Bill Rogers (voice actor)
{{Short description|American voice actor}}
{{BLP sources|date=November 2010}}
{{infobox person
| name = Bill Rogers
| image = Bill Rogers (4023434817).jpg
| caption = Rogers at the Florida Supercon in 2009
| birth_name = William Rogers
| occupation = Voice actor
| years_active = 2001–present
| website = {{url|http://billsvoice.net/}}
}}
William Rogers is an American voice actor who primarily worked in the New York area for several years before moving to Los Angeles in 2015.
He has done work for various studios such as DuArt Film and Video, Ocon Animation Studios, Headline Studios, New Generation Pictures and Bang Zoom! Entertainment.
Career
Rogers began his voice over career in 2001, with the anime series Assemble Insert.{{Cite web|url=https://www.eventhubs.com/news/2017/oct/15/bill-rogers-talks-about-voicing-urien-why-acting-fighting-games-can-be-especially-difficult-and-more-exclusive-interview/|title=Bill Rogers talks voicing Urien, why acting in fighting games can be especially difficult and more in this exclusive interview|first=Ginni 'extopdoll'|last=Lou|date=October 15, 2017|website=EventHubs}}
He has worked on various dubs, and in stage productions, including Boogiepop Phantom as Anno, Cells at Work! as Pseudomonas Aeruginosa,
Comic Party as Otaku, Genshiken as Tanaka Soichiro, Gokudo as Soldier, His and Her Circumstances as Pero Pero and Mr. Arima, Hunter x Hunter (2011) as Meleoron and Majitani, Ikki Tousen: Dragon Destiny as Gakushuu, Narrator and Toutasu, To Heart as Imai, Ikki Tousen: Xtreme Xecutor as Red Dragon Sousou and Shuhou, K.O. Beast as Shaba and Kuroko's Basketball as Shinsuke Kimura.
Rogers is best known for voicing Tohma Seguchi in Gravitation and for voicing Brock, Drew and various other characters in the English dub of the long running anime series Pokémon, since Season 9.{{cite web |url=https://www.gamerant.com/netflix-live-action-pokemon-series-casting-roles-ash-brock-misty/amp/ |title = Netflix's Live Action Pokémon Series: Casting The Potential Roles|date = 29 July 2021}}
Other characters he voiced including Old Mage and Vuan in Legend of Lemnear, All Back-Man, Groribas and Tongue Stretcher in One-Punch Man, Bruno in Pokémon Generations, Elf Elder in Queen's Blade, Kanata Myouken in Shingu: Secret of the Stellar Wars, Various characters in The Third: The Girl with the Blue Eye and Wheeljack in Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy.
He has also provided various character voices in numerous video games, including Bullet Witch, Red M&M and Yellow M&M in M&M's Kart Racing and M&M's Adventure, Lucario, Bonsly and Weavile in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Heathcliff in Heathcliff: The Fast and the Furriest, Urien in Street Fighter V, King Rhoam Bosphoramus Hyrule in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Victor Franson in Dark Rose Valkyrie, and Dredge and Dark Lord Torvald in Paladins.
In addition to voice acting, he is also a voice director and a scriptwriter.
Filmography
=Anime=
- Assemble Insert – Prime Minister, Additional voices
- Boogiepop Phantom – Anno, Officer Yamamoto, Takashi, Yasushi Sanada
- Cells at Work! – Pseudomonas Aeruginosa{{cite web|url=https://cellsatwork-anime.com/staff_cast/|title=Staff/Cast|work=Cells at Work!|access-date=October 11, 2019}}
- Comic Party – Otaku
- Genshiken – Tanaka Soichiro
- Gokudo – Soldier
- Gravitation – Tohma Seguchi
- His and Her Circumstances – Pero Pero, Mr. Arima, Additional voices
- Hunter x Hunter (2011) – Meleoron,{{cite episode | at=Closing credits | title= No × Good × NGL | publisher=Viz Media | episode-link=List of Hunter × Hunter (2011) episodes#ep79 | series=Hunter × Hunter | network=Adult Swim | airdate=January 13, 2018 | number=79}} Majitani{{cite episode | at=Closing credits | title= Beware × Of × Prisoners| publisher=Viz Media | episode-link=List of Hunter × Hunter (2011) episodes#ep9 | series=Hunter × Hunter | network=Adult Swim | airdate=June 18, 2016 | number=9}}{{cite episode | at=Closing credits | title= Trick × To × The Trick | publisher=Viz Media | episode-link=List of Hunter × Hunter (2011) episodes#ep10 | series=Hunter × Hunter | network=Adult Swim | airdate=June 25, 2016 | number=10}}
