John Swasey

John Allan Swasey is an American voice actor, ADR director, and screenwriter. He has provided voices for English-language versions of Japanese anime series and video games. His most notable roles include Gendo Ikari in the Rebuild of Evangelion films, Sir Crocodile in the Funimation dub of One Piece, Lord Death in Soul Eater, Van Hohenheim in Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, and All For One in My...

John Allan Swasey is an American voice actor, ADR director, and screenwriter. He has provided voices for English-language versions of Japanese anime series and video games. His most notable roles include Gendo Ikari in the Rebuild of Evangelion films, Sir Crocodile in the Funimation dub of One Piece, Lord Death in Soul Eater, Van Hohenheim in Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, and All For One in My Hero Academia. Outside of voice acting, Swasey is also the founder of Anime Dallas, an anime convention which debuted in 2018. Filmography Voice roles Anime 1996 Golden Boy – Director (Ep. 6, Debut Role) 1997 Sol Bianca – Dr. Delapaz 1998 Dirty Pair Flash – Andre (Ep. 3), Additional Voices New Cutey Honey – Dr. Kisaragi 1999 Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040 – Dr. Stingray, Quincy Rosenkroitz Martian Successor Nadesico – Seiya Uribatake, Cowboy Johnny (Ep. 9), Einstein (Ep. 18), Gen. Masaka (Ep. 4), Emperor Hyperion (Ep. 14) 2000 Gensomaden Saiyuki – Zenon Dragon Half – Announcer, Narrator Gasaraki – Colonel Stilbanov, Kei Nishida, Ronald Feigan, Yoshitake Gowa Generator Gawl – Prof. Tekuma Nekasa, Additional Voices 2001 A.D. Police – Hideaki Kurata, Kaibara Princess Nine – Principal Mita Sorcerous Stabber Orphen – Volkan Spriggan – Mr. Smith 2002 Chance Pop Session – Yamanaka, Additional Voices Sorcerer on the Rocks – Count Cattlefish Steel Angel Kurumi – The General 2003 Angelic Layer – Shouko's Dad, Kaede's Dad Aura Battler Dunbine – Bann Burning, Shunka Zama Crying Freeman – Tsunaike (ADV Dub) Dirty Pair: Project Eden – Prof. Wattsman Full Metal Panic! – Chairman Daicustra (Ep. 19), Shintaro Kazama (Ep. 14) Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi – Arata Imamiya Martian Successor Nadesico: The Motion Picture – Prince of Darkness – Seiya Uribatake Najica Blitz Tactics – Rasse Pewnt, Admiral Neo Ranga – Rano the Elder, Junichi Andou, Kento, Yamazaki Noir – Dux (Ep. 3), Priest, Reimann (Ep. 12), Salvatore (Ep. 8) RahXephon – Shougo Rikudoh Saint Seiya – Phaeton, Hydra, Dios (ADV Dub) Super GALS! – Mr. Nakanishi, Detective Kudoh, Watari, Takashi Asai 2004 All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku – Mr. Yamagata Aquarian Age: Sign for Evolution – Tachibana Azumanga Daioh – Principal, Dr. Ishihara Chrono Crusade – Edward "Elder" Hamilton, Carv Cyberteam in Akihabara – Hibari's Father D.N.Angel – Daiki Niwa Fullmetal Alchemist – Karl Haushofer Gravion – High Dignitary (Ep.8) Grrl Power – Hanazono Kaleido Star – Ken Robbins Megazone 23: Part 3 – Drakeman Mezzo DSA – Tanishi, Takizawa Neon Genesis Evangelion – Gendo Ikari (Director's Cut) Nurse Witch Komugi – Richard Vincent, Goto, Kaneda Peacemaker Kurogane – Isami Kondo Puni