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Brad Swaile

バード・スウェイル　/　ばーど・すうぇいる

Actor from Canada

December 26, 1976 (age 49)　・　Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

British Columbia
actor
voice actor
singer

My Take

Voice acting is the most invisible kind of stardom, and Brad Swaile is a perfect example of why that fascinates me. Most fans of Death Note could not pick him out of a crowd, yet his Light Yagami helped define how a whole English-speaking generation experienced that character. What I admire most is the range packed into one Vancouver-born career: cold villains, earnest everymen like Rock in Black Lagoon, plus singing, composing and producing on the side. He never chased the spotlight, he just kept widening his craft. That quiet, restless versatility is exactly the kind of artistry I find worth celebrating.

Overview

Bradley Swaile is a Canadian voice actor. His major roles include Light Yagami in Death Note, Jun Arashiyama in World Trigger, Rock in Black Lagoon, Kicker Jones in Transformers: Energon, and Nightcrawler in X-Men: Evolution. In the 1990s, he voiced Mousse in Ranma ½ and Teen Gohan in the Ocean dub of Dragon Ball Z.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Brad Swaile
Name (Japanese): バード・スウェイル
Reading: ばーど・すうぇいる
Born: December 26, 1976 (age 49)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Capricorn / Dragon
Origin: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: actor / voice actor / singer / record producer / composer

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Kwantlen Polytechnic University

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

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6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%96%E3%83%A9%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AB

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