Brian Dobson (born September 9, 1973) is a Canadian voice actor, who works for Ocean Studios and various other studios in

Vancouver Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the city, up from 631,486 in 2016. Th ...

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, Canada. He voiced Ben "The Thing" Grimm in '' Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes'',

Skeletor Skeletor () is a fictional character and the main antagonist of the ''Masters of the Universe'' franchise created by Mattel, serving as the archenemy of the protagonist He-Man. He is typically depicted as a blue-skinned humanoid who wears a purpl ...

in ''

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe ''He-Man and the Masters of the Universe'' is an American animated television series produced by Filmation based on Mattel's toy line '' Masters of the Universe''. The show, often referred to as simply ''He-Man'', was one of the most popular ...

'',

Majin Buu , generally spelled Majin Boo in subtitles of the Japanese anime, and rendered as Djinn-Boo in the Viz Media manga, is the final antagonist in the '' Dragon Ball'' manga series created by Akira Toriyama, before the release of ''Dragon Ball Super ...

and Dr. Gero in the Ocean dub of ''

Dragon Ball Z ''Dragon Ball Z'' is a Japanese anime television series produced by Toei Animation. Part of the ''Dragon Ball'' media franchise, it is the sequel to the 1986 '' Dragon Ball'' anime series and adapts the latter 325 chapters of the original ...

'', Red Alert in '' Transformers: Armada'' and '' Transformers: Cybertron'', Muso in ''

Inuyasha is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' from November 1996 to June 2008, with its chapters collected in fifty-six '' ...

'' and Martin DaCosta in ''

Mobile Suit Gundam SEED is an anime series developed by Sunrise and directed by Mitsuo Fukuda. The ninth installment in the ''Gundam'' franchise, ''Gundam SEED'' takes place in a future calendar era, in this case the Cosmic Era. In this era, mankind has deve ...

'' '' SEED Destiny'' Zugu, Ronan, Soul Archer, a Ninjdroid Sentry, and Bucko in LEGO Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu.

Personal life

Brian Dobson was born in

Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple- ...

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Government of Canada, Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is ...

, Canada, but spent most of his childhood in

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe ...

. He is the youngest of the three Dobson brothers. His older brothers Michael Dobson and Paul Dobson are also voice actors.

Filmography

Anime English dubbing

*'' .hack//Roots'' - AI Harald *''

Death Note ''Death Note'' (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from December 2003 to May ...

'' - Hideki Ide, Kiichiro Osoreda, Rod Ross *''

'' - Dr. Gero,

(Evil Buu, Super Buu, Kid Buu), Future Gohan, Vodka (Ocean dub) *''Hello Carbot'' - Beatrun *''

'' - Muso, Shoga *'' Kingdom'' series - Ren Pa *'' MegaMan NT Warrior'' - SearchMan, Arashi *''

Mobile Suit Gundam , also known as ''First Gundam'', ''Gundam 0079'' or simply ''Gundam '79'', is an anime television series, produced and animated by Nippon Sunrise. Created and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino, it premiered in Japan on Nagoya Broadcasting ...

'' - Dren, Garma Zabi *''

'' - Martin DaCosta *''

Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny is an anime television series, a direct sequel to ''Mobile Suit Gundam SEED'' by Sunrise and the overall tenth installment in the ''Gundam'' franchise. It retains most of the staff from ''Gundam SEED'', including Director Mitsuo Fukuda. S ...

'' - Martin DaCosta, Heine Westenfluss, Orson White *''

Mobile Suit Gundam 00 is a Japanese anime television series, the eleventh installment in Sunrise studio's long-running '' Gundam'' franchise comprising two seasons. The series is set on a futuristic Earth and is centered on the exploits of the fictional paramil ...

'' - Lee Zhejiang, Bring Stabity, Divine Nova *''

Ranma ½ is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi. It was serialized in '' Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' from August 1987 to March 1996, with the chapters collected into 38 ''tankōbon'' volumes by Shogakukan. The ...

'' - Dragon Whisker Salesman *''

The Story of Saiunkoku is a series of Japanese light novels written by Sai Yukino and illustrated by Kairi Yura set in fictional ancient China. As of July 2011, the eighteenth and final volume was released, concluding the series. Four side story anthologies have ...

'' - Courtier #2, Guard #3 *''

Sword of the Stranger is a 2007 Japanese animated ''jidaigeki''-'' chanbara'' adventure film produced by Bones and released by Shochiku. It depicts Kotaro, a young orphan hunted by Ming swordsmen, who receives unexpected protection from Nanashi, a troubled ronin. ...

