Rajesh Kava (born 18 March 1979) is an Indian voice actor, fluent in Hindi, Gujarati and English. He is best known for being the third Hindi dub-over voice artist for

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's role as

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, in the last three Harry Potter films, after it was passed on from Ami Trivedi's brother, Karan Trivedi. He has also voiced for

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in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. Kava runs an academy, "Violet Wings Voice Academy", which offer workshops and a course on voice acting and dubbing.

Career

Kava began voice acting in 2000. He first gained recognition for his work after dubbing Jaggu Bandar in the animated series ''

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'' in 2008. In the following year, he began voicing for the titular character

in the last three films of the franchise. He also voiced

, an elf in the Lord of the Rings franchise and the main character, Jon Snow in the fantasy drama series ''

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''. Kava voiced for anime shows which ran on

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such as ''

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'', '' Beyblade: Metal Fusion'', and ''

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''. In September 2021, Kava provided the voice of Seong Gi-Hun in the Korean television series ''

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''. He then voiced

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in ''

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''. From 2023, he began voicing Denki Kaminari and several other characters in the Hindi dub version of ''

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'' for Cartoon Network. Aside from voice acting for international projects and animated series, Kava has also lent his voice to many Tamil actors such as Vijay and

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in the Hindi dub version of their films.

Filmography

Animated series

Animated films

Dubbing roles

Live action series

Animated series

Live action films

Hollywood films

Indian films

Animated films

Films and other shows he dubbed voices in

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, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul, he voiced

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in these films, the original actors of him are

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and Jason Drucker (he only voiced him in Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul). * Ben 10: Omniverse, he voiced Ben 23 (in only episode 19) and Argit in this show, the original actors of them are

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and

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Career

Filmography

Animated series

Animated films

Dubbing roles

Live action series

Animated series

Live action films

Hollywood films

Indian films

Animated films

Films and other shows he dubbed voices in

See also

References

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