Charles Forrest "Spike" Spencer[1] (born December 21, 1968) is an American voice actor and columnist best known for dubbing Japanese anime films. He is known for his roles in ADV Films dubs of Neon Genesis Evangelion as Shinji Ikari, Martian Successor Nadesico as Akito Tenkawa, and Excel Saga as Gojo Shioji. He has also performed voice acting for radio, especially commercials. His anime character voices tend to be either for timid, shy, or weak characters, or for eccentric and comical ones.

Spike Spencer
Spencer in 2019
Born
Charles Forrest Spencer

(1968-12-21) December 21, 1968 (age 55)
EducationUniversity of Houston
OccupationVoice actor
Years active1989–present
AgentPastorini-Bosby Talent
Notable credits
Spouses
  • Kendra Benham (divorced)
  • Kim MacKenzie
    (m. 2014)
Children2
Websitewww.spikespencer.com

Career

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Spencer attended the University of Houston for four years.[2] After doing a number of independent films, he met Amanda Winn-Lee, who suggested he audition for anime English dubbing at ADV Films. Spencer first landed a supporting role of Prime Minister Mikoshiba in Super Atragon, then a leading role of Takateru in Suikoden Demon Century. In August 1996, Spencer was cast as the lead role of Shinji Ikari in Neon Genesis Evangelion. After ADV Films' collapse, Funimation acquired the rights to the Rebuild of Evangelion movies. As part of Funimation's goal to get the service of the original voice actors from shows and movies they acquired distributing rights for, Spencer reprised Shinji in the movies.[2]

Spencer has done commercials for Houston Cellular, Applebee's, Kroger, Chevrolet, and Subway. Spencer has done additional acting in live-action films and in TV series such as The Big Easy.[2]

Spencer also travels the world with his panel, Don't Kill Your Date (and Other Cooking Tips), which teaches Spencer's trademark "food game," giving dating advice for men, cooking tips, and easy dinner recipes. Spencer's dating tips have been featured in USA Today and Men's Health. He also frequently writes dating tips for Neil Strauss, Carlos Xuma, and Singles Warehouse.

Personal life

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Spencer was once married to Kendra Benham, who worked alongside him in Neon Genesis Evangelion as Maya Ibuki.[2] Spencer holds a brown belt in aikido and a 2nd-degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do.[2] Spencer is married to an entrepreneur, Kim MacKenzie, as of October 4, 2014. He is a foodie and has a website called DontKillYourDate.com.[1] Spike and Kim have two sons, one named Declan, who was born on July 29, 2017,[3] and another named Colton Christopher, who was born on February 4, 2021, in Australia.[4]

Filmography

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Anime dubbing

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Title Role Notes
Battle Angel Yugo
Black Butler Snake
BlazBlue Alter Memory Arakune
Bleach Hanataro Yamada, Di Roy Linker, Jinnai Doko
Boruto: Naruto Next Generations Inojin Yamanaka
Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040 Mackey Stingray
Bungo Stray Dogs Jun'ichirō Tanizaki [5]
Burn Up W Jackalhead
Buso Renkin Koushaku "Papillon" Chouno
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 Rolo Lamperouge
Colorful Young T
Compiler Toshi Igarashi
Coppelion No-sense
Dirty Pair Flash: Mission Two Calbee
Doraemon Ace Goody (Dekisugi)
Dragon Ball Super Majin Buu Bang Zoom! dub for Toonami Asia[6]
Dragon Half Roshi, Slug
Durarara!! Saburo Togusa
Ellica Funk
Excel Saga Dr. Gojo Shioji
Fire Emblem Mars Lowell
Full Metal Panic! Shoto Sakimoto, Subordinate A, Takuma
Gantz Little Green onion alien
Golden Boy Maid
Kekkaishi Mamezo
MÄR: Märchen Awakens Romance Ginta
Martian Successor Nadesico Akito Tenkawa
Megazone 23 Part 3 Bud
Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn Dylan McGuinness
Neon Genesis Evangelion series Shinji Ikari ADV Films dub
Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan series Karasu Tengu
Orphen Majic Lin
Panyo Panyo Di Gi Charat Actor boy
Plastic Little Nichol Hawking
Pretear Goh
Puni Puni Poemy Ball person 3
Rebuild of Evangelion Shinji Ikari
Saiyuki Shien, Demon 6
Sailor Moon: Sailor Stars Jun Godai, Sailor Sommelier (Ep. 184)
Sorcerous Stabber Orphen Majic
Spriggan Little Boy
Steel Angel Kurumi Manager, scientist, ticket taker, Tow-Tone
Suikoden Demon Century Takatoru Sage
Super Atragon Mikoshiba
Vampire Knight series Takuma Ichijo
Zetman Purse Snatcher (Ep. 3), Kai Isono/Crab EVOL (Ep. 4)

