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Need a good voice for a [[Jerkass]]? Hire this guy.
 
[[Troy Baker]] is a voice actor from Texas whose forte seems to be playing [[Zero-Percent0% Approval Rating|assholes]], be they heroic or villainous. On the other hand, though, he's also good at playing [[Plucky Comic Relief|comedic]] characters, even though some of them [[Obfuscating Stupidity|just might end up being the former when provoked]].
 
Recently he has been doing voiceover work in California and with this change his forte has switched to playing [[Magnificent Bastard|Magnificent Bastards]]. If he voices a character like this, expect a character voiced by [[Johnny Yong Bosch]] to oppose him. Also seems to like playing a [[Fake Brit]], generally either the [[Evil Brit]] or [[The Mean Brit]] <ref>Kazkis Proxy and Schneizel have that [[Ambiguously Gay]] [[Evil Brit]] thing going for them; November 11 and Excalibur are actually supposed to be British and have aspects of [[The Mean Brit]].</ref>
 
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=== {{examples|Notable roles from [[Troy Baker]] ===}}
* Terrance Brooke, as well as additional voices, in ''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops (Video Game)|Call of Duty Black Ops]]''
* Lt. Col. Frank Archer in ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (Animeanime)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]''
** {{spoiler|The second Greed}} in ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (Mangamanga)|Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood]]''
* Schneizel el Britannia in ''[[Code Geass (Anime)|Code Geass]]''
* Sol Badguy in ''[[Guilty Gear]] 2: Overture''
* Jin Kariya in ''[[Bleach]]''
** He was also Ganryu in [[The Movie]] ''Bleach: Memories of Nobody''.
* Action Bastard in ''[[ShinCrayon ChanShin-chan]]''
* Abel Nightroad in ''[[Trinity Blood]]'' (Who is [[Playing Against Type|the nicest guy in the world]])
* Kouga Gennosuke in [[Basilisk]]
* Yuri Lowell in ''[[Tales of Vesperia]]''
** [[Playing Against Type|Regal Bryant]] in ''[[Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World]]'' (uncredited)
* Kanji Tatsumi in ''[[Persona 4]]''
** Eikichi 'Michel' Mishina in ''[[Persona 2]]''
* November 11 in ''[[Darker Thanthan Black]]''
* Excalibur in ''[[Soul Eater]]''
* [[Playing Against Type|Snow]] [[The Hero|Vill]][[The Idealist|iers]] in ''[[Final Fantasy XIII]]''
* Zuuma in ''[[Slayers]] Revolution''
* Yun in ''[[Mana -Khemia 2: Fall of Alchemy]]''
* Akatsuki Kain in ''[[Vampire Knight]]''
* Van Kleiss and Biowulf in ''[[Generator Rex]]''
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* Yamato and Pain in ''[[Naruto]]''
* Random Army Rangers in ''[[Modern Warfare 2]]''
* [[Badass Bookworm|Jet]][[Defector From Decadence|fire]] in ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron]]'', ''really'' playing against type; he was also Zeta Prime.
* [[Incredible Hulk (Comic Book)|Makoto]] [[Shout-Out|Kawazu]] in ''[[Desert Punk]]''
* Mitsunari Ishida in ''[[Sengoku Basara]]: Samurai Heroes''
* Espio the Chameleon in ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' (2010-current)
* Vincent Brooks in ''[[Catherine]]''
* Logan Thackeray in ''[[Guild Wars 2]]''
* Two-Face and Robin in ''[[Batman: Arkham City]]''
* Booker DeWitt in ''[[Bio Shock Infinite (Video Game)|Bio ShockBioShock Infinite]]''
* Alec Mason in ''[[Red Faction]]: Guerilla''
* One of the voices for The Boss in ''[[Saints Row]] 3''
* [[The Danza|Appropriately]], as Sgt. Matt Baker in ''[[Brothers in Arms]]''
* Lord Valvatorez in ''[[Disgaea 4: a Promise Unforgotten (Video Game)|Disgaea 4 aA Promise Unforgotten]]'', where he really [[Large Ham|puts those chords to good use.]]
* James in the Xbox 360/PS3 version of ''[[Silent Hill 2]]''
* [[Nova (Comic Book)|Nova]] in ''Ultimate [[Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (Video Game)|Marvel vs. Capcom 3]]''
* Zenith in ''[[Star WarstheWars: The Old Republic]]''
* Whirlwind, Clay Quartermain, Grey Gargoyle, Blizzard, Ulik, Faradei, Groot, and Michael Korvac in ''[[The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes (Animation)|Avengers Earths Mightiest Heroes]]''
* [[Dirty Coward|Kai]] [[Complete Monster|Leng]] in ''[[Mass Effect 3 (Video Game)|Mass Effect 3]]''
* Siris in ''[[Infinity Blade]]''
* Pyrrhon, and Arlon in ''[[Kid Icarus: Uprising]]''
* Migrant AC, Zodiac #3 and the second computer voice in ''[[Armored Core (Video Game)|Armored Core]] 5''
* Joel in ''[[The Last of Us]]''
 
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=== Tropes Associated With Troy Baker ===
* [[Adorkable]]
* [[Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny]]
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* [[Evil Sounds Deep]]: Whenever he plays a villain, expect them to have a deep voice.
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: Lately with writer/musician Brian Foster Kane.
* [[Large Ham]]: [[Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten|Hammy? HAMMY?! I prefer the term sardiny]].
* [[Man of a Thousand Voices]]: As expected from a veteran Funimation voice actor residing in LA.
* [[Mean Character, Nice Actor]]
* [[Nerds Are Sexy]]
* [[Nice Hat]]
* [[Older Than They Look]]: He's 35, but his appearance would have you believe otherwise.
* [[One of Us]]: A few days after this [[TV Tropes]] page was posted on Troy's official Facebook fanpage, he mentioned at a convention the similarities between Ganryu and Kariya, and his PTSD whenever he sees [[Johnny Yong Bosch]]. Coincidence?
* [[Playing Against Type]]: [[Camp Gay|Shadow]] [[Persona 4|Kanji]]. Actual YouTube comment: "Why, Troy Baker, why?"
** If flamboyance could count as against type, then [[Persona 2|Eikichi]] probably qualifies too.
** His performance as [[The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes (Animation)|Michael Korvac]] seems to draw mostly from feelings of paranoia and fear.
** [[Final Fantasy XIII|Snow]] [[Final Fantasy XIII -2|Villiers]] is a famous example.
* [[Promoted Fanboy]]
* [[Self-Deprecation]]
* [[Shout-Out]]: If you meet him at a convention, ask him for one of these. [[Literal -Minded|Dare you.]] [[The Scream|Double dare you.]]
* [[Surreal Humor]]: That, or he's a bona fide [[Cloudcuckoolander]].
 
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Latest revision as of 15:25, 19 November 2016

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Need a good voice for a Jerkass? Hire this guy.

Troy Baker is a voice actor from Texas whose forte seems to be playing assholes, be they heroic or villainous. On the other hand, though, he's also good at playing comedic characters, even though some of them just might end up being the former when provoked.

Recently he has been doing voiceover work in California and with this change his forte has switched to playing Magnificent Bastards. If he voices a character like this, expect a character voiced by Johnny Yong Bosch to oppose him. Also seems to like playing a Fake Brit, generally either the Evil Brit or The Mean Brit [1]

Notable roles from Troy Baker
Troy Baker provides examples of the following tropes:
  1. ↑ Kazkis Proxy and Schneizel have that Ambiguously Gay Evil Brit thing going for them; November 11 and Excalibur are actually supposed to be British and have aspects of The Mean Brit.
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