Puni Poemy – Narrator Sister Princess – Jeeves 2005 Area 88 – Mickey Simon Burst Angel – Prof. Keiko Shiratoro Divergence Eve – Juhzou Kureha E's Otherwise – Kyou Elfen Lied – Professor Kakuzawa Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu – Teacher, Zenji Ohnuki (Ep. 5) Gantz – Muso Tokugawa, Naozumi Saito, Yoshioka, Iwaki Godannar – Tatsuya Aoi, Narrator Hakugei: Legend of the Moby Dick – Capt. Ahab Maburaho – Takashi Yamaguchi The Place Promised in Our Early Days – Okabe Tree of Palme – Gus, Zakuro 2006 Diamond Daydreams – Akari's Father, Goto Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa – Karl Haushofer Guyver: The Bioboosted Armor – Fumio Fukamichi Jinki: Extend – Genta Ogawara Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok – Fenrir Nanaka 6/17 – Taizo Kirisato Nerima Daikon Brothers – Police Chief (Ep. 4) Pani Poni Dash! – Michael, Professor (Ep. 9) Princess Tutu – Paulo, Montand, Armadylan Speed Grapher – Prime Minister Kamiya The Super Dimension Fortress Macross – Captain Bruno J. Global Tactics – Viscount Edogawa Trinity Blood – Archbishop Alphonso D'Este 2007 009-1 – James (Ep. 13), Mylene's Father (Ep. 8) BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad – Kamejima Beet the Vandel Buster – Zenon Best Student Council – Ryuheita Iwazakura, Narrator, Yuichi Kimizuka (Ep. 9) Blade of the Phantom Master – Fuan-bo Case Closed: The Fourteenth Target – Peter Ford Coyote Ragtime Show – Mister Shin-Chan (Funimation dub) – Yoshiji Koyama Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid – Gates Glass Fleet – Conrad, Nicholas Hell Girl – Ryousuke Sekine (Ep. 21) Innocent Venus – Maximas Drake Jing: King of Bandits – Seventh Heaven – McQuade, Medaldo Kurau: Phantom Memory – Ichise, Makurazaki Le Chevalier D'Eon – Teillagory Mushishi – Saishu (Ep. 9) One Piece (Funimation dub) – Sir Crocodile Red Garden – Claude School Rumble – Genkai Goto (2nd season) Shigurui: Death Frenzy – Kengyou Shizuhata Tokyo Majin – Koni Fernandez, Mikuriya, Togo Narutaki Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle – Mr. Glosum Venus Versus Virus – Soichiro Nahashi Utawarerumono – Sasante Welcome to the NHK – Go Minegishi, Sukekiyo Sagawa Xenosaga: The Animation – Andrew Cherenkov Kaiji: Ultimate Survivor– Kōji Ishida 2008 Aquarion – Lopez (Ep. 15) Claymore – Isley Darker than Black – Huang, Naoyasu Kirihara Devil May Cry: The Animated Series – Fredi Kanon – Mr. Ishibashi (Ep. 2), Sayuri's Father (Ep. 14) Moonlight Mile – Robert One Piece Movie: The Desert Princess and the Pirates: Adventures in Alabasta – Sir Crocodile Ouran High School Host Club – Chairman Yuzuru Suou Project Blue Earth SOS – Secretary General Freeman 2009 Baccano! – Van Dyke (Ep. 14) Big Windup! – Tosei Coach Blassreiter – Shido Kasugi El Cazador de la Bruja – Enrique (Ep. 8) Gunslinger Girl – Il Teatrino – Christiano Savonarola Kaze no Stigma – Bernhardt Rhodes Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple – Mototsugu Shirahama Murder Princess – King Forland (Ep. 1) Rebuild of Evangelion – Gendo Ikari Sgt. Frog – Kogoro 2010 Birdy the Mighty: Decode – Geega Blue Drop – Headmaster Fukamachi Canaan – Toyama Case