Bryce Austin Papenbrook (born February 24, 1986) is an American voice actor and martial artist who has done voice work for

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, Animaze, Studiopolis and Scoffer Studios. He has voiced in several

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series, particularly those of young male protagonists.

Early life

Bryce Austin Papenbrook was born in the Reseda area of

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on February 24, 1986,Birthday references: * * the son of voice actors Debbie Rothstein (born 1956) and

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(1955–2006). Papenbrook is half-Jewish, via his mother. He graduated from

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in 2007 with a bachelor's degree in

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Career

Papenbrook is best known for his portrayals of Kirito in '' Sword Art Online'',

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in '' Attack on Titan'', Inosuke Hashibira in '' Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba,'' Rin Okumura in '' Blue Exorcist'', Rokuro Enmado in '' Twin Star Exorcists'', Masaomi Kida in '' Durarara!!'' series, Caesar Anthonio Zeppeli in '' JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'', Shirou Emiya in '' Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works'', Meliodas & Zeldris in '' The Seven Deadly Sins'', Red in '' Pokémon Origins'', Adol Christin in the '' Ys'' series, Kaito in '' Ajin: Demi-Human'', and Makoto Naegi and Nagito Komaeda in the ''

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'' series. In animation, he provides the voice of Adrien Agreste/Cat Noir in '' Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir''. Since 2019, he is the current voice of Silver the Hedgehog in the '' Sonic the Hedgehog'' series. He also voices Kaname Isaki in Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea. As of 2022, he voices Drastic in the podcast ''Sky Brother Force.''

Personal life

Papenbrook and his wife, Samantha, have three children together: a daughter named Ella Papenbrook (born September 5, 2015), a son named Griffin Papenbrook (born January 19, 2019) and a second daughter named Margo Papenbrook (born August 30, 2021). Papenbrook began training in Chuck Norris' system of Tang Soo Do (also known as American Tang Soo Do) under his original instructor Steve Clark, and would later train and receive his fourth-degree black belt in the system under Clark's instructor Dennis Ichikawa. He is a three-time

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URL accessed on February 10, 2010. He occasionally works as a kickboxing instructor at the House of Champions Academy of Martial Arts in

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. Before becoming well known for voice acting, he competed semi-professionally in e-sports with a focus on the game '' GoldenEye 007'' on

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Filmography

Anime

Animation

Film

Video games

References

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