Liam O'Brien

Liam Christopher O'Brien (born May 28, 1976) is an American voice actor, writer and voice director in the Los Angeles area. He has been involved in many English-language adaptations of Japanese anime, and is also a regular in numerous video games and cartoons. His major anime roles include Gaara in Naruto,Vincent Law in Ergo Proxy, Captain Jushiro Ukitake in Bleach, Lloyd in Code Geass, Kenzo Tenma in Monster, and Nephrite in the Viz Media dub of Sailor Moon. In animation, he voices in shows such as Star Wars Rebels, Transformers: Robots in Disguise, Avengers Assemble, Wolverine and the X-Men, and Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H.. In video games, he voiced Gollum in Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor, Caius Ballad in Final Fantasy XIII-2, War in Darksiders, Asura in Asura's Wrath, Illidan Stormrage in World of Warcraft, Yasuo in League of Legends, Grimoire Weiss in NieR, the Warden in For Honor, Barker in Titanfall 2 and most recently, Infinite in Sonic Forces. He has directed for Naruto, The Last of Us, Evolve, Resident Evil 5, and Resident Evil 6. He is a regular cast member of Critical Role, playing Vax'ildan "Vax" Vessar and Caleb Widogast.

Early life
O'Brien grew up in Weehawken, New Jersey. His mother Lois Wiltse O'Brien worked as an educator and as a quality assurance trainer and consultant. He started getting into acting in high school. After attending New York University Tisch School of the Arts, he worked in theater on various productions around the country. While working on a production of Romeo & Juliet in Cincinnati, he met Crispin Freeman, who helped him get into voice-over in cartoons and anime back in New York City.

Personal life
O'Brien married fellow voice actress Amy Kincaid in 2002. They have two children, a son and a daughter. O'Brien also has a sister named Cara. In his interview with Brian W. Foster in Between the Sheets, O'Brien mentioned that he has a condition called hyperacusis, a condition that affects sound perception.

Career
O'Brien's characters have varied in terms of styles. He affirms that he plays characters that are typically insane or evil geniuses, although he has also voiced comedic characters such as Fukuyama in Girls Bravo where he said he would "break out in a sweat matching his level of nuttiness". He describes Cumore from Tales of Vesperia as "slightly unhinged". In Darksiders, he voices the lead character War, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. He describes his voicing as deeper than his usual voice, and that he portrayed him as a fairly old soul who isn't surprised at the events around him. In the video game-based film Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children he voiced Red XIII.

In addition to voice acting, O'Brien has worked as a voice director and writer on various video games and anime shows. He also participates in a popular web series called Critical Role, "where a bunch of nerdy-ass voice actors band together to play Dungeons & Dragons."

