Yuri Lowenthal (born March 5, 1971) is an American actor, producer and
screenwriter known chiefly for his voice-over work in cartoon, anime
and video games. Some of his prominent roles in animations and anime
include Sasuke Uchiha in Naruto, teenage Ben Tennyson in Ben 10,
Jinnosuke in Afro Samurai, Simon in Gurren Lagann and Suzaku Kururugi
in Code Geass. In video games, he voices The Prince in Ubisoft's
Prince of Persia, Alucard in Castlevania, Hayate/Ein in Dead or Alive,
Matt Miller in Saints Row, the protagonist in Persona 3, Yosuke
Hanamura in Persona 4, Marth in Fire Emblem and Peter Parker /
Spider-Man in Insomniac's Spider-Man. He has a production company,
Monkey Kingdom Productions, with his wife, Tara Platt, where they have
produced several feature films and a live action web series called
Shelf Life. He co-authored the book Voice-Over Voice Actor.Lowenthal
was born in Alliance, Ohio, and raised in Nashville, Tennessee, later
moving to Northern Virginia. His father worked for the United States
Agency for International Development, and he spent two years in Niger
in Africa. He didn't do much acting until the end of high school when
he tried out for drama class in his senior year, but it was enough to
get him interested in acting. His early exposure to anime was from
shows such as Speed Racer, Star Blazers and Battle of the Planets.At
The College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, he took
classes in theatre but majored in East Asian studies where in his
third year, he studied abroad in Osaka, Japan. He also participated in
the school's gymnastics program and ROTC. After graduating in 1993, he
joined the Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme (JET) where he served
as a Coordinator of International Relations, helping out foreign
English teachers in Shiga Prefecture. While at JET, he continued to
participate in theatre and acting. After two years there, he still
wanted to try acting full-time, and moved to New York City and
participated in theatre in shows that were off-off-Broadway. He spent
six years in New York doing theatre and indie films.Lowenthal moved to
Los Angeles and worked in live-action and theatre roles, To supplement
his on-camera work, he and his wife Tara Platt took a voice-over
class. Their instructor later happened to be directing the English dub
for an anime show called SD Gundam Force; he got his first ever anime
dub role there, and soon tried out for other anime roles as well as
other voice-over work in animation, commercials, and video games.
Lowenthal recalled that his first voice appearance in a video game
might have also been for SD Gundam Force.
screenwriter known chiefly for his voice-over work in cartoon, anime
and video games. Some of his prominent roles in animations and anime
include Sasuke Uchiha in Naruto, teenage Ben Tennyson in Ben 10,
Jinnosuke in Afro Samurai, Simon in Gurren Lagann and Suzaku Kururugi
in Code Geass. In video games, he voices The Prince in Ubisoft's
Prince of Persia, Alucard in Castlevania, Hayate/Ein in Dead or Alive,
Matt Miller in Saints Row, the protagonist in Persona 3, Yosuke
Hanamura in Persona 4, Marth in Fire Emblem and Peter Parker /
Spider-Man in Insomniac's Spider-Man. He has a production company,
Monkey Kingdom Productions, with his wife, Tara Platt, where they have
produced several feature films and a live action web series called
Shelf Life. He co-authored the book Voice-Over Voice Actor.Lowenthal
was born in Alliance, Ohio, and raised in Nashville, Tennessee, later
moving to Northern Virginia. His father worked for the United States
Agency for International Development, and he spent two years in Niger
in Africa. He didn't do much acting until the end of high school when
he tried out for drama class in his senior year, but it was enough to
get him interested in acting. His early exposure to anime was from
shows such as Speed Racer, Star Blazers and Battle of the Planets.At
The College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, he took
classes in theatre but majored in East Asian studies where in his
third year, he studied abroad in Osaka, Japan. He also participated in
the school's gymnastics program and ROTC. After graduating in 1993, he
joined the Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme (JET) where he served
as a Coordinator of International Relations, helping out foreign
English teachers in Shiga Prefecture. While at JET, he continued to
participate in theatre and acting. After two years there, he still
wanted to try acting full-time, and moved to New York City and
participated in theatre in shows that were off-off-Broadway. He spent
six years in New York doing theatre and indie films.Lowenthal moved to
Los Angeles and worked in live-action and theatre roles, To supplement
his on-camera work, he and his wife Tara Platt took a voice-over
class. Their instructor later happened to be directing the English dub
for an anime show called SD Gundam Force; he got his first ever anime
dub role there, and soon tried out for other anime roles as well as
other voice-over work in animation, commercials, and video games.
Lowenthal recalled that his first voice appearance in a video game
might have also been for SD Gundam Force.
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