Eric Stuart is an American voice actor and musician who worked for

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Early life

Stuart was born in

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father.

Voice acting career

He provides voices for English dubs of

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. Some of his most prominent roles include Brock and

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'', and Gourry Gabriev in ''

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Music career

As a stage performer, he and his band, Eric Stuart Band, have toured with Peter Frampton (1999, 2000),

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(1997),

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(1997), and has opened for Jethro Tull (1997),

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(1995),

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(1997, 1998) and

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(1995, 1997, 1998) as well. Frampton produced his album ''Blue, Dressed in Black''.

Filmography

Anime

Animation

Film

Video games

Web

Discography

* ''Curiosity'' (1996) * ''Picture Perfect World'' (1997) * ''Eric Stuart'' (1998) * ''Blue, Dressed in Black'' (2000) * ''

BombShellShocked ''BombShellShocked'' is the fourth album (third full-length album) from the Eric Stuart Band (ESB) in which Eric Stuart is the songwriter and lead singer. This album was released in 2002 under the Rev Up Records label (unlike other ESB albums, ...

'' (2003) * ''

In The County Of Kings ''In The County Of Kings'' is the fifth album (fourth full-length album) from the Eric Stuart Band, in which Eric Stuart is the songwriter and lead singer. This album was released in 2007 under Stuart's own independent label, Widow's Peak Rec ...

'' (2007) * ''Empty Frame of Reference'' (2009) * ''Falls on Me'' (2011) * ''Lipstick and Barbed Wire'' (2013) * ''My Kind of Danger'' (2018)

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stuart, Eric Living people American male video game actors American male voice actors American rock guitarists American rock singers American voice directors Male actors from New York (state) Male actors from Nashville, Tennessee Musicians from Brooklyn Musicians from Nashville, Tennessee Saint Ann's School (Brooklyn) alumni Singer-songwriters from New York (state) Singer-songwriters from Tennessee 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors Year of birth missing (living people)