Early life and education

Born in Chicago, Illinois, Crispin Freeman is the oldest of three children. He attended the Latin School of Chicago, where he graduated in 1990. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Williams College, majoring in Theater and minoring in Computer Science. Afterward, he earned his Master of Fine Arts degree from Columbia University in Acting, and performed on Broadway (New York City), at the American Repertory Theater in (Cambridge), at the Mark Taper Forum in (Los Angeles), at Cincinnati's Playhouse in the Park, and at the Williamstown Theater Festival. As a child, Freeman was greatly influenced by anime shows such as Speed Racer and Battle of the Planets. Casey Kasem voiced the role of his favorite character, Mark of Battle of the Planets (he actually wanted to change his name to Mark at one point). Later, he discovered Voltron, Star Blazers, and Robotech, being quoted in the January 1999 issue of America Interview saying, "That show really blew me away." Freeman has also stated that the reason he got into the industry was because of the anime television show The Vision of Escaflowne. Freeman initially got involved in the anime voice-over industry when a friend of his landed a role in Peacock King.

Career

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Knowing Freeman was a big anime fan, a friend suggested he call up Central Park Media (CPM) and apply for a job doing English dubs. When originally approached about dubbing, he initially declined. It was not until he remembered all of the anime shows he watched as a child that he realized that many people are introduced to anime through the English dubbed versions. In 1997, Freeman landed the role of Zelgadis Greywords in Slayers along with Lisa Ortiz, Eric Stuart and Veronica Taylor. He was the second and final voice actor to get the job, after Zelgadis' original voice actor, Daniel Cronin, lost contact with CPM after a year-long halt in the dubbing. Years later he turned to the American animation voice acting grounds. He been best known for his work in Marvel Comics based productions such as The Spectacular Spider-Man, Wolverine and the X-Men and The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes. He then starred as several versions of Roy Harper in Young Justice for DC Comics and Warner Bros. Since then, Freeman has had various roles throughout his career. He has appeared in many video game titles as memorable characters, such as Albedo from Namco's Xenosaga series, the god of the sun Helios in God of War III, Haji, Joel the 6th and Van Argeno in Blood+, the main protagonist Baldur in Silicon Knights's Too Human, Breakdown in Transformers: War for Cybertron, the Winter Soldier in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, and Iron Man in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2.

Freeman teaches classes, workshops, and performance lectures in the Los Angeles area. In addition to classes, Freeman has a website called Voice Acting Mastery which includes podcasts and other resources regarding voice acting.

Personal life

Freeman is the oldest of three children. His sister, Cassidy is an actress played Tess Mercer in the Smallville and Cady Longmire in Longmire. Their brother Clark is an actor and musician; they are involved in a band called The Real D'Coys.

