Crispin Freeman



" Itachi Sasuke's Brother: Hey, Sasuke. You wanna know why you'll never defeat me? Because my voice is much sexier than yours."

- Naruto the Abridged Comedy Spoof Series Show

""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!!!""

Crispin Freeman 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. He is a lover, not a fighter, and looks amazing in chaps.

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 Howls Moving Castle with the (albeit minor) role of Prince Justin. He's also quite fond of opera music, and actually sang once at a convention.

His most memetically popular moment is probably his discussion about Hentai, where he referred to a painting called "The Fisherman's Wife" which involves Naughty Tentacles.

He also 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.

Also has a Twitter account and a YouTube account.

Not to be confused with any other Freeman on this wiki.

Notable roles by Crispin Freeman:

 * Alucard in Hellsing (so fabulous that people preferred HIS version over Joji Nakata's. One of the first phenomenons of Superlative Dubbing)
 * Zelgadis Graywords in Slayers (after the first arc)
 * Jeremiah "Orange" Gottwald in Code Geass (TAKE THIS! THE STORM OF MY LOYALTY!!!)
 * Kyon in Haruhi Suzumiya
 * Itachi Uchiha and Ebisu in Naruto
 * Balmung and Sakaki in .hack ("This shindig looks like the bomb-diggity.")
 * Rick Henderson in Hitman: Blood Money
 * Hector and Mathias Cronqvist in Castlevania
 * Siegfried Schtauffen in Soul Calibur 3 (replaced by Roger Craig Smith afterward)
 * Bruce Irving in Tekken
 * Albel Nox in Star Ocean: Till the End of Time
 * Karasu in Noein. Also,.
 * Togusa in Ghost in The Shell Stand Alone Complex
 * Tsume in Wolfs Rain
 * Alex Rowe in Last Exile
 * Holland in Eureka Seven
 * Haji, Van Argeno, and Joel Goldschmidt VI in Blood Plus.
 * Joker in the Read or Die OVA series, doing a surprisingly good English accent
 * Mario in Geneshaft
 * Amon in Witch Hunter Robin
 * Hideki in Chobits
 * Tylor in Irresponsible Captain Tylor
 * Touga in Revolutionary Girl Utena
 * Shannon in Scrapped Princess
 * Koichi Kimura in Digimon Frontier
 * Thomas H. Norstein in Digimon Data Squad
 * Rude in Advent Children.
 * Gannayev in Mask of the Betrayer
 * Overlord Zetta in Makai Kingdom
 * Kagetsu in Shamanic Princess
 * Alan Gabriel in The Big O (second season only)
 * Albedo and Nigredo/Gaignun in Xenosaga
 * Heat in Digital Devil Saga
 * Electro in The Spectacular Spider-Man
 * Wonrei and Albert in Zatch Bell
 * Regal Bryant in Tales of Symphonia
 * Hibiki Amawa in I My Me! Strawberry Eggs
 * Straight Cougar in Scryed
 * Tenmei Uragasumi in Vandread
 * Iron Man in Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2
 * Prince Justin in Howls Moving Castle
 * Clerk Sugita in Lucky Star
 * Tabool in Now and Then Here and There
 * Bjorn Johannsen in IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix
 * Spark in Record of Lodoss War
 * Helios in God of War. He's surprisingly cool about getting his head ripped off.
 * Guan Yu in Dynasty Warriors 5. (ROAR, BLUE DRAGON!!)
 * Grimlock and Breakdown in Transformers: War for Cybertron
 * Shizuo in Durarara!!, much to the fandom's delight
 * Setzer and Will Turner in Kingdom Hearts II
 * Roy Harper (Speedy / Red Arrow) in Young Justice
 * Zeri in Valkyria Chronicles II
 * Fuuma Monou in X/1999
 * Campanella in Night on the Galactic Railroad
 * Maverick in Wolverine and the X-Men
 * Lucas Montbarron in Dungeon Siege III
 * Raphael from Phantom Brave
 * Ant-Man II in Avengers Earths Mightiest Heroes
 * Gannayev-of-Dreams in Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer
 * The Male Wizard in Diablo III

