Ben Hiura

Ben Hiura (樋浦勉, Hiura Ben, born Tsutomu Hiura (樋浦勉, Hiura Tsutomu), January 25, 1943) is a Japanese actor and voice actor affiliated with the Seinenza Theater Company. He is the Official Japanese dub-over voice artist for Robin Williams.

Roles

Television animation

• Master Keaton (Kendoru)
• Shin Lupin III (Gabotto, Bakki)
• Submarine 707R (Captain Yōhei Hayami)

Theater animation

• Cars (Ramone)
• The Lion King (Banzai)
• Toy Story 2 (Al McWhiggin)

Video games

• Kingdom Hearts II (Banzai)

Dubbing roles

• Alien (Director's cut DVD) (Brett)
• Awakenings (Doctor Sayer)
• Batman Returns (Video and DVD editions) (Oswald Cobblepot/The Penguin)
• Beverly Hills Cop II (Maxwell Dent)
• Close Encounters of the Third Kind (TV edition) (Roy Neary)
• Death Becomes Her (TV edition) (Ernest Menville)
• Die Hard (DVD edition) (John McClane)
• Die Hard 2 (DVD edition) (John McClane)
• Die Hard with a Vengeance (DVD edition) (John McClane)
• Eraser (TV edition) (Johnny Casteleone)
• Forrest Gump (Nippon TV edition) (Lieutenant Dan Taylor)
• Ghost Ship (Captain Sean Murphy)
• The Goodbye Girl (Elliot Garfield)
• Hart's War (Colonel William A. McNamara)
• The Haunted Mansion (Ezra)
• Home Alone (TV Asahi edition) (Harry Lime)
• Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (TV Asahi edition) (Harry Lime)
• Insomnia (DVD edition) (Will Dormer)
• Jaws (Nippon TV edition) (Matt Hooper)
• Kung Fu Hustle (The Landlord of the Pig Sty Alley)
• The Last Boy Scout (Video, DVD and Nippon TV editions) (Joe Hallenbeck)
• Lethal Weapon 2 (TV Asahi edition) (Leo Getz)
• Live Free or Die Hard (DVD edition) (John McClane)
• The Matrix (TV edition) (Cypher)
• Midnight Run (Video and DVD edition) (Jack Walsh)
• Mission: Impossible (Video and DVD edition) (Eugene Kittridge)
• Predator 2 (TV edition) (Special Agent Peter Keyes)
• Raiders of the Lost Ark (Video and DVD editions) (Arnold Toht)
• Rambo: First Blood Part II (Fuji TV edition) (Marshall Murdock)
• The Return of the Living Dead (Nippon TV edition)(Freddy)
• Return of the Living Dead Part II(Nippon TV edition) (Joey)
• Scarface (Tony Montana)
• Sin City (John Hartigan
• Stand by Me (TV edition) (Adult Gordie Lachance)
• Total Recall (second dub) (Benny)
• True Lies (Video, laserdisc and DVD editions) (Salim Abu Aziz)
• 12 Monkeys (DVD edition) (James Cole)

External links

• Ultra Series actor directory: Ben Hiura
• Seinenza profile
• Ben Hiura at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia