Troy Baker

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Troy Baker
Born April 1, 1976 (1976-04-01) (age 35)
Dallas, Texas
Occupation Actor / Voice Actor

Troy Baker (born April 1, 1976, Dallas Texas) is an American actor and voice actor who works with anime films, television series, as well as video games.

Before pursuing acting, Baker was the lead singer and rhythm guitarist for the indie-rock band Tripp Fontaine, which released the radio single "Burning Out" from their debut album "Random Thoughts On A Paper Napkin" in 2003.

Rocker-turn-actor Troy Baker has become the go-to voice actor for the gaming community.  The Texas native first began working in video games by playing Sgt. Matt Baker in the "Brothers in Arms" franchise and will soon be heard as Booker DeWitt, the narrative character of Irrational Games' highly anticipated "Bioshock: Infinite" (2012).  Since he began, Troy has been chased by "Ghostbusters" as Slimer: shouted "Steel Guard!" as Snow Villiers in "Final Fantasy XIII;" dodged grenades, RPG's and Russian ultranationalists in Activision's juggernaut FPS "Call of Duty;" battled for the Autobots as Jetfire in "Transformers: War for Cybertron;" and most recently, he's dealt with bizarre relationship issues while dealing with nightmarish "Qbert-ian" puzzles as Vincent in "Catherine;" and gone toe-to-toe with Batman as Two Face/Harvey Dent in Spike TV's "Game of the Year 2011" nominee, "Batman: Arkham City."  Animation fans will recognize him as the evil Van Kleiss in Cartoon Network's "Generator Rex;" as Clay Quatermain in Marvel's "The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes;" and as Yamato in "Naruto Shippuden."  On camera, Troy has starred opposite Val Kilmer, Steve Zahn and Karl Urban in "Comanche Moon;" and Lou Diamond Phillips in "Striking Range," for which he also performed on the soundtrack as lead singer and guitarist for Tripp Fontaine.  He's even traveled the country spotlighting pop culture conventions as the host and producer of "Road Rage."  An avid gamer, cartoon fanatic and comic book fan, Troy says "It's quite rare to have a job that affords you opportunities to participate in creating something that you'll geek out over later."

Contents

[edit] Filmography

[edit] Anime roles

[edit] Animated roles

[edit] Live Action roles

[edit] Film Roles

[edit] Video Game roles

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b http://twitter.com/yost/status/27082688028

[edit] External links

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