Tesshō Genda

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Japan's own cowboy!

Tesshō Genda (玄田哲章 Genda Tesshō) is a Japanese voice actor. He was born in Okayama, Japan on May 20, 1948 as Mitsuo Yokoi (横居光雄 Yokoi Mitsuo).

Some of his most famous roles include Umibōzu in City Hunter and Angel Heart, Guile in many of the Street Fighter video games and anime, Shu from Dragonball, Action Bastard from Shin Chan, Tigger from Winnie the Pooh, every animated incarnation of Batman from Batman: the Animated Series to today, Cable in the Japanese dub of Saban's X-Men and George Costanza in the Japanese dub of Seinfeld. He's also the official Japanese dub-voice for Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Hulk Hogan, Steven Seagal and, uh, Dan Aykroyd.

Roles

Fight! Super Robot Lifeform: The Transformers

Galaxy Force

  • Primus

Kiss Players

Transformers (2007) movie

Revenge of the Fallen movie

  • Optimus Prime

Notes

  • Because of his healthy background in ballet, one of his popular nicknames is "Pirouette Genda". *snicker*