Steve Kramer (actor)

Steve Kramer
Steve Kramer
Other names	Steve Kraemer; Steven Kramer; Drew Levi Thomas; Drew Lexi Thomas; Drew Thomas;
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1972–present
Spouse	Melora Harte

Steve Kramer is an American actor who has provided voices for English language versions of Japanese anime films, television series and video games. He has also done voice acting for various Power Rangers series in the past, with the best-known of those roles being the voice of Darkonda in Power Rangers in Space. His wife, Melora Harte, is a voice actress. Kramer has also been credited as Steve Kraemer, Steven Kramer, Drew Levi Thomas, Drew Lexi Thomas, and Drew Thomas. Kramer is usually cast in the role of wise old men. He is also a voice director and script writer, adapting many anime and video games.

Notable roles

Anime

3x3 Eyes – Frog Demon, Mama
The Adventures of Manxmouse – Mr. Pettin/Ethan/Truck Driver/Radio Announcer
Accel World – Match Maker
Aesop's Fables – The Grasshopper
Ah! My Goddess: The Movie – Various
Akira – Roy (Streamline dub), additional voices (Animaze dub)
Apocalypse Zero – Zenigata
Appleseed – Commander Lance
Arc the Lad – Chimera, Operative, Soldier
Argento Soma – FUNERAL Board
Around the World with Willy Fog – Constable Bully
Ayakashi Ayashi: Ayashi Divine Comedy – Yozo Torii
Babel II – Babel
Babel II: Beyond Infinity – Murai, Old Monk, UN Soldier
Bakuto Sengen Daigunder – Despector
Berserk: The Golden Age Arc – Lord Gennon
The Big O – Bonnie Frazier
Bleach – Shunsui Kyōraku, Barragan Luisenbarn
Bleach: Fade to Black – Shunsui Kyoraku
Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War – Shunsui Kyoraku
Bleach: Hell Verse – Murakumo
Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo – Gechappi, Gasser's Neckbelt, Lead Battleship Special Forces Member, Lapalapa, General Lee Fishcake
Blue Dragon – Talta Village Elder
Button Nose – Benny, Bernie
Carried by the Wind: Tsukikage Ran – Benitsubaki Clansman, Official, Restaurant Owner, Scam Victim
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion – Priest (Ep. 13)
Coppelion – Kunikida
Cowboy Bebop – Carlos, Huey, Otto, Whitney Matsumoto
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie – Carlos
Crimson Wolf – Shinoda, Genghis Khan, Assassin
Cyborg 009 – Cyborg 006 (Chang Changku)
Daigunder – Despector
Detatoko Princess – Fitness Brother, Mayor
Digimon Adventure – Vilemon
Digimon Adventure 02 – Starmon
Digimon Data Squad – Rocky, Vilemon
Digimon Tamers – Baihumon
Digimon Frontier – Cerberumon, Starmon 1, Meteormon 1
Digimon Fusion – Shurimon (Ep. 23–24), Wisemon (Season 2)
Dirty Pair: Project Eden – Wattsman (Streamline dub)
Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds – Pip Squeak
Doomed Megalopolis – Kuroda
Early Reins – Col. Spencer
Eureka 7 – Axel Thurston
éX-Driver – Businessman, Dad, Driver
Fake – Berkeley Rose, Ted
Fighting Spirit – Mr. Yasuda
Figure 17 – Isamu Kuroda
FLCL – Nanadaba Shigekuni, Train Announcer, Martians Baseball Player
Fushigi Yūgi – Mayo's Father (Eikoden), Seiryu Seiken
Freedom – Chimpster
Gad Guard – Attorney, Bartender, Gang Member 1, Man in Casino 1, Morro, Officer 1, Shopkeeper, Stallkeeper
Gate Keepers – Rescue Worker
Geneshaft – Chata, Ewers
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex – Churnow,
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd Gig – Chairman Tsutomo Tadokoro
Ghost Slayers Ayashi – Yozo Torii, Ryudo's Employee, Vassal
Great Pretender - Shougo Nakanoshima
Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics – Wolf (Little Red Riding Hood)
Gungrave – Randy
