Beau Billingslea

Beau Billingslea
Born	Beau M. Billingslea (1953-12-21) December 21, 1953 Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Other names	John Billingslea, John Daniels, John Hammond
Occupation(s)	Actor, voice actor
Years active	1976–present
Spouse	Sally Anne V. Billingslea (m. 2014)

Beau M. Billingslea (born December 21, 1953) is an American actor and voice actor, known as the voice of Jet Black in the popular anime Cowboy Bebop. In addition to voice acting, He appeared in many popular TV series as a prolific guest actor. Before he got into entertainment, he played football at the University of Connecticut.

Personal life

After completing law school, Billingslea became an officer in the United States Army's Judge Advocate General's Corps. He left the military with the rank of Captain.

His son is an attorney and his daughter is a certified accountant.

Filmography

Voice roles

Anime

• .hack//Legend of the Twilight – Administration Manager, Doctor A
• Arc the Lad – Spirit of Flame
• Argento Soma – Captain Michael Heartland
• Battle B-Daman – Noose, Captain Finn, Additional Voices
• Black Heaven – Oji Tanaka (Stage name Gabriel)
• Bleach – Edrad Liones
• Cowboy Bebop – Jet Black
• Cyborg 009 – G. Junior/Cyborg 005
• Digimon Adventure – Ogremon
• Digimon Tamers – Musyomon
• Digimon Data Squad – Leopardmon
• Dinozaurs – Dino Mammoth
• Dragon Century – Additional Voices
• Durarara!!x2 – Lingerin, Dogen Awakusu
• Fist of the North Star – Jackel
• Geneshaft – Diskon, George
• Great Teacher Onizuka – Yakuza
• Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex – Commissioner
• Ghost Slayers Ayashi – Yataro Uchida
• Gungrave – Bear Walken
• Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo – Giovanni Bertuccio
• Hajime no Ippo – Yoshio Fujiwara, Ohta
• Heat Guy J – Wei-Long Lin, Sailorman B, Leader
• Iczer One – Narrator
• Immortal Grand Prix (microseries) – Yammer
• Last Exile – Godwin (as John Daniels)
• Macross Plus – Col. Millard Johnson (as John Billingslea)
• Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket – Richard Lunland
• Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory – Admiral Kowen
• Monster – Milan Kolasch (Ep. 62)
• Naruto – Homura, Kurobachi
• Naruto: Shippuden – Homura, A (Fourth Raikage)
• Outlaw Star – Narrator
• Rave Master – Bear/Dearhound
• Reign: The Conqueror – Antigonos
• Rurouni Kenshin – Senkaku (Ep. 36) (as John Billingslea), & Hiruma Gohei
• Saiyuki Gunlock – Gato
• Samurai Champloo – Matsunosuke Shibui (Ep. 1)
• Samurai Girl: Real Bout High School – Akitaka Fudo
• Shinzo – Gator
• Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie – Dee Jay (as John Hammond)
• Tiger & Bunny – Ben Jackson
• The Twelve Kingdoms – Shoushiba
• Vandread – The Premiere
• Wild Arms: Twilight Venom – Guilty, Soldier B
• Wolf's Rain – Sea Walrus

Animation

• Adventure Time: Stakes – Moon
• Megas XLR – Gerkek
• The Life & Times of Tim – Narrator

Movies

• Cowboy Bebop: The Movie – Jet Black
• Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children – Barret Wallace
• Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Blood Prison – Ay
• Tiger & Bunny: The Beginning – Ben Jackson
• Tiger & Bunny: The Rising – Ben Jackson
• The Last: Naruto the Movie – Ay
• The Night B4 Christmas – Elvin's Dad

