JB Blanc
Jean-Benoît "JB" Blanc (born February 13, 1969 in Paris, France) is an English screen and voice actor. Raised in England, he began acting on stage at the age of 16 and moved to LA in the early 2000s. Some of his many roles include Pakkun in Naruto, Alfred Pennyworth in Beware the Batman, Bane in Batman: Arkham Origins, Father Enrico Maxwell in Hellsing Ultimate, Heimdall & the Wrecker in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, Orion in Avengers Confidential: Black Widow and Punisher, Captain Britain in Lego Marvel Super Heroes, Swamp Thing in Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham, El Furete in Street Fighter 4, Boris Vyacheslavovich Popov in Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, Sajin Komamura in Bleach, Joe 'Joker' Carpenter in R.O.D the TV, Kano in Mortal Kombat 11 and Saxton Hale in Team Fortress 2.
Voice roles
Trivia
- In the video game Saints Row IV, Blanc's character Zinyak directly quotes The Transformers: The Movie, stealing Megatron's "Why throw away your life so recklessly?" while the player character recites the preceding and following Optimus Prime lines as "The Touch" plays.
External links
- Official site
- J. B. Blanc on Wikipedia
- JB Blanc on Twitter
