Neil Charles Kaplan is an American voice actor, audiobook narrator, entertainer, and comedian. His most well known voice roles are Hawkmon from Digimon, Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto from Bleach, Emperor Zarkon from Voltron: Legendary Defender and Madara Uchiha from Naruto.

Biography

Kaplan got his start as a comedian doing impressions of presidents such as Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon. He also impersonated a little-known journalist at the time, Dan Rather. He then started work on video games, including several Star Wars titles. From there he went on to do such shows as Power Rangers, Digimon: Digital Monsters and Transformers: Robots in Disguise. He was once a contestant on the game show Street Smarts. On that appearance, he showed off some of his other impressions, including one of Gilbert Gottfried. He was a guest to the Power Morphicon (in Los Angeles) in June 2007 and August 2010, to Armageddon (in Australia and New Zealand) in October 2007, and to AVCon: Adelaide's Anime & Video Games Festival (in Australia) in July 2018. He also created the television series The Way it WASN'T! and the graphic novel I, of the Wolf.[better source needed] He voices Captain Fort Worth in the adult video game BoneCraft.

Filmography

Anime

List of English dubbing performances in anime
YearTitleRoleNotesSource
1999FAKEDrake
2000–01Digimon Adventure 02Halsemon, Hogan, Ilya, Hawkmon, Shurimon, Aquilamon, Silphymon (shared with Edie Mirman)
2001–02Digimon TamersIndramon, Divermon, Babel
Transformers: Robots in DisguiseOptimus Prime, Ro-Tor
2002–03Tokyo PigPrincipal
Digimon FrontierEldest Mushroomon, Woodmon (Ep. 4), Kokuwamon, Kokuwamon Elder (Ep. 5), Baromon (Ep. 40)
2003Reign: The ConquerorIbnAs Bob Johnson
2003–04Brigadoon: Marin & MelanShuta Alan, Poyon Silver, Detective Chunen
2005–06Daphne in the Brilliant BlueLun Shibazaki, Additional Voices
2006Zatch Bell!Belgim E.O.
2007–14BleachGenryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto, Ruzaburō "Enryū" Enkōgawa, Gesell, Tenken, Zommari Rureaux (Ep. 195+)
2008Digimon Data SquadPumpkinmon #1 (Eps. 30–34), Ninjamon #3 (Ep. 31), Piximon (Ep. 32), Franz' Agent #1 (Ep. 33), Desk Man #1 (Ep. 33)
NarutoKiyoyasu, MadaraEpisode: "Laughing Shino"
2008–10Blue DragonSaber Tiger
2011Marvel Anime: Iron ManMinister Defense Kuroda
2012Marvel Anime: BladeHigh Council Chairman, Additional Voices
2012–19Naruto ShippudenTobi, Madara Uchiha (Ep. 125+)
2013–15Digimon FusionLord Bagra, NeoMyotismon, Anubismon
2016Sailor MoonEdwardsEpisode: "Usagi Dancing to the Waltz", Viz dub
2017–18Lupin the Third Part IVRobson Zuccooli
2018TerraformarsKaiki KounoEpisode: "War - All-Out War"
2019Mobile Suit Gundam: The OriginDozle Zabi
2020Cagaster of an Insect CageAdham
Great PretenderLewis Mueller
2021–22Attack on TitanTheo Magath
How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the KingdomSebastian Silverdeer
2022–presentBleach: Thousand-Year Blood WarGenryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto, Asuka Katakura, Tetsuzaemon Iba, Robert Accutrone, Dordoni Alessandro Del Socaccio
2025-presentOne PieceFigarland Garling

Animation

List of voice performances in animation
YearTitleRoleNotesSource
The Mouse and the MonsterUtility Guy
2006Higglytown HeroesMover Hero
2014Robot ChickenAlbus Dumbledore, Lt. Stone
2016–2018Voltron: Legendary DefenderEmperor Zarkon
2017Penn Zero: Part-Time HeroClub Owner
Wacky RacesSheriff Longarm D. LawEpisode: "Smokey and the Racers"
2019Love, Death & RobotsHankEpisode: "Suits"
2021Star Wars: VisionsNarratorEpisode" "The Ninth Jedi", English dub

Films

  • Digimon: The Movie – Twin Boy 1, Computer Voice 2, Professor, Hawkmon, Halsemon
  • Digimon Adventure 02: The Beginning as Hawkmon
  • Digimon Adventure: Our War Game! (standalone dub) - Professor, Little Boy 2C
  • Digimon Adventure 02: Digimon Hurricane Touchdown!! / Transcendent Evolution! The Golden Digimentals (standalone dub) - Hawkmon, Halsemon
  • Dragon Quest: Your Story – Dr. Agon, Zenith Dragon
  • Ghost Cat Anzu – Old Man Mushroom
  • Muhammad: The Last Prophet – 'Amr ibn al-'As, The Spy
  • The Happy Cricket – Toad #1
  • The Little Polar Bear – Bert
  • Promare – Vulcan Haestus

Video games

Live-action

External links

Preceded byPeter Cullen 1984-1987 Original SeriesVoice of Optimus Prime 2001–2002 Robots in DisguiseSucceeded byGarry Chalk 2002–2006 Unicron Trilogy