Filmography

Anime

List of voice performances in anime

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
000000001998-01-01-00001998	Revolutionary Girl Utena	Touga Kiryuu, Dios
000000001998-01-01-00001998-2000; 2010	Slayers series	Zelgadis Greywords
000000001999-01-01-00001999	The Irresponsible Captain Tylor	Justy Ueki Tylor
000000001999-01-01-00001999	Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight	Spark
000000002000-01-01-00002000	Geobreeders	Various characters	OVA
000000002000-01-01-00002000	Virgin Fleet	Mau Sakisaka	OVA
000000002000-01-01-00002000	Photon	The Galactic Emperor	OVA
000000002000-01-01-00002000	Shamanic Princess	Kagetsu	OVA
000000002001-01-01-00002001	Boogiepop Phantom	Masami Saotome, Manticore
000000002001-01-01-00002001	Angel Sanctuary	Rosiel	OVA
000000002001-01-01-00002001	Assemble Insert	Host 1, others	OVA
000000002001-01-01-00002001	RG Veda	Taishakuten	OVA
000000002002-01-01-00002002	Now and Then, Here and There	Tabool
000000002002-01-01-00002002	Rurouni Kenshin: Tales of the Meiji	Various characters
000000002002-01-01-00002002	Hellsing	Alucard
000000002002-01-01-00002002	Cosmo Warrior Zero	Warrius Zero
000000002002-01-01-00002002	I My Me! Strawberry Eggs	Hibiki Amawa, Seiko's Father
000000002002-01-01-00002002	Vandread: The Second Stage	Tenmei Uragasumi, others
000000002002-01-01-00002002	X	Fuma Monou
000000002002-01-01-00002002	Dangaizer 3	Koichiro Mitsurugi, Shadow 3	OVA
000000002002-01-01-00002002	Digimon Frontier	Kouichi Kimura, Bakumon, Pipismon
000000002003-01-01-00002003	Argentosoma	1st Lt. Dan Simmons, MORGUE Military Official
000000002003-01-01-00002003	.hack//Liminality	Yuki's Brother, Harald Hoerwick	OVA
000000002003-01-01-00002003	Chobits	Hideki Motosuwa
000000002003-01-01-00002003	R.O.D.: Read or Die	Joker	OVA
000000002003-01-01-00002003	s-CRY-ed	Straight Cougar, Councilmember
000000002003-01-01-00002003	The Big O Season 2	Alan Gabriel
000000002003-01-01-00002003	Geneshaft	Mario Musicanova
000000002003-01-01-00002003	Initial D	Kouichiro 'Cole' Iketani
000000002003-01-01-00002003	Spirit of Wonder	Jim	OVA
000000002003-01-01-00002003	Witch Hunter Robin	Amon
000000002003-01-01-00002003	Last Exile	Alex Row
000000002003-01-01-00002003	.hack//SIGN	Balmung
000000002004-01-01-00002004	Kikaider 01	Rei / Kikaider 00	OVA
000000002004-01-01-00002004	Wolf's Rain	Tsume
000000002004-01-01-00002004	Kaze no Yojimbo	Genzo Araki, Yamamoto
000000002004-01-01-00002004	.hack//Legend of the Twilight	Balmung
000000002004-01-01-00002004	Rave Master	Gen. Shuda, Sieghart
000000002004-01-01-00002004	Angel Tales	Shin
000000002004-01-01-00002004-05	Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex	Togusa	Also 2nd GIG
000000002004-01-01-00002004	Please Twins!	Kousei Shimazaki
000000002005-01-01-00002005	Zatch Bell!	Various characters
000000002005-01-01-00002005	Scrapped Princess	Shannon Cassul, Lord Becknam
000000002005-01-01-00002005	Planetes	Colin Clifford
000000002005-01-01-00002005	Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki	Kamikura	3rd OVA series
000000002005-01-01-00002005-09	Naruto	Itachi Uchiha, Ebisu, others
000000002005-01-01-00002005	Mars Daybreak	Lt. Rich
000000002005-01-01-00002005	IGPX	Bjorn Johannsen
000000002006-01-01-00002006	Eureka Seven	Holland
000000002006-01-01-00002006	Noein: to your other self	Karasu
000000002006-01-01-00002006-14	Hellsing Ultimate	Alucard	OVA series
000000002007-01-01-00002007	Blood+	Hagi, Van Argeno
000000002007-01-01-00002007	The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya	Kyon
000000002007-01-01-00002007	Phoenix	Oh-ama-no-miko
000000002007-01-01-00002007	Digimon Data Squad	Thomas
000000002008-01-01-00002008-09	Code Geass	Jeremiah Gottwald
000000002008-01-01-00002008	Lucky Star	Various characters
000000002008-10-07-00002008	Strait Jacket	Isaac Hammond
000000002011-06-25-00002011	Durarara!!	Shizuo Heiwajima
000000002013-11-05-00002013	Fate/Zero	Kirei Kotomine
000000002015-03-10-00002015-16	Durarara!!×2	Shizuo Heiwajima
000000002015-05-29-00002015	The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan	Kyon
000000002015-07-02-00002015	Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works	Kirei Kotomine	TV series

Animation

List of voice performances in animation

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
000000002013-01-01-00002013	Steven Universe	Mr. Maheswaran, Male Nurse	Ep. "Fusion Cuisine"
000000002012-01-01-00002012	Scooby-Doo! Haunted Holidays	Fabian Menkle
000000002010-01-01-00002010	Young Justice	Speedy, Arsenal, Red Arrow, Guardian, others
000000002010-01-01-00002010	The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes	Scott Lang, others
000000002008-01-01-00002008	The Spectacular Spider-Man	Max Dillon / Electro