Anime
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Anime

 * Afro Samurai – Kihachi, Patron #4
 * Black Jack – Sasaki (Ep. 9)
 * Blade of the Immortal – Araya Kawakami
 * Bleach – Jūshirō Ukitake, Sora Inoue (Acid Wire), Rikichi, Sōken Ishida, Baigon, Kaneda
 * Blue Dragon – Dolsk
 * Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo – Kittypoo, OVER, Pana, Not Nice Cream, Crimson
 * Boogiepop Phantom – Yoji Suganuma
 * Busou Renkin – Gouta Nakamura, Hideki Okakura
 * Comic Party – Taishi
 * Daphne in the Brilliant Blue – Jiro, Tony Long
 * Descendants of Darkness – Hisoka Kurosaki
 * DiGi Charat – Yoshima
 * DNA² – Junta Momonari
 * Durarara!! – Morita, Kine
 * 2010 || Durarara!! || Morita
 * Fate/stay night – Archer
 * Figure 17 – Toru
 * Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo – Andrea Cavalcanti
 * Gun Sword – Ray Lundgren
 * Gungrave (anime) – Sam
 * Gurren Lagann – Guinble Kaito
 * Haré+Guu – Dr. Clive
 * Hellsing Ultimate – Wild Geese (Ep. 3), Spirit of the Jackal (Ep. 5), Vatican Officer (Ep. 8), Wild Geese Member (Ep. 3), Zeppelin Commander (Eps. 5–6), Walter C. Dornez (Ep. 9)
 * Ikki Tousen – Ganryo, Kayu, Genpou Saji/Shishi Ouin (Seasons 3–4)
 * Kamichu! – Inu Osho, Konoha Kamaitachi, Shika
 * Kannazuki no Miko – Tsubasa
 * KO Beast – Bud Mint
 * Koi Kaze – Kei
 * Lagrange: The Flower of Rin-ne series – Dizelmine, Kojiro Nogami
 * Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic – Jamil (Eps. 1–3), Markkio (The Banker), Isaac (Eps. 23–24), Additional Voices
 * MÄR: Marchen Awakens Romance – Nanashi
 * Marmalade Boy – Akira Mizutani, Alex
 * Mega Man Star Force – Cygnus
 * Melody of Oblivion – Horu
 * Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin - Gihren Zabi
 * Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn – Hill Dawson, Sarsel Mitsukerl, Tomura
 * Naruto Shippuden – Gaara, Kotetsu Hagane, Sabiru (Ep. 193)
 * Paradise Kiss – Noriji Sunami, Seiji Kisaragi
 * Revolutionary Girl Utena – Mamiya Chida
 * Saiyuki Reload – Barkeeper, Demon
 * Samurai Champloo – Yamane (young)
 * Scrapped Princess – Furet/Fulle
 * Sengoku Basara: Samurai Kings – Ieyasu Tokugawa
 * The Prince of Tennis – Nanjiro Echizen, Masashi Arai
 * Tiger & Bunny – Yuri Petrov/Lunatic
 * Tenjho Tenge – Shin Natsume
 * Texhnolyze – Haruhiko Toyama, Saburo Yagihashi
 * 2004 || Wolf's Rain || Lord Orkham Soldier
 * Zatch Bell! – Genso

