the Shell: Innocence and Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045
- Touga Kiryuu, Akio Ohtori (episode 13), and Dios in Revolutionary Girl Utena
- Tsume in Wolf's Rain
- Tylor in Irresponsible Captain Tylor
- Wonrei and Albert in Zatch Bell!
- Zelgadis Graywords in Slayers (after the first arc)
Film
Video Games
- Achilles in Rise of the Argonauts
- Albedo and Nigredo/Gaignun in Xenosaga
- Albel Nox in Star Ocean: Till the End of Time
- Alex the Lion in some of the Madagascar video games
- Allen C. Hamilton in Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War
- Baldur in Too Human
- Balmung and Sakaki in .hack
- Bruce Irvin in Tekken (since Tekken 5)
- Charles, Closer Charles, Ray, and Straze in Epic Seven
- Delsus in Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana
- Firefly in Batman: Arkham Origins and Batman: Arkham Knight
- Jake Warren in NanoBreaker
- Gallanza in Granblue Fantasy: Relink
- Gannayev-of-Dreams in Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer
- Grimlock and Breakdown in Transformers: War for Cybertron
- Guan Yu in Dynasty Warriors 5
- Heat in Digital Devil Saga
- Hector in Castlevania: Curse of Darkness
- Helios in God of War
- Helis in Horizon Zero Dawn
- Heughes in Baten Kaitos Origins
- Winter Soldier and Colossus in Marvel Ultimate Alliance
- Iron Man in Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2
- Gorgon in Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order
- Kaito Masaharu in Judgment and Lost Judgment
- Lucas Montbarron in Dungeon Siege III
- The Male Awoken in Destiny and Destiny 2
- The Male Wizard in Diablo III
- Mark Copeland in Days Gone
- The Masked Lumen in Bayonetta 2
- Mathias Cronqvist in Castlevania: Lament of Innocence
- Overlord Zetta in Makai Kingdom
- Raphael from Phantom Brave
- Regal Bryant in Tales of Symphonia
- Rick Henderson in Hitman: Blood Money
- Setzer and Will Turner in Kingdom Hearts II
- Siegfried Schtauffen in Soul Calibur III (replaced by Roger Craig Smith afterward)
- Spartan Jerome-092 in Halo Wars
- Sundowner in Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
- Superman in Justice League Heroes
- Vindicator Maraad in World of Warcraft
- Victor Oakville in Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness
- Winston in Overwatch
- Yōko in the English localization of Onmyoji Arena
- Zeri in Valkyria Chronicles II
- Chairman Rockwell in The Outer Worlds
Western Animation
- Scott Lang/Ant-Man II in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes
- Electro in The Spectacular Spider-Man
- Fabian Menkle in Scooby-Doo! Haunted Holidays
- Doug Maheswaran in Steven Universe
- Ratar-O in ThunderCats Roar
- Maverick in Wolverine and the X-Men (2009)
- Roy Harper (Speedy/Red Arrow/Arsenal) and Guardian II in Young Justice (2010)
- Lieutenant Nolan in Star Wars: The Bad Batch
Correct your tropes!:
- Ax-Crazy: Some of his most renowned roles. For example, Alucard.
- Deadpan Snarker: Some of his roles, particularly Kyon.
- Large Ham: When push comes to shove (i.e. the director tells him to), he can pull it off very well. Case in point: Orange.
- Man of a Thousand Voices: Ax-Crazy psychopaths, brooding young men, badasses, Large Hams, Badass Normals... this man can do all of them and more. Just check out his demo reel.
- Pigeonholed Voice Actor: At the start of his career, he was often cast as young and handsome men in anime. After joining the union, he branched out into a wider variety of roles.
- Playing Against Type:
- Compared to his more well-known roles, Sundowner has a higher-pitched, raspier voice, and a deep southern accent.
- He uses the same voice above for Firefly, only without the accent.
- His role in Justice League Heroes was freakin' Superman.
- In Chobits, he plays the main character, an Accidental Pervert and Unlucky Everydude.
- In Steven Universe he plays Doug Maheswaran, Connie's somewhat dorky but caring father.
- Promoted Fanboy:
- The man's a big anime nerd and a fan of Hayao Miyazaki, and was able to score a small role in Howl's Moving Castle.
- He's also a fan of Gargoyles and got to work with series creator Greg Weisman on The Spectacular Spider-Man and Young Justice (2010).
- Star-Making Role: As Zelgadis Graywords in Slayers and Alucard in Hellsing (the latter as a California-based voice actor).
- What Could Have Been: He was nearly Archernote , Kaminanote , Sephirothnote , and Vincent Volajunote .
There is NO next time! I will make your life a living hell right now with these tropes! DON'T GET IN MY WAY AND OFFER THY HEADS!!
