Gray Haddock
{{short description|American actor and producer}}
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| education = University of Texas at Austin
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| years_active = 1995–2019
| employer = Rooster Teeth (2011–2019)
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Gray G. Haddock is an American actor and film producer. He is the former head of animation at Rooster Teeth, a production studio in Austin, Texas, where he created the 2019 mecha web series Gen:Lock. He is known for voice roles such as Locus and Roman Torchwick in the Rooster Teeth productions Red vs. Blue and RWBY, respectively, as well as Sanosuke Sagara in the English dub of Rurouni Kenshin, Oreldo in Pumpkin Scissors, and Yousuke Fuuma from Wedding Peach.
Career
Gray Haddock graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 1996.{{citation needed|date=March 2018}}
Haddock received his first voice acting credit in 1995. He acted for many years, primarily as a voice actor in English dubbed versions of Japanese anime. In 1997, he was cast as Sanosuke Sagara in the film Rurouni Kenshin: Requiem for the Ishin Patriots, a role which he reprised in the 2001 film Rurouni Kenshin: Reflection and the Rurouni Kenshin: New Kyoto Arc two-film series in 2011 and 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/voice-compare/Rurouni-Kenshin/Sanosuke-Sagara/|title=Voice Compare: Rurouni Kenshin – Sanosuke Sagara|date=November 17, 2009|work=Behind The Voice Actors|access-date=December 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130629132154/http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/voice-compare/Rurouni-Kenshin/Sanosuke-Sagara/|archive-date=June 29, 2013|quote=And last but not quite the least is VA Gray G. Haddock who voiced Sanosuke in ADV's handiwork on Ruroni Kenshin namely Samurai X Reflection and he is not that bad.|url-status=live}} In 1998, he played the role of Lei Wulong in Tekken: The Motion Picture.{{cite web|url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/columns/2000-10-13/78897/|title=Postmarks: 'Tekken' Produced in Austin|last=Lipkowitz|first=Gary|date=October 13, 2000|work=The Austin Chronicle|access-date=December 7, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220103848/http://www.austinchronicle.com/columns/2000-10-13/78897/ |archive-date=December 20, 2016 |quote=It features the phenomenally talented voices of John Paul Shepard, Adam Dudley, David Stokey, Edi Patterson, Gray Haddock, Claire Hamilton, Ellie McBride, Jessica Robertson, Ken Webster, Mark O'Brien, Jessie Schwartz, and Douglas Taylor (among others).}}
File:RTX 2015 - Miles Luna and Gray Haddock (20437232492).jpg 2015]]
In August 2011, Haddock was hired by Rooster Teeth as a visual effects artist and digital compositor working on season 9 of Red vs. Blue.{{cite web|url=http://roosterteeth.com/post/2874183|title=Greetings and salutations...|last=Haddock|first=Gray|year=2012|publisher=Rooster Teeth|access-date=December 5, 2016|quote=I started here at RT last year, working as a VFX artist / digital compositor on the CG sequences of RvB season 9, around... ep10, I think?|archive-url=https://archive.today/20161212181230/http://roosterteeth.com/post/2874183|archive-date=December 12, 2016|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/gray.haddock/posts/10210213263672124|title=5 years ago today I had a call...|last=Haddock|first=Gray|publisher=Facebook|date=August 23, 2016|access-date=December 28, 2016|archive-url=https://archive.today/20180625031919/https://www.facebook.com/gray.haddock/posts/10210213263672124|archive-date=June 25, 2018|url-status=live}} He then worked on season 10 of Red vs. Blue and, in 2013, he took on a voice acting position as Roman Torchwick in Rooster Teeth's animated series, RWBY.{{cite web|url=https://www.vavel.com/en-us/television/608855-a-fans-perspective-rwby-volume-3-unanswered-questions.html|title=A Fan's Perspective – RWBY Volume 3 Unanswered Questions|last=Distler|first=Anthony|date=February 21, 2016|work=VAVEL.com|access-date=December 7, 2016}} He also took on the role of Locus in Red vs. Blue, a character that debuted in Season 11.
