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Wendel Luís Bezerra da Silva (born June 18, 1974 in São Paulo, Brazil) is a Brazilian voice actor, voice director and narrator. Best known as the official voice of Spongebob and Goku in Brazil, he's made a wide career in dubbing, he's started at the age of eight in a minor role for the Brazilian dub of the Mexican soap opera El Maleficio and the male protagonist of Small Wonder. Two of his siblings, Ulysses and Úrsula Bezerra, also became prominent voice actors (Úrsula even voiced Kid Goku).
In 2011, after Studio Álamo was shut down, he and his brother Ulysses founded a studio of their own, UniDub, where Dragon Ball and SpongeBob SquarePants are currently dubbed into Portuguese (both of which have the main characters voiced by Wendel, of course).
He was married to Brazilian voice actress Angélica Santos, and their son Enzo also became a child voice actor like his parents.
Has a Youtube Channel
, where he lists trivia about the Brazilian voice acting and dubbing industry and interviews prominent dubbing veterans.
Wendel's roles
Anime
- Cowboy Bebop: Roco Bonnaro
- Dragon Ball: Goku
- Jojos Bizarre Adventure: Jonathan Joestar
- Naruto: Pain
- One Piece: Sanji, Merry
Film
As the VA for Robert Pattinson- The Twilight Saga: Edward Cullen (until Eclipse)
- Water for Elephants: Jacob Jankowski
- The King: The Dauphin
- The Lighthouse: Ephraim Winslow
- Tenet: Neil
- The Batman: Bruce Wayne/Batman
Other Roles
- Stand by Me: Teddy Duchamp (Corey Feldman, first dub)
- Lord of the Rings: Samwise "Sam" Gamgee (Sean Astin)
- Piranha 3D: Derrick Jones (Jerry O'Connell)
- Sonic the Hedgehog (2020): Agent Stone (Lee Majdoub)
Live-Action TV
- Small Wonder: Jamie Lawson (Jerry Supiran)
- The Wonder Years: Wayne Arnold (Jason Hervey)
- Breaking Bad: Brandon "Badger" Mayhew (Matt Stone)
- Cake Boss: Bartolo "Buddy" Valastro
- Elite: Cruz Carvalho (Carlotto Cotta)
- Game of Thrones: Ramsay Bolton (Iwan Rheon, Season 6)
- Glee: Dakota Stanley (Whit Hertford)
- Man vs. Wild: Bear Grylls
- Married... with Children: Bud Bunty (David Faustino, second voice)
- Revenge: Tyler Barrol (Ashton Holmes, Dublavídeo dub) and Eli James (Collins Pennie, TV Group Digital dub)
Western Animation
- American Dad!: Steve Smith
- The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!: The Cat in the Hat
- Chaotic: Peyton Touher
- Gravity Falls: Lil Gideon Gleeful
- Jackie Chan Adventures: Jackie Chan
- Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil: Gunther
- My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic: Shining Armor, Flam
- The Spectacular Spider-Man: Flash Thompson
- SpongeBob SquarePants: SpongeBob
- Invader Zim: GIR
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012): Donatello
Tropes that apply to Wendel Bezerra:
- Ink-Suit Actor: More than a few fans have noted how he shares a fair resemblance with Buddy Valastro.
- Man of a Thousand Voices: His two best known roles are Goku (starting with Dragon Ball Z) and SpongeBob SquarePants, which should be a great indicative. Once he was asked about "how would you do a woman's voice", he answered that he had voiced crossdressing people, using either a low, almost whispered tone, or a yelled and exaggerated one. Also, most would hardly recognise him as both Goku and Spongebob before he became more famous. He can also use a low-pitched voice for a male character, like Bruce Wayne/Batman in The Batman (2022), keeping the tradition of having Batman's voice being deeper than Bruce's.
- Nice Guy: He's often typecast as these and is definitely one in real life.
- Typecasting: While he's played a wide variety of types, his voice is mostly associated with goofy, heroic Nice Guys such as Spongebob, Goku and Jackie Chan in the animated series.
