José de Jesús Barrero Andrade (July 26, 1958 â€" February 17, 2016),
better known by his stage name Jesús Barrero, was a Mexican actor and
voice actor.Barrero began his acting career in 1968 at the age of nine
playing secondary roles in theater and voice-over work and made his
debut in a leading role four years later with the Latin American
version of the PBS series Big Blue Marble. Barrero was best known for
his roles as the voice of Seiya in Saint Seiya, Rick Hunter and Scott
Bernard in Robotech, Koji Kabuto in Mazinger Z, Yamcha in Dragon Ball,
Jonny Quest in the Jonny Quest animated series, Kuzco in The Emperor's
New Groove, Jason Lee Scott/Red Ranger in Mighty Morphin' Power
Rangers, Koji Minamoto in Digimon Frontier, Rex in the Toy Story
series, Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars saga, Zanmase Truesdale in
Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, Deidara in Naruto and Yoichi Hiruma in Eyeshield
21.Barrero was diagnosed with lung cancer in March 2015 and died from
complications of the disease on February 17, 2016 at the age of 57.
His last film role was in Star Wars: The Force Awakens as the voice of
Luke Skywalker.
better known by his stage name Jesús Barrero, was a Mexican actor and
voice actor.Barrero began his acting career in 1968 at the age of nine
playing secondary roles in theater and voice-over work and made his
debut in a leading role four years later with the Latin American
version of the PBS series Big Blue Marble. Barrero was best known for
his roles as the voice of Seiya in Saint Seiya, Rick Hunter and Scott
Bernard in Robotech, Koji Kabuto in Mazinger Z, Yamcha in Dragon Ball,
Jonny Quest in the Jonny Quest animated series, Kuzco in The Emperor's
New Groove, Jason Lee Scott/Red Ranger in Mighty Morphin' Power
Rangers, Koji Minamoto in Digimon Frontier, Rex in the Toy Story
series, Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars saga, Zanmase Truesdale in
Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, Deidara in Naruto and Yoichi Hiruma in Eyeshield
21.Barrero was diagnosed with lung cancer in March 2015 and died from
complications of the disease on February 17, 2016 at the age of 57.
His last film role was in Star Wars: The Force Awakens as the voice of
Luke Skywalker.
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