Animation

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Title Role
Get Blake! Mitch de la Cuz
Peter Rabbit Shrew
Space Dogs Venya
The Grossery Gang Rocky (2nd Voice), Meathead, Stinky

Internet Appearances

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Title Role
Nostalgia Critic Himself

Film

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Title Role
NiNoKuni Toru Shinozaki
Stand by Me Doraemon Hidetoshi Dekisugi
Stand by Me Doraemon 2 Hidetoshi Dekisugi

Video games

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Title Role
Akiba's Trip: Undead & Undressed Protagonist (Nanashi)[7]
Ace Combat Infinity Additional voices[7]
Armored Core: Verdict Day Various Pilots, AI[8]
Ar Tonelico: Melody of Elemia Jack Hamilton[7]
Ar Tonelico Qoga: Knell of Ar Ciel Jack Hamilton[7]
Atelier Iris 2: The Azoth of Destiny Felt Blanchimont[7]
BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger Arakune
BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Arakune
BlazBlue: Chronophantasma Arakune
Bleach: Shattered Blade Hanataro Yamada
Bravely Default Ringabel[9]
Detective Pikachu Additional voices[10]
Dynasty Warriors 7 Guan Suo[7]
Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Legends Guan Suo[7]
League of Legends Kled, Wukong[7]
Lunar: Silver Star Harmony Nall, Eiphel[7]
The Bureau: XCOM Declassified Agent Kinney
Fire Emblem Awakening Excellus[9]
Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise Additional voices[7]
Mana Khemia 2: Fall of Alchemy Puni Jiro[7]
Nier Gestalt Tyrann, Gideon (uncredited)[7]
Nier Replicant ver.1.22474487139... Tyrann[7]
One-Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows Additional voices[11]
Operation Darkness Additional voices[7]
Payday 2 Taser
Persona 5 Psychiatrist[7]
Puyo Puyo Champions Maguro Sasaki[7]
Puyo Puyo Puzzle Pop Ecolo, Maguro Sasaki, additional voices[9]
Puyo Puyo Tetris Maguro Sasaki, Ecolo[9]
Rune Factory Frontier Erik, Danny, Kross, Gelwein, Tsubute[7]
Saints Row: The Third Mascot, Crazed Fan
Samurai Warriors 3 Nagamasa Azai[7]
Shenmue III Additional Cast
Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse Hunter[7]
Shin Megami Tensei – Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers Judah Singh, Juggler, Worker[7]
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor Overclocked Atsuro Kihara[7]
Steambot Chronicles Vanilla Beans, Basil[7]
Star Ocean: Second Evolution Claude C. Kenny[9]
Sushi Striker: The Way of Sushido General Ausprey[9]
World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade Attumen the Huntsman, Romulo, Mekgineer Steamrigger, a Blood Elf Male, Essence of Grief
World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Captain Arnath
Tales of Berseria Additional voices[7]
Tales of Vesperia Yeager[9]
Tales of Xillia 2 Additional voices[7]
The Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces Ishitobi, Lautern Unit[7]
Trauma Center: Under the Knife Victor Niguel[7]
Trauma Center: Under the Knife 2 Victor Niguel[7]
Trauma Center: Second Opinion Victor Niguel[7]
Xenoblade Chronicles X Additional voices[12]
Yggdra Union Milanor[7]
Yo-kai Watch 3 Rongo Swirll

References

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  1. ^ a b Clodfelter, Tim (March 10, 2016). "Interesting characters invading Winston-Salem this weekend". Winston-Salem Journal. Archived from the original on January 22, 2017. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e Horn, Carl Gustav (February 1998). "Anime Focus Sound Bites: Spike Spencer". Animerica. 6 (2). Viz Media: 60–1. ISSN 1067-0831.
  3. ^ "Instagram post by Spike Spencer • Jan 9, 2018, at 6:58 am UTC". Instagram. Archived from the original on December 24, 2021. Retrieved January 9, 2018.
  4. ^ "Tweet by Spike Spencer • February 4, 2021, at 7:41 PM", Twitter, retrieved February 4, 2021
  5. ^ "English Bungo Stray Dogs Dub's Additional Cast Members Revealed". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on 5 January 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Toonami Asia Reveals More Dub Cast for Dragon Ball Super Anime". Anime News Network. January 17, 2017. Retrieved March 22, 2017.
  7. ^ 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 "Voice Resume". Spike Spencer. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
  8. ^ FromSoftware. Armored Core: Verdict Day. Bandai Namco Entertainment. Scene: Ending credits, 2:10 in, CAST LIST.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g "Spike Spencer (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved December 13, 2020. 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)
  10. ^ "Detective Pikachu (2018 Video Game)". Behind the Voice Actors. Retrieved September 13, 2022.
  11. ^ "One Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows (2020 Video Game)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved June 13, 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)
  12. ^ "Xenoblade Chronicles X (2015 Video Game)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved June 5, 2022.
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