Robert Belgrade
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Robert Belgrade | |
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 Belgrade playing tabla on stage. | |
| Born | San Rafael, California, U.S. |
| Other names | Robbie Belgrade |
| Occupation(s) | Voice actor, musician |
| Years active | 1991–2007, 2015-present |
| Notable credit(s) | Tekken as Announcer Mega Man X7 as Signas Transformers as Optimus Prime/Soundwave |
| Website | belgrademusic |
Robert Belgrade is an American musician and voice actor. He is best known as the original English dubbing voice actor for Alucard in Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, and as the announcer in several entries of the Tekken series.
Education
Belgrade began his studies in Western classical music on the piano, trumpet and flute. After that he studied the saxophone and improvisation under John Handy. He also studied vocal music under Ali Akbar Khan and tabla under Alla Rakha, Zakir Hussain and Swapan Chaudhuri. He currently resides in Tokyo, Japan and performs in a wide range of musical genres, including R&B, jazz, Latin and Indian music.[1]
Voice acting
Belgrade worked regularly as a voice actor in video games from 1994 to 2007, with notable roles being Alucard in Castlevania: Symphony of the Night and Signas in Mega Man X7.
After some time away to focus on his music career and family he returned to voice over work with an unnamed role in Koji Igarashi's upcoming title Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, as well as returning to the role of Alucard in the fan-made game "Castlevania: The Lecarde Chronicles".
Filmography
Television animation
- Press Start Adventures (2007) – Rick
Video games
- Tekken (1994): Announcer (uncredited)
- Decathlete (1994): Rick Blade
- The Outfoxies (1994): Announcer
- Tekken 2 (1995): Announcer (uncredited)
- Hang-On GP (1995): System Voice
- Star Ocean (1996) : Captain
- Soul Blade (1997): Rock, Hephaestus
- Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (1997): Alucard
- Winter Heat (1997): Rick Blade
- Tekken 3 (1997): Announcer (uncredited)
- Tenchu: Stealth Assassins (1998): Narrator
- Kurushi Final: Mental Blocks (1998): Voice cast
- Silpheed: The Lost Planet (2000): Additional voices
- Dynasty Warriors 2 (2000): Cao Cao
- Shenmue (2000): Pedro Warren
- Sky Odyssey (2000): Narrator
- Tekken Tag Tournament (2000): Announcer (uncredited)
- Gungriffon Blaze (2000)
- WinBack: Covert Operations (2001): Mike Hawkins
- Shenmue II (2002): Chrys 'Cool Z' James
- Mega Man X7 (2003): Signas
- Way of the Samurai 2 (2003): Goshiro Muto
- Transformers (2003): Optimus Prime, Soundwave, narrator
- Silent Hill 4: The Room (2004): Joseph Schreiber (uncredited)
- Tekken 5 (2005): Story mode narrator
- Lunar Knights (2006): Baron Stoker
- Tekken: Dark Resurrection (2007): Story mode narrator
- Castlevania: The Lecarde Chronicles 2 (2017): Alucard, Narrator
- Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (2018): TBA [2]
- Wallachia: Reign of Dracula (2018): Radu cel Frumos
References
- ^ Bevan, Andy. "From Conception to Realisation" (PDF). Elder Conservatorium of Music. University of Adelaide. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
- ^ "Update 12: Languages, Localizations and A Voice From The Past". May 29, 2015.