'' - Shogen Itadori *''

Superbook , also known as , is a Christian anime television series from the early 1980s, initially produced at Tatsunoko Productions and TV Tokyo in Japan in conjunction with the Christian Broadcasting Network in the United States, and rebooted in ...

'' - Michael the Archangel, Parshan, Joseph, Wiseman # 2, Paul, Boaz, Saul, Workers *'' Transformers: Armada'' - Red Alert *'' Transformers: Cybertron'' - Red Alert, Clocker *'' World Trigger'' - Hyrein *'' Zoids: Fuzors'' - Helmut, Dr. Piers

Animation

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Chip and Potato ''Chip and Potato'' is an animated children's television series created by Billy Macqueen, Catherine Williams, and Maddy Darrall. The series is co-produced by MCC Media and Darrall Macqueen. The series follows Chip, a young pug who faces chall ...

'' - Little Poppa, Aardvark Grandpa, Octopus, Bertie Bumpety-Bump, Farmer Pat *''

Dinotrux ''Dinotrux'' is a computer-animated web series based on Chris Gall's series of books by the same name. It features a fictional prehistoric world inhabited by hybrid characters that are part reptile and part mechanical tool called Reptools. The ...

'' - D-Stroy, Ankylodump #1 (4), Dozeratops *'' Dr. Dimensionpants'' - Evil Wizard Silas *'' Dreamkix'' - Mr. Krimke *'' Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes'' - The Thing *''Fruit Ninja: Frenzy Force'' - Krackleflint *''

'' - Keldor / Skeletor, Buzz-Off, Webstor,

King Hiss King Hiss (spelled King Hsss in the 2002 version, and sometimes King Hsssss) is a fictional supervillain, and the ruthless king of the Snake Men in Mattel toyline ''He-Man and the Masters of the Universe''. Although he never appeared in the orig ...

, Sssqueeze *'' Hot Wheels Battle Force 5'' - Zorax/Sheriff Johnson *''

Krypto the Superdog ''Krypto the Superdog'' is an American animated television series produced by Warner Bros. Animation, based on Superman's canine companion Krypto, which premiered on Cartoon Network on March 25, 2005 (exactly 50 years after his comic debut), ...

'' -

Lex Luthor Alexander Joseph "Lex" Luthor () is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. Lex Luthor originally appeared in '' Action Comics'' #23 (cover dated: ...

*''LeapFrog'' - Additional Voices *''

Ninjago Lego Ninjago is a Lego theme that was created in 2011 and a flagship brand of The Lego Group. It is the first theme to be based on ninja since the discontinuation of the Lego Ninja theme in 2000. Whilst it retains some elements of the previous ...

'' - Ronan, Soul Archer, Sumo Zumo, Nindroid Sentry, Bucko *'' Lego Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures'' - JEK *''

Martin Mystery ''Martin Mystery'' (French: ''Martin Mystère'') is an animated television series based on the Italian comic book '' Martin Mystère'' by Alfredo Castelli. The show was produced by Marathon Media Group (French television production company b ...

'' - Boogeyman *''

Max Steel Max Steel is a line of action figures produced and owned by the toy company Mattel since 1999. The original figures based on the first TV series were similar to the original 12-inch G.I. Joe toys, consisting almost entirely of different versi ...

'' - Jason Naught / Dwayne *''

My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic ''My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic'' is an animated children's television series based on the fourth incarnation of Hasbro's ''My Little Pony'' franchise. The series follows a studious unicorn (later an alicorn) pony named Twilight Spark ...

'' - Sky Beak *''

Nerds and Monsters ''Nerds and Monsters'' is a Canadian animated television series that aired on YTV (TV channel), YTV. Produced by Slap Happy Cartoons, Slap Happy Cartoons Inc. and 9 Story Media Group. It was announced at the 2014 Banff World Media Festival that t ...

'' - Zarg, Young Monster #3, Irwin's Narrator Voice, Monktopus *'' Ōban Star-Racers'' - Grooor, General Kross, Sül *'' Pirate Express'' - Ares *''

Pucca ''Pucca'' (; ko, 뿌까 ) is a South Korean media franchise from the South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a ...

'' - Uncle Dumpling *'' Rated A for Awesome'' - Max Awesome *''

Super Dinosaur ''Super Dinosaur'' is an American comic book series published by Image Comics' Skybound imprint beginning in 2011. The comic was created by writer Robert Kirkman and artist Jason Howard, who had previously worked together on Image's ''The Astou ...

'' - Bruce Kingston, Mechanical Dinohead, Dino Man (3), Wannabe Alpha Dino Man, Dino Man #1 (3), Croco Gator, Earth Core Agent (4), Male Earth Core Tech (1), Earth Core Agent #2 (2), Earth Core Agent #1 (2) *''

Sushi Pack ''Sushi Pack'' is an animated action-adventure television series created by Studio Espinosa and developed by Tom Ruegger and Nicholas Hollander. Produced by DIC Entertainment Corporation and CloudCo, Inc. that aired for two seasons and 52 epis ...

