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