Films

List of voice performances in direct-to-video and television films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
000000001998-01-01-00001998	Grave of the Fireflies	Doctors, Old Man
000000002001-01-01-00002001	Revolutionary Girl Utena	Touga Kiryuu, Prince
000000002001-01-01-00002001	Night on the Galactic Railroad	Campanella
000000002001-01-01-00002001	Space Travelers	Hayabusa 'Jay' Jetter
000000002002-01-01-00002002	Cowboy Bebop: The Movie	Operator
000000002004-01-01-00002004	Slayers Premium	Zelgadis Greywords
000000002005-01-01-00002005	Howl's Moving Castle	Turnip
000000002006-04-25-00002006	Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children	Rude
000000002006-01-01-00002006	Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence	Togusa
000000002007-01-01-00002007	Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society	Togusa
000000002015-02-24-00002015	Tiger & Bunny: The Rising	Virgil

Video games

List of voice performances in video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
000000002003-01-01-00002003	.hack series	Balmung	Mutation, Outbreak, Quarantine
000000002004-01-01-00002004	Tales of Symphonia	Regal Bryant
000000002006-01-01-00002006	Kingdom Hearts II	Setzer Gabbiani, Will Turner
000000002006-01-01-00002006	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow	Will Turner
000000002006-01-01-00002006	Baten Kaitos Origins	Heughes
000000002003-01-01-00002003-06	Xenosaga series	Albedo Piazolla, Gaignun Kukai
000000002006-01-01-00002006	Justice League Heroes	Superman
000000002006-01-01-00002006-16	Naruto video games	Itachi Uchiha, Fourth Kazekage, Ebisu
000000002006-01-01-00002006-07	.hack//G.U. series	Sakaki, Azure Balmung	Rebirth, Reminisce, Redemption
000000002006-01-01-00002006	Marvel: Ultimate Alliance	Winter Soldier
000000002007-01-01-00002007	Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops	High Officer A
000000002007-01-01-00002007	Rogue Galaxy	Gale Dorban, Jaus
000000002008-01-01-00002008	Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law	Myron Reducto
000000002008-01-01-00002008	Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII	Rude
000000002008-01-01-00002008	Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots	Enemy Soldiers
000000002009-01-01-00002009	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Alex
000000002009-01-01-00002009	The Lord of the Rings: Conquest	Legolas
000000002009-10-13-00002009	MagnaCarta 2	Alex
000000002010-02-02-00002010	White Knight Chronicles	Setti, Grazel
000000002010-07-27-00002010	Clash of the Titans	Prokopion, Belo, Soldiers
000000002010-08-31-00002010	Valkyria Chronicles II	Zeri
000000002010-01-01-00002010	Transformers: War for Cybertron	Breakdown
000000002010-01-01-00002010	God of War III	Helios
000000002011-09-13-00002011	White Knight Chronicles II	Setti, Grazel
000000002011-01-01-00002011	Resistance 3	Charlie Tent, Winston (Smoking Man), Leroy
000000002012-01-01-00002012	Diablo III	Wizard - Male
000000002013-01-01-00002013	Marvel Heroes	Pyro, Gorgon, Ka-Zar
000000002013-01-01-00002013	God of War: Ascension	Bliss King, Civilian, Slave, Sailor
000000002013-01-01-00002013	Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance	Sundowner
000000002013-01-01-00002013	Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted: The Video Game	Alex
000000002014-01-01-00002014	Bayonetta 2	Balder
000000002014-01-01-00002014	Tenkai Knights: Brave Battle	Vilius, Slyger, A.I. Guidance System
000000002014-01-01-00002014	Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes	Soldiers / Extras
000000002015-01-01-00002015	Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain	Soldiers/Extras
000000002016-01-01-00002016	Overwatch	Winston

Other dubbing

List of voice performances in other dubbing

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
000000002005-01-01-00002005	Oldboy	Lee Woo-jin

Live action

List of acting performances and appearances in television and film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
Adventures in Voice Acting	Himself

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