Jeff Manning
{{short description|American actor}}
{{BLP sources|date=January 2016}}
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| birth_place = Utah, U.S.{{cite web|url=http://www.gaikokujin-talent.com/profile/jeff_manning.html |title=Jeff Manning on Gaikokujin-Talent.com |language=Japanese |date= |accessdate=January 12, 2018 }}
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| alias = Jeffrey Manning
| occupation = Voice actor, narrator
| years_active = 1995–present
| nationality = American
| agent = Triple Sun Talent
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Jeff Manning, also credited as Jeffrey Manning, is an American voice actor and narrator based in Japan. He is known primarily for his work on the North American English dub of Iron Chef, as well as roles in several video games and voice-overs on numerous television commercials. He is perhaps best known as the Announcer and Master Hand in the first Nintendo 64 game Super Smash Bros.{{cite video game | developer=HAL Laboratory | title=Super Smash Bros. | publisher=Nintendo | scene=Ending credits, 0:55 in, Voice Actors | year=1999}} He previously worked for Mickey's Company, an agency based in Japan. He now works for Triple Sun Talent, another agency based in Japan.{{citation needed|date=August 2014}}
Bio
A native of Utah, and alumni of Brigham Young University, Manning first came to Japan as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He returned there in 1983 to work for Frontier Enterprises doing studio dubbing.
Notable roles
=Anime=
- Azuki-chan – Billy (original Japanese dub)
- Arashi no Yoru Ni: Himitsu no Tomodachi – Butch, Ghiro, Tap
- The Dagger of Kamui – Goldgun, Jackal
- Vengeance of the Space Pirate – Black Commander
- Free: Dive to the Future - Albert Volandel (original Japanese dub)
=Live action=
- Iron Chef – Kitchen Reporter Shinichiro Ohta
- Johnson and Friends – Johnson, Alfred (Japanese dub of Australian series)
- Ultra Galaxy Fight: New Generation Heroes - Voice of Ultraman Rosso{{cite web |title=ULTRA GALAXY FIGHT: THE ABSOLUTE CONSPIRACY ENGLISH CAST REVEALED! |url=https://ultramangalaxy.com/ultra-galaxy-fight-the-absolute-conspiracy-english-cast-revealed/ |publisher=Ultraman Galaxy |access-date=10 October 2020 |date=10 October 2020}}
- Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Absolute Conspiracy - Voice of Ultraman Titas, Ultraman Neos and Andro Melos{{cite web |title=ULTRA GALAXY FIGHT: THE ABSOLUTE CONSPIRACY ENGLISH CAST REVEALED! |url=https://en.tsuburaya-prod.co.jp/news/2318 |publisher=Tsuburaya Productions |access-date=10 October 2020 |date=10 October 2020}}
=Video games=
- Air Gallet – Narration
- D1GP – Judge
- Ka 2: Let's Go Hawaii – various roles
- Shenmue II – additional voices (Xbox version)
- Unison: Rebels of Rhythm & Dance – various roles
References
External links
- {{IMDb name|0543301}}
- {{anime News Network|people|43356|Jeff Manning}}
- [http://www.gaikokujin-talent.com/profile/jeff_manning.html Jeff Manning on Gaikokujin-Talent.com]
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Category:20th-century American male actors
Category:21st-century American male actors
Category:American expatriates in Japan
Category:American male video game actors
Category:American male voice actors
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Brigham Young University alumni
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