David Moo
{{short description|American actor}}
{{Infobox person
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1970|12|03}}
| birth_place = Brookline, Massachusetts, United States
| occupation = {{hlist|Voice actor|bartender|bar owner}}
| years_active = 1990s–present
}}
David Benjamin Moo (born December 3, 1970) is an American former voice actor. He worked on projects for 4Kids Entertainment, Central Park Media, NYAV Post, and TAJ Productions. Moo is best known for voicing Sanji in the 4Kids English language dub of One Piece, Xellos in Slayers, and Faraji Ngala in several episodes of the 2003–2009 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series.
Personal life and career
Moo has Chinese, Jamaican, and Jewish ancestry and was previously an actor and theatre director in the 1990s.{{cite news |last1=Punch Staff |title=Besties: The OG New York Bartender Edition |url=https://punchdrink.com/articles/besties-the-og-new-york-bartender-edition/ |access-date=19 January 2019 |work=PUNCH |date=April 1, 2015 |language=en}} He began working as a voice actor in the late 1990s, primarily dubbing Japanese anime into English for local audiences.{{cite web|title=David Moo|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=3876|access-date=6 February 2023}}
Moo has also worked as a bartender, specializing in novelty cocktails since the early 2000s. He enjoys making Manhattans and a signature drink he calls "Alice's Mallet" made from gin and rhubarb syrup that he distills himself. He previously served as head bartender at New York City establishments Ouest and Last Exit before co-founding Quarter Bar with business partner Joe Herron on the southern edge of Park Slope in 2007.{{cite book |last1=Jones |first1=Carey |title=Brooklyn Bartender: A Modern Guide to Cocktails and Spirits |date=2016 |publisher=Running Press |isbn=9780316355834 |language=en}} In 2016, Esquire magazine named Quarter Bar one of the top 18 bars in the United States.{{cite news |last1=Levit |first1=Donny |title=Quarter Bar Named One Of Esquire's 18 Best Bars In America - BKLYNER |url=https://bklyner.com/quarter-bar-named-one-esquires-18-best-bars-america-parkslopestoop/ |access-date=19 January 2019 |work=bklyner.com |date=June 2, 2016}}
In January 2019, Moo appeared as a contestant on the quiz show Jeopardy! (Season 35, Episode 95), coming in second place out of the three contestants and winning $2,000.{{cite news |title=Today's Final Jeopardy - January 18, 2019 |url=https://thejeopardyfan.com/2019/01/final-jeopardy-1-18-2019.html |access-date=19 January 2019 |work=The Jeopardy! Fan |date=January 18, 2019}}{{cite news |title=Jeopardy! - Contestant Zone |url=https://www.jeopardy.com/contestant-zone |access-date=19 January 2019 |work=www.jeopardy.com |date=January 18, 2019 |language=en}}
Filmography
- Giant Robo - Kaei (NYAV Post dub)
- The Gokusen - Sawada's Father
- Ichi the Killer - Episode 0 - Hirano
- Irresponsible Captain Tylor - Yamashita (OVA, Ep. 4)
- Kizuna: Bonds of Love - Masa (credited as Dominic Moore)
- Night on the Galactic Railroad - Wireless Operator
- Now and Then, Here and There - Additional Voices
- One Piece - Sanji (4Kids dub)
- Ping-Pong Club - Hide, Jinpei's Father, Kitazato, Mr. Kida, Tachikawa (credited as Dominic Moore)
- Shootfighter Tekken - Tayama
- Shura no Toki: Age of Chaos - Munefuyu Matajyuro Yagyu, Tenkai Nankoubo
- Silent Service - General Akegaki{{Cite web|url=https://www.animenostalgiabomb.com/history-mecha-anime-gasaraki-gundam-wing-endless-waltz-animerica-october-2000/|title = History of Mecha Anime - Gasaraki - Gundam Wing Endless Waltz - Animerica October 2000|date = 15 June 2017}}
- The Slayers - Xellos (Seasons 2 & 3)
- Takegami - Guardian of Darkness - Jiunbo
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003) - Faraji Ngala, Admin Wizard
- Yu-Gi-Oh! - Panik
- Yu-Gi-Oh! GX - Gravekeeper's Chief
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|3966409}}
- {{anime News Network|people|3876}}
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Category:American male voice actors
Category:American actors of Chinese descent
Category:Jewish American actors