- Ikki Tousen: Dragon Destiny – Gakushuu, Narrator, Toutasu
- Ikki Tousen: Xtreme Xecutor – Red Dragon Sousou, Shuhou
- K.O. Beast – Shaba
- Kuroko's Basketball - Shinsuke Kimura, Itsuku Matsumoto
- Legend of Lemnear – Old Mage, Vuan
- One-Punch Man – All Back-Man, Groribas,Toonami premier of One-Punch Man episode 8 and 10 Tongue Stretcher
- Pokémon – Brock, Drew, Ghetsis, Scott, Magikarp salesman, Dome Ace Tucker, Additional voices
- Pokémon Generations – Bruno
- Queen's Blade – Elf Elder
- Shingu: Secret of the Stellar Wars – Kanata Myouken
- The Third: The Girl with the Blue Eye – Various characters
- To Heart – Imai
- Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy – Wheeljack
=Non-anime=
=Film=
- Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea – Brock, Sceptile, Corphish
- Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai – Brock, Sudowoodo, Croagunk, Darkrai
- Pokémon: Giratina & the Sky Warrior – Brock, Chimchar, Sudowoodo, Croagunk
- Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life – Brock, Monferno, Sudowoodo, Croagunk
- Pokémon: Zoroark: Master of Illusions – Brock, Infernape, Sudowoodo, Croagunk
- Pokémon the Movie: Kyurem vs. the Sword of Justice – Stunfisk
- Pokémon the Movie: Genesect and the Legend Awakened – Stunfisk
- Pet Pals in Windland – Cuncun
- Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You! – Lucario, Additional voices{{cite tweet | user=billsvoice | first=Bill | last=Rogers | author-link=Bill Rogers (voice actor) | title=Happy to reprise my role as Lucario in the 20th Pokemon movie. Missed it? There's 3 more screenings Nov 6, 11 & 14. http://www.fathomevents.com/events/pokemon-the-movie … | date=November 5, 2017 | access-date=November 7, 2017 | number=927417225065017345 }}
- Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters – Additional voices
- Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us – Sudowoodo, Additional voices
- Pokémon: Mewtwo Strikes Back—Evolution – Brock
- Pororo: Cyberspace Adventure Poby, Crong (voice, uncredited)
- Pororo, the Snow Fairy Village Adventure Poby, Crong, Lava Monster (voice, uncredited)
=Video games=
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+ List of voice and dubbing performances in video games ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"| Source |
| rowspan="2"|2007
|Additional voices |
| M&M's Kart Racing
|Red, Orange, Blue, Yellow |
| rowspan="2"|2008 |
| M&M's Adventure
|Red, Yellow, Uncle Sam |
| rowspan="2"|2010 |
| Heathcliff: The Fast and the Furriest |
| 2016
|Maury, Zubo, Kuro |
| 2016 |
| rowspan="3"|2017
|The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild |King Rhoam Bosphoramus Hyrule |
| Dark Rose Valkyrie
|Victor Franson |
| Demon Gaze II
|Canis |
| rowspan="3"|2018
|Brad McMaster |
| Paladins
|Dredge, Dark Lord Torvald |
| Epic Seven
|Krau, Sven |
| 2019
|Lucien |
| 2020
|Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity |King Rhoam Bosphoramus Hyrule |
| 2021
|Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles |Additional voices |
| 2022
|Captain Gillian |{{cite video game | developer=Kadokawa Games | title=Relayer | publisher=Clouded Leopard Entertainment | scene=Ending credits, 14:11 in, EN CAST | year=2022}} |
| rowspan="2" |2023
|Additional voices |
| Detective Pikachu Returns
|Brad McMaster |
| rowspan="2" |2024
|Doctor Posé |
| Ys X: Nordics
|René Rusveri, Captain LaSalle |
| 2025 |
Production credits
=Voice director=
=Script adaptation=
=Producer=
- The Frappinos
- Dark Passages
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://billsvoice.net/ Official Website]
- {{IMDb name|1201377|Bill Rogers}}
- {{AnimeCons name|id=650|name=Bill Rogers}}
- {{Anime News Network|people|1439|Bill Rogers}}
- {{YouTube|u=billrogersvoice|Bill Rogers}}
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Category:American male voice actors
Category:American male video game actors
Category:American voice directors
Category:Male actors from New York (state)
Category:20th-century American male actors
Category:21st-century American male actors