Jeffrey Nimoy is an American voice actor and writer best known as the voice of Nicholas D. Wolfwood from ''
Trigun
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yasuhiro Nightow. It was first serialized in Tokuma Shoten's manga magazine ''Monthly Shōnen Captain'' from March 1995 to December 1996, until the magazine ceased its publication; ...
'', and Tentomon (and his higher Digivolution forms) from the
''Digimon'' series. Nimoy has reprised his roles of Tentomon and Gennai in the
''Digimon tri.'' film series.
Career
Nimoy wrote, directed, and served as story editor for the English adaptation of the ''
Digimon: Digital Monsters'' anime (1999–2001 series and the franchise films ''
Digimon: The Movie'' and ''
Digimon 02: Revenge of Diaboromon''). He also served as an executive producer and writer on numerous other
Fox Kids
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series. Prior to that, he was nominated for three
Emmy Awards
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in four years, winning once, for his comedic work as a writer and producer for
NFL Films Presents on
ESPN
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and
Fox. He also co-wrote the
Showtime movie ''
Big Brother Trouble'' (2000), and the animated series ''
Pecola''. He is the second cousin once removed of
Leonard Nimoy
Leonard Simon Nimoy ( ; March 26, 1931 – February 27, 2015) was an American actor and director, famous for playing Spock in the ''Star Trek'' franchise for almost 50 years. This includes Development of Spock, originating Spock in Star Trek: T ...
. Nimoy also co-directed the English version of ''
Robodz'' and the ''
Stitch!
is a Japanese anime television series. It is a spin-off of Disney's ''Lilo & Stitch'' franchise, serving as the franchise's second television series after '' Lilo & Stitch: The Series''. The anime series aired in Japan from Octob ...
'' anime series.
Nimoy has also starred in the online webisode series ''
Adventures in Anime'' with
Quinton Flynn.
Nimoy also directed and starred in ''
Fame-ish'', a movie about a fictional version of himself.
Dubbing roles
Animated series English dubbing
* ''
Cyborg 009'' – Additional Voices
* ''
Fushigi Yuugi'' – Toki Ōsugi
Animated film English dubbing
Live action English dubbing
Video games English dubbing
* ''
Zatch Bell! Mamodo Fury'' – Kanchome
References
[ – Jeff Nimoys year of birth]
External links
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The Jeff Nimoy Experience at MySpace.
Adventures in Anime* at The Anime Lodge
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Living people
American television directors
Television producers from New York City
American television writers
American male television writers
Place of birth missing (living people)
American male voice actors
American voice directors
Emmy Award winners
New York University alumni
Screenwriters from New York (state)
1966 births
Family of Leonard Nimoy