Closed: The Phantom of Baker Street – Booker Kudo Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies – Narrator Dragon Ball Z Kai – Dodoria, ZTV Announcer, Farmer (Ep. 1) Dragonaut: The Resonance – Eiji Kamishina (Jin's Father Ep. 1) Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood – Van Hohenheim Ghost Hound – Mayor Motoi Yazaki Halo Legends – Sergeant Hauser (Homecoming), Captain (Odd One Out) Initial D: Fourth Stage – Kozo Hoshino Legends of the Dark King – Ryuga, Jirai Linebarrels of Iron – Dr. Amagatsu Kizaki One Piece (Funimation dub) – Gan Fall Rin ~Daughters of Mnemosyne – Tajimamori Soul Eater – Lord Death Tears to Tiara – Drwc, Tempesta, Ogam 2011 Black Butler series – Undertaker, Mr. Damiano (Season 1, Ep.1), Laurence Anderson (The Story of Will the Reaper) Casshern Sins – Gido (Ep. 11) Chaos;Head – Yasuji Ban Fairy Tail – Hades/Precht The Guin Saga – Casslon, Count Rickard My Bride Is a Mermaid – Gozaburo Seto Night Raid 1931 – 1st Lt. Mursawa (Ep. 14), Horst Stein (Ep. 5), Jiro Minami (Ep. 7), Miki (Ep. 6), Morito Morishima (Ep. 7) Sengoku Basara: Samurai Kings – Oda Nobunaga Summer Wars – Mansuke Jinnouchi Trigun: Badlands Rumble – Gasback 2012 The Book of Bantorra – Governor of Paradise Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker – Byron Gintama: The Movie – Tetsuya Murata, Additional Voices Intrigue in the Bakumatsu – Irohanihoheto – Jube Nakaiya King of Thorn – Ivan Coral Vega Majikoi! – Oh! Samurai Girls – Tesshin Kawakami Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt – Judgement Day Host (Ep. 8B) 2013 Aquarion Evol – Commander Campione! – Sasha Dejanstahl Voban Eureka Seven: AO – Ivica Tanovic Guilty Crown – Makoto Waltz Segai La storia della Arcana Famiglia – Fukurota Little Busters! – Koujiro Kamikita Log Horizon – Malves Garitier Momo: The Girl God of Death – Kotaro Ichihara (Ep. 3) Nakaimo – My Sister is Among Them! – Kumagorou Mikadono Phi Brain: Puzzle of God – Genius Okudera Rurouni Kenshin: New Kyoto Arc – Hajime Saitō Sengoku Basara: The Last Party – Oda Nobunaga Tenchi Muyo! War on Geminar – Gaia, King Shurifon Toriko – Alfaro 2014 Attack on Titan – Dhalis Zachary Devil Survivor 2: The Animation – Tico (Male), Bifrons, Ceberus Ghost in the Shell: Arise – Aramaki Jormungand – Leon Rivière Majestic Prince – Dai Komine, Diego, Noritada, Poco Mardock Scramble: The Third Exhaust – Cleanwill John October Psycho-Pass – Jyunmai Itoh (Ep. 14) Short Peace – Merle (A Farewell to Weapons), Oni (Gambo) Sunday Without God – Yuuto (Ep. 1) Tamako Market – Gohei Oji Diabolik Lovers – Karlheinz 2015 Akame ga Kill! – Bols, Nobunaga (Ep. 9, uncredited), Spy (Ep. 4) Beyond the Boundary – Grandfather Nase Death Parade – Spinner Dog & Scissors – Genji, Fumio Honda Freezing Vibration – Howard el Bridget (Ep. 7) Gangsta. – Chad Adkins Girls und Panzer der Film – Renta Tsuji No Game, No Life – Ino Hatsuse The Rolling Girls – Mamoru Uotora Vampire Hunter D – Dr. Ferrino (Sentai dub) 2016 The Boy and the Beast – Kumatetsu Dennō Coil – Ichiro Okonogi Lord Marksman and Vanadis – Mashas Rodant My Hero Academia – Zen Shigaraki/All For One 2017 Alice and Zoroku – Zoroku Kashimura Amagi