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Video games
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 * Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation – Garuda Team Take-Off Announcer (uncredited)
 * Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War – Bernard Schmidt (voice segments only), Detlef Fleisher (voice segments only) (uncredited)
 * Aliens: Colonial Marines – Richard Levy
 * Ape Escape series – Specter
 * Ar tonelico: Melody of Elemia – Ayatane Michitaka (uncredited)
 * Armored Core: for Answer – Wong Shao-Lung (uncredited), Takfumi Arisawa (uncredited), Gerald Gendlin (uncredited)
 * Atelier Iris 2: The Azoth of Destiny – Chaos (uncredited)
 * Atelier Rorona: The Alchemist of Arland – Sterkenburg (uncredited)
 * Atelier Totori: The Adventurer of Arland – Sterkenburg (uncredited)
 * Atelier Meruru: The Apprentice of Arland – Sterkenburg (uncredited)
 * Batman: Arkham Knight – Adam Brewer || ||
 * Baten Kaitos Origins – Lord Krumly
 * BioShock Infinite – Additional Voices
 * Bravely Default – Swordmaster Nobutsuna Kamiizumi
 * Bleach series – Jūshirō Ukitake, Nnoitra Gilga
 * Call of Duty: Black Ops – Additional Voices
 * Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 – David Mason (E3 2012 demo), ISA Multiplayer Announcer
 * 2012 || Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 || ISA Multiplayer Announcer || ||
 * Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – Additional Voices
 * Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 – PMC Multiplayer Announcer, Additional Voices
 * Castlevania: Curse of Darkness – Isaac (uncredited)
 * Castlevania: Lament of Innocence – Joachim Armster (uncredited)
 * Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia – Blackmore (uncredited)
 * Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin – Jonathan Morris (uncredited)
 * Cross Edge – Ayatane, Judas (uncredited)
 * Culdcept Saga – Drachma (as Liam O' Brien)
 * Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII – Incidental characters
 * Disaster: Day of Crisis – Gregory (uncredited)
 * Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice – Master Big star (uncredited)
 * 2014 || Drakengard 3 || Cent || || BTVA does not confirm this one
 * Dungeon Siege III – Bogdan, Roderick
 * Dynasty Warriors 5: Xtreme Legends – Guan Yu (uncredited)
 * Dynasty Warriors 5: Empires – Guan Yu (uncredited)
 * Dynasty Warriors 6 – Additional Voices (uncredited)
 * Elsword – Penensio (uncredited)
 * 2006 || Enchanted Arms || Makoto / Mystery Man || ||
 * Eureka Seven vol. 1: The New Wave – Steven Bisson (uncredited)
 * Eureka Seven vol.2: The New Vision – Steven Bisson (uncredited)
 * ''Fallout: New Vegas – Pacer, Cachino, Jessup, Additional Voices
 * 2016 || Fire Emblem Fates || Laslow, Izana, Zola || || |
 * Front Mission 4 – Wagner (uncredited)
 * Final Fantasy XIII – PSICOM soldiers
 * Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates – Cu Chaspel (uncredited)
 * 2016 || Fire Emblem Fates || Laslow || ||
 * Ghost Rider – Johnny Blaze
 * God of War: Ghost of Sparta – Additional Voices
 * Grand Theft Auto V – The Local Population
 * Guild Wars 2 – Mender Serimon, Gavin, Nallas, Additional Voices
 * Guitar Hero: World Tour – Riki Lee
 * Halo 4 – Shadow leader Spartan ops
 * Heroes of the Storm – Illidan Stormrage
 * Hexyz Force – Faust Schneizel, Virtus
 * Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days – Various
 * Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning – King Titarion, Maxen
 * Fallout 4 - Allen Lee
 * 2014 || Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham || Black Hand, Deathstroke, Dr. Fate, Etrigan The Demon, Man-Bat, Red Tornado, Reverse-Flash, The Question, Dex-Starr, Mr. Freeze. || ||
 * 2015 || Lego Jurassic World || Peter Ludlow || ||
 * Lego The Lord of the Rings – Various different characters in Middle Earth
 * 2016 || Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens || Additional Voices || ||
 * 2015 || Fire Emblem Fates || Laslow, Izana, & Zola|| ||
 * Lord of the Rings: War in the North – Elladan, Elrohir
 * Lost Planet 2 – Waysider, various voices
 * MadWorld – Zombie/Soldier 7/Scissors Man
 * Mana Khemia: Alchemists of Al-Revis – Vayne Aurelius (uncredited)
 * Mana Khemia 2: Fall of Alchemy – Goto
 * Marvel Super Hero Squad – Nightcrawler
 * 2017-11-7 || Middle Earth: Shadow of War || Gollum || ||
 * Mimana Iyar Chronicle – Heidar (uncredited)
 * NIER – Grimoire Weiss (uncredited)