'' - Unagi *'' Tarzan and Jane'' - Shopkeeper, Goon 4 *'' Team Galaxy'' - Principal Kirkpatrick, Mr. Spoersqlippe *''

The Cramp Twins ''The Cramp Twins'' is an animated television series created by cartoonist Brian Wood based on his 1995 graphic novel of the same name. The show was produced by Sunbow Entertainment (in season 1), Telemagination (in season 2), and TV-Loonland AG ...

'' - Cougar Ron *''

The Hollow ''The Hollow'' is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the United States by Dodd, Mead & Co. in 1946 and in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club in November of the same year. The US edition ...

'' - Toros, Minotaur #1 *'' The Secret Show'' - Special agent Ray *''

The Little Prince ''The Little Prince'' (french: Le Petit Prince, ) is a novella by French aristocrat, writer, and military pilot Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. It was first published in English and French in the United States by Reynal & Hitchcock in April 1943 a ...

'' - Caracatus (The Planet of Time) *''

Yvon of the Yukon ''Yvon of the Yukon'' is a Canadian- Chinese animated television series produced by Studio B Productions (now known as "WildBrain") and Corus Entertainment in association with Alliance Atlantis Communications. It was produced with the partici ...

'' - Helicopter Instructor

Film

* ''Bob the Builder: Mega Machines'' - Thud (US) *''

Escape from Planet Earth ''Escape from Planet Earth'' is a 2013 computer animated comedy-adventure science fiction film produced by Rainmaker Entertainment and distributed by The Weinstein Company in the United States and Entertainment One in Canada, directed by Cal Bru ...

'' - Hazmats *'' G.I. Joe: Spy Troops'' -

Flint Flint, occasionally flintstone, is a sedimentary cryptocrystalline form of the mineral quartz, categorized as the variety of chert that occurs in chalk or marly limestone. Flint was widely used historically to make stone tools and sta ...

*'' G.I. Joe: Valor vs. Venom'' - Flint *'' My Little Pony: The Movie'' - Verko *''

Ratchet & Clank ''Ratchet & Clank'' is a series of action platformer and third-person shooter video games. The franchise was created and developed by Insomniac Games and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment for PlayStation consoles, such as PlayStation ...

'' - Dallas Wannamaker, Announcer, Drek Computer *''

Sausage Party ''Sausage Party'' is a 2016 adult computer-animated comedy film directed by Conrad Vernon and Greg Tiernan and written by Kyle Hunter, Ariel Shaffir, Seth Rogen, and Evan Goldberg from a story by Rogen, Goldberg, and Jonah Hill. The film ...

'' - Italian Tomato, Lettuce *'' Slugterra: Ghoul from Beyond'' - The Goon *'' Slugterra: Return of the Elementals'' - The Goon *'' Underworld: Endless War'' - Lycan Vregis

Video games

*'' Dead Rising 2: Case:0'' - Jed Wright *'' Frogger's Adventures: The Rescue'' - Army Frog, Ninja Frog *'' Frogger: Ancient Shadow'' – Igunis, Lion Papa *'' Frogger Beyond'' - Future Elder, Magic Elder *''

Kessen is a real-time tactics video game produced by Koei and published by Electronic Arts. It was a launch game for the PlayStation 2 in Japan and North America. It was initially the only real-time wargame game available for the PlayStation 2. It i ...

'' - Matabe's Goto,

Ankokuji Ekei , he was a military monk and descendant of the Takeda clan of Aki province. He served Mōri clan and later Toyotomi clan. Biography Although it is certain that he was from the Aki Takeda clan, there are various theories about his birth year an ...

Tōdō Takatora was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of Tōdō clan from the Azuchi–Momoyama to Edo periods. He rose from relatively humble origins as an ashigaru (a light foot soldier) to become a ''daimyō''. Biography During his lifetime he changed his feudal ...

, Retainer East *'' Prototype'' - Additional voices *'' Sins of a Solar Empire'' - Various *'' Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 2'' - Space Marine, Ork Boyz *'' Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War: Dark Crusade'' - Earth Caste Builder, Shield Drone, Drone Squad, Flash Gitz, Grey Knights, and Governor-Militant Lukas Alexander *'' Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim'' - Commander Ernst

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dobson, Brian Living people Canadian male video game actors Canadian male voice actors Canadian people of English descent Male actors from Montreal Male actors from Vancouver 20th-century Canadian male actors 21st-century Canadian male actors 1973 births