Tropes for Crispin Freeman:

 * Ax Crazy: Some of his most renowned roles such as Alucard and Alan Gabriel.
 * Somewhat subverted with Alucard as he isn't crazy per se, just really sadistic.
 * His work as Albedo deserves mention as well.
 * The Other Wiki has a statement from him saying he enjoys roles like Master Alucard and Albedo.
 * Badass: Many of his roles are often deemed that.
 * Badass Baritone: He's made a career out of it.
 * Bishonen: Has not only voiced them, but is also considered one.
 * Older Than They Look: Despite being 40, he's still got a legion of fans.
 * Deadpan Snarker: some of his roles, particularly Kyon.
 * Even the Guys Want Him: Occasionally jokes around with this.
 * Genre Savvy: In an interview about God of War III, he responds that having played the first game, he knows that his role is essentially "Not Kratos", and is well aware that his character's fate is to die a grisly death (as pictured in Fantastic Light Source).
 * I Knew It!: He called the revelation that Itachi  within minutes of learning about the character. He relates the story here, at 24:10.
 * Kindhearted Cat Lover: You can't deny it after this. Kyon also has a cat, but he doesn't really care for Shamisen as much as his sister.
 * Large Ham: When push comes to shove (I.E. The director tells him to), he can be the Largest and the Hamiest of them all.
 * A prime example is Jeremiah Gottwald. As you can see here, when Freeman becomes a ham, he doesn't just chew the scenery. He completely devours it!
 * "No. Just... No" Reaction: After reading an email in which a fan assumed he had experience with incest (details here) and asked for advice, Freeman was creeped out and left his computer for a few minutes.
 * One of Us: In addition to being a mythology scholar, he's also an anime fan in his own right. In fact, he frequently gives presentations and attends seminars on the subject.
 * He has a Twitter account, and a very active one. He used it to type an update that read "Guess what I'm dubbing today?", along with a photo of a television screen showing Kyon in a winter outfit!
 * Pigeonholed Voice Actor: In recent years the guy was getting seriously typecast in voicing brooding young men, but that all changed when Code Geass started airing, and he started voicing Memetic Badasses again.
 * He has also recently been dubbing roles originally done by Tomokazu Sugita.
 * In voicing Kyon he opened up a whole new career in voicing Deadpan Snarkers.
 * He also voiced Captain Tylor, who sounds and acts nothing like any of his other characters, (Yes, even Hideki!) which should give you some idea of his range
 * The ultimate testament to his range is when he voices Myron Reducto in the Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law game where he does an amazing impression of Stephen Colbert.
 * Man of a Thousand Voices: though not many people realize it, he does have a large vocal range that is comparable to Steve Blum.
 * Renaissance Man: Crispin Freeman (DEEP BREATH)... can do live theater, voice act in all areas of the media, teach mythology, teach anime compared to Western Animation, direct, and write. Fans may exaggerate his versitility.
 * Took a Level In Badass: Back around the time that he was in series such as Angel Sanctuary, people cringed at hearing he would be in a dub. Whether this was him, or him just being miscast, once he got dropped on characters that allowed him to go full-bore Large Ham, there was no looking back.
 * Unions in Hollywood: According to Word of God, he can only work in union shops contracted to SAG and AFTRA. This makes it difficult for him to reprise some of his older roles in anime and video games where they are considered non-union by either one of them or both. To elaborate, his roles in Tales of Symphonia and Phantom Brave were replaced with a different voice actor in the sequel and remake respectively because these projects were considered non-union prior to joining a union.
 * Luckily, FUNimation (which happens to be non-union because they are headquartered in Texas ) was kind enough to outsource the Slayers Revolution and Hellsing dubs to him, instead.
 * What Could Have Been: He was NOT cast in the role of Kamina in Gurren Lagann. He'd have also made a PERFECT Archer.
 * He was also very nearly Sephiroth.