 * Ninja Blade – Doctor, various zombies (as Liam O' Brien)
 * Odin Sphere – Ingway (uncredited)
 * Operation Darkness – Herbert East, Jude Lancelot, German soldiers (uncredited)
 * Persona 4 Arena – Akihiko Sanada
 * Persona 4 Arena Ultimax – Akihiko Sanada
 * Professor Layton and the Unwound Future – Dimitri Allen, presenter, Subject 3
 * Professor Layton and the Last Specter – Clark Triton
 * Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask – Additional Voices
 * Project Sylpheed – Operator of Caliban (uncredited)
 * ''Red Faction: Armageddon – McMahon
 * Red Faction: Guerrilla – Dan Mason
 * Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles – Additional Voices (as Liam O'brien)
 * Rift: Planes of Telara – Various characters
 * Rise of Nightmares – Marchosias
 * Romancing SaGa – Raphael, Ewei, Bafal Fighter, The Minstrel, Additional Voices (uncredited)
 * Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love – Tsugarubi (uncredited)
 * Samurai Champloo: Sidetracked – Mugen
 * Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes – Ieyasu Tokugawa
 * Seven Samurai 20XX – Natoe (uncredited)
 * Shin Megami Tensei IV – Navarre
 * Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers – Masahiro "Spooky" Sakurai
 * Shin Megami Tensei: Persona – Kei Nanjo
 * Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 – Akihiko Sanada, // O'Brien posted a picture of his character on his Facebook Eiichiro Takeba (uncredited)
 * Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 FES – Akihiko Sanada, Eiichiro Takeba (uncredited)
 * Silent Hill 2 – Eddie Dombrowski (HD Collection)
 * Silent Hill: Shattered Memories – Additional Voices (uncredited)
 * Singularity – Additional Voices
 * Skylanders: Giants – Voice Cast
 * Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure – Additional Voices
 * Skylanders: Trap Team – Luminous
 * 2017-11-7 || Sonic Forces || Infinite || ||
 * 2017 || Sonic Forces ||Infinite || ||
 * Soul Nomad & the World Eaters – Levin, Raksha (uncredited)
 * Space Run – Buck Mann
 * Spider-Man: Web of Shadows – Electro, Miscellaneous Voices
 * StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty – Additional Voices, (Terran Ghost Unit)
 * Star Ocean: Till the End of Time – Dion Landers (uncredited)
 * Star Trek Online: Delta Rising - Gaul
 * Star Wars: The Old Republic – Various
 * Suikoden IV – Keneth (uncredited)
 * Supreme Commander 2 – Jarren
 * Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World – Orochi, Various Vanguard Soldiers (uncredited)
 * Tales of the Abyss – Dist (uncredited)
 * Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology – Stahn Aileron (uncredited)
 * Tales of Xillia – Gilland (uncredited)
 * Tekken 6 – Miguel Caballero Rojo, Russian Soldiers (Dragunov's Ending), Soldiers (Scenario Campaign's Epilogue) (uncredited)
 * Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion – Miguel Caballero Rojo, Russian Soldiers (Dragunov's Ending), Soldiers (Scenario Campaign's Epilogue), Campaign's Epilogue) (voice) (uncredited)
 * Tenchu: Shadow Assassins – Rikimaru (uncredited)
 * TERA – Navek (uncredited)
 * 2009 || Terminator Salvation || Resistance Soldiers || ||
 * The Bureau: XCOM Declassified – Nico DeSilva
 * The Last Remnant – Allan, Various
 * The Saboteur – Additional Voices
 * Tomb Raider – Additional Voices
 * 2010 || Transformers: War for Cybertron || Air Raid || ||
 * Unchained Blades – Lucius, Nidhogg
 * Undead Knights – Lord Follis
 * Valkyria Chronicles – Karl Landzaat, Knute Jung, Noce Wordsworth, Additional Voices
 * Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria – Lezard Valeth
 * WildStar – Captain Thokov, Vorion, Ersoth, Mordesh Male, Bolt, Marauder Eeklu
 * World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade – Darkweaver Syth, Talon King Ikiss, Illidan Stormrage
 * 2016-08-30 || World of Warcraft: Legion || Illidan Stormrage || ||
 * World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King – Marwyn
 * World of Warcraft: Cataclysm – Young Illidan Stormrage
 * World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria – Sha of Violence, Chi-Ji the Red Crane
 * 2016 || World of Warcraft: Legion || Illidan Stormrage || ||
 * 2017 || Marvel Heroes: 2016 || Black Bolt || ||
 * Z.H.P. Unlosing Ranger VS Darkdeath Evilman – Darkdeath Evilman
 * Zatch Bell! Mamodo Fury – Kafk Sunbeam
 * 2012 || Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward || Dio || ||
 * ''Sonic Forces" -Infinite

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