Roger Craig Smith (born 11 August 1975) is an American voice actor. He is well known for his video game voice roles as Chris Redfield in the ''Resident Evil'' series (2009–2017), Ezio Auditore da Firenze in the ''

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'' series (2009–2011), Sonic the Hedgehog in the series of the same name (2010–present), and

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in several Marvel projects.

Early life

Smith attended

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where he briefly performed stand-up comedy for five years. He graduated from the Chapman University's Dodge College of Film and Media Arts in 2003 with a degree in screenwriting. Upon graduating from college, he left stand-up comedy and begin pursuing voice acting full time in 2004; his stand-up routines also helped him in his approach to his voice acting career.

Career

Smith's voice work has been called upon by companies such as

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, Xbox Game Studios,

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, Wal-Mart, Baskin-Robbins, E! and TLC. Since 2007, he has been the narrator for '' Say Yes to the Dress''. Smith became the third official voice of the Sega character Sonic the Hedgehog in the video game series of the same name beginning in 2010, replacing Jason Griffith. Outside of the video games, he reprised the role as the character again in the animated spinoff television series '' Sonic Boom'', as well as in cameo roles in ''

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'' and its sequel ''

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''. In January 2021, he revealed on his Twitter account that he would no longer be voicing the character, which was later redacted in May 2021, when he announced his return to the franchise. Smith also voices Ezio Auditore da Firenze from the ''

'' series, Chris Redfield in the '' Resident Evil'' series, Hawkodile and Richard from '' Unikitty!'', Captain America / Steve Rogers in several '' Marvel'' projects, Deidara in '' Naruto: Shippuden'',

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and various other characters in '' Regular Show'', Shinji Hirako in ''

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'', Martin Reest in '' Monster'', and Batman / Bruce Wayne in '' Batman: Arkham Origins'', ''

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'', and '' Superman: Red Son''. He also voiced Kyle Crane in '' Dying Light'' and Mirage in '' Apex Legends''.

Filmography

Film

Television

Animation

Anime

Video games

Web

Theme parks

References

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