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JB Blanc
Blanc at San Diego Comic-Con in 2013
Born
Jean-Benoît Blanc

Paris, France
Occupations
  • Actor
  • director
Years active1990–present
Children1
Websitejbblanc.com

Jean-Benoît "JB" Blanc is a French-born British actor of film and television who has worked on animations and video games in Los Angeles.[1]

Early life

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Blanc was born in Paris, the son of an English mother and a French father. He moved to England with his mother at the age of five, where he was educated at Bramcote School in Scarborough and Sedbergh School in Sedbergh. At the age of 16, he successfully auditioned for the National Youth Theatre. In 1987, he was accepted at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), the youngest person to do so that year. He graduated in 1990 and, after a short sabbatical travelling, began his theatre career.

Career

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At one time, Blanc helped run the Arts Threshold theatre company and was working with companies on the London scene, collaborating with directors, including Rufus Norris, Howard Davies and Peter Hall at the Royal National Theatre. In 2001, after 12 years almost exclusively working in theatre, he played Luigi Vampa in The Count of Monte Cristo for Touchstone. Since moving to the United States, he has appeared in television series such as Barry, Masters of Sex, Shameless, Nikita, Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, Cold Case, CSI: New York, Raising the Bar, The Unit, Crash, NYPD Blue, Prison Break, Dr. Vegas, Arcane, and The Company.

Blanc has appeared in films, including The Incredible Hulk, Tristan & Isolde, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, and Moonlight Serenade. He has done voice-work for video games such as Minecraft: Story Mode, Dante's Inferno, Darksiders, Wildstar and James Bond 007: From Russia with Love, in which he played Turkish agent Kerim Bey. In 2013, he voiced Zinyak and Phillipe Loren in Saints Row IV. In 2014, he voiced Commander Kuben Blisk in Titanfall. He is currently voicing Caustic in Apex Legends.

Blanc is a leading voice director in video games and directs both live action performance capture and voice over on many of the top AAA titles.

Personal life

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He lives in Los Angeles with his daughter, Malia.

Filmography

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Voice over roles

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Anime

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Animation

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Year Title Role Notes
2010 Black Panther Batroc the Leaper, Black Knight, additional voices [3]
2011–2012 The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes Wrecker, Heimdall, additional voices [3]
2013–2014 Beware the Batman Alfred Pennyworth, Batcomputer, Key, Lunkhead, additional voices [3]
2014 Transformers: Rescue Bots Ansel Ambrose Episode: "Phantom of the Sea"[3]
2014 Ultimate Spider-Man Titus, Chitauri Episode: "The Return of the Guardians of the Galaxy"[3]
2014 Avengers Assemble Mangog Episode: "All-Father's Day"[3]
2014–2016 TripTank Various voices [3]
2015 Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. Red Ghost Episode: "The Defiant Hulks"[3]
2015 Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! Colander, Vic Episode: "Party Like It's 1899"[3]
2015–2016 Turbo Fast Aiden Hardshell, Ari Goldfish, Snail Vendor 2 episodes[3]
2015–2017 Guardians of the Galaxy Titus 4 episodes[3]
2016–2017 DreamWorks Dragons Ryker, Jarg 22 episodes[3]
2017 Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero Captain of the Guard Episode: "Rockullan, Papyron, Scissorian"[3]
2017 All Hail King Julien Various voices 11 episodes[3]
2017 Jeff & Some Aliens Alien Video Host, Butler Episode: "Jeff & Some Laughs"[3]
2018–2019 Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny General Fang, Blue Dragon 13 episodes[3]
2019 OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes Coach Episode: "Planet X"[3]
2019 Love, Death & Robots Supervisor, British Man Episode: "Good Hunting"[3]
2019 Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? Antiques Dealer Episode: "Ollie Ollie In-Come Free!"[3]
2020 The Owl House Professor Hermonculus Episode: "I Was a Teenage Abomination"[3]
2021 Arcane Vander / Warwick, Bolbok 7 episodes[3]
2021–2022 Dota: Dragon's Blood Terrorblade, additional voices 13 episodes[3]
2023 Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight Nigel 2 episodes[3]

Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2006 Bleach: Memories of Nobody Jai English dub
2007 Bleach: The DiamondDust Rebellion Sajin Komamura English dub
2008 The Incredible Hulk Hulk, Abomination [3]
2008 Bleach: Fade to Black Sajin Komamura English dub
2009 Redline Lynchman English dub
2010 Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Lost Tower Mukade, Anrokuzan English dub
2010 Bleach: Hell Verse Sajin Komamura English dub
2012 A Cat in Paris Victor Costa English dub
2012 Delhi Safari Director, Prime Minister English dub
2012 009 Re:Cyborg 007 / Great Britain English dub
2013 Iron Man: Rise of Technovore Obadiah Stane English dub[3]
2013 Berserk: The Golden Age Arc III – The Advent Silat English dub
2014 Avengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher Orion [3]
2015 The Snow Queen 2: Magic of the Ice Mirror Guard [3]
2016 Sheep and Wolves Louis English dub[3]
2016 Lego Scooby-Doo! Haunted Hollywood Atticus Fink, Director [3]
2017 Justice League Dark Merlin, Abnegazar [3]
2017 The Jetsons & WWE: Robo-WrestleMania! Usher Robot [3]
2018 The Last Prince of Atlantis Professor [3]
2019 Spies in Disguise Agency Employees, Agents [3]
2021 Earwig and the Witch Mr. Jenkins English dub[3]

Video games

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Live action roles

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Film

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Year Title Role
1993 Shadowlands Undergraduate[a]
2000 102 Dalmatians Captain[a]
2002 The Count of Monte Cristo Luigi Vampa
2006 Tristan & Isolde Leon
2006 Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties Porter
2007 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End East Indian Clerk
2009 Moonlight Serenade Paul Holtzman
2012 Red Dawn Newscaster (voice)[a]
2015 Bastards y Diablos Gabriel Rojas
2016 War Dogs Bashkim
  1. ^ a b c Uncredited

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2004 Dr. Vegas Fraser Episode: "Lust for Life"
2005 NYPD Blue Alex Stratis Episode: "Stratis Fear"
2006 Prison Break Jerry Curtin Episode: "First Down"
2007 The Company Manuel Pinero 2 episodes
2008 The Unit Dr. Leon Rocha 3 episodes
2008 Crash Father Donal Episode: "Three Men and a Bebe"
2008 Raising the Bar Johan Sharifi Episode: "Bobbi Ba-Bing"
2010 CSI: NY Tripp Walker Episode: "Flag on the Play"
2010 Cold Case Paul Shepard '10 2 episodes
2010 I'm in the Band Agent Yurislavislavislavi Episode: "Weasels on Deck"
2011–2012 Breaking Bad Dr. Barry Goodman 2 episodes
2012 Vegas Max Chandler Episode: "Masquerade"
2013 Burn Notice Ivan Episode: "Brother in Arms"
2015 Shameless Hanzi Episode: "The Two Lisas"
2017–2020 Better Call Saul Dr. Barry Goodman 3 episodes
2019–2023 Barry Batir 5 episodes

Staff work

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References

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  1. ^ "Actor | Jb Blanc | Actor | Director | Vo Artist".
  2. ^ "Hellsing Ultimate III". Hellsing Ultimate. Episode 3. 4 October 2014. Adult Swim.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp "JB Blanc (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 5 May 2021. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  4. ^ "Final Fantasy XIII (2010 Video Game)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  5. ^ "Guilty Gear: Strive DLC character Slayer launches May 30". 29 April 2024.
  6. ^ Turbine, Inc. Infinite Crisis. Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. Scene: Credits, Voice Over Talent.
  7. ^ "Infinite Crisis Credits". Archived from the original on 11 October 2014.
  8. ^ Square Enix. Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII. Scene: Closing credits, 5 minutes in, Voice Actors, Additional Voices.
  9. ^ Avalanche Studios. Mad Max. Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. Scene: Credits, 5:40 in, Talent.
  10. ^ Chalk, Andy (17 February 2016). "Master of Orion trailer reveals a cast of sci-fi stars". PC Gamer. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  11. ^ 4A Games. Metro: Last Light. Deep Silver. Scene: Closing credits, 1 minute in, English Voice Talent (Alphabetical Order).{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  12. ^ Blanc, JB [@thejbblanc] (23 April 2019). "I know you all heard it in the trailers, but I can finally confirm that I play Kano in @MK11 !!! Thanks for all your enthusiastic outing!!!!🤣" (Tweet). Retrieved 23 April 2019 – via Twitter.
  13. ^ Capcom. Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes. Capcom. Scene: Ending credits, 0:44 in, CAST. Credited as J.B. Blanc.
  14. ^ Carbine Studios. WildStar. NCSOFT. Scene: Credits, 2:45 in, Cast.
  15. ^ Blizzard Entertainment. World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor. Scene: Closing credits, 11:30 in, Voice Over Cast.
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