Gray G. Haddock is an American actor and film producer. He is the former head of animation at Rooster Teeth, a production studio in

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, where he created the 2019 mecha web series '' Gen:Lock''. He is known for voice roles such as Locus and Roman Torchwick in the Rooster Teeth productions '' Red vs. Blue'' and ''

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'', respectively, as well as Sanosuke Sagara in the English dub of ''

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'', Oreldo in '' Pumpkin Scissors'', and Yousuke Fuuma from '' Wedding Peach''.

Career

Gray Haddock graduated from the

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in 1996. Haddock received his first voice acting credit in 1995. He acted for many years, primarily as a voice actor in English dubbed versions of Japanese

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. In 1997, he was cast as Sanosuke Sagara in the film '' Rurouni Kenshin: Requiem for the Ishin Patriots'', a role which he reprised in the 2001 film '' Rurouni Kenshin: Reflection'' and the '' Rurouni Kenshin: New Kyoto Arc'' two-film series in 2011 and 2012. In 1998, he played the role of Lei Wulong in '' Tekken: The Motion Picture''. In August 2011, Haddock was hired by Rooster Teeth as a visual effects artist and digital compositor working on season 9 of '' Red vs. Blue''. He then worked on season 10 of ''Red vs. Blue'' and, in 2013, he took on a voice acting position as Roman Torchwick in Rooster Teeth's animated series, ''

''. He also took on the role of Locus in ''Red vs. Blue'', a character that debuted in Season 11. In 2014, Haddock co-starred in the two-hander play '' Venus in Fur'', opposite Molly Karrasch and directed by his wife Lara Toner. In 2014, Haddock worked as a producer on the second season of ''RWBY''. In September 2014, he became head of the newly-formed Rooster Teeth Animation department. When production started on its third season in 2015, Haddock became a co-director and producer for ''RWBY''. In 2018, he became writer and director for a

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series on Rooster Teeth, '' Gen:Lock''. In June 2019, following complaints from his former employees regarding negative working conditions, Haddock stepped down as the head of RT Animation to fulfill a strictly creative role. In September 2019, he announced he had left Rooster Teeth.

Filmography

Voice acting

Live action

Production

References

External links

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