.hack//Legend of the Twilight – Hot Spring Granny
Heat Guy J – Mauro (2nd Voice "after the death of Anthony Mozdy")
Idol Project – Ivie
Immortal Grand Prix (microseries) – Dimmer
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure – Dario Brando
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable – Yoshihiro Kira
Jungle de Ikou! – Ahem
Kaze no Yojimbo – Detective Saeki
Kiki's Delivery Service – Cop, Street Sweeper, additional voices (Streamline dub)
Kurokami: The Animation – Bernhardt
Kyo Kara Maoh! – Alford's Father, Bob, Heathcrife, Pirate, Shas, T-Zou
Last Exile – Claimh-Solais Crewman, Fuel Attendant #1, Vanship Union Operator #1
Leave it to Piyoko! – BGG Gang Member B, Horse, Robot
Lensman – Worsel
Lily C.A.T. – Dular
A Little Snow Fairy Sugar – Henry, Lancelot the Turtle, Luchino
Lu over the Wall - Grandfather
Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro – Goemon Ishikawa XIII (Streamline release)
Lupin III Part 1 - Lupin the Second
Magi: The Kingdom of Magic – Matal Mogamett
Mahoromatic: Something More Beautiful – Chocolate Chef, Delivery Man, Green Grocer, Management Leader/Oda Nobunaga, Street Thug 2
Maple Town – Wilde Wolf
MÄR: Märchen Awakens Romance – Gaira
March Comes In like a Lion - Shoichi Matsunaga
Mars Daybreak – EF Helmsman
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya – Shamisen
Mirage of Blaze – Nue, Teacher, Shingen Takeda
Mobile Suit Gundam F91 – Bobulz, Gillet Krueger
Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team – Terry Sanders Jr.
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Movie Trilogy – Tem Ray, Twaning
Monster – Dr. Heinemann
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit – Master Star Reader, Taga
Mushrambo – Katris
My Neighbor Totoro – Old Farmer, Kanta's Father (Streamline dub)
My Oni Girl – Naoya Yamashita
The Secret of Blue Water – Hanson (Streamline dub)
Naruto – Third Hokage, Fish Seller
Naruto Shippuden – Third Hokage
Neo Tokyo – Driver
New Getter Robo – Tsuna Watanabe
New Gigantor – Inspector Ohtsuka
Nightwalker – Director
Ninja Cadets – Yukinobu
Nodame Cantabile – Hidemi Saku, Sebastiano Viera, Takehiko Miyoshi, Tatsumi Mine
Noein – Takuya Mayuzumi, Isuka, The Time Drifter
Noozles – Osgood
Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan – Hebidayu, Professor Adashibara
Otogi Zoshi – Regent, Tetsu
Outlaw Star – Hadul
Overman King Gainer – Pelhar
Patlabor WXIII – Boat Captain, Detective, Engineer, Labor Technician, Police Officer, Security Guard, Yoshitake Misaki
Phoenix – Kadan, Officer, Tsume Otoko (Sun Chapter)
Pokémon: Hisuian Snow – Alec's father^[1]
Robotech – Angelo Dante
Rurouni Kenshin – Dr. Gensai, Police Officer (Ep. 33), Jirokichi Ebisu, Shakku Arai (Ep. 40), Shibumi
Sailor Moon – Wiseman (Viz Media dub)
Sailor Moon Crystal – Wiseman
Saint Tail – Little
Saiyuki Gunlock – Demon, Jiroshin, Priest, Servant
Saiyuki Reload – Demon, Jiroshin, Servant, Tech
Sakura Wars: The Movie – Musei Edogawa
Samurai Champloo – Kariya Kagetoki
Scrapped Princess – Old Man
S-CRY-ed – Ayu Dairen
Shinzo – Katris, Hyper Chiro, Panda
Sol Bianca: The Legacy – Manager
Space Pirate Captain Harlock – Crewmember, Bar Patron, Prime Minister, additional voices
Sword Gai: The Animation - Shogun
Tenchi Muyo! GXP – King Balta
Tenjho Tenge – Dougen Takayanagi
Transformers: Robots in Disguise – Cerebros, R.E.V.
Urda – Baltram
Vampire Hunter D – Dr. Fehring
When They Cry – Teppei Hojo, Tatsuyoshi Kasai
Wicked City – Jin
Wild Arms: Twilight Venom – Dr. Sabriskie
Witch Hunter Robin – Syndicate Gunman #3, Thug
Wolf's Rain – Moss
X – Scientist
Ys II: Castle in the Heavens – Feiya Rall^[1]