In 2014, Haddock co-starred in the two-hander play Venus in Fur, opposite Molly Karrasch and directed by his wife Lara Toner.{{cite news |url=https://ctxlivetheatre.com/reviews/review-venus-in-fur-by-playhouse-san-antonio/ |title=Review: Venus in Fur by Austin Playhouse |first=Michael |last=Meigs |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180311031657/https://ctxlivetheatre.com/reviews/review-venus-in-fur-by-playhouse-san-antonio/ |archive-date=March 11, 2018 |publisher=CTX Live Theatre}}
In 2014, Haddock worked as a producer on the second season of RWBY.{{cite web|url=http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/131843-RWBY-Volume-2-Premiering-at-RTX-2014-First-Promo-Art-Available|title=RWBY Volume 2 Premiering at RTX 2014, First Promo Art Available|last=Smith|first=Carly|date=January 30, 2014|work=The Escapist|access-date=December 7, 2016 |quote=Its online premiere will happen shortly afterward, producer Gray Haddock announced. |archive-date=January 31, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140131081909/http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/131843-RWBY-Volume-2-Premiering-at-RTX-2014-First-Promo-Art-Available}} In September 2014, he became head of the newly-formed Rooster Teeth Animation department.{{cite web|url=http://www.wusa9.com/entertainment/rooster-teeth-animation-expanding/337592069|title=Rooster Teeth Animation moves to new building ahead of 'RWBY Volume 4'|last=Newton|first=Steve|date=October 18, 2016|work=WUSA9.com|access-date=December 7, 2016|archive-date=December 20, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220072746/http://www.wusa9.com/entertainment/rooster-teeth-animation-expanding/337592069|url-status=dead}} When production started on its third season in 2015, Haddock became a co-director and producer for RWBY.{{cite web|url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/screens/2016-05-03/dvdanger-rwby-volume-iii/|title=DVDanger: RWBY Volume III: Team Rooster Teeth takes anime back to Japan – Screens|last=Whittaker|first=Richard|date=May 3, 2016|work=The Austin Chronicle|access-date=December 5, 2016}} In 2018, he became writer and director for a mecha series on Rooster Teeth, Gen:Lock.{{cite web |website=Collider |url=http://collider.com/gen-lock-trailer-rooster-teeth/ |title=Exclusive: First Trailer for 'gen:LOCK' Reveals Rooster Teeth's Biggest Series Since 'RWBY' |first=Dave |last=Trumbore |date=January 22, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130091545/http://collider.com/gen-lock-trailer-rooster-teeth/ |archive-date=January 30, 2018}} In June 2019, following complaints from his former employees regarding negative working conditions, Haddock stepped down as the head of RT Animation to fulfill a strictly creative role.{{cite web|last=Hullum|first=Matt|year=2019|title=Our response to the recent Reddit thread about RT Animation|url=https://roosterteeth.com/post/52037952|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190617165825/https://roosterteeth.com/post/52037952|archive-date=17 June 2019|access-date=August 21, 2019|publisher=Rooster Teeth|quote=Effective today, we are moving forward with a previously planned change in our producing and creative structure. Gray G. Haddock is stepping down as head of studio for animation to dedicate himself to a strictly creative role.}} In September 2019, he announced he had left Rooster Teeth.{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/graymartigan/status/1172586999347404801|title=Given some inquires, I feel I ought to relay I parted ways with RT recently. We've left the door open to the possibility of my doing creative work for them down the road. Meanwhile, I'm off to pursue new projects, and will keep you posted. I wish everyone in RTanim the best.|last=Haddock|first=Gray|date=2019-09-13|website=@graymartigan|language=en|access-date=2019-09-17}}
Filmography
= Voice acting =
{{cleanup|section|date=December 2016|reason=Many of the dates listed here are actually the Japanese release date, but Haddock actually only acted in the English versions.}}
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! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |
1995
| Yousuke Fuuma | TV series |
1995
| Captain Chivalry, Grib | Film |
rowspan=2 | 1996
| Tattoon Master | Hydra | TV series |
Reborn from Hell II: Jubei's Revenge
| Jubei Yagyu | Film |
rowspan=2 | 1997
| Mashtu Tatsuhiko | TV series |
Rurouni Kenshin: Requiem for the Ishin Patriots
| Film |
1997–1998
| Jubei Yagyu | TV mini-series, 2 episodes |
rowspan=2 | 1998
| Rando | TV series |
Tekken: The Motion Picture
| Film |
1998–1999
| Le Bled | TV series, 6 episodes |
1999
| Hakuyuko | TV series |
rowspan=3 | 2001
| Basilico Basilisk | TV series, episode: "James no sainan" |
Rurouni Kenshin: Reflection
| TV mini-series, 2 episodes |
Conquest: Frontier Wars
| Turbine Doc, Blanus, Battleship | Video game |
2002
| Postino | TV mini-series |
rowspan=2 | 2003
| Kidô shinsengumi: Moe yo ken | Ukon Tanaka | Film |
Deus Ex: Invisible War
| SSC Guard #2, Announcer #1 | Video game |
2003–2004
| TV series |
rowspan=2 | 2004
| Ou Dorobou Jing in Seventh Heaven | Postino | Short film |
Thief: Deadly Shadows
| Townspeople #3 | Video game |
2005–2006
| Guyver: The Bioboosted Armor | Archanfel | TV series, 6 episodes |
2006
| 009-1 | Loki | TV series, 4 episodes |
2006–2010
| Oreldo | TV series, 24 episodes |
2007
| Various soldiers | Video game |
2011
| Green Lantern, Black Hand, Star Labs Scientist | Video game |
2011–2012
| Rurouni Kenshin: New Kyoto Arc | Film series, 2 films |
2012–2019
| Locus, Donald Doyle, Resistance Soldier | Web series |
2013–2016
| RWBY | Web series |
2014–2015
| X-Ray and Vav | Rusty Bonjour | Web series, 5 episodes |
2016
|Electric Villain (additional voices) |Anime, 1 episode |
2016
|Luck and Logic |Rentaro Tsurugi |Anime |
2016–2018
| Web series, 5 episodes |
2019
| Gen:Lock | Leon August | Web series |
2020
| Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy | Spinister | Animated series |
= Live action =
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! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |
2016–2018
| Fan Service | Himself | Podcast, 49 episodes |
2017
| Million Dollars, But... | Himself | Web series, episode: "Theme Pack: Animation" |
= Production =
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! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |
rowspan=2 | 2011
| Visual effects | Film |
Jeff, Who Lives at Home
| Visual effects | Film |
2011–2018
| Visual effects (until 2012) | Web series |
2013–2018
| RWBY | Editor, producer (since 2014), co-director (2015 to 2018) | Web series |
2014–2015
| X-Ray and Vav | Producer (5 episodes) | Web series |
rowspan=2 | 2016–2019
| Supervising producer (6 episodes) | Web series |
Camp Camp
| Producer (5 episodes), writer (2 episodes) | Web series |
2019
| Gen:Lock | Writer, director | Web series |
References
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External links
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