Video games

• Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War – Marcus Snow (uncredited)
• Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War – Anthony "Bedivere" Palmer (uncredited)
• Ape Escape: Pumped & Primed – Grid Core (uncredited)
• Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana – Delsus's father, Chief of Fire (uncredited)
• Bionicle: The Game – Toa Onua Nuva
• Beat Down: Fists of Vengeance – Jason G, Gregorio, Quincy, Additional Gang Members (uncredited)
• Breakdown – Nexus
• Culdcept Saga – Additional Voices
• Death by Degrees – Lukas Hayes (uncredited)
• Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII – Barret Wallace
• Dynasty Warriors series – Cao Ren, Dian Wei (uncredited)
• Grandia III – Additional Voices (uncredited)
• Front Mission 4 – Carl Thammond, Hermes Sturges (uncredited)
• Inherit the Earth: Quest for the Orb – Okk
• Kessen III – Kenshin Uesugi (uncredited)
• Kingdom Hearts II – Bo'sun (Undead Pirate A)
• Lords of EverQuest – Additional Voices
• MagnaCarta 2 – Additional Voices
• Might and Magic IX – Additional Voices
• Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 – Ay (4th Raikage)
• Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 – Ay (4th Raikage)
• Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Impact – Ay (4th Raikage)
• Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations – Ay (4th Raikage)
• Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution – Ay (4th Raikage)
• Neo Contra – Genbei "Jaguar" Yagyu
• Outlaws – "Buckshot" Bill Morgan
• Quest for Glory V: Dragon Fire – Rakeesh Sah Tarna (credited as Bo Billingsley)
• Radiata Stories – Gerald (uncredited)
• Resident Evil Outbreak – Mark Wilkins, Jim Chapman (Uncredited)
• Resident Evil Outbreak File #2 – Marvin Branagh, Mark Wilkins, Jim Chapman (Uncredited)
• Saints Row: The Third – Additional Voices
• Samurai Warriors – Kenshin Uesugi (uncredited)
• Star Ocean: Till the End of Time – Adray Lasbard, Berial (uncredited)
• Urban Reign – Various Gang Members (uncredited)
• Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht – Representative Helmer
• Warriors Orochi – Cao Ren, Dian Wei (uncredited)
• Warriors Orochi 2 – Cao Ren, Dian Wei (uncredited)
• WildStar – Judge Kain, Osun Male

Other

• Combat Garage – Narrator
• Dangerous Missions – Narrator
• Diaries of an American Witch Doctor – Commercial Voiceover
• Hero Ships – Narrator
• Modern Marvels: Ball Turret Gunners – Narrator
• Modern Marvels: High Voltage – Narrator
• Vietnam War Forward Air Controllers - Narrator

Live-action roles

Television

• 7th Heaven – Gene Carter
• All of Us – Bill
• Arliss – Mac Paulsen
• Barnaby Jones – O'Donnell
• Boomtown – Police Academy Commandant
• Call to Glory – Captain
• Castle – Dr. Walter Parish
• City of Angels – Detective Frank Adelson
• Cold Case – Willie Dandridge
• Cutter to Houston – Reyster
• Daddio – Coach Willis
• Dallas – Dr. Miller
• Diagnosis: Murder – St. Louis Police Captain
• The District – Mr. Haywood
• The Fall Guy – Nolte
• Family Law – Judge Lawrence Harrington
• Franklin & Bash (2011-2014) – Judge James Douglas
• General Hospital – Judge Cole
• In Justice – Mickey Bettis
• JAG – Col. Klesko
• Just Jordan – Grant Cunningham
• Knots Landing – Reporter #6
• L.A. Heat – Mr. Smith
• L.A. Law (1994) – Detective (Episode: "Whistle Stop")
• Last Man Standing – Walter
• Mad About You – Security Chief
• Married... with Children – Reverend Hightower
• Murphy Brown – Reverend Hightower
• North and South (1986) – Ezra
• NYPD Blue – Deputy Warden Jim Cullen, Det. Hankin
• Profiler – Prison DIrector
• The Royal Family – Bob Bryant
• Touched by an Angel – Man #1
• Santa Barbara – Police
• Sparks – Mr. Fletcher
• Walker, Texas Ranger – Tom Jakes
• Weeds – Wilfred
• Wizards of Waverly Place – Mr. Parks
• The Young and the Restless – Trenton Jordan

Movies

• 10 to Midnight – Desk Sergeant
• The American President – Agent Cooper
• The Blob – Moss Woodley
• Final Voyage – Gordon
• Halloween H20: 20 Years Later – Fitz
• Hannah Montana: The Movie – Mayor
• In the Army Now – Sgt. Daniels
• Leprechaun: Back 2 tha Hood – Thompson
• Night Shift – Donny
• Real Genius – George
• Rebound – NCBA Board Member
• Rusty: A Dog's Tale – Sheriff Wilson
• See No Evil – News Reporter
• Star Trek Into Darkness – Captain Abbott
• Surface to Air – Captain Wallace
• The Toy Warrior – Principal

Other

• Adventures in Voice Acting – Himself

External links

• Beau Billingslea at IMDb
• An interview with Beau Billingslea
• Beau Billingslea at Anime News Network's encyclopedia