Non-anime roles

The Animated Alias: Tribunal – Rudolph Gaborno
Bling – Zang
Computer Warriors – Minus
Fly Me to the Moon – Leonid
Little Big Panda - Additional voices
The Happy Cricket – General
Iznogoud – Iznogoud and various
Jin Jin and the Panda Patrol – Dr. Maniac
Katy and the Katerpillar Kids - Graco Hawk
Little Mouse on the Prairie – Grandpa, B.C.
The Little Polar Bear – Seagull #1
The Return of Dogtanian – Pip
Stitch & Ai – Additional voices
Walter Melon – Additional voices
Wisdom of the Gnomes – Holler
The Wuzzles – Additional voices

Live action roles

Adventures in Voice Acting – Himself
Babe: Pig in the City – Additional voices
Big Bad Beetleborgs – Mucant (voice)
CSI: NY – Administrative Judge
Dallas
Dante's Cove – Kevin's Stepfather
Desperate Housewives – Detective Hewitt
Drake & Josh – Stan the Car Man
End of Days – Businessman
ER – Pediatric Surgeon
Everybody Hates Chris – Superintendent
Falcon Crest – FBI Agent 1
Gilmore Girls – Sam
The Golden Girls – Dr. Stephen Deutsch
Grosse Pointe – Director
Hallo Spencer – Poldi, Karl-Gustav
The Handler – Man
Hooperman
House M.D. – Ken
Huff – Allen Meeks
Hunter – Duty Officer
Jake and the Fatman – Doctor
Just Can't Get Enough – Detective Martin
Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World – Sam Loman
Love Boat: The Next Wave – 1st Mate
Love Thy Neighbour – 3rd Guest
Malcolm in the Middle – Doctor
Masked Rider – Cyclopter (voice)
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers – Gnarly Gnome, Slippery Shark, Saliguana, Robogoat, Hatchasaurus (2nd voice), Cyclopter (voices, uncredited)
The Naked Truth – Duchovny's Lawyer
The Oldest Rookie – Willard Haskell
One on One – Janitor
Onmyoji – Doson (voice)
Pacific Blue – Agent Hardy
Power Rangers Zeo – Wolfbane (voice, uncredited)
Power Rangers Turbo – Dreadfeather (voice, uncredited)
Power Rangers in Space – Darkonda, Darkliptor (voices)
Power Rangers Time Force – Electropede (voice)
Power Rangers Wild Force – Turbine Org (voice)
Roseanne – Roger's Father
Rusty: A Dog's Tale – Additional voices (voice)
The Story Lady – Salesperson
Ultraman: The Ultimate Hero – Dan
VR Troopers – Drillbot, Terminoid, Transgressor (voices)
The West Wing – Deputy Secretary
The Young and the Restless
Zeiram – Murata (voice)
Zeiram 2 – Store Manager, Shop Keeper, Th (voices)
10-8: Officers on Duty – Gary Thorsen
24: Conspiracy – James Sutton

Foreign dubbing

List of English-language dubbings of foreign language shows
Year	Title	Country	Dubbed from	Role	Live Actor	Source
2016	Marseille	France	French	Pharamond	Eric Savin	^[2]

Video game roles

Assassin's Creed – Additional voices
Baten Kaitos Origins – Dark Brother^[3]
Bleach: Shattered Blade – Shunsui Kyōraku
Bleach: Soul Resurrección – Shunsui Kyōraku
Blood and Magic – Voice
Citizens of Earth – Opposition Leader
Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII – Incidental Characters^[4]
Final Fantasy XIII – Cocoon Inhabitants^[5]
Gundam Side Story 0079: Rise From the Ashes – Visch Donahue, additional voices
Life Is Strange 2 – Additional Voices
Lords of EverQuest – Additional voices
Naruto: Clash of Ninja Revolution – Third Hokage
Naruto: Rise of a Ninja – Third Hokage
Naruto to Boruto: Shinobi Striker - Third Hokage
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Impact – Third Hokage
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 – Third Hokage
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 – Third Hokage
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 – Third Hokage
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations – Third Hokage
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution – Third Hokage
Naruto: The Broken Bond – Third Hokage
Paraworld – Hermit, Kleeman
Phase Paradox - Lance Fuller^[6]
Robotech: Battlecry – Skarrde
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Additional voices
Space Channel 5 – Jaguar
Star Trek: Judgment Rites – Azrah, James Munro, Klingon Aide

Miscellaneous crew

References

^ ^a ^b "Steve Kramer (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
^ Marseille (Netflix). 2016.
^ Monolith Soft; tri-Crescendo. Baten Kaitos Origins. Nintendo. Scene: Ending credits, 1:00 in, Voice Talent.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ "Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII (2006 Video Game)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
^ "Final Fantasy XIII (2010 Video Game)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
^ SCEI. Phase Paradox. SCEI. Scene: Ending credits, 1:02:04 in, CAST.
^ "I Hate Wedding Veils!". Saint Tail – Volume 2 (DVD). Episode 4. Tokyopop. Event occurs at Closing credits, English Language Production.

External links

Steve Kramer at IMDb
Steve Kramer at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

[btva-1] "Steve Kramer (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 1 September 2022.

[2] Marseille (Netflix). 2016.

[3] Monolith Soft; tri-Crescendo. Baten Kaitos Origins. Nintendo. Scene: Ending credits, 1:00 in, Voice Talent.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[4] "Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII (2006 Video Game)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 18 June 2023.

[5] "Final Fantasy XIII (2010 Video Game)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 19 January 2024.

[6] SCEI. Phase Paradox. SCEI. Scene: Ending credits, 1:02:04 in, CAST.

[7] "I Hate Wedding Veils!". Saint Tail – Volume 2 (DVD). Episode 4. Tokyopop. Event occurs at Closing credits, English Language Production.

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Notable roles

Anime

Non-anime roles

Live action roles

Foreign dubbing

Video game roles

Miscellaneous crew

Script adaptation

Casting director

Voice director

ADR loop group

References

External links