Brilliant Park – Ironbeard, King Crimson (Ep. 14) Flying Witch – Keiji Kuramoto Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma – Senzaemon Nakiri GATE – Kato El Alestan Haikyu!! – Yasufumi Nekomata (Eps. 12-13) Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? – Ganesha My Hero Academia Season 2 – Zen Shigaraki/All For One Knight's & Magic – Lauri Echevarria Restaurant to Another World – Tatsugoro Ushio & Tora – Hakumen no Mono, Shigure Aotsuki 2018 Made in Abyss – Habolg Nomad of Nowhere – El Rey My Hero Academia Season 3 – Zen Shigaraki/All For One Attack On Titan Season 3 – Dhalis Zachary UQ Holder! - Jack Rakan, Shaba Gyurei (Ep. 8) 2019 My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected – Kamakura Date A Live III - Elliot Baldwin Woodman (Ep. 3) My Hero Academia Season 4 – Zen Shigaraki/All For One 2020 To Love Ru – Principal / Ghi Blee Peter Grill and the Philosopher's Time – Guildmaster 2021 Vinland Saga – Leif My Hero Academia Season 5 – Zen Shigaraki/All For One 2022 Date A Live IV – Elliot Baldwin Woodman Reincarnated as a Sword – Garrus My Hero Academia Season 6 – Zen Shigaraki/All For One RWBY: Ice Queendom - Nicholas Schnee (ep11) 2023 Vinland Saga Season 2 – Leif Urusei Yatsura – Cherry Management of a Novice Alchemist - Jasper, Proctor 2024 The Demon Sword Master of Excalibur Academy – Blackus I've Somehow Gotten Stronger When I Improved My Farm-Related Skills – Mirage Helck – Hon Solo Leveling - Kim Sangshik My Hero Academia Season 7 – Zen Shigaraki/All For One Date A Live V – Elliot Baldwin Woodman Level 1 Demon Lord and One Room Hero – Captain Galmoff/Hayward I Parry Everything – Oken 2025 From Bureaucrat to Villainess: Dad's Been Reincarnated! – Principal My Hero Academia: Final Season – Zen Shigaraki/All For One 2026 Fire Force – Lord Death Films 2025 Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League – Ra's al Ghul Video games Borderlands 2 – Salvador, Flanksteak Dragon Ball series – Dodoria, Farmer, ZTV Announcer (2010–present) Monark – Yugo Jingu My Hero One's Justice 2 – All For One One Piece: Unlimited Adventure – Sir Crocodile Solo Leveling: ARISE ( Kim Sangshik) Live action Chase – Carl Spackler Dazed and Confused – Beer Delivery Guy Friday Night Lights – Coach Granger Paradise, Texas – Buckeye Ray – Customs Agent #1 Walker, Texas Ranger – Derrick, Kyle Wheeler, Steve Darby Where the Heart Is – Jerry Barney's Night Before Christmas — Hannah's Dad Production staff Voice director Air Gear After the Rain BanG Dream! (Season 2) The Demon Sword Master of Excalibur Academy E's Otherwise Innocent Venus Iroduku: The World in Colors Jinki: Extend La storia della Arcana Famiglia Majikoi! - Oh! Samurai Girls Medaka Box Abnormal Nakaimo - My Sister is Among Them! Phi Brain: Puzzle of God (Season 2) Saint Seiya Shadow Skill - Eigi Squid Girl (Season 2 & OVAs) Ushio & Tora Vinland Saga Wandaba Style Welcome to the N.H.K. Script adaptation Innocent Venus Jinki: Extend La storia della Arcana Famiglia Nakaimo - My Sister is Among Them! References External links John Swasey at Anime News Network's encyclopedia John Swasey at IMDb John Swasey